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<coverTitle style="font-size:larger;"><b>THE <br />STATUTES AT LARGE</b></coverTitle>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">OF THE</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">FROM</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">DECEMBER, 1901, TO MARCH, 1903,</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS,</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">AND</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">RECENT TREATIES, CONVENTIONS, AND EXECUTIVE</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:normal;">PROCLAMATIONS.</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">EDITED, PRINTED, AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS,</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:normal;"><b>VOL. XXXII—</b><inline class="smallCaps bold">Part 1.</inline></p>
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<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">WASHINGTON :</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.</p>
<p class="centered" style="font-size:smaller;">1903.</p>
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<page>i</page>
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<heading class="centered">LIST</heading>
<subheading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline></subheading>
<subheading class="centered">PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS</subheading>
<subheading class="centered">CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.</subheading>
<subheading class="centered">PART ONE</subheading>
<subheading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">Acts of the Fifty-seventh Congress of the United States.</inline></subheading>
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<label class="centered">STATUTE I.—1901–1902.</label>	
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<target>Page.</target>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Industrial Commission.</i></designator> <label>An act to continue the Industrial Commission until February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 14, 1901</label> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, transcripts.</i></designator> <label>An act to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for transcripts of records and plats in the General Land Office.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1902</label> <target>1</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alaska, marshals bond.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the amount of the official bond to be furnished by the United States marshal for the District of Alaska, in certain cases.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1902</label> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, juries.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend the code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1902</label> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, snow and ice.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the removal of snow and ice from crosswalks and gutters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1902</label> <target>2</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, typhoid fever.</i></designator> <label>An act to require cases of typhoid fever occurring in the District of Columbia to be reported to the health department of said District.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1902</label> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Duluth Canal.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to construct and maintain, or cause to be constructed and maintained, a car transfer over the Duluth Canal, and for that purpose to occupy certain lands of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1902</label> <target>3</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Current River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Company to build a bridge across the Current River in Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 11, 1902</label> <target>4</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, urgent deficiencies.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1902</label> <target>5</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pacific islands, firearms, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act to prevent the sale of firearms, opium, and intoxicating liquors in certain islands of the Pacific.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1902</label> <target>33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, taxes.</i></designator> <label>An act to regulate the collection of taxes in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1902</label> <target>33</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Saint Lawrence River.</i></designator> <label>An act to declare the international railway bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, near Hogansburg, New York, a lawful structure.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1902</label> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, arrears of taxes.</i></designator> <label>An act to receive arrearages of taxes due the District of Columbia to July first, nineteen hundred, at six per centum per annum, in lieu of penalties and costs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 15, 1902</label> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Foreign boiler inspection.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to a reciprocal recognition of boiler-inspection certificates between the several maritime nations having marine-inspection laws.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 15, 1902</label> <target>34</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>American register, “Hawaii.”.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide an American register for the barkentine Hawaii.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1902</label> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1902</label> <target>35</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Saint Joseph, Missouri.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1902</label> <target>36</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Potomac River, ice.</i></designator> <label>An act making an appropriation for clearing the Potomac River of ice.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1902</label> <target>37</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Arkansas River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River near Fort Gibson, Indian Territory.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1902</label> <target>37</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Arkansas River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Arkansas River, in the State of Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1902</label> <target>38</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, White River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the White River, in the State of Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1902</label> <target>40<page>ii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Bayou Bartholomew.</i></designator> <label>An act extending the time within which the Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway Company is authorized to construct a bridge across the Bayou Bartholomew; in Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1902</label> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way, Lock No 3, Upper White River.</i></designator> <label>An act granting to the White River Railway Company the right to construct, maintain, and operate a single-track railway across the lands of the United States in the south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, township fourteen north, range eight west of the fifth principal meridian, in the county of Independency, in the State of Arkansas, reserved for use in connection with the construction of Lock Numbered Three, Upper White River, Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1902</label> <target>41</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Georgia.</i></designator> <label>An act to transfer the county of Carroll from the northwestern division of the northern district of Georgia to the northern district of Georgia of the United States district and circuit courts, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1902</label> <target>42</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Property of Confederate soldiers.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of parties for property taken from them by military forces of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 27, 1902</label> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rights of way, Oklahoma and Indian Territories.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant the right of way through the Oklahoma Territory and the Indian Territory to the Enid and Anadarko Railway Company, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1902</label> <target>43</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Census Office.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for a permanent Census Office.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 6, 1902</label> <target>51</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Philippine Islands, revenues, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 8, 1902</label> <target>54</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Missouri River, dam.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Missouri and Meramec Water Company to take water from the Missouri River, and to construct and maintain a dam or other devices for that purpose.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>55</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Kansas City, Missouri.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>56</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bogue Inlet, N. C, life-saving station.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at or near Bogue Inlet, North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Catlettsburg, Ky.</i></designator> <label>An act establishing a United States court at Catlettsburg, in the eastern district of Kentucky.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Monongahela River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Saint Clair Terminal Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>58</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, Eastern Star Home.</i></designator> <label>An act to incorporate the Eastern Star Home for the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>60</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, pensions.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>62</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>R. M. G. Brown, Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the President of the United States to nominate Lieutenant- Commander R. M. G. Brown, now on the retired list, to be a commander on the retired list.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>63</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, town sites, Oklahoma.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the commutation for town-site purposes of homestead entries in certain portions of Oklahoma.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>63</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, gas-light laboratory.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section three of chapter four hundred and eighty of the laws of the United States, approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>63</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, oaths in entries, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section twenty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>63</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Texas districts.</i></designator> <label>An act to divide the State of Texas into four judicial districts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>64</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Customs launch, Astoria, Oreg.</i></designator> <label>An act for the purchase or construction of a launch for the customs service at and in the vicinity of Astoria, Oregon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 14, 1902</label> <target>70</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arizona, exhibit at Saint Louis Exposition.</i></designator> <label>An act to approve and ratify an act of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Arizona, entitled “An act to provide for the collection, arrangement, and display of the products of the Territory of Arizona at the international exposition to be held at St. Louis in 1903.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 14, 1902</label> <target>70</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-house, Pamlico Sound, N. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 14, 1902</label> <target>70</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Monongahela River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Central Railway of West Virginia to build a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Morgantown, in the State of West Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 18, 1902</label> <target>71</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Arkansas.</i></designator> <label>An act to re-form the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 18, 1902</label> <target>72</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, East Saint Andrews Bay.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Dothan, Hartford and Florida Railway Company to construct a bridge across East Saint Andrews Bay, navigable water, at a point about one mile east of Farmdale, in the State of Florida.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 18, 1902</label> <target>72</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Niagara River.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section fourteen of the act approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An act to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Niagara River.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 18, 1902</label> <target>73</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 20, 1902</label> <target>74</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-house, Kewaunee, This.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the erection of a dwelling for the keeper of the light-house at Kewaunee, Wisconsin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 20, 1902</label> <target>74<page>iii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, privies.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to regulate, in the District of Columbia, the disposal of certain refuse, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 20, 1902</label> <target>74</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-house, Oyster Bayou, La.</i></designator> <label>An act for the establishment of a light-house at the mouth of Oyster Bayou, near the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>75</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marine hospital, Savannah, Ga.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a marine hospital at Savannah, Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>75</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Monongahela River.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>75</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, diplomatic and consular.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 22, 1902</label> <target>76</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Acknowledging deeds, etc., Philippines and, Porto Rico.</i></designator> <label>An act for the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments in the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 22, 1902</label> <target>88</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Ouachita River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Eldorado and Bastrop Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Ouachita River, in the State of Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 24, 1902</label> <target>89</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Territory judicial districts.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the boundaries between the southern and central judicial districts of the Indian Territory.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 24, 1902</label> <target>90</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marine hospital, Buffalo, N. Y.</i></designator> <label>An act for a marine hospital at Buffalo, New York.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 24, 1902</label> <target>90</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the construction of a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at or near South Omaha, Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 26, 1902</label> <target>91</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-houses, etc., Boston, Mass.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish light-houses at the mouth of Boston Harbor to mark the entrance to the new Broad Sound Channel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 29, 1902</label> <target>93</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marine hospital, Pittsburg, Pa.</i></designator> <label>An act for a public building for a marine hospital at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 31, 1902</label> <target>93</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, urgent deficiencies.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 7, 1902</label> <target>93</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Little Tennessee River.</i></designator> <label>An act to legalize and maintain a new steel bridge, erected in place of the old wooden structure, across the Little Tennessee River at Niles Ferry, Tennessee, by the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>94</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quincy, Ill., cemetery lot.</i></designator> <label>An act transferring a lot in Woodland Cemetery to city of Quincy, Illinois.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patents, signing of.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section forty-eight hundred and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes, relating to the signing of letters patent for inventions.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, patents, Basin City, Wyo.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the issuance of patent to the town site of Basin City, Wyoming, to the municipal authorities thereof for the use and benefit of said town, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>95</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>War-revenue repeal.</i></designator> <label>An act to repeal war-revenue taxation, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 12, 1902</label> <target>96</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revenue-Cutter Service.</i></designator> <label>An act to promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 12, 1902</label> <target>100</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Life-saving station, Ocracoke Island, N. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the establishment of a life-saving station on Ocracoke Island, on the coast of North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 12, 1902</label> <target>101</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National bank charters.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the extension of the charters of national banks.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 12, 1902</label> <target>102</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Parkville, Missouri.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 15, 1902</label> <target>102</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Savannah River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a traffic bridge across the Savannah River from the mainland within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah to Hutchinsons Island, in the county of Chatham, State of Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 15, 1902</label> <target>104</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, Nebraska school indemnity.</i></designator> <label>An act confirming title to the State of Nebraska of certain selected indemnity school lands.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 15, 1902</label> <target>105</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Forest reserve settlers.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of bona fide settlers in forest reserves.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 15, 1902</label> <target>106</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, clerk, Wilmington, N. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish and provide for a clerk for the circuit and district courts of the United States held at Wilmington, North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 15, 1902</label> <target>106</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, additional circuit judge.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for an additional circuit judge in the second judicial circuit.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>106</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-house, Calumet, Ill.</i></designator> <label>An act to construct a light-house keeper’s dwelling at Calumet Harbor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 18, 1902</label> <target>107</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, postal service.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>107</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, urgent deficiencies.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 22, 1902</label> <target>118</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way, Choctaw Point, Ala.</i></designator> <label>An act granting to the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company the right to use for railroad purposes the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile County, Alabama, and now held for light-house purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 23, 1902</label> <target>119<page>iv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Quincy Railroad Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to rebuild the draw span of its bridge across the Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 24, 1902</label> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Surveying Instructions, 1902.</i></designator> <label>An act to further amend section twenty-three hundred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 26, 1902</label> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, legislative, executive, and judicial.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>120</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, Great Falls, Mont, district.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish an additional land office in the State of Montana.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>171</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baton Rouge Barracks, La.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the transfer of the title to the military reservation at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>172</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Commerce statistics.</i></designator> <label>An act to facilitate the procurement of statistics of trade between the United States and its noncontiguous territory.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>172</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, anatomical science.</i></designator> <label>An act for the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent the desecration of graves in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>173</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Phil Kearny monument.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for a monument to mark the site of the Fort Phil Kearny massacre.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>175</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Porto Rico, duties refunded.</i></designator> <label>An act to refund the amount of duties paid in Porto Rico upon articles imported from the several States from April eleventh; eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to May first, nineteen hundred, to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to render judgment thereon, and making an appropriation therefor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>176</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chinese exclusion.</i></designator> <label>An act to prohibit the coming into and to regulate the residence within the United States, its Territories, and all territory under its jurisdiction, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>176</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Choctaws and Chickasaws, relief of.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of certain indigent Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>177</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Ohio River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Western Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Ohio River.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 30, 1902</label> <target>178</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Neuse River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Neuse River at or near Kinston, North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 30, 1902</label> <target>180</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act extending the time for completing bridge across the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 30, 1902</label> <target>181</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Red River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Shreveport Bridge and Terminal Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Red River in the State of Louisiana, at or near Shreveport.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 30, 1902</label> <target>181</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way, Omaha and Winnebago Reservation.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act granting the right to the Omaha Northern Railway Company to construct a railway across, and establish stations on, the Omaha and Winnebago Reservation, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes,” by extending the time for the construction of said railway.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 30, 1902</label> <target>183</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Colorado Springs, water supply.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant certain lands to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 1, 1902</label> <target>184</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oklahoma, additional justices.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for two additional associate justices of the supreme court of the Territory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 2, 1902</label> <target>184</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, White River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the White River Railway Company to construct a bridge across the White River in Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>185</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tents, Knights of Pythias encampment.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for use at Knights of Pythias encampment to be held at San Francisco, California.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>187</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Pearl River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the New Orleans and Mississippi Midland Railroad Company of Mississippi to build and maintain a railway bridge across Pearl River.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>187</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Utah, additional school lands.</i></designator> <label>An act to make the provisions of an act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes, seven hundred and ninety-six), applicable to the State of Utah.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>188</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way, Black Warrior River improvements.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant a right of way to the Warrior Southern Railway Company through the tract of land in the State of Alabama reserved for the use of the United States in connection with the improvement of the Black Warrior River and known as Lock Four.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>189</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Port of entry, Elizabeth City, N. C.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the removal of the port of entry in the Albemarle collection of customs district, North Carolina, from Edenton, North Carolina, to Elizabeth City, North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 7, 1902</label> <target>190</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Manatee River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company, of the State of Florida, to construct a bridge across the Manatee River in the State of Florida.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 7, 1902</label> <target>190</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-keeper’s dwelling, Detroit River.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for a light-house keeper’s dwelling, Ecorse range-light station, Detroit River, in the State of Michigan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 7, 1902</label> <target>191</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Chattahoochee River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Chattahoochee River between Columbus, Georgia, and Eufaula, Alabama, or in the city of Columbus, Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 7, 1902</label> <target>192</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National cemetery, Loudon Park, Md.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the extension of the Loudon Park National Cemetery, near Baltimore, Maryland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 7, 1902</label> <target>193<page>v</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patents for designs.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section forty-nine hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes, relating to design patents.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 9, 1902</label> <target>193</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oleomargarine act.</i></designator> <label>An act to make oleomargarine and other imitation dairy products subject to the laws of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia into which they are transported, and to change the tax on oleomargarine, and to Impose a tax, provide for the inspection, and regulate the manufacture and sale of certain dairy products, and to amend an act entitled “An act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 9, 1902</label> <target>193</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, South Dakota.</i></designator> <label>An act fixing the terms of the circuit and district courts in and for the district of South Dakota, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 9, 1902</label> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>French West Indies, relief.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of citizens of the French West Indies.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1902</label> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way, Nez Perces lands.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act granting to the Clearwater Valley Railroad Company a right of way through the Nez Perces Indian land in Idaho.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 14, 1902</label> <target>197</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>“Homeward Bound.”.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide an American register for the bark Otto Gildemeister.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 14, 1902</label> <target>198</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, first circuit.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the terms of the circuit courts of the United States within the first circuit.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 14, 1902</label> <target>199</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cuba, diplomatic and consular service.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service in the Republic of Cuba.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 16, 1902</label> <target>199</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Territory, municipal bonds.</i></designator> <label>An act for the protection of cities and towns in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 19, 1902</label> <target>200</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hawaii territorial senators.</i></designator> <label>An act to apportion the term of office of senators elected at the first general election in the Territory of Hawaii.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 19, 1902</label> <target>200</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Tennessee River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River in Marion County, Tennessee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 20, 1902</label> <target>201</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, minors in billiard rooms.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to license billiard and pool tables in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 22, 1902</label> <target>202</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Crater Lake Park, Oreg.</i></designator> <label>An act reserving from the public lands in the State of Oregon, as a public park for the benefit of the people of the United States, and for the protection and preservation of the game, fish, timber, and all other natural objects therein, a tract of land herein described, and so forth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 22, 1902</label> <target>202</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, commutation and second entries.</i></designator> <label>An act to allow the commutation of and second homestead entries in certain cases.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 22, 1902</label> <target>203</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and amended by an act approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and by an act approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to authorize the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, successor to the Interstate Bridge and Street Railway Company, to complete, reconstruct, and change a bridge for railway, street railway, vehicle, pedestrian, and other highway purposes over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>204</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Omnibus claims act.</i></designator> <label>An act for the allowance of certain claims for stores and supplies reported by the Court of Claims under the provisions of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and commonly known as the Bowman Act, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 27, 1902</label> <target>207</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Indian Department.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 27, 1902</label> <target>245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National cemetery, Dover, Tenn.</i></designator> <label>An act to construct a road to the national cemetery at Dover, Tennessee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Columbia River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Washington and Oregon Railway Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Savannah River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River from the mainland of Aiken County, South Carolina, to the mainland of Richmond County, Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Volunteer Soldiers’ Home, Hot Springs, S. Dak.</i></designator> <label>An act for the establishment, control, operation, and maintenance of a National Sanitarium of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Hot Springs, in the State of South Dakota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1902</label> <target>282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Storm-warning stations, Lake Michigan.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish storm-warning stations at South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Military reservations, Young Men’s Christian Association buildings.</i></designator> <label>An act for the authorization of the erection of buildings by the International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations on military reservations of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fort Niobrara Reservation, Nebr.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the sale of a part of the Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, in the State of Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, pasture lands, Wyoming.</i></designator> <label>An act granting homesteaders on the abandoned Fort Bridger, Fort Sanders, and Fort Laramie military reservations, and Fort Laramie Wood Reservation, in Wyoming, the right to purchase one quarter section of public land on said reservations as pasture or grazing land, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>283<page>vi</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lands in severalty to Indians, statute of limitations.</i></designator> <label>An act providing that the statute of limitations of the several States shall apply as a defense to actions brought in the United States courts for the recovery of lands patented in severalty to members of any tribe of Indians under any treaty between it and the United States of America.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, refund of liquor licenses.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to refund certain license taxes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 2, 1902</label> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, urgent deficiencies.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 2, 1902</label> <target>284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eggs of game birds.</i></designator> <label>An act to regulate the introduction of eggs of game birds for propagation.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1902</label> <target>285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Life-saving station, Monomoy Island, Mass.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish an additional life-saving station on Monomoy Island, Massachusetts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1902</label> <target>285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Department of Agriculture.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1902</label> <target>286</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Government Printing Office, Grand Army encampment.</i></designator> <label>An act to permit the occupancy of the public-printing building by the Grand Army of the Republic.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1902</label> <target>303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alabama, donated Spanish battle ships’ spars.</i></designator> <label>An act to donate to the State of Alabama the spars of the captured battle ships Don Juan d’Austria and Almirante Oquendo.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1902</label> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, West Virginia.</i></designator> <label>An act to fix the time of holding the circuit and district courts for the southern district of West Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Santa Cruz County, Ariz., court-house, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the board of supervisors of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, to issue bonds for the erection of a court-house and jail for said county.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 5, 1902</label> <target>304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act extending the time for the commencement and completion of the bridge across the Missouri River at or near Oacoma, South Dakota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 6, 1902</label> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, fortifications.</i></designator> <label>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.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 6, 1902</label> <target>305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public buildings, omnibus act.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 6, 1902</label> <target>310</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alaska, game protection.</i></designator> <label>An act for the protection of game in Alaska, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>327</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, terms circuit, court of appeals, eighth circuit.</i></designator> <label>An act providing that the circuit court of appeals of the eighth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Denver, in the State of Colorado, or in the city of Cheyenne, in the State of Wyoming, on the first Monday in September in each year, and at the city of Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota, on the first Monday in May in each year.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 9, 1902</label> <target>329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-house, Semiahmoo, Wash.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a light-house and fog-signal station at Semiahmoo Harbor, Gulf of Georgia, Puget Sound, State of Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 10, 1902</label> <target>329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-house, Baltimore, Md.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the completion of a light and fog-signal station in the Patapsco River, Maryland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 10, 1902</label> <target>329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Idaho, land grant.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant certain lands to the State of Idaho.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Navajo County, Ariz.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Navajo County, Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arizona University.</i></designator> <label>An act ratifying the act of the Territorial legislature of Arizona, approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, providing a fund for the erection of additional buildings for the University of Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, rivers and harbors.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ute Reservation, Colo., homestead entries.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for free homesteads in the Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way, Gasparilla Island, Fla.</i></designator> <label>An act granting the right of way to the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company through the United States light-house and military reservations on Gasparilla Island, in the State of Florida.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alaska, recording, etc., divisions.</i></designator> <label>An act to redivide the district of Alaska into three recording and judicial divisions.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Passports.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend sections four thousand and seventy-six, four thousand and seventy-eight, and four thousand and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 14, 1902</label> <target>386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arizona storage reservoirs.</i></designator> <label>An act to ratify act numbered sixty-five of the twenty-first Arizona legislature.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 14, 1902</label> <target>386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Waccamaw River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Waccamaw River, at Conway, in the State of South Carolina, by Conway and Seashore Railroad Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 14, 1902</label> <target>387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Irrigation.</i></designator> <label>An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Cumberland River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Nashville Terminal Company to construct a bridge across the Cumberland River in Davidson County, Tennessee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>390<page>vii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the county commissioners of Crow Wing County, in the State of Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at a point between Pine River and Dean Brook, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dam, Saint Lawrence River.</i></designator> <label>An act allowing the construction of a dam across the Saint Lawrence River.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>392</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oklahoma, school bonds.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an Act to prohibit the passage of special or local laws in the Territories, to limit the Territorial indebtedness, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 19, 1902</label> <target>392</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, telephone wires.</i></designator> <label>An act regulating the use of telephone wires in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 20, 1902</label> <target>393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Territory, court fees.</i></designator> <label>An act to fix the fees of United States marshals in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, jurors’ fees.</i></designator> <label>An act to fix the fees of jurors in the United States courts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, White River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Newport Bridge, Belt and Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the White River in Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prisoners, good conduct commutation.</i></designator> <label>An act to regulate commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>397</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Long.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the appointment of James W. Long, late a captain, United States Army, a captain of infantry, and for placing his name on the retired list.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 23, 1902</label> <target>398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Osage River, navigation limit.</i></designator> <label>An act declaring the Osage River to be not a navigable stream above the point where the line between the counties of Benton and Saint Clair crosses said river.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 24, 1902</label> <target>398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Shipping, registry and enrollment.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section forty-one hundred and thirty-nine and section forty-three hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 24, 1902</label> <target>398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pensions, Indian wars.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend the provisions, limitations, and benefits of an Act entitled “An Act granting pensions to the survivors of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war, Creek war, Cherokee disturbances, and the Seminole war,” approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend 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.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morgan’s Louisiana, etc., Steamship Company.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust the accounts of Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company for transporting the United States mails.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company to sell or lease its railroad property and franchises, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Legacy taxes, etc., refunded.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for refunding taxes paid upon legacies and bequests for uses of a religious, charitable, or educational character, for the encouragement of art, and so forth, under the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Minneapolis, Superior, Saint Paul and Winnipeg Railway Company, of Minnesota, to build and maintain a railway bridge across the Mississippi River.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cumberland River improvements.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Military Academy.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, sundry civil.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isthmian canal.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Life-Saving Service, superintendents.</i></designator> <label>An act to fix the compensation of district superintendents in the Life-Saving Service.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>484</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Port of entry, Naco, Ariz.</i></designator> <label>An act for the establishment of a subport of entry at Naco, Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>484</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dam, Rainy River.</i></designator> <label>An act relating to the construction of a dam across Rainy River.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congresses of Navigation.</i></designator> <label>An act appropriating the sum of three thousand dollars a year for the support and maintenance of the permanent international commission of the congresses of navigation, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Port of entry, Great Falls, Mont.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes, relating to ports of entry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lincoln Memorial.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide a commission to secure plans and designs for a monument or memorial to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>486<page>viii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Spanish war claims.</i></designator> <label>An act for the allowance of certain claims for property taken for military purposes within the United States during the war with Spain, reported by the Secretary of War in accordance with the requirements of an item contained in the sundry civil appropriation act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to investigate just claims against the United States for private property taken and used in the military service within the limits of the United States, and so forth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>486</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monument, General Hugh Mercer.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the erection, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, of the monument to the memory of General Hugh Mercer, which, was ordered by Congress on the eighth day of April, seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, should be erected.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>491</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Medals, relief of Arctic whalers.</i></designator> <label>An act directing the Secretary of the Treasury to bestow medals upon First Lieutenant David H. Jarvis, Second Lieutenant Ellsworth P. Bertholf, and Samuel J. Call, surgeon, all of the Revenue-Cutter Service.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>492</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Internal-Revenue, storekeeper-gauger.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend the internal-revenue laws in regard to storekeepers and gaugers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>492</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Tennessee River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River, in the State of Tennessee, by the Harriman Southern Railroad Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>492</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Ashley River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Charleston, Suburban and Summerville Railway Company to construct and maintain two bridges across Ashley River, in the State of South Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, in the county of Cass, in the State of Nebraska, and in the county of Mills, in the State of Iowa.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilmington, N. C., land purchased.</i></designator> <label>An act for the purchase of real estate, for revenue and customs purposes, at Wilmington, North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Monongahela River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the West Elizabeth and Dravosburg Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Emory River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Emory River, in the State of Tennessee, by the Tennessee Central Railway or its successors.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Creek Indians, supplemental agreement.</i></designator> <label>An act to ratify and confirm a supplemental agreement with the Creek tribe of Indians, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Mississippi River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the city of Little Falls, Minnesota, to construct a wagon and foot bridge across the Mississippi River within the limits of said city.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Census Office, laborers.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section four of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a permanent Census Office,” approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and two.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oklahoma, public works, Wichita cession.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of lands, and so forth,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Internal revenue, stamp redemption.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend the Act of May twelfth, nineteen hundred, authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to redeem or make allowance for internal-revenue stamps.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, code amendments.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>South Dakota, camp grounds.</i></designator> <label>An act confirming in the State of South Dakota title to a section of land heretofore granted to said State.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Consuls, accepting foreign office.</i></designator> <label>An act to prevent any consular officer of the United States from accepting any appointment from any foreign state as administrator, guardian, or to any other office of trust, without first executing a bond, with security, to be approved by the Secretary of State.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, dogs.</i></designator> <label>An act relative to the control of dogs in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Circuit court of appeals, term at Atlanta, Ga.</i></designator> <label>An act providing that the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia, on the first Monday in October in each year.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, desert-land entries, Washington.</i></designator> <label>An act extending the time for making final proof in desert-land entries in Yakima County, State of Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Pennsylvania middle district.</i></designator> <label>An act amending an Act creating the middle district of Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Pennsylvania eastern district.</i></designator> <label>An act to change the terms of the district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Spanish Claims Commission.</i></designator> <label>An act amending the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act to carry into effect the stipulations of article seven of the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>549<page>ix</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Georgia southern district.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for circuit and district courts of the United States at Valdosta, Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Virginia western district.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a regular term of the United States district court in Roanoke City, Virginia, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, deficiencies.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lost discharges, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certificates in lieu of lost or destroyed discharges.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fourth of July claims.</i></designator> <label>An act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Supreme Court reports, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act for the further distribution of the reports of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Protection of miners.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Branding food and dairy products.</i></designator> <label>An act to prevent a false branding or marking of food and dairy products as to the State or Territory in which they are made or produced.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, tax sales.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an Act entitled “An Act in relation to taxes and tax sales in the District of Columbia,” approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Immediate transportation, Tacoma and Seattle, Wash.</i></designator> <label>An act relating to transportation of dutiable merchandise at subports of Tacoma and Seattle, State of Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, East Washington Heights railway.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend the time for the construction of the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kansas Indians, allotment of lands, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act to accept, ratify, and confirm a proposed agreement submitted by the Kansas or Kaw Indians of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, disposal of lands, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Navajo Reservation settlers.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the adjustment of rights of settlers on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Territory of Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the construction of a bridge by the Duluth, Pierre and Black Hills Railroad Company across the Missouri River at Pierre, South Dakota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridges, Calumet River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge by the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company and the Chicago and Erie Railroad Company across the Calumet River at or near the city of Hammond, Indiana, at a point about one thousand two hundred feet east of the Indiana and Illinois State line and about one hundred feet east of the location of the present bridge of the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company across said river; also to authorize the construction of a bridge by the Chicago and State Line Railroad Company across said river at the point where said company’s railroad crosses said river in Hyde Park Township, Chicago, Illinois, being at the location of the present bridge of said company across said river in said township.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Corpus Christi Channel.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings ship channel, in Aransas County, Texas.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Society of Army of Santiago.</i></designator> <label>An act to incorporate The Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Philippine government.</i></designator> <label>An act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the efficiency and change the name of the United States Marine-Hospital Service.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>712</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Internal revenue, perique tobacco, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend sections thirty-three hundred and sixty-two and thirty-three hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to tobacco.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>714</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appraisers, Philadelphia and Boston.</i></designator> <label>An act to diminish the number of appraisers at the ports of Philadelphia and Boston, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>715</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Medals, Washington Monument Association.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide certain souvenir medals for the benefit of the Washington Monument Association, of Alexandria, Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>715</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, Denver water supply.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant certain lands to the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>716</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cherokee Nation, land allotments.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the allotment of the lands of the Cherokee Nation, for the disposition of town sites therein, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>716</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Train robberies.</i></designator> <label>An act for the suppression of train robbery in the Territories of the United States and elsewhere, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>727<page>x</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, resurveys in California.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the resurvey of certain townships in San Diego County, California.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>728</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, viruses, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act to regulate the sale of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products in the District of Columbia, to regulate interstate traffic in said articles, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>728</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Examiner of drugs, etc., Philadelphia.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning the examination of drugs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>730</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Umatilla Reservation, sale of lands.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the sale of the unsold portion of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>730</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Quartermaster’s warehouse, Omaha, Nebr.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the erection of a quartermaster’s warehouse at Omaha, Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>730</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, street railways.</i></designator> <label>An act requiring the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company to extend its Eleventh street line, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>731</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Porto Rico lands.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the President to reserve public lands and buildings in the island of Porto Rico for public uses, and granting other public lands and buildings to the government of Porto Rico, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>731</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Soldiers’ Home, Dayton, Ohio.</i></designator> <label>An act to cede jurisdiction over place on which the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is located to the State of Ohio.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>732</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dams, etc., Pond River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing Anton Bracken to construct locks and dams in Pond River, in the State of Kentucky, and to give the consent of Congress thereto.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>732</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wagon-road land settlers.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of settlers on lands granted in aid of the construction of wagon roads.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>733</target></referenceItem>
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Charleston Exposition, foreign exhibits.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution allowing the importation free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, of all articles from foreign countries, and the transfer of foreign exhibits from the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo for the purpose of exhibition at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, at Charleston, South Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 6, 1901</label> <target>734</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional employees, December salaries.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and one, on the eighteenth day of said month.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 17, 1901</label> <target>734</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, juries.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 8, 1902</label> <target>735</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charleston Exposition, Government exhibit.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to pay the expenses of the United States Government exhibit at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition in the city of Charleston, county of Charleston, State of South Carolina, during the years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 21, 1902</label> <target>735</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Library Committee.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution increasing the membership of the Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1902</label> <target>735</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Industrial Commission, records, etc.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the transfer to the Library of Congress of the library of State reports, and so forth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1902</label> <target>736</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Internal revenue, cancelled stamped checks, etc.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to return bank checks, drafts, certificates of deposit, and orders for the payment of money, having imprinted stamps thereon, to the owners thereof, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 26, 1902</label> <target>736</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revolutionary relics, Pittsburg, Pa.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution certain Revolutionary trophies at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 12, 1902</label> <target>737</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, assessor’s office.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to provide for the employment of extra clerical force in the office of the assessor of the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 17, 1902</label> <target>737</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Loan of tents, Texas reunion.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents to the Texas Reunion Association.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>737</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rochambeau statue, invitations.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government and people of France and to the families of Marshal de Rochambeau and Marquis de Lafayette an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the dedication of the monument of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the city of Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>737</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pension report.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the printing of extra copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Pensions.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>738</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Managers, Volunteer Soldiers’ Home.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution for appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 29, 1902</label> <target>738</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, permits, Masonic fair.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to issue certain temporary permits.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 15, 1902</label> <target>738</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Shipp monument, Charlotte, N. C.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution granting permission for the erection of a monument in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the ornamentation of the public grounds in that city.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>739</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Everett Harbor, Wash., improvement.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for a modification in the adopted project for the improvement of Everett Harbor, Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 23, 1902</label> <target>739<page>xi</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, real estate taxes.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution postponing the payment of taxes on real estate in the District of Columbia for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three from November, nineteen hundred and two, to May, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>739</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rochambeau statue, free entry.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the entry free of duty of a replica of the bronze statue of Rochambeau, by Ferdinand Hamar, and pedestal for the same.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>740</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephenson monument, Washington, D. C.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution granting permission for the erection of a monument or statue in Washington City, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>740</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nautical Almanac.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the printing of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1902</label> <target>740</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rochambeau statue, dedication expenses.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution making an additional appropriation for expenses of the dedication of the statue of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the city of Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 15, 1902</label> <target>741</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Geological Survey publications.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution relating to publications of the Geological Survey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 16, 1902</label> <target>741</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional seed franks.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the printing annually of franks required for sending out seed.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 19, 1902</label> <target>741</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian appropriation act, date of effect.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution fixing the time when certain provisions of the Indian appropriation act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall take effect.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 27, 1902</label> <target>742</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mining entries, Spokane reservation.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution fixing the time when a certain provision of the Indian appropriation act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall take effect.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 27, 1902</label> <target>742</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gettysburg Park Commission, reports.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to provide for the printing of five thousand copies of the consolidated reports of the Gettysburg National Park Commission, eighteen hundred and ninety-three to nineteen hundred and one, inclusive.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>742</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, permits, Grand Army encampment.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to permit steam railroads in the District of Columbia to occupy additional parts of streets in order to accommodate the traveling public attending the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in October, nineteen hundred and two.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 2, 1902</label> <target>743</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Diseases of Cattle, report.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the publication of fifty thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 5, 1902</label> <target>743</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Governors Island, Boston Harbor.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the use and improvement of Governors Island, Boston Harbor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 5, 1902</label> <target>743</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Revolutionary relics, Winchester, Va.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the Morgan Memorial Association, of Winchester, Virginia, certain Revolutionary trophies at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 6, 1902</label> <target>743</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian allotments, etc.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution supplementing and modifying certain provisions of the Indian appropriation act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 19, 1902</label> <target>744</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Statue of General Sewell.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for an equestrian statue of the late Major-General William J. Sewell, United States Volunteers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 23, 1902</label> <target>745</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Diseases of the Horse, report.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the publication of two hundred thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of the Horse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 24, 1902</label> <target>745</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Omnibus public buildings act, corrections.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution amending “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 24, 1902</label> <target>745</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patent specifications to Carnegie Library.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution relative to the disposition of patent specifications and drawings in the western district of Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>746</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public documents, distribution.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for the binding and distribution of public documents held in the custody of the Superintendent of Documents, unbound, upon orders of Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and officers of Congress, when such documents are not called for within two years after printing.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>746</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>“Woodsman’s Handbook.”</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution limiting the gratuitous distribution of the “Woodsman’s Handbook” to the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Department of Agriculture.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>746</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Military Academy, Arturo R. Calvo.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Arturo R. Calvo, of Costa Rica.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>747</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Prison-ship monument, Brooklyn, N. K.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution in relation to monument to prison-ship martyrs at Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>747</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Irrigation statistics.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Director of the Census to compile statistics relating to irrigation.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>747</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, regulations for Grand Army encampment.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution giving authority to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make special regulations for the occasion of the Thirty-sixth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the District of Columbia in the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes incident to said encampment.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>748<page>xii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pensions, construction of disability act, etc.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution construing the Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents, and for other purposes.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>750</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Statue of General Macomb.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for a statue of the late Major-General Alexander Macomb, United States Army.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>750</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Statue of General Devens.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for a monument to the soldiers of Worcester County, Massachusetts, who served in the war for the Union, to be surmounted by an equestrian statue of the late Major-General Charles Devens, United States Volunteers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>751</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>New York, removal of shoal, North River.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution providing for removal of shoal in North River of New York Harbor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>751</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, Aqueduct Bridge.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing certain temporary repairs to the Aqueduct Bridge, District of Columbia</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right" /> <target>751</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Capitol, repairs.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution reappropriating and making available an unexpended balance of appropriations for work on the Capitol building.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>751</target></referenceItem>
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<label class="centered">STATUTE II.—1902–1903.</label>	
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<referenceItem><designator><i>Customs duties on goods from warehouses.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section twenty of an act entitled “An act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenues,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 15, 1902</label> <target>753</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Customs inspectors, New York.</i></designator> <label>An act regulating the duties and fixing the compensation of the customs inspectors at the port of New York.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 16, 1902</label> <target>753</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, at a point to be selected, within five miles north of the Kaw River, in Wyandotte County, State of Kansas, and Clay County, State of Missouri, and to make the same a post route.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 17, 1902</label> <target>754</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Circuit court of appeals, Fort Worth, Tex.</i></designator> <label>An act providing that the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, on the first Monday in November in each year.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 18, 1902</label> <target>756</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington, school lands.</i></designator> <label>An act relating to grants of land to the Territory and State of Washington for school purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 18, 1902</label> <target>756</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First Ohio Light Artillery.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the recognition of the military service of the officers and enlisted men of the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 19, 1902</label> <target>757</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anthracite coal commission.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the payment of the expenses and compensation of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission appointed by the President of the United States at the request of certain coal operators and miners.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 22, 1902</label> <target>758</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, urgent deficiencies.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 22, 1902</label> <target>758</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Immediate transportation, Wilmington, N. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to make Wilmington, North Carolina, a port through which merchandise may be imported for transportation without appraisement.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 23, 1902</label> <target>760</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Savannah River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River at Sand Bar Ferry, below the city of Augusta, Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 23, 1902</label> <target>760</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, pensions.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 23, 1902</label> <target>761</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Federal Railroad Company to construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the Missouri River at or near the village of Oacoma, Lyman County, South Dakota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 8, 1903</label> <target>762</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Muskegon, Mich.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 8, 1903</label> <target>764</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Steel bloom claims.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the adjudication of certain claims by the Court of Claims.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>764</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light station, Everett, Wash.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a light-house and fog-signal station at Mukilteo Point, near the city of Everett, State of Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>765</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wind Cave Park, S. Dak.</i></designator> <label>An act to set apart certain lands in the State of South Dakota as a public park, to be known as the Wind Cave National Park.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>765</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Locks and dams, Bayou Vermilion, La.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize and empower the Southwest Louisiana Rice Growers’ Association, of the State of Louisiana, to construct a lock or locks and a dam in Bayou Vermilion, in the State of Louisiana.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1903</label> <target>766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Locks and dams, Mermentau River, La.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize and empower the Rice Irrigation and Improvement Association, of the State of Louisiana, to construct a lock or locks and a dam in Mermentau River, in the State of Louisiana.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1903</label> <target>766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wyoming resurveys.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize a resurvey of certain lands in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 10, 1903</label> <target>767</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Census records.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the transfer of census records, and volumes to the Census Office, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>767</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>General Education Board, D. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to incorporate the General Education Board.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>768<page>xiii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clallam County, Wash., granted lands.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the issuance of a patent to the county of Clallam, State of Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>770</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harvard University gifts, returned.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to return to Harvard University certain colors, silver cup, and Nordenfeldt gun.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>770</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Internal-revenue outage.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend the internal-revenue laws.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>770</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hawaiian silver coins.</i></designator> <label>An act relating to Hawaiian silver coinage and silver certificates.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 14, 1903</label> <target>770</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tonnage taxes refunded.</i></designator> <label>An act for the refund of certain tonnage taxes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 14, 1903</label> <target>771</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Alabama River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Pensacola, Alabama and Tennessee Railway Company to erect, maintain, and operate a railway bridge across the Alabama River in Wilcox County, in the State of Alabama.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 15, 1903</label> <target>772</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Coal, customs duties.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide rebate of duties on coal, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 15, 1903</label> <target>773</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pension for total deafness.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase pension for total deafness.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 15, 1903</label> <target>773</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Juneau, Alaska, land for school.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant title to the town of Juneau, Alaska, of lands occupied for school purposes, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 16, 1903</label> <target>773</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, urgent deficiencies.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 20, 1903</label> <target>774</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Territory, use of timber and stone.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the use of timber and stone for domestic and industrial purposes in the Indian Territory,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 21, 1903</label> <target>774</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Militia.</i></designator> <label>An act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 21, 1903</label> <target>775</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Immediate transportation, Portal, N. Bak.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish Portal, North Dakota, a subport of entry and extend thereto the privileges of the first section of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>780</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hawaii, bubonic plague losses.</i></designator> <label>An act to pay in part judgments rendered under an act of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Hawaii for property destroyed in suppressing the bubonic plague in said Territory in eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and nineteen hundred, and authorizing the Territory of Hawaii to issue bonds for the payment of the remaining claims.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 26, 1903</label> <target>780</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aqueduct Bridge, D. C., electric railway.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for laying a single electric street-railway track across the Aqueduct Bridge, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 29, 1903</label> <target>781</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Philippine constabulary.</i></designator> <label>An act to promote the efficiency of the Philippine constabulary, to establish the rank and pay of its commanding officers, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1903</label> <target>783</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Circuit court of appeals, Montgomery, Ala.</i></designator> <label>An act providing that the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, on the first Monday in September in each year.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1903</label> <target>784</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Association of Military Surgeons, D. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to incorporate the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1903</label> <target>784</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Texas western district.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section fourteen of an act entitled “An act to divide the State of Texas into four judicial districts.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1903</label> <target>785</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional Record, Congressional allotment.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, relating to public printing.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1903</label> <target>786</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Montgomery, Ala., lands conveyed.</i></designator> <label>An act to divest out of the United States all its right, title, and interest of, in, and to certain real estate situated at and near the city of Montgomery, State of Alabama, and to vest the same in The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Bessie R. Maultsby, James S. Pinckard, trustee, M. V. B. Chase, and Edwin Ferris.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1903</label> <target>786</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hot Springs, Ark., incline railway.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend the time for the completion of the incline railway on West Mountain, Hot Springs Reservation.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1903</label> <target>788</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, certificates redeemed.</i></designator> <label>An act to redeem certain outstanding certificates of the board of audit, the board of public works, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1903</label> <target>788</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, alley, square 189.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to extinguish a portion of an alley in square one hundred and eighty-nine.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1903</label> <target>789</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, attendance of witnesses.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the compulsory attendance of witnesses before registers and receivers of the land office.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1903</label> <target>790</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, additional circuit judge.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for an additional circuit judge in the eighth judicial circuit.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1903</label> <target>791</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Addison, W. Va.</i></designator> <label>An act establishing a regular term of United States district court in Addison, West Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1903</label> <target>791</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Contagious diseases of lire stock, suppression, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to more effectually suppress and prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of live stock, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>791</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Territory, horse stealing, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act fixing the punishment for the larceny of horses, cattle, and other live stock in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>792</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>South Dakota, crimes on Indian reservations.</i></designator> <label>An act conferring jurisdiction upon the circuit and district courts for the district of South Dakota in certain cases, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>793</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Clinch River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Clinch River, in the State of Tennessee, by the Knoxville, Lafollette and Jellico Railroad Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 3, 1903</label> <target>793</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Virginia western district.</i></designator> <label>An act fixing the times and places for holding regular terms of the United States circuit and district courts in the western district of Virginia, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 3, 1903</label> <target>794<page>xiv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin, lands in severalty.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for allotments of lands in severalty to the Indians of the Lac Courte Oreille and Lac du Flambeau reservations in the State of Wisconsin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 3, 1903</label> <target>795</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Arkansas eastern district.</i></designator> <label>An act to change and fix the time for holding district and circuit courts of the United States for the eastern division of the eastern district of Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 3, 1903</label> <target>795</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, additional judge, Minnesota.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for an additional district judge in the district of Minnesota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>795</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Platt, Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the President to appoint Lieutenant Robert Platt, United States Navy, to the rank of commander.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>796</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William P. Randall, Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the President to appoint Lieutenant-Commander William P. Randall, retired, United States Navy, a commander on the retired list.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>796</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>H. C. Merriam, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the President to appoint Brigadier-General H. C. Merriam to the grade of major-general in the United States Army and place him on the retired list.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>796</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Smith, Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act raising the rank of Chief Engineer David Smith on the retired list of the Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>796</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Walton Ross, Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act to restore to the active list of the Navy the name of John Walton Ross.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>797</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bankruptcy Act amendments.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish a uniform, system of bankruptcy throughout the United States,” approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>797</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Rainy River.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the construction of a bridge across Rainy River in Minnesota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>801</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dam, St. Croix River.</i></designator> <label>An act permitting the building of a dam across the St. Croix River at or near the village of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>802</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, homesteads, Colville Reservation, Wash.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for free homesteads on the public lands for actual and bona fide settlers in the north one-half of the Colville Indian Reservation, State of Washington, and reserving the public lands for that purpose.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>803</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>“ Charleston, ” U. S. S., payment of losses, wreck of.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the officers and crew of the United States steamer Charleston, lost in the Philippine Islands November second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>804</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Confederate Mound, Oak Woods Cemetery, Ill.</i></designator> <label>An act for the improvement and care of Confederate Mound, in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago Illinois, and making an appropriation therefor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>804</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, Kall tract.</i></designator> <label>An act to cancel certain taxes assessed against the Kall tract.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>805</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Army, correction of rank of captains.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct errors in dates of original appointments of Captain James J. Hornbrook and others.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>805</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, additional judge New York southern district.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for an additional judge of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>805</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Department of Agriculture, new building.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a building for the use and accommodation of the Department of Agriculture.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>806</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Philippine Islands, extradition.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the removal of persons accused of crime to and from the Philippine Islands for trial.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>806</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, diplomatic and consular.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>807</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, town sites, Minnesota ceded Indian lands.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend the provisions of chapter eight, title thirty-two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, entitled “Reservation and sale of town sites on the public lands,” to the ceded Indian lands in the State of Minnesota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>820</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Dimmit County, Texas.</i></designator> <label>An act to detach the county of Dimmit from the southern judicial district of Texas and to attach it to the western judicial district of Texas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>820</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Alabama northern and middle districts.</i></designator> <label>An act to fix the time for holding the United States district and circuit courts in the northern and middle districts of Alabama.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>820</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Russell Bartlett, Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the appointment of John Russell Bartlett, a captain on the retired list of the Navy, as a rear-admiral on the retired list of the Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1903</label> <target>821</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way, Fort Sill Reservation, Okla.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Oklahoma City and Western Railroad Company to construct and operate a railway through the Fort Sill Military Reservation, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1903</label> <target>821</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-house, San Francisco Bay, Cal.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a fog bell and lens-lantern light on the southeastern end of Southampton Shoal, San Francisco Bay, California.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1903</label> <target>822</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, grant to California.</i></designator> <label>An act granting to the State of California six hundred and forty acres of land in lieu of section sixteen, township seven south, range eight east San Bernardino meridian, State of California, now occupied by the Torres band or village of Mission Indians.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 11, 1903</label> <target>822</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, school indemnity selections.</i></designator> <label>An act adjusting certain conflicts respecting State school indemnity selections in lieu of school sections in abandoned military reservations.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 11, 1903</label> <target>822<page>xv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Antitrust suits.</i></designator> <label>An act to expedite the hearing and determination of suits in equity pending or hereafter brought under the act of July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,” “An act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or any other acts having a like purpose that may be hereafter enacted.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 11, 1903</label> <target>823</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National Florence Crittenton Mission, D. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate The National Florence Crittenton Mission.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 11, 1903</label> <target>824</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas H. Carpenter, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the restoration of the name of Thomas H. Carpenter, late captain, Seventeenth United States Infantry, to the rolls of the Army, and providing that he be placed on the list of retired officers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1903</label> <target>824</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, judges’ salaries increased.</i></designator> <label>An act to fix the salaries of certain judges of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1903</label> <target>825</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oil mining claims assessments.</i></designator> <label>An act defining what shah constitute and providing for assessments on oil mining claims.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1903</label> <target>825</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Department of Commerce and Labor.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish the Department of Commerce and Labor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1903</label> <target>825</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Army General Staff Corps.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the efficiency of the Army.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 14, 1903</label> <target>830</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Alabama northern district.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act to add certain counties in Alabama to the northern district therein, and to divide the said northern district, after the addition of said counties, into two divisions, and to prescribe the times and places for holding courts therein, and for other purposes, approved May second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 16, 1903</label> <target>832</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Colorado.</i></designator> <label>An act fixing terms of United States courts in Colorado, and other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 16, 1903</label> <target>833</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri Fiver between the city of Chamberlain, in Brule County, and Lyman County, in the State of South Dakota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>833</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Saint Francis River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Kailway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Saint Francis Fiver, in the State of Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>834</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Connecticut River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the board of commissioners for the Connecticut bridge and highway district to construct a bridge across the Connecticut River at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>836</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Allegheny River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Pittsburg, Carnegie and Western Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Allegheny River.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>837</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gettysburg battlefield, monuments to Regulars.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Secretary of War to cause to be erected monuments and markers on the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the valorous deeds of certain regiments and batteries of the United States Army.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>838</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Muscle Shoals, Ala., canal, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend the time granted to the Muscle Shoals Power Company by an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, within which to commence and complete the work authorized in the said act to be done by said company, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>839</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Bogue Chitto, La.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Bogue Chitto, in the State of Louisiana.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>839</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Monongahela, River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania, by the Eastern Railroad Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>839</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, Rockford Cemetery, S. Dak.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to the Rochford Cemetery Association to certain lands for cemetery purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>840</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, Montrose, Colo.</i></designator> <label>An act permitting the town of Montrose, Colorado, to enter one hundred and sixty acres of land for reservoir and water purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>841</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Utah.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for holding terms of court in the district of Utah.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>841</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Indian Territory, recording deeds, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for record of deeds and other conveyances and instruments of writing in Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>841</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Interstate commerce, liability of corporations.</i></designator> <label>An act to further regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>847</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Kansas City, Kans.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the holding of terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States at Kansas City, Kansas, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>849</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, pay of clerks.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the clerks of circuit and district courts of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>849</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William McCarty Little, Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William McCarty Little.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1903</label> <target>850</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Bridgeport, Conn.</i></designator> <label>An act amending the act of June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, providing for the erection of a public building at Bridgeport, Connecticut.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1903</label> <target>850</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Monongahela River:.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize Washington and Westmoreland counties in the State of Pennsylvania to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1903</label> <target>850</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Conecuh River.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the commissioners’ court of Escambia County, Alabama, to construct a bridge across Conecuh River at or near a point known as McGowans Ferry, in said county and State.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1903</label> <target>852</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States courts, Wilkesboro, N. C.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish United States courts at Wilkesboro, North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 23, 1903</label> <target>852<page>xvi</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-house, Burrows Island, Wash.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a light-house and fog-signal station on Burrows Island, State of Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1903</label> <target>853</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Keeper’s dwelling, Grosse Isle, Mich.</i></designator> <label>An act for the erection of a keeper’s dwelling at Grosse Isle, North Channel Range, Detroit River, Michigan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1903</label> <target>853</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Light-house depot, Boston, Mass.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a light-house depot for the Second light-house district, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1903</label> <target>853</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Invoices at consulates.</i></designator> <label>An act to permit the Secretary of State to cause the destruction of invoices of merchandise, exported to the United States, which have been on file in the consular offices for more than five years.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1903</label> <target>854</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, legislative, executive, and judicial.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>854</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Colorado Cooperative Colony.</i></designator> <label>An act extending the time for making proof and payment for all lands taken under the desert-land laws by the members of the Colorado Cooperative Colony for a further period of three years.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>907</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bight of way, San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve.</i></designator> <label>An act granting the Central Arizona Rail-Way Company a right of way for- railroad purposes through the San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve, in the Territory of Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>907</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, property of Daughters of American Revolution.</i></designator> <label>An act to exempt from taxation certain property of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 27, 1903</label> <target>907</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marie Irene Donaldson.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the interment of the remains of Marie Irene Donaldson and her daughter, Marie Irene Donaldson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 27, 1903</label> <target>908</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Statues, Pulaski and von Steuben.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for the erection at AV ashington, District of Columbia, of statues to the memory of Brigadier-General Count Pulaski and Major-General Baron von Steuben, of the Continental Army.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 27, 1903</label> <target>908</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Buffalo, Wyo., land patent.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent to the city of Buffalo, Wyoming, for certain tracts of land.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 27, 1903</label> <target>908</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, union railroad station.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide for a union railroad station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>909</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Missouri River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River and to establish it as a post road.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>918</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pensions, remarried widows.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act amending section forty-seven hundred and eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to pensions to remarried widows,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>920</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arkansas, Fort Smith lands.</i></designator> <label>An act confirming and ceding jurisdiction to the State of Arkansas over certain lands formerly in the Fort Smith Reservation in said State, and asserting and retaining Federal jurisdiction over certain other lands in said reservation.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>921</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Tennessee River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge across the Tennessee River at a point between Lewis Bluff, in Morgan County, Alabama, and Guntersville, in Marshall County, Alabama.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>921</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, Masonic Relief Association.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>923</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Pearl River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Pearl and Leaf Rivers Railroad Company to bridge Pearl River in the State of Mississippi.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>924</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Cumberland River.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Carthage, Tennessee,” approved March second, nineteen hundred and one.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>925</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Arkansas River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River at or near Moors Rock, in the State of Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>926</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>United States Courts, Texas eastern district.</i></designator> <label>An act to create a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for terms of court at Texarkana, Texas, and for a clerk for said court, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>926</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>927</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Automatic car couplers, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and amended April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>943</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pensions, lost limbs.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pensions of those who have lost limbs in the military or naval service of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>944</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alaska, Civil Code amendments.</i></designator> <label>An act amending the Civil Code of Alaska, providing for the organization of private corporations, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>944</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Widows Island, Me.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the conveyance of Widows Island, Maine, to the State of Maine.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>952</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Philippine coinage and standard of value.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a standard of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philippine Islands.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>952</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public lands, Montana.</i></designator> <label>An act to confirm certain forest lieu selections made under the act approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>955</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Immediate transportation, Niagara Falls, N. K.</i></designator> <label>An act to extend to the port of Niagara Falls, New York, the privileges of the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>955<page>xvii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Army accounts, war with Spain.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the settlement of the accounts of officers of the Army.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>955</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George A. Detchemendy, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of George A. Detchemendy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>956</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, District of Columbia.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>956</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Life-saving station, Lorain, Ohio.</i></designator> <label>An act to establish a life-saving station at the mouth of Black River, at or near the city of Lorain, in the State of Ohio.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>982</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Indian Department.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>982</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Military Academy.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1011</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Cranford Gorgas, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the promotion of Major William Crawford Gorgas, surgeon in the Army of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1022</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, height of buildings.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1022</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Importing breeding animals.</i></designator> <label>An act regulating the importation of breeding animals.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1023</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Florida Indian lands.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands therein mentioned.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1024</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, fortifications.</i></designator> <label>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.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1024</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way, Vancouver Barracks, etc., Wash.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing and empowering the Secretary of War to locate a right of way for and granting the same and a right to operate and maintain a line of railroad through the Vancouver Barracks and Military Reservation, in the State of Washington, to the Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railway Company, its successors and assigns.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1028</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Homestead entries, Alaska.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section one of the act of Congress approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An act extending the homestead laws and providing for a right of way for railroads in the district of Alaska.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1028</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kensey J. Hampton, Army.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the President of the United States to appoint Kensey J. Hampton captain and quartermaster in the Army.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1030</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Right of way, Big Sandy River locks.</i></designator> <label>An act granting the right of way to the Kenova and Big Sandy Railroad Company through the Government lands at Lock Number Two, Big Sandy River, and at Lock Number Three, Big Sandy River, both in Wayne County, West Virginia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1030</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Saint Francis River, Ark.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Saint Francis River at or near the town of Saint Francis, Arkansas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1031</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, deficiencies.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1031</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, sundry civil expenses.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1083</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Agricultural Department.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1147</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, postal service.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1165</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Appropriations, Navy.</i></designator> <label>An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1179</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public buildings, omnibus act.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1203</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Immigration.</i></designator> <label>An act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1213</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alabama railroad grant lands.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of certain homestead settlers in the State of Alabama.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1222</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>National banks, reserve cities.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section one of an act entitled “An act to amend sections fifty-one hundred and ninety-one and fifty-one hundred and ninety-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and for other purposes.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1223</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Coin, etc., advertisements.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend section three of the “Act further to prevent counterfeiting or manufacturing of dies, tools, or other implements used in manufacturing,” and so forth, approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1223</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Customs duties refunded, Porto Rico and Philippines.</i></designator> <label>An act to refund the amount of duties paid on merchandise brought into the United States from Porto Rico between April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and May first, nineteen hundred, and also on merchandise brought into the United States from the Philippine Islands between April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and March eighth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1224</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>District of Columbia, Seward square.</i></designator> <label>An act to confirm the name of Seward square for the space formed by the intersection of C. street south and Pennsylvania and North Carolina avenues District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1224<page>xviii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridge, Chodawhatchee River.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the court of county commissioners of Geneva County, Alabama, to construct a bridge across the Choctawhatchee River, in Geneva County, Alabama.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1225</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patents, international.</i></designator> <label>An act to effectuate the provisions of the additional act of the international convention for the protection of industrial property.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1225</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Medallions, Thomas Jefferson Association.</i></designator> <label>An act to provide certain souvenir medallions for the benefit of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1227</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pensions, Mexican war survivors.</i></designator> <label>An act to increase the pension of Mexican war survivors to twelve dollars per month.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1228</target></referenceItem>
</groupItem>
<groupItem>
<label class="centered">RESOLUTIONS.</label>	
<headingItem>
<designator />
<label />
<label />
<target />
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Congressional employees, December salaries.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and two, on the eighteenth day of said month.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 17, 1902</label> <target>1229</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Military badges, China service.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution relating to military badges.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1229</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Statues, Generals Nash and Davidson.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to carry into effect two resolutions of the Continental Congress directing monuments to be erected to the memory of Generals Francis Nash and William Lee Davidson, of North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1903</label> <target>1229</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Court-house, Williamsport, Pa.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution extending the provision granting to the State of Pennsylvania the use of the court-house at Scranton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1230</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alaska railroad.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to extend the time for construction of the Akron, Sterling and Northern Railroad in Alaska.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>1230</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Columbus, Ohio, land dedicated.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution dedicating to the city of Columbus, in the State of Ohio, for uses and purposes of the public streets, part of property conveyed to the United States by Robert Neil by deed dated February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, recorded in Deed Book Seventy-six, page five hundred and seventy-two, and so forth, Franklin County records.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1903</label> <target>1230</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vital statistics registration.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution requesting State authorities to cooperate with Census Office in securing a uniform system of birth and death registration.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 11, 1903</label> <target>1231</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Public building, Jacksonville, Fla.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase additional ground for the post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Jacksonville, Florida.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 21, 1903</label> <target>1231</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pardons, etc., compilation.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution to provide for the printing of a digest of the laws, decisions, and opinions relating to pardons and other acts of executive clemency under the United States and the several States.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1903</label> <target>1231</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Underground railway, New York City.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution granting to the New York and Jersey Railroad Company the right to construct and operate an underground railway under land owned by the United States in the city of New York.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 27, 1903</label> <target>1232</target></referenceItem>
</groupItem>
</listOfPublicLaws>
<page>xix</page>
<listOfPrivateLaws>
<heading class="centered">LIST</heading>
<subheading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline></subheading>
<subheading class="centered">PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS</subheading>
<subheading class="centered">CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.</subheading>
<subheading class="centered">PART TWO.</subheading>
<subheading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">Acts of the Fifty-seventh Congress of the United States.</inline></subheading>
<groupItem>
<label class="centered smallCaps">[Statute I.—1901–1902.]</label>	
<headingItem>
<designator />
<label />
<label />
<target>Page.</target>
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ida S. McKinley.</i></designator> <label>An act providing for the free transportation of all mail matter sent by Mrs. Ida S. McKinley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1902</label> <target>1237</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 5, 1902</label> <target>1237</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth O. Gould.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth O. Gould.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 5, 1902</label> <target>1237</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen F. M. Edwards.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Helen F. M. Edwards.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 5, 1902</label> <target>1238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Josefa T. Philip.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Josefa T. Philip.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 5, 1902</label> <target>1238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Esther F. Moody.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Esther F. Moody.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 6, 1902</label> <target>1238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Lamb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Lamb.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 6, 1902</label> <target>1238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Dillon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael Dillon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 6, 1902</label> <target>1238</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. McDonald.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mary E. McDonald.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 14, 1902</label> <target>1239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard W. Musgrove.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard W. Musgrove.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph JV Mulford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joseph W. Mulford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1239</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Chandler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Chandler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nathaniel Eaton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel Eaton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eunice P. Detweiler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eunice P. Detweiler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. W. Morgan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. W. Morgan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John McGrath.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John McGrath.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1240</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Fisher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Fisher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel T. Rose.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel T. Rose.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah McCord.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah McCord.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1241</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles F. Burger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Burger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catharine Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucinda W. Cavender.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lucinda W. Cavender.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel C. Knowles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel C. Knowles.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances M. Reilly.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frances M. Reilly.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1242</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Emerson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John Emerson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1243</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Gifford Dunbar.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Gifford Dunbar.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1243</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dennis Hannifin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Dennis Hannifin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1243</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Ferguson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Ferguson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1243</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan F. Connit.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Susan F. Connit.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Black.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Black.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary R. Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary R. Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Fowler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Fowler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1244</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Napoleon B. Perkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Napoleon B. Perkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1244<page>xx</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Pollock.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David Pollock.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theophilus Goodwin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Theophilus Goodwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry B. Schroeder.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry B. Schroeder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laura B. Wear.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Laura B. Wear.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1245</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrison T. De Long.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Harrison T. De Long.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marcia M. Merritt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Marcia M. Merritt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matilda Armstrong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Matilda Armstrong.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jane Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline N. Allen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Caroline N. Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1246</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>A. Curtis Steever Carpenter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to A. Curtis Steever Carpenter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oscar Reed.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oscar Reed.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Hymer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Hymer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John E. Farrell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John E. Farrell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1247</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nellie M. Emery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nellie M. Emery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elmer A. Stevens.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elmer L. Stevens.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Loren S. Richardson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Loren S. Richardson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tempy French.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Tempy French.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lawrentus Lane.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lawrentus Lane.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1248</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leighton J. Folsom.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leighton J. Folsom.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry S. Comer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry S. Comer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Tripp.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Tripp.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver P. Ggodwin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oliver P. Goodwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1249</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cyrus Odell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cyrus Odell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles N. Lee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles N. Lee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Willard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Willard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert M. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert M. Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1250</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David A. Ireland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David A. Ireland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin V. Hathaway.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Martin V. Hathaway.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph R. Martin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph R. Martin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen L. Pepper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting, a pension to Helen L. Pepper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1251</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John B. Wilcox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John B. Wilcox.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Morrison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John C. Morrison.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. McClure.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. McClure.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jeremiah Evans.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jeremiah Evans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ambrose Burton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ambrose Burton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1252</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen M. Evans.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Helen M. Evans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Uriah S. Karmany.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Uriah S. Karmany.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Rappie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Rappie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennie A. McKinley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jennie A. McKinley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1253</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew Mulholland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew Mulholland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis M. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend an act entitled “An act granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Thompson,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas V. Stran.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas V. Stran.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Petee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David Petee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1254</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Katherine R. A. Ogden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Katherine R. A. Ogden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine Pflueger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catherine Pflueger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Church.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Church.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George B. Boyd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George B. Boyd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1255</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jedediah S. Vallet.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jedediah S. Vallet.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary C. Newcomb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary C. Newcomb.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia Maher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Julia Maher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Cupps.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David Cupps.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1256</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan M. Pardee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Susan M. Pardee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James D. Woodward.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James D. Woodward.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1257<page>xxi</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kate Virginia Dewey Cushing.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Kate Virginia Dewey Cushing.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas H. McConnaughey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas H. McConnaughey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elisha B. Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elisha B. Taylor, alias Elisha T. Bisbee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1257</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theodore Lane.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Theodore Lane.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles E. Bachelder.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles E. Bachelder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew H. Gifford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew H. Gifford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram S. Kingsley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hiram S. Kingsley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1258</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gustav Schwartz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gustav Schwartz.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emil Frank.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emil Frank.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward B. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward B. Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ida R. Siegfried.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ida R. Siegfried.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary F. Hooper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary F. Hooper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1259</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Briscoe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Briscoe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marshall Bachelder.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Marshall Bachelder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Patterson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Patterson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mabel H. Lazear.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mabel H. Lazear.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1260</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha V. Keenan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Martha V. Keenan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Levi Cross.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Levi Cross.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Virginia Terrill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Virginia Terrill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 27, 1902</label> <target>1261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carson and Newman College.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the trustees of Carson and Newman College, at Jefferson City, Tenn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 28, 1902</label> <target>1261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles L. Sweatt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles L. Sweatt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 28, 1902</label> <target>1261</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Acceptance of gifts from German Emperor.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize Commander James M. Miller, United States Navy; Surgeon Oliver D. Norton, United States Navy, and Mr. Edwin V. Morgan, formerly secretary of the Samoan Commission and now secretary of the legation of the United States at Seoul, Korea, to accept presents tendered to them by His Majesty the Emperor of Germany.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 1, 1902</label> <target>1262</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Chambers.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mary Chambers, widow of Thomas Chambers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 4, 1902</label> <target>1262</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mourse R. Adams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mourse R. Adams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1262</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henriette Salomon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henriette Salomon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1263</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nellie Bartlett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nellie Bartlett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1263</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard N. Blodgett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard N. Blodgett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1263</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucy M. Hill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy M. Hill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1263</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis C. Killam.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lewis C. Killam.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1263</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adelaide- Worth Bagley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Adelaide Worth Bagley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1264</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas E. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas E. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1264</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca Dobbins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rebecca Dobbins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1264</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tonas M. McCoy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jonas M. McCoy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1264</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wellington D. Curtis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Wellington D. Curtis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin G. Sargent.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin G. Sargent.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucinda C. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lucinda C. Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mahale Litton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mahale Litton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moses Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Moses Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1265</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cynthia M. Record.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Cynthia M. Record.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Enoch A. White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Enoch A. White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine Meade.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catherine Meade.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fred F. B. Coffin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fred F. B. Coffin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1266</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Etta Scott Mitchell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting ah increase of pension to Etta Scott Mitchell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Core.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John M. Core.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elvira L. Wilkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elvira L. Wilkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ziba S. Wood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ziba S. Wood.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cornelius Springer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cornelius Springer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1267</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pauline Lowe Murphy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Pauline Lowe Murphy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha A. Couch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Martha A. Couch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hugh R. Richardson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hugh R. Richardson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rhody Ann Bradshaw.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rhody Ann Bradshaw.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1268</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Minnie E. King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Minnie E. King.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1269<page>xxii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johanna C. Block.</i></designator> <label>An act to confirm title to lot one, square eleven hundred and thirteen, in Washington, District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William S. Derby.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William S. Derby.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 10, 1902</label> <target>1269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lura B. Rogers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lura B. Kogers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1269</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine Conroy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catherine Conroy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George H. Morton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George H. Morton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary T. Bruce.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary T. Bruce.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry N. Tracy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry N. Tracy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Silas H. Cronk.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Silas H. Cronk.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1270</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lizzie A. Campbell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lizzie A. Campbell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram Cronk.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hiram Cronk.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Penrose W. Reagan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Penrose W. Reagan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William M. Strope.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William M. Strope.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1271</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James A. Edmonds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James A. Edmonds.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis M. Gilman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Gilman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Morris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Morris.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James F. Charlesworth.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James F. Charles worth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah O. Fields.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah O. Fields.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1272</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Pierce.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Pierce.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James D. Elderkin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James D. Elderkin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Gagan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Gagan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Eugas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Eugas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rasmussen and Strehlow.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Rasmussen and Strehlow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1273</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joel Metz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joel Metz.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin Brittingham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Brittingham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wright H. Auchmoody.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Wright H. Auchmoody.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis Pearson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis Pearson, alias James F. Pearston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eva II McColley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eva H. McColley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1274</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aaron M. Applegate.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Aaron M. Applegate.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Angeline Murray.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Angeline Murray.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas W. Robinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas W. Robinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Hall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas Hall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1275</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aaron C. Badger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Aaron C. Badger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. Marr.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William C. Marr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 11, 1902</label> <target>1276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joshua H. Buckingham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joshua H. Buckingham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 12, 1902</label> <target>1276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Hurrle.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Charles Hurrle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 15, 1902</label> <target>1276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George K. Bowen.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of George K. Bowen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 17, 1902</label> <target>1276</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. Dodge.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William C. Dodge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 18, 1902</label> <target>1277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louis Weber.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Louis Weber.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 18, 1902</label> <target>1277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Stradling.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of James M. Stradling.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 20, 1902</label> <target>1277</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James L. Proctor.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of James L. Proctor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 20, 1902</label> <target>1278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. V. Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of J. V. Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 20, 1902</label> <target>1278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hugh C. Preston.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Hugh O. Preston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 20, 1902</label> <target>1278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward Kershner.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Edward Kershner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 20, 1902</label> <target>1278</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Bowers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Bowers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adella C. Chandler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Adella C. Chandler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George C. Leighton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George C. Leighton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph W. Grant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Grant.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Armstrong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Armstrong.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1279</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard A. Lawrence.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard A. Lawrence.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel M. Graves.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samuel M. Graves.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kephart Wallace.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Kephart Wallace.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elmer J. Starkey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elmer J. Starkey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1280</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. House.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. House.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin Wylie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Benjamin Wylie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William R. Underwood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William R. Underwood.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elias Longman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elias Longman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles H. Wickham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Wickham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1281</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Butler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas Butler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles H. Baker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Baker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1282<page>xxiii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Harper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Harper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard Fristoe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard Fristoe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1282</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel Schram.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel Schram.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Rheuby.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Rheuby.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan P. Crandall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Susan P. Crandall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carleton A. Trundy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Carleton A. Trundy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph K. Ashby.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph K. Ashby.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1283</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>M. Callie Glover.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to M. Callie Glover.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles A. Sheafe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles A. Sheafe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alice M. Ballou.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alice M. Ballou.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Burns.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Burns.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1284</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie S. Hummel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Annie S. Hummel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harry H. Sieg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harry H. Sieg.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mahlon C. Moores.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mahlon C. Moores.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alfred N. Mosier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alfred N. Mosier.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Hunter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John S. Hunter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1285</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Narcissa Tait.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Narcissa Tait.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1286</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anderson Howard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Anderson Howard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 21, 1902</label> <target>1286</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>F. E. Coyne.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of F. E. Coyne.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 22, 1902</label> <target>1286</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William T. Pratt.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of William T. Pratt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 27, 1902</label> <target>1286</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen A. Toops.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Stephen A. Toops.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 27, 1902</label> <target>1287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William J. Wallace.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William J. Wallace.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John G. Brower.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John G. Brower.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth M. Folds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth M. Folds.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William M. Guy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William M. Guy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1287</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isabella Compton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isabella Compton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1288</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Vale.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Vale.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1288</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William K. Hoffman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William K. Hoffman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1288</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Israel P. Covey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Israel P. Covey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1288</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>C. R. Dickson.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of C. R. Dickson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1289</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan Terry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Susan Terry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1289</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. Flowers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William O. Flowers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1289</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ruth B. Osborne.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ruth B. Osborne.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1289</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John B. Kurth.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John B. Kurth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1289</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Selden E. Whitcher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Selden E. Whitcher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1290</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christina Daniels.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Christina Daniels.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1290</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick M. Hahn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick M. Hahn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1290</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Malvina C. Stith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Malvina C. Stith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1290</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel W. Skinner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel W. Skinner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1290</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lue Emma McJunkin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lue Emma McJunkin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1291</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kazier Washbum.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Kazier Washburn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1291</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milton A. Ernbick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Milton A. Embick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1291</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin F. Draper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Benjamin F. Draper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1291</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Mantach.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Mantach.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1291</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Craig.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Craig.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1292</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank Seaman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frank Seaman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1292</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob D. Caldwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jacob D. Caldwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1292</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Tynan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Michael Tynan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1292</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Norris L. Imngren.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Norris L. Lungren.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1293</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hester Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hester Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1293</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amanda Jacko.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Amanda Jacko.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1293</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Shafer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick Shafer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1293</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Chapman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. Chapman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1293</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Lewis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John S. Lewis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1294</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Garner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Garner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1294</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances K. Morrison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frances K. Morrison.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1294</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary F. Key.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary F. Key.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1294</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sara B. Andrews.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sara B. Andrews.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1294</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph H. Barnum.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. Barnum.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann Demonbrim.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann Demonbrun.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram H. Kingsbury.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hiram H. Kingsbury.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander Beachboard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alexander Beachboard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1295</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph W. Burch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Burch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1296</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie D. Taggart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Annie D. Taggart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1296<page>xxiv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kate Pearce.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Kate Pearce.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1296</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances Stebbins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frances E. Stebbins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1296</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Israel A. Benner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Israel A. Benner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abbie M. Packard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Abbie M. Packard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlotte H. Race.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charlotte H. Race.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abby Clark McNett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Abby Clark McNett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas J. Stowers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Stowers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1297</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adela S. Webster.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Adela S. Webster.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis W. Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lewis W. Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles R. Bridgman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles R. Bridgman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann Eliza Trout.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ann Eliza Trout.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1298</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cynthia A. McKenny.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cynthia A. McKenny.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1299</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Samelsberger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael Samelsberger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1299</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank J. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frank J. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1299</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Williamanna E. Lynde.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Williamanna E. Lynde.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1299</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennie C. Ruckle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jennie O. Ruckle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1299</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cornelia E. Wright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cornelia E. Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1300</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline Mischler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline Mischler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1300</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ella Bailey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ella Bailey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1300</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances Fuller Victor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frances Fuller Victor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1300</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter C. Monfort.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter C. Monfort.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1301</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sidney Leland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sidney Leland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1301</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Franklin Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Franklin Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1301</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick E. Rogers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick E. Rogers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1301</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John McGrath.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John McGrath.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1301</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clara A. Penrose.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Clara A. Penrose.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Noah F. Chafee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Noah F. Chafee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sybil F. Hall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sybil F. Hall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Burnham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Burnham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1302</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Gregg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Gregg.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horatio N. Francis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Horatio N. Francis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma McLaughlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emma McLaughlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. H. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. H. Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma R. Pawling.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Emma R. Pawling.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1303</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter C. Cleek.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter C. Cleek.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucy W. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy W. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas G. Foster.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas G. Foster.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marie J. Smyth.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Marie J. Smyth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1304</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert D. Scovell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert D. Scovell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha R. Osboxirn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha R. Osbourn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Hazelton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Hazelton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Barton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jacob Barton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Franklin B. Delany.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Franklin B. Delany.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1305</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth A. Shaw.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth A. Shaw.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1306</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>India Stewart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to India Stewart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1306</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marie U. Nordstrom.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Marie U. Nordstrom.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1306</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jason Leighton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jason Leighton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1306</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alice De K. Shattuck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alice De K. Shattuck.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph A. Nunez.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph A. Nunez.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Louise Worden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Louise Worden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth K. Prescott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth K. Prescott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1307</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simeon Partridge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Simeon Partridge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1308</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane E. Tompkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jane E. Tompkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1308</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilbert P. Howe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Gilbert P. Howe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1308</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph M. Clough.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph M. Clough.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1308</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Heber C. Griffin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Heber C. Griffin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1308</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie McElheney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Annie McElheney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1309</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George M. Emery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George M. Emery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1309<page>xxv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ida C. Emery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ida C. Emery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1309</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Van Wormer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Van Wormer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1309</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George E. Houghton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George E. Houghton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 28, 1902</label> <target>1310</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James A. Somerville.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of James A. Somerville.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 29, 1902</label> <target>1310</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward M. Kanouse.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward M. Kanouse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1310</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard C. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard C. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1310</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bessie H. Lester.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Bessie H. Lester.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1311</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Ball.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Ball.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1311</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna B. McCurley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Anna B. McCurley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1311</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aquila Wiley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Aquila Wiley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1311</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James B. Harris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James B. Harris.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1311</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick Lee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Patrick Lee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1312</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Coates.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Coates.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1312</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucy B. Bevis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy B. Bevis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1312</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rollin Tyler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rollin Tyler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1312</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Maley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah Maley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1312</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth W. Simmons.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth W. Simmons.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Almond Delamater.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Almond Delamater.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laura G. Weisenburger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Laura G. Weisenburger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William II Allen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1313</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alice Angel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alice Angel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James R. McClellen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James R. McClellen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Howe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John M. Howe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laura A. Van Wye.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Laura A. Van Wye.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John F. Corey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Y. Corey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1314</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Singley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Singley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Meade.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John W. Meade.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elias M. Haight.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elias M. Haight.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emily J. Tallman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emily J. Tallman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1315</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David A. Frier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David A. Frier.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1316</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert M. McCullough.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert M. McCullough.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1316</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John F. Antlitz.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of John F. Antlitz.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1316</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph B. Arbaugh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph B. Arbaugh.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1316</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James P. Burchfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James P. Burchfield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Misner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Misner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert S. Whittier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert S. Whittier.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles W. Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>La Myra V. Kendig.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to La Myra V. Kendig.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1317</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Farrell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael Farrell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1318</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Levi II Winslow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Levi H. Winslow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1318</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen F. Rorer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Helen V. Rorer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1318</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George McDaniel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George McDaniel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1318</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Todd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Todd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha A. De Lamater.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha A. De Lamater.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac II Crim.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac H. Crim.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William G. Johnson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William G. Johnson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Id Mackey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Mackey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1319</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alice Bozeman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alice Bozeman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William J. Overman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William J. Overman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matthew C. Medbury.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Matthew C. Medbury.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lorenzo Blackman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lorenzo Blackman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1320</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Bliss.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Bliss.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Hendry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret Hendry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary King.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James A. Bramble.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James A. Bramble.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza A. Wright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza A. Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1321</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maggie Helmbold.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Maggie Helmbold.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew Y. Transue.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew Y. Transue.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Reep.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Reep.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1322<page>xxvi</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Cowgill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Cowgill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1322</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William R. Armstrong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William R. Armstrong.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah M. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah M. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alida Payne.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alida Payne.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David C. Maples.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David C. Maples.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles IL Stone.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Stone.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1323</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Daniels.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Daniels.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emory S. Foster.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emory S. Foster.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza B. Gamble.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza B. Gamble.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nathaniel C. Goodwin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel C. Goodwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Morgan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Morgan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1324</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Torgus Haraldson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Torgus Haraldson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1325</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julius W. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Julius W. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1325</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ella R. Graham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ella R. Graham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1325</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maria Louisa Michie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Maria Louisa Michie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1325</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Feneran.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Feneran.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1325</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kate IL Clements.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Kate H. Clements.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1326</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew J. Freeman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Freeman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1326</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel M. Howard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel M. Howard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1326</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eugene J. Oldman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eugene J. Oulman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1326</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Lehew.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Lehew.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1326</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas E. Sauls.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas E. Sauls.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1327</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Fame.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Fame.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1327</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Georgie Josephine Walcott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Georgie Josephine Walcott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1327</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George FL Evans.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George H. Evans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1327</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Myers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Myers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1328</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Barnard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Barnard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1328</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carlin Hamlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Carlin Hamlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1328</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John G. Hutchinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John G. Hutchinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1328</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Dunn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret Dunn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1328</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver Gisborne.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Oliver Gisborne.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leroy S. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leroy S. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna J. Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Anna J. Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1329</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry M. Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry M. Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaiah Tufford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isaiah Tufford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James E. Dexter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James E. Dexter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leander Parmelee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leander Parmelee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nadine A. Turchin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nadine A. Turchin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1330</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary F. Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary V. Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah A. Carter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah A. Carter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Sweeney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Sweeney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edivard H. Armstrong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward H. Armstrong.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1331</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances Gurley Elderkin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frances Gurley Elderkin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Frances Taft.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Frances Taft.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles W. Foster.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Foster.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles C. Dudley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles C. Dudley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John McDonald.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John McDonald.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1332</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Nelson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John S. Nelson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1333</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Augusta Turner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Augusta Turner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1333</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha A. Greenleaf.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Martha A. Greenleaf.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1333</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Myra W. Robinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Myra W. Robinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1333</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Raulett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John S. Raulett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1334</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John E. White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John E. White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1334</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horatio N. Warren.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Horatio N. Warren.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1334</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dewit C. McCoy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Dewit C. McCoy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1334</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otillia M. Smoot.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Otillia M. Smoot.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1334</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward S. Dickinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward S. Dickinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dennis Dyer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Dennis Dyer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alfred H. Van Vliet.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alfred H. Van Vliet.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Kelly.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Kelly.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1335</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Josephine M. Dustin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Josephine M. Dustin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1336<page>xxvii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Freeman R. E. Chanaberry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Freeman R. E. Chanaberry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Uriah Reams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Uriah Reams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William B. Rowe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William B. Rowe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Barbara McDonald.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Barbara McDonald.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1336</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John W. Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1337</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Larzalere.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Larzalere.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1337</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah II H. Lowe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah H. H. Lowe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1337</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza Stewart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza Stewart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1337</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles F. Merrill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles F. Merrill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1338</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abraham N. Bradfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abraham N. Bradfield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1338</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Hollister.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Hollister.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1338</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ida S. McKinley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ida S. McKinley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1338</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christina Heitz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Christina Heitz.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1339</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry F. Benson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry F. Benson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1339</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thompson B. Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thompson B. Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1339</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Augustus E. Hodges.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Augustus E. Hodges.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1339</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edwin J. Godfrey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edwin J. Godfrey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1339</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas H. H. Gibbs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas H. H. Gibbs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Golden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jacob Golden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret M. Boyd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret M. Boyd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1340</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. Allen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theophile A. Dauphin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Theophile A. Dauphin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Erastus C. Moderwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Erastus C. Moderwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry E. De Marse.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry E. De Marse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Berry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Berry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1341</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George R. Chaney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George R. Chaney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1342</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nathan W. Snee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nathan W. Snee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1342</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert L. Ackridge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert L. Ackridge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1342</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lizzie B. Green.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lizzie B. Green.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1342</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marion Barnes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Marion Barnes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Evaline Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Evaline Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles S. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles S. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clara B. Townsend.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Clara B. Townsend.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. James.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John S. James.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1343</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances E. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frances E. Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Stockings.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Stockings.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Carlile.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Carlile.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew B. Spurting.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew B. Spurling.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amelia A. Russell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Amelia A. Russell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1344</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ruth Bartlett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ruth Bartlett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Culbreath.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Culbreath.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 17, 1902</label> <target>1345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. David.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William C. David.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane K. Hill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jane K. Hill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1345</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lavalette D. Dickey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lavalette D. Dickey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Ambrook.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Ambrook.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George H. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George H. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Steele.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Steele.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles B. Wingfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles B. Wingfield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1346</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Wheeler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Wheeler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William, Hoag.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Hoag.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter Bittman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter Bittman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma Sophia Harper Cilley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emma Sophia Harper Cilley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1347</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan Hays.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Susan Hays.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Anne Harris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah Anne Harris.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Peterson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Peterson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Allen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin F. H. Luce.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Beniamin F. H. Luce.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1348</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan E. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Susan E. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie E. Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Annie E. Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otto H. Hasselman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Otto H. Hasselman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albertine Schoenecker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albertine Schoenecker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1349</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pheobe L. Peyton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Pheobe L. Peyton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 21, 1902</label> <target>1350<page>xxviii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew J. Felt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Andrew J. Felt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 23, 1902</label> <target>1350</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Jane Faulkner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Jane Faulkner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 25, 1902</label> <target>1350</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louise Ward.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Louise Ward.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 25, 1902</label> <target>1350</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel J. Lambden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel J. Lambden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 25, 1902</label> <target>1350</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Blackbum.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the charge of desertion standing against the record of Thomas Blackburn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 26, 1902</label> <target>1351</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theodore F. Collins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Theodore F. Collins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1351</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Thatcher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Thatcher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1351</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aaron S. Gatliff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Aaron S. Gatliff.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1351</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles A. Perkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Perkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1352</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Austin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Austin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1352</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary J. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1352</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dorothy S. White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Dorothy S. White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1352</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richmond A. Booker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richmond L. Booker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1352</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christiana Steiger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Christiana Steiger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Findley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Findley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza J. Noble.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza J. Noble.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William B. Matney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William B. Matney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1353</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Lane.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Henry Lane.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Baker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Baker, formerly Maggie Ralston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Eastin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Eastin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Seydel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John M. Seydel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reuben Wellman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Reuben Wellman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1354</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mariah J. Anderson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mariah J. Anderson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances T. Anderson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frances T. Anderson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Esther A. C. Hardee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Esther A. C. Hardee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert E. Stephens.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert E. Stephens.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1355</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard P. Nichuals.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard P. Nichuals.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Perry H. Alexander.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Perry FL Alexander.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Myron C. Burnside.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Myron C. Burnside.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jda D. Greene.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ida D. Greene.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Matthews.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Matthews.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1356</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zachariah R. Saunders.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Zachariah R. Saunders.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Guinn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Guinn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James F. P. Johnston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James F. P. Johnston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1357</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Blanche Duffy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Blanche Duffy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harrison C. Tore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Harrison C. Vore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret FLoefer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret Hoefer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Pettit.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Pettit.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Gaston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Gaston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1358</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen Llockenbury.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Allen Hockenbury.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1359</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis H. Delony.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lewis II Delony.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1359</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William E. Gray.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William E. Gray.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1359</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen May.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen May.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1359</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. King.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of George W. King.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 28, 1902</label> <target>1360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Justus Canfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Justus Canfield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Jack.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Jack.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. F. Gilman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. F. Gilman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1360</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Milsted.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Milsted.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abram O. Kindy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abram O. Kindy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mahala Jane Kuhn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mahala Jane Kuhn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louis Hahn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting ah increase of pension to Louis Hahn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William J. Simmons.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William J. Simmons.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1361</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Holgate.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Holgate.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Dodge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Dodge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Herbert A. Boomhower.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Herbert A. Boomhower.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Russel A. Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Russel A. Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1362</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elijah E. Harvey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elijah E. Harvey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1363<page>xxix</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan House.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Susan House.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1363</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas P. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting increase of pension to Thomas P. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1363</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ernest Wagner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ernest Wagner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1363</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary L. Dibert.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary L. Dibert.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1363</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. S. Hays.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. S. Hays.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Ann E. Sperry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Ann E. Sperry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Holden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. Holden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John L. Bowman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John L. Bowman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1364</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pauline M. Roberts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Pauline M. Roberts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1365</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>H. Warn, G. Gray.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William G. Gray.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1365</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Irenia C. Hill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Irenia C. Hill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1365</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Minnie M. Rice.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Minnie M. Rice.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1365</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>M. C. Rogers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to M. C. Rogers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 29, 1902</label> <target>1366</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Calvin A. Rice.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of Calvin A. Rice.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 30, 1902</label> <target>1366</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James G. Field.</i></designator> <label>An act to restore to the active list of the Navy the name of James G. Field.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 1, 1902</label> <target>1366</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Schulte.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the charge of desertion against Frederick Schulte or Schuldt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 1, 1902</label> <target>1366</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Tusinski.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joseph Tusinski.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 1, 1902</label> <target>1366</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick Moran.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Patrick Moran.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1367</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis W. Pool.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis W. Pool.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1367</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alonzo Lewis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alonzo Lewis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1367</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lonson R. Burr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lonson R. Burr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1367</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Wright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1367</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie L. Evens.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Annie L. Evens.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1368</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ephraim D. Dorman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ephraim D. Dorman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1368</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret M. Grant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret M. Grant.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1368</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Andress.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Andress.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1368</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard Trist.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard Trist.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1369</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theron R. Mack.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Theron R. Mack.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1369</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah H. Lake.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah H. Lake.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1369</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William A. Campbell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William A. Campbell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1369</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline R. Boyd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline R. Boyd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1369</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Phineas Curran.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Phineas Curran.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1370</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David A. Lane.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the charge of desertion against David A. Lane.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1370</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter Connell.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of Peter Connell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1370</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward, R. Stackable.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Edward R. Stackable, collector of customs for the district of Hawaii.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1370</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christopher Columbus Sheets.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Christopher Columbus Sheets.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1371</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Shadrack I. Corbett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Shadrack I. Corbett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1371</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lydia Carr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lydia Carr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1371</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary C. Trask.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary C. Trask.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1371</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Holmes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Holmes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1372</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Watts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Watts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1372</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth L. Beckett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth L. Beckett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1372</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Holloway.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas Holloway.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 3, 1902</label> <target>1372</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ida M. Briggs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ida M. Briggs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1372</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John O’Rourke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John O’Rourke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1373</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Hall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Hall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1373</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Runnebaum.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Runnebaum.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1373</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel Sims.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel Sims.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1373</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Parker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Parker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1374</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James D. Bowland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James D. Bowland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1374</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James R. Brockett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James R. Brockett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1374</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Seithen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Seithen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1374</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richmond M. Curtis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richmond M. Curtis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1374</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William G. Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William G. Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander F. McConnell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting ail increase of pension to Alexander F. McConnell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Vandemark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah Ciples, now Vandemark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James R. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James R. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1375</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John J. Wolfe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John J. Wolfe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1376</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William P. Featherstone.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William P. Featherstone.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1376</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alexander Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1376</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Cooley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Cooley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1376</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>N. Agnes Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to S. Agnes Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1376</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac Phipps.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac Phipps.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sidney Cable.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sidney Cable.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James B. Hashbarger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James B. Hashbarger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1377<page>xxx</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James E. Horton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James E. Horton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1377</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Obed D. Jasper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Obed D. Jasper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Frey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Frey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ida M. Warren.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ida M. Warren.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nellie Loucks.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nellie Loucks.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane Caton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jane Caton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1378</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George F. Bowers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George F. Bowers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James A. McKeehan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James A. McKeehan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gethro M. Gelman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jethro M. Getman, alias James M. Getman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Humphrey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James W. Humphrey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1379</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John R. Homer Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John R. Homer Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen J. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ellen J. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna E. Luke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Anna E. Luke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lemuel Grove.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lemuel Grove.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amanda C. Bayliss.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Amanda C. Bayliss.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1380</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Genevieve Almira Sprigg Ludlow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Genevieve Almira Sprigg Ludlow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Hankins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James W. Flankins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna L. Cory.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Anna L. Cory.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas S. Rowan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas S. Rowan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1381</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Silas D. Strong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Silas D. Strong.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1382</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inez E. Perrine.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Inez E. Perrine.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1382</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Dixon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Dixon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1382</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jesse W. Bice.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jesse W. Bice.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1382</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick J. Murphy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Patrick J. Murphy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas E. James.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas E. James.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zeno T. Griffen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Zeno T. Griffen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles L. Cummings.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles L. Cummings.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel L. Leffingwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel L. Leffingwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1383</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth A. Capehart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth A. Capehart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Scannell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Scannell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Warren B. Nudd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Warren B. Nudd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Waity West.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Waity West.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1384</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Norton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Norton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Minerva Melton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Minerva Melton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abner J. Pettee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abner J. Pettee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1385</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Robinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John S. Robinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Beals.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Beals.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lydia M. Granger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lydia M. Granger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clifford Neff Fyffe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Clifford Neff Fyffe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delania Ferguson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Delania Ferguson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1386</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles F. Rand.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Rand.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maria L. Godfrey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Maria L. Godfrey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eunice A. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eunice A. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abbie George.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abbie George.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 5, 1902</label> <target>1387</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James H. Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 12, 1902</label> <target>1388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arivella D. Meeker.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Mrs. Arivella D. Meeker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 15, 1902</label> <target>1388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary F. Zollinger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary F. Zollinger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>DeWitt C. Bennett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to DeWitt C. Bennett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel S. Beaver.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samuel S. Beaver.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1388</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eben C. Winslow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eben C. Winslow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1389</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Etta Adair Anderson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Etta Adair Anderson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1389</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca Coppinger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rebecca Coppinger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1389</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alfred M. Wheeler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alfred M. Wheeler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1389</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George McDowell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George McDowell</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ruth H. Ferguson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ruth H. Ferguson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Coolen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Coolen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ada V. Park.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ada V. Park.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma S. Hanna.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emma S. Hanna.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1390</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas L. Nelson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. Nelson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Philo F. Englesby.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Philo F. Englesby.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry W. Edens.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry W. Edens.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth C. Vincent.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth C. Vincent.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1391</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hallowell Goddard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hallowell Goddard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1392</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann E. Collier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann E. Collier.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1392<page>xxxi</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph D. Hazzard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph D. Hazzard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1392</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paul Fuchs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Paul Fuchs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1392</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William F. Horn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William F. Horn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1392</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marietta L. Adams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Marietta L. Adams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert J. Spottszvood and William C. McClellan.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Robert J. Spottswood and the heirs of William C. McClellan, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 17, 1902</label> <target>1393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Paul Crum.</i></designator> <label>An act to place the name of Paul Crum on the muster rolls of Company B, First Regiment North Dakota Volunteer Infantry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 22, 1902</label> <target>1393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maria J. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Maria J. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1393</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Tate.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Tate.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Marnane.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael Marnane.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Erma G. Harvey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Erma G. Harvey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Warren W. H. Lawrence.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Warren W. H. Lawrence.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Roath.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James W. Roath.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1394</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Matthews.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Matthews.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances J. Abercrombie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frances J. Abercrombie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James C. G. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James C. G. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank W. Lynn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frank W. Lynn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1395</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Tucker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George Tucker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Shelton Huston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Shelton Huston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Dixon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Dixon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Holdridge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Holdridge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alvin J. Hartzell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alvin J. Hartzell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1396</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth P. Sigfried.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth P. Sigfried.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1397</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Enos G. Budd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Enos G. Budd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1397</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John G. Sanders.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John G. Sanders.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1397</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oscar W. Lowery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oscar W. Lowery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1397</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Fitch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary J. Fitch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Wood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Wood.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann E. Austin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann E. Austin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Ashley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. Ashley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver Kerr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oliver Kerr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1398</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dewitt Clinton Letts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Dewitt Clinton Letts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William T. Peterson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William T. Peterson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Lewis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James W. Lewis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannibal C. Saint Clair.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hannibal C. Saint Clair.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1399</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matthew V. Ellis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Matthew V. Ellis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Weidel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jacob Weidel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rachel S. Lyman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rachel S. Lyman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Uriah Garber.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Uriah Garber.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lunsford Y. Bailey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lunsford Y. Bailey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1400</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen F. Lasher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Helen F. Lasher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert A. Finn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert A. Finn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Burket.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John S. Burket.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elvin A. Esty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elvin A. Esty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1401</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James T. Steele.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James T. Steele.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1402</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry E. Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry E. Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1402</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William T. Hamilton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William T. Hamilton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1402</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alice D. H. Krause.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alice D. H. Krause.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1402</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Merrick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Merrick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1402</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albion P. Stiles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albion P. Stiles.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caleb C. Briggs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Caleb C. Briggs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Hatton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Hatton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles M. Montgomery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles M. Montgomery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1403</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John J. Manner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John J. Manner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan A. Volkmar.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Susan A. Volkmar.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannah A. Timmons.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hannah A. Timmons.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Wertz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Wertz.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edgar T. Daniels.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edgar T. Daniels.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1404</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caleb W. Story.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Caleb W. Story.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick O. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick O. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Agnes Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Agnes Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Erwin A. Burke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Erwin A. Burke, alias Burt A. Erwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1405</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bernard McCormick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Bernard McCormick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth McDonald.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth McDonald.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1406<page>xxxii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milton Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Milton Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Rightmire.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Rightmire.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza A. Brownlow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza A. Brownlow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1406</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isabella H. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isabella H. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Blanchard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Blanchard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 23, 1902</label> <target>1407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert Boker.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of Albert Boker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 26, 1902</label> <target>1407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John L. Branson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John L. Branson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1407</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Orra H. Heath.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Orra H. Heath.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin Essex.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martin Essex.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John J. Martin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John J. Martin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Shaffer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Shaffer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christopher C. Perry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Christopher C. Perry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1408</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick A. Condon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick A. Condon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry P. Hudson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry P. Hudson, formerly Henry P. Dow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel F. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel F. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert R. Strong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert R. Strong.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1409</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oswald Ahlstedt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oswald Ahlstedt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lorenzo Weeks.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lorenzo Weeks.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arthur H. Perkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Arthur H. Perkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Ann Merrow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Ann Merrow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ada L. McFarland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ada L. McFarland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1410</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hester A. Furr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hester A. Furr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George K. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George K. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Courtland C. Matson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Courtland C. Matson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel Donne.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel Donne.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1411</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy E. Hardy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nancy E. Hardy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>~ Egbert A. Stricksma.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Egbert A. Stricksma.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Campbell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John C. Campbell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilbert G. Gabrion.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gilbert G. Gabrion.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Kaste.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Kaste.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1412</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Brill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Brill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Friedrich Weimar.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Friedrich Weimar.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John York.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John York.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew Ray.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew Ray.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1413</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Hoxie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Hoxie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannah H. Graham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hannah H. Graham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christian Christianson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Christian Christianson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edwin M. Dunning.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edwin M. Dunning.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1414</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie Shinn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Annie Shinn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael J. Daly.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael J. Daly.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James C. Pettee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James C. Pettee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel J. Mahoney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel J. Mahoney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1415</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannah C. Chase.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hannah O. Chase.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry E. Murphy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry E. Murphy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cyrenus Larrabee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cyrenus Larrabee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kate W. Milward.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Kate W. Milward.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abby T. Daniels.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abby T. Daniels.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1416</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Kunselman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Kunselman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James D. Lafferty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James D. Lafferty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth A. Burrill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Burrill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles F. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1417</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marietta Elizabeth Stanton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Marietta Elizabeth Stanton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1418</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John B. Greenhalgh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John B. Greenhalgh.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1418</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles D. Palmer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles D. Palmer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 28, 1902</label> <target>1418</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine F. Edmunds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Catharine F. Edmunds.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1418</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lorillard Spencer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a deed of quitclaim and release to Lorillard Spencer, his heirs and assigns, of all the right, title, and interest in and to certain land in the city of Newport, Rhode Island.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucinda A. Sirwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lucinda A. Sirwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1419<page>xxxiii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jesse C. Rhodabeck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jesse C. Rhodabeck.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth I. Ogden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth I. Ogden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1419</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amos Allport.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Amos Allport.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elias A. Calkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elias A. Calkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert Deits.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert Deits.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James F. Patton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James F. Patton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin E. Styles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Benjamin E. Styles.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1420</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delia E. Slocum.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Delia E. Slocum.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otis R. Freeman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Otis R. Freeman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel P. Milburn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel P. Milburn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Sheldon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Sheldon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marie Louise Lowry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Louise Lowry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1421</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edgar A. Hamilton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edgar A. Hamilton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. De Graw.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. De Graw.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walter C. Tuttle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Walter C. Tuttle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William M. Barstow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William M. Barstow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Temple.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William FI Temple.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1422</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram J. Springfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hiram J. Springfield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward R. Blain.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward R. Blain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Wheeler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William I. L. Wheeler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie Cotter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Annie Cotter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1423</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Augustin M. Adams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Augustin M. Adams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ada Trowbridge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ada Trowbridge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elbert N. Remson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elbert N. Remson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Presley P. Medlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Presley P. Medlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Haltenhof.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Haltenhof.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1424</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Whalen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Whalen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jeremiah Horan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jeremiah Horan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannah T. Knowles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hannah T. Knowles.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samantha B. Van Brocklin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samantha B. Van Brocklin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 31, 1902</label> <target>1425</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adelbert L. Orr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Adelbert L. Orr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 2, 1902</label> <target>1426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chamblin, Delaney and Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Light-House Board to pay to Chamblin, Delaney and Scott the sum of one thousand seven hundred and four dollars and forty-six cents.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1902</label> <target>1426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Housiaux.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Housiaux.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gustavus C. Pratt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gustavus C. Pratt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin Russell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Russell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1426</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles O. Baldwin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles O. Baldwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1427</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Warren Y. Merchant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Warren Y. Merchant.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1427</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Phillips.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Phillips.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1427</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie E. Joseph.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Annie E. Joseph.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1427</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amelia Engel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Amelia Engel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah F. Baldwin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah F. Baldwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry J. Edge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry J. Edge, alias Jason Edge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John P. Collier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John P. Collier.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jesse H. Hubbard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jesse H. Hubbard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1428</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Calvin N. Perkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Calvin N. Perkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Vesta A. Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Vesta A. Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helena Sudsburg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Helena Sudsburg.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anne Dowery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Anne Dowery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1429</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver K. Wyman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oliver K. Wyman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Harrington.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Harrington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliphlet Noyes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliphlet Noyes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel A. Hall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel A. Hall, alias William Knapp.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Youngs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Youngs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1430</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles H. Hazzard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Hazzard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1431</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary L. Doane.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary L. Doane.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1431</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Martha Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1431</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James P. McClure.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James P. McClure.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1431</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen A. Seavey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Stephen A. Seavey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nimrod Headington.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nimrod Headington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1432<page>xxxiv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amos Moulton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Amos Moulton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Welch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Welch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen M. Worthen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Helen M. Worthen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1432</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Smoot.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John W. Smoot.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horace L. Richardson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Horace L. Richardson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marcellus M. M. Martin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Marcellus M. M. Martin, alias Marion M. Martin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eri W. Pinkham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eri W. Pinkham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1433</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennie M. Wagner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jennie M. Wagner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannah A. Van Eaton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hannah A. Van Eaton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jonathan O. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jonathan O. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlotte M. Howe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charlotte M. Howe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel H. Chamberlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samuel H. Chamberlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1434</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles T. Crooker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles T. Crooker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 4, 1902</label> <target>1435</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma L. Kimble.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emma L. Kimble.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 5, 1902</label> <target>1435</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Levi Maxted.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Levi Maxted.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 6, 1902</label> <target>1435</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abram Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the charge of desertion borne opposite the name of Abram Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 6, 1902</label> <target>1435</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Etna Poole.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Etna Poole.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pitsar Ingram.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Pitsar Ingram.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances C. Haughton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frances C. Haughton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza J. West.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza J. West.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1436</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances A. Tillotson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frances A. Tillotson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>August Schill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to August Schill, alias August Silville.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Edward Price Lance.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Edward Price Lance, alias Edward Price.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. Holcomb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William C. Holcomb.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1437</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William D. Tanner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William D. Tanner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1438</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisa White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Louisa White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1438</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Butler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Butler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1438</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew R. Jones.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew R. Jones.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1438</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. Dunn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James H. Dunn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1438</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Crist.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John M. Crist.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1439</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Blitz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles Blitz.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1439</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Evaline Jenkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Evaline Jenkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1439</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Zebulon A. Shipman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Zebulon A. Shipman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1439</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret McCuen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret McCuen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1440</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ole Steensland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ole Steensland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1440</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1440</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William E. Ball.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William E. Ball.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1440</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matilda C. Clarke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Matilda C. Clarke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1440</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Topper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David Topper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1441</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth G. Getty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth G. Getty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1441</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Chamberlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Chamberlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1441</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eleanor Emerson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eleanor Emerson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1441</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis W. Anderton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis W. Anderton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1442</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Melissa Burton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Melissa Burton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1442</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arthur J. Bushnell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Arthur J. Bushnell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1442</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1442</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary S. Downing.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary S. Downing.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1442</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thierman and Frost.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Thierman and Frost.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 7, 1902</label> <target>1443</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances H. Anthony.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frances H. Anthony.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 9, 1902</label> <target>1444</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jerome E. Morse.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Lieutenant Jerome E. Morse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 10, 1902</label> <target>1444</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George C. Tillman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George C. Tillman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>1444</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hattie M. Whitney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hattie M. Whitney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>1444</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles H. Robinson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Charles H. Robinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>1445</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles C. Washburn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles C. Washburn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>1445</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emily Briggs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Emily Briggs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>1445</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>North Carolina College of Agriculture, etc.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of George T. Winston, president of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and W. S. Primrose, chairman board trustees.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 14, 1902</label> <target>1445</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stanley and Patterson.</i></designator> <label>An act for relief of Stanley and Patterson, and to authorize a pay director of the United States Navy to issue a duplicate check.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 16, 1902</label> <target>1446<page>xxxv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen A. B. Du Barry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Helen A. B. Du Barry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lem Hatchett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Levi Hatchett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1446</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Carpenter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert Carpenter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Griffith Evans.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Griffith Evans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert H. Steifenhofer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert H. Steifenhofer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hinkley G. Knights.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hinkley G. Knights.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Washburn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Washburn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1447</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Israel Haller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Israel Haller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Van Zant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Van Zant.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Van Riper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Van Riper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William G. De Garis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William G. De Garis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1448</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leath Gilliland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leath Gilliland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christianna Leach.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Christianna Leach.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisa M. Macfarlane.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Louisa M. Macfarlane.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Mathews.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Mathews.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Katharine Rains Paul.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Katharine Rains Paul.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1449</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edwin M. Gowdey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edwin M. Gowdey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin Boice.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Martin Boice.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Acker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Acker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas W. Dodge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas W. Dodge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1450</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George G. Sabin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George G. Sabin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Hunt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Hunt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles G. Howard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles G. Howard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Murphy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Murphy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1451</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew J. Fogg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Fogg.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter Dugan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter Dugan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 17, 1902</label> <target>1452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Explosion artillery caisson, Chicago.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the persons who sustained damage by the explosion of an ammunition chest of Battery F, Second United States Artillery, July 16, 1894.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1452</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lizana D. Streeter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lizana D. Streeter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dennis J. Kelly.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Dennis J. Kelly.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Confer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Confer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1453</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances L. Ackley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frances L. Ackley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Forrest E. Andrews.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Forrest E. Andrews.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Barry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Barry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriet T. Milburn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harriet T. Milburn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Archer Bartlett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Archer Bartlett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1454</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Bailey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Bailey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eleanore F. Adams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eleanore F. Adams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Survivors Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.</i></designator> <label>An act to place Henry Biederbick, Julius R. Frederick, Francis Long, and Maurice Connell on the retired list of enlisted men of the Army.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David M. McKnight.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David M. McKnight.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1455</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. Hickox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William C. Hickox.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Levi IT Collins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Levi H. Collins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frauklin Snyder.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Franklin Snyder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry I. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry I. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Solomon P. Brockway.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Solomon P. Brockway.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1456</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nelson Johnson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nelson Johnson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wesley Brummett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Wesley Brummett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Culver.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. Culver.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 21, 1902</label> <target>1457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Hayes.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the record of Michael Hayes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 23, 1902</label> <target>1457</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>W. C. Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of W. C. Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 23, 1902</label> <target>1458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisa A. Crosby.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Louisa A. Crosby.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James E. McNair.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James E. McNair.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>R. Sherman Langworthy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to R. Sherman Langworthy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1458</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Florence Von Steinwehr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Florence Von Steinwehr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isabella H. Irish.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isabella H. Irish.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1459<page>xxxvi</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Linda W. Slaughter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Linda W. Slaughter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William D. Stites.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William D. Stites.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1459</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Hannah.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Hannah.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis G. Latour.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lewis G. Latour.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward N. Goff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward N. Goff.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry W. Tryon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry W. Tryon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Kelley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Kelley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1460</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin S. Harrower.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin S. Harrower.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel Ridinger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel Ridinger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joshua Weaver.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joshua Weaver.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James S. Myers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James S. Myers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1461</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel J., Christopher, and Jane Vickers,.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samuel J., Christopher, and Jane Vickers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma F. Shilling.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emma F. Shilling.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Loor Reger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Loor Reger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Reilley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John A. Reilley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter J. Osterhaus.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter J. Osterhaus.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1462</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otis A. Barlow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Otis A. Barlow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Betsey Gumm.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Betsey Gumm.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oceana B. Irwin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oceana B. Irwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fredereka Seymore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Fredereka Seymore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1463</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann Comins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann Comins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Lemon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert Lemon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nelson W. Wade.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nelson W. Wade.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna May Hogan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Anna May Hogan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Queen Esther Grimes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Queen Esther Grimes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1464</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Breckons.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Breckons.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maggie L. Reaver.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Maggie L. Reaver.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis M. McAdams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis M. McAdams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Irvine.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Irvine.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1465</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jemima McClure.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jemima McClure.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hester A. Farnsworth.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hester A. Farnsworth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dudley Cary.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Dudley Cary.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Barrett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Barrett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Wheeler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John M. Wheeler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1466</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Whitty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Whitty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fannie Frost.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Fannie Frost.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Everitt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Everitt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram H. Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hiram H. Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1467</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cynthia J. Shattuck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cynthia J. Shattuck.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edgar T. Chamberlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edgar T. Chamberlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William R. Raymond.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William R. Raymond.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha E. Kendrick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha E. Kendrick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas D. Utter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas D. Utter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1468</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edwin Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edwin Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Esther D. Haslam.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Esther D. Haslam.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Craine.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Craine.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henrietta Gottweis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henrietta Gottweis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1469</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen W. Rice.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ellen W. Rice.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William W. Richardson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William W. Richardson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rachel Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rachel Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alfred Hatfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alfred Hatfield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Runnels.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Runnels.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1470</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin F. Shearer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Shearer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1471</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles P. Maxwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles P. Maxwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1471</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles E. Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles E. Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1471</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David T. Bruck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David T. Bruck.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1471</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Revley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Revley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1472</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James F. Gray.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James F. Gray.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1472</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Campbell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Campbell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1472</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James E. Dickey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James E. Dickey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1472</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha A. Cornish.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha A. Cornish.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1472</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johann Conrad Haas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Johann Conrad Haas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1473<page>xxxvii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Swan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Swan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1473</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Florian V. Sims.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Florian V. Sims.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1473</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Bottle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Bortle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1473</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William P. Schott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William P. Schott, alias Jacob Schott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1474</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Watts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Robert Watts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1474</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carrie B. Farnham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Carrie B. Farnham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1474</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Adams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary J. Adams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1474</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William W. H. Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William W. H. Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1474</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert G. Scroggs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert G. Scroggs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1475</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Esek B. Chandler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Esek B. Chandler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1475</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy M. Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nancy M. Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1475</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1475</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha G. Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha G. Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard G. Watkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard G. Watkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clara C. Hawks.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Clara C. Hawks.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph D. McClure.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph D. McClure.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. McCarter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. McCarter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1476</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gibboney F. Hoop.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gibboney F. Hoop.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1477</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moses S. Curtis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Moses S. Curtis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1477</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Pierson L. Shick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Pierson L. Shick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1477</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Holbrook.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. Holbrook.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1477</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nelson Churchill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nelson Churchill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Crawford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Crawford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter T. Norris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter T. Norris.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edgar A. Stanley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edgar A. Stanley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth J. Eagon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth J. Eagon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1478</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac M. Pangle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isaac M. Pangle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Finegan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Finegan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Tisdale.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Tisdale.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisa N. Grinstead.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Louisa N. Grinstead.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1479</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas H. Devitt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas H. Devitt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Warner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Warner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Gillam.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary J. Gillam.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Angeline H. Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Angeline H. Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles E. Pettis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles E. Pettis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1480</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Lipps.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Lipps.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac Gibson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac Gibson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Robertson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Robertson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jackson L. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jackson L. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1481</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christopher S. Stephens.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Christopher S. Stephens.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Olson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Olson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Susan Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Eveland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Eveland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jesse M. Peck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jesse M. Peck.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1482</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard M. Kellough.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard M. Kellough.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1483</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carrie M. Schofield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Carrie M. Schofield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1483</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John M. Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1483</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jacob Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1483</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Tames Austin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Austin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1484</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia B. Shurtleff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Julia B. Shurtleff.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1484</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anthony J. Railey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Anthony J. Railey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1484</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James B. Mahan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James B. Mahan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1484</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William F. Bowden.,.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William F. Bowden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1484</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Bonham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John S. Bonham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edwin Beckwith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edwin Beckwith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Wall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Wall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew E. Hicks.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew E. Hicks.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1485</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edmund B. Appleton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edmund B. Appleton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1486</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1486</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ella B. S. Mannioc.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ella B. S. Mannix.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1486</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Conrad.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. Conrad.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1486</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen B. Todd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen B. Todd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1486</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fannie Reardon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Fannie Reardon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Fusselman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Fusselman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1487</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary C. Bicker staff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary C. Bickerstaff.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1487<page>xxxviii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret S. Tod.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret S. Tod.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Luther G. Edwards.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Luther G. Edwards.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samantha Towner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samantha Towner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John O’Brien.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the record of John O’Brien.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>1488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>S. J. Bayard Schindel.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of S. J. Bayard Schindel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>1488</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reinhard Schneider.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of Reinhard Schneider.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>1489</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Olmstead.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of James M. Olmstead.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>1489</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Levi Wells.</i></designator> <label>An act correcting the record of Levi Wells.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1489</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clara W. McNair.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Clara W. McNair.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1489</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George H. Paul.</i></designator> <label>An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to appoint George H. Paul a warrant machinist in the Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1490</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adelaide G. Hatch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Adelaide G. Hatch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1490</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph M. Simms.</i></designator> <label>An act for the promotion of First Lieut Joseph M. Simms, Revenue-Cutter Service.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1490</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clayton P. Van Houten.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Clayton P. Van Houten.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1491</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth A. Turner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth A. Turner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1491</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel Cherry.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Daniel Cherry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1491</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Penny and Sons.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Joseph H. Penny, John W. Penny, Thomas Penny, and Harvey Penny, surviving partners of Penny and Sons.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1492</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Hornick.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John Hornick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1492</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen B. Halsey.</i></designator> <label>An act to pay the claim of Stephen B. Halsey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 30, 1902</label> <target>1492</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Angus A. McPhee.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Angus A. McPhee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William G. Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William G. Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William S. Hosack.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William S. Hosack.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albion M. Christie.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Albion M. Christie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1493</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel L. Mallicoat.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Daniel L. Mallicoat.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kate O. Phillips.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Kate O. Phillips.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Marble.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Marble.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob L. Hanger.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Jacob L. Hanger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1494</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry P. Macloon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry P. Macloon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Orrin J. Wells.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Orrin J. Wells.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James A. Chalfant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James A. Chalfant.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Absolum Maynard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Absolum Maynard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1495</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adell Augusta Steward.</i></designator> <label>An act authorizing the payment of part of the pension of Ira Steward to Adell Augusta Steward.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harman Scramlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Harman Scramlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jason E. Freeman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jason E. Freeman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Silas Stotts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Silas Stotts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John W. Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1496</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Lauchly.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Lauchly.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline A. Hammond.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline A. Hammond.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edwin P. Johnson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edwin P. Johnson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1497</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan A. Phelps.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Susan A. Phelps.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George E. Bump.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George E. Bump.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Findley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jacob Findley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis M. Beebe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Beebe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth A. Nalley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Nalley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1498</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Baley W. Small.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Baley W. Small.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Warren C. Plummer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Warren C. Plummer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Shaw.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Shaw.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. Roberts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William C. Roberts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1499</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ebenezer W. Oakley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ebenezer W. Oakley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ransom Simmons.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ransom Simmons.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horatio N. Whitbeck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Horatio N. Whitbeck.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William L. Church.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William L. Church.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John J. Southerland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John J. Southerland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1500</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anne M. Luman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Anne M. Luman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary J. Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Edgington.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Edgington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lizzie Dunlap.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lizzie Dunlap.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan B. Lynch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Susan B. Lynch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1501</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander Murdock.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alexander Murdock.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy J. McArthur.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nancy J. McArthur.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Williamson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Williamson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1502</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles A. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1502<page>xxxix</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna Eliza Isabella Von Hemert.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Anna Eliza Isabella Von Hemert.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>I. I. Barber.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of I. I. Barber.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sol Bear and Company.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Sol Bear and Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>P. A. McClain.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of P. A. McClain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1503</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles E. Sapp.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Charles E. Sapp.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1504</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>F. Y. Ramsay.</i></designator> <label>An act to pay F. Y. Ramsay, heir at law and distributee of the late Joseph Ramsay, four hundred and thirty dollars and forty-two cents, for balance due the said Joseph Ramsay as collector of customs and superintendent of lights in the district of Plymouth, North Carolina.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1504</target></referenceItem>
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<groupItem>
<label class="centered">RESOLUTIONS.</label>	
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<target />
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<referenceItem><designator><i>William Victor Tomb.</i></designator> <label>Joint resolution for the relief of Naval Cadet William Victor Tomb, United States Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1504</target></referenceItem>
</groupItem>
<groupItem>
<label class="centered">STATUTE II.—1902–1903.</label>	
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<target />
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia L. Gordon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Julia L. Gordon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 13, 1902</label> <target>1505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles H. Hawley.</i></designator> <label>An act to grant an honorable discharge from the military service to Charles H. Hawley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 19, 1902</label> <target>1505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Chisham.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of James M. Chisham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 24, 1902</label> <target>1505</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Huldah A. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Huldah A. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James E. Bates.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James E. Bates.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan J. Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Susan J. Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1506</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marvin Chandler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Marvin Chandler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Ludwig.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Ludwig.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James A. Clifton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James A. Clifton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mellert Foundry and Machine Company.</i></designator> <label>An act to reimburse the Mellert Foundry and Machine Company for money retained by the United States for failure to complete a contract within a specified time.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Mullin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Michael Mullin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1507</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arthur P. Lovejoy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Arthur P. Lovejoy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Calvin Buckworth.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Calvin Duckworth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen Harris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen Harris.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Poor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James W. Poor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1508</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sanders R. Seamonds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sanders R. Seamonds.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Wilkinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Wilkinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles F. Coles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Coles.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Stone.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary Stone.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David E. Hall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David E. Hall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1509</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Millen McMillen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Millen McMillen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen W. Merrill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Allen W. Merrill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cappa King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Cappa King.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin Grinnell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Grinnell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas J. Pleasant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Pleasant.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1510</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James S. Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James S. Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leon King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leon King.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennie M. Sawyer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jennie M. Sawyer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Ruggles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William H. Ruggles.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1511</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anne Bronson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Anne Bronson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Mote.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase Of pension to Joseph Mote.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abbie Bourke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Abbie Bourke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine Freeman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catharine Freeman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Hyman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Hyman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1512</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cornelia A. Dennis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cornelia A. Dennis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William W. Anderson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William W. Anderson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy M. Gunsally.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nancy M. Gunsally.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Kirkham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John A. Kirkham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1513</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth D. Harding.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth D. Harding.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1514</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Snyder.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Snyder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1514</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jonathan Walbert.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jonathan Walbert.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1514</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. E. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary A. E. Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1514<page>xl</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George R. Baldwin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George R. Baldwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1514</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Peters.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Peters.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Clarke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John C. Clarke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 27, 1902</label> <target>1515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Cordingly.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the charge of desertion against Thomas Cordingly.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 8, 1903</label> <target>1515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob Bowman.</i></designator> <label>An act removing the charge of desertion from the name of Jacob Bowman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1515</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Green.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Green.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane M. Meyer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jane M. Meyer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rufus V. Lee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rufus V. Lee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cornelia F. Whitney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cornelia F. Whitney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James K. Van Moire.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James K. Van Matre.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1516</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann E. Tillson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann E. Tillson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1517</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David J. Newman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David J. Newman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1517</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles C. Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles C. Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1517</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William F. Angevine.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William F. Angevine.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1517</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Lessig.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Lessig.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Rotan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Rotan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David O. Carpenter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David O. Carpenter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Bradshaw.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Bradshaw.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert H. Busteed.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert H. Busteed.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1518</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maria V. Stadtmueller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Maria V. Stadtmueller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles W. Rose.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Rose.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matthew B. Noel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Matthew B. Noel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Merzellah Merrill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Merzellah Merrill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1519</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Willie Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Willie Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Vickers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David Vickers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Sprague.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Sprague.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles A. Cooke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Cooke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 9, 1903</label> <target>1520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma L. Ferrier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Emma L. Ferrier.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1520</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stanley M. Caspar.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stanley M. Caspar.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1521</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hulda Milligan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hulda Milligan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1521</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Weaver.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Weaver.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1521</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George A. Mercer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George A. Mercer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1521</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William A. P. Fellows.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William A. P. Fellows.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1522</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Jennings.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Jennings.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1522</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Cook.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Cook.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1522</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Asa Worden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Asa Worden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1522</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1522</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William M. Hodge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William M. Hodge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1523</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oscar Van Tassell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oscar Van Tassell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1523</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis F. Ross.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lewis F. Ross.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1523</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac Rhodes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac Rhodes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1523</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stiles L. Acee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stiles L. Acee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1523</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Fler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Fler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1524</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1524</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilbert Barkalow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gilbert Barkalow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1524</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Katharine W. Clarke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Katharine W. Clarke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1524</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>SamuelS Walck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel S. Walck.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1525</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Augusta Neville Leary.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Augusta Neville Leary.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1525</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph A. Kerbey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph A. Kerbey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1525</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha A. Johnston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Martha A. Johnston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1525</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John R. Sandsbury.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John R. Sandsbury.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1526</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Angus Cameron.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Angus Cameron.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1526</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abbie C. Bremner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abbie C. Bremner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1526<page>xli</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Bulkley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick Bulkley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1526</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Melinda Heard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Melinda Heard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1526</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sidney N. Lund.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sidney N. Lund.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James E. Bader.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James E. Bader.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Ham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David Ham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucy A. Turner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy A. Turner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1527</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joanna Rommel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joanna Rommel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen A. Sager.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ellen A. Sager.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph S. Mess.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph S. Mess.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John D. Sullivan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John D. Sullivan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca H. Geyer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rebecca H. Geyer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1528</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cherstin Mattson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Cherstin Mattson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nannie M. Kimberly.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nannie M. Kimberly.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 12, 1903</label> <target>1529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John F. Bransford.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Surgeon John F. Bransford, United States Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles FI Webb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Webb.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1529</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William D. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William D. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adrian M. Snyder.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Adrian M. Snyder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting increase of pension to James W. Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Kerr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Kerr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1530</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lizzie I. Rich.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lizzie I. Rich.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas P. May.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas P. May.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Hudson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Hudson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Nelson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John C. Nelson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Newton W. Elmendorf.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Newton W. Elmendorf.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1531</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha A. Hollingsead.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha A. Hollingsead.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter Poutney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter Poutney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ole Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ole Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Monora Stimson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Monora Stimson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1532</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stanton L. Brabham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stanton L. Brabham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Sheridan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Sheridan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William J. Remington.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William J. Remington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harvey B. Linton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Harvey B. Linton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas M. Owens.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas M. Owens.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1533</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Atkinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Atkinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Colmore L. Newman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Colmore L. Newman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. Joseph.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James H. Joseph.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram Janes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hiram Janes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1534</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Kelley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Kelley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William A. Henderson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William A. Henderson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel J. Byrnes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel J. Byrnes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Stonesifer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Stonesifer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Munson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Munson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1535</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlotte E. Baird.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charlotte E. Baird.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. McKnight.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James H. McKnight.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Wright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1536</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Baker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Baker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline M. Stone.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline M. Stone.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bailey O. Bowden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Bailey O. Bowden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George H. Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George H. Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles K. Batey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles K. Batey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1537</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles E. Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles E. Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Grosser.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John S. Grosser.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph H. Woodruff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joseph H. Woodruff.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John G. Heiser.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John G. Heiser.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1538</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Freeman R. Gove.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Freeman R. Gove.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. Chedester.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James H. Chedester.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles M. Grainger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles M. Grainger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1539<page>xlii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert M. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert M. Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1539</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fannie S. Cross.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fannie S. Cross.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Timothy Donohoe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Timothy Donohoe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennett Stewart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jennett Stewart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Q. A. Rider.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Q. A. Rider.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1540</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grace M. Read.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Grace M. Read.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 13, 1903</label> <target>1541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William S. Barker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William S. Barker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 15, 1903</label> <target>1541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Mason.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John A. Mason.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 19, 1903</label> <target>1541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Compton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Compton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dorcas McArdle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Dorcas McArdle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1541</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin S. Bogardus.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin S. Bogardus.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1542</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1542</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gotthard Koerner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gotthard Koerner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1542</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Kirwan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Kirwan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1542</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Dalrymple.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Dalrymple.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza A. Rickards.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza A. Rickards.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Laughlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Laughlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David T. Nuttie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David T. Nuttie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lysander D. Trent.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lysander D. Trent.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1543</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles S. Ely.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles S. Ely.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ida M. Kinney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ida M. Kinney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Burke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Burke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theresia Ziegenfuss.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Theresia Ziegenfuss.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1544</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emily S. Barrett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Emily S. Barrett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lawson Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lawson Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isadora F. Maxfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isadora F. Maxfield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Glenn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Glenn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. Watts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James H. Watts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1545</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza Knight.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza Knight.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucy G. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy G. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William A. Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William A. Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram S. Leffingwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hiram S. Leffingwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1546</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lillie May Fifield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lillie May Fifield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morris M. Comstock.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Morris M. Comstock.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Canty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Canty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Remembrance J. Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Remembrance J. Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1547</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William G. Buchanan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William G. Buchanan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Forcht.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Forcht.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Christian.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Christian.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Robinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Robinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1548</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sylvester Holiday.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sylvester Holiday.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Parmenas F. Harris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Parmenas F. Harris.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Upshaw.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John S. Upshaw.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James R. Ambrose.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James R. Ambrose.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane Brosnan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jane Brosnan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1549</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander Curd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alexander Curd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Minerva Robinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Minerva Robinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mina Weirauch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mina Weirauch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John L. Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John L. Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jonathan H. Slocum.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jonathan H. Slocum.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1550</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry W. Gaskill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry W. Gaskill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James D. Sims.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James D. Sims.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen F. Pook.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ellen F. Pook.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew J. Hertzog.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Hertzog.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Ashmore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Ashmore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1551</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nelson Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nelson Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1552<page>xliii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Benefeldt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick Benefeldt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen C. Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alien C. Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph W. Robertson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Robertson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wallace K. May.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Wallace K. May.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1552</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abner H. Lester.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Abner H. Lester.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward A. Branham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Edward A. Branham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eberhard P. Lieberg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eberhard P. Lieberg.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edmond Lakes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edmond Likes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1553</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John T. Mull.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John T. Mull.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Magnus J. Cohn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Magnus J. Cohn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan Parker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Susan Parker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ransford T. Chase.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ransford T. Chase.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth J. Emery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth J. Emery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1554</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John J. Cross.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John J. Cross.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William G. Cantley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William G. Cantley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clarence D. Hess.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Clarence D. Hess.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jr a P. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ira P. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1555</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William F. Stanley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William F. Stanley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James P. Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James P. Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis C. Baker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis C. Baker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary V. Scriven.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary V. Scriven.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Hargreaves.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert Hargreaves.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1556</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anson Greenman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Anson Greenman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. McVicker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James H. McVicker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fannie E. Strohauer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Fannie E. Strohauer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James J. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James J. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1557</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram J. Sheldon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Hiram A. Sheldon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John R. Curry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John R. Curry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emil Pfeiffer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emil Pfeiffer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Wright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John D. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John D. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1558</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles E. Peake.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles E. Peake.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Huckelberry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Huckelberry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harry C. Fay.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Harry C. Fay.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1559</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel S. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel S. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 22, 1903</label> <target>1560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mabery H. Presley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mabery H. Presley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fletcher J. Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fletcher J. Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joanna Rogers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joanna Rogers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ambrus U. Harrison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ambrus U. Harrison.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1560</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Judson N. Pollard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Judson N. Pollard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas L. Caughey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. Caughey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William S. Frost.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William S. Frost.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Almond Partridge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Almond Partridge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1561</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Johnston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Johnston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Justus L. Denton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Justus L. Denton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elias Brewster.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elias Brewster.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza M. Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza M. Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza A. Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza A. Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1562</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Edmonds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Edmonds.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine A. Carroll.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Catharine A. Carroll.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry R. Gibbs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henry R. Gibbs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1563</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Barrett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Barrett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abraham Shreeves.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abraham Shreeves.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1564<page>xliv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Corydon Millard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Corydon Millard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah A. Whitcomb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Whitcomb.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry J. McFadden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry J. McFadden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1564</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Dick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Dick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah D. Bereman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah D. Bereman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Nichol.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Nichol.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abraham Park.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abraham Park.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1565</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannah E. James.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hannah E. James.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lyman Hotaling.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lyman Hotaling.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel Dougherty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Daniel Dougherty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Durham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William H. Durham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Berry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Berry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1566</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Asa E. Sampson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Asa E. Sampson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wallace Fairbank.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Wallace Fairbank.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Preston W. Burford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Preston W. Burford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Etta A. Whitehouse.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Etta A. Whitehouse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1567</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick W. Willey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick W. Willey, alias William F. Willey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reuben Andrews.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Reuben Andrews.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas L. Collins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. Collins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry E. Burton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry E. Burton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen M. Ripley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Allen M. Ripley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1568</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dicey Woodall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Dicey Woodall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. Morrow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Morrow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert H. Phillips.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert H. Phillips.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John PF Bruff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John W. Bruff.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1569</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Luman Fuller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Luman Fuller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mathias Custers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mathias Custers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cyrus G. Norton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cyrus G. Norton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 23, 1903</label> <target>1570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Flora A. Darling.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Flora A. Darling.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 24, 1903</label> <target>1570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram C. Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Hiram C. Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 24, 1903</label> <target>1570</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julius A. Kaiser.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Julius A. Kaiser.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 30, 1903</label> <target>1571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. F. Worley.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of J. V. Worley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1903</label> <target>1571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James D. Kiper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James D. Kiper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 31, 1903</label> <target>1571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Levi H. Peddycoard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Levi H. Peddycoard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1571</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sydda B. Arnold.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sydda B. Arnold.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nelson W. Carlton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nelson W. Carlton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie A. Neary.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Annie A. Neary.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hamline B. Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hamline B. Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wesley S. Potter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Wesley S. Potter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1572</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel E. Ewing.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel E. Ewing.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laura S. Picking.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Laura S. Picking.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary L. Purington.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary L. Purington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha Elizabeth Hench.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha Elizabeth Hench.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1573</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Winfield S. Piety.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Winfield S. Piety.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William A. Kimball.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William A. Kimball.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver P. Helton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oliver P. Helton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Mealey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Mealey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jonas Olmstead.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jonas Olmstead.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1574</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leroy Roberts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leroy Roberts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza C. Deery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza C. Deery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Elizabeth Fates.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Elizabeth Fales.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Jacobs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Jacobs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1575</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew Ady.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Andrew Ady.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary B. Heddleson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary B. Heddleson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Kropf.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick Kropf.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John J. Rees.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John J. Rees.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alfred O. Blood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alfred O. Blood.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1576</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Stott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Stott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Maxwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Maxwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dollie Cosens.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Dollie Cosens.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1577</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Flinn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Flinn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1577<page>xlv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George A. King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George A. King.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry E. Spring.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry E. Spring.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nicholas Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nicholas Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milton Frazier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Milton Frazier.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Manes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Manes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1578</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fannie McHarg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fannie McHarg.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Markle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Markle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lila L. Egbert.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lila L. Egbert.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary B. Keller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary B. Keller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1579</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma Dean Powell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Emma Dean Powell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. Ropes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Ropes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Starrat.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Starrat.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen J. Houston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen J. Houston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Orin T. Fall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Orin T. Fall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1580</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David C. Morgan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David C. Morgan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bertha R. Koops.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Bertha R. Koops.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Ivey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary J. Ivey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 2, 1903</label> <target>1581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>F. M. Vowells.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of F. M. Yowells.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 3, 1903</label> <target>1581</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry M. Holmes.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of Henry M. Holmes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Welch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an honorable discharge to Samuel Welch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline Fitzsimmons.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Caroline Fitzsimmons.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret A. Osborn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret A. Osborn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Dixon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Dixon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1582</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry G. Wheeler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry G. Wheeler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Save.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Sare.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Absalom Case.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Absalom Case.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Messick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James W. Messick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1583</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Blades.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. Blades.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew J. Reeves.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Reeves.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Kelley, second.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Kelley, second.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David C. Yakey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension David C. Yakey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Huffman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Huffman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1584</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Belk.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Belk.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William S. Hutchinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William S. Hutchinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Covey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Covey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis M. McCoy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis M. McCoy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1585</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John McArthur.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John McArthur.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Westbrook.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Westbrook.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John D. Binford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John D. Binford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Stewart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert Stewart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John P. Peterman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John P. Peterman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1586</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alice A. Fitch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alice A. Fitch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Thomas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Thomas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>J. Banks Hunter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to J. Banks Hunter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis Fishbaugh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lewis Fishbaugh.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1587</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Josiah S. Fay.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Josiah S. Fay.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel J. Reedy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to the minor children of Daniel J. Reedy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry J. Feltus.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry J. Feltus.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia McCarthy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Julia McCarthy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dennis F. Andre.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Dennis F. Andre.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1588</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry M. Posey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry M. Posey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cora E. Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Cora E. Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Zickerick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Zickerick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Horace Fountain.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Horace Fountain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1589</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah L. Bates.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah L. Bates.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milton Noakes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Milton Noakes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Otis T. Hooper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Otis T. Hooper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James N. Gates.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James N. Gates.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles B. Greely.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles B. Greely.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1590</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William A. Nelson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William A. Nelson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1591</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Spencer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. Spencer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1591</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1591<page>xlvi</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram A. Hober.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hiram A. Hober.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1591</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leivis E. Wilcox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lewis E. Wilcox.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. B. Huntsman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. B. Huntsman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jesse A. McIntosh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jesse A. McIntosh.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lyman A. L. Gilbert.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lyman A. L. Gilbert.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert Blood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert Blood.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1592</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jessie R. Dewstoe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jessie R. Dewstoe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriet Robinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harriet Robinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen N. Packard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Helen N. Packard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Whidden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John H. Whidden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1593</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Loyd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Loyd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Regina F. Palmer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Regina F. Palmer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca L. Chambers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rebecca L. Chambers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann M. Morrison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann M. Morrison.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William R. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William R. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1594</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel P. Marshall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel P. Marshall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matilda A. Marshall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Matilda A. Marshall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Murphy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Murphy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alonzo F. Canfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alonzo F. Canfield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1595</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James T. Jackson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James T. Jackson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alfred J. Sellers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alfred J. Sellers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George H. Stone.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George H. Stone.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew W. Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew W. Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1596</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Heywood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Heywood.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Josiah Stackpole.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Josiah Stackpole.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Wright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lester H. Salsbury.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lester H. Salsbury.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1597</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jared P. Hubbard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jared P. Hubbard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abner M. Judkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abner M. Judkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin Cooper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Cooper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca R. Greer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rebecca R. Greer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William F. Loomis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William F. Loomis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1598</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Morton A. Leach.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Morton A. Leach.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Montgomery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Montgomery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 4, 1903</label> <target>1599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>First Baptist Church, Cartersville.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the First Baptist Church of Cartersville, Georgia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1599</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander W. Goodwin.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Elisha A. Goodwin, executor of the estate of Alexander W. Goodwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James E. Tolfree.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Paymaster James E. Tolfree, U. S. Navy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan Kennedy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Susan Kennedy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1600</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William L. Whetsell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William L. Whetsell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Lowden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Lowden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy A. Killough.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nancy A. Killough.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maria M. C. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Maria M. C. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1601</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Augustus Blount.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Augustus Blount.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia Lee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Julia Lee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah A. Waltrip.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah A. Waltrip.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy Works.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nancy Works.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Ann West.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Ann West.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1602</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Roberts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John H. Roberts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 5, 1903</label> <target>1603<page>xlvii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William J. Smith and D. M. Wisdom.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William J. Smith and D. M. Wisdom.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William, D. Rutan.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William D. Rutan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1603</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank J. Burrows.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Frank J. Burrows.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>G. H. Sowder.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of G. H. Sowder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>H. Glafcke.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of H. Glafcke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1604</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Dug dale.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William Dugdale.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca Piper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rebecca Piper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aaron Van Camp and Virginias P. Chapin.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the heirs of Aaron Van Camp and Virginius P. Chapin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1605</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>W. W. Cobb.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of M. L. Cobb, administrator of W. W Cobb, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary and Francis, or Jenny, Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the heirs of Mary Clark and Francis or Jenny Clark, deceased, and for other purposes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 6, 1903</label> <target>1606</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bishop Gutta Percha Company.</i></designator> <label>An act directing the issue of a check in lieu of a lost check drawn by Captain E. O. Fechet, disbursing officer United States Signal Service Corps, in favor of the Bishop Gutta Percha Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>1607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>H. B. Freeman.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Colonel H. B. Freeman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>1607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George P. White.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of George P. White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>1607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Hunter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Hunter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>1607</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leander C. McLelland.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the estate of Leander C. McLelland, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>1608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Carter B. Harrison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Carter B. Harrison.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>1608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nellie Ett Heen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting to Nellie Ett Heen the south half of the northwest quarter and lot four of section two, and lot one of section three, in township one hundred and fifty-four north, of range one hundred and one west, in the State of North Dakota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>1608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Weden O’Neal.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Weden O’Neal.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>1608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>L. A. Noyes.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of L. A. Noyes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>1608</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christian Church, Henderson, Ky.</i></designator> <label>An act for relief of the Christian Church of Henderson, Kentucky.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>1609</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William P. Marshall.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William P. Marshall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 9, 1903</label> <target>1609</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry G. Rogers.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Henry G. Rogers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1903</label> <target>1609</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fannie T. Sayles.</i></designator> <label>An act directing the issue of a check in lieu of a lost check drawn by George A. Bartlett, disbursing clerk, in favor of Fannie T. Sayles, executrix, and others.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1903</label> <target>1609</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clara H. Fulford.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Clara H. Fulford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1903</label> <target>1610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>D. A. J. Sullivan’s sureties.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William M. Bird, James F. Redding, Henry F. Welch, and others.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1903</label> <target>1610</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Kendall.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the legal representative of Major William Kendall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1903</label> <target>1611</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William E. Anderson.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William E. Anderson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1903</label> <target>1611</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward S. Crill.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Edward S. Crill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 16, 1903</label> <target>1611</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lebbeus H. Rogers and William B. Moses.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Lebbeus H. Rogers and the administrators of William B. Moses, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 16, 1903</label> <target>1611</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Florida Brewing Company.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the Florida Brewing Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1903</label> <target>1612</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph W. Parish.</i></designator> <label>An act to refer the claim of Joseph W. Parish to the Secretary of the Treasury for examination and payment of any balance found due.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1903</label> <target>1612</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>M. J. Grealish.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the estate of M. J. Grealish, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1613</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles F. Woodford.</i></designator> <label>An act to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Charles F. Woodford and grant him an honorable discharge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1613</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Propeller Tow Boat Company.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the Propeller Tow Boat Company, of Savannah.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1613</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas J. Morman.</i></designator> <label>An act to correct the military record of Thomas J. Morman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1614</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Heinzman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Heinzman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1614</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Hart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick Hart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1614</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laura Levenseler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Laura Levenseler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1614</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac F. Russell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac F. Russell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1614</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridget Agnes Tridel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Bridget Agnes Tridel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Asa Tarbox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Asa Tarbox.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan E. Duncan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Susan E. Duncan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1615</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Brill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. Brill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick W. Damon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick W. Damon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram S. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hiram S. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter Twper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter Tuper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1616</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Billingsley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Billingsley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1616<page>xlviii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Sullivan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Sullivan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Stanley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John M. Stanley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grace A. Negley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Grace A. Negley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ozro F. Cheney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ozro F. Cheney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1617</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph A. Buchholz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph A. Buckholz.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Erastus E. Edmunds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Erastus E. Edmunds.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas B. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas B. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia A. Cook.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Julia A. Cook.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gottlieb Kafer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gottlieb Kafer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1618</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Ehmke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Ehmke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1619</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oscar Brewster.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oscar Brewster.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1619</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Parfitt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Parfitt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1619</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin Contal.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Contal.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1619</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John G. Nowman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John G. Nowman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Sherry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Sherry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cyrus V. Gorrell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cyrus V. Gorrell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Reuben F. Carter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Reuben F. Carter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Rader.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael Rader.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1620</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abel Fleming.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abel Fleming.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ira L. Evans.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ira L. Evans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aurelia M. Power.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Aurelia M. Power.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennie H. Cramer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jennie H. Cramer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1621</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John R. Curry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John R. Curry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter Johnson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter Johnson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Scott Case.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Scott Case.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. Yemans.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Yemans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1622</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Moses Whitcomb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Moses Whitcomb.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Aaron Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Aaron Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin H. Downing.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin H. Downing.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. M. Seitz.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. M. Seitz.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1623</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Campbell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John S. Campbell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis Walton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lewis Walton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia Anglada.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Julia Anglada.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inez L. Clift.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Inez L. Clift.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abel Woods.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abel Woods.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1624</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Lowe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Lowe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane A. Tillinghast.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jane A. Tillinghast.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Nichols.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Nichols.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elvira M. Cooper.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elvira M. Cooper.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1625</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah E. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Martin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Thomas Martin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gustavus S. Perkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gustavus S. Perkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hiram D. Deming.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hiram D. Deming.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1626</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ervin Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ervin Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nimrod F. Clark.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nimrod F. Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth A. Wilder.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Wilder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Clement.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. Clement.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Evans.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Evans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1627</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry C. Trout.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry C. Trout.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis N. Bonneau.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Francis N. Bonneau.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles K. Cameron.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles K. Cameron.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Dennis Cosier.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Dennis Cosier.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1628</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah A. Leepard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Leepard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1629<page>xlix</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Augusta W. Seely.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Augusta W. Seely.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John B. Anderson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John B. Anderson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hugh J. Reynolds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hugh J. Reynolds.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1629</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fletcher Duling.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Fletcher Duling.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel Burrell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Burrell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert H. Maricle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert H. Maricle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Graham McClosson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Graham McClosson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward Walsh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward Walsh.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1630</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>May E. Bunn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to May E. Bunn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Asa C. Hill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Asa C. Hill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John T. Knoop.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John T. Knoop.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Brobst.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David Brobst.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1631</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Almedia J. Robison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Almedia J. Robison.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Herman J. Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Herman J. Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Phillip Mooney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Phillip Mooney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leonard S. Grove.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leonard S. Grove.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Herman Tuerck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Herman Tuerck.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1632</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Shovar.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick Shovar.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. Powell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James H. Powell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Rosenbarger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Rosenbarger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1633</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Snodgrass.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Snodgrass.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Claybourn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Claybourn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James P. Campbell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James P. Campbell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah A. Gerry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Gerry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas E. Peabody.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas E. Peabody.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1634</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane P. Chester.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jane P. Chester.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Chamberlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Chamberlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Winthrop W. Wolcott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Winthrop W. Wolcott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Macfarlane.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Macfarlane.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1635</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Solomon S. Shaner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Solomon S. Shaner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin Cardwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Cardwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Marshall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. Marshall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph R. Prentice.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph R. Prentice.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delitha A. Cook.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Delitha A. Cook.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1636</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bessie Ledyard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Bessie Ledyard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1637</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Luther Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Luther Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1637</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rudolph B. Weyeneth.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rudolph B. Weyeneth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1637</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Da Silva.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Da Silva.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1637</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin Knestrict.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Knestrict.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Chester W. Abbott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Chester W. Abbott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eli Titus.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eli Titus.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James A. Hale.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James A. Hale.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1638</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George N. McMurry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George N. McMurry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane C. Welch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jane C. Welch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christian J. Flanagan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Christian J. Flanagan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1639</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry P. Reynolds.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry P. Reynolds.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Corbett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Corbett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harry F. Libby.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Harry F. Libby.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. Choate.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George W. Choate.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Brown.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1640</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia E. Jones.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Julia E. Jones.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie W. Coit.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Annie W. Coit.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1641<page>l</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gustavus W. Peabody.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gustavus W. Peabody.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Enoch Dodd.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Enoch Dodd.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1641</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Devine.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Michael Devine.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin W. Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin W. Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Knepple.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Knepple.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson G. Gray.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Wilson G. Gray.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles S. Wainwright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles S. Wainwright.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1642</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Dinneen alias John J. Davidson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Dinneen, now known as John J. Davidson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James H. Durham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James H. Durham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Mattingly.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Mattingly.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Palmer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Palmer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 18, 1903</label> <target>1643</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Susan Kent.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Susan Kent.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Maschmeyer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles Maschmeyer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jane Hale.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jane Hale.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles P. Bigelow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles P. Bigelow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Fox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Fox.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1644</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Washington T. Filson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Washington T. Filson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Homer Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Homer Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter Buckley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Peter Buckley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John L. Young.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the legal representatives of John L. Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1645</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sabina Lalley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sabina Lalley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth C. Gates.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth C. Gates.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ada S. Kaempfer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ada S. Kaempfer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William F. Randolph.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William F. Randolph.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin Greeley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martin Greeley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1646</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Valdemar Poulsen.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Valdemar Poulsen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1647</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William W. Fainter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William W. Painter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1647</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles W. Carr.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Charles W. Carr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1647</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Brennan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Brennan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James T. Lundy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to James T. Lundy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary P. Everton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary P. Everton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Slusser.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary J. Slusser.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Delania Preston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Delania Preston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1648</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Hinkle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Hinkle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles W. Bracken.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles W. Bracken.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie E. Doss.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Annie E. Doss.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances Cowie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frances Cowie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1649</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann Gilbert.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ann Gilbert.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 19, 1903</label> <target>1650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Conlon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Michael Conlon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1903</label> <target>1650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Austin A. Vore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Austin A. Vore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1903</label> <target>1650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William W. Smithson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William W. Smithson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1903</label> <target>1650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Bart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Bart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1903</label> <target>1650</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Snyder.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Snyder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1903</label> <target>1651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Enos Turner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Enos Turner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1903</label> <target>1651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances C. Broggan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frances C. Broggan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 20, 1903</label> <target>1651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hamilton M. Sailors.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Hamilton M. Sailors.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1903</label> <target>1651</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry L. McCalla.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Henry L. McCalla.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Whitlege.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John S. Whitlege.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association.</i></designator> <label>An act to refund certain taxes paid by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, of Saint Louis, Missouri.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Jones.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Jones.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1652</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bank of Colfax.</i></designator> <label>An act to refund penalty to the Bank of Colfax, Iowa.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elise Sigel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elise Sigel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary H. Rumple.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary H. Rumple.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George F. Howe alias Harrington.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George F. Howe, alias Harrington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Merritt Young.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Merritt Young.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1653</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Y. Turner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Y. Turner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Franklin Chase.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Franklin Chase.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harriet Hatch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Harriet Hatch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lyman Matthews.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lyman Matthews.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1654</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles W. Colby.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Colby.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas J. George.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. George.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1655<page>li</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bowman H. Peterson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Bowman H. Peterson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Neal.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Neal.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Flavius Shanks.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Flavius Shanks.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1655</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edna K. Hoyt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edna K. Hoyt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Foyle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Doyle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hilas D. Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hilas D. Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elbert Chittum.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elbert Chittum.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John M. Drake.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John M. Drake.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1656</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Everts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary A. Everts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Kepler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Kepler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah B. Barger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah B. Barger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret A. Munson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Munson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1657</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew J. Fennel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Fennel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah J. Snook.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah J. Snook.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rose O. Crummett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rose O. Crummett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James A. Capen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James A. Capen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard A. Larimer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard A. Larimer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1658</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George W. McComb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George W. McComb.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Israel F. Barnes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Israel F. Barnes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ardenia Dillon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ardenia Dillon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Israel V. Hoag.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Israel V. Hoag.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1659</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henderson Mercer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henderson Mercer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Berthold Fernow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Berthold Fernow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel J. Boyer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel J. Boyer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza E. Littlefield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza E. Littlefield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leonard A. Norton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leonard A. Norton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1660</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fredericke W. Lillman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fredericke W. Lillman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles W. Scherzer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Scherzer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. H. Bouslough.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. H. Bouslough.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Shaw.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Shaw.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1661</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John P. Travis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John P. Travis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John P. Post.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John P. Post.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry R. Bennett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry R. Bennett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alphonso T. Gould.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alphonso T. Gould.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank E. Freeman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frank E. Freeman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1662</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simeon Deno.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Simeon Deno.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Philip Caslow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Philip Caslow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John T. Deweese.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John T. Deweese.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leman A. Brace.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leman A. Brace.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1663</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alman J. Houston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alman J. Houston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Parker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary J. Parker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lemuel Kingsbury.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lemuel Kingsbury.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza Gallagher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eliza Gallagher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Timothy Loughlin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Timothy Loughlin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1664</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James O’Neil.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James O’Neil.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oscar H. Prink.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oscar H. Prink.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David N. Tolles.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David N. Tolles.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel G. Towle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel G. Towle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1665</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John S. Milam.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John S. Milam.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alvira Randall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alvira Randall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Bassett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Bassett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1666</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Archibald McLntire.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Archibald McIntire.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Phineas L. Squires.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Phineas L. Squires.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver G. Wright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oliver G. Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1667<page>lii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Orlando S. Osborn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Orlando S. Osborn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1667</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ephraim Cunninqham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ephraim Cunningham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Betsey Jones.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Betsey Jones.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Hamilton, second.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Hamilton, second.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank A. Olney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frank A. Olney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emmet C. Hill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emmet C. Hill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1668</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Addison Arnold.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Addison Arnold.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cassius B. Fisher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cassius B. Fisher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Doberrer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Doberrer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1669</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew C. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew C. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Annie P. Finney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Annie P. Finney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma D. Goslin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Emma D. Goslin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen G. Cole.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen G. Cole.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deborah Edwards.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Deborah Edwards.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1670</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Phillips.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Phillips.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John U. Allen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John U. Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James McMorrow.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James McMorrow.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grace E. Ash.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Grace E. Ash.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1671</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas L. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hampton B. Farmer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hampton B. Farmer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jasper N. Acree.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jasper N. Acree.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jarrot F. Rigg.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jarrot F. Rigg.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 25, 1903</label> <target>1672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah J. Warren.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of -pension to Sarah J. Warren.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1672</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George J. Cheney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George J. Cheney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin F. Cornman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Cornman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emma R. Cropsey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emma R. Cropsey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Twycross.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Twycross.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1673</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charlotte J. Closser.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charlotte J. Closser.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Sickels.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Sickels.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ole Hexom alias Ole H. Olson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ole Hexom, alias Ole H. Olson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Slack.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Slack.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elijah A. Woodward.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elijah A. Woodward.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1674</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William E. Fehrenback.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William E. Fehrenback.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia A. Jordan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Julia A. Jordan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nathaniel A. Winks.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel A. Winks.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Andrew Jackson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew Jackson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1675</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Barcus.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Barcus.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas G. Forrester.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas G. Forrester.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Herbert Whitworth.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Herbert Whitworth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert P. McRae.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert P. McRae.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Allen B. Evans.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Allen B. Evans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1676</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine A. Russell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Catharine A. Russell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Orange Sells.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Orange Sells.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret J. McCranie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret J. McCranie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry O. McClure.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry O. McClure.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1677</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry L. Davenport.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry L. Davenport.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann M. Green.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ann M. Green.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Craig.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Craig.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Barrett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Barrett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James G. Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James G. Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1678</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Ann Sears.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Ann Sears.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1679<page>liii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William J. Chitwood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William J. Chitwood.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca A. Glass.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rebecca A. Glass.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza Little.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza Little.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1679</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Orson Nickerson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Orson Nickerson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles H. Barnes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Barnes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward Straub.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward Straub.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hester A. R. Landers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hester A. R. Landers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hattie Connell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hattie Connell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1680</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elvira C. Compton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elvira C. Compton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel L. Thompson:.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel L. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Austin H. Patterson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Austin H. Patterson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nannie Cushman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Nannie Cushman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1681</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walter G. Tebbetts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Walter G. Tebbetts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick W. O’Donnell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Patrick W. O’Donnell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles C. Chesley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles C. Chesley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rachel E. Bullard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rachel E. Bullard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Russell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Russell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1682</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James B. Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James B. Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Luther D. Goddard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Luther D. Goddard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Noyes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Noyes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert M. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Albert M. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1683</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Napoleon B. Stockbridge.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Napoleon B. Stockbridge.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Inez McCollum.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Inez McCollum.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adah I. Miller.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Adah I. Miller.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edmund P. Fox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edmund P. Fox.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alice F. Smalley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alice F. Smalley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1684</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph D. Lockhart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph D. Lockhart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1685</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Evarts Ewing Munn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Evarts Ewing Munn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1685</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harold P. Waldo.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Harold P. Waldo.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1685</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel J. Radcliffe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel J. Radcliffe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1685</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann A. Hersum.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann A. Hersum.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Greenman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Greenman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick S. Woodward.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frederick S. Woodward.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John F. Briggs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John F. Briggs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>N. Josie Hill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to S. Josie Hill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1686</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alonzo Gilbert.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alonzo Gilbert.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Willard A. Jackson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Willard A. Jackson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline W. Bixby.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline W. Bixby.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Austin L. Topliff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Austin L. Topliff.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1687</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William A. Dougan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William A. Dougan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marcia B. Ferguson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Marcia B. Ferguson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Othniel P. Parcher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Othniel P. Parcher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fordyce M. Keith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fordyce M. Keith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilbert E. Bushnell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gilbert E. Bushnell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1688</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mitchell Hunt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mitchell Hunt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank Cleaves.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frank Cleaves.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sophie S. Shaffer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sophie S. Shaffer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leander W. Cogswell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leander W. Cogswell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1689</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Halvor Paulsen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Halvor Paulsen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Graham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Graham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1690<page>liv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henrietta V. West.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henrietta V. West.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin N. Bond.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin N. Bond.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann M. Haskell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann M. Haskell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1690</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hannah J. Hopkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hannah J. Hopkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles F. Sheldon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Sheldon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles S. Boyington.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles S. Boyington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen R. Swett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen R. Swett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1691</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>A. Paul Horne.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to A. Paul Horne.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin G. Cushing.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Martin G. Cushing.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lavinia F. Poiron.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lavinia F. Poiron.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Monty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Monty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lorenzo P. Duncklee.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lorenzo P. Duncklee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1692</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Linda F. Moulton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Linda F. Moulton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Gilman B. Johnson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Gilman B. Johnson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maria A. Marden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Maria A. Marden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Cummings.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Cummings.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1693</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah C. Merrell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah C. Merrell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ann M. Jackman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ann M. Jackman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles L. Pinkham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles L. Pinkham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cyrus B. Norris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cyrus B. Norris.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Maggie V. Holstein.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Maggie V. Holstein.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1694</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rosetta E. Rafferty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rosetta E. Rafferty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fanny Farmer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fanny Farmer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennie W. Rhoades.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jennie W. Rhoades.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary C. Couch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary C. Couch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1695</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elbert H. Dagnall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elbert H. Dagnall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. McHenry.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. McHenry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fanny B. Orwan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fanny B. Orwan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>May Mosher Chase.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to May Mosher Chase.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James P. Willett.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of the executors of James P. Willett, deceased, late postmaster of the District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 28, 1903</label> <target>1696</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Granville Garnett.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Henry P. Montgomery, surviving executor of Granville Garnett, deceased.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>1697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lavinia Cook.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lavinia Cook.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>1697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Austin A. Yates.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Austin A. Yates.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>1697</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Francis M. Oliver.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Francis M. Oliver.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>1698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John F. Lawson.</i></designator> <label>An act to pay John F. Lawson two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety-six cents, balance due him for services as United States mail carrier.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>1698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel F. Lee.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Daniel F. Lee.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>1698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caleb C. Van Sickell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Caleb C. Van Sickell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>1698</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert Brigham.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Robert Brigham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anthony R. Ravenscroft.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of Anthony R. Ravenscroft.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George A. Rogers.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of George A. Rogers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George M. Duffy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George M. Duffy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1699</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Winfield Pierce.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Winfield Pierce.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eben Slawson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eben Slawson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George H. Van Deusen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George H. Van Deusen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John R. Dougherty.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John R. Dougherty.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rodney W. Anderson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Rodney W. Anderson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1700</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles S. F. Hilton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles S. F. Hilton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elias P. Stearns.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elias B. Stearns.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matthew W. Lincoln.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Matthew W. Lincoln.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1701<page>lv</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret A. Stuart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Stuart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James F. Campbell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James F. Campbell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1701</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph S. Chilcoat.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph S. Chilcoat.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Fleming.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Fleming.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. Merritt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Merritt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Spalding.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Spalding.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George H. Higgins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George H. Higgins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1702</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary J. Goodrich.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary J. Goodrich.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Cornelia S. Ribble.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Cornelia S. Ribble.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emily Hawkins.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emily Hawkins.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles M. Walker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles M. Walker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1703</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine A. Sawdy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catharine A. Sawdy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles A. Rittenhouse.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Rittenhouse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha J. Bishop.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha J. Bishop.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Johanna Buse.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Johanna Buse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Belle L. Spaulding.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Belle L. Spaulding.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1704</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George R. Grubaugh.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George R. Grubaugh.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Pensinger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Pensinger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Kehn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Kehn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph A. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph A. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1705</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John E. Pickard.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John E. Pickard.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1706</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Philip Krohn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Philip Krohn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1706</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza Wende.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza Wende.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1706</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah D. Lightfoot.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Sarah D. Lightfoot.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1706</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel S. Mitchell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel S. Mitchell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1706</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William P. Rhodes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William P. Rhodes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George A. Liston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to George A. Liston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Deborah J. Fogle.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Deborah J. Fogle.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James E. Wallace.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Janies E. Wallace.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1707</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joel Thomason.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Joel Thomason.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1708</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abner D. Rutherford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Abner D. Rutherford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1708</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James W. Pace.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James W. Pace.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1708</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick Mahan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Patrick Mahan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1708</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Travis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. Travis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1708</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver W. Newton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Oliver W. Newton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1709</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. T. Hostetler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. T. Hostetler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1709</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jacob E. Richards.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jacob E. Richards.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1709</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lambert Johnston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lambert Johnston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1709</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christine B. Knapp.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Christine B. Knapp.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1710</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Garland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Garland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1710</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amanda E. McQuiddy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Amanda E: McQuiddy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1710</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine P. McLorinen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Catherine P. McLorinen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1710</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eli Potts.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eli Potts.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1710</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah E. Gifford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Gifford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1711</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Shepherd H. King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Shepherd H. King.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1711</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. Whitman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. Whitman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1711</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Harry L. Graham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Harry L. Graham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1711</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hugh Cool.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hugh Cool.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1712</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samantha Yant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samantha Yant.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1712</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Hall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Hall.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1712</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Julia Stilwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Julia Stilwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1712</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas B. Faught.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas B. Faught.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1712</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Visa C. Morrill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Visa C. Morrill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1713</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Morley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Morley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1713</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Curley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Curley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1713</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>C. W. Colehour.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of C. W. Colehour.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1713</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen D. Campbell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ellen D. Campbell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1714</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Byron C. Knapp.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Byron C. Knapp.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1714</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward M. Gammon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward M. Gammon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1714</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridget Fallon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Bridget Fallon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1714</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Scanlon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Scanlon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1714</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas Graham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Graham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1715</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert W. Allen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert W. Allen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1715<page>lvi</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elizabeth Lister.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Lister.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1715</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alonzo Pendland.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alonzo Pendland.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1715</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sarah Bowen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah Bowen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1716</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samantha A. Newcomb.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samantha A. Newcomb.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1716</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Downing.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Downing.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1716</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances E. Wild.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frances E. Wild.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1716</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David K. Wardwell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David K. Wardwell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1716</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James B. Martin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James B. Martin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1717</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oscar M. Peck.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oscar M. Peck.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1717</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William T. Moore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William T. Moore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1717</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Bridget Logan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Bridget Logan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1717</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph A. Kauffman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph A. Kauffman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1718</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. Crawford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William C. Crawford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1718</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry Staff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Henry Staff.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1718</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lillie F. Ball.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lillie V. Ball.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1718</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jessie V. Cluxton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jessie V. Cluxton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1718</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Wallace.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Wallace.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1719</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Brattain.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Brattain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1719</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac Gabrion.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac Gabrion.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1719</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Murphy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Murphy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1719</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matilda Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Matilda Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1720</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary R. Bayly.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary R. Bayly, formerly Mary S. Redick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1720</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mabel A. Woolsey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mabel A. Woolsey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1720</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frances E. Luse.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Frances E. Luse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1720</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel Van Wie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel Van Wie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1720</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wallace L. Scott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Wallace L. Scott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1721</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael K. Strayer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael K. Strayer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1721</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Feldhausen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Feldhausen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1721</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver P. Alsbach.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oliver P. Alsbach.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1721</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert J. Hart.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert J. Hart.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1722</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Copley.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Copley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1722</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jennie M. Gilbert.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jennie M. Gilbert.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1722</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ferdinand Heiskell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ferdinand Heiskell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1722</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Vogan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Vogan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1722</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Plummer Lewis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Plummer Lewis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1723</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward Bryan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Edward Bryan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1723</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jsaac Harris.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac Harris.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1723</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander H. Taylor.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alexander H. Taylor.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1723</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Winterbottom.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary E. Winterbottom.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1724</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Wright.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John C. Wright.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1724</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel N. Northway.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel N. Northway.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1724</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albanis L. Anderson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albanis L. Anderson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1724</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Henry H. Windes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Henry H. Windes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1724</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anson Lewis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Arison Lewis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1725</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Arvilla N. Stocker.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Arvilla N. Stocker.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1725</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William F. Wilcox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William F. Wilcox.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1725</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Sands.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Sands.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1725</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Callie West.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Callie West.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1726</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Amanda Burke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Amanda Burke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1726</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander J. Thomson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Alexander J. Thomson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1726</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John W. Day.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Day.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1726</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Kenny.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Kenny.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1726</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael O. Sullivan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael O. Sullivan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1727</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William King.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William King.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1727</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Peter B. Pouch.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Peter B. Rouch.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1727</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph H. Ludlum.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. Ludlum.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1727</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary E. Barger.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Barger.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1728</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin F. Olcott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Olcott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1728</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louisa Josephine Stanwood.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Louisa Josephine Stanwood.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1728</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Margaret Bell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Margaret Bell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1728</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Helen Olivia Leckie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Helen Olivia Leckie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1728<page>lvii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Theodore Buri.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Theodore Buri.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1729</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary Ann Garrison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Ann Garrison.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1729</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Simon M. Yates.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Simon M. Yates.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1729</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Rebecca Randolph.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Rebecca Randolph.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1729</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Nancy McGuire.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Nancy McGuire.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1730</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver C. Jackson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oliver C. Jackson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1730</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Marcus L. Vermillion.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Marcus L. Vermillion.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1730</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Solomon A. Alexander.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Solomon A. Alexander.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1730</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William M. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William M. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1730</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward T. Durant.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward T. Durant.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1731</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Thomas J. Winfrey.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Winfrey.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1731</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles A. Warrick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Charles A. Warrick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1731</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ira J. S. Holmes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Ira J. S. Holmes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1731</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George M. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George M. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1732</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George White.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George White.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1732</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William C. Chatfield.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William C. Chatfield.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1732</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frederick Journal.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frederick Journal.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1732</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph M. Alexander.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph M. Alexander.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1732</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Franklin Peale.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Franklin Peale.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1733</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James M. Cartmill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James M. Cartmill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1733</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David E. Lawton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David E. Lawton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1733</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank E. Hills.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frank E. Hills.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1733</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Mennecke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to William Mennecke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1734</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Keen.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Keen.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1734</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Houseal.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Houseal.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1734</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin F. Wilson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Benjamin F. Wilson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1734</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucy T. Churchill.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy T. Churchill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1734</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac J. Nichols.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac J. Nichols.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1735</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Grace Liarrington.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Grace Harrington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1735</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lott Van Nordstrand.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lott Van Nordstrand.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1735</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milton C. Norton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Milton O. Norton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1735</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William M. Hattery.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William M. Hattery.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1736</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Mosgrove.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Mosgrove.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1736</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Stephen B. Morehouse.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen B. Morehouse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1736</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Elias Simpson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Elias Simpson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1736</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Fullerton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Fullerton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1736</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eudora Wells.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Eudora Wells.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1737</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Robson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Robson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1737</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John C. Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1737</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Matilda Tunison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Matilda Tunison.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1737</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. France.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. France.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1738</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David A. Baldwin.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David A. Baldwin.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1738</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Keith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Keith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1738</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William O. Boughton.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William O. Boughton.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1738</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Strong.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Strong, alias William Clark.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1738</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Edward Tattersall.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Edward Tattersail.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1739</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Wilson French.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Wilson French.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1739</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Carr.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Carr.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1739</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John A. T. McPherson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John A. T. McPherson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1739</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Franklin Williams.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Franklin Williams.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1740</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Milton D. Wells.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Milton D. Wells.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1740</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Walter J. Porter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Walter A. Porter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1740</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Hans A. Grove.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Hans A. Grove.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1740</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martin G. Cole.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Martin G. Cole.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1740</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Wheeler.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Wheeler.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1741</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Daniel R. Lucas.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel R. Lucas.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1741</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Whitlock.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William Whitlock.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1741</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>George Skinner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to George Skinner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1741</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucien B. Love.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lucien B. Love.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1742<page>lviii</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary H. Talcott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Mary H. Talcott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1742</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Louis W. Rowe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Louis W. Rowe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1742</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Minerva Murphy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Minerva Murphy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1742</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lewis P. Everett.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase pension to Lewis P. Everett.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1742</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph Grennue.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Grennue.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1743</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Frank Stafford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Frank Stafford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1743</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catharine T. R. Mathews.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catharine T. R. Mathews.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1743</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Murphy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael Murphy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1743</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Amadon.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John H. Amadon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1744</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Graham.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Graham.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1744</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John H. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase pension to John H. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1744</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leighton M. Perveil, alias Charles H. Hunt.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Leighton M. Perveil, alias Charles H. Hunt.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1744</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jeffrey Hufford.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Jeffrey Hufford.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1744</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Collahan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John C. Collahan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1745</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Sanders B. Johnston.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Sanders W. Johnston.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1745</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Isaac B. Price.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Isaac B. Price.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1745</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Laban McGahan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Laban McGahan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1745</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Samuel H. Montanye.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Samuel H. Montanye.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1746</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James L. Davenport, alias Dexter Davis.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James L. Davenport, alias Dexter Davis.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1746</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard S. Howarth.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard S. Howarth.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1746</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lucinda Lawrence.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Lucinda Lawrence.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1746</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Austin P. Merrell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Austin P. Merrell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1746</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary La Tourrette Stotsenburg.</i></designator> <label>An act to amend the act entitled “An act granting an increase of pension to Mary La Tourrette Stotsenburg,” approved June second, ninteen hundred.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1747</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William F. Ritchie.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William F. Ritchie.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1747</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Patrick Carney.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Patrick Carney.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1747</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza M. Hutchinson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza M. Hutchinson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1747</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alonzo S. Bowden.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alonzo S. Bowden.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1748</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Lymus Wallace.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Lymus Wallace.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1748</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ella F. Shandrew.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ella F. Shandrew.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1748</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Harrison.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Harrison.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1748</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Eliza B. Abbott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza B. Abbott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1749</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine Rayel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catherine Rayel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1749</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William W. Downs.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William W. Downs.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1749</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Leroy N. Buell.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Leroy N. Buell.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1749</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Feeding H. Amick.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Freeling H. Amick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1750</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Ellen Johnson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Ellen Johnson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1750</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. F. Gilmore.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary A. F. Gilmore.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1750</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Albert W. Thompson.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Albert W. Thompson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1750</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anton Sauthoff.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Anton Sauthoff.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1750</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Benjamin F. Hughes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Hughes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1751</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Fannie T. Fisher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Fannie T. Fisher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1751</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Broivn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Brown.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1751</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Michael Howe.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Michael Howe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1751</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Collins W.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Collins W. Wight.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1752</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John C. Sautter.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John C. Sautter.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1752</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Richard G. Hanscom.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Richard G. Hanscom.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1752</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Burke.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Burke.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1752</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Oliver W. Kile.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Oliver W. Kile.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1752</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Florence M. Stout.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Florence M. Stout.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1753</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William H. Trites.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to William H. Trites.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1753</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Alexander T. Sullinger, alias Alexander Patillo.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Alexander T. Sullinger, alias Alexander Patillo.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1753</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James P. Foster.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James P. Foster.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1753</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Bougher.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to John Bougher.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1754</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Martha Maddox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Martha Maddox.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1754</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James T. Price.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James T. Price.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1754</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Caroline Schaefer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Caroline Schaefer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1754</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Augustus L. Kidder.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Augustus L. Kidder.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1754<page>lix</page></target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joanna Glazer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joanna Glazer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1755</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Robert A. Tracy.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Robert A. Tracy.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1755</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>James Flanagan.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to James Flanagan.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1755</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Kathinka Sichel.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Kathinka Sichel.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1755</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Christopher G. Divers.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Christopher G. Divers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1755</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Charles Shirar.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Charles Shirar.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1756</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John Haynes.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to John Haynes.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1756</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>David Flynn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to David Flynn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1756</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Newton Thayer.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Newton Thayer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1756</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Joseph W. Fox.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Fox.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1756</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Clara E. Smith.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Clara E. Smith.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1757</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Abraham W. Huffman.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Abraham W. Huffman.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1757</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Philander H. Graves.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Philander H. Graves.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1757</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Catherine He Guinn.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Catherine McGuinn.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1757</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Adam Stuber.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Adam Stuber.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1758</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Emily Lawrence Reed.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Emily Lawrence Reed.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1758</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>T. A. Woodress.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of T. A. Woodress.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1758</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Anna O. Brush.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Anna O. Brush.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1758</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>William Leech.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of William Leech.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1758</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>John D. Chadwick.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of John D. Chadwick.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1759</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>McClure and Willbanks.</i></designator> <label>An act for the relief of McClure and Willbanks.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1759</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Mary A. Talbott.</i></designator> <label>An act granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Talbott.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1759</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><designator><i>Jerome W. Turner.</i></designator> <label>An act granting a pension to Jerome W. Turner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1759</target></referenceItem>
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</listOfPrivateLaws>
<page />
<page>lxi</page>
<listOfConcurrentResolutions>
<heading class="centered">LIST</heading>
<subheading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline></subheading>
<subheading class="centered">CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS.</subheading>
<subheading class="centered">PART TWO.</subheading>
<groupItem>
<label class="centered">FIRST SESSION, FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.</label>	
<headingItem>
<label />
<label />
<target>Page.</target>
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><label>For holiday recess.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 12, 1901</label> <target>1763</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For memorial addresses on the late President William McKinley by Honorable John Hay.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 16, 1902</label> <target>1763</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing report on iron ore deposits of the Lake Superior region.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 1, 1902</label> <target>1763</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing report of the Librarian of Congress.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 1, 1902</label> <target>1764</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing bulletin on Texas oil and coal fields and geology of western Gulf coast.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1902</label> <target>1764</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For correcting enrollment of urgent deficiency bill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 11, 1902</label> <target>1764</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing additional copies, report of Board of Managers, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 13, 1902</label> <target>1764</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of bill for execution in the Philippines and Porto Rico of deeds of land in District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 17, 1902</label> <target>1765</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For issue of public documents to Congress.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 7, 1902</label> <target>1765</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing report on revision of Porto Rico laws.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 7, 1902</label> <target>1765</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing proceedings of Schley court of inquiry.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 7, 1902</label> <target>1765</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing the Gazetteer of the Philippines.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 7, 1902</label> <target>1765</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of the bill for the relief of Edward Kershner.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 14, 1902</label> <target>1766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing “Review of the World’s Commerce” and Commercial Relations, 1901.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 13, 1902</label> <target>1766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing report on interoceanic canals.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 19, 1902</label> <target>1766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of bill for promotion of anatomical science, District of Columbia.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 1, 1902</label> <target>1766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of bill to pension Robert S. Woodbury.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of bill to pension Abbie George.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1766</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For committee to attend transfer of remains of Gen. William S. Rosecrans.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 4, 1902</label> <target>1767</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of bill granting right of way to Central Arizona Railway Company.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 12, 1902</label> <target>1767</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of bill to pension Hannah T. Knowles.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 12, 1902</label> <target>1767</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing additional copies of report of the governor of Oklahoma.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 24, 1902</label> <target>1767</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing Land Decisions and Pensions Decisions.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 10, 1902</label> <target>1767</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing additional copies of bulletin on California irrigation.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 10, 1902</label> <target>1768</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing revised Course of Study for Indian Schools.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 10, 1902</label> <target>1768</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing calendars of correspondence of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 10, 1902</label> <target>1768</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing report on southern Appalachian region.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 12, 1902</label> <target>1768</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing state papers on the Louisiana Purchase.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1902</label> <target>1768</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing additional copies of the report of Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1901.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1902</label> <target>1769</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing report on rural free-delivery service, 1901.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1902</label> <target>1769</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing Jefferson’s “Morals of Jesus of Nazareth.”</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1902</label> <target>1769</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing report on geology of the Black Hills.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 13, 1902</label> <target>1769</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing additional copies of Production of Precious Metals, 1900, and Director of the Mint, 1901.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 14, 1902</label> <target>1769</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For change in enrollment of bills establishing sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 22, 1902</label> <target>1770</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For change of enrollment of agricultural appropriation bill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 26, 1902</label> <target>1770</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of bill for the relief of owners of British ship “Foscolia.”.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1902</label> <target>1770</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For committee to confer on the Army appropriation bill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1902</label> <target>1770</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For presenting thanks of Congress to Honorable John Hay for address on the late President McKinley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 3, 1902</label> <target>1771</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Authorizing the conference committee on sundry civil appropriation bill to add appropriations for certain public buildings.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 18, 1902</label> <target>1771</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For change in the title to resolution on Diseases of the Horse.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 19, 1902</label> <target>1771</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing memorial addresses on Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 26, 1902</label> <target>1771</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing additional copies of reports of Daughters of the American Revolution.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 27, 1902</label> <target>1772</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For change in the enrollment of the Philippine bill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1772</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For adjournment of Congress.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>1772<page>lxii</page></target></referenceItem>
</groupItem>
<groupItem>
<label class="centered">SECOND SESSION, FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.</label>	
<headingItem>
<label />
<label />
<target />
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><label>For holiday recess.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">December 15, 1902</label> <target>1773</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of bill relating to Missouri western judicial district.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 8, 1903</label> <target>1773</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For return from the President of bill for the relief of Francis S. Davidson.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 3, 1903</label> <target>1773</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing biographical Congressional Directory.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 10, 1903</label> <target>1773</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For correcting enrollment of Department of Commerce and Labor bill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 12, 1903</label> <target>1773</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing eulogies on President McKinley delivered by Honorable John Hay.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1903</label> <target>1774</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For printing compilation of bankrupt laws, forms, etc.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1903</label> <target>1774</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Accepting invitation for Congress to attend dedication ceremonies of Louisiana Purchase Exposition.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 24, 1903</label> <target>1774</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>For correcting enrollment of immigration bill.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 3, 1903</label> <target>1774</target></referenceItem>
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</listOfConcurrentResolutions>
<page>lxv</page>
<listOfProclamations>
<heading class="centered">LIST</heading>
<subheading class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline></subheading>
<subheading class="centered">PROCLAMATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES</subheading>
<subheading class="centered">CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.</subheading>
<subheading class="centered">PART TWO.</subheading>
<headingItem>
<label />
<label />
<target>Page.</target>
</headingItem>
<referenceItem><label>Restoring portion of Washington Forest Reserve to the public domain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 3, 1901</label> <target>1969</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Restoring certain lands in California to the public domain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1901</label> <target>1970</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Ratifying and confirming agreement with Creek Indians.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 25, 1901</label> <target>1971</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Adding to the Cascade Range Forest Reserve, Oregon.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1901</label> <target>1972</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Wichita Forest Reserve, Oklahoma.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1901</label> <target>1973</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Declaring the opening to entry, etc., of lands in Oklahoma ceded by Wichita, etc., Indians.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1901</label> <target>1975</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Changing boundaries of Olympic Forest Reserve, Washington.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 15, 1901</label> <target>1981</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Declaring organization of civil government in Porto Rico and establishment by it of local taxation.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 25, 1901</label> <target>1983</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Payson Forest Reserve, Utah.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">August 3, 1901</label> <target>1985</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Announcing opening and closing of Louisiana Purchase Exposition.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">August 20, 1901</label> <target>1986</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Appointing the day of burial of the late President McKinley a day of mourning and prayer.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">September 14, 1901</label> <target>1987</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Designating Thursday, November 28, 1901, as a day of general thanksgiving.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">November 2, 1901</label> <target>1987</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart San Isabel Forest Reserve, Colorado.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1988</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Santa Rita Forest Reserve, Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 11, 1902</label> <target>1989</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Consolidating San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserves, Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 12, 1902</label> <target>1991</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Niobrara Forest Reserve, Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1993</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Dismal River Forest Reserve, Nebraska.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">April 16, 1902</label> <target>1995</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Declaring the opening to entry, etc., of lands in Idaho ceded by Shoshone and Bannock Indians.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 7, 1902</label> <target>1997</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart the Yellowstone and Teton Forest Reserves, Wyoming.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 22, 1902</label> <target>1999</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Medicine Bow Forest Reserve, Wyoming.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 22, 1902</label> <target>2003</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Enlarging boundaries of Big Horn Forest Reserve, Wyoming.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 22, 1902</label> <target>2004</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Restoring certain lands in California to the public domain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">May 29, 1902</label> <target>2005</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Enlarging Yellowstone Forest Reserve, Wyoming.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 13, 1902</label> <target>2006</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Restoring Kiowa and Comanche Agency premises, Oklahoma, to the public domain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 23, 1902</label> <target>2007</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Changing boundaries of White River Forest Reserve, Colorado.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">June 28, 1902</label> <target>2008</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Postponing days of opening and closing of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 1, 1902</label> <target>2011</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Santa Catifina Forest Reserve, Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 2, 1902</label> <target>2012</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Declaring suspension of discriminating duties on Cuban vessels and merchandise.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 3, 1902</label> <target>2013</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Granting amnesty to Philippine insurgents.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 4, 1902</label> <target>2014</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Changing boundaries of Medicine Bow Forest Reserve, Wyoming.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 16, 1902</label> <target>2015</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Mount Graham Forest Reserve, Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 22, 1902</label> <target>2017</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Lincoln Forest Reserve, New Mexico.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 26, 1902</label> <target>2018</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Chiricahua Forest Reserve, Arizona.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">July 30, 1902</label> <target>2019</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Announcing ratification of supplemental agreement with Creek Indians.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">August 8, 1902</label> <target>2021</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Little Belt Mountains Forest Reserve, Montana.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">August 16, 1902</label> <target>2022</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Madison Forest Reserve, Montana.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">August 16, 1902</label> <target>2024</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve, Alaska.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">August 20, 1902</label> <target>2025</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Restoring land of Fort Sill Indian Subagency to the public domain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">September 4, 1902</label> <target>2026</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Absaroka Forest Reserve, Montana.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">September 4, 1902</label> <target>2027</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Designating Thursday, November 27, 1902, as a day of general thanksgiving.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">October 29, 1902</label> <target>2028</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Setting apart Luquillo Forest Reserve, Porto Rico.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 17, 1903</label> <target>2029</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Consolidating Teton and Absaroka forest reserves with the Yellowstone Forest Reserve, Montana and Wyoming.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">January 29, 1903</label> <target>2030</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Restoring Cheyenne River Indian Agency lands to the public domain.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">February 7, 1903</label> <target>2035</target></referenceItem>
<referenceItem><label>Convening extra session of the Senate.</label> <label leaderChar="＿" leaderAlign="right">March 2, 1903</label> <target>2036</target></referenceItem>
</listOfProclamations>
<page />
</preface>
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<preface>
<coverTitle>PUBLIC LAWS <br /><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline> <br /><b>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,</b> <br /><inline class="smallCaps">passed by</inline> <br />THE FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. <br />1901–1903.</coverTitle>
<page>lxvii</page>
<page />
<page />
<coverText>
<p class="centered">PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS</p>
<p class="centered"><inline class="smallCaps">of the</inline></p>
<p class="centered">UNITED STATES</p>
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<enrolledDateline>
<i>Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December, 1901, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the first day of July, 1902.</i>
<inline class="smallCaps">Theodore Roosevelt</inline>, President; <inline class="smallCaps">William P. Frye</inline>, President of the Senate <i>pro tempore</i>; on the twenty-second day of May, 1902, <inline class="smallCaps">Orville H. Platt</inline> was chosen Acting President <i>pro tempore</i>; <inline class="smallCaps">David B. Henderson</inline>, Speaker of the House of Representatives.</enrolledDateline>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1: To continue the Industrial Commission until February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1.—</docNumber>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To continue the Industrial Commission until February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1901-12-14">December 14, 1901</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/1">Public, No. 1</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Industrial Commission <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Industrial Commission.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers continued to Feb. 15, 1902.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 476.</p></sidenote>authorized by “<shortTitle role="act">An Act authorizing the appointment of a nonpartisan commission to collate information and to consider and recommend legislation to meet the problems presented by labor, agriculture, and capital,</shortTitle>” approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and amended by “<shortTitle role="act">An Act making appropriation for the sundry <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 1118.</p></sidenote>civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes,</shortTitle>” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby continued until February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two, with all the powers and duties imposed upon it by said Acts; and for salaries of commissioners, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>secretary, disbursing officer, stenographers, messengers, rent, miscellaneous expenses, and printing the sum of nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 14, 1901.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 2: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for transcripts of records and plats in the General Land Office.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>2</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 1</citableAs>
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<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>2.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for transcripts of records and plats in the General Land Office.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-01-13">January 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/2">Public, No. 2</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of ten thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for transcripts of records.</p></sidenote>dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply a deficiency in the appropriation made for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, for furnishing transcripts of records and plats, General Land Office, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of copyists.</p></sidenote>copyists employed under this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior at a compensation of two dollars per day while actually employed, at such times and for such periods as exigencies of the work may demand</proviso>.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, January 13, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 3: To increase the amount of the official bond to be furnished by the United States marshal for the District of Alaska, in certain cases.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>3</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 2</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-01-22</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/2">2</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>3.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To increase the amount of the official bond to be furnished by the United States marshal for the District of Alaska, in certain cases.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-01-22">January 22, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/3">Public, No. 3</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section four hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshal’s bond.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1336.</p></sidenote>and fifty-nine of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be amended so as to read: That whenever the business of the courts in any division of the district of Alaska shall make it necessary, in the opinion of the Attorney-General, for the marshal for said division to furnish greater security than the official bond now required by law, a bond in a sum not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars shall be given when required by the Attorney-General, who shall fix the amount thereof.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, January 22, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 5: To amend the code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>5</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 2</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-01-31</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>5.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend the code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-01-31">January 31, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/4">Public, No. 4</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section two hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Code amended.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1222.</p></sidenote>four of an Act of Congress entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to establish a code of law for the I District of Columbia</shortTitle>,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the word “<quotedText>one</quotedText>” in the second line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>two;</quotedText>” also by adding to said section the following:
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawing jurors, 1902.</p></sidenote>
<quotedContent>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That immediately upon the approval of this amendatory Act it shall be the duty of said clerk to proceed to break the seal and to draw from the said box the names of twenty-three persons to serve as grand jurors in said criminal courts whose term of service shall terminate on the Monday preceding the first Tuesday of April, nineteen hundred and two: and at the same time it shall likewise be the duty of said clerk to draw from said box the names of twenty-six persons for service as jurors in the police court of the District of Columbia and to certify the same to the said police court, and the, term of service of said jurors so drawn shall terminate on the last Saturday of the January, nineteen hundred and two, jury term of said police court. All provisions of the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, entitled ‘<shortTitle role="act">An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia</shortTitle>’ relating to the grand jury and the police court juries shall apply respectiveIy to the juries drawn under the provisions hereof.</proviso>”</p>
</quotedContent></content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions for existing juries repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 735.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the joint resolution to amend an Act entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to establish a code of law for the District Columbia</shortTitle>,” approved January eighth, nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, January 31, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 6: To provide for the removal of snow and ice from crosswalks and gutters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>6</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 2</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-01-31</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>6.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the removal of snow and ice from crosswalks and gutters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-01-31">January 31, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/5">Public, No. 5</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That for the removal of snow <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Colombia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for removing snow.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 608.</p></sidenote>and ice from crosswalks and gutters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia as required by the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, there is hereby appropriated the sum of five, thousand dollars, one half to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, and the other half out of the Treasury of the United States.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, January 31, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 7: To require cases of typhoid fever occurring in the District of Columbia to be reported to the health department of said District.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>7</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 3</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-04</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/3">3</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>7.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To require cases of typhoid fever occurring in the District of Columbia to be reported to the health department of said District.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-04">February 4, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/6">Public, No. 6</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That every physician attending <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Typhoid fever crises to be reported.</p></sidenote>or called in to visit or examine any case of typhoid fever in the District of Columbia shall at once send to the health officer of said District certificate, in ink, signed by him, stating the name of the disease, and the name, age, sex, and color of the person suffering therefrom, and setting forth by street and number or otherwise sufficiently designaling the house, room, or other place in which said person can be found, together with such other reasonable information relating thereto as may be required by said health officer; and upon the recovery or death of such patient the physician in attendance shall, within twenty-four hours after he becomes aware of such recovery or death, forward to said health officer a similar certificate certifying thereto.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flue for violation.</p></sidenote>shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a line not exceeding one hundred dollars.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That all prosecutions under this Act shall be in the police <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecutions.</p></sidenote>court of said District upon information brought in the name of the District of Columbia and on its behalf.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That all Acts and parts of Acts contrary to the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote>of this Act, or inconsistent therewith, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content></section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, February 4, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 15: To authorize the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to construct and maintain, or cause to be constructed and maintained, a car transfer over the Duluth Canal, and for that purpose to occupy certain lands of the United States.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>15</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 3</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-07</dc:date>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>15.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to construct and maintain, or cause to be constructed and maintained, a car transfer over the Duluth Canal, and for that purpose to occupy certain lands of the United States.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-07">February 7, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/7">Public, No. 7</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the city of Duluth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duluth Canal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duluth, Minn., authorized to construct car transfer across.</p></sidenote>Minnesota, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain, or cause to be constructed and maintained, a suspended car transfer, or aerial ferry, over the Duluth Canal on the line of Lake avenue, in said city, and for that purpose to locate the towers and approaches of said structure on the lands of the United States pertaining to said canal, as indicated and set forth on plans and drawings attached to a certain revocable license issued by the Secretary of War to the city of Duluth under date of September sixth, nineteen hundred and one, now on tile in the War Department: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in the maintenance of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions.</p></sidenote>said structure, and in the use and occupancy of the lands of the United States, the said city of Duluth shall conform to the conditions prescribed and enumerated in the aforesaid revocable license, and to the following additional conditions: (First) That the bridge shall have a clear height of at least one hundred and thirty-five feet above ordinary high water; (second) that the transfer car shall have a clear height of at least six feet above the promenade of the United States concrete piers; (third) that the erection of the bridge shall be carried on in such a manner as to cause the least obstruction to navigation, and the location of the false works, the extent to which they shall occupy the canal, the period of such occupancy, and other details of like character shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; (fourth) that the United States lands, retaining walls, and other details of the approaches must be of a character approved by the United States engineer officer in charge of the district, and the motive power for propelling the transfer car must be satisfactory to him</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <page identifier="/us/stat/32/4">4</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes</p></sidenote>That the city of Duluth shall make any changes in the said structure and any changes in the towers and approaches located on the said lands of the United States which the Secretary of War may from time to time prescribe.</proviso></content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 7, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 16: To authorize the Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Company to build a bridge across the Current River in Arkansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>16</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 4</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-11</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>16.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Company to build a bridge across the Current River in Arkansas.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-11">February 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/8">Public, No. 8</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Southern Missouri and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Company may bridge, in Randolph County, Ark.</p></sidenote>Arkansas Railroad Company, created and existing under the laws of the States of Missouri and Arkansas, is hereby authorized to erect and maintain a bridge across Current River in township nineteen north, range two east, of the fifth principal meridian, in the county of Randolph, in the State of Arkansas, or at any point near said township selected by said railroad company for crossing said river with their railroad line and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the said bridge shall be so constructed that a reason-ably free and unobstructed passageway may be secured to all water <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote>craft navigating said river at the point aforesaid; and if said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge the draw shall be opened promptly, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats and vessels; and whatever kind of bridge is constructed the owners thereof shall maintain, at their own expense, from sunset, to sunrise, such lights or other signals thereon as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post route.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be known and recognized as a post route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post route, upon which no higher charge shall he made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate, per mile paid for their transportation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., companies.</p></sidenote>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 and its approaches for postal-telegraph purposes.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That the plan and location of said bridge, with a detailed map of the river at the proposed site of the bridge, and near thereto, exhibiting the depth and currents, shall lie submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, and until lie approves the plans and location of said bridge it shall not be built; but upon approval by the Secretary of War the said corporation may proceed to the erection of said bridge in conformity with said approved plan, and should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War, and any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of War may at any time order in the interest of navigation shall be made by said company at its own expense.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>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 reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them desiring such use, shall fall 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 mutters at issue <page identifier="/us/stat/32/5">5</page>between them shall be derided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That this Act shall be void if the actual construction of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within two years.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 17: Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>17</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 5</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>17.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-14">February 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/9">Public, No. 9</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following sums be, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Urgent deficiencies appropriations.</p></sidenote>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 nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated namely:</content>
</section>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF STATE.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statement Department.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, namely: For care and subsistence of horses, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>to be used only for official purposes, and repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, rent of stable, telegraphic and electric apparatus and repairs to the same, and miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing, for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred and twelve dollars and six cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>foreign intercourse.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign intercourse.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new system of heating the legation building at Tokyo, Japan, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tokyo, Japan. </p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legation building.</p></sidenote>owned by the United States Government, and for a fireproof vault, for the preservation of the records and archives of the legation, five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 810.</p></sidenote>thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the Government of the Republic of Chile the sole award <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chile.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of award to.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1596.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 965.</p></sidenote>made against the United States under the convention concluded on May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to revive the convention of August seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to adjust the claims of citizens of either country against the other, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repaying to the Government of Mexico money erroneously <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">La Abra and Well claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment to Mexico.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 409.</p></sidenote>claimed by and paid to the United States on account of the awards, adjudged to have been fraudulently made, in the La Abra and Weil claims, four hundred and twelve thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unforeseen emergencies.</p></sidenote>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 t hereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chargés d’affaires ad interim.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Salaries, charge, d’affaires ad interim,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, six hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters to legations.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Salaries, interpreters to legations,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, four dollars and forty cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses missions.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found duo by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, foreign missions,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, seventeen thousand five hundred and ninety-eight, dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consulates.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, United States consulates,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, six thousand one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, United States consulates,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, eight thousand two hundred and seventy-six dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular, etc., reports.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for “Publication of diplomatic, consular, and commercial reports,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, six thousand six hundred and seventy-one dollars and five cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>TREASURY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loans and Currency Division.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Secretary</inline>: Division of Loans and Currency: For the following for the balance of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counters.</p></sidenote>two, namely: Three expert money counters, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each, and three paper counters, at the rate of six hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; in all, two thousand and ten dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasurer’s office.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, etc.</p>
</sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Treasurer</inline>: For the following for the balance of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, namely: One chief of division, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one assistant chief of division, at the rate of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; six clerics of class one; six clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; twelve clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; one messenger; twenty expert counters, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; six pressmen, at the rate of one thousand four hundred dollars per annum each; ten separators, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each; ten feeders, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each; seven laborers, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each; and two charwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum each; in all, thirty-five thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distinctive paper, etc., securities.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Distinctive paper for United States securities</inline>: For distinctive paper, including transportation and mill expenses, with authority to employ an assistant register in addition to the other employees at the Government mill now authorized, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent expenses</inline>: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department: Freight, telegrams, and so forth,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, four hundred and eleven dollars and forty-four cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gas, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department: Gas, and so forth,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, seven dollars and seventy-four cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Storage building.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Rent of building for storage, Treasury Department</inline>: For rental of building at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per <page identifier="/us/stat/32/7">7</page>month, for five months ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Recoinage of gold coins</inline>: To pay amounts found due by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recoinage of gold coins.</p></sidenote>accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Recoinage of gold coins” for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one thousand eight hundred and six dollars and ninety-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Plans for public buildings</inline>: To pay amounts found due by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans for public buildings.</p></sidenote>accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Plans for public buildings” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and thirty dollars and ninety-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Enforcement of the Chinese-exclusion Act</inline>: To pay amounts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chinese exclusion.</p></sidenote>found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Enforcement of the Chinese-exclusion Act” for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 25.</p></sidenote>fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Enforcement of the alien contract-labor laws</inline>: To pay amounts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alien contract labor laws.</p></sidenote>found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Enforcement of the alien contract-labor laws” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, fifteen dollars and forty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Payment to the Tacoma Mill Company</inline>: To compensate the Tacoma Mill Company, Tacoma, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tacoma Mill Company.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>Washington, for losses sustained in consequence of a collision between the revenue steamer Bear and a raft of logs in tow of the steamer Wasp, off Point Robinson Light on the night of December eighteenth, nineteen hundred, seven hundred and ninety-six dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Payment to the Merchants’ Coal Company</inline>: To compensate the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merchants’ Coal Company.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>Merchants’ Coal Company, Baltimore, Maryland, for damages caused to pier at Locust Point by the revenue steamer Onondaga on June first, nineteen hundred, fifty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Payment to owners of Norwegian steamship Kvarven</inline>: To compensate <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Kvarven.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to owners.</p></sidenote>the owners of the Norwegian steamship Kvarven for damages caused to said steamship by the revenue steamer Bear at Saint Michael, Alaska, October seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, seven hundred and ninety-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Payment to the Alaska Exploration Company</inline>: To pay the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska Exploration Company.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>account of the Alaska Exploration Company, San Francisco, California, for sacking coal, and for demurrage, in connection with supplying the United States steamship Nunivak with coal at Saint Michael Harbor, Alaska, in July and August, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, six hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Damages to schooner Rebecca J. Moulton</inline>: To reimburse Captain <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. C. Hodgkins.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote>W. C. Hodgkins, assistant, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, the amount paid by him for cost of repairs to yawl belonging to the schooner Rebecca J. Moulton, damaged by the Coast Survey steamer Blake while entering the dry dock at East Boston, Massachusetts, September eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, six dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>collecting the revenue from customs.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collecting customs revenue.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, being additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose, on account of the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>collecting internal revenue.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal revenue.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents, fees and expenses of gaugers, salaries and expenses of storekeepers and storekeeper-gaugers, and miscellaneous expenses, on account of the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fecal year nineteen hundred and two, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamp agent.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one stamp agent, at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, and one counter at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; in all, one thousand and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to he reimbursed by the stamp manufacturers.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rebate of tobacco tax.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of drawback or rebate on original and unbroken factory packages of smoking and manufactured tobacco, snuff, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 81, p. 940.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 448.</p></sidenote>cigars, as provided in section four of the Act approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, amending the war-revenue act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to reduce taxation thereunder, three million one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paper for stamps.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury’ on account of the appropriation “Paper for internal-revenue stamps” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one. four thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars and sixty-three cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refunding taxes.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Refunding taxes illegally collected,” fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-five cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption of stamps.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Redemption of stamps,” nine thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars and ninety-four cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>engraving and printing.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving and Printing Bureau.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For labor and expenses of engraving and printing: For salaries of all necessary clerks and employees, other than plate printers and plate printers’ assistants, one hundred and fifteen thousand one hundred and eighty-three dollars and seventy six cents, to be expended under the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Large notes.</p></sidenote>direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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, except in so far as such printing may be necessary in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 31, p. 45.</p></sidenote>executing the requirements of the Act “<shortTitle role="act">To define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes,</shortTitle>” approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred</proviso>.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of plate printers, at piece rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of printers’ assistants, when employed, two hundred and eighty-eight thousand six hundred and seven dollars and seventy-six cents, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Large notes.</p></sidenote>of the Treasury: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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, except in so far as such printing may be necessary in executing the requirements <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 45.</p></sidenote>of the Act “<shortTitle role="act">To define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes,</shortTitle>” approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred</proviso>.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engravers’ and printers’ materials and other materials, except <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials.</p></sidenote>distinctive paper, and for miscellaneous expenses, two hundred and eight thousand one hundred and thirty-two dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of building now occupied by the Bureau of Engraving and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote>Printing for storage and other purposes, at the rate of sixty dollars per month, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>coast and geodetic survey.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coast and Geodetic Survey.</p></sidenote>
<content>For unusual and extraordinary repairs to steamer Patterson, twenty-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Patterson,” repairs.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public buildings.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom-house and post-office at Bristol, Tennessee: For completion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bristol, Tenn.</p></sidenote>of building under present limit, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Carrollton, Kentucky: For completion of building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carrollton, Ky.</p></sidenote>under present limit, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom-house and post-office at Dubuque, Iowa: For completion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dubuque, Iowa.</p></sidenote>of improvement and enlargement of the building under present limit, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mint of the Unified States at San Francisco, California: For completion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Francisco, Cal., mint.</p></sidenote>of new boiler plant, pumps, and necessary repairs to machinery and appliances, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Saint Paul, Minnesota: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Paul, Minn.</p></sidenote>For completion of building under present limit, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rent of buildings, Cleveland, Ohio: For rental of quarters at Cleveland, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland, Ohio.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, temporary quarters, etc.</p></sidenote>Ohio: For rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of Government officials, and for moving furniture, fixtures, safes, and other Government property, and other contingent expenses incidental to such removal, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and increased accommodation in the post-office and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frenchman’s Bay, Me.</p></sidenote>custom-house building in the customs distinct of Frenchman’s Bay, Maine, and extension of the heating apparatus in the same, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Columbus, Georgia: For completion of building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbus, Ga.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to Richardson and Burgess.</p></sidenote>under present limit, three thousand dollars: and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay from this appropriation to Messrs. Richardson and Burgess, contractors for the construction of the addition to said building, the sum of two thousand five, hundred and thirty dollars and sixty-two cents, for continuing the terra cotta cornice and frieze of said addition, to correspond with the cornice and frieze of main portions of said building, the balance of said appropriation to be used for the completion of said building.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>life-saving service.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-Saving Service.</p></sidenote>
<content>Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury to pay, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Long Branch station.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of site.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 958; Vol. 27, p. 649.</p></sidenote>from the amounts appropriated by the Acts of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three (Statutes at Large, volumes twenty-six and twenty-seven, pages nine hundred and fifty-eight and six hundred and forty-nine, respectively), for the purchase of a site for the Long Branch Life-Saving Station, and remaining unexpended, so much as may be required to purchase a suitable site, without regard to the restrictions of the proviso contained in said Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>light-house establishment.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-House Establishment.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing the establishment of alight and fog-signal station at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hog Island Shoal, R. I.</p></sidenote>Hog Island Shoal, Rhode Island, three thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/10">10</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Russell Island, St. Clair River, Mich.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For removal of the wreck of the crib on which was exhibited light numbered twelve, at the foot of the shoal just above the head of Russell Island, Saint Clair River, Michigan, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederick M. Symonds.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit in accounts.</p>
</sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to allow and credit in the account of Commander Frederick M. Symonds, United States Navy, inspector of the Ninth light-house district, for the third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, the amount of five hundred and ten dollars and seventy-five cents, paid by him from the appropriation “Supplies for light-houses, nineteen hundred and one,” and the amount of sixteen dollars and seven cents, paid by him from the appropriation “Salaries of keepers of light-houses, nineteen hundred and one,” for the hospital, surgical, medical, and traveling expenses of the keepers of Squaw Island Light Station, Michigan, said expenses having been specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Light-House Board, the same not to involve the further payment of money from the Treasury.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>mints and assay offices.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mints and assay offices.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Francisco, Cal.</p>
</sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at San Francisco, California</inline>: For wages of workmen and adjusters, two thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seattle, Wash.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay office at Seattle, Washington</inline>: For incidental and contingent expenses, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Wages and contingent expenses, assay office at Seattle,” for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, eighty-three dollars and thirty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred, fifty-seven dollars and sixty-two cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>independent treasury.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Independent Treasury.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents, etc.</p>
</sidenote>
<content>For salaries of special agents, and for actual expenses of examiners 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 3649, p. 718.</p></sidenote>and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, also including examinations of cash accounts at mints, three thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORIES.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territories.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oklahoma.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p>
</sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Oklahoma</inline>: For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, one thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Arizona</inline>: For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of New Mexico</inline>: For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>FISH COMMISSION.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fish Commission.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tupelo, Miss., hatchery.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1151.</p>
</sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of land for site for the fish-hatching and fish-culture station authorized at Tupelo, Mississippi, by the sundry civil appropriation Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Biological Station, Beaufort, N. C.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the completion of the Marine Biological Station of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries at Beaufort, North Carolina, including the construction of buildings and wharfs, the purchase and installation of pumping and electric-light plant, and equipment of the station, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/11">11</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fish hatchery, Erwin, Tennessee: For the completion of the fish-cultural <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fish hatcheries.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erwin, Tenn.</p></sidenote>station of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries at Erwin, Tennessee, including the construction of ponds and an additional water supply and for purchase of additional land, tire thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fish hatchery, Green Lake, Maine: For the completion of the fish-cultural <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Green Lake, Me.</p></sidenote>station of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries at Green Lake, Maine, including the construction of ponds, roads, and buildings, extension of wharf, purchase of land, and an additional water supply, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fish hatchery, Duluth, Minnesota: For the completion of the fish-cultural <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duluth, Minn.</p></sidenote>station of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries at Duluth, Minnesota, including improvement of grounds and an additional water supply, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fish hatchery, Gloucester, Massachusetts: For the completion of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gloucester, Mass.</p></sidenote>fish hatchery of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries at Gloucester, Massachusetts, including the construction of retaining pens for holding five codfish, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fish hatchery, Woods Hole, Massachusetts: For the purchase and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Woods Hole, Mass.</p></sidenote>installation of a steam boiler at the fish hatchery of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Steamer Albatross, Fish Commission: For the construction or purchase <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Albatross.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surfboat.</p></sidenote>of a surf boat for the use of the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross, five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interstate Commerce Commission.</p></sidenote>
<content>To pay Edward A. Moseley, secretary and disbursing agent Interstate <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edward A. Moseley.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>Commerce Commission, the amount disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury for official telegrams paid by him in the fiscal year nineteen hundred by order of the Commission, three hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty-six cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Insurance department</inline>: To pay the superintendent of insurance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insurance department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent and clerk.</p></sidenote>from January first, nineteen hundred and two, to June thirtieth, nineteen hunched and two, inclusive, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and for a clerk to the superintendent for the same period, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent and miscellaneous expenses</inline>: For contingent expenses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>required for the office of the superintendent of insurance, including rent, furniture, stationery, printing, books, law books, books of reference, and periodicals, and other general necessary expenses of his office, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Surveyor’s office</inline>: For such employees as may be required in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveyor’s office.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 689.</p></sidenote>accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress making the surveyor of the District of Columbia a salaried officer, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Public schools</inline>: For amount of increased cost of the fireproof <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public schools.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manual training</p></sidenote>manual-training school building, first eight divisions, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Free public library</inline>: For three temporary cataloguers, at five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free Public Library.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cataloguers.</p></sidenote>hundred and forty dollars each; in all, to be available until expended, one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of books, to be available until expended, forty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books.</p></sidenote>dollars.</p>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Justices of the peace.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Counts</inline>: For amount required to pay the salaries of the, ten justices of the peace at the rate of three, thousand dollars per annum each, and for rent, stationery, and other expenses at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, from January first, nineteen hundred and two, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, inclusive, sixteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lunacy writs.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Writs of lunacy</inline>: For amount required to pay the clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia accrued fees in lunacy cases, for the six months ended December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and one, seven hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Half from District revenues.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">One-half of the foregoing amounts foment 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 not otherwise appropriated.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WAR DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. A. Howells &amp; Co. Reimbursement.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Miscellaneous advertising</inline>: To reimburse J. A. Howells and Company, publishers of the Ashtabula Sentinel, of Jefferson, Ohio, for the amounts paid to various newspapers for publishing an advertisement for horses for the Army during the war with Spain, twenty dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rochambeau statue.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site and pedestal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 737, 741.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Statue of Rochambeau</inline>: For the preparation of a site and the erection of a pedestal for the statue of Rochambeau by Ferdinand Hamar in the city of Washington, said site to be selected on any unoccupied public ground by, and the said pedestal erected under the supervision of, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the chairmen of the Committees on the Library of the Fifty-seventh Congress, and to defray the expenses attending the unveiling of said statue of Roehambeau, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance for statue.</p></sidenote>fifteen thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That any part of this sum not required for preparation of the site and erection of said pedestal and for the expenses attending the unveiling of said statue may be used and expended for the completion of said statue and pedestal</proviso>: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That said statue shall not be located in the grounds of the Capitol or the Library of Congress</proviso>.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive Mansion, repairs, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Executive Mansion</inline>: For care, repair, and refurnishing of Executive Mansion, seven thousand dollars, to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the President may determine.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>military post.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military post.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manila, P. I.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction of buildings.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 465.</p></sidenote>
<content>For the establishment in the vicinity of Manila, Philippine Islands, of a military post, including the construction of barracks quarters for officers, hospital, storehouses, and other buildings, as well as water supply, lighting, sewerage, and drainage, necessary for the accommodation of a garrison of two full regiments of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and two batteries of artillery, to be available until expended, five hundred thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>fortifications.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fortifications.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preservation, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content>For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, three thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>yellowstone national park.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yellowstone Park.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight.</p></sidenote>
<content>Improvement of Yellowstone National Park: For payment of the account of the Northern Pacific Railway Company for transportation of cast-iron water pipe from Billings, Montana, to “Cinnabar, Montana, for service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred, thirty-one dollars and ninety-six cents.</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>military establishment.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Shooting galleries and ranges: For shelter, shooting galleries, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shooting ranges, etc.</p></sidenote>ranges for small-arms target practice, repairs, and expenses incident thereto, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies: For purchase and manufacture <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance stores.</p></sidenote>of ordnance stores to fill requisitions of troops, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For reimbursement of contract or acting assistant surgeons, as provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contract surgeons</p></sidenote>in the paragraph appropriating ten thousand dollars therefor in the general deficiency appropriation Act approved March third, nineteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1023.</p></sidenote>hundred and one (Statutes at Large, volume thirty-one, page ten hundred and twenty-three), ten thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>military academy.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military Academy.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pay</inline>: For extra pay of one enlisted man as assistant and attendant <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library assistant.</p></sidenote>at the library, at fifty cents per day, during each of the fiscal years nineteen hundred and nineteen hundred and one, twenty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Current and ordinary expenses</inline>: For repairs and improvements, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and improvements.</p></sidenote>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 architect, overseer, and citizen mechanics and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men. nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gas pipes, gas and electric fixtures, electric lamps and lighting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>supplies, lamp-posts, gasometers and retorts, and annual repairs of same, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote>heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, tire bricks, clay, sand, and for repairs of steam heating apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, and furnaces, mica, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Miscellaneous items and incidental expenses</inline>: For gas coal, oil, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous and incidental expenses.</p></sidenote>candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wicking, for lighting the Academy building, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables and riding hall, sidewalks, camp, and wharves, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Buildings and grounds: For completing the laying out of the cadet <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cadet camp.</p></sidenote>camp, draining, filling, leveling, piping, and so forth, six thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national home for disabled volunteer soldiers.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Volunteer Soldiers’ Homes.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction at the Mountain Branch of the National Home for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tenn.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, near Johnson City, Tennessee: to complete the hospital group of buildings, power house, barracks, mess hall and kitchen, laundry, storehouse, administration building, chapel, officers’ quarters, lodge and gateway, and al! other necessary buildings: and for all necessary furniture, machinery, and equipment for said hospital, barracks, and other buildings: for steam and water mains, piping for sewerage and water; electric lighting plant, cold-storage and ice plant, construction of roads, and for improvement of grounds and fencing, the Board of Managers of the National Home, for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are authorized to enter into contracts, to be paid for as appropriations may be made from time to time by law. not exceeding in the aggregate for all of said enumerated objects the sum <page identifier="/us/stat/32/14">14</page>of nine hundred thousand dollars, toward which there is hereby appropriated the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dayton, Ohio.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Central Branch, at Dayton, Ohio: For transportation of members of the Home for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred, thirty-three dollars and fifty-seven cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head in the sundry civil appropriation Act, and for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For household expenses, including- the same objects Specified under this head in the sundry civil appropriation Acts, respectively, and for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, seven thousand four hundred and sixty-one dollars and eight cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electric-light plant.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the renewal and completion of the electric-light plant, thirty-three thousand five hundred and seventy-eight dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Milwaukee, Wis.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Northwestern Branch at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: For household expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Acts, respectively, and for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Togus, Me.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Eastern Branch, at Togus, Maine: For household expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Acts, respectively, and for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one thousand and twenty-two dollars and three cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water supply.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to reservoir, relaying stone abutments, raising road bridge, and putting in flume gates, three thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hampton, Va.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Southern Branch, at Hampton, Virginia: For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Ventral Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two. seven thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For household expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, seven thousand six hundred and sixty-five dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leavenworth, Kans.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Western Branch, at Leavenworth, Kansas: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marion, Ind.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dining room, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Marion Branch, at Marion, Indiana: For completion of barrack dining room and kitchen combined, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santa Monica, Cal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Pacific Branch, at Santa Monica. California: For hospital expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Danville, Ill.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Danville Branch, at Danville, Illinois: For household expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two. thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of members of the Home for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For propagating house and greenhouse, five thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farm.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture for quarters for women nurses, seven hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote>sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries for officers and employees of the Board of Managers, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Managers.</p></sidenote>and for outdoor relief and incidental expenses, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, medical examination, stationery, telegrams, and other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>incidental expenses on account of the fiscal years, as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of the Board of Managers, their officers and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote>employees, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred and eight dollars and thirty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">State or Territorial Homes</inline>: For continuing aid to State or Territorial <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State and Territorial Homes.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 25, p. 450.</p></sidenote>homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, including all classes of soldiers admissible to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, fifty-four thousand seven hundred and twenty four dollars and eighty cents: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That, one-half of any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions.</p></sidenote>sum or sums retained by State homes on account of pensions received from inmates shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for</proviso>.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy Department.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>naval observatory.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Observatory.</p></sidenote>
<content>To pay the claim of W. Walter Dinwiddie for salary as assistant on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. Walter Dinwiddie.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary.</p></sidenote>equatorial from July first to twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and one, inclusive, sixty-seven dollars and ninety cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>naval establishment.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Establishment.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That of the appropriation of fifty million dollars made for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National defense.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reappropriation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 271.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 30, p. 781.</p></sidenote>national defense by the Act of March ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and reappropriated by the Act of January fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the unexpended balance, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reappropriated and made available for expenditure in fulfillment of contracts heretofore made and properly chargeable to said appropriation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the reimbursement of the Philippine insular funds for small <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philippine insular funds.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement for vessels, etc.</p></sidenote>gunboats and other craft, ordnance and ordnance stores, turned over by the military authorities at Manila to the Navy, a sum of money equal to four hundred and fifty thousand and forty-two dollars and forty cents, Mexican currency, at the valuation thereof during the first quarter of the calendar year nineteen hundred, two hundred and eight thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars and sixty-seven cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pay, miscellaneous.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy.</p></sidenote>
<content>To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay, miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Pay, miscellaneous,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, five hundred and ninety-nine dollars and fifty cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of navigation.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p></sidenote>
<content>To pay bill of James A. McMahon, for additional creosoting piles <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James A. McMahon.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>for wharf at naval training station, San Francisco Bay, California, five <page identifier="/us/stat/32/16">16</page>thousand four hundred and thirty-three linear feet, at fifteen cents per foot, authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, approved by the Bureau of Navigation January twenty-second, nineteen hundred, and held up in the, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts from lack of funds, eight hundred and fourteen dollars and ninety-five- cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of equipment.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Equipment.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coal.</p>
</sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of coal for steamers’ and ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling the same, eight hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipment of vessels.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For 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 all purposes on board naval vessels, including the expenses of transportation and storage of the same; stationery tor commanding and navigating officers of ships, equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial on hoard ship; the removal and transportation of ashes from ships of war; interior appliances and tools for equipment buildings in navy-yards and naval stations, 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, and 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 Hags of all kinds; photographs, photographic instruments, and materials; musical instruments and music; installing, maintaining, and repairing interior and exterior signal communications and all electrical appliances of whatsoever nature on board naval vessels, except, range tinders, battle order and range transmitters and indicators, and motors and their controlling apparatus used to operate the machinery belonging to other bureaus, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of ordnance.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Ordnance.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance stores.</p>
</sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For procuring, 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 watchmen at magazines, powder factories, and powder depots; for furniture in ordnance buildings at navy-yards and stations; for maintenance of the proving ground and powder factory, and for target practice, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other items of like character, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armor and armament.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 378.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 644.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 389.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Toward the armament and armor of domestic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; of those authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: of those authorized by the Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; of those authorized by the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/17">17</page>Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and of those <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1250.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 706.</p></sidenote>authorized by the Act of June seventh, nineteen hundred, four million dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of yards and docks.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general maintenance of yards and docks, namely: For freight, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote>transportation of materials and stores: books, maps, models, and drawing; purchase and repair of fire engines; fire apparatus and plants; machinery; 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 and for the Bureau of Yards and Docks; coal and other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; attendance on light and power plants; cleaning and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, and tire apparatus and plants; incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, and ferriage; pay of watchmen in navy-yards: awnings and packing boxes, and advertising for yards and docks and other purposes; and for rent of wharf and storehouse at Erie, Pennsylvania, for use and accommodation of United States steamer Michigan, fifty-two thousand dollars. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two thousand and fifty-six dollars and thirty-two cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of supplies and accounts.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.</p></sidenote>
<content>That of the three million dollars appropriated by the Act of March <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1036.</p></sidenote>third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for “Provisions, Navy,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars of the unexpended balance be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated, which amount the accounting officers of the Treasury’ are authorized and directed to transfer from the appropriation “Provisions, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer to naval supply fund.</p></sidenote>Navy, nineteen hundred,” to the naval supply fund.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of medicine and surgery.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “Repairs, Medicine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote>and Surgery,” for necessary repairs of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hospitals and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surgeons' necessaries for vessels in commission, navy-yards, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surgeons’ necessaries.</p></sidenote>naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory. and department, of instruction, museum of hygiene, and Naval Academy, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation for “Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,” fiscal year nineteen hundred and one. ninety-four dollars and seventy-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">do pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for “Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,” fiscal year nineteen hundred, eight hundred and fifty-two dollars and nineteen cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>marine corps.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Corps.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for officers <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hire of quarters.</p></sidenote>serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to <page identifier="/us/stat/32/18">18</page>the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by the United States to accommodate them; for hire of quarters for enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in the offices of the commandant, adjutant and inspector, paymaster, and quartermaster, and the offices of the assistant adjutant and inspector, the assistant paymaster, and the assistant quartermasters, at twenty-one dollars each per month, and for enlisted men employed as messengers in said offices, at ten dollars each per month, three thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of barracks.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Repairs and improvements to barracks and quarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; New York, New York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Port Royal, South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; Dry Tortugas, Florida: Mare Island, California; Bremerton, Washington, and Sitka, Alaska; for the renting, leasing, improvement, and erection of buildings in Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, at Guam, and at, such other places as the public exigencies require, and for per diem to enlisted men employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks, quarters, and other public buildings, five thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For freight, tolls, cartage, advertising, washing of bedsacks, mattress covers, pillowcases, towels, and sheets, funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other papers, 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 of not less than ten days, employment of civilian labor, repair of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture, camp and garrison equipage and implements, mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives and forks, tin cups, pans, and pots, and so forth; packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, quarantine fees, camphor and earbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of public harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, purchase and repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of tire hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts, wheel-barrows. and lawn mowers, purchase and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are no grates; purchase of ice, towels, soap, combs, and brushes 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 introduction and maintenance of electric lights: straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, sheets, wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at various posts; furniture for Government quarters and repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For installation of one auxiliary steam boiler, marine barracks, navy-yard, New York, New York, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation and recruiting.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps.” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, two hundred and twenty-one dollars and two cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special inspectors, per diem.</p>
</sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem, in lieu of subsistence, of four special inspectors, Department of the Interior, 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, to be expended <page identifier="/us/stat/32/19">19</page>under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay accounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Stationery, Department of the Interior,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, five hundred and seventy-two dollars and nineteen vents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, thirty-three dollars and ninety-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Preservation of census records</inline>: To pay the United States Electric <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preserving census records.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting.</p></sidenote>Lighting Company for the use of electric current in Marini Hall, E between Ninth and Tenth streets northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, where the records of the Eleventh and prior censuses are preserved and stored, from May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pension Office building</inline>: For the completion of the work of constructing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension Office.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additions to building.</p></sidenote>a coal bin for the storage of coal and the building of an area-way and sewer from the west entrance of the Pension Office building and extending along the south side thereof to the eastern entrance, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Elevators, Interior Department building</inline>: That the unexpended <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elevators.</p></sidenote>balance of the appropriation of seven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars provided in the sundry civil Act of June sixth, nineteen hundred, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 612.</p></sidenote>for the construction and equipment of an elevator in the west wing of the Interior Department building shall be made immediately available in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, for the construction of a landing and balcony on the third floor of said building, as an entrance to the west-wing elevator, and for changing the other elevators in the buildings of the Department of the Interior from the hydraulic to the electric system, and for the equipment of the same.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Reindeer for Alaska</inline>: To reimburse E. P. Bertholf, lieutenant, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reindeer for Alaska.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. P. Bertholf.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote>United States Revenue-Cutter Service, for actual traveling and subsistence expenses incurred by him between December eighth, nineteen hundred, and January second, nineteen hundred and one, in coming from Seattle, Washington, to Washington, District of Columbia, to consult with the Commissioner of Education regarding the purchase of reindeer in Siberia for introduction into Alaska, said expenses having been incurred by him prior to the receipt of official orders from the Secretary of the Treasury detailing him for duty with the Department of the Interior, and disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury, being for the service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Payment to E. P. Bertholf</inline>: To remunerate E. P. Bertholf, lieutenant, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>United States Revenue-Cutter Service, acting as special agent of the Bureau of Education for the securing of reindeer in Siberia for Alaska, on account of extraordinary expenses incurred by him in Siberia, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb</inline>: For support of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.</p></sidenote>institution, in addition to the amount appropriated for this object in the sundry civil appropriation Act approved March third, nineteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1164.</p></sidenote>hundred and one, said additional expense having been made necessary by the increase in the number of beneficiaries authorized by Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 620.</p></sidenote>of Congress approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For the Capitol</inline>: For work at Capitol, and for general repairs <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote>thereof, including wages of mechanics and laborers, twenty-one thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/20">20</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of Capitol Building and Grounds.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office created.</p>
</sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter the office of Architect of the Capitol shall be designated as Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds, and the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds shall hereafter exercise all the power and authority heretofore exercised by the Architect of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes to be approved by Congress.</p></sidenote>the Capitol, and he shall be appointed by the President: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no change in the architectural features of the Capitol building or in the, landscape features of the Capitol grounds shall be made except on plans to be approved by Congress</proviso>.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Filter, Senate wing.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to the Loomis-Manning Filter Company for filter plant installed in the Senate wing of the Capitol, one thousand and fifty-three dollars and two cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol grounds Improving.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Improving the Capitol grounds</inline>: For continuing the work of the improvement of the Capitol grounds and for care of the grounds, one clerk, and the pay of mechanics, gardeners, and laborers; for repairs to artificial pavement, walls, and roadways, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Lighting the Capitol and grounds</inline>: To pay the Washington Gaslight Company for gas service during the months of March, April, May, and June, nineteen hundred and one, six hundred and one dollars and ten cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>patent office.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patent Office.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official Gazette.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For producing the Official Gazette, including weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual indexes therefor, exclusive of expired patents, forty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Copies of drawings.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents; for producing copies of designs, trade-marks, and pending applications; and for the reproduction of exhausted copies of drawings and specifications; said work referred to in this and the preceding paragraph <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 620.</p></sidenote>to be done as provided by the “Act providing for the public printing and binding and for the distribution of public documents:” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Work at Government Printing Office.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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, forty-five thousand dollars</proviso>.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>government hospital for the insane.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government Hospital for Insane.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New buildings.</p>
</sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the substitution of tile for slate on all roofs, and of copper for galvanized iron in all gutters and conductors, of the twelve buildings of the hospital extension now under contract, thirty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general repairs and improvements, to provide temporary accommodations for patients in any available domestic buildings, and to extend water main and sewer to new stable, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ice plant.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To complete payment for ice-making and refrigerating plant when satisfactorily tested, seven hundred and seventy-six dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public land service.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registers and receivers.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Salaries and commissions of registers and receivers</inline>: For salaries and commissions of registers of district land offices and receivers of public moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars per annum each, on account of the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two. one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be one land district.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That on and after June first, nineteen hundred and two. the number of land offices and land districts in the district of Alaska is hereby reduced to one, the location of which shall be fixed by the President.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/21">21</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent expenses of land offices</inline>: For clerk hire, rent, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, land offices.</p></sidenote>other incidental expenses of the district land offices, fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no expenses chargeable to the Government <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authority for expenses.</p></sidenote>shall be incurred by registers and receivers in the conduct of local land offices, except upon previous specific authorization by the Commissioner of the General Land Office</proviso>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Contingent expenses of land offices,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of depositing public moneys</inline>: For expenses of depositing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depositing moneys.</p></sidenote>money received from the disposal of public lands, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Depredations on public timber, protecting public lands, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Timber depredations, protecting public lands, and swamp-land claims.</p></sidenote>settlement of claims for swamp land and swamp-land indemnity</inline>: 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 lands, and indemnity for swamp hinds, sixty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents, per diem.</p></sidenote>That agents and others employed under this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, and allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping- car fares</proviso>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of inspectors</inline>: For per diem in lieu of subsistence of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors, etc., expenses.</p></sidenote>inspectors and of clerks 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, including necessary sleeping-car fares, and for employment of stenographers and other assistants when necessary to the efficient conduct of examinations, and when authorized by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, seven thousand six hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Expenses, special land inspectors, Department of the Interior,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred and twelve dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Reproducing land records, Bismarck, North Dakota</inline>: To enable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bismarck, N. Dak.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reproducing records.</p></sidenote>the Commissioner of the General Land Office to complete the reproduction of the official plats of United States surveys constituting a part of the records of the office of the surveyor-general at Bismarck, North Dakota, which was destroyed by tire on the eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, four thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Payment to A. W. Barber</inline>: To pay A. W. Barber, clerk, division <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. W. Barber.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>of public surveys, General Land Office, for per diem in lieu of subsistence, at the rate of three dollars per day, as per orders of the Secretary of the Interior, dated April first, nineteen hundred and one, while engaged in the execution of the survey of certain tracts of mining claims excluded from the Navaho Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Arizona, as per account rendered and approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, three hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>geological survey.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geological Survey.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of additional office rooms erected on the east side of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, etc.</p></sidenote>building known as the Hooe Building, situated at thirteen hundred <page identifier="/us/stat/32/22">22</page>and thirty F street northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and extending from the old structure to the alley on the cast, containing above the street door twelve thousand square feet, at monthly rental of five hundred dollars, three thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigating mineral resources.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuation of the investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska, sixty thousand dollars, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred, and three.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving and printing the geological maps of the United States, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>indian affairs.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors.</p>
</sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars per day when actually employed on duty in the Held, exclusive of transportation and sleeping-car fare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law, and for incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including telegraphing and expenses of going to and going from the seat of government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days, one thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies of the Indian Service, including traveling and 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; and expenses of going to and going from the seat of government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days; for pay of employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of the five special agents, at two thousand dollars per annum each, six thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchasing supplies.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Service, and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preventing smallpox.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of liabilities already incurred and for amount necessary to be expended in suppressing the spread of smallpox in the United States among the Indians legally residing on the various Indian reservations, or on tribal lands owned by them, or on their allotments and in attendance at the various Indian schools, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Traveling expenses of Indian inspectors,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred and thirty-five dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasure on account of the appropriation “Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, seven hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mission Indians.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Support of Mission Indians,” for the fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one. thirty-two cents; for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, twenty-one dollars and eighty-three cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Incidentals in Washington, including employees, and support and civilization,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-seven cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/23">23</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian schools.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawrence, Kans.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Indian School, Lawrence, Kansas: Heating plant,” one thousand and four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Phoenix, Ariz.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Indian School, Phoenix, Arizona,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and thirty-two dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sac and Fox Reservation, Iowa.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Indian School, Sac and Fox Reservation, Iowa,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, four hundred and eight dollars and forty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salem, Oreg.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Indian School, Salem, Oregon,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, three hundred and seventy-one dollars and fifty-eight cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pensions.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensions.</p></sidenote>
<content>For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, pensions for services <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examining surgeons.</p></sidenote>rendered within the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, and each member of the examining board shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of each applicant, whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each additional applicant on such day: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if twenty or more applicants appear on one day, no <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations.</p></sidenote>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</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no fee shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No fees unless service rendered.</p></sidenote>paid to any member of an examining board who was not personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant, two hundred and ten thousand dollars</proviso>.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>out of the postal revenues.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal service.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Rural free delivery</inline>: For experimental rural free-delivery service, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rural free delivery.</p></sidenote>including pay of carriers, horse-hire allowance, supplies, and mechanical appliances, four hundred and ninety-one thousand and forty dollars to enable the Postmaster-General to efficiently maintain for the remainder of the current fiscal year the rural free-delivery service.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of additional quarters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, for the purposes of the rural free-delivery system, two thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts on account of rural free-delivery service, set forth in House Document Numbered Two hundred and forty-four, of this session, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one. three thousand two hundred and three dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Manufacture of stamps</inline>: For manufacture of adhesive postage and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamps.</p></sidenote>special-delivery stamps for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, nine thousand six hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety eight, cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For registered-package, tag, official, and dead-letter envelopes, twelve <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official, etc., envelopes.</p></sidenote>thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Rent, light, and fuel</inline>: For rent, light, and fuel for first, second, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, light, and fuel.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit, third-class officers.</p></sidenote>and third class post-offices, fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That there shall not be allowed for the use of any third-class post-office for <page identifier="/us/stat/32/24">24</page>rent a sum in excess of four hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leases authorized.</p></sidenote>dollars, nor more than sixty dollars for fuel and light, in any one year</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That the Postmaster-General may, in the disbursement of this appropriation, apply a part thereof to the purpose of leasing premises for the use of post-offices of the first, second, and third classes at a reasonable annual rental, to be paid quarterly, for a term not exceeding ten years</proviso>.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmasters.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Compensation of postmasters</inline>: For amounts to reimburse the postal revenues, being the amounts retained by postmasters in excess of the appropriations, including amounts set forth in House Document Numbered Two hundred and forty-four, of this session, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one million nine hundred and seventy-two thousand and ninety-eight dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mail transportation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Star routes.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Mail transportation</inline>: To pay amounts set forth in House Document Numbered Two hundred and forty-four, of this session, for inland transportation by star routes for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, six thousand four hundred and sixty-two dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free delivery.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Free-delivery service</inline>: To pay the amount, set forth in House Document Numbered Two hundred and forty-four, of this session, on account of the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand nine hundred and five dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred, ninety-one dollars and eighty-one cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">H. H. Thornton and others.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the judgment entered April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and one, by the United States court, northern district of Florida, in the suit of H. H. Thornton and others against D. G. Brent, collector of customs of the port of Pensacola, Florida, one thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-three cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George V. Borchsenius.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of expense, accounts of George V. Borchsenius, late clerk of the United States district court, second division, district of Alaska, covering the, period from October first, nineteen hundred, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, seven hundred and fifty dollars and forty-three cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insular and Territorial affairs.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Insular and territorial affairs</inline>: For defraying the necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of insular and other territorial matters and affairs within the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, including the payment of the necessary employees at the seat, of government or elsewhere, to be selected and their compensation fixed by the Attorney-General, and to he expended under his direction, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spanish Claims Commission.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Spanish Claims Commission</inline>: For expenses of Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, fifteen thousand dollars, of which not exceeding five hundred dollars may be expended in the purchase of law books and books of reference, and not exceeding three thousand dollars to reimburse the Secretary of State for the services of a force of copyists to make copies of papers concerning claims required by order of the Commission; and said Commission may employ, instead of the messenger now authorized but not appointed, three, assistant messengers <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vouchers.</p></sidenote>and watchmen, at sixty dollars per month each; and hereafter vouchers for the expenses of the Commission shall be paid when approved and certified by the president of the Commission, and vouchers for the expenses of the Department of Justice in connection with the claims shall be paid when approved and certified by the Attorney-General.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/25">25</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses in defense of claims before the Spanish <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defense of claims.</p></sidenote>Treaty Claims Commission, including salaries of Assistant Attorney-General in charge, as fixed by law. and of assistant attorneys and necessary employees in Washington or elsewhere, to be selected and their compensation fixed by the Attorney-General, to be expended under his direction, so much of the provisions of the Act of March <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">VoL 31, p. 880.</p></sidenote>second, nineteen hundred and one, providing for the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission as are in conflict herewith notwithstanding, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Traveling expenses, Territory of Alaska,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, three thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and eighty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defending suits in claims.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Defending suits in claims against the United States,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, on hundred and eighty-two dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian depredation claims.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Defense in Indian depredation claims,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, sixty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Rent of court rooms, United States courts,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, seven hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agricultural Department.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “General expenses, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of Publications.</p></sidenote>Division of Publications,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “General expenses, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Animal Industry.</p></sidenote>Bureau of Animal Industry,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publications.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Publications, Department of Agriculture,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, four hundred and thirty-four dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collecting agricultural statistics.</p></sidenote>on account of the appropriation “Collecting agricultural statistics,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two thousand one hundred and fifty-one dollars and thirty-two cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>COURT OF CLAIMS.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>
<content>For necessary repairs of the building occupied by the Court of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs to building.</p></sidenote>Claims and to place the same in a sanitary condition, to be expended under the direction of the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds, ten thousand dollars, and the basement of said building may be used for storage of files by the Treasury Department.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER LEGISLATIVE.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>senate.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he hereby is, authorized to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to Senators.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of.</p></sidenote>pay to Theodore Gibson, clerk to Honorable Paris Gibson, of Montana, from March twenty-second to December first, nineteen hundred and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/26">26</page>one; to John Slaker, clerk to Honorable C. H. Dietrich, of Nebraska, from April sixth to December first, nineteen hundred and one; to James B. Haynes, clerk to Honorable J. H. Millard, of Nebraska, from April eleventh to December first, nineteen hundred and one, and to Edwin R. Winans, clerk to Honorable A. B. Kittredge, of South Dakota, from July twentieth to December first, nineteen hundred and one, for clerical services rendered to the above Senators, from the appropriations for salaries of officers, clerks, messengers, and other employees in the service of the Senate, for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heating apparatus, exclusive of labor, six thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of furniture, two thousand dollar.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inquiries and investigations.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers to committees at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per printed page, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments must be specially authorized.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, twenty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That hereafter appropriations made for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives or the Senate shall not be used for the payment of personal services except upon the express and specific authorization of the House or Senate in whose behalf such services are rendered. Nor shall such appropriations be used for any expenses not intimately and directly connected with the routine legislative business of either House of Congress, and the amounting officers of the Treasury shall apply the provisions of this paragraph in the settlement, of the accounts of expenditures from said appropriations incurred for services or materials subsequent to the approval of this Act</proviso>.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, warehouse.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent for the storage of public documents of the Senate, one thousand eight hundred dollars: for repairing and putting the building in suitable condition for such use, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James H. Kyle.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Mrs. Anna D. Kyle, widow of Honorable James H. Kyle, late a Senator from the State of South Dakota, five thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William J. Sewell.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Mrs. Helen L. Sewell, widow of Honorable William J. Sewell, late a Senator from the State of New Jersey, five thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses, funeral of President McKinley.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of expenses incurred on account of attendance of the committee, of United States Senators at the funeral of the late President William McKinley, six thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-five cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>house of representatives.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House of Representatives.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For contingent expenses, namely</inline>: For wrapping paper, pasteboard, paste, 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 624.</p></sidenote>House, under the provisions of the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred mid ninety-five, for the public printing and binding), three thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. C. Courts.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay J. C. Courts for services as clerk to the commission to supervise refurnishing of the House, five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture, and repairs of the same, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses, funeral of President McKinley.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of expenses incurred by the Sergeant-at-Arms on account of attendance of the committee of members of the House of Representatives at the funeral of the late President William McKinley, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/27">27</page>six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items etc.</p></sidenote>thirty thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public printing and binding.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing and binding.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leaves to employees.</p></sidenote>law granting thirty days’ annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Office, sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paper for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing for Congress.</p></sidenote>the public printing, including the costs of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in tin' Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, including salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks and employees, for labor (by the day, piece, or contract), and for rents, books of reference, and all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for the Treasury Department, including <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>the Coast and Geodetic Survey, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for the Interior Department, including <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote>the Civil Service Commission, ninety-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for the Court of Claims, four thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDGMENTS, COURT OF CLAIMS.</heading>
<content>For the payment of the judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments, Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>imported to Congress at its present session in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-eight and Senate Document Numbered One hundred and forty-six, one hundred and fifteen thousand and thirty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote>the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the payment to officers <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bounty, destroying enemy’s vessels.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 4635, p. 902.</p></sidenote>and enlisted men severally entitled of the judgments of the Court of Claims for bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, under section forty-six hundred and thirty-five of the Revised Statutes, be made on settlements by the Auditor for the Navy Department in the manner prescribed by law and Treasury regulation for the payment of prize money, the distribution of such individual share to be in accordance with the orders, rules, and findings of the Court of Claims</proviso>.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDGMENTS IN INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS.</heading>
<content>For payment of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments, Indian depredation claims.</p></sidenote>Indian depredation cases, certified to Congress at its present session in House Document Numbered Forty-eight and Senate Documents Numbered One hundred and forty-five and One hundred and sixty-three, one hundred and sixty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty-six dollars; said judgments to be paid after the deductions required to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 853.</p></sidenote>made under the provisions of section six of the, Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to provide for the adjustment and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations,</shortTitle>” 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 necessary requirements of the tribe or tribes affected; and the amounts <page identifier="/us/stat/32/28">28</page>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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote>interests of the Indian Service: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no one of said judgments provided in this paragraph shall be paid until the Attorney-General shall have certified to the Secretary of the Treasury that, there exists no grounds sufficient,  u his opinion, to support a motion for a new trial or an appeal of said cause</proviso>.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDGMENTS, UNITED STATES COURTS.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments, United States courts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 505.</p></sidenote>
<content>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 “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government, of the United States,</shortTitle>” certified to Congress at its present session by the Attorney-General, in Senate Document Numbered One hundred and thirty-nine, and which have not been appealed, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and seventy-four dollars and thirty-one 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote>the date thereof until the time this appropriation is made: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired</proviso>.</content>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims certified by accounting officers.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 18, p. 110.</p></sidenote>carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and severity-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 23, p. 254.</p></sidenote>under section two of the Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered Two hundred and forty-eight, and Two hundred and sixty-four, and Senate Documents Numbered One hundred and forty-eight and One hundred and fifty-eight, reported to Congress at its present, session, there is appropriated as follows:</content></section>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>claims allowed by the auditor for the treasury department.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, forty-five dollars and seventy-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, sixty-one dollars and seventy-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For heating apparatus for public buildings, twenty-four dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and preservation of public buildings, three dollars and thirty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, Taunton, Massachusetts, six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, Steamboat-Inspection Service, eleven dollars and eleven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials and miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, one hundred and twelve dollars and twenty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey, eighty-four dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses, assay office at Seattle, thirty dollars and forty-two cents</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For preservation of collections, National Museum, eighty-one dollars and twenty-One cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/29">29</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enforcement of the Chinese-exclusion Act, one hundred and twenty-three dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For quarantine service, sixty-five dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collecting the revenue from customs, one thousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repayment to importers, excess of deposits, forty-two dollars and fifty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of Revenue-Cutter Service, seventy dollars and nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Life-Saving Service, eighty-one dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers internal revenue, five hundred and nineteen dollars and forty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance or drawback, forty-four dollars and fifty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For drawback on stills exported. Act March first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of judgments against internal-revenue officers, two hundred thousand and fifty-one dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relief of Continental hire Insurance Company and others, Act February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one, six thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and thirteen cents.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>claims allowed by the auditor for the war department.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for War Department.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For national defense, one hundred and ten dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, and so forth, of the Army, three, thousand two hundred and seventy dollars and twenty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two and three year volunteers, one dollar and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of volunteers, thirty-nine dollars and forty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bounty under Act of July eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mileage to officers traveling without troops, one hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence of the Army, seven thousand eight hundred and five dollars and fifty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, one thousand and fifty-nine dollars and ninety-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, six hundred and twenty-six dollars and sixty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of the Army and its supplies, twenty-five thousand eight hundred and eighty-five dollars and one cent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clothing and camp and garrison equipage, two hundred and forty-one dollars and fifty-three, cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For barracks and quarters, eight hundred and three dollars and seventy-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For headstones for graves of soldiers, five dollars and eighty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For burial of indigent soldiers, forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Medical and Hospital Department, six hundred and sixty-two dollars and one cent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For artificial limbs, one hundred and twenty-one dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordnance stores: Equipments, one dollar and twenty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For torpedoes for harbor defense, two dollars and sixty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving Columbia River, Washington, forty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses California Debris Commission, one dollar and fifty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Pacific Branch, four dollars and ten cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/30">30</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, clothing, twenty-one dollars and twenty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horses and other property lost in the military service, forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gunboats on Western rivers, twenty-eight dollars and eighty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, forty dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of Rogue River Indian war, one hundred and sixty-five dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers, one hundred and forty-nine dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one hundred and eighteen dollars and twenty-one cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund to States.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers, namely:</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maine.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Maine, one hundred and thirty-one thousand five hundred and fifteen dollars and eighty-one cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Pennsylvania, six hundred and eighty-nine thousand one hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-nine cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Hampshire.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of New Hampshire, one hundred and eight thousand three hundred and seventy two dollars and fifty-three cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rhode Island.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Rhode Island, one hundred and twenty-four thousand six hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-nine cents.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disallowed claims reopened.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12, pp. 276, 615.</p>
</sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">And the claims of like character arising under the Act of Congress of July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one (Twelfth Statutes, page two hundred and seventy-six), and joint resolution of March eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two (Twelfth Statutes, page six hundred and fifteen), as interpreted and applied by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the State of New York against the United States decided January sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six (one hundred and sixty United States Reports, page five hundred and ninety-eight), not heretofore allowed, or heretofore disallowed, by the accounting officers of the Treasury, shall be reopened, examined, and allowed, and if deemed necessary shall be transmitted to the Court of Claims for findings of fact or determination of disputed questions of law to aid in the settlement of the claims by the accounting officers.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>claims allowed by the auditor for the navy department.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Navy Department.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For emergency fund, Navy Department, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Navy, one thousand two hundred and sixty-one dollars and forty-seven cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, miscellaneous, fourteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, Marine Corps, one dollar and eleven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Marine Corps, sixty-eight dollars and ninety-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation, recruiting, and contingent. Bureau of Navigation, nine dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, three-thousand seven hundred and one dollars and eleven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Equipment, twenty-three dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, fifteen dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eighteen dollars and thirty-seven cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/31">31</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For indemnity for lost clothing, three thousand five hundred and sixty five dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, twenty-two dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, sixty-three dollars and forty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlistment bounties to seamen, four hundred and twelve dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay to officers and men who served in the Pacific, ninety-four dollars and twenty cents.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>claims allowed by the auditor for the interior department.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Interior Department.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, five dollars and thirty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maps of the United States, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maps of the public land States, six hundred and eighty-seven dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For reimbursement to receivers of public moneys for excess of deposits, twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Alaska, two dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying the public lands, seven thousand five hundred and seventy-eight dollars and seventy-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying private land claims, six hundred and fifty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Geological Survey, ninety-three dollars and fifty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of Indian inspectors, three dollars and eighteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies, forty-six dollars and eighty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of Indian supplies, thirty-five dollars and ninety-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of confederated bands of Utes: Beneficial objects, forty-six dollars and ninety-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Sioux, Medawakanton band, fifteen dollars and eighty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidentals in Utah, including support and civilization, five dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Indian schools, support, one hundred and seventy dollars and seventy-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, one thousand two hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Indian school, Salem, Oregon, one hundred and seventy-nine dollars and eighty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For army pensions, two hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For navy pensions, ten dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>claims allowed by the auditor for the state and other departments.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for State, etc., Departments.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Legislative: For printing and binding, twenty-four dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Executive proper: For traveling expenses, Civil Service Commission, fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">State Department: For foreign intercourse, as follows: For salaries of consular officers while receiving instructions and in transit, six dollars and thirty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, secretaries of embassies and legations, thirty dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/32">32</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, foreign missions, twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular service, two thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dollars and forty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, United States consulates, one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For loss by exchange, diplomatic service, two hundred and seven dollars and seventy-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For emergencies arising in diplomatic and consular service, fourteen thousand and seventy-six dollars and four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relief and protection of American seamen, eighty dollars and sixteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Department of Agriculture: For contingent expenses, Department of Agriculture, fourteen dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, ten dollars and sixty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For vegetable pathological investigations, fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For botanical investigations and experiments, fourteen dollars and sixty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For experimental gardens and grounds. Department of Agriculture, four dollars and thirty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For laboratory, Department of Agriculture, four dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For soil investigations, five dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For entomological investigations, one dollar.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For biological investigations, thirty dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For agricultural experiment stations, fourteen dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and distribution of valuable seeds, twenty-one dollars and sixty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general expenses, Weather Bureau, one hundred and sixty dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Department of Justice: For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, one hundred and five dollars and nineteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of special assistant attorneys, United States courts, seventy-two dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of Merks, United States courts, five hundred and forty-eight dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of jurors, United States courts, twelve dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of witnesses, United States courts, twenty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of commissioners, United States courts, six hundred and seventy-four dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of prisoners, United States courts, one hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts, one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, five hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-five cents.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>claims allowed by the auditor for the post-office department.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For free-delivery service, twenty-four dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, light, and fuel, twenty-seven dollars and ninety-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk hire, twenty-one dollars and fifty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For special-delivery service, eight cents. ’</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery and miscellaneous, money-order service, twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous, First Assistant Postmaster-General, eighteen dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/33">33</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For military postal service, two Funded and two dollars and fitly cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of postmasters, one hundred and forty-five dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For railroad transportation, seven thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mail-messenger transportation, twelve dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For star transportation, except the claim numbered twenty thousand seven hundred and four, three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ten cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For limited indemnity for lost registered mail, fifty-seven dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rewards, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 18: To prevent the sale of firearms, opium, and intoxicating liquors in certain islands of the Pacific.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>18</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>18.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To prevent the sale of firearms, opium, and intoxicating liquors in certain islands of the Pacific.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-14">February 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/10">Public, No. 10</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That any person subject to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pacific islands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of arms and intoxicants forbidden.</p></sidenote>authority of the United States who shall give, sell, or otherwise supply any arms, ammunition, explosive substance, intoxicating liquor, or opium to any aboriginal native of any of the Pacific islands lying within the twentieth parallel of north latitude and the fortieth parallel of south latitude and the one hundred and twentieth meridian of longitude west and one hundred and twentieth meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, not being in the possession or under the protection of any civilized power, shall be punishable by imprisonment not exceeding <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment.</p></sidenote>three months, with or without hard labor, or a line not exceeding fifty dollars, or both. And in addition to such punishment all articles of a similar nature to those in respect to which an offense has been committed found in the possession of the offender may be declared forfeited.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That If it shall appear to the court that such opium, wine, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical use excepted.</p></sidenote>or spirits have been given bona fide for medical purposes it shall be lawful for the court to dismiss the charge.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That all offenses against this Act committed on any of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deemed an offense on high seas.</p></sidenote>islands or on the waters, rocks, or keys adjacent thereto shall be deemed committed on the high seas on hoard it merchant ship or vessel belonging to the United States, and the courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction accordingly.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 19: To regulate the collection of taxes in the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>19</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 33</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>19.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To regulate the collection of taxes in the District of Columbia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-14">February 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/11">Public, No. 11</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That hereafter, beginning <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia, Taxes payable in May.</p></sidenote>with the fiscal rear commencing July first, nineteen hundred and two, the whole tax on real and personal property in the District of Columbia shall be payable in the month of May of each year: <i>Provided, however,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment in Installments.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 739.</p></sidenote>That on and after the first of November of each year the tax may be paid in two equal installments, the first in November and the second in May, but that no penalty shall accrue for delinquency until the following June, as hereinafter provided; or if the whole or any part of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for arrears.</p></sidenote>said tax upon real and personal property shall not be paid before the first day of June in each year the same shall thereafter be in arrears <page identifier="/us/stat/32/34">34</page>and delinquent and there shall then be added, to be collected with said tax, a penalty of one per centum per month upon the amount thereof, and a like penalty on the first day of each succeeding month until payment of said tax and penalty, and the whole together shall constitute the delinquent tax, to be dealt with in the manner now provided by law.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 20: To declare the international railway bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, near Hogansburg, New York, a lawful structure.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>20</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 34</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-14</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>20.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To declare the international railway bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, near Hogansburg, New York, a lawful structure.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-14">February 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/12">Public, No. 12</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<preamble><recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas by Act of Congress entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to authorize the construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 603.</p></sidenote>and maintenance of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River,</shortTitle>” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, authority was granted for the construction of a bridge across the southerly channel of the Saint Lawrence River from a point on the right or southerly bank thereof, near the village of Hogansburg, New York, as in said Act set forth; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas said bridge was not completed until after the expiration of three years from the date of approval of said Act, but is now completed and is in operation and in use as a post route and for purposes of commerce with a foreign nation: Therefore,</recital>
</preamble>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That said bridge be, and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">St. Lawrence River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge at Hogansburg, N. Y., a lawful structure.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights, etc., confirmed.</p></sidenote>same is hereby, declared to be a lawful structure.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the rights, powers, privileges, and franchises granted in and by said Act of Congress be, and the same arc hereby, confirmed in the Northern New York Railroad Company, its successors and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior act continued.</p></sidenote>assigns: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That all obligations and duties imposed in and by said Act shall also remain in force</proviso>.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 22: To receive arrearages of taxes due the District of Columbia to July first, nineteen hundred, at six per centum per annum, in lieu of penalties and costs.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>22</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 34</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-15</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>22.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To receive arrearages of taxes due the District of Columbia to July first, nineteen hundred, at six per centum per annum, in lieu of penalties and costs.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-15">February 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/13">Public, No. 13</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the rate of interest to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty on tax arrears reduced.</p></sidenote>collected of any person owing arrearages of general taxes prior to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, now due to and the liens for which are held by the District of Columbia, shall be six per centum per annum, in lieu of the rate and penalties now fixed by law, and ail <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Application.</p></sidenote>accrued costs: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this Act shall apply only to tuxes paid on or before the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and two</proviso>.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 15, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 23: To amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to a reciprocal recognition of boiler-inspection certificates between the several maritime nations having marine-inspection laws.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>23</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 34</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-15</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>23.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to a reciprocal recognition of boiler-inspection certificates between the several maritime nations having marine-inspection laws.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-15">February 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/14">Public, No. 14</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section forty-four hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam vessels.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 4400, p. 852, amended.</p></sidenote>of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the Tinted States be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to said section, as <page identifier="/us/stat/32/35">35</page>amended by the Act of Congress approved March first, eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 346; Vol. 28, p. 699.</p></sidenote>and ninety-five, chapter one hundred and forty-six, page six hundred and ninety-nine, volume twenty-eight, United States Statutes at Large, third session Fifty-third Congress, after the word “aforesaid,” a provision as follows: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That when such foreign passenger <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reciprocal acceptance of foreign boiler inspection.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions.</p></sidenote>steamers belong to countries having inspection laws approximating those of the United States, and have unexpired certificates of inspection issued by the proper authorities in the respective countries to which they belong, they shall subject to no other inspection than necessary to satisfy the local inspectors that the condition of the vessel, her boilers, and life-saving equipments are as stated in the current certificate of inspection; but no such certificate of inspection shall he accepted as evidence of lawful inspection except when presented by steam vessels of other countries which have by their laws accorded to the steam vessels of the United States visiting such countries the same privilege accorded herein to the steam vessels of such countries visiting the United States: it being further provided that there shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees.</p></sidenote>collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States the same fees for the inspection of foreign passenger steamers carrying passengers from the United States that any foreign tuition shall charge the merchant vessels of the United States trading to the ports of such nationality: it being further provided that the Secretary of the Treasury shall have the power to waive at any time the collection of such fees upon due notice of the proper authorities of any country concerned that the collection of fees for the inspection of American steam merchant vessels has been discontinued</proviso>.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 15, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 24: To provide an American register for the barkentine Hawaii.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>24</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 35</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-19</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>24.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide an American register for the barkentine Hawaii.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-19">February 19, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/15">Public, No. 15</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Hawaii.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">American register to foreign-built barkentine.</p></sidenote>Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built barkentine Hawaii, owned by James Rolph, junior, of San Francisco, California, a citizen of the United States, to be registered as a vessel of the United States; and said vessel shall not engage in the coasting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coasting trade limited.</p></sidenote>trade of the United States except between the Pacific coast and the Hawaiian Islands.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 19, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 25: To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>25</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 35</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-21</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>25.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To extend the time for the completion of a bridge across the Missouri River.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-21">February 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/16">Public, No. 16</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section six of the Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time extended for bridge at Yankton, S. Dak.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 1361.</p></sidenote>approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, authorizing the Dakota Southern Railroad Company to construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Yankton, South Dakota, be, and is hereby, amended by extending the time for commencing the construction of said bridge to March third, nineteen hundred and three, and by extending the time for completing said bridge to March third, nineteen hundred and five.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 21, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 26: To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Saint Joseph, Missouri.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>26</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 36</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-21</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/36">36</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>26.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Saint Joseph, Missouri.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-21">February 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/17">Public, No. 17</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Chicago, Rock <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago, Rock Island and pacific Railway Company may bridge, at St. Joseph, Mo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>Island and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the States of Illinois and Iowa. be. and is hereby, authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Saint Joseph in said State of Missouri. Said bridge shall he 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of Way; and 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 any portion of said obstruction or bridge is located.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That any bridge constructed under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same for the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over railroads or public highways leading to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote>said bridge; and the United States and all companies and individuals shall have the right of way for telegraph, postal telegraph, and telephone purposes across said bridge.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High bridge.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans it 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, and shall have at least one channel span of not less than four hundred feet clear channel way, all other spans over the waterway to have a clear channel way of not less than three hundred feet, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the bridge itself at right <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote>angles thereto as near as may be: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if said bridge be constructed as a drawbridge, it shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and the best navigable point, and with spans of not less than two hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw: and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the lowest member of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote>bridge superstructure</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided also,</i> That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal, except when trains arc passing over the draw span, for the passage of the boats; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>passage of trains; mid 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</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules or 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 file allegations and proofs of the parties.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations <page identifier="/us/stat/32/37">37</page>for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit, to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at all stages, and the soundings accurately showing the lied 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>during the progress of construction, or after completion, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and said bridge shall be changed at the cost 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.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>expressly reserved.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void unless the construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>of the bridge hereby authorized shall be commenced within two years and be completed within four years from the date of the approval of this Act.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 21, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 27: Making an appropriation for clearing the Potomac River of ice.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>27</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 37</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-21</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>27.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making an appropriation for clearing the Potomac River of ice.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-21">February 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/18">Public, No. 18</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That to enable the Commissioners <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation to clear Potomac Hirer of ice.</p></sidenote>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, there is hereby appropriated, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia in equal parts, and to be immediately available, the sum of five thousand dollars.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 21, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 28: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River near Fort Gibson, Indian Territory.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>28</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 37</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-24</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>28.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River near Fort Gibson, Indian Territory.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-24">February 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/19">Public, No. 19</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Ozark and Cherokee <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway Company may bridge, near Fort Gibson, Ind. T.</p></sidenote>Central Railway Company, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a bridge across the Arkansas River, in the northwest quarter of section twenty-one, township fifteen north, range nineteen east, Indian meridian. Said bridge shall be constructed in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Secretary of War: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That before the construction of any bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisos.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>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 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/32/38">38</page>are approved by the Secretary of War the structure shall not be built; and should any change be made in said bridge before or after completion, such changes shall likewise be subject to the approval of the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Change.</p></sidenote>of War; and any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary and order in the interests of navigation shall be made by the owner’s thereof at their expense</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>That for the safety of vessels passing at night the owners of said bridge shall maintain thereon, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe</proviso>.</content>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or ears over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owners of said bridge and any railroad company desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sums to be paid or the conditions to be observed, all matters at issue shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon hearing the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., privileges.</p></sidenote>allegations and proofs of the parties; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to telegraph and telephone companies.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall he made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph.</p></sidenote>and the United States shall have the right of way fora postal telegraph across said bridge.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 24, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 29: Authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Arkansas River, in the State of Arkansas.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>29</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>29.—</docNumber>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Arkansas River, in the State of Arkansas.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-24">February 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/20">Public, No. 20</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Memphis, Helena and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas River, Ark.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company may bridge.</p></sidenote>Louisiana Railway Company, a corporation created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arkansas, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Arkansas River, in the State of Arkansas, at such point on the boundary line between the counties of Arkansas and Desha in said State suitable to the interests of navigation as may hereafter be selected by said railway <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>company for crossing said river with its railway line. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide 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 animals and for foot passenger’s, for such reasonable rates of toll as may he fixed by said railway company and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That said bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and 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, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/39">39</page>and 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph.</p></sidenote>granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the bridge herein authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote>to be constructed shall he so kept and managed by the company owning or operating it as to afford proper ways and means for the passage through or under it of vessels, barges, or rafts, at all times, both by day and by night; and there shall be displayed on said bridge, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>from sunset to sunrise, such lights and signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That if said bridge, erected and maintained under the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to cause changes, etc.</p></sidenote>authority of this Act, shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, or 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 such alteration 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the case may be brought in the district court of the United States, in the State of Arkansas, for the district in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That nothing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of navigation.</p></sidenote>in this Act shall he 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</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge constructed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>under this Act shall have, and be entitled to, equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the parties interested shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid mid upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge all matters at issue between them shall, upon the application of either party, he determined by the district court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge may be.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of said bridge and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location of the bridge the topography of the banks of the river, with shore lines at high and low water, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plans and location of the bridge are approved <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built, and should any change, be made in the plans of the said bridge during the process of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, and 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.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 24, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 30: Authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the White River, in the State of Arkansas.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>30</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 40</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/40">40</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>30.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the White River, in the State of Arkansas.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-24">February 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/21">Public, No. 21</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Memphis, Helena <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White River, Ark.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway Company may bridge.</p></sidenote>and Louisiana Railway Company, a corporation created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arkansas, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the White River, in the State of Arkansas, at such point on the boundary line between the counties of Arkansas and Desha in said State suitable to the interests of navigation as may hereafter lie selected by said railroad <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>company for crossing said river with its railway line. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>animals and for foot passengers, for such reasonable, rates of toll as may be fixed by said railway company and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That said bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways loading to the said bridge, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph.</p></sidenote>in the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall lie granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote> approaches for postal telegraph purposes: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be so kept and managed by the company owning or operating it as to afford proper ways and means for the passage, through or under it of vessels, barges, or rafts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>at all times, both by day and by night; and there shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to cause changes, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That if said bridge erected and maintained under the authority of this Act shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, or 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 such alteration shall be made and all such obstructions lie removed at the expense of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>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 the case may be brought in the district court of the United States in the State of Arkansas for the district in which any portion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of navigation.</p></sidenote>of said obstruction or bridge may be located: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt said bridge from the operation of the same</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge constructed under this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and to case the parties interested 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 of issue between them shall, upon the application of either party, be determined by the district court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge may be.</content></section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/41">41</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of said bridge and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed locution of the bridge the topography of the banks of the river, with shore lines at high and low water, and shall furnish such other information as maybe required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plans and location of the bridge are <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built, and should any change he made in the plans of the said bridge during the process of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, and 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.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 24, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 31: Extending the time within which the Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway Company is authorized to construct a bridge across the Bayou Bartholomew in Arkansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>31</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>31.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Extending the time within which the Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway Company is authorized to construct a bridge across the Bayou Bartholomew in Arkansas.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-24">February 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/22">Public, No. 22</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time within which <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Bartholomew, Ark.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time extended for bridging.</p></sidenote>the Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Arkansas, was authorized by the Act approved on the twelfth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act authorizing the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 30 p. 276.</p></sidenote>Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Bayou Bartholomew in Arkansas,</shortTitle>” to construct its said bridge is hereby extended so that the said corporation may continue and complete the said construction within three years from the passage of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That said construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>and maintenance thereof shall in all other respects be in compliance with the terms of the said Act approved on the twelfth day of March, eighteen hundred mid ninety-eight</proviso>.</content>
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<dc:title>Chap. 32: Granting to the White River Railway Company the right to construct, maintain, and operate a single-track railway across the lands of the United States in the south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, township fourteen north, range eight west of the fifth principal meridian, in the county of Independence, in the State of Arkansas, reserved for use in connection with the construction of Lock Numbered Three, Upper White River, Arkansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>32</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-02-26</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>32.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Granting to the White River Railway Company the right to construct, maintain, and operate a single-track railway across the lands of the United States in the south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, township fourteen north, range eight west of the fifth principal meridian, in the county of Independence, in the State of Arkansas, reserved for use in connection with the construction of Lock Numbered Three, Upper White River, Arkansas.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-26">February 26, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/23">Public, No. 23</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the White River Railway <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lock No. 3, Upper White River, Ark.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White River Railway Company granted right of way through lands of.</p></sidenote>Company, a corporation created and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a single-track railway over and across the lands of the United States in <page identifier="/us/stat/32/42">42</page>the south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two, township fourteen north, range eight west of the fifth principal meridian, in the county of Independence, in the State of Arkansas, reserved for use in connection with the construction of Lock Numbered Three, Upper White River, Arkansas, said railway to be constructed, maintained, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>and operated upon the following terms and conditions, to wit: The railway track so authorized shall be carried across the above-described land on a trestle affording not less than thirteen feet longitudinal clearance between bents, the cap timbers of said trestle to be not over twelve feet in length, and the batter of the inclined posts not to exceed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Siding.</p></sidenote>three inches horizontal distance to one foot vertical distance. Said White River Railway Company, its successors and assigns, shall build and maintain, at their own expense, at some near-by point, a siding or spur track from which the United States can receive and forward <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flag station.</p></sidenote>freight, either in carload lots or less than car-load lots. Said railway company shall, during the time of the construction of the lock and dam. establish Lock Numbered Three as a flag station for all trains <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction.</p></sidenote>carrying passengers. Said White River Railway Company shall not use the river banks within a distance of one hundred and fifty feet allow and below the limits of the lock walls of said Lock Numbered Three as a place for depositing spoil and waste, except under such conditions as may be approved by the United States engineer officer in charge of the improvements of Upper White River, Arkansas.</content>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights reserved.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That there is hereby specially reserved to the United States the right to erect chutes of other structures over and under said trestle, in such manner as not to interfere with the movement of trains; to load or unload ears while on the main track of said railway in the vicinity of Lock Numbered Three, provided regularly scheduled trains shall not be thereby delayed; and to build temporary warehouses and other structures, not only along said railway trestle, but also along the railway track adjacent to said reservation for said Lock Numbered Three, on each side thereof, and as close thereto as can be done without interfering with the safe movement and operation of trains, and the said White River Railway Company shall permit the United States to enter upon its right of way adjacent to the Government <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nonresponsibility of the United States.</p></sidenote>reserve for the purpose of so doing: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the United States in exercising its right to excavate under the aforesaid trestle will not be responsible to the said railway company, its employees, passengers, patrons, or the public for any delay or injury caused by said excavation</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve work.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That all work done by said White River Railway Company under this Act shall be subject at all times during and after its completion to the approval of the Secretary of War, and shall be done under Hie supervision of the engineer officer of the United States Army ill charge of the improvement of Upper White River. Arkansas.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 33: To transfer the county of Carroll from the northwestern division of the northern district of Georgia to the northern district of Georgia of the United States district and circuit courts, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>33.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To transfer the county of Carroll from the northwestern division of the northern district of Georgia to the northern district of Georgia of the United States district and circuit courts, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-26">February 26, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/24">Public, No. 24</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the county of Carroll, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgia northern judicial district.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carroll County transferred from northwestern division.</p></sidenote>in the State of Georgia, be, and is hereby, transferred from the north-western division of the northern district of Georgia to the northern district of Georgia of the United States district and circuit courts; but this transfer shall not affect any suit or legal proceeding begun <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 73.</p></sidenote>
prior to the passage of this Act.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 34: For the relief of parties for property taken from them by military forces of the United States.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>34</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/43">43</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>34.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the relief of parties for property taken from them by military forces of the United States.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-27">February 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/25">Public, No. 25</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Quartermaster-General <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Property of Confederate soldiers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of claims.</p></sidenote>is directed, under such rules and regulations as may he approved by the Secretary of War, to investigate, or cause to he investigated, the claims of artillery and cavalry officers and private soldiers of the Con-federate army for horses, side arms, and baggage alleged to have been taken from them by Federal troops, at and after the surrender at Appomattox, acting under orders, in violation of the terms of surrender of the Confederate armies, and he shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, issue his voucher to such persons as shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issue and payment of vouchers.</p></sidenote>be shown by such investigation to be entitled thereto, which voucher shall be paid out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the expenditures under this Act shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of expenditures.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof required.</p></sidenote>not exceed fifty thousand dollars</proviso>.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That no claimant shall be entitled to or receive any voucher as herein provided unless he shall establish to the satisfaction of the Quartermaster-General that he, or the person through or from whom he asserts said claim, was paroled at the time of said surrender; that he had kept his parole in good faith; that be was the actual owner of the horses, side arms, and baggage for which he claims compensation; that such property was taken from him by troops of the United States acting under orders and in violation of the terms of the surrender under which he was paroled. And if the soldier has died since his parole was <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to heirs.</p></sidenote>received, the sum he may be entitled to shall be paid to his wife; if she be dead, then to his children; if he has no wife or child or children living, then to his parents, or either of them if one of them lie dead; and no other shall be entitled to receive the same. If he has minor children, the same may be paid to their guardians.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 27, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 134: To grant the right of way through the Oklahoma Territory and the Indian Territory to the Enid and Anadarko Railway Company, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>134</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 43</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-28</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>134.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To grant the right of way through the Oklahoma Territory and the Indian Territory to the Enid and Anadarko Railway Company, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-28">February 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/26">Public, No. 26</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Enid and Anadarko <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enid and Anadarko Railway Company.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way to, through Oklahoma and Indian Territories.</p></sidenote>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, owning, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining a railway and telegraph and telephone line through the Territory of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, beginning at a point on its railway between Anadarko and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>Watonga, in the Territory of Oklahoma, thence in an easterly direction by the most practicable route to a point on the eastern boundary of the Indian Territory near Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, together with such branch lines to be built, from any point on the line above described to any other point in the Indian Territory as said railway company may at any time hereafter decide to construct, with the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turn-outs, sidings, and extensions as said company may deem it to its interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds hereby granted.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That said corporation is authorized to take, and use for all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Width.</p></sidenote>purposes of a railway, and for no other purpose, a right of way one hundred feet in width through said Oklahoma Territory and said Indian Territory, and to take and use a strip of land two hundred feet <page identifier="/us/stat/32/44">44</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stations, etc.</p></sidenote>in width, with a length of two thousand feet, in addition to right of way, for stations, for every eight miles of road, with the right to use such additional ground where there are heavy cuts or fills as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, not exceeding one hundred feet in width on each side of said right of way, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reversion for non-user.</p></sidenote>or as much thereof as may be included in said cut or fill: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no more than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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 so used such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages to individuals.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That before said railway shall be constructed through any lands held by individual occupants according to the laws, customs, and usages of any of the Indian nations or tribes through which it may be constructed, full compensation shall be made to such occupants for at property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Referees.</p></sidenote>of such railway. In case of failure to make amicable settlement with any occupant, such compensation shall be determined by the appraisement of three disinterested referees, to be appointed, one (who shall act as chairman) by the Secretary of the Interior, one by the chief of the nation to which said occupant belongs, and one by said railway company, who, before entering upon the duties of their appointment, shall take and subscribe, before a district judge, clerk of a district court, or United States commissioner, an oath that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointment, which oath, duly certified, shall be returned with their award to and filed with the Secretary of the Interior within sixty days from the completion thereof; and a majority of said referees shall be competent to act in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substitution on failure to appoint.</p></sidenote>case of the absence of a member, after due notice. And upon the failure of either party to make such appointment within thirty days after the appointment made by the Secretary of the Interior, the vacancy shall be filled by a judge of the United States court for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hearings.</p></sidenote>Indian Territory upon the application of the other party. The chairman of said board shall appoint the time and place for all hearings <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation, etc.</p></sidenote>within the nation to which such occupant belongs. Each of said referees shall receive for his services the sum of four dollars per day for each day they are engaged in the trial of any case, submitted to them under this Act, with mileage at five cents per mile. Witnesses shall receive the usual fees allowed by the courts of said nations. Costs, including compensation of the referees, shall be made a part of the award, and be paid by such railway company. In case the referees can not agree, then any two of them are authorized to make <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Award.</p></sidenote>the award. Either party being dissatisfied with the finding of the referees shall have the right, within ninety days after the making of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote>the award and notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to the United States court for the Indian Territory, which court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the subject-matter of said petition, according to the laws of the Territory in which the same shall be heard provided for determining the damage when property is taken for railroad purposes. If upon the hearing of said appeal the judgment of the court shall be for a larger sum than the award of the referees, the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Costs on appeal.</p></sidenote>cost of said appeal shall be adjudged against the railway company. If the judgment of the court shall be for the same sum as the award of the referees, then the costs shall he adjudged against the appellant. If the judgment of the court shall be for a smaller sum than the award of the referees, then the costs shall be adjudged against the party <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Work may begin on paying double award.</p></sidenote>claiming damages. When proceedings have been commenced in court, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/45">45</page>the railway company shall pay double the amount of the award into court to abide the judgment thereof, and then have the right to enter upon the property sought to be condemned and proceed with the construction of the railway.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That said railway company shall not charge the inhabitants <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight charges.</p></sidenote>of said Territory a greater rate of freight than the rate authorized by the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma for services or transportation of the same kind: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That passenger rates on said railway shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passenger rates.</p></sidenote>not exceed three cents per mile. Congress hereby reserves the right to regulate the charges for freight and passengers on said railway and messages on said telegraph and telephone lines until a State government or governments shall exist in said Territory within the limits of which said railway, or a part thereof, shall be located; and then such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations.</p></sidenote>State government or governments shall be authorized to fix and regulate the cost of transportation of persons and freights within their respective limits by said railway; but Congress expressly reserves the right to fix and regulate at all times the cost of such transportation by said railway or said company whenever such transportation shall extend from one State into another, or shall extend into more than one State</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That the rate of such transportation of passengers, local or interstate, shall not exceed the rate above expressed</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That said railway company shall carry the mail <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mails.</p></sidenote>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</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to tribes.</p></sidenote>Interior, for the benefit of the particular nations or tribes through whose lands said main line and branches may be located, the sum of fifty dollars, in addition to compensation provided for in this Act for property taken and damages done to individual occupants by the construction of the railway, for each mile of railway that it may construct in said Territory, said payments to be made in installments of five hundred dollars as each ten miles of road is graded: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal by general council, etc.</p></sidenote>the general council of said nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located or the principal executive officer of the tribe if the general council be not in session shall, within four months after the filing of maps of definite location, as set forth in section six of this Act, dissent from the allowances provided for in this section, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, then all compensation to be paid to such dissenting nation or tribe under the provisions of this Act shall be determined as provided in section three for the determination of the compensation to be paid to the individual occupant of lands, with the right of appeal to the courts upon the same terms, conditions, and requirements us therein provided</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the amount awarded or adjudged to be paid by said railway <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Award in lieu of compensation.</p></sidenote>company for said dissenting nation or tribe shall be in lieu of the compensation that said nation or tribe would be entitled to receive under the foregoing provisions. Said company shall also pay, so long <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual rental.</p></sidenote>its said Territory is owned and occupied by the Indians in their tribal relations, to the Secretary of the Interior the sum of fifteen dollars per annum for each mile of railway it shall construct in said Territory. The money paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apportionment.</p></sidenote>of this Act shall be apportioned by him in accordance with the laws and treaties now in force between the United States and said nations or tribes, according to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company through their lands</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That Congress shall have the right, so long as said lands are occupied and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxation.</p></sidenote>possessed by said nation or tribe, to impose such additional taxes upon said railway as it may deem just and proper for their benefit; and any Territory or State hereafter formed through which said railway shall have been established may exercise the like power as to such part of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/46">46</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey, etc.</p></sidenote>said railway as may be within its limits. Said railway company shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this Act.</proviso></content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps to be filed.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That said company shall cause maps, showing the route of its located line through said Territory, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and also to be filed in the office of the principal chief of each of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located, and after the filing of said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvement upon the right of way shown <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grading to begin on filing of map.</p></sidenote>by said maps shall be valid as against said company: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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 six months thereafter, or such location shall be void; and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in sections of twenty-five miles before construction of any such section shall be begun</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees may reside on right of way.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That the officers, servants, and employees of said company necessary to the construction and management of said road shall be allowed to reside, while so engaged, upon such right of way, but subject to the provisions of the Indian intercourse laws, and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with said intercourse laws.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num><content>That the United States court for the Indian Territory and such other courts as may be authorized by Congress shall have, with-out reference to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between the said Enid and Anadarko Railway Company and the nation and tribe through whose territory said railway shall be constructed. Said courts shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nation or tribe 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 curry out the provisions of this Act.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num><content>That said railway company shall build at least one-tenth of its railway in said Territory within one year after the passage of this Act, and complete its road within three years after the approval of its map of location by the Secretary of the Interior or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not built; that said rail-way company shall construct and maintain continually all road and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railway wherever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railway’s right of way, or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condition of acceptance.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num><content>That the said Enid and Anadarko Railway Company shall accept this right of way upon the express condition, binding upon itself, its successors, and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any effort looking toward the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian nation any further grant of land, or its occupancy, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forfeiture.</p></sidenote>than is hereinbefore provided: <i>Provided,</i> That any violation of the condition mentioned in this section shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said railway company under this Act.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Record of mortgages.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 11. </num><content>That all mortgages executed by said railway company conveying any portion of its railway, with its franchises, that may be constructed in said Indian Territory, shall he recorded in the Department of the Interior, and the record thereof shall be evidence, and notice of their execution, and shall convey all rights, franchises, and property of said company as therein expressed.</content></section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/47">47</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 12. </num><content>That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No alignment before construction.</p></sidenote>repeal this Act; and the right of way herein and hereby granted shall not be assigned or transferred in any form whatever prior to the construction and completion of the road, except as to mortgages or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 13. </num><content>That the right to locate, construct, own, equip, operate, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General right of way to railroads through Indian Territory.</p></sidenote>use, and maintain a railway and telegraph and telephone line or lines into, in, or through the Indian Territory, together with the right to take and condemn lands for right of way, depot grounds, terminals, and other railway purposes, in or through any lands held by any Indian tribe or nation, person, individual, or municipality in said Territory, or in or through any lands in said Territory which have been or may hereafter be allotted in severalty to any individual Indian or other person under any law or treaty, whether the same have or have not been conveyed to the allottee, with full power of alienation, is hereby granted to any railway company organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory, which shall comply with this Act.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 14. </num><content>That the right of way of any railway company shall not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Width.</p></sidenote>exceed one hundred feet in width except where there are heavy cuts and fills, when one hundred feet additional may be taken on each side of said right of way; but lands additional and adjacent to said right of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stations, etc.</p></sidenote>way may be taken and condemned by any railway company for station grounds, buildings, depots, side tracks, turnouts, or other railroad purposes not exceeding two hundred feet in width by a length of two thousand feet. That additional lands not exceeding forty acres at any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yards, etc.</p></sidenote>one place may be taken by any railway company when necessary for yards, roundhouses, turntables, machine shops, water stations, and other railroad purposes. And when necessary for a good and sufficient <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water supply.</p></sidenote>water supply in the operation of any railroad, any such railway company shall have the right to take and condemn additional lands for reservoirs for water stations, and for such purpose shall have the right to impound surface water or build dams across any creek, draw, canyon, or stream, and shall have the right to connect the same by pipe line with the railroad and take the necessary grounds for such purposes; and any railway company shall have the right to change or straighten <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>its line, reduce its grades or curves, and locate new stations and to take the lands and right of way necessary therefor under the provisions of this Act.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 15. </num><content><p class="inline">That before any railroad shall be constructed or any lands <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages to individuals, etc.</p></sidenote>taken or condemned for any of the purposes set forth in the preceding section, full compensation for such right of way and all land taken and all damage done, or to be done by the construction of the railroad, or the taking of any lands for railroad purposes, shall be made to the individual owner, occupant, or allottee of such lands, and to the tribe or nation through or in which the same is situated: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p> <p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps to be filed.</p></sidenote>correct maps of the said line of railroad in sections of twenty-five miles each, and of any lands taken under this Act, shall be filed in the Department of the Interior, and shall also be filed with the United States Indian agent for Indian Territory, and with the principal chief or governor of any tribe or nation through which the lines of railroad may be located or in which said lines are situated</proviso>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">In case of the failure of any railway company to make amicable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisement by referees on failure of amicable settlement.</p></sidenote>settlement with any individual owner, occupant, allottee, tribe, or nation for any right of way or lands or improvements sought to be appropriated or condemned under this Act, all compensation and dam-ages to be paid to the dissenting individual owner, occupant, allottee, tribe, or nation by reason of the appropriation and condemnation of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/48">48</page>said right of way, lands, or improvements shall be determined by the appraisement of three disinterested referees, to be appointed by the judge of the United States court, or other court of jurisdiction in the district where such lands are situated, on application of the corporation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oath.</p></sidenote>or other person or party in interest. Such referees, before entering upon the duties of their appointment, shall each take and subscribe, before competent authority, an oath that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his appointment, which oaths, duly certified, shall be returned with the award of the referees to the clerk of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Award.</p></sidenote>court by which they were appointed. The referees shall also find in their report the names of the person and persons, tribe, or nation to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication.</p></sidenote>whom the damages are payable and the interest of each person, tribe, or nation in the award of damages. Before such referees shall proceed with the assessment of damages for any right of way or other lands condemned under this Act, twenty days’ notice of the time when the same shall be condemned shall be given to all persons interested, by publication in some newspaper in general circulation nearest said property in the district where said right of way or said lands are situated, or by ten days’ personal notice to each person owning or having <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notification.</p></sidenote>any interest in said lands or right of way: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such notice to any tribe or nation may be served on the principal chief or governor of the tribe. If the referees can not agree, then any two of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote>them are authorized to and shall make the award. Any party to the proceedings who is dissatisfied with the award of the referees shall have the right, within ten days after the making of the award, to appeal, by original petition, to the United States court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, sitting at the place nearest and most convenient to the property sought to be taken, where the question of the damages occasioned by the taking of the lauds in controversy shall be tried de novo, and the judgment rendered by the court shall be final and conclusive, subject, however, to appeal as in other cases</proviso>.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Work to begin on deposit of award.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">When the award of damages is filed with the clerk of the court by the referees, the railway company shall deposit the amount of such award with the clerk of the court, to abide the judgment thereof, and shall then have the right to enter upon and take possession of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abandonment of right of way.</p></sidenote>property sought to he condemned: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That when the said railway company is not satisfied with the award, it shall have the right, before commencing construction, to abandon any portion of said right of way and adopt a new location, subject, however, as to such new <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of referees.</p></sidenote>location, to all the provisions of this Act. Each of the referees shall receive for his compensation the sum of four dollars per day while actually engaged in the appraisement of the property and the hearing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witness fees.</p></sidenote>of any matter submitted to them under this Act. Witnesses shall receive the fees and mileage allowed by law to witness in courts of record within the districts where such hinds are located. Costs, including compensation of the referees, shall be made part of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Costs on appeal.</p></sidenote>award or judgment and be paid by the railway company</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if any party or person other than the railway company shall appeal from any award, and the judgment of the court does not award such appealing party or person more than the referees awarded, all costs occasioned by such appeal shall be paid by such appealing party or person</proviso>.</p></content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual rental.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 16. </num><content>That where a railroad is constructed under the provisions of this Act there shall be paid by the railway company to the Secretary of the Interior, for the benefit of the particular tribe or nation through whose lands any such railroad may be constructed, an annual charge of fifteen dollars per mile for each mile of road constructed, the same to he paid so long as said lands shall be owned and occupied by such nation or tribe, which payment shall be in addition to the compensation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulation of freight and other charges.</p></sidenote>otherwise provided herein; and the grants herein are made upon the condition that Congress hereby reserves the right to regulate the charges <page identifier="/us/stat/32/49">49</page>for freight and passengers on said railways and messages on all telegraph and telephone lines until a State government or governments shall exist in said Territory within the limits of which any railway shall be located; and then such State government or governments shall be authorized to fix and regulate the cost of transportation of persons and freights within their respective limits by such railways; but Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interstate transportation.</p></sidenote>expressly reserves the right to fix and regulate at all times the cost of such transportation by said railways whenever such transportation shall extend from one State into another, or shall extend into more than one State; and that the railway companies shall carry the mail at such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mails.</p></sidenote>prices as Congress may by law provide; and until such rate is fixed by law the Postmaster-General may fix the rate of compensation.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 17. </num><content>That any railway company authorized to construct, own, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crossings, etc.</p></sidenote>operate a railroad in said Territory desiring to cross or unite its tracks with any other railroad upon the grounds of such other railway company shall, after fifteen days’ notice in writing to such other railroad company, make application in writing to the judge of the United States court for the district in which it is proposed to make such crossing or connection for the, appointment of three disinterested referees to determine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Referees.</p></sidenote>the necessity, place, manner, and time of such crossing or connection, The provisions of section three of this Act with respect to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condemnation proceeding.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 44.</p></sidenote>the condemnation of right of way through tribal or individual lands shall, except as in this section otherwise provided, apply to proceedings to acquire the right to cross or connect with another railroad. Upon the hearing of any such application to cross or connect with any other railroad, either party or the referees may call and examine witnesses in regard to the, matter, and said referees shall have the same power to administer oaths to witnesses that is now possessed by United States commissioners in said Territory, and said referees shall, after such hearing and a personal examination of the locality where a crossing or connection is desired, determine whether there is a necessity for such crossing or not, and if so, the place thereof, whether it shall be over or under the existing railroad, or at grade, and in other respects the manner of such crossing and the terms upon which the same shall be made and maintained: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no crossing shall be made <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limitations.</p></sidenote>through the yards or over the switches or side tracks of any existing railroad if a crossing can be effected at any other place, that is practicable. If either party shall be dissatisfied with the terms of the order <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote>made by said referees it may appeal to the United States court of the Indian Territory for the district wherein such crossing or connection is sought to be made in the same manner as appeals are allowed from a judgment of a United States commissioner to said court, and said appeal and all subsequent proceedings shall only affect the amount, of compensation, if any, and other terms of crossing fixed by said referees, but shall not delay the making of said crossing or connection</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the corporation desiring such crossing or connection <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposit of compensation.</p></sidenote>shall deposit with the clerk of the court the amount of compensation, if any is fixed by said referees, and shall execute and file with said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond for damages.</p></sidenote>clerk a bond of sufficient security, to be approved by the court or a judge thereof in vacation, to pay all damages and comply with all terms that may be adjudged by the court. Any railway company <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forfeiture.</p></sidenote>which shall violate or evade any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit, for every such offense, to the person, company, or Corporation injured thereby, three times the actual damages sustained by the party aggrieved</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="18"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 18. </num><content>That when in any case two or more railroads crossing each <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Automatic signals at crossings.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approval by Interstate Commerce Commissioners.</p></sidenote>other at a common grade shall, by a system of interlocking or automatic signals, or by any works or fixtures to be erected by them, render it safe for engines and trains to pass over such crossing without stopping, and such interlocking or automatic signals or works or fixtures shall be approved by the Interstate Commerce Commissioners, then, in that case, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/50">50</page>it is hereby made lawful for the engines and trains of such railroad or railroads to pass over such crossing without stopping, any law or the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Common grade crossing.</p></sidenote>provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding; and when two or more railroads cross each other at a common grade, either of such roads may apply to the Interstate Commerce Commissioners for permission to introduce upon both of said railroads some system of interlocking or automatic signals or works or fixtures rendering it safe for engines and trains to pass over such crossings without stopping, and it shall be the duty of said Interstate Commerce Commissioners, if the system of works and fixtures which it is proposed to erect by said company are, in the opinion of the Commission, sufficient and proper, to grant such permission.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice of intent to use signals at crossings.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="19"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 19. </num><content>That any railroad company which has obtained permission to introduce a system of interlocking or automatic signals at its crossing at a common grade with any other railroad, as provided in the last section, may, after thirty days' notice, in writing, to such other railroad company, introduce and erect such interlocking or automatic signals <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of cost.</p></sidenote>or fixtures; and if such railroad company, after such notification, refuses to join with the jail road company giving such notice in the construction of such works or fixtures, it shall be lawful for said company to enter upon the right of way and tracks of such second company. in such maimer as to not unnecessarily impede the operation of such road, and erect such works and fixtures, and may recover in any action at law from such second company one-half of the total cost of erecting and maintaining such interlocking or automatic signals or works or fixtures on both of said roads.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mortgages.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="20"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 20. </num><content>That all mortgages executed by any railway company conveying any portion of its railway, with its franchises, that may be constructed in said Indian Territory, shall be recorded in the Department of the Interior, mid the record thereof shall be evidence and notice of their execution, and shall convey all rights, franchises, and property of said company as therein expressed.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="21"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 21. </num><content>That Congress hereby reserves the right at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this Act, or any portion thereof.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General extension of privileges.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="22"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 22. </num><content>That any railway company which has heretofore acquired, or may hereafter acquire, under any other Act of Congress, a railroad right of way in Indian Territory may, in the manner herein prescribed, obtain any or all of the benefits and advantages of this Act. and in such event shall become subject to all the requirements and responsibilities imposed by this Act upon railroad companies acquiring a right of way <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extension of time.</p></sidenote>hereunder. And where the time for the completion of a railroad in Indian Territory under any Act granting a right of way therefor has expired, or shall hereafter expire, in advance of the construction of such railroad, or of any part thereof, the Secretary of the Interior may, upon good cause shown, extend the time for the completion of such railroad, or of any part thereof, for a time not exceeding two years from the date of such extension.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights of way through Indian lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 990.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal as to Oklahoma and Indian Territory.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="23">Sec. 23. </num><content>That an Act entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to provide for the acquiring of rights of way by railroad companies through Indian reservations, Indian lands, and Indian allotments, and for other purposes,</shortTitle>” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, so far as it applies to the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and all other Acts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior rights not affected.</p></sidenote>or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such repeal shall not affect any railroad company whose railroad is now actually being constructed, or any rights which have already accrued; but such railroads may be completed and such rights enforced in the manner provided by the laws under which such construction was commenced or under which such rights accrued</proviso>: <i>And provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Osages’ and other Indian reservations.</p></sidenote>the provisions of this Act shall apply also to the Osages’ Reservation and other Indian reservations and allotted <page identifier="/us/stat/32/51">51</page>Indian lands in the Territory of Oklahoma, and all judicial proceedings <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial proceedings.</p></sidenote>herein authorized, may be commenced and prosecuted in the courts of said Oklahoma Territory which may now or hereafter exercise jurisdiction within said reservations or allotted lands.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, February 28, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for a permanent Census Office.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-06">March 6, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/27">Public, No. 27</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
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<content class="inline">That the Census Office temporarily <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Census Office.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanently established.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1014.</p></sidenote>established in the Department of the Interior in accordance with an Act entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to provide for taking the Twelfth and subsequent censuses,</shortTitle>” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby made a permanent office.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the work pertaining to the Twelfth Census shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuation of present work.</p></sidenote>carried on by the Census Office under the existing organization until the first day of July, nineteen hundred and two, when the permanent Census Office herein provided for shall be organized by the Director of the Census.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That the permanent Census Office shall be in charge of a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Director.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary.</p></sidenote>Director of the Census, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive an annual salary of six thousand dollars. It shall be his duty to superintend and direct <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote>the taking of the Thirteenth and subsequent censuses of the United States and to perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by law.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That there shall be in the Census Office, to be appointed by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office force.</p></sidenote>the Director thereof, with the approval of the head of the Department to which the said Census Office is attached, four chief statisticians, who shall be persons of known and tried experience in statistical work, at an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars each; a chief clerk, at an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, who, in the absence of the Director, shall serve as acting director; a disbursing clerk, who shall also act as appointment clerk, at an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; one stenographer, at an annual salary of one thousand five bundled dollars; four expert chiefs of division, at an annual salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars each; six clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; and such number of clerks of class one, and of clerks, copyists, computers, and skilled laborers, with salaries at the rate of not less than six hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars per annum, messengers, assistant messengers, watchmen, and charwomen as may be necessary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 606.</p></sidenote>for the proper and prompt performance of the duties required by law. The disbursing clerk herein provided for shall, before entering upon <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursing clerk.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote>his duties, give bond to the Secretary of the Treasury in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which bond shall be conditioned that the said officer shall render a true and faithful account to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury quarter yearly of all moneys and properties which shall be received by him by virtue of his office, with surety, to be approved by the Solicitor of the Treasury. Such bond shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Jo be by him put in suit upon any breach of the conditions thereof.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That all employees of the Census Office, at the date of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retention of employees.</p></sidenote>passage of this Act, except unskilled laborers, may be appointed by the Director of the Census with the approval of the head of the Department to which said Census Office is attached, and when so appointed shall be and they arc hereby placed, without further examination, under the provisions of the civil service Act approved January sixteenth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 403.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 236.</p></sidenote><page identifier="/us/stat/32/52">52</page>eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and the amendments thereto <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preference.</p></sidenote>and the rules established thereunder; and persons who have served as soldiers in any war in which the United States may have been engaged, who have been honorably discharged from the service of the United States, and the widows of such soldiers, shall have preference <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New appointments.</p></sidenote>in the matter of employment; and all new appointments to the permanent clerical force, in the Census Office hereby created shall be made in accordance with the requirements of the civil service Act above referred to.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Former act in force.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1014.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That all the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, relating to the Twelfth Census, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall remain in full force and effect for the taking of the Thirteenth and subsequent censuses.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collection of special statistics decennially.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1016, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7">Sec. 7. </num><content>That section eight of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That after the completion and return of the enumeration and of the work upon the schedules relating to the products of agriculture and to manufacturing and mechanical establishments provided for in section seven of this Act, the Director of the Census is hereby authorized decennially to collect statistics relating to special classes, including the insane, feeble-minded, deaf, dumb, and blind; to crime, pauperism, and benevolence, including prisoners, paupers, juvenile delinquents, and inmates of benevolent and reformatory institutions; to social statistics of cities; to public indebtedness, valuation, taxation, and expenditures; to religious bodies; to electric, light and power, telephone, and telegraph business; to transportation by water, express business, and street railways; to mines, mining, quarries and minerals, and the production and value thereof, including gold in divisions of placer and vein, and silver mines, and the number of men employed, the average daily wage, average working time, and aggregate earnings in the various branches and aforesaid divisions of the mining and quarrying industries until duly first, nineteen hundred and four. And the Director of the Census shall prepare schedules containing such interrogatories as shall in his judgment be best adapted to elicit the information required under these subjects, with such specifications, divisions, and particulars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special reports.</p></sidenote>under each head as he shall deem necessary to that end; and all reports prepared under the provisions of this section shall be designated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents.</p></sidenote>as “Special reports of the Census Office.” For the purpose of securing the statistics requited by this section, the Director of the Census may appoint special agents when necessary, and such special <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions.</p></sidenote>agents shall receive compensation as hereinafter provided: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> that the statistics of special classes, and of crime, pauperism, and benevolence specified in this section, shall be restricted to institutions containing such classes and the Director of the Census is authorized and directed to collect statistics relating to all of the deaf, dumb, and blind, notwithstanding the restrictions and limitations contained in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1016.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of inquiries.</p></sidenote>section eight of said Act entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to provide for taking the Twelfth and subsequent censuses</shortTitle>”</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in taking the census of said classes the inquiries shall be confined to the following four questions, namely : Name, age, sex, and post-office address</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yearly collection of vital statistics.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8">Sec. 8. </num><content>That there shall be a collection of the statistics of the births and deaths in registration areas for the year nineteen hundred and two, and annually thereafter, the data for which shall be obtained only from and restricted to such registration records of such States and municipalities as in the discretion of the Director possess records affording satisfactory data in necessary detail, the compensation for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>the transcription of which shall not exceed two cents for each birth or death reported.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special collection of statistics of manufactures under factory system.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="9">Sec. 9. </num><content>That in the year nineteen hundred and five, and every ten years thereafter, there shall be a collection of the statistics of manufactures, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/53">53</page>confined to manufacturing establishments conducted under what is known as the factory system, exclusive of the so-called neighborhood and mechanical industries; and the Director is hereby authorized to prepare such schedules as in his judgment may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section; and that in addition to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cotton production bulletins each year.</p></sidenote>statistics now provided for by law the Director of the Census shall annually collect the statistics of the cotton production of the country as returned by the ginners and bulletins giving the results of the same shall be issued weekly beginning September first of each year and continued till February first following; and that the Director of the Census shall make, from time to time, any additional special collections of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special statistics on order of Congress.</p></sidenote>statistics relating to any branch of agriculture, manufacture, mining, transportation, fisheries, or any other branch of industry that may be required of him by Congress.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num><content>That section seventeen of the act of March third, eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1019 amended.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="17">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 17. </num><content>That the special agents appointed under the provisions of this Act have like authority with the enumerators in respect to the subjects committed to them under this Act and shall receive compensation at rates to be fixed by the Director of the Census: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum.</p></sidenote>That the same shall in no case exceed six dollars per day and actual necessary traveling expenses and an allowance in lieu of subsistence not exceeding three dollars per day during their necessary absence from their usual place of residence</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions.</p></sidenote>no pay or allowance in lieu of subsistence shall be allowed special agents when employed in the Census Office on other than the special work committed to them, and no appointments of special agents shall be made for clerical work</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That the Director of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerical force on field work.</p></sidenote>the Census is hereby authorized in his discretion to employ the clerical force of the Census Office for such field work as may be required to carry out the provisions of sections seven, eight, and nine, in lieu of employing special agents for that purpose; and such employees <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, etc.</p></sidenote>when so employed shall be allowed, in addition to their regular compensation, actual necessary traveling expenses and an allowance in lieu of subsistence not exceeding three dollars per day during their necessary absence from the Census Office. All employees of the Census Office shall be citizens of the United States</proviso>.”</content></section>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="11">Sec. 11. </num><content>That the printing office established in the Census Office is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing office abolished.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1020.</p></sidenote>hereby abolished to take effect July first, nineteen hundred and two, and the outfit and equipment therein shall be turned over to the Public Printer; and the Director of the Census is hereby authorized and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public Printer to print bulletins, reports, etc.</p></sidenote>directed to have printed, published, and distributed, from time to time, bulletins and reports of the preliminary and other results of the various investigations authorized by law; and all of said printing and binding shall be done by the Public Printer at the Government Printing Office.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 12. </num><content>That the supplemental acts amendatory of the Act of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acts repealed.</p></sidenote>March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, approved February <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31,p. 3.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 174; Vol 31, p. 262.</p></sidenote>first, nineteen hundred, May tenth, nineteen hundred, June second, nineteen hundred, February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and one, are hereby repealed; and all provisions of the Act of March third, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 801.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 571.</p></sidenote>eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 6, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 140: Temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>140</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/54">54</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>140.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-08">March 8, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/28">Public, No. 28</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the provisions of an Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philippine Islands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tariff laws of Philippine Commission confirmed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 711.</p></sidenote>entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Archipelago,</shortTitle>” enacted by the United States Philippine Commission on the seventeenth day of September, nineteen hundred and one, shall be and remain in full force and effect, and there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles coming into the Philippine Archipelago from the United States the rates of duty which are required by the said Act to be levied, collected, and paid upon like articles imported from foreign countries into said archipelago.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Articles from Philippines to pay regular customs duties.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That on and after the passage of this Act there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles coming into the United States from the Philippine Archipelago the rates of duty which are required to be levied, collected, and paid upon like articles imported from foreign <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reduction on Philippine products.</p></sidenote>countries: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That upon all articles the growth and product of the Philippine Archipelago coming into the United States from the Philippine Archipelago there shall be levied, collected, and paid only seventy-five per centum of the rates of duty aforesaid</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duty to be less taxes levied on exports.</p></sidenote>That the rates of duty which are required hereby to be levied, collected, and paid upon products of the Philippine Archipelago coming into the United States shall be less any duty or taxes levied, collected, and paid thereon upon the shipment thereof from the Philippine Archipelago, as provided by the Act of the United States Philippine Commission referred to in section one of this Act, under such rules and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Articles on free list exempt from Philippine export duties.</p></sidenote>regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, but all articles, the growth and product of the Philippine Islands, admitted into the ports of the United States free of duty under the provisions of this Act and coming directly from said islands to the United States for use and consumption therein, shall be hereafter exempt from any export duties imposed in the Philippine Islands</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tonnage tax on foreign vessels.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That on and after the passage of this Act the same tonnage taxes shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all foreign vessels coming into the United States from the Philippine Archipelago which are required by law to be levied, collected, and paid upon vessels coming <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary permit to foreign vessels.</p></sidenote>into the Fatted States from foreign countries: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That until duly first, nineteen hundred and four, the provisions of law restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passengers and merchandise directly or indirectly from one port of the United States to another port of the United States shall not be applicable to foreign vessels engaging in trade between the Philippine Archipelago and the United States, or between ports in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Licenses to harbor vessels.</p></sidenote>the Philippine Archipelago</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That the Philippine Commission shall he authorized and empowered to issue licenses to engage in lighterage or other exclusively harbor business to vessels or other craft actually engaged in such business at the date of the passage of this Act, and to vessels or other craft built in the Philippine Islands or in the United States and owned by citizens of the United States or by inhabitants of the Philippine Islands</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties, etc., to constitute a separate fund in Treasury for benefit of Philippine Islands.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sec.</p></sidenote> 4. </num><content>That the duties and taxes collected in the Philippine Archipelago in pursuance of this Act, and all duties and taxes collected in the United States upon articles coming from the Philippine Archipelago and upon foreign vessels coming therefrom, shall not. be covered into the general fund of the Treasury of the United States, but shall be held as a separate fund and paid into the treasury of the Philippine Islands, to be used and expended for the government and benefit of said islands.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties to be based on weight at time of entry.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That when duties prescribed by this Act are based upon the weight of merchandise deposited in any public or private bonded <page identifier="/us/stat/32/55">55</page>warehouse, said duties shall be levied and collected upon the weight of such merchandise at the time of its entry.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content><p class="inline">That all articles manufactured in bonded manufacturing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Articles exempt from internal-revenue tax, etc.</p></sidenote>warehouses in whole or in part of imported materials, or of materials subject to internal-revenue tax and intended for shipment from the United States to the Philippine islands, shall, when so shipped, under such legislations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, be exempt from internal-revenue tax, and shall not he charged with duty except the duty levied under this Act upon imports into the Philippine Islands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all articles subject under the laws of the United States to internal-revenue <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbacks, etc.</p></sidenote>tax, or on which the internal-revenue tax has been paid, and which may under existing laws and regulations he exported to a foreign country without the payment of such tax, or with benefit of drawback, as the case may be, may also be shipped to the Philippine Islands with like privilege, under such regulations and the filing of such bonds, bills of lading, and other security as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, prescribe. And all taxes paid upon such articles shipped <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxes refunded.</p></sidenote>to the Philippine Islands since November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, under the derision of the Secretary of the Treasury of that <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1224.</p></sidenote>date, shall be refunded to the parties who have paid the same, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and a sum sufficient to make such payment is hereby appropriated, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That where materials on which duties have been paid are used in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawback for materials.</p></sidenote>manufacture of articles manufactured or produced in the United States, there shall be allowed on the shipment of said articles to the Philippine Archipelago a drawback equal in amount to the duties paid on the materials used, less one per centum of such duties, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.</p></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That merchandise in bonded warehouse or otherwise in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reexportation to the Philippines.</p></sidenote>custody and control of the officers of the customs, upon which duties have been paid, shall be entitled, on shipment to the Philippine Islands within three years from the date of the original arrival, to a return of the duties paid less one per centum, and merchandise upon which duties have not been paid may be shipped without the payment of duties to the Philippine Islands within said period, under such rules and regulations us may he prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num><content>That the provisions of the Act entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to simplify <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Customs administration and tariff laws applicable.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 131.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 151.</p></sidenote>the laws in relation to the collection of revenues,</shortTitle>” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as amended by an Act entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to provide for the Government and to encourage the industries of the United States,</shortTitle>” approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, shall apply to all articles coming into the United States from the Philippine Archipelago.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num><content>That no person in the Philippine Islands shall, under the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treason.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Evidence necessary to convict accused.</p></sidenote>authority of the United States, be convicted of treason by any tribunal, civil or military, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 8, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 141: Authorizing the Missouri and Meramec Water Company to take water from the Missouri River, and to construct and maintain a dam or other devices for that purpose.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>141</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 55</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>141.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Missouri and Meramec Water Company to take water from the Missouri River, and to construct and maintain a dam or other devices for that purpose.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-10">March 10, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/29">Public, No. 29</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Missouri and Meramec <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri and Meramec Water Company may dam, etc.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water supply.</p></sidenote>Water Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri, its successors and assigns, be, and they <page identifier="/us/stat/32/56">56</page>are hereby, authorized and empowered to draw, by canal, flume, or race, from the Missouri River, at or near a point about eight miles above Creve Coeur Lake, in the county of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, such supply of water as may be necessary or required for the purposes of said corporation, and to conduct and discharge said water not otherwise used at a point on the Meramec River in the neighbor-hood of Meramec Highlands, in the county of Saint Louis and State of Missouri; also to erect, construct, operate, and maintain for that purpose such dams (including a weir dam in the Missouri River at the head of said canal), regulating devices, locks, and other structures and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>improvements as may be required: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such withdrawal and discharge at any time of water shall not be so great as to interfere with the navigation of said Missouri or Meramec River</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>That said corporation shall submit detailed plans showing the location and method of constructing said dams, devices, locks, and other structures and canal to the Secretary of War for his consideration and approval, and until the plans and location of the work herein authorized. so far as they affect the navigation of said rivers, shall have been approved by the Secretary of War they shall not be commenced or built</proviso>.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That unless the work herein authorized be commenced within one year and completed within five years from the date hereof the privileges granted shall cease and determine.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 10, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 142: To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Kansas City, Missouri.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>142</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 56</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>142.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Kansas City, Missouri.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-10">March 10, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/30">Public, No. 30</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Chicago, Rock Island <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company may bridge at Kansas City, Mo.</p></sidenote>and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the States of Illinois and Iowa, its successors and assigns, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a bridge over the Missouri River at or near the city of Kansas City, in said State of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>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, 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>War; and 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 any portion of said obstruction or bridge is located.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That any bridge constructed under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same for the mails, the. troops, and the munitions of war of the. United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over railroads or public highways leading to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph, etc.</p></sidenote>said bridge; and the United States and all companies and individuals shall have the right of way for telegraph, postal telegraph, and telephone purposes across said bridge.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High bridge.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That if said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans it shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty-two feet above the high-water grade line for bridges as established by the Missouri River Commission, nor shall any of its spans over the water-way be less than four hundred feet in the clear between the piers or <page identifier="/us/stat/32/57">57</page>the piers and abutments, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river and the bridge itself at right angles thereto as near as may be: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if said bridge be, constructed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote>as a drawbridge, it 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 spans of such clear width of opening as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall also be of such length as he shall prescribe; and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme nigh-watermark, measuring to the lowest, member of the bridge superstructure</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided also,</i> That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote>except when trains are passing over the drawspan, for the passage of boats, but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draw after the passage of trains; and the said company or corporation, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights.</p></sidenote>its successors and assigns, shall maintain, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote>completion or during the construction of said bridge, if in the opinion of the Secretary of War it is necessary for the safety and convenience of navigation under said bridge to build accessory works, such as dikes, booms, or other structures, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of the river, such structures as may receive the approval of the Secretary War shall be built and maintained by the owners of said bridge</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That all railroad companies desiring the, use of said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several rail-road companies, or any one of them, desiring such use. shall fail to agree upon the, sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules or 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.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation on said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river, the 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; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and said bridge shall be changed at the cost 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.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That the right to alter or repeal this Act is hereby expressly <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>reserved.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void unless the construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>of the bridge hereby authorized shall he commenced within two years and be completed within four rears from the date of the approval of this Act.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 10, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 143: To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at or near Bogue Inlet, North Carolina.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>143</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/58">58</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>143.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at or near Bogue Inlet, North Carolina.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-10">March 10, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/31">Public, No. 31</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the 
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bogue Inlet, N. C.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-saving station established.</p></sidenote>Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish to life-saving station at or near Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, in such locality as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 10, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 144: Establishing a United States court at Catlettsburg, in the eastern district of Kentucky.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>144</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 58</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-10</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>144.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Establishing a United States court at Catlettsburg, in the eastern district of Kentucky.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-10">March 10, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/32">Public, No. 32</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section nine of “<shortTitle role="act">An <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky judicial district.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, 783.</p></sidenote>Act to divide Kentucky into two judicial districts,</shortTitle>” approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read:
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of court, western district.</p></sidenote>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="9">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num><content>That the regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Kentucky shall be held at the following times and places, namely: At Louisville, beginning on the second Monday in March and the second Monday in October in each year: at Owensboro, beginning on the fourth Monday in November and the first Monday in May in each year; at Paducah, beginning on the third Monday in April and the third Monday in November in each year; at Bowling Green, beginning on the third Monday in May and the second Monday in December in each year.
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of court, eastern district.</p></sidenote>
<quotedContent>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“That the regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Kentucky shall be held at the following times and places, namely: At Frankfort, beginning on the second Monday in March and the fourth Monday in September in each year; at Covington, beginning on the first Monday in April and the third Monday in October in each year; at Richmond, beginning on the fourth Monday in April and the second Monday in November in each year; at London, beginning on the second Monday in May and the fourth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term at Catlettsburg added.</p></sidenote>Monday in November in each year; at Catlettsburg, beginning on the fourth Monday in May and the second Monday in December in each year, and at such other times and places as may hereafter be provided by law.”</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 10, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 145: To authorize the Saint Clair Terminal Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>145</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 58</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-10</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>145.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Saint Clair Terminal Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-10">March 10, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/33">Public, No. 33</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Saint Clair Terminal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monongahela River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Clair Terminal Railroad Company may bridge, at Clairton Station, Pa.</p></sidenote>Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the Jaws of the State of Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge, with one or more tracks, for railroad traffic across the Monongahela River from a point on the hinds of the Saint Chair Steel Company, located at Clairton Station, on the Pitts-burg, Virginia and Charleston Railroad on the west, bank of the Monongahela River, to a point opposite thereto on the east bank of said river between Bellbridge Station and Patterson Station, on the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use for railway, etc.</p></sidenote>Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad. The said bridge, when built in accordance with the requirements of this Act, shall be a legal structure and may be used for railroad and highway purposes.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/59">59</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>shall be located and built under and subject to such requirements for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the railroad company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location of said bridge, and such data for any distance above and below said location as to the depth, width, and currents of the river the topography of the banks, location of other bridges, and any other information he may desire as to any matter, so as to determine whether said bridge when built will cause no serious obstruction to navigation of the river or injuriously affect the flow of water.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Obstruction to navigation.</p></sidenote>upon receiving said plan and map and upon being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan and at said locality will conform to the provisions of this Act and cause no serious obstruction to the navigation of the river or injuriously affect the flow of water, to notify the, said company that he approves the same, and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to the erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location; but until the Secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>War shall approve the plan and location of the said bridge and notify the said company of the same in writing the bridge shall not be built or commenced, and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge during the progress of the work thereon or after its completion such change shall lie subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That said bridge, at the option of the railroad company, may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>be constructed so that the same can be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds and for the transit of animals and for foot passengers over the same, and may be also used for that purpose in addition to railroad purposes; and the company maintaining the same <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>shall have the right to charge such reasonable rates of toll as bridge companies are authorized to collect under the laws of Pennsylvania: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other railways.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>shall have and be entitled to equal lights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same, and over approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disagreement.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Determination by Secretary of War.</p></sidenote>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 lie decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be a legal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>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 United States over the same than the rate per mile charged for their transportation over the railways of and public highways leading to said bridge. The United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph, etc.</p></sidenote>States shall also have the right of way over said bridge for postal telegraph or telephone purposes, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That the said bridge shall be so kept and managed at all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>times as not to interfere with the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night; and there shall be displayed on said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights.</p></sidenote>by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-1 louse Board may prescribe; and such changes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>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 railroad company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation or said <page identifier="/us/stat/32/60">60</page>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.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7">Sec. 7. </num><content>That, this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of said bridge be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the approval of this Act.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 10, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 146: To incorporate the Eastern Star Home for the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>146</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 60</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-10</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>146.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To incorporate the Eastern Star Home for the District of Columbia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-10">March 10, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/34">Public, No. 34</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Alcena Lamond, L. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extern Star Home Incorporated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incorporators.</p></sidenote>Cabell Williamson, and John A. Mover, of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of the District of Columbia, and John F. O’Neill, of Ruth Chapter Numbered One; Mary B. Okey, of Electa Chapter Numbered Two: Annie V. Yeatman, of Naomi Chapter Numbered Three; M. Ella Espey, of Martha Chapter Numbered Four; Clara Barnard, of Esther Chapter Numbered Five; Fred. J. Randolph, of Bethlehem Chapter Numbered Seven; Henry G. Wagner, of Mizpah Chapter Numbered Eight; Grace Holtzclaw, of Adah Chapter Numbered Nine, and Matilda R. Sprague, of Areme Chapter Numbered Ten, being the constituent chapters under the said Grand Chapter, and their successors to be selected in the manner hereinafter declared, representing the several bodies before named of the Order of the Eastern Star, be, and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, in the District of Columbia, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Name of corporation.</p></sidenote>by the name of “The Eastern Star Home of the District of Columbia,” and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction, and may have and use a common seal, and the same change at pleasure, and be entitled to use and exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges incident to such corporation.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purposes.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the particular business and object of such corporation shall be to provide and maintain, under the direction of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of the District of Columbia, a home for needy and worthy master masons of this jurisdiction, their needy and worthy widows and orphans, and needy and worthy members of the Order of the Eastern Star of this jurisdiction and their needy and worthy orphans, under such rules and regulations as the board of directors, acting under said Grand Chapter, shall make and establish, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Property powers.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That the said corporation shall be capable of taking and holding real and personal estate by gift, purchase, or devise, which estate, real and personal, shall never be divided among the members of the said corporation, but shall descend to their successors duly elected and appointed in the manner hereinafter declared by the bodies they represent, for the promotion of the principles of t he said corporation and the benevolent purposes of the Order of the Eastern <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of real estate holdings, etc.</p></sidenote>Star; that the said corporation shall take and bold no more real estate than is necessary for the purposes of said home and its proper support, and to suitably and conveniently carry out the benevolent, purposes for which this charter is granted.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of directors.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>“ That the government and direction of the affairs of the said corporation shall be invested in a board of directors consisting of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/61">61</page>the persons named in the first section of this Act, representing the several bodies of the Order of the Eastern Star, and their successors, selected in the manner hereinafter declared by the Eastern Star bodies they represent, who shall hold their office for one year and until <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term of office.</p></sidenote>others are duly elected and qualified to take their places as directors; and the said directors shall elect one of their number to be president of the board, who shall also be president of the corporation, and shall electa secretary from among their number, who shall also be secretary of the corporation, and they shall also choose a treasurer from <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond of treasurer.</p></sidenote>their number, who shall give bond, with surety, to said corporation, in such sum as said directors may require, for the faithful discharge of his or her duties. A majority of the directors shall constitute a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quorum.</p></sidenote>quorum for the transaction of business. In case of a vacancy in the board of directors by death, resignation, or otherwise of any director, the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled by the Eastern Star body represented by said director.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That the directors shall have full power to make and prescribe <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General powers.</p></sidenote>such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they shall deem proper for the disposition and management of the property, estate, effects, and affairs of the said corporation not contrary to the charter or to the laws of the United States or to the laws and regulations of said Grand Chapter, and shall have, power to alter or amend the same as the interests of the corporation in their opinion may require.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual election.</p></sidenote>of the District of Columbia shall be entitled, at its first annual election after the granting of this charter, and annually thereafter, to select by ballot three of its members as successors to the three persons then or last representing it as members of this corporation whose annual term expires next thereafter or which may have expired next before that time; that each of the constituent chapters named in the first section of this Act shall be entitled, at its annual session, and annually thereafter, to select by ballot one of its members as a successor to the person then or last representing it as a member of this corporation whose annual term expires next thereafter or which may have expired next before that time, so that said corporation shall forever consist of three directors from the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of the District of Columbia and one director from each of the constituent chapters under said Grand Chapter: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forfeiture of charter.</p></sidenote>That, should any of the said several Eastern Star bodies named in the first section of this Act surrender or forfeit its Eastern Star charter or warrant or from any cause cease to be recognized by the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of the District of Columbia, it shall not thereafter be entitled to any representation in said corporation, nor shall the continued corporate existence and rights of said corporation be in any wise affected thereby so long as there are five corporators qualified to act as such</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That any constituent chapter hereafter instituted by said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Constituent chapters.</p></sidenote>Grand Chapter shall be entitled at its next annual election to elect one of its members as a member of the board of directors of said corporation. and shall be admitted to a representation in said corporation upon an equal footing under the same rules and regulations as the several constituent chapters named in the first section of this Act.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num><content>That this Act may lie altered, amended, or repealed at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>pleasure of the Congress of the United States of America.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 10, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 147: Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>147</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 62</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/62">62</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>147.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-10">March 10, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/35">Public, No. 35</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the following sums be, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensions appropriations.</p></sidenote>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, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes, namely:</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Invalid, etc., pensions.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For army and navy pensions, as follows; For invalids, widows, minor children, and dependent relatives, army nurses, and all other pensioners who are now borne on the rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, under the provisions of any and all Acts of Congress, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy pensions.</p></sidenote>hundred and thirty-eight million five hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the appropriation aforesaid for navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the navy pension fund, so far us the same shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounts.</p></sidenote>sufficient for that purpose</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the amount expended under each of the above items, shall be accounted for separately</proviso>.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examining surgeons.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, for services rendered within the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, eight hundred thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees.</p></sidenote>dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each additional <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations.</p></sidenote>applicant on such day: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if twenty or more applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No fee unless service rendered.</p></sidenote>That no fee shall be paid to airy member of an examining board unless personally present and assisting in the examination of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rating.</p></sidenote>applicant</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That the report of such examining surgeons shall specifically state the rating which in their judgment the applicant is entitled to, and the report of such examining surgeons shall specifically and accurately set forth the physical condition <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disabilities must be fully described.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection of reports.</p></sidenote>of the applicant, each and every existing disability being fully and carefully described. The reports of the special examiners of the Bureau of Pensions shall be open to inspection and copy by the applicant or his attorney, under such rules and regulations as the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension attorneys, etc.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay for securing special legislation an offense.</p></sidenote>Secretary of the Interior may prescribe</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That hereafter no pension attorney, claim agent, or other person shall be entitled to receive any compensation for services rendered in securing the introduction of a bill or the passage thereof through Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment.</p></sidenote>granting pension or increase of pension; and any person who shall, directly or indirectly, contract for, demand, receive, or retain any compensation for such services shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every such offense, be lined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court</proviso>.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents’ salaries.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk hire.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apportionment.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk hire four hundred and thirty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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.</proviso></p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rents, nine thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, lights, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery and other necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, thirty thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 10, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 179: Authorizing the President of the United States to nominate Lieutenant-Commander R. M. G. Brown, now on the retired list, to be a commander on the retired list.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>179</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/63">63</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>179.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the President of the United States to nominate Lieutenant-Commander R. M. G. Brown, now on the retired list, to be a commander on the retired list.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-11">March 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/36">Public, No. 36</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President is hereby 
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lieut. Commander R. M. G. Brown.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">May be appointed commander on navy retired list.</p>
</sidenote>authorized to nominate to the Senate Lieutenant-Commander R. M. G. Brown, now on the retired list, to be a commander on the retired list.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 180: Providing for the commutation for town-site purposes of homestead entries in certain portions of Oklahoma.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>180</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 63</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-11</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>180.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the commutation for town-site purposes of homestead entries in certain portions of Oklahoma.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-11">March 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/37">Public, No. 37</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That that portion of section <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oklahoma Territory.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands ceded By Wichita, etc., Indians open to commutation town-site entries.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 91.</p></sidenote>twenty-two of the Act approved May second, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “<shortTitle role="act">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,</shortTitle>” providing for the commutation for town-site purposes of homestead entries in certain instances, he. and the same is hereby, made applicable to the lands in the Territory of Oklahoma ceded to the United States by the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians and the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache tribes of Indians, under agreements, respectively, ratified by the Acts of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 894.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 676.</p></sidenote>and June sixth, nineteen hundred.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 181: To amend section three of chapter four hundred and eighty, of the laws of the United States, approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>181</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 63</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-11</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>181.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section three of chapter four hundred and eighty, of the laws of the United States, approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-11">March 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/38">Public, No. 38</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section three of chapter <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Gaslight Company.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 18, p. 278.</p></sidenote>four hundred and eighty, of the laws of the United States, approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall read as follows:
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That a laboratory shall be provided and fitted up by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office hours of laboratory changed.</p></sidenote>Washington Gaslight Company, subject to the approval of the inspector, in the central part of the city of Washington, at a distance as near as may he of two thousand feet from any gas works, and furnished with suitable apparatus for the transaction of the business of the inspector and assistant inspector, for which it is intended; and the laboratory shall be kept open on all business days between the, hours of nine o’clock in the forenoon and four o’clock in the afternoon: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>That the cost of lifting up said laboratory shall be paid for by each gas company in the District of Columbia in proportion to their sale of gas for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three.”</proviso></content></section>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 182: To amend section twenty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>182</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 63</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-11</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>182.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section twenty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-11">March 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/39">Public, No. 39</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section twenty-two hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 2294, p. 421, amended.</p></sidenote>and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2294">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2294. </num><content><p class="inline">That, hereafter all affidavits, proofs, and oaths of any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial officers before whom affidavits, etc., may be made.</p></sidenote>kind whatsoever required to be made by applicants and entrymen under <page identifier="/us/stat/32/64">64</page>the homestead, preemption, timber-culture, desert-land, and timber and stone Acts, may, in addition to those now authorized to take such affidavits, proofs, and oaths, be made before any United States com-missioner or commissioner of the court exercising federal jurisdiction in the territory or before the judge or clerk of any court of record in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Affidavits taken out of county.</p></sidenote>the land district in which the lands are situated: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in case the affidavits, proofs, and oaths hereinbefore mentioned be taken out of the county in which the lands is located the applicant must show by affidavit, satisfactory to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, that it was taken before the nearest or most accessible officer qualified to take said affidavits, proofs, and oaths in the land districts in which the lands applied for are located; but such showing by affidavit need not be made in making final proof if the proof be taken in the town or city where the newspaper is published in which the final proof notice is printed. The proof, affidavit, and oath, when so made and duly subscribed, shall have the same force and effect as if made before the register and receiver, when transmitted to them with the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for false swearing.</p></sidenote>fees and commissions allowed and required by law. That if any witness making such proof, or any applicant making such affidavit or oath, shall knowingly, willfully, or corruptly swear falsely to any material matter contained in said proofs, affidavits, or oaths be shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be liable to the same pains and penalties as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees for entries, etc.</p></sidenote>if he had sworn falsely before the register. That the fees for entries and for final proofs, when made before any other officer than the register and receiver, shall be as follows</proviso>:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“For each affidavit, twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“For each deposition of claimant or witness, when not prepared by the officer, twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“For each deposition of claimant or witness, prepared by the officer, one dollar.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for excessive fees.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Any officer demanding or receiving a greater sum for such service shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by a tine not exceeding one hundred dollars.”</p></content></section>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 183: To divide the State of Texas into four judicial districts.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>183</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 64</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-11</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>183.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To divide the State of Texas into four judicial districts.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-11">March 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/40">Public, No. 40</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><p class="inline">That the State of Texas is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Texas judicial districts established.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 548, p. 92, amended.</p></sidenote>divided into four judicial districts, which shall be called the northern, the eastern, the southern, and the western judicial districts of the State of Texas.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern district.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The northern judicial district includes the following counties and the waters thereof:</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counties constituting.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navarro, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman, Dallas, Rockwall, Hunt, Comanche, Hood, Erath, Tarrant, Parker, Palo Pinto, Wise, Clay, Jack, Young, Wichita, Wilbarger, Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Hardeman, Motley, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Armstrong, Deaf Smith, Randall, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hutchinson, Hansford, Sherman, Moore, Hartley, Dallam, Eastland, Stephens, Throckmorton, Shackelford, Callahan, Taylor, Jones, Haskell, Knox, Nolan, Fisher, Stonewall, Kent, Dickens, King, Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Gaines, Andrews, Mitchell, Scurry, Borden, Howard, Martin, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton, Irion, Mills, Runnels, Coleman, Brown, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Dawson, Floyd, Foard, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lynn, Parmer, Swisher, Terry, Upton, Yoakum, Concho, and Menard.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/65">65</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The eastern judicial district includes the following counties and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern district.</p></sidenote>waters thereof;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cooke, Denton, Montague, Collin, Grayson, Liberty, Jefferson, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counties constituting.</p></sidenote>Orange, Newton, Jasper, Hardin, Tyler, San Augustine, Sabine, Shelby, Nacogdoches, Angelina, Houston, Anderson, Cherokee, Panola, Rusk, Smith, Henderson, Van Zandt, Rains, Gregg, Wood, Upshur, Harrison, Marion, Cass, Bowie, Red River, Titus, Camp, Hopkins, Morris, Franklin, Lamar, Fannin, and Delta.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The southern judicial district includes the following counties and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern district.</p></sidenote>waters thereof:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Polk, Trinity, Madison, Brazos, Grimes, Walker, San Jacinto, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counties constituting.</p></sidenote>Montgomery, Harris, Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Waller, Austin, Colorado, Lavaca, Wharton, Matagorda, Jackson, Victoria, Goliad, Calhoun, Refugio, Aransas, San Patricio, Nueces, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb, Dimmit, Lasalle, McMullen, and Duval.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The western judicial district includes the following counties and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Western district.</p></sidenote>waters thereof:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Maverick, Bee, Live Oak, Karnes, Dewitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counties constituting.</p></sidenote>Wilson, Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr, Edwards, Bandera, Medina, Frio, Zavalla, Uvalde, Kinney, Pecos, Presidio, El Paso, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 820.</p></sidenote>Fayette, Washington, Burleson, Milam, Robertson, Leon, Freestone, Limestone, Hill, Bosque, Somervell, Hamilton, Coryell, McLennan, Falls, Bell, Williamson, Lee, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Kimble, San Saba, Lampasas, Brewster, Winkler, Ward, Valverde, Crane, Ector, Jeff Davis, Loving, and Reeves.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content><p class="inline">That the district judge of the northern judicial district as heretofore <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judge for northern district.</p></sidenote>constituted and in office when this Act takes effect shall be the district judge of the northern judicial district as hereby constituted; the district judge of the eastern judicial district as heretofore constituted <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern district.</p></sidenote>and in office when this Act takes effect shall be the district judge of the eastern judicial district as hereby constituted, and the district <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Western district.</p></sidenote>judge of the western judicial district as heretofore constituted and in office when this Act takes effect shall be the district judge of the western judicial district as hereby constituted.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of judge for southern district.</p></sidenote>of the Senate, shall appoint a district judge for the southern judicial district of Texas as hereby constituted, who shall possess and exercise all the powers conferred by existing law upon the judges of the district courts of the United States, and who shall, as to all business and proceedings arising in said southern judicial district us hereby constituted or transferred thereto, succeed to and possess the same powers and perform the same duties within said southern judicial district as are now possessed and performed by the district judges of the judicial districts in said State of Texas.</p>
</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content><p class="inline">That the clerk of the circuit court and the clerk of the district <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern district.</p></sidenote>court in the northern judicial district as heretofore constituted and in office when this Act takes effect shall continue to be the clerks of the circuit and district courts, respectively, of the northern judicial district as hereby constituted, until their successors respectively shall be appointed and qualified.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The clerk of the circuit court and the clerk of the district court of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern district.</p></sidenote>the eastern judicial district as heretofore constituted and in office when this Act takes effect shall be the clerks of the said courts, respectively, in the southern judicial district as hereby constituted <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern district.</p></sidenote>until their successors respectively shall be appointed and qualified. The district judge of the said eastern judicial district as hereby constituted is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a clerk of the district court in said district, and the judge of the circuit court is <page identifier="/us/stat/32/66">66</page>authorized and empowered to appoint a clerk of said circuit court in said district in the. man tier provided by law and said clerks respectively shall possess the powers and perform the duties within said judicial district conferred by law on the clerks of circuit and district courts.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Western district.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The clerk of the circuit court and the clerk of the district court of the western judicial district as heretofore constituted shall continue to be the clerks of the circuit and district courts, respectively, of the western judicial district as hereby constituted until their successors respectively shall be appointed and qualified.</p>
</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern, eastern, and western districts.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content><p class="inline">That the marshals of the northern, eastern, and western judicial districts as heretofore constituted and in office when this Act takes effect shall continue to be the marshals of said northern, eastern, and western judicial districts as hereby constituted, respectively, and until their successors, respectively, shall be appointed and qualified.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern district.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a marshal for the southern judicial district of Texas as hereby constituted, who shall within his jurisdiction possess and exercise all the powers conferred by existing law upon the marshals of the United States.</p></content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern and western districts.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content><p class="inline">That the district attorneys for the northern and western judicial districts as heretofore constituted shall continue to be the district attorneys of the northern and western judicial districts as hereby constituted, respectively, and until their successors, respectively, are appointed and qualified.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern district.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The district attorney for the eastern judicial district, as heretofore constituted shall continue to be the district attorney for the southern judicial district as hereby constituted and until his successor is appointed and qualified, with the same salary he is now receiving.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern district.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a district attorney for said eastern judicial district of Texas as hereby constituted, who within his jurisdiction shall possess and exercise all the power conferred by existing law upon the district attorneys of the United States.</p>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointments.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That the office of judge, marshal, and district attorney in each of said judicial districts. deputy marshals and assistant district, attorneys, and all other officers authorized by law and made necessary by the division of the State of Texas into four judicial districts and by the provisions of this Act, and all vacancies created by said division, in either of said districts, as constituted by this Act or hereafter occurring, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>shall be filled in the manner provided by existing law. The salaries, pay, fees, and allowances of the judges, district attorneys, marshals, clerks, and other officers in said districts, until changed under the provisions of existing law, shall be the same, respectively, as now fixed by law for such officers in the said judicial districts of Texas as heretofore constituted, except as herein provided.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pending causes.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That all causes and proceedings of every name and nature, civil and criminal, now pending in the courts of the judicial districts of the State of Texas as heretofore constituted, whereof the courts of the southern judicial district of the State of Texas as hereby constituted would have had jurisdiction if said district and the courts thereof had been constituted when said causes or proceedings were instituted, shall be, and the same are hereby transferred to and the same shall be proceeded with in the southern judicial district of the State of Texas as hereby constituted, and jurisdiction thereof is hereby transferred to and vested in the courts of said southern judicial district, and the records and proceedings therein and relating to said proceedings and causes shall be certified and transferred thereto; and all causes and proceedings of every name and nature, civil and criminal, now pending in the courts of the several judicial districts of Texas as heretofore constituted, whereof the courts of the several judicial districts of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/67">67</page>the State of Texas as hereby constituted would have had jurisdiction if said districts and the courts thereof had been constituted as under the provisions of this Act when said causes or proceedings were instituted, shall he, and the same are hereby, transferred to, and the same shall be proceeded with in the said several judicial districts of the State of Texas as hereby constituted the same as if said judicial districts had been constituted and created as by the provisions of this Act, when such causes or proceedings were instituted and jurisdiction thereof is hereby transferred to and vested in the courts of said judicial districts, respectively, as hereby constituted, and the records and proceedings therein and relating to said proceedings and causes shall be certified and transferred thereto: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all motions and causes submitted and all causes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposal of causes where evidence has been taken.</p></sidenote>and proceedings, both civil and criminal, including proceedings in bankruptcy, now pending in the judicial districts of Texas as heretofore constituted in which the evidence has been taken in whole or in part before the present district judges of the judicial districts of Texas as heretofore constituted, or taken in whole or in part and submitted and passed upon by the said district judges, respectively, shall be proceeded with and disposed of in the said judicial districts, respectively, as heretofore constituted, where said motions and causes were submitted or where such evidence was taken in whole or in part or taken in whole or in part and submitted and passed upon as hereinbefore mentioned</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num><content>That all prosecutions for crimes or offenses hereafter committed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Criminal prosecutions.</p></sidenote>in either of said judicial districts as hereby constituted shall be cognizable within the district in which committed, and all prosecutions for crimes or offenses committed before the passage of this Act in which indictments have not yet been found or proceedings instituted shall be cognizable within the judicial district as hereby constituted in which such crimes or offenses were committed.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num><content><p class="inline">That all process issued against defendants residing in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Returns of process.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dallas.</p></sidenote>counties of Navarro, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman, Dallas, Rockwall, and Hunt shall be returned to Dallas.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Worth.</p></sidenote>Comanche, Hood, Erath, Tarrant, Parker, Palo Pinto, Wise, Clay, Jack, Young, Archer, Wichita, Wilbarger, Baylor, Bailey, Hardeman, Cottle, Motley, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Armstrong, Randall, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hutchinson, Hansford, Sherman, Moore, Hartley, Dallam, Foard, Parmer, Swisher, Castro, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Cochran, Dawson, and Hockley shall he returned to Fort Worth.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abilene.</p></sidenote>Eastland, Stephens, Throckmorton, Shackelford, Callahan, Taylor, Jones, Haskell, Knox, Nolan, Fisher, Stonewall, Kent, Dickens, King, Crosby, Garza, Lubbock, Gaines, Andrews, Mitchell, Scurry, Borden, Howard, Martin, Midland, Yoakum, Terry, and Lynn shall be returned to Abilene.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Angelo.</p></sidenote>Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton, Irion, Mills, Runnels, Coleman, Concho, Menard, Brown, and Upton shall be returned to San Angelo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Austin.</p></sidenote>Fayette, Washington, Burleson, Williamson, Lee, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Blanco, Gillespie, Burnet, Llano, Mason, Kimble, McCulloch, San Saba, and Lampasas shall be returned to Austin.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against, defendants residing in the counties of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Antonio.</p></sidenote>Bee, Live Oak, Karnes, Dewitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson, Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr, Edwards, Bandera, Medina, Frio, Uvalde, Zavalla, Kinney, Maverick, and Valverde shall be returned to San Antonio.</p>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">El Paso.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of El Paso, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Loving, Winkler, Ward, Ector, Crane, Jeff Davis, and Brewster shall he returned to El Paso.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laredo.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Zapata, Webb, Duval, Dimmit, Lasalle, McMullen, Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas, and Refugio shall be returned to Laredo.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tyler.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Shelby, Nacogdoches, Angelina, Houston, Anderson, Cherokee, Panola, Rusk, Smith, Henderson, Van Zandt, Rains, Gregg, and Wood shall be returned to Tyler.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beaumont.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Newton, Jasper, Hardin, Tyler, San Augustine, and Sabine shall be returned to Beaumont.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sherman.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Grayson, Cooke, Montague, Denton, and Collin shall be returned to Sherman.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jefferson.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Upshur, Harrison, Marion, Cass, Bowie, Titus, Camp, Hopkins, Morris, and Franklin shall be returned to Jefferson.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paris.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Lamar, Fannin, Red River, and Delta shall be returned to Paris.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waco.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Milam, Robertson, Leon, Limestone, Freestone, McLennan, Falls, Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Bosque, Somervell, and Hill shall be returned to Waco.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brownsville.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, and Starr shall be returned to Brownsville.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Galveston.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Austin, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton, Brazoria, Galveston, and Chambers shall be returned to Galveston.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Houston.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Goliad, Victoria, Calhoun, Jackson, Lavaca, Colorado, Waller, Grimes, Brazos, Madison, Trinity, Walker, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Polk, and Harris shall be returned to Houston.</p>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counties hereafter created.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num><content>That all process issued against defendants residing in any county which may hereafter be created by law shall be returned to the nearest place for holding court in the Judicial district within which <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Serving process on two or more defendants.</p></sidenote>said county is formed. That if there be more than one defendant, and they reside in different divisions of the district or in different districts, the plaintiff may sue in either division, or in either district in which one or more defendants may reside, and send duplicate writ or writs to the other defendant or defendants, on which the clerk issuing the writ shall indorse that the writ thus sent is a copy of a writ sued out of the court of the proper division of said district, and said writs, when executed and returned into the office from which they were issued, shall constitute one suit, and be proceeded in accordingly: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Real actions.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That suits and actions affecting the title to or to foreclose liens on real estate shall be brought in the district and in the division thereof in which said real estate is, in whole or in part, situate</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern district.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 11. </num><content><p class="inline">That the United States circuit, and district courts for the southern district of Texas shall be held in each year at the times and places as follows:</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Galveston.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Galveston, in the county of Galveston, on the second Monday of January and the first Monday of June.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Houston.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Houston, in the county of Harris, on the fourth Monday of February and the fourth Monday of September.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laredo.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Laredo, in the county of Webb, on the third Monday of April and the second Monday of November.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brownsville.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Brownsville, in the county of Cameron, on the second Monday of May and the first Monday of December.</p>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/69">69</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 12. </num><content><p class="inline">That the United States circuit and district courts for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern district.</p></sidenote>northern district of Texas shall he held in each year at the times and places as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Dallas, in the county of Dallas, on the second Monday of January <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dallas.</p></sidenote>and the first Monday of May.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant, on the first Monday of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Worth.</p></sidenote>November and the second Monday of March.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Abilene, in the county of Taylor, on the first Monday of October <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abilene.</p></sidenote>and the second Monday of April.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At San Angelo, in the county of Tom Green, on the third Monday <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Angelo.</p></sidenote>of October and the fourth Monday of April.</p>
</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 13. </num><content><p class="inline">That the United States circuit and district courts for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern district.</p></sidenote>eastern district, of Texas shall be hold in each year at the times and places as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Tyler, in the county of Smith, on the fourth Monday of January <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tyler.</p></sidenote>and the fourth Monday of April.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Jefferson, in the county of Marion, on the first Monday of October <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jefferson.</p></sidenote>and the third Monday of February.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Beaumont, in the county of Jefferson, on the third Monday of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beaumont.</p></sidenote>November and the first Monday of April.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Sherman, in the county of Grayson, on the first Monday of January <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sherman.</p></sidenote>and the third Monday of May.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Paris, in the comity of Lamar, on the fourth Monday of October <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paris.</p></sidenote>and the second Monday of March.</p>
</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 14. </num><content><p class="inline">That the United States circuit and district courts for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Western district.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 785.</p></sidenote>western district of Texas shall be held in each year at the times and places as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Austin, in the county of Travis, on the third Monday of January <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Austin.</p></sidenote>and the second Monday of June.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Waco, in the county of McLennan, on the first Monday of March <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waco.</p></sidenote>and the fourth Monday of September.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At San Antonio, in the county of Bexar, on the second Monday of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Antonio.</p></sidenote>April and the fourth Monday of November.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At El Paso, in the county of El Paso, on the second Monday of May <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">El Paso.</p></sidenote>and the first Monday of November.</p>
</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 15. </num><content>That the marshal and district attorney for the southern <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern district.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshal and district attorney.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>judicial district of the State of Texas created and appointed under the provisions of this Act shall each receive a compensation or salary of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, payable as the marshals and district attorneys in the other districts are paid under the provisions of existing law, and the marshals and their deputies shall give the bond required of marshals and deputy marshals under the provisions of existing law.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 16. </num><content>That the clerk of the district court appointed in the southern <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk.</p></sidenote>judicial district as created by this Act shall reside at one of the places designated therein for holding courts, and such clerk shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deputies.</p></sidenote>appoint at least three deputies, one of whom shall resident each of the other places in said district designated for holding courts therein.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 17. </num><content>That each of the referees in bankruptcy residing in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Referees in bankruptcy.</p></sidenote>several judicial districts of the State of Texas as constituted by this Act shall continue to act as such within their respective districts, and all proceedings commenced and pending before them respectively at the time this Act goes into effect shall be continued and disposed of in the court and district to which jurisdiction thereof is given by the provisions of this Act.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="18"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 18. </num><content>That all laws and parts of laws so far as inconsistent with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inconsistent laws repealed.</p></sidenote>the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="19"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 19. </num><content>No provision in this Act contained shall be construed to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tenure of office.</p></sidenote>continue in office any officer of said courts or judicial districts for a term longer than that for which he was appointed or to limit or <page identifier="/us/stat/32/70">70</page>restrict the power of removal in accordance with the provisions of existing law.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">In effect July 1, 1902.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="20"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 20. </num><content>That this Act shall take effect on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and two.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 216: For the purchase or construction of a launch for the customs service at and in the vicinity of Astoria, Oregon.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>216.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the purchase or construction of a launch for the customs service at and in the vicinity of Astoria, Oregon.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-14">March 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/41">Public, No. 41</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Astoria, Oreg.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Launch for customs service.</p></sidenote>Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase or have constructed for the customs service a suitable launch, of such motive power as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, for use at and in the vicinity of Astoria, Oregon; and the cost thereof shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 217: To approve and ratify an act of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Arizona, entitled “An act to provide for the collection, arrangement and display of the products of the Territory of Arizona at the international exposition to be held at St. Louis in 1903.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>217</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 70</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-14</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>217.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To approve and ratify an act of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Arizona, entitled “An act to provide for the collection, arrangement and display of the products of the Territory of Arizona at the international exposition to be held at St. Louis in 1903.”</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-14">March 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/42">Public, No. 42</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That act numbered eighty-six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exhibit of products at Louisiana Purchase Exposition approved.</p></sidenote>of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Arizona, approved March twenty-first, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An act to provide for the collection, arrangement and display of the products of the Territory of Arizona at the international exposition to be held at St. Louis in 1903,</shortTitle>” be, and the same hereby is, approved and ratified.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 218: To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>218</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 70</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-14</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>218.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-14">March 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/43">Public, No. 43</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Act entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bluff Shoal, Pamlico Sound, N. C.</p> <p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-house to be built at.</p> <p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1138, amended.</p></sidenote>making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes,</shortTitle>” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words “<quotedText>Northwest Point Royal Shoal light station, North Carolina: For rebuilding this light-house, thirty thousand dollars,</quotedText>” and inserting in place thereof the following:
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location changed from Northwest Point Royal Shoal.</p></sidenote>
<quotedContent>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“For rebuilding the light-house now at Northwest Point Royal Shoal, North Carolina, at a point on or near Bluff Shoal, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, thirty thousand dollars.”</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 221: To authorize the Central Railway of West Virginia to build a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Morgantown, in the State of West Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>221</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 71</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-18</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/71">71</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>221.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Central Railway of West Virginia to build a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Morgantown, in the State of West Virginia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-18">March 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/44">Public, No. 44</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> That the Central Railway of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monongahela River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Central Railway of West Virginia may bridge, at Morgantown, W. Va.</p></sidenote>West Virginia, a corporation created, organized, and existing under the law of the State of West Virginia, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Monongahela River, in the State of West Virginia, at a point near Morgantown, in Monongalia County, which said point is near the present suspension bridge across said river. Said bridge shall be constructed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>for the passage of railway trains and, at the option of the corporation for which it is built, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for reasonable rates of toll, to he fixed by the said company and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the said bridge to be constructed under this Act and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post road, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; that no higher charges shall be made for 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 roads leading to said bridge; and equal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote>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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>bridge shall be constructed so that a free, and unobstructed passage may be secured to all water craft navigating said river at the point aforesaid; and the said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on the said bridge as the Light-House Hoard shall prescribe: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all railroad <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>companies desiring the use of said bridge and approaches shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of trains over the same upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid or upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge and approaches, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, designs and drawings of the said bridge and a map of the location of the same, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shore line at high and low water, and the direction and strength of the current at different stages, the location of any other bridge or bridges within one mile thereof, and such further information as may be required for a satisfactory understanding of the subject. Such map shall be accompanied by another drawn on the scale of one inch to two hundred feet, giving, for a space of one-half mile above the proposed site and u quarter of a mile below, an accurate representation of the bottom of the river, by contour lines two feet apart, determined by accurate soundings: and said bridge shall not be constructed until the plan and location is approved by the Secretary of War.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>reserved; and any alterations or changes that may be required by the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/72">72</page>Secretary of War in the bridge constructed tinder this Act shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the same at its own <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>expense. Furthermore, if the construction of the said bridge shall not be completed within two years after the passage of this Act all the privileges conferred hereby and this Act shall become null and void.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 18, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 222: To re-form the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>222</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 72</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-18</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>222.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To re-form the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-18">March 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/45">Public, No. 45</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Act of February <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas western judicial district.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Counties added.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 590.</p></sidenote>twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to reorganize the judicial districts of Arkansas, and for other purposes,</shortTitle>” be, and is hereby, so amended as to add to the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas as now formed the counties of Baxter, Marion, and Searcy, now a part of the eastern judicial district of said State.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harrison division formed.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That in the said western district there is hereby formed a third division, which shad be known as the Harrison division.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Return of process.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content><p class="inline">That all process, civil and criminal, hereafter issued against any person or persons residing in either of the counties of Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, or Searcy, which counties shall constitute the Harrison division, shall be made, returnable to the courts for the Harrison division, to be held at the city of Harrison.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pending causes.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">All process, civil and criminal, now pending in the courts, respectively, at Fort Smith or at Batesville, against persons residing in any of the counties hereby incorporated in the Harrison division, shall be disposed of and determined in those courts, respectively.</p></content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms at Harrison.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That the terms of the United States circuit and district courts for the Harrison division of the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas shall be held at Harrison, in the county of Boone, on the second Mondays in April and October.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That there shall be appointed, in the manner required by law, a clerk, who shall keep his office at the city of Harrison.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p>
</sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 18, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 223: To authorize the Dothan, Hartford and Florida Railway Company to construct a bridge across East Saint Andrews Bay, navigable water, at a point about one mile east of Farmdale, in the State of Florida.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>223</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-03-18</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>223.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Dothan, Hartford and Florida Railway Company to construct a bridge across East Saint Andrews Bay, navigable water, at a point about one mile east of Farmdale, in the State of Florida.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-18">March 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/46">Public, No. 46</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Dothan, Hartford <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">East Saint Andrews Bay.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dothan, Hartford and Florida Railway Company may bridge, near Farmdale, Fla.</p></sidenote>and Florida Railway Company be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain and operate a bridge across East Saint Andrews Bay, navigable water, in the State of Florida; said bridge to be located about one mile east of Farmdale, in said State.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That said bridge shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and to secure that object the said Dothan, Hartford and Florida Railway Company shall submit for his examination designs and drawings of the bridge, and maps 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 bay, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/73">73</page>currents, and the soundings, actually showing the bed of the bay, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject, and until the said plans and location are approved by him the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in said bridge before or after completion such change shall be likewise subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That said bridge shall be kept and managed so as to offer <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under the same; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>shall he displayed on said bridge from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of the owners thereof, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe. And any changes in said bridge which the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary and order in the interests of navigation shall he made by the owners thereof at their own expense.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>authorized by this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of rail way trains or ears over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such rise; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote>equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions of war over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge, and the United States shall have the light of way for telegraph, postal, and telephone purposes over said bridge.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>the said bridge be not commenced in one year and completed in three years from the date hereof.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 18, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 224: To amend section fourteen of the Act approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Niagara River.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>224</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-03-18</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>224.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section fourteen of the Act approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Niagara River.”</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-18">March 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/47">Public, No. 47</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section fourteen of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Niagara River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Niagara River and Tunnel Company’s bridge, at Grand Island.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 521.</p></sidenote>Act approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to provide for the construction of a bridge across Niagara River,</shortTitle>” be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="14">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 14. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time for construction extended.</p></sidenote>of the bridge herein authorized lie not commenced within one year from the date of the passage of this Act and completed by June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the said Act of June <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Former act continued.</p></sidenote>twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall continue in full <page identifier="/us/stat/32/74">74</page>force and effect, as herein modified, notwithstanding said structure Was not completed before Jane twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and one</proviso>.”</content></section>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 18, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 227: To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>227</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 74</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-20</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>227.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-20">March 20, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/48">Public, No. 48</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time for the beginning <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Citizens’ Bridge Company’s bridge at Burlington, Iowa.</p></sidenote>of the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, which the Citizens Bridge Company, a corporation of that name organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, was authorized to construct by virtue of an Act approved March second, nineteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 966.</p></sidenote>and one, entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act authorizing the Citizens’ Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River,</shortTitle>” shall be extended for the period of one year from the second day of March, nineteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time for construction extended.</p></sidenote>hundred and two; and the time for the completion of said bridge shall be extended for a period of three years from the second day of March, nineteen hundred and two.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 20, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 228: To provide for the erection of a dwelling for the keeper of the light-house at Kewaunee, Wisconsin.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>228</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 74</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-20</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>228.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the erection of a dwelling for the keeper of the light-house at Kewaunee, Wisconsin.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-20">March 20, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/49">Public, No. 49</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kewaunee, Wis.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dwelling for light-house keeper.</p></sidenote>Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to erect a dwelling for the keeper of the light-house at Kewaunee, Wisconsin, at a cost not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 20, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 229: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate, in the District of Columbia, the disposal of certain refuse, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>229</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 74</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-20</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>229.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate, in the District of Columbia, the disposal of certain refuse, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-20">March 20, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/50">Public, No. 50</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That notwithstanding anything <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary privies permitted.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 231</p></sidenote>contained in the Act entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to regulate, in the District of Columbia, the disposal of certain refuse, and for other purposes,</shortTitle>” approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the health officer of said District may issue permits for the erection and maintenance of temporary privies under such restrictions as may be essential in the judgment of said health officer to prevent nuisance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permits</p></sidenote>or danger to public health; and no person shall erect or maintain a temporary privy in said District without a permit from said health officer so to do, or otherwise than in accordance with the terms of such permit.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That any person who shall violate or aid or abet in violating any of the provisions of this Act shall lie punished by a line, not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the workhouse of said District for not more than six months, or by both such tine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. All prosecutions under <page identifier="/us/stat/32/75">75</page>this Act shall be in the police court of said District, on information signed by the city solicitor or one of his assistants.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inconsistent laws repealed.</p></sidenote>
of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 20, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 235: For the establishment of a light-house at the mouth of Oyster Bayou, near the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>235</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 75</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-21</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>235.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the establishment of a light-house at the mouth of Oyster Bayou, near the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-21">March 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/51">Public, No. 51</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be established at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oyster Bayou, La.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-house to be established.</p></sidenote>the mouth of Oyster Bayou, near the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, a light-house, at a cost not to exceed five thousand dollars.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 21, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 236: To establish a marine hospital at Savannah, Georgia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>236</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 75</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-21</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>236.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To establish a marine hospital at Savannah, Georgia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-21">March 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/52">Public, No. 52</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah, Ga.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine hospital established.</p></sidenote>Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase such land (or to use such land of the Government as may not he otherwise needed by the Government, or exchange or sell the same to purchase a suitable site) <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 423.</p></sidenote>and to erect thereon such buildings as, in the opinion of the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hospital Service, shall be necessary for a marine hospital at Savannah, Georgia.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the limit of cost shall not exceed one hundred and fifty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars inclusive of the site, or one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars exclusive of the site.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 21, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 237: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>237</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 75</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-21</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>237.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.”</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-21">March 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/53">Public, No. 53</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section two of the Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monongahela River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company’s bridge at Pittsburg.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 702.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 330.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 846.</p></sidenote>entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to authorize the Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River,</shortTitle>” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, amended by an Act approved March nineteen to eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and amended by an Act approved March first, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">“Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Height may be reduced.</p></sidenote>shall not be in any case of less elevation than seventy 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.”</content></section>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 21, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 272: Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>272</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 76</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-22</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/76">76</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>272.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-22">March 22, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/54">Public, No. 54</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following sums be, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diplomatic and consular appropriations.</p></sidenote>and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:</content></section>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>SCHEDULE A.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schedule A.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>salaries of ambassadors and ministers.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ambassadors.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Italy, twelve thousand dollars;</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 553.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Austria, Brazil, China, Japan, and Spain, at twelve thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Netherlands, Peru, Turkey, and Venezuela, at ten thousand dollars each, eighty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Denmark, Paraguay and Uruguay, Portugal, Sweden and Norway, and Switzerland, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, six thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Bolivia, seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Ecuador, seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Haiti, to be accredited also as chargé d’affaires to Santo Domingo, seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Korea, seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ministers resident and consuls-general.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Minister resident and consul-general to Siam, seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Minister resident and consul-general to Persia, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Minister resident and consul-general to Liberia, four thousand dollars;</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consul-general, Constantinople, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Consul-general at Constantinople and agent at Sofia, five thousand dollars;</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agent, etc., Cairo.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Agent and consul-general at Cairo, five thousand dollars;</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chargés d’affaires.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chargés d’affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total, three hundred and ninety thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>salaries of diplomatic and consular officers while receiving instructions and making transits.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instruction and transit pay.</p></sidenote>
<content>To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other officers of the United States for the periods actually and necessarily <page identifier="/us/stat/32/77">77</page>occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while waiting 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 1740, p. 300.</p></sidenote>ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby appropriated.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>salaries of secretaries of embassies and legations.</heading>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretaries of embassies to Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretaries of embassies and legations.</p></sidenote>Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand six hundred and twenty five dollars each, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretaries of legations to China and Japan, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretary of legation to Austria, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretary of legation and consul-general to Colombia, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretary of legation and consul-general to Stockholm, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretary of legation to Guatemala and Honduras, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretary of legation to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, with residence at Athens, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretaries of legations to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, and to Chile, one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretaries of legations to Belgium, Netherlands. Turkey, Spain, and Brazil, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Secretaries of legations to Argentine Republic, Venezuela, and Peru, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, Liberia, and Korea (who shall be consul-general to Seoul), at one thousand five hundred dollars each, eight thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Second secretaries of embassies to Great Britain, France, Germany, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second secretaries.</p></sidenote>Italy, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand dollars each, twelve thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Second secretary of legation to Austria, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Second secretaries of legations to Japan and China, who shall be American students of the language of t he court and country to which they are appointed, respectively, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote their time to the acquisition of such language, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Second secretary of legation at Constantinople, Turkey, who shall be an American student of the language of Turkey, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote his time to the acquisition of such language, one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Third secretaries of embassies to Great Britain, France, Mexico, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third secretaries.</p></sidenote>and Germany, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total, seventy-five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>salaries of interpreters to legations.</heading>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chinese secretary legation to China, and interpreter to legation to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters to legations.</p></sidenote>Turkey, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Interpreter to legation to Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/78">78</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Korea, tire hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, five hundred dollars;</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Student interpreters in China.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ten student interpreters at the legation to China, who shall be citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall he to study the Chinese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the legations and consulates in China, at one thousand dollars each, ten thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisos.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nonpartisan selections.</p></sidenote>dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That said student interpreters shall be chosen in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan so far as may be consistent with aptness and fitness for the intended work</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term of service.</p></sidenote>That upon receiving such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the legations and consulates in China so long as bis said services may be required within a period of ten years</proviso>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total, twenty thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Double salaries not allowed.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>legation to spain.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk hire.</p></sidenote>
<content>For clerk hire at legation to Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>contingent expenses, foreign missions.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, foreign missions.</p></sidenote>
<content>To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such stationery, blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as he shall think necessary for the several embassies and legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, postage, telegrams, furniture, messenger service, clerk hire, compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomen, and porters, including compensation of interpreter, guards, and Arabic clerk at the consulate at Tangiers, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dispatch agents.</p></sidenote>the compensation of dispatch agents at London, New York, and San Francisco, and for traveling and miscellaneous expenses of embassies <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing.</p></sidenote>and legations, and for printing in the Department of State, and for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loss by exchange.</p></sidenote>loss on bills of exchange to and from embassies and legations, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>steam launch for legation at constantinople.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam launch, Turkey.</p></sidenote>
<content>Hiring of steam launch for use of the legation at Constantinople, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>rent of legation buildings and extension of legation grounds in china.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">China.</p></sidenote>
<content>Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Pekin, or such other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand six hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>erection of buildings for legation to china.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legation buildings, Pekin, China.</p></sidenote>
<content>For the erection of necessary buildings for legation premises at Pekin, China, sixty thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>ground rent of legation at tokyo, japan.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Japan.</p></sidenote>
<content>Annual ground rent of the legation at Tokyo, Japan, for the year ending March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three, two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/79">79</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>annual expenses of cape spartel light, coast of morocco.</heading>
<content>Annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and Tangiers <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Spartel light.</p></sidenote>Light, on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bringing home criminals.</heading>
<content>Actual expenses incurred in bringing home from foreign countries <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bringing home criminals.</p></sidenote>persons charged with crime, five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>fees and costs in extradition cases.</heading>
<content>To enable the Secretary of State to comply with the requirements <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extradition expenses.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 216.</p></sidenote>of the fourth section of “<shortTitle role="act">An Act regulating fees and the practice in extradition cases,</shortTitle>” approved August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be disbursed by the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>rescuing shipwrecked american seamen.</heading>
<content>Expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-saving testimonials.</p></sidenote>services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck, four thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>expenses under the neutrality act.</heading>
<content>To meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses, neutrality act.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 291, p. 49.</p></sidenote>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, eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>emergencies arising in the diplomatic and consular service.</heading>
<content>To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unforeseen emergencies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 291, p. 49.</p></sidenote>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, seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>allowance to widows or heirs of diplomatic officers who die abroad.</heading>
<content>Payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to heirs of diplomatic or consular officers dying abroad.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 1749, p. 311.</p></sidenote>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.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>transporting remains of diplomatic officers, consuls, and consular clerks to their homes for interment.</heading>
<content>Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bringing home remains of ministers, consuls, etc.</p></sidenote>and consular officers of the United States, including consular clerks, who have died or may die abroad or in transit, 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, at their post or at home, five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>international bureau of weights and measures.</heading>
<content>Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Bureau of Weights and Measures.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 20, p. 714.</p></sidenote>Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, in conformity with the terms of the convention of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/80">80</page>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 three hundred and six dollars and ninety-three cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>international bureau for publication of customs tariffs.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Customs Tariff Bureau.</p></sidenote>
<content>To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense for the year ending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three, of sustaining the International Bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, one thousand three hundred and eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 1518.</p></sidenote>dollars and seventy-six cents; this appropriation to lie available on April first, nineteen hundred and two, pursuant to convention proclaimed, December seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>international (water) boundary commission, united states and mexico.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mexican Water-Boundary Commission.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 1011: Vol. 26, p. 1512.</p></sidenote>
<content>To enable the Commission to continue its work under the treaties of eighteen hundred and eighty-four and eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, seventeen thousand four hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>international bureau at brussels for repression of the african slave trade.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau for repression African slave trade.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 917.</p></sidenote>
<content>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 year nineteen hundred and three, one hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>international conference of the red cross at saint petersburg.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Red Cross International Conference at Saint Petersburg.</p></sidenote>
<content>For necessary expenses of delegates to represent, the United States at the International Conference of the Red Cross to be held at Saint Petersburg in May next, and for contribution on the part of the United States toward the expenses of said conference, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State (to be immediately available), three thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>international prison commission.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Prison Commission.</p></sidenote>
<content>For subscription of the United States as an adhering member of the International Prison Commission, and the expenses of a commissioner, including preparation of reports, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>international geodetic association for the measurement of the earth.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Geodetic Association.</p></sidenote>
<content>To enable the Government of the United States to pay, through the American embassy at Berlin, its quota as an adhering member of the international Geodetic Association for the Measurement of the Earth, one thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>repairs to legation and consular premises.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs to legations and consulates.</p></sidenote>
<content>To enable the Secretary of State to keep in repair the legation and consular premises owned by the Government of the United States and occupied by its agents, three thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/81">81</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>international bureau of the permanent court of arbitration.</heading>
<content>To meet the share of the United States in the expenses for the year <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Bureau of Permanent Court of Arbitration.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1798.</p></sidenote>nineteen hundred and one of the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, created under article twenty-two of the convention concluded at The Hague, July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for the pacific settlement of international disputes, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>SCHEDULE B.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schedule B.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Salaries, Consular Service.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>consuls-general.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consuls-general.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of consuls-general at the following places, namely: Calcutta, Hongkong, London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Shanghai, at five thousand dollars each, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Berlin, Mexico, Montreal, Ottawa, Panama, and Yokohama, at four thousand dollars each, twenty-four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Antwerp, Halifax, and Vienna, at three thousand five hundred dollars each, ten thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Apia and Nukualofa, Barcelona, Cape Town (Africa), Dresden, Frankfort, Guayaquil, Rome, Saint Gall, Saint Petersburg, and Singapore, at three thousand dollars each, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Coburg, Hamburg, Marseilles, Monterey, and Rotterdam, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Guatemala City (Guatemala), Maracaibo, Munich. Tangier, and Santo Domingo, at two thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Christiania, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for salaries of consuls-general, one hundred and twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>consuls.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consuls.</p></sidenote>
<content>For salaries of consuls at the following places, namely:</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>class i.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class I, $5,000 a year.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At five thousand dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Liverpool, England,</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>class ii.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class II, $3,500 a year.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At three thousand five hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amoy, China.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Callao, Peru.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Canton, China.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Dawson City, Northwest Territory.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Havre, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tientsin, China.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>class iii.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class III, $3,000 a year.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At three thousand dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Barmen, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Basle, Switzerland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Belfast, Ireland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bordeaux, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bradford, England</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/82">82</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class III—Cont’d.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chefoo, China.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Colon, Colombia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Demerara, Guiana.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fuchau, China.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Glasgow, Scotland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hankau, China.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Kingston, Jamaica.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Kobe, Japan.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lyons, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Manchester, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Montevideo, Uruguay.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nagasaki, Japan.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nanking, China.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Niuchwang, China.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nottingham, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nuremberg, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Para, Brazil.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pernambuco, Brazil.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Prague, Austria.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pretoria, South African Republic.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Quebec, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Santos, Brazil.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Valparaiso, Chile.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Vera Cruz, Mexico.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>class iv.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class IV, $2,500 a fear.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At two thousand five hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Aix la Chapelle, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Annaberg, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Athens, Greece.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bahia, Brazil.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Barbados, West Indies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Birmingham, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bremen, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Brussels, Belgium.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Buonos Ayres, Argentine Republic.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chemnitz, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cologne, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Dundee, Scotland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edinburgh, Scotland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Huddersfield, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Jerusalem, Syria.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lourenço Marquez, Africa.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mainz, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Plauen, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Reichenberg, Austria.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Thomas, West Indies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sheffield, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Smyrna, Turkey.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Southampton, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Stuttgart, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Swansea, Wales.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tunstall, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Victoria, British Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Vladivostock, Siberia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/83">83</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>class v.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class V, $2,000 a year.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At two thousand dollars per an num.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Acapulco, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amsterdam, Netherlands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Auckland, New Zealand.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bamberg, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Barranquilla, Colombia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Beirut, Syria.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Belize, Honduras.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Berne, Switzerland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bombay, India.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Brunswick, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Calais, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cardiff, Wales.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chatham, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chihuahua, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Collingwood, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Copenhagen, Denmark.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cork, Ireland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Crefeld, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Curaçao, West Indies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Dublin, Ireland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Dunfermline, Scotland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Dusseldorf, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Erzerum, Turkey.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Freiburg, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Geneva, Switzerland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Genoa, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ghent, Belgium.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Glauchau, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hamilton, Bermuda.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hamilton, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hanover, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Kehl, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">La Guayra, Venezuela.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Leeds, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Leghorn, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Liege, Belgium.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Leipsic, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">London, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lucerne, Switzerland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Magdeburg, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Malta, Great Britain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Managua, Nicaragua.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mannheim, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mazatlan, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Milan, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Moscow, Russia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naples, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nassau, New Providence.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Odessa, Russia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Palermo, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Port Louis, Mauritius.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Port Sarnia, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rheims, France.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/84">84</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class V—Cont’d.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rosario, Argentine Republic.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Roubaix, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Etienne, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Helena, Great Britain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Johns, Newfoundland.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint John, New Brunswick.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Thomas, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">San Jose, Costa Rica.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">San Salvador, Salvador.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sherbrooke, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Solingen, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sydney, New South Wales.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tamatave, Madagascar.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tampico, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tegucigalpa, Honduras.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Three Rivers, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Toronto, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Trieste, Austria.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Trinidad, West Indies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Vancouver, British Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Weimar, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Zanzibar, Zanzibar.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>class vi.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class VI, $1,500 a year.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Aden, Arabia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Alexandretta, Syria.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Algiers, Africa.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amherstburg, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Antigua, West Indies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Asuncion, Paraguay.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Breslau, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bristol, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Brookville, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Budapest, Austria-Hungary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cadiz, Spain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cartagena, Colombia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Castellamare di Stabia, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Catania, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ceylon, India.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Coaticook, Quebec.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cornwall, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Durango, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ensenada, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Florence, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fort Erie, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Funchal, Madeira.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gibraltar, Spain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Goderich, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gothenberg, Sweden.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Grenoble, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Guadeloupe, West Indies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Guelph, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harput, Turkey.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hull, England.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Kingston, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">La Rochelle, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Limoges, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Malaga, Spain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Martinique, West Indies.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/85">85</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class VI—Cont’d</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Matamoras, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Messina, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nantes, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Niagara Falls, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nice, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nogales, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Orillia, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Patras, Greece.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Port Hope, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Port Limon, Costa Rica.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Prescott, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Progreso, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Puerto Cortez, Honduras.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Christopher, West Indies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Johns, Quebec.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Michaels, Azores.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Pierre, Saint Pierre Island.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Stephen, New Brunswick.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saltillo, Mexico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sierra Leone, Africa.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sivas, Turkey.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Stettin, Germany.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Stratford, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sydney, Nova Scotia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tamsui, Formosa.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Teneriffe, Spain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Valencia, Spain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Venice, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wallaceburg, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Windsor, Ontario.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Winnipeg, Manitoba.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Woodstock, New Brunswick.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Zittau, Germany.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>SCHEDULE C.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schedule C.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>class vii.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Class VII, $1,000 a year.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At one thousand dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Batavia, Java.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cape Haitien, Haiti.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ceiba, Honduras.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gaspe Basin, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Riga, Russia,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rouen, France.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Stanbridge, Canada.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tahiti, Society Islands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Turin, Italy.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Utilla, Honduras.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Windsor, Nova Scotia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total, salaries of consuls, four hundred and sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>salaries of consular clerks.</heading>
<content>Eight consular clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular clerks.</p></sidenote>five thousand six hundred dollars: and five consular clerks, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars: total, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/86">86</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>salaries of consular officers not citizens.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to consular officers not citizens.</p></sidenote>
<content>The salary of a consular officer not a citizen of the United States shall hr paid out of the amount specifically appropriated for salary at the consular office to which the alien officer is attached or appointed.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>allowances for clerk hire at united states consulates.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks at consulates.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance for clerk hire at consulates as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">London, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Paris, two thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mexico (city), two thousand one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Liverpool, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bradford, one thousand eight hundred dollars:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Southampton, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, three thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Antwerp and Manchester, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Barmen, Berlin, Bordeaux, Bremen, Brussels, Chemnitz, Crefeld, Frankfort, Hamburg, Havre, Hongkong, Kobe, Lyons, Marseilles, Montreal, Ottawa, Rotterdam, Vienna, and Yokohama, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Belfast, Calcutta, Coburg, Glasgow, and Nuremburg, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Birmingham, nine hundred and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Beirut, Cape Town, Colon, Dawson City, Dresden, Dundee, Guayaquil, Kingston (Jamaica), Leipsic, Maracaibo, Melbourne, Messina, Monterey, Naples, Palermo, Panama, Port au Prince, Saint Gall, Sheffield, Singapore, Smyrna, Tangier, Toronto, Tunstall, Vancouver, Vera Cruz, and Victoria, at eight hundred dollars each, twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edinburgh, seven hundred and sixty dollars:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Prague, seven hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Aix la Chapelle, Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Porfirio Diaz. Halifax, and Lucerne, at six hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cairo, Canton, Cologne, Constantinople, Huddersfield, Mainz, Munich, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham, Odessa, Para, Pernambuco, Solingen, Tampico, and Zurich, at six hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Kehl, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Berne, Demerara, Florence, Genoa, Malaga, Mannheim, and Stuttgart, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total, clerk hire, eighty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consulates not specified.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Allowance for clerks at consulates, to he expended under the direction of the Secretary of State at consulates not herein provided for in respect to clerk hire, no greater portion of this sum than five hundred dollars to be allowed to any one consulate in any one fiscal year, forty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the total sum expended in one year shall not exceed the amount appropriated</proviso>.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>salaries of interpreters to consulates in china, korea, and japan.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters at consulates.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Interpreters to he employed at consulates in China, Korea, and Japan, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interpreter at Vladivostok, Siberia, eight hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/87">87</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>expenses of interpreters, guards, and so forth, in turkish dominions, and so forth.</heading>
<content>Interpreters and guards at the consulates in the Turkish dominions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters, guards, etc.</p></sidenote>and at Zanzibar, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>salaries of marshals for consular courts.</heading>
<content>Marshals for the consular courts in China. Korea, and Turkey, nine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals.</p></sidenote>thousand three hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>expenses of prisons for american convicts.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular prisons.</p></sidenote>
<content><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Expenses of a prison and a prison keeper at the consulate-general <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bangkok.</p></sidenote>in Bangkok, Siam, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Actual expense of renting a prison at Shanghai for American convicts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shanghai.</p></sidenote>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.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Paying for the keeping and feeding of prisoners in China, Korea, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Keeping prisoners.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum allowance.</p></sidenote>Siam, and Turkey, nine thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That no allowance shall be made for the keeping and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Self-supporting prisoners.</p></sidenote>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</proviso>.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rent of prison for American convicts in Turkey, and for wages of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, etc., Turkey.</p></sidenote>keepers of the same, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wages of prison keeper in Korea, six hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prison keeper, Korea.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total, thirteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>relief and protection of american seamen.</heading>
<content>Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of American seamen.</p></sidenote>shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands, or so much thereof as may be necessary, thirty thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>foreign hospital at cape town.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign hospitals.</p></sidenote>
<content>Annual contribution toward the support of the Somerset Hospital <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Town.</p></sidenote>(a foreign hospital) at Cape Town, twenty-five dollars, to be paid by the Secretary of State upon the assurance that suffering seamen and citizens of the United States will be admitted to the privileges of said hospital.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>foreign hospitals at panama.</heading>
<content>Annual contributions toward the support of foreign hospitals at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Panama.</p></sidenote>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.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>publication of diplomatic, consular, and other commercial reports.</heading>
<content>Preparation, printing, publication, and distribution by the Department <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preparing, etc., consular reports.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees, etc.</p></sidenote>of State of the diplomatic, consular, and other commercial reports, forty thousand dollars; and of this sum the Secretary of State <page identifier="/us/stat/32/88">88</page>is authorized to expend not exceeding tire thousand five hundred dollars for services of employees in the Bureau of Foreign Commerce (formerly the Bureau of Statistics), Department of State, in the work of compiling and distributing such reports; the sum of two thousand dollars for the cost of cablegrams in instructing consular officers to report upon matters of immediate importance to commerce and industry, and of cablegrams of consuls on such subjects; also to defray the extra expense imposed upon consular officers in collecting certain data where it seems to be warranted; and not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars in the purchase of such books, maps, and periodicals as may be necessary to the editing of diplomatic, consular, and other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equivalents of measure, etc.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of issue of reports.</p></sidenote>commercial reports: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all terms of measure, weight, and money shall be reduced to and expressed in terms of measure, weight, and coin of the United States, as well as in the foreign terms; that each issue of diplomatic, consular, and other commercial reports shall not exceed ten thousand copies</proviso>.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>contingent expenses, united states consulates.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, consulates.</p></sidenote>
<content>Expenses of providing all such stationery, blanks, record and other books, seals, presses, flags, signs, rent, postage, furniture, statistics, newspapers, freight (foreign and domestic), telegrams, advertising, messenger service, traveling expenses of consular officers and consular clerks, compensation of Chinese writers, loss by exchange, 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, two hundred and five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>international union of american republics.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of American Republics.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of receipts from other Republics, sales, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content>Commercial Bureau of American Republics, thirty-six thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That any moneys received from the other American Republics for the support of the Bureau, or from the sale of the Bureau publications, from rents, or other sources shall 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</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monthly Bulletin issue limited.</p></sidenote>That the Public Printer be, and is hereby, authorized to print an edition of the Monthly Bulletin, not to exceed five thousand copies, for distribution by the Bureau every month during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three</proviso>.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 22, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 273: For the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments in the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>273</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 88</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-22</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>273.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments in the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-22">March 22, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/55">Public, No. 55</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That deeds and other instruments <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philippine Islands and Porto Rico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deeds, etc., affecting lands in District of Columbia and Territories may be acknowledged before notaries in.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certification of notary’s power.</p></sidenote>affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States may be acknowledged in the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico before any notary public appointed therein by proper authority or any officer “therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the certificate by such notary in the Philippine Islands or in Porto Rico, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the attorney-gene nil of Porto Rico or the governor or attorney-general of the Philippine Islands to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be</proviso>.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 22, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 275: Authorizing the Eldorado and Bastrop Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Ouachita River, in the State of Arkansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>275</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 89</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-24</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/89">89</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>275.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Eldorado and Bastrop Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Ouachita River, in the State of Arkansas.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-24">March 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/56">Public, No. 56</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Eldorado and Bastrop <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ouachita River, Ark.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eldorado and Bastrop Railway Company may bridge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under and Tty virtue of the laws of the State of Arkansas, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Ouachita River, in the State of Arkansas, at such point on the boundary line between the counties of Ashley and Union in said State suitable to the interests of navigation as may hereafter be selected by said railway company for crossing said river with its railway line. Said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>shall be constructed to provide 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 animals and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>said railway company and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That said bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same, of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to said bridge, and 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote>grafted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the bridge herein authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote>to be constructed shall be so kept and managed by the company owning or operating it as to afford proper ways and means for the passage through or under it of vessels, barges, or rafts at all times, both by day and by night; and there shall be displayed on said bridge, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>from sunset to sunrise, such lights and signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That if said bridge erected and maintained under the authority <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to cause changes, etc.</p></sidenote>of this Act shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, or 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 such alteration 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the case may be brought in the district court of the United States, in the State of Arkansas, for the district in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located; <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That nothing in this Act shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of navigation.</p></sidenote>so construed its to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of livers or to exempt said bridge from the operation of the same</proviso>.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>constructed under this Act shall have, and be entitled to, equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the parties interested 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, upon the application of either party, be determined by the district court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge may be.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>shall he built and located under and subject to such regulations for the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/90">90</page>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 of the bridge the topography of the banks of the river, with shore lines at high and low water, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>subject; and until the said plans 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 plans of the said bridge during the process of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and 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.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 24, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 276: To change the boundaries between the southern and central judicial districts of the Indian Territory.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>276</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 90</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-24</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>276.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To change the boundaries between the southern and central judicial districts of the Indian Territory.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-24">March 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/57">Public, No. 57</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all that portion of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Territory judicial districts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Change of boundaries between southern and central districts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 694.</p></sidenote>Chickasaw Nation east of the Washita River, from the junction of Island Bayou and the Red River, up the Red River to the mouth of the Washita River, and up said river to the mouth of Butcherpen Creek, and north up said Butcherpen Creek to the township line between townships four and five south, in range seven east, thence along said township line to the boundary line between the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, in range eight east, shall be added to the central judicial district of the Indian Territory.</content>
</section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Central district.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That the United States court for the central judicial district of the Indian Territory shall have jurisdiction over all cases, civil and criminal, arising within the said described boundaries after the passage of this Act.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional commissioner.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That the judge of the United States court in the Indian Territory presiding in the central judicial district thereof is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint an additional United States commissioner within said district, who shall be permanently located at Durant, in the Choctaw Nation, and to prescribe by metes and bounds the portion of the district for which such commissioner is appointed.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 24, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 277: For a marine hospital at Buffalo, New York.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>277</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 90</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-24</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>277.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For a marine hospital at Buffalo, New York.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-24">March 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/58">Public, No. 58</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo, N. Y.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine hospital authorized.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 423.</p></sidenote>Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise procure a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Buffalo, New York, a suitable and commodious building for a marine hospital (the plans and estimates for said building to be pre-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/91">91</page>pared, examined, and approved in accordance with the law in such cases made and provided), at a total cost which shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars when finally completed: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no money appropriated for said building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title and jurisdiction.</p></sidenote>shall be used until a valid title to the site selected shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of New York shall have ceded jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be and remain the owner thereof</proviso>.</content>
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<dc:title>Chap. 278: To provide for the construction of a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at or near South Omaha, Nebraska.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>278</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 91</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-26</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>278.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the construction of a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at or near South Omaha, Nebraska.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-26">March 26, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/59">Public, No. 59</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the South Omaha Railroad <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Omaha Railway and Bridge Company may bridge, South Omaha, Neb.</p></sidenote>and Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, its assigns, successors, grantees, mortgagees, representatives, and successors in interest, is hereby authorized to build, own, operate, and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at or near the city of South Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, and also to lay on or over said bridge a railway <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>track or tracks for the passage of rail way trains; and said corporation may construct and maintain a way for wagons, carriages, vehicles, street cars, animals, and foot passengers, charging and receiving such reasonable toll therefor as may be approved, from time to time by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That said bridge shall be constructed and built without <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>unreasonable interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river, and in order to secure that object, the said corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and at low water, the direction and strength of the current at high and low water stages, with 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 the full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said design and drawings and said map of the location of said bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, said bridge shall not be built.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That said bridge shall be built with unbroken and continuous <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High bridge.</p></sidenote>spans, and the lowest point of the bridge superstructure shall not be less than fifty feet above the high-water grade line for bridges as established by the Missouri River Commission, nor shall any of the spans over the waterway be less than three hundred feet in the clear between the piers or the piers and the abutments, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river and the bridge itself at right angles thereto as nearly as maybe; and said company or corporation, its successors or assigns, shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. That after the completion or during <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation</p></sidenote>the construction of said bridge, if, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, it is necessary for the safety and convenience of navigation or the maintenance of a proper channel under said bridge to build accessory works, such as dikes, booms, or other structures in aid of such navigation or purpose, such structures as may receive the approval of the Secretary of War shall be built and maintained by the owners of said bridge. And should any change be made in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> <page identifier="/us/stat/32/92">92</page>design or location of the bridge or the accessory work during the progress of the work thereon, or after completion, such change shall be subject, likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War, and 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>the free and convenient navigation of said river; 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 any court of the United States of the State of Nebraska or of the State of Iowa, of competent jurisdiction, in which any portion of said bridge may be located.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That said bridge and said accessory work, when built and constructed under this Act and according to the terms and limitations herein, shall be a lawful structure, and said bridge shall he 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 transportation on the railways or public highways leading to such bridge, and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post routes in the United States: and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charge for freight and passengers over said bridge.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wagon and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That said proposed bridge may be constructed for the purpose of providing for the passage of wagons, carriages, vehicles, street cars, animals, and foot passengers as well as for the passage over it of railway, passenger, and freight trains, but whether or not said bridge shall be used exclusively as a railway bridge or shall be so constructed as to provide for the passage of wagons, carriages, vehicles, streetcars, animals, and foot passengers shall be at the option of the corporation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">May be exclusively a railway bridge.</p></sidenote>hereinbefore named: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That when the design, drawings, and map of location of said bridge are submitted to the Secretary of War, the aforesaid corporation shall then and there determine the character of the bridge as to whether it shall he constructed for exclusive use as a railway bridge or for the combined purposes hereinbefore <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote>named</proviso>: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That all railroad companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree</proviso>.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That the United States shall have the right of way for such postal telegraph lines across said bridge as the Government may construct or control, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Submission of plans.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That the aforesaid South Omaha Railroad and Bridge Company shall submit the design and drawings of said bridge and a map of the location of same, with such accessory work as may be desired, to the Secretary of War within two years from the approval and taking <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>effect of this Act: and within two years from the date of the approval of said design and drawings and map of the location of said bridge by the War Department said corporation shall construct said bridge, and the failure to submit the design, drawings, and map aforesaid within two years, or a failure thereafter to construct said bridge within a period of two years from the approval of said design, drawings, and map, shall work a forfeiture of all rights and privileges granted herein.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num><content>That Congress reserve the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act at any time.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 26, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 385: To establish light-houses at the mouth of Boston Harbor to mark the entrance to the new Broad Sound Channel.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>385</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 93</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-29</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/93">93</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>385.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To establish light-houses at the mouth of Boston Harbor to mark the entrance to the new Broad Sound Channel.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-29">March 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/60">Public, No. 60</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there shall be established <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston Harbor.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-houses, etc.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Broad Sound Channel.</p></sidenote>by the Secretary of the Treasury a first-order light and fog signal at the Northeast Grave, on a granite tower, built in the most substantial and secure manner and of sufficient height to allow the lantern a focal plane of one hundred feet above high water, to mark the entrance to the new Broad Sound Channel, Boston Harbor, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and eighty-eight thousand dollars; for the establishment <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lovells Island range lights.</p></sidenote>of two range lights on Lovells Island, at the mouth of Boston Harbor, the rear light to be of the fourth order, on a tower about forty-five feet above high water, and the front light to be of the fifth order, on a tower about twenty-five feet above high water, at a cost not to exceed ten thousand dollars; and for the establishment of two range lights on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spectacle Island range lights.</p></sidenote>Spectacle Island, mouth of Boston Harbor, the rear light to be of the fourth order, upon a tower about fifty-five feet above high water, and the front light to lie of the fifth order, upon a tower about thirty feet <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>above high water, at a cost not to exceed thirteen thousand dollars, the entire appropriation for the five lights above mentioned not to exceed the sum of two hundred and eleven thousand dollars.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 29, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 387: For a public building for a marine hospital at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>387</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 93</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-31</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>387.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For a public building for a marine hospital at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-31">March 31, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/61">Public, No. 61</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pittsburg, Pa.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine hospital authorized.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 423.</p></sidenote>Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise procure a suitable site, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, a suitable and commodious building for a marine hospital (the plans and estimates for said building to be prepared, examined, and approved in accordance with the law in such cases made and provided), at a cost which shall not exceed the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars when finally completed.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, March 31, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 414: Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>414</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 93</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-07</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>414.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-07">April 7, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/62">Public, No. 63</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following sums be, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Urgent deficiencies appropriations.</p></sidenote>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 nineteen hundred anti two, and for Other objects hereinafter stated, namely:</content>
</section>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the collector of taxes to prepare tax-sale certificates, with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tax-sale certificates</p></sidenote>authority to employ clerks of the collector’s and other District offices after office hours, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Fire department</inline>: For forage, five thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8">Fire department.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Public schools</inline>: For fuel, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public schools.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/94">94</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Health department.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Health department</inline>: For the enforcement of the laws relating to the manufacture and sale of drugs and foods, including candy and milk, and for the necessary expenses of the chemical laboratory incident thereto, under the direction of the health department, for the service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, five hundred dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sprinkling, sweeping streets, etc.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning streets</inline>: For sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, including necessary incidental expenses, twenty thousand two hundred and forty-eight dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">One-half from District revenues.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">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 not otherwise appropriated.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military establishment.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospitals.</p></sidenote>
<content>For construction and repair 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, ten thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval establishment.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content>To pay expenses incurred for articles purchased, and transportation of the same; for the special detachment of marines ordered to duty with the North Atlantic fleet, three thousand one hundred and eighty-nine, dollars and thirty-nine cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of the Interior.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>office of geological survey.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Geological Survey.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content>For furnishing additional office rooms, including carpets, linoleum rugs, desks, chairs, tables, book, map, letter, specimen, tile, and catalogue cases, awnings, window shades, washstands, wardrobe, cabinets, water coolers, and lumber for shelving and all other absolutely necessary articles, seven thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>PRINTING AND BINDING.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing and binding.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for the Post-Office Department, exclusive of the Money-Order Office, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Agriculture.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for the Department of Agriculture, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for the War Department, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library of Congress.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for the Library of Congress, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 7, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 415: To legalize and maintain a new steel bridge, erected in place of the old wooden structure, across the Little Tennessee River at Niles Ferry, Tennessee, by the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>415</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 94</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-11</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>415.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To legalize and maintain a new steel bridge, erected in place of the old wooden structure, across the Little Tennessee River at Niles Ferry, Tennessee, by the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-11">April 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/63">Public, No. 63</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote>Whereas the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad, the successor, under foreclosure sale by the United States court, of the Knoxville Southern Railroad, came into possession of a wooden bridge across <page identifier="/us/stat/32/95">95</page>the Little Tennessee River at Niles Ferry, in the State of Tennessee; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the safe and proper transportation of freight, passengers, and the United States mails by the said Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad required that the old wooden bridge be immediately replaced by a new steel structure which has already been constructed: Therefore,</recital>
</preamble>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the steel bridge of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Tennessee River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge at Niles Ferry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure.</p></sidenote>Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad across the Little Tennessee River at Niles Ferry, in the State of Tennessee, be, and the same is hereby, declared a lawful structure, and may be maintained as now constructed by the said railroad: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That whenever in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>judgment of the Secretary of War the interests of navigation shall require, the owners of said bridge shall, at their own expense, make such changes and alterations as the Secretary of War may order</proviso>.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content>That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>this Act.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 416: Transferring a lot in Woodland Cemetery to city of Quincy, Illinois.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>416</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 95</citableAs>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>416.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Transferring a lot in Woodland Cemetery to city of Quincy, Illinois.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-11">April 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/64">Public, No. 64</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quincy, Ill.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lot in Woodland Cemetery conveyed to.</p></sidenote>be, and is hereby, authorized to convey to the city of Quincy, Illinois, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a certain parcel of land known and described as lot numbered thirty-three, in block one, in Woodland Cemetery, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, according to a plat of said cemetery as the same is recorded in the recorder’s office of said county.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 417: To amend section forty-eight hundred and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes, relating to the signing of letters patent for inventions.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>417</docNumber>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>417.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section forty-eight hundred and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes, relating to the signing of letters patent for inventions.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-11">April 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/65">Public, No. 65</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section forty-eight <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 4883, p. 945, amended.</p></sidenote>hundred and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4883">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4883. </num><content>All patents shall be issued in the name of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be signed by Commissioner.</p></sidenote>States of America, under the seal of the Patent Office, and shall be signed by the. Commissioner of Patents, and they shall be recorded, together with the specifications, in the Patent Office in books to be kept for that purpose.”</content></section>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 418: Providing for the issuance of patent to the town site of Basin City, Wyoming, to the municipal authorities thereof for the use and benefit of said town, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>418</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 95</citableAs>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>418.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the issuance of patent to the town site of Basin City, Wyoming, to the municipal authorities thereof for the use and benefit of said town, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-11">April 11, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/66">Public, No. 66</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Basin City, Wyo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Town-site patent to.</p></sidenote>Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to the properly constituted authorities of the town of Basin City, Wyoming, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/96">96</page>for the use and benefit of said town, a patent to ail that portion of the east half of the northwest quarter and the west half of the northeast quarter of section twenty-one, township fifty-one north, range ninety three west of the sixth principal meridian, which has not been sold by the United States at the time of the passage of this Act, the above described tract being the town site of the said town of Basin City: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issuance of separate patents.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That separate patents shall be issued to Big Horn County, Wyoming, for the court-house square, as shown upon the plat of said town, and to the properly constituted authorities of the school district in which the said town is located for the public-school square, as shown upon said plat</proviso>.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 11, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 500: To repeal war-revenue taxation, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>500</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 96</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-12</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>500.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To repeal war-revenue taxation, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-12">April 12, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/67">Public, No. 67</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section one of the Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War revenue repeal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 448.</p></sidenote>entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures. and for other purposes,</shortTitle>” approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, as amended by the Act of March second, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 938.</p></sidenote>nineteen hundred and one, entitled “<shortTitle role="act">An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes,’ approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to reduce taxation thereunder,</shortTitle>” be, and is hereby, further amended so as to read as follows:
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8">Fermented liquors.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tax reduced to one dollar a barrel.</p></sidenote>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="1">“<inline class="smallCaps">Section</inline>. 1. </num><content>That there shall be paid on all beer, lager beer, ale, porter, and other similar fermented liquor, brewed or manufactured and sold, or stored in warehouse, or removed for consumption or sale, within the United States, by whatever name such liquors may he called, in lieu of the tax now imposed by law, a tax of one dollar for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., sec. 3339, p. 651, amended.</p></sidenote>every barrel containing not more than thirty-one gallons; and at alike rate for any other quantity or for any fractional part of a barrel, as authorized and defined by section thirty-three hundred and thirty-nine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cancellation of stamps.</p></sidenote>of the Revised Statutes of the United States: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in lieu of or in addition to the present requirements of law in that respect all stamps used for denoting the tax upon fermented liquors or other taxes may, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, be canceled by perforations to be made in such manner and form as the Commissioner may, by regulations, prescribe</proviso>.”</content></section>
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</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special taxes repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 448.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 407.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><content>That section two of said Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety eight, and all amendments thereof, are hereby repealed.</content></section>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tobacco taxes.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p, 449, and Vol. 31, p. 939, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 3. </num><content>That section three of said Act and amendments thereof be amended to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><content><p class="inline">That upon tobacco and snuff manufactured and sold, or removed for consumption or use, there shall be levied and collected, in lieu of the tax now imposed by law, the following taxes:</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Snuff.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“On snuff, manufactured of tobacco or any substitute for tobacco, ground, dry, damp, pickled, scented, or otherwise, of all descriptions, when prepared for use, a tax of six cents per pound. And snuff-flour, when sold, or removed for use or consumption, shall be taxed as snuff, and shall be put up in packages and stamped in the same manner as snuff.</p>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tobacco.</p></sidenote>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“On all chewing and smoking tobacco, line cut, cavendish, plug, or twist, cut or granulated, of every description; on tobacco twisted by hand or reduced into a condition to be consumed, or in any manner other than the ordinary mode of drying and curing, prepared for sale or consumption, even if prepared without the use of any machine or <page identifier="/us/stat/32/97">97</page>instrument, and without being pressed or sweetened; and on all finecut shorts and refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco, a tax of six cents per pound.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“That the internal-revenue tax on cigars or cigarettes weighing more <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cigars and cigarettes.</p></sidenote>than three pounds per thousand shall be three dollars per thousand; and the tux on cigars weighing not more than three pounds per thousand shall be eighteen cents per pound, and on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand and of a wholesale value or price of not more than two dollars per thousand shall be eighteen cents per pound; and the tax on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand and of a wholesale value or price of more than two dollars per thousand shall be thirty-six cents per pound; and all such cigars and cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand shall, for purposes of taxation, he held and considered as weighing three pounds.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“That in addition to the packages of smoking tobacco and snuff now <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Packages.</p></sidenote>authorized by law there shall be packages of one and two-thirds ounces, two ounces, two and one-half ounces, three ounces, three and one-third ounces, and four ounces; and there may be a package containing one ounce of smoking tobacco.</p></content>
</section>
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</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 4. </num><content>That on all original and unbroken factory packages of smoking <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawback on stock held July 1, 1902.</p></sidenote>and manufactured tobacco and snuff held by manufacturers or dealers on July first, nineteen hundred and two, upon which there has been paid a higher tax than that provided for in the preceding section of this Act, there shall be allowed a drawback or rebate equal to the full amount of the difference between such higher tax and the tax imposed by this Act, after making the proper allowance for discounts and rebates heretofore authorized, but the same shall not apply in any case where the claim has not been presented within sixty days after July first, nineteen hundred and two; and no claim shall be allowed or draw-back paid for a less amount than ten dollars. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to adopt such rules and regulations and to prescribe and furnish such blanks and forms as may be necessary to carry this section into effect.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That section four of the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dealers’ tax repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 450.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary use of old stamps.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 451, amended.</p></sidenote>hundred and ninety-eight, is hereby repealed.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 6. </num><content>That section five of the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be amended to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 5. </num><content>That until appropriate stamps are prepared and furnished, the stamps heretofore used to denote the payment of the internal-revenue tax on fermented liquors, tobacco, and snuff may be stamped or imprinted with a suitable device to denote the new rate of tax, and shall he affixed to all packages containing such articles on which the tax imposed by this Act is paid. And any person having possession <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exchange of old stamps.</p></sidenote>of unaffixed stamps heretofore issued for the payment of the tax upon fermented liquors, tobacco, and snuff shall present the same to the collector of the district, who shall receive them at the price paid for such stamps by the purchasers and issue in lieu thereof new or imprinted stamps at the rate provided by this Act.”</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 7. </num><content>That section four of said Act of March second, nineteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamp and legacy taxes repealed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, pp. 450, 451, 454, 456–464: Vol. 31, p. 940.</p></sidenote>and one, and sections six, twelve, eighteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, Schedule A, Schedule B, sections twenty-seven, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine of the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and all amendments of said sections and schedules be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content></section>
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</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 8. </num><content>That all taxes or duties imposed by section twenty-nine of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lien on unpaid legacy taxes.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 464; Vol. 31, p. 943.</p></sidenote>the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and amendments thereof, prior to the taking effect of this Act, shall be <page identifier="/us/stat/32/98">98</page>subject, as to lien, charge, collection, and otherwise, to the provisions of section thirty of said Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and amendments thereof, which are hereby continued in force, as follows:
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legacy tax a lien on testator’s property.</p></sidenote>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="30">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 30. </num><content>That the tax or duty aforesaid shall be due and payable in one year after the death of the testator and shall be a lien and charge upon the property of every person who may die as aforesaid for twenty years, or until the same shall, within that period, be fully paid to and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice by executor, etc.</p></sidenote>discharged by the United States; and every executor, administrator, or trustee having in charge or trust any legacy or distributive share, as aforesaid, shall give notice thereof, in writing, to the collector or deputy collector of the district where the deceased grantor or bargainer last resided within thirty days after he shall have taken charge of such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment.</p></sidenote>trust, and every executor, administrator, or trustee, before payment and distribution to the legatees, or any parties entitled to beneficial interest therein, shall pay to the collector or deputy collector of the district of which the deceased person was a resident, or in which the property was located in case of nonresidents, the amount of the duty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schedules, etc.</p></sidenote>or tax assessed upon such legacy or distributive share, and shall also make and render to the said collector or deputy collector a schedule, list, or statement, in duplicate, of the amount of such legacy or distributive share, together with the amount of duty which has accrued, or shall accrue, thereon, verified by his oath or affirmation, to be administered and certified thereon by some magistrate or officer having lawful power to administer such oaths, in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which schedule, list, or statement shall contain the names of each and every person entitled to any beneficial interest therein, together with the clear value of such interest, the duplicate of which schedule, list, or statement shall be by him immediately delivered, and the tax thereon <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Receipts.</p></sidenote>paid to such collector; and upon such payment and delivery of such schedule, list, or statement said collector or deputy collector shall grant to such person paying such duty or tax a receipt or receipts for the same in duplicate, which shall be prepared as hereinafter provided. Such receipt or receipts, duly signed and delivered by such collector or deputy collector, shall be sufficient evidence to entitle such executor, administrator, or trustee to be credited and allowed such payment by every tribunal which, by the laws of any State or Territory, is, or may be, empowered to decide upon and settle the accounts of executors <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessment, etc., by collector on failure of executor, etc.</p></sidenote>and administrators. And in case such executor, administrator, or trustee shall refuse or neglect to pay the aforesaid duty or tax to the collector or deputy collector, as aforesaid, within the time herein-before provided, or shall neglect or refuse to deliver to said collector or deputy collector the duplicate of the schedule, list, or statement of such legacies, property, or personal estate, under oath, as aforesaid, or shall neglect or refuse to deliver the schedule, list, or statement of such legacies, property, or personal estate, under oath, as aforesaid, or shall deliver to said collector or deputy collector a false schedule or statement of such legacies, property, or personal estate, or give the names and relationship of the persons entitled to beneficial interests therein untruly, or shall not truly and correctly set forth and state therein the clear value of such beneficial interest, or where no administration upon such property or personal estate shall have been granted or allowed under existing laws, the collector or deputy collector shall make out such lists and valuation as in other cases <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legal proceedings to recover.</p></sidenote>of neglect or refusal, and shall assess the duty thereon; and the collector shall commence appropriate proceedings before any court of the United States, in the name of the United States, against such per-son or persons as may have the actual or constructive custody or possession of such property or personal estate, or any part thereof, and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/99">99</page>shall subject sum property or personal estate, or any portion of the same, to be sold upon the judgment or decree of such court, and from the proceeds of such sale the amount of such tax or duty, together with all costs and expenses of every description to be allowed by such court, shall be, first paid, and the balance, if any, deposited according to the order of such court, to be paid under its direction to such person or persons as shall establish title to the same. The deed or deeds, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title vested in purchaser.</p></sidenote>or any proper conveyance of such property or personal estate, or any portion thereof, so sold under such judgment or decree, executed by the officer lawfully charged with carrying the same into effect, shall vest in the purchaser thereof all the title of the delinquent to the property or personal estate sold under and by virtue of such judgment or decree, and shall release every other portion of such property or personal estate from the lien or charge thereon created by this Act. And every person or persons who shall have in his possession, charge, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exhibition of papers, etc.</p></sidenote>or custody any record, file, or paper containing, or supposed to contain, any information concerning such property or personal estate, as aforesaid, passing from any person who may die, as aforesaid, shall exhibit the same at the request of the collector or deputy collector of the district, and to any law officer of the United States, in the performance of his duty under this Act, his deputy or agent, who may desire to examine the same. And if any such person, having in his possession, charge, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for refusal.</p></sidenote>custody any such records, files, or papers, shall refuse or neglect to exhibit the same on request, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in all legal controversies <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect of recital of deed.</p></sidenote>where such deed or title shall be the subject of judicial investigation, the recital in said deed shall be prima facie evidence of its truth, and that the requirements of the law had been complied with by the officers of the Government</proviso>: <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That in case of willful <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for neglect, etc.</p></sidenote>neglect, refusal, or false statement by such executor, administrator, or trustee, as aforesaid, he shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit. Any tax <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deduction.</p></sidenote>paid under the provisions of sections twenty-nine and thirty shall be deducted from the particular legacy or distributive share on account of which the same is charged</proviso>.”</content></section>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 9. </num><content>That section thirty-five of said Act of June thirteenth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mixed flour.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 487; Vol. 31, p. 919, amended.</p></sidenote>eighteen hundred mid ninety-eight, and the amendments thereof, be amended so as to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="35">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 35. </num><content>That for the purposes of this Act, the words ‘mixed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Definition.</p></sidenote>flour’ shall be taken and construed to mean the food product resulting from the grinding or mixing together of wheat, or wheat flour, as the principal constituent in quantity, with any other grain, or the product of any other grain, or other material, except such material, and not the product of any grain, as is commonly used for baking purposes: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That when the product resulting from the grinding or mixing together of wheat or wheat flour with any other grain, or the product of any other grain, of which wheat or wheat flour is not the principal constituent as specified in the foregoing definition, is intended for sale, or is sold, or offered for sale as wheat flour, such product shall be held to be mixed flour within the meaning of this Act</proviso>.”</content></section>
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</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 10. </num><content>That section fifty of the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tea duty repealed. </p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 470.</p></sidenote>hundred and ninety-eight, be repealed, to take effect January first, nineteen hundred and three.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 11. </num><content>That this Act, except as otherwise specially provided for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">In effect July 1, 1902, except as to tea.</p></sidenote>in the preceding section, shall take effect July first, nineteen hundred and two.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 12, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 501: To promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>501</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 100</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-12</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/100">100</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>501.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-12">April 12, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/68">Public, No. 68</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue-Cutter Service.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1041.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That on and after the passage of this Act the commissioned officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall he ns follows: Captains, first lieutenants, second lieutenants, third lieutenants, captain of engineers, chief engineers, first assistant engineers. second assistant engineers, and constructor; and the captain of engineers, chief engineers, first assistant engineers, second assistant engineers shall have the rank of captain, first, second, and third lieu-tenants, respectively; and the constructor shall have the rank of first lieutenant: <proviso> <i>Provided, however.</i> There shall be no increase in the number<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Active list not increased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2749/p534">R.S., sec. 2749, p. 534</ref>.</p></sidenote> of officers upon the active list over the present number in each class or grade.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the said commissioned officers shall rank as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relative rank.</p></sidenote> Captains with majors in the Army and lieutenant-commanders in the Navy; first lieutenants with captains in the Army arid lieutenants in the Navy; second lieutenants with first lieutenants in the Army and lieutenants (junior grade) in the Navy; third lieutenants with second lieutenants in the Army and ensigns in the Navy; <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rank when cooperating with Navy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2757/p535">R. S., sec. 2757, p. 535</ref>.</p></sidenote> whenever forces of the Navy and Revenue-Cutter Service shall be serving in cooperation pursuant to law (section twenty-seven hundred and fifty-seven. Revised Statutes), the officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall rank as follows: Captains with and next after lieutenant-commanders in the Navy: first lieutenants with and next after lieu-tenants in the Navy; second lieutenants with and next after lieutenants (junior grade) in the Navy; third lieutenants with and next-after ensigns in the Navy:</proviso> <proviso> <i>Provided further.</i> That no provision of this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limitation of authority.</p></sidenote> shall he construed as giving any officer of the Revenue-Cutter Service military or other control at any time over any vessel, officer, or man of the naval service. Nor shall any naval officer exercise such military or other control over any vessel, officer, or man of the Revenue-Cutter Service, except by direction of the President.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the commissioned officers of the United States Revenue-Cutter<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay and allowances</p></sidenote> Service shall hereafter receive the same pay and allowances, except forage, as are now or may hereafter be provided by law for officers of corresponding rank in the Army, including longevity pay.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4 </num>
<content class="inline">That when any officer in the Revenue-Cutter Servee has<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retirement.</p></sidenote> reached the age of sixty-four years he shall be retired by the President from active service; and when any officer has become incapable of performing the duties of bis office he shall be either placed upon the retired waiting-orders list or dropped from the service by the President, as hereinafter provided.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retiring board.</p></sidenote> the President, shall from time to time assemble a Revenue-Cutter Service retiring board, composed of officers of the Revenue-Cutter<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Composition and duties.</p></sidenote> Service and medical officers of the Marine-Hospital Service, consisting of not less than live commissioned officers, two-fifths of whom shall be selected from medical officers of the Murine-Hospital Service, for the purpose of examining and reporting on such officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service as may be ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury to appear before it; and the, members of said board shall he sworn, in every case, to discharge their duties honestly and impartially, the oath to be administered to the members by the president of the board, and to him by the junior member or recorder; and such board shall inquire into and determine the facts touching the nature and occasion of the disability of any officer who appears to he incapable of performing the duties of his office, and shall have such powers as may be necessary for that purpose; and when the board finds an officer incapacitated<page identifier="/us/stat/32/101">101</page>
for active service it shall also find and report the cause which in its judgment has produced his incapacity, whether such cause is an incident of service, whether due to his own vicious habits, or the infirmities of age, or physical or mental disability. The proceedings and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Final action by the President.</p></sidenote> decisions of the board shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall by him be laid before the President for his approval or disapproval and his order’s in the case.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That when a board finds that an officer is incapacitated for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retirement to waiting-orders list.</p></sidenote> active service, and that his incapacity is the result of an incident of service, or is due to the infirmities of age, or physical or mental disability, and not his own vicious habits, and such decision is approved by the President, he shall be retired from active service and placed upon a retired waiting-orders list. Officers thus retired may be assigned<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assignment to duties.</p></sidenote> to such duties as they may be able to perform, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That when a board finds that an officer is incapacitated for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removals for cause.</p></sidenote> active service, and that such incapacity is the, result of his own vicious habits and not due to any incident of service, and its decision shall be approved by the President, the officer shall be dropped from the service.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That when any commissioned officer is retired from active<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Promotions.</p></sidenote> service, the next officer in rank shall be promoted according to the established rules of the service, and the same rule of promotion shall be applied successively to the vacancies consequent upon such retirement; <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That all promotions shall be subject to examination<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations.</p></sidenote> to determine the professional qualifications of the candidates, and such examination shall be wholly written before aboard of officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service, and their physical qualifications shall be reported upon by a board of medical officer’s of the Marine-Hospital Service: and such board shall be convened by the Secretary of the Treasury whenever the. exigencies of the service require.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content>That all officers borne upon the retired or permanent waiting-orders<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retired pay.</p></sidenote> list at the date of the passage of this Act. or hereafter, shall receive seventy-five per centum of the duty pay, salary, and increase of the rank upon which they have, been or may be retired: <proviso> <i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No longevity allowance.</p></sidenote>That no longevity increase of pay shall be allowed for any length of service accruing after retirement.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<content>That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent or in conflict with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 12, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 502: To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station on Ocracoke Island, on the coast of North Carolina.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>502</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 101</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-12</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>502.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station on Ocracoke Island, on the coast of North Carolina.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-12">April 12, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/69">Public, No. 69</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ocracoke Island, N. C.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-saving station at.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a life-saving station on Ocracoke Island near Ocracoke Inlet, on the coast of North Carolina, at such point as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
<content>That the character of the equipments and appliances of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipments, etc.</p></sidenote> station and the station building shall be determined by the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 12, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 503: To provide for the extension of the charters of national banks.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>503</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 102</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-12</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/102">102</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>503.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the extension of the charters of national banks.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-12">April 12, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/70">Public, No. 70</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National banks.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charters may be extended twenty years.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 162.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s5136/p993">R. S., sec. 5136, p. 993</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Comptroller of the Currency is hereby authorized, in the manner provided by, and under the conditions and limitations of, the Act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to extend for a further period of twenty years the charter of any national banking association extended under said Act which shall desire to continue its existence, after the expiration of its charter.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 12, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 504: Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Parkville, Missouri.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>504</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 102</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-15</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>504.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Parkville, Missouri.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-15">April 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/71">Public, No. 71</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas City, Northeastern and Gulf Railway Company may bridge, at Parkville, Mo.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Kansas City, North-eastern and Gulf Railway Company, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Kansas, be, and the same is hereby, authorized and empowered to erect, construct, build, and maintain a bridge over and across the Missouri River, for the passage and crossing of railroad cars and engines, electric cars, and such other material and things as may be used in the management, control, construction, or operation of a railroad, or railroads, hereby giving and granting unto said railway company, and to its grantees and assigns, the power and authority to erect, establish, construct, and maintain in connection<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rail way, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> with such railway bridge a wagon bridge and foot-passenger bridge, or either or both of them.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That said bridge shall be constructed over said river at or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> within one mile of the city of Parkville, in Platte County, Missouri, on the left hank of the said river, and at or within one mile of the halfsection line dividing section thirteen of township ten south, of range twenty-four east, of the sixth principal meridian, in Wyandotte County, Kansas.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That any bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to the said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the rights, privileges, and authority granted to said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights, etc., extend to successors, etc.</p></sidenote> railway company by this Act shall extend to and be enjoyed bv the successors, grantees, and assigns of said railway company, and the obligations and duties by this Act made incumbent upon said railway company shall be assumed in all respects by any such grantee, assignee, or successor of said railway company. The said railway company shall have the right, privilege, and authority to build, establish, erect, and maintain all necessary approaches to said bridge upon either bank of said river, and when said bridge is constructed all other railroad companies<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote> or transportation companies which may desire to use said bridge m the conduct of their business, and which may approach said bridge from either side of said river, shall have the right to do so, and shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> pay to said railway company, its successors or assigns, a reasonable compensation for the use of the same, to be fixed by the Secretary of War if the parties to such transactions can not agree. The owners of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tolls.</p></sidenote> said bridge, if they shall erect, establish, and maintain in connection<page identifier="/us/stat/32/103">103</page>
therewith a wagon and foot-passenger bridge, may charge and receive reasonable compensation or tolls, to be approved by the Secretary of War, for the transit over said bridge of all wagons, carriages, vehicles, animals, and foot passengers: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That said railway company,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free bridge.</p></sidenote> its successors or assigns, may, at its option, operate said bridge with-out charge, compensation, or tolls to wagons, carriages, vehicles, animals, and foot passengers.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act may,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction</p></sidenote> at the option of said railway company, its successors or assigns, be built as a drawbridge or with unbroken and continuous spans: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High bridge.</p></sidenote> That if the same shall be made of unbroken and continuous spans it shall not be in any case of less elevation than fifty feet above high-water mark, as registered since the year eighteen hundred and seventy, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest point of the superstructure, with straight girders; nor shall the main channel span of said bridge be less than four hundred feet in the clear at low-water mark, and all other’ spans over the waterway shall be not less than three hundred feet in the clear; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the liver, and the bridge itself at right angles thereto as near as may be. and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided also, </i>That if a bridge shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote> be built under this Act as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge with one or more draws, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and with spans of such clear length on each side of the central or pivot piers of the draws as he may prescribe: and the next adjoining spans over the river to the draws shall also be of such clear length as he may prescribe; and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme nigh-water mark, as registered since the year eighteen hundred and seventy, measuring to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge; and the piers of the said bridge shall be parallel with the current, of the river, and the bridge itself at right angles thereto as near as may be;</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided also,</i> That said drawbridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote> shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal and without unnecessary delay:</proviso> <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That said company, its successors and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> assigns, shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset, until sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and shall build and maintain such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, rafts, or other water craft through said channel spans, and as shall receive the approval of the Secretary of War:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided further,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote> company, person, or corporation building said bridge may. subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, enter upon the banks of said river, either above or below the point of location of said bridge, and confine the flow of the water to a permanent channel, and to do What-ever may be necessary to accomplish said object, but shall not impede or obstruct the navigation or flood discharge of said river, and shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liability for damages.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> be liable for all injuries to or appropriation of private property: and all plans for such works or erections upon or within the banks of the river shall be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval before any of such work shall have been commenced.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote> authority of this Act which shall substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, and no bridge shall be commenced or built under this Act until the location thereof and the plans and specifications for its construction, with such maps as shall be necessary for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps.</p></sidenote> a full understanding of the regimen of the river for a distance of one mile above and one-half mile below the proposed site of the bridge shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War: and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> any change in the plan of such construction or any alteration in the bridge after its construction shall be subject to the like approval; and<page identifier="/us/stat/32/104">104</page> whenever said Bridge shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, substantially obstruct the free navigation of said river, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will obviate such obstruction, and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions shall be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge, or the persons operating or controlling the same, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote> alleged obstruction to the free navigation of the Missouri River, at or near the crossing of said bridge, caused thereby, the cause shall be commenced and tried in the circuit court of the United States of either judicial district of the States of Kansas or Missouri in which said bridge or any portion of such obstruction touches.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That the United States shall also have the right, without<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> charge therefor, to construct telegraph or telephone lines across said bridge, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be glinted to all telegraph and telephone companies; and Congress may, at any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> time, alter, amend, or repeal this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be mill and void if actual construction of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> the bridge herein authorized he not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of the approval of this Act.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 15, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 505: To authorize the construction of a traffic bridge across the Savannah River from the mainland within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah to Hutchinsons Island, in the county of Chatham, State of Georgia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>505</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 104</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-15</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>505.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a traffic bridge across the Savannah River from the mainland within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah to Hutchinsons Island, in the county of Chatham, State of Georgia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-15">April 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/72">Public, No. 72</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company may bridge, at Savannah, Ga.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the assent of the United States of America is hereby given to the Georgia and Alabama Terminal Company, a corporation incorporated by the laws of the State of Georgia, its successors and assigns, and such other persons as may be associated with it, to construct and maintain a traffic bridge for the accommodation of pedestrians, vehicles, and street cars over the Savannah<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foot, wagon, and street-car bridge.</p></sidenote> River from a point on the mainland within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah to Hutchinsons Island, in the county of Chatham. State of Georgia, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the. said terminal company and the mayor and aidermen of the city of Savannah.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
<content>That the fridge shall be so constructed by drawspan or lift<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> span or otherwise that a free and unobstructed passage may he secured to all vessels and other water craft navigating said river. That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War. for his examination and approval, the design and drawings of the bridge, piers, and approaches, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of at least om 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, and the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of other bridge or bridges, wharves, landings, or ferries, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and after such approval by the Secretary of War the approved plans and designs for the bridge shall not be<page identifier="/us/stat/32/105">105</page>
deviated from or added to. either during the construction or after the completion of the bridge, until the proposed change shall have been submitted to the Secretary of War and received his approval; and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote> said bridge shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reason-able and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said bridge, and if said bridge be built with a draw said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats or other crafts: and whatever kind of bridge is built the said company or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals thereon as the Light-House Board shall prescribe; and if at any time the navigation of said river shall in any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> manner be obstructed or impaired by the bridge authorized by this Act to be constructed, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall lie his duty, to require said company to alter and change said bridge at its own expense in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">Sec. 3. </num>
<content>That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc. rights.</p></sidenote> telegraph, and telephone purposes over said bridge; and all telephone and telegraph companies shall be granted equal rights and privileges in the construction and operation of their lines across said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">Sec. 4. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years of the date hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">Sec. 5. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 15, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 506: Confirming title to the State of Nebraska of certain selected indemnity school lands.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>506</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 105</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-15</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>506.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Confirming title to the State of Nebraska of certain selected indemnity school lands.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-15">April 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/73">Public, No. 73</ref>.]</p>
</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nebraska school land indemnity confirmed.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That title be. and is hereby, confirmed to the State of Nebraska to all those certain tracts of land in the O’Neill, Nebraska, land district, aggregating two thousand two hundred and twenty-eight acres and nine hundredths of an acre, heretofore selected by the State as indemnity for granted school lands, which selections were approved by the Secretary of the Interior May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, in list numbered one, and duly eerStied to the State of Nebraska by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, but which certification was on May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, declared by the Secretary of the Interior to be null and void and ineffectual to convey to the State any right or title: <proviso> <i>Provided.</i> That the State of Nebraska shall not hereafter<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No further indemnity.</p></sidenote> be entitled to further indemnity for the specific losses accruing to said State in lieu of which said selections were made.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 15, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 507: For the relief of bona fide settlers in forest reserves.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>507</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 106</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-15</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/106">106</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>507.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the relief of bona fide settlers in forest reserves.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-15">April 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/74">Public, No. 74</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of bona fide settlers on forest reserves.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 1103.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That where a claimant under the settlement laws of the United States within the limits of a forest reserve created under the provisions of section twenty-four of the Art of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes, has failed, by reason of ignorance,of the proclamation of the President, or of the tiling of the township plat of survey, or from unavoidable accident or conditions, or from misunderstanding of the law, to place his claim of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time extended for filing claims.</p></sidenote> record within the statutory period, such claimant may be permitted within a period of two years from and after the passage of this Act to tile bis claim in the proper United States land office and receive patent therefor upon showing due compliance with the law under which the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior settlement required.</p></sidenote> claim is asserted, notwithstanding the reservation, provided that he made bona fide settlement upon the land claimed prior to the date of the proclamation establishing the forest reserve and maintained continuous residence thereon for the requisite period. The benefits of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pending claims.</p></sidenote> this Act shall extend to bona tide claims already received by the local land offices after the statutory period, and for which patents have not issued, provided the settlers have complied with the provisions of the law except, as to the time of tiling their claims.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 15, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 508: To establish and provide for a clerk for the circuit and district courts of the United States held at Wilmington, North Carolina.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>508</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 106</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-15</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>508.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To establish and provide for a clerk for the circuit and district courts of the United States held at Wilmington, North Carolina.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-15">April 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/75">Public, No. 75</ref>.]</p>
</sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern indicia] district, North Carolina.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 17, p. 215, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section three, chapter two hundred and eighty-two of the United States Statutes at Large, volume seventeen, be amended by adding thereto, at the end of said section, the following:
<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“And the circuit and district judges for the eastern district shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk at Wilmington.</p></sidenote> appoint, besides a clerk of said court held at Raleigh, an additional clerk, who shall reside and keep his office at Wilmington and be clerk both of the district and circuit court, held at Wilmington, and who shall have the custody and control of the records of said courts, shall give the same bond required of the clerk of circuit and district courts of said district, and shall receive the same fees and compensation for services performed by clerks of such courts now fixed by law.”</p></quotedContent>
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 15, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 530: Providing for an additional circuit judge in the second judicial circuit.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>530</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 106</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-17</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>530.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for an additional circuit judge in the second judicial circuit.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-17">April 17, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/76">Public, No. 76</ref>.]</p>
</sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional judge, second circuit.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there shall be in the second circuit tin additional circuit judge, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Seriate, 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.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 17, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 562: To construct a light-house keeper’s dwelling at Calumet Harbor.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>562</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 107</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-18</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/107">107</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>562.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To construct a light-house keeper’s dwelling at Calumet Harbor.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-18">April 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/77">Public, No. 77</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calumet Harbor, Ill.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-house keeper’s dwelling at.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to have constructed a light-house keeper’s dwelling at Calumet Harbor, Lake Michigan. Illinois, at a cost not to exceed the sum of seven thousand live hundred dollars.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 18, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 563: Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>563</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 107</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-21</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>563.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-21">April 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/78">Public, No. 78</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unite States of America in Congress assembled, </i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal service appropriations.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 5, p. 80.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following sums he, 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:</content>
</section>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>office of the postmaster-general.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmaster-General.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For advertising, seven thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing, binding, and wrapping ten thousand copies of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal Laws and Regulations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing revised edition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 440.</p></sidenote> revised edition of the Postal Laws and Regulations, in addition totheone hundred thousand copies provided for by the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, live thousand of which shall be retained by the Public Printer for sale to individuals at the cost thereof and ten per centum added, the proceeds of such sales to be deposited in the Treasury, as provided tor by law; and for printing, binding, and wrapping one thousand copies of the digest of decisions prepared in connection therewith; for which entire editions so much of the amounts appropriated therefor by the Acts of June thirteenth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, pp. 253, 1042.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. June second, nineteen hundred, and March third, nineteen hundred and one, as shall be necessary is hereby made available: <proviso> <i>Provided</i>, That the aggregate expenditure for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote> said publications shall not exceed fifty-five thousand dollars.</proviso></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>office of the first assistant postmaster-general.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Assistant Postmaster-General.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to postmasters, twenty-one million dollars. Any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmasters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance for stations from discontinued offices.</p></sidenote> portion thereof saved by the consolidation of post-offices under existing law shall be transferred to the appropriation for compensation to clerks in post-offices and made available for the payment of the salaries of superintendents and clerks at stations established in lieu of the post-offices thus discontinued.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Salary and allowance division</inline>: For compensation to assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary and allowance division.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant postmasters.</p></sidenote> postmasters at first and second class post-offices: One at three thou-sand five hundred dollars; seventeen at three thousand dollars each: two at two thousand five hundred dollars each; four at two thousand dollars each; ten at one thousand nine hundred dollars each; twenty at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; seventy-five at one thousand six hundred dollars each; eighty atone thousand live hundred dollars each; seventy at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one hundred and thirty at one thousand three hundred dollars each; two hundred and seventy at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two hundred and seventy at oue thousand one hundred dollars each, and four hundred at one thou-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/108">108</page>sand dollars each; in all, for assistant postmasters, one million seven hundred and one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to clerks in first and second class post-offices:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, etc., compensation.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One thousand three hundred clerks in charge of stations and substations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $100 each.</p></sidenote> at one hundred dollars each, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Three hundred and fifty clerks in charge of stations and substations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $200 each.</p></sidenote> at two hundred dollars each, seventy thousand dollars:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Two hundred and fifty clerks in charge of stations and substations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $300 each.</p></sidenote> janitors, messengers, porters, watchmen, and stampers, at three hundred dollars each, seventy-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One hundred clerks in charge of stations and substations, janitors,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $400 each.</p></sidenote> messengers, porters, watchmen, stampers, carpenters, firemen, laborers. pressmen, waste-paper examiners, mail messengers, and general utility clerks, at four Hundred dollars each, forty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Two thousand one hundred and twenty clerks in charge of stations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $500 each.</p></sidenote> and substations, janitors, messengers, porters, watchmen, stampers, carpenters, firemen, laborers, pressmen, waste-paper examiners, mail messengers, and general utility clerks, at five hundred dollars each, one million and sixty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Three thousand two hundred clerks in charge of stations and substations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $600 each.</p></sidenote> janitors, messengers, porters, watchmen, stampers, carpenters, firemen, laborers, pressmen, waste-paper examiners, mail messengers, general utility clerks, assorters, general-delivery clerks, inquiry clerks, paper distributers, raters of third and fourth class matter, record clerks, separators, special-delivery clerks, stock clerks, supply clerks, timekeepers, weighers of second-class matter, directory clerks, dispatchers, letter distributers, mailing clerks, money-order clerks, nixie clerks, registry clerks, and stamp clerks, at six hundred dollars each, one million nine hundred and twenty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One thousand clerks in charge of stations and substations, janitors,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $700 each.</p></sidenote> messengers, porters, watchmen, stampers, carpenters, firemen, laborers, pressmen, waste-paper examiners, mail messengers, general utility clerks, assorters. general-delivery clerks, inquiry clerks, paper distributers, raters of third and fourth class matter, record clerks, separators, special-delivery clerks, stock clerks, supply clerks, timekeepers, weighers of second-class matter, directory clerks, dispatchers, letter distributers, mailing clerks, money-order clerks, nixie clerks, registry clerks, and stamp clerks, at seven hundred dollars each, seven hundred thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Three thousand nine hundred clerks in charge of stations and substations.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $800 each.</p></sidenote> stampers, mail messengers, general utility clerks, assorters, general-delivery clerks, inquiry clerks, paper distributers, raters of third and fourth class matter, record clerks, separators, special-deli verv clerks, stock clerks, supply clerks, timekeepers, weighers of second-class matter, directory clerks, dispatchers, letter distributers, mailing clerks, money-order clerks, nixie clerks, registry clerks, stamp clerks, and assistant superintendents money-order division, at eight hundred dollars each, three million one hundred and twenty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One thousand nine hundred clerks in charge of stations and substations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $900 each.</p></sidenote> general utility clerks, assorters. general-delivery clerks, inquiry clerks, paper distributers, raters of third and fourth class matter, record clerks, separators, special-delivery clerks, stock clerks, supply clerks, timekeepers, weighers of second-class matter, directory clerks, dispatchers, letter distributers, mailing clerks, money-order clerks, nixie clerks, registry clerks, stamp clerks, assistant superintendents money-order division, planters, and foremen of crews, at nine hundred dollars each, one million seven hundred and ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Two thousand one hundred assorters, general-delivery clerks, inquiry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $1,000 each.</p></sidenote><page identifier="/us/stat/32/109">109</page> clerks, paper distributers, raters of third and fourth class matted, record clerks, separators, special-delivery clerks, stock clerks, supply clerks, timekeepers, weighers of second-class matter, directory clerks, dispatchers, letter distributers, mailing clerks, money-order clerks, idxie clerks, registry clerks, stamp clerks, assistant superintendents money-order division, printers, foremen of crews, assistant superintendents of registry, superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry, and superintendents of stations, at one thousand dollars each, two million one hundred thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One thousand one hundred assorters. general-delivery clerks, inquiry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $1,100 each.</p></sidenote> clerks, paper distributers, raters of third and fourth class matter, record clerks, separators, special-delivery clerks, stock clerks, supply clerks, timekeepers, weighers of second-class matter, directory clerks, dispatchers, letter distributers, mailing clerks, money-order clerks, nixie clerks, registry clerks, stamp clerks, assistant superintendents of money-order division, printers, foremen of crews, assistant superintendents of registry, superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry, and superintendents of stations, at one thousand one hundred dollars each, one million two hundred and ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One thousand four hundred assorters, general-delivery clerks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $1,200 each.</p></sidenote> inquiry clerks, paper distributers, raters of third and fourth class matter, record clerks, separators, special-delivery clerks, stock clerks, supply clerks, timekeepers, weighers of second-class matter, directory clerks, dispatchers, letter distributers, mailing clerks, money-order clerks, nixie clerks, registry clerks, stamp clerks, assistant superintendents money-order division, printers, foremen of crews, assistant superintendents of registry, superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry, superintendents of stations, assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, bookkeepers, draftsman New York, finance clerks and secretaries and stenographers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, one million six hundred and eighty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Three hundred dispatchers, letter distributer’s, mailing clerks, money-order<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $1,300 each.</p></sidenote> clerks, nixie clerks, registry clerks, stamp clerks, assistant superintendents money-order division, foremen of crews, assistant superintendents of registry, superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry, superintendents of stations, assistant cashiers. assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, bookkeepers, finance clerks, secretaries and stenographers, superintendents of delivery, and superintendents of mails, at cue thousand three hundred dollars each, three hundred and ninety thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Two hundred and fifty dispatchers, letter distributers, mailing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $1,400 each.</p></sidenote> clerks, money-order clerks, nixie clerks, registry clerks, stamp clerks, assistant superintendents money-order division, foremen of crews, assistant superintendents of registry, superintendents money-order di vision. superintendents of registry, superintendents of stations, assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, bookkeepers, finance clerks, secretaries and stenographers. superintendents of delivery, and superintendents of mails, at one thousand four hundred dollar’s each, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One hundred and ten stamp clerks, assistant superintendents money-order<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $1 500 each.</p></sidenote> division, assistant superintendents of registry, superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry, superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, finance clerks, secretaries and stenographers, superintendents of delivery, and superintendents of mails, at one thou-sand five hundred dollars each, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars;<page identifier="/us/stat/32/110">110</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One hundred and ten stamp clerks, assistant superintendents money-order<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $1,600 each.</p></sidenote> division, superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry, superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, finance clerks, secretaries and stenographers, superintendents of delivery, and superintendents of mails, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, one hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One hundred and twenty-live stamp clerks, assistant superintendents<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $1,700 each.</p></sidenote> money-order division, superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry, superintendents of stations, bookkeeper’s, finance clerks, superintendents of delivery, and superintendents of mails, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each, two hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Eighty assistant superintendents money-order division, assistant superintendents<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $1,800 each.</p></sidenote> of registry, superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry, superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, and cashiers, at one thousand right hundred dollars each, one hundred and forty-four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seventy-five superintendents money-order division, superintendents<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $2,000 each.</p></sidenote> of registry, superintendents of stations, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, and cashiers, at two thousand dollars each, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seven superintendents of money-order division, superintendents of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $2,100 each.</p></sidenote> registry, superintendents of delivery, and superintendents of mails, at two thousand one hundred dollars each, fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Thirty superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $2,200 each.</p></sidenote> superintendents of stations, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, and cashiers, at two thousand two hundred dollars each, sixty-six thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Twenty-five assistant superintendents money-order division, assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $2,400 each.</p></sidenote> superintendents of registry, superintendents money-order division, superintendents of registry, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, and cashiers, at two thousand four hundred dollars each, sixty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ten superintendents of stations, superintendents of delivery, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $2,500 each.</p></sidenote> superintendents of mails, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, twenty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Twenty-five superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $2,600 each.</p></sidenote> and cashiers, at two thousand six hundred dollars each, sixty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fourteen superintendents of delivery and superintendents of mails,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">At $2,700 each.</p></sidenote> at two thousand seven hundred dollars each, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One auditor, New York, three thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One auditor, Chicago, three thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One superintendent of money-order division, one superintendent of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendents.</p></sidenote> registry, one superintendent of mails, and one superintendent of delivery, at three thousand two hundred dollars each, twelve thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to substitutes for clerks of first and second class<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substitutes for clerks on vacation.</p></sidenote> post-offices on vacation, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For temporary clerk hire, one hundred and seventy-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary clerks.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For separating mails at third and fourth class post-offices, one million<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Separating mails.</p></sidenote> one hundred thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for clerk hire in post-offices, seventeen million one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Total for clerk hire.</p></sidenote> and thirty-nine thousand eight hundred dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary clerks during busy hours.</p></sidenote> Postmaster-General may, in the disbursement of this appropriation, allow postmasters at first-class offices to employ temporary clerks at<page identifier="/us/stat/32/111">111</page> the rate of twenty-five cents an hour during the rush or busy hours of the day.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, light, and fuel for first, second, and third class post-offices,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, light, and fuel.</p></sidenote> two million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of rent, etc., for third-class offices.</p></sidenote> 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 light in anyone year:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leases authorized</p></sidenote> the Postmaster-General may in the disbursement of this appropriation, apply a part thereof to the purpose of leasing premises for the use of post-offices of the first, second, and third classes, at a reasonable annual rental, to be paid quarterly, for a term not exceeding ten years.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary miscellaneous and incidental items directly connected<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> with first and second class post-offices, including furniture, cleaning, and all other matters not specifically provided for in other appropriations, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided.</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures without written consent.</p></sidenote> Postmaster-Ge neral, in his discretion, under such regulations as lie shall prescribe, mav authorize any of the postmasters of said offices to expend the funds he may allow them for such purposes without the written consent of the Postmaster-General.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For advertising and purchase of newspapers containing official advertisements<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising, etc.</p></sidenote> contracted for under this appropriation at first and second class post-offices, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rental or purchase of canceling machines and motors, and power<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canceling machines.</p></sidenote> therefor, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><proviso><i>Provided.</i> That five per Centum of the foregoing appropriations for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interchangeable expenditures.</p></sidenote> the salary and allowance division of the First Assistant Postmaster-General’s Bureau may be available interchangeably for expenditures on the objects named, but no one item of the appropriations shall thereby be increased more than five per centum.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to seven assistant superintendents, salary and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary and allowance division.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant superintendents.</p></sidenote> allowance division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem allowance for seven assistant superintendents, salary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem.</p></sidenote> and allowance division, when actually traveling on business of the Post-Office Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster-Gen-eral. not to exceed four dollars per day, and for other necessary official expenses, ten thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Free-delivery service</inline>: For pay of letter carriers in offices already<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free delivery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Letter carriers.</p></sidenote> established, and for substitute letter carriers, and for temporary carriers at summer resorts, holiday, election, and emergency service, seventeen million four hundred and thirty’ thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of letter carriers in new offices entitled to free-delivery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New offices.</p></sidenote> service under existing law, ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horse-hire allowance, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horse hire.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For car fare and bicycle allowance, two hundred and seventy-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Car fare, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><proviso><i>Provided.</i> That ten per centum of the. foregoing amounts for free-delivery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interchangeable expenditures.</p></sidenote> service may be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named, but no one item of appropriation shall thereby be increased more than ten per centum.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to twenty mechanics employed exclusively in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Letter ooxes.</p></sidenote> painting, repairing, and erecting street letter boxes, at not exceeding nine hundred dollars each, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marine postal service Detroit, Michigan, four thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine postal service, Detroit, Mich.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to four assistant superintendents city delivery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant superintendents.</p></sidenote> service, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, eight thousand dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/112">112</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem allowance for four assistant superintendents city<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem.</p></sidenote> delivery service when actually traveling on business of the Post-Office Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster-General not to exceed four dollars per day, and for other necessary official expenses, five thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For all other incidental expenses, including letter boxes, package<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> boxes, posts, furniture, satchels, and straps, two hundred and seventy-two thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For car fare for special-delivery messengers in emergent cases, ten<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special delivery.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees to special-delivery messengers, seven hundred and forty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, nineteen million five hundred and five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Rural, free-delivery service</inline>: For compensation of seven special<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rural free delivery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division special agents.</p></sidenote> agents in charge of divisions, at two thousand four hundred dollars each, sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to clerks at division headquarters: Six clerks, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> one thousand two hundred dollars each; six clerks, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each: six clerks, at nine hundred dollars; and three laborers, at seven hundred dollars each, twenty-seven thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to fifteen special agents, at one thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents.</p></sidenote> dollars each; fifteen special agents, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; fifteen special agents, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; and fifteen special agents, at one thousand three hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem allowance for sixty special agents of the rural free-delivery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem.</p></sidenote> service, when actually traveling on business of the Post-Office Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster-General, not to exceed four dollars per day, and for other necessary official expenses, seventy-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to seventy-one route inspectors, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Route inspectors.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars each, and four route inspectors, at nine hundred dollars each, eighty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem allowance for seventy-five route inspectors of the rural<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem.</p></sidenote> free-delivery service, when actually traveling on business of the PostOflice Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster-General, not to exceed three dollars per day, and for other necessary official expenses, sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses of special agents in charge of divisions,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidentals.</p></sidenote> special agents, route inspectors, and for livery hire, and so forth, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses, including letter boxes, furniture, satchels,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Letter boxes, furniture, etc.</p></sidenote> straps, badges, and so forth, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of letter carriers of rural f reedelivery service, seven million<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Letter carriers.</p></sidenote> dollars. In all, for rural free-delivery service, seven million five hundred and twenty-nine thousand four hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Classification and compensation.</p></sidenote>That on and after July first, nineteen hundred and two, the Postmaster-General be and is hereby, authorized to classify the rural free-delivery service and fix the compensation to employees in such service as follows:</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Special agents in charge of divisions at not exceeding two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents.</p></sidenote> four hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Special agents, four classes, graded in even hundreds of dollars, at one thousand three hundred, one thousand four hundred, one thousand five hundred, and not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Route, inspectors, four classes, graded in even hundreds of dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Route-inspectors.</p></sidenote> at nine hundred, one thousand, one thousand one hundred, and not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars per annum.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/113">113</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clerks, four classes, graded in even hundreds of dollars, at nine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> hundred, one thousand, one thousand one hundred, and not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Carriers at salary not exceeding six hundred dollars per annum and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carriers.</p></sidenote> no other or further allowance or salary shall be made to said carriers. But the carriers shall not be prohibited from doing an ex press-pack age business provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Under such regulations as the Postmaster-General may prescribe, a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substitute carriers.</p></sidenote> substitute carrier may be employed, at the expense of the regular carrier, to temporarily perform the sendee on any rural free-delivery mail route.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Postmaster-General may allow such per diem and other incidental<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem.</p></sidenote> expenses in connection with the rural free-delivery service as Congress may from time to time provide.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Postmaster-General is hereby directed to investigate and report<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uniform metal lock box.</p></sidenote> to Congress as soon as possible, the advisability and practicability of purchasing and adopting a uniform metal lock box at a price not to exceed fifty cents, for the purpose of selling the same to patrons on rural free-delivery routes at cost.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whoever shall hereafter willfully or maliciously injure, tear down.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Malicious injury to lock boxes, etc.</p></sidenote> or destroy any letter box or other receptacle established by order of the Postmaster-General or approved or designated by nim for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any rural free-delivery route, or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1175.</p></sidenote> shall break open the same, or willfully or maliciously injure, deface, or destroy any mail matter deposited therein, or shall wilfully take or steal such matter from or out of such letter box or other receptacle, or shall willfully aid or assist in any of the aforementioned offenses, shall for every such offense be punished by a fine of not more than one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three years.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That hereafter special agents, route inspectors, and examining inspectors<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oaths.</p></sidenote> in the rural free-delivery service shall be authorized and empowered to administer oaths to carriersand other persons employed in said service or in connection with any business relating to the same.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Supply division</inline>: For stationery for postal service, seventy thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supply division.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wrapping twine and tying devices, one hundred and twenty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twine.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wrapping paper, forty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wrapping paper.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For letter balances, scales, and test weights, and repairs to same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scales, etc.</p></sidenote>, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postmarking and rating stamps, and repairs to same, and ink<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmarking, etc. stamps.</p></sidenote> and pads for stamping and canceling purposes, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rubber stamps and type, metal-bodied rubber type, dates, figures,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rubber stamps.</p></sidenote> and holders, and ink and pads for rubber stamps, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For packing boxes, sawdust, paste, and hardware, one thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Packing boxes, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing facing slips and cutting same, card slide labels, blanks<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing.</p></sidenote> and books of an urgent nature, and manifold books for the postal and registry service, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Blanks, blank books, printed matter, metal advertising signs, twine,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blank books, etc.</p></sidenote> carlion paper, and articles pertaining to its use in the issue and payment of money orders, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That live per centum of the foregoing amount for blanks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interchangeable expenditures.</p></sidenote> blank books, and so forth, may be available interchangeably for expenditure on the three following items, but no one of such items shall thereby be increased more than five per centum.</proviso><page identifier="/us/stat/32/114">114</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rubber and metal stamps and repairs thereto; ribbons, pads, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Money-order service supplies.</p></sidenote> racks for the money-order service, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Copying presses, typewriting machines, envelope opening and sealing machines, adding machines and repairs thereto, for use of the money-order service, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Exchange on drafts, stationery, and necessary miscellaneous expenses of the money-order service, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And hereafter the Postmaster-General is authorized to contract for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts for supplies.</p></sidenote> a term not exceeding four years, for the supply of any or all articles enumerated under the head of “Supply Division,” when, in his judgment, it shall appear to be for the best interests of the service.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Miscellaneous items in the office of the First Assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>office of the second assistant postmaster-general.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second Assistant Postmaster-General.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Inland mail transportation</inline>: For inland transportation by star<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inland mail transportation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Star routes.</p></sidenote> routes, including temporary service to newly established offices, six million seven hundred and fifteen thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska service.</p></sidenote> out of this appropriation the Postmaster-General is authorized to provide difficult or emergency mail service in Alaska, including the establishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisable, without advertising therefor.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For inland transportation by steamboat routes, six hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamboat routes.</p></sidenote> forty-one thousand doLars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mail-messenger service, one million and eighty-three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messenger service.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the transmission of mail by pneumatic tubes or other similar<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pneumatic tubes.</p></sidenote> devices, five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to enter<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertisement.</p></sidenote> into contracts for a period not exceeding four years, after public advertisement once a week for a period of six consecutive weeks in not less than live newspapers, one of which shall be published in each city where the service is to be performed. That the contracts for this<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation.</p></sidenote> service shall be subject to the provisions of the postal laws and regulations relating to the letting of mail contracts, except as herein other-wise provided, and that no advertisement shall issue until after a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report.</p></sidenote> careful investigation shall have been made as to the needs and practicability of such service and until a favorable report, in writing, shall have been submitted to the Postmaster-General by a commission of not less than three expert postal officials, to be named by him; nor shall such advertisement issue until in the judgment of the PostmasterGeneral the needs of the postal service are such as to justify the expenditure involved. Advertisements shall state in general terms<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Competitive bidding.</p></sidenote> only the requirements of the service and in form best calculated to invite competitive bidding.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Postmaster-General shall have the right to reject any and all<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rejection of bids.</p></sidenote> bids; that no contract shall be awarded except to the lowest responsible bidder, tendering full and sufficient guaranties, to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, of his ability to perform satisfactory service, and such guaranties shall include an approval bond in double the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote> amount of the bid.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no contract shall lie entered into in any city for the character<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> of mail service herein provided which will create an aggregate annual rate of expenditure, including necessary power and labor to operate the tubes, and all other expenses of such service in excess of four per centum of the gross postal revenue of said city for the last preceding fiscal year.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no contract shall be made in any city providing for three miles<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum cost per mile.</p></sidenote> or more of double lines of tube which shall involve an expenditure in<page identifier="/us/stat/32/115">115</page> excess of seventeen thousand dollars per mile per annum, and said compensation shall cover power, labor, and all operating expenses.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Postmaster-General shall not, prior to J une thirtieth, nineteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of expenditures.</p></sidenote> hundred and four, enter into contracts under the provisions of this Act involving an animal expenditure in the aggregate in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars; and thereafter only such contracts shall be made, as may from time to time be provided for in the annual appropriation Act for the postal service; and all provisions of law contrary to those herein contained are repealed.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For regulation, screen, or other wagon service, eight hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wagon, etc., service.</p></sidenote> seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mail bags, cord fasteners, label cases, and for labor and material<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mail bags, etc.</p></sidenote> necessary for repairing equipment, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mail locks and keys, chains, tools, and machinery, and for labor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks, keys, etc.</p></sidenote> and material necessary for repairing same, forty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of building for a mail-hag repair shop and lock-repair shop,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repair shop.</p></sidenote> and for fuel, gas, watchmen and charwomen, oil, and repair of machinery for said shops, eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For inland transportation by railroad routes, of which a sum not<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad routes.</p></sidenote> exceeding one hundred thousand dollars may be employed to pay freight on postal cards, stamped envelopes, and stamped paper, mail equipment, and other supplies from the manufactories to the post-offices and depots of distribution, thirty-six million two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For railway post-office car service, five million one hundred and four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-office cars.</p></sidenote> thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Railway Mail Service</inline>: One General Superintendent, at three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway Mail Service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General Superintendent, superintendents, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; one Assistant General Superintendent, at three thousand dollars; one chief clerk, office of General Superintendent, at two thousand dollars; one assistant chief clerk, office of General Superintendent, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; eleven division superintendents, at two thousand seven hundred dollars each; eleven assistant division superintendents, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; twenty-two assistant, superintendents, at one thou-sand six hundred dollars each; one hundred and nine chief clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each: one thousand I wo hundred and ninety-two clerks, class five, at not exceeding one thousand four hundred dollars each; four hundred and ninety-one clerks, class live, at not exceeding One thousand three hundred dollars each; one thousand five hundred and four clerks, class four, at not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars each; eight hundred and twenty-three clerks, class four, at not exceeding one thousand one hundred dollars each; three thousand four hundred and sixty-one clerks, class three, at not exceeding one thousand dollars each; two thousand one hundred and eighty-eight clerks, class two, at not exceeding nine hundred dollars each; six hundred and eighty clerks, class one, at not exceeding eight hundred dollars each.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For substitutes for clerks on vacation, forty thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substitute clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual leaves of absence.</p></sidenote> That the Postmaster-General may allow railway postal clerks whose duties require them to work six days or more per week, fifty-two weeks per year, an annual vacation of fifteen days with pay.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For acting clerks, in place of clerks injured while on duty, and to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acting clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance in case of death.</p></sidenote> enable the Postmaster-General to pay the sum of one thousand dollars to the legal representatives of any railway postal clerk who shall be killed while on duty or who, being injured while on duty, shall die within one year thereafter as the result of such injury, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For actual and necessary expenses of General Superintendent, Assistant General Superintendent,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> chief clerk office of General<page identifier="/us/stat/32/116">116</page> Superintendent, assistant chief clerk office of General Superintendent, division superintendents, assistant division superintendents, chief clerks, and railway postal clerks, while actually traveling on business of the Department and away from their several designated headquarters, twenty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, light, fuel, telegraph, and miscellaneous office expenses,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous expenses.</p></sidenote> schedules of mail trains, telephone.service, typewriting machines, and badges for railway postal clerks, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem allowance of assistant superintendents, thirty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, assistant superintendents.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That assistant superintendents may receive a per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance.</p></sidenote> diem allowance in lieu of actual and necessary traveling expenses at the rate of four dollars per day while actually traveling on business of the Department and away from their several designated head-quarters.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for Railway Mail Service, eleven million two hundred and eighty-two thousand live hundred and forty dollars. And the appointment and assignment of clerks hereunder shall be so made during the fiscal year as not to involve, a greater aggregate expenditure than this sum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For inland transportation of mail by electric and cable cars, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electric and cable car service.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That the rate of compensation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rate per mile.</p></sidenote> to be paid per mile shall not exceed the rate now paid to companies performing said service.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from Washington<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special facilities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington to Atlanta and New Orleans.</p></sidenote> to Atlanta and New Orleans, one hundred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That no part of the appropriation made by this paragraph shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condition.</p></sidenote> he expended unless the Postmaster-General shall deem such expenditure necessary in order to promote the interest of the postal service.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas City to Newton, Kans</p></sidenote> Kansas City, Missouri, to Newton. Kansas, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: <i>Provided,</i> That no part<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condition.</p></sidenote> of this appropriation shall be expended unless the Postmaster-General shall deem such expenditure necessary in order Io promote the interest of the postal service.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, including railway guides, city directories,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> and other books and periodicals necessary in connection with mail transportation, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of foreign mails, two million five hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign mails.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mails to Tahiti.</p></sidenote> eighty-seven thousand dollars, including additional compensation to the Oceanic Steamship Company for transporting the mails by its steamers sailing from San Francisco to Tahiti; all mails made up in the United States destined for the island of Tahiti, forty-five thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That the sum paid the said Oceanic Steamship Company<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 832.</p></sidenote> shall not exceed one dollar per mile, as authorized by Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce: </proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided further.</i> That hereafter<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks on steam ships.</p></sidenote> 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, and not exceeding forty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer to piers, etc., New York, Jersey City, and San Francisco.</p></sidenote> dollars for transferring the foreign mail from incoming steamships in New Fork Bay to the several steamship and railway piers, and between the steamship piers in New York City and Jersey City and the post-office and railroad stations, and for transferring the foreign mail from incoming steamships in San Francisco Bay to the piers.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For balances due foreign countries, one hundred and sixty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance due foreign countries.</p></sidenote> dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/117">117</page></p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>office of the third assistant postmaster-general.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third Assistant Postmaster-General.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manufacture of adhesive postage and special-delivery stamps,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamps.</p></sidenote> two hundred and eighty thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That hereafter,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manufacture by Bureau of Engraving and Printing.</p></sidenote> when in the opinion of the Postmaster-General the interests of the Post-Office Department require it, the manufacturing of special-delivery and adhesive postage stamps may be done by the Treasury Department (Bureau of Engraving and Printing), in conformity with an agreement satisfactory to both the Postmaster-General and the Secretary of the Treasury.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> of agency, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamped envelopes, etc.</p></sidenote> seven hundred and sixteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of agent, and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manufacture, of postal cards, one hundred and seventy-seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal cards.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> expenses of agency, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For registered-package, tag, official, and dead-letter envelopes, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official, etc., envelopes.</p></sidenote> hundred and forty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ship, steamboat, and way letters, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship, etc., letters.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of pieces of first-class<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indemnity for lost registered mail.</p></sidenote> registered matter, twelve thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That the Postmaster-General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of indemnity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 599.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3926/p762">R. S., sec. 3926, p. 762</ref>.</p></sidenote> may increase the amount of indemnity provided for in Act of February twenty-seven th, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, an Act amendatory of section thirty-nine hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes, to not exceeding one hundred dollars.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For blanks, books, and printed matter of urgent or special character,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blanks, etc.</p></sidenote> including the preparation, publication, and free distribution to the pu bl ic of a pamph 1 ci containing’ general postal information, and for metallic advertising signs, intaglio seals, and other miscellaneous items of immediate necessity for the registry system, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>office of the fourth assistant postmaster-general.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mail depredations and post-office inspectors, including salaries<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mail depredations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors.</p></sidenote> of fifteen inspectors in charge of divisions at two thousand live hundred dollars per annum without per diem, and six inspectors at two thousand four hundred dollars without per diem, and fifteen inspectors at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum without per diem, and fifteen inspectors at two thousand dollars per annum without per diem, and for salaries of post-office inspectorsand clerks; and for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem.</p></sidenote> per diem allowance of inspectors in the field while actually traveling on business for the Department, six hundred thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> That the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, allow post-office<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance.</p></sidenote> inspectors per diem while temporarily located at any place on duty away from home, or their designated domicile, for a period not exceeding twenty consecutive days at any one place, and may make, rules and regulations governing the foregoing provisions relating to per diem:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided further,</i> That of the amount herein appropriated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Obtaining information, etc.</p></sidenote> not to exceed two thousand dollars may be expended, in the discretion of the Postmaster-General, for the purpose of securing information concerning violations of the postal laws, and for services and information looking toward the apprehension of criminals.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rewards, etc.</p></sidenote> post-office burglars, robbers, and highway mail robbers, twenty-five thousand dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/118">118</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></p>
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<num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
<content>That the appropriations herein made for the officers, clerks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No payments to incapacitated persons.</p></sidenote> and persons employed in the postal service shall not be available for the compensation of any persons permanently incapacitated for per-forming such service. The establishment of a civil pension roll or an<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil pension or honorable service roll prohibited.</p></sidenote> honorable service roll, or the exemption of any of the officers, clerks, and persons in the postal service from the existing laws respecting employment in such service, is hereby prohibited.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">Sec. 3. </num>
<content>That if the revenues of the Post-Office Department shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations to meet deficiencies.</p></sidenote> insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this Act, a sum equal to such deficiency of the revenues of said Department is hereby appropriated. to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply said deficiencies in the revenues for the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 21, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 585: Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>585.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-22">April 22, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/79">Public, No. 79</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Urgent deficiencies appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following sums be, rind 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 nineteen hundred and two, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:</content>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>executive office.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive office.</p></sidenote>
<content class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> therefor, as well as record books, telegrams, telephones, books for library, miscellaneous items, and furniture and carpets for offices, care of office carriage, horses, and harness, three thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>treasury department.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>
<content class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To defray the cost of cancelling documentary stamps imprinted on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cancelling documentary stamps, etc.</p></sidenote> checks, drafts, and other instruments, where the return of such instruments is demanded by the owners, and all necessary expenses incident to such cancellation, including room rent, drayage, and boxing, to be disbursed under the direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, fifteen thousand dollars, to remain available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.</content>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>senate.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fifteen thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inquiries and investigations.</p></sidenote> 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 thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>house of representatives.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House of Representatives.</p></sidenote>
<content class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and oil for heating apparatus, se ven thousand two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>printing and binding.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing and binding.</p></sidenote>
<content class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for the Department of Justice, six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote> dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/119">119</page></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>district of columbia.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote>
<content class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Board of Children’s Guardians: For care of feeble-minded children;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Children’s Guardians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care of feeble-minded children.</p></sidenote> board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of said board by the courts of the District, and for the temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, nine thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 22, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 586: Granting to the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company the right to use for railroad purposes the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile County, Alabama, and now held for light-house purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>586</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 119</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-23</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>586.—</docNumber>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Granting to the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company the right to use for railroad purposes the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile County, Alabama, and now held for light-house purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-23">April 23, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/80">Public, No. 80</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choctaw Point, Ala.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way, etc., to Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company.</p>
</sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That in consideration of provisions hereinafter contained there is hereby granted to the Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company the right to build and construct wharves, docks, piers, and other structures for use in the operation of its railroad upon the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile County, Alabama, and now held by the United States for lighthouse purposes, and to lay its tracks upon and over said wharves, docks, and piers: <proviso> <i>Provided, however,</i> That at least three hundred feet of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reservation for light-house.</p></sidenote> wharves, docks, and piers shall be designated and set apart, subject to the approval of the Light-House Board, for the exclusive use of the United States for light-house purposes, which said wharves, docks, and piers so designated and set apart shall be maintained and kept in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of channel.</p></sidenote> repair by the said railroad company, and the water approaches thereto kept dredged at the United States dredged channel depth without cost to the United States.</proviso></content>
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<num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
<content>That within fifteen days after the approval of this Act the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-House Board to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> said railroad company shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury complete plans showing the wharves, docks, and piers to be constructed, upon which shall be designated the portion of said proposed wharves, docks, or piers to be set apart for the use of the United States as provided in the first section of this Act, said plans, in so far as said wharves, docks, and piers are to be erected upon the lands of the United States, to be approved by the Light-House Board.</content>
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<num value="3">Sec. 3. </num>
<content>That within thirty days from the approval of the plans as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> hereinbefore provided the said railroad company shall commence the construction of the said wharves, docks, and piers, and shall within five months from the commencement of the said work have completed and ready for use by the United States that portion of the said wharves, docks, and piers designated as hereinbefore provided for the use of the United States.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">Sec. 4. </num>
<content>That the United States shall have free access at all times<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free access across tracks reserved.</p></sidenote> across the trucks of said railroad company by the most convenient route, to be determined by the Light-House Board, for pedestrians, drays, and wagons, for light-house purposes, to the end of the wharf or pier designated as hereinbefore provided: <proviso> <i>Provided, however.</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of possession reserved by the United States.</p></sidenote> the United States shall have the right at any time, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, to take possession, for public purposes, of said tract of land and the wharves, docks, piers, and other structures so built and erected upon the land of the United States, and the United States shall thereafter make the said railroad company just compensation for the said structures so made upon the land of the United States by the said railroad company, and so taken by the United States, and said compensation shall be paid as soon as the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> amount thereof may. be determined in the manner hereinafter provided. Should the Secretary of the Treasury and said railroad company be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings upon failure to agree.</p></sidenote> unable to agree as to the amount to be so paid by the Government,<page identifier="/us/stat/32/120">120</page> either party may bring proper proceedings in the circuit court of the United States at Mobile, in the State of Alabama, to ascertain and determine the amount of the liability of the United States:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure of compliance by company.</p></sidenote> further,</i> That should the United States repossess itself of said land on account of failure of the railroad company to comply with the termsand provisions of this Act, then the United States shall not. be required to compensate the railroad company for said structures.</proviso></content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 23, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 588: To authorize the Quincy Railroad Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to rebuild the draw span of its bridge across the Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>588</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>588.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Quincy Railroad Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, to rebuild the draw span of its bridge across the Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-24">April 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/81">Public, No. 81</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quincy Railroad Bridge Company may rebuild draw of bridge, Quincy, Ill.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 244.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approval of plans.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That in order to provide a proper and .separate passageway for vehicles and fool passengers across the draw span of its bridge across the Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois, built under authority of an Act of Congress approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the Quincy Railroad Bridge Company, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to rebuild the draw span of said bridge with such clear width of openings on each side of the central or pivot pier as may be approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War.</content>
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<dc:title>Chap. 592: To further amend section twenty-three hundred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>592</docNumber>
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<docNumber>592.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To further amend section twenty-three hundred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-26">April 26, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/82">Public, No. 82</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2399/p440">R. S., sec. 2399, p. 440</ref>, amended.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 650; Vol. 28, p. 285.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">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), and Act of Congress of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four (Statutes at Large, volume twenty-eight, page two hundred and eighty-five), he further amended so as to read as follows, namely:
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2399">“Sec. 2399. </num>
<content>The printed manual of surveying instructions for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manual of surveying instructions, 1902, etc., deemed part of surveying contracts.</p></sidenote> survey of the public lands of the United States and private land claims, prepared at the General Land Office, and bearing date January first, nineteen hundred and two, the instructions of the Commissioner of the General Laud 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 lands of the United States and private land claims.”</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 26, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 594: Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>594</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 120</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-28</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>594.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-28">April 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/83">Public, No. 83</ref>.]</p>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative, executive, and judicial expenses appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are .hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the<page identifier="/us/stat/32/121">121</page> service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:</content>
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<heading>LEGISLATIVE.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>senate.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of Senators, tour hundred and fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Senators.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mileage of Senators, forty-live thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation, officers, etc.</p></sidenote> the service of the Senate, namely;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Vice-President</inline>: For Secretary to the VicePresident,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vice-President’s office.</p></sidenote> two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; for messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars: telegraph operator, one thousand four hundred dollars; telegraph page, six hundred dollars; in all. five thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Chaflain</inline>: For Chaplain of the Senate, nine hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chaplain.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office OF Secretary</inline>: For Secretary of the Senate, including compensation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of the Senate, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> as disbursing officer of the contingent fund of the Senate, live thousand dollars, 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, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: financial clerk, three thousand dollars and seven hundred and fifty dollars additional for the financial clerk while the office is held by the present incumbent; principal clerk, minute and journal clerk, and enrolling clerk, at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars each: reading clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars: assistant financial clerk, t wo thousand four hundred dollars; librarian, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, and two hundred and eighty dollars additional while the office is held by the present incumbent: assistant librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; messenger, acting as assistant librarian, one thousand six 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 two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant keeper of stationery, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant in stationery room, one thousand dollars, and two hundred dollars additional while the office is held by the present incumbent; two messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; assistant messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: in all. sixty-rune thousand five hundred and eighty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Document room</inline>: For superintendent of the document room (Amzi<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Document room.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superin tendent, etc.</p></sidenote> Smith), three thousand dollars; first assistant in document room, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two assistants in document, room, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; clerk to superintendent of document room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; skilled laborer, one thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clerks’ and messengers to committees: For clerk of printing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks and messengers to committees.</p></sidenote> 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 thou-sand 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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/122">122</page> forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Commerce, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks and messengers to committees—Continued.</p></sidenote> two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Pensions, two thou-sand two hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant clerks, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; messenger, one thou-sand 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; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty 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 thou-sand 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 tiro 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, Public Health and National Quarantine, Private Land Claims. Patents, Coast Defenses, Privileges and Elections, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Rules. Civil Service and Retrenchment, Enrolled Bills, Geological Survey, Railroads, Pacific Railroads, Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, Philippines. Relations with Cuba. Interoceanic Canals, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Improvement of the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, and clerk to conference minority of the Senate, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; clerks to committees on Woman<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to committees, at $2,100 a year.</p></sidenote> Suffrage, and Mines and Mining, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For twenty clerks to committees, at one thousand eight hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to committees, at $1,800 a year.</p></sidenote> dollars each, thirty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper</inline>; For Sergeant-at-Arms<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sergeant-at-Arms and assistants.</p></sidenote> and Doorkeeper, four thousand five hundred dollars; horse and wagon for his use, four hundred and twenty dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary; for clerk to Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; acting assistant doorkeeper, two thousand live hundred and ninety-two dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messengers.</p></sidenote> at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; forty-seven messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; two assistant messengers on the floor of the Senate, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each: messenger to official reporters’ room, to be selected by the official reporters, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger in charge of storeroom, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; upholsterer and locksmith, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars: three carpenters to assist him. at nine hundred and sixty dollars each; skilled laborer, one thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laborers.</p></sidenote> two janitors, at nine hundred dollars each; laborer in charge of private passage, eight hundred and forty dollars; two female attendants in charge of ladies’ retiring room, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two telephone operators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telephone operators, etc.</p></sidenote> each; telephone page, six hundred dollars: press gallery page, seven<page identifier="/us/stat/32/123">123</page> hundred and twenty dollars; four laborers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each: twenty-four laborers, at nine hundred dollars each; twenty-nine laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars-each; sixteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pages.</p></sidenote> pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session, four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; in all. one hundred and fifty-three thousand seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Post-office</inline>: For Postmaster, two thousand two hundred and fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmaster, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; assistant postmaster and mail carrier, two thousand and eightyeight 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. seventeen thousand five hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Folding room</inline>: For superintendent of folding room, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folding room.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, etc.</p></sidenote> 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; thirteen folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each: and page, six hundred dollars: in all, twenty-six thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Under Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief engineer, etc.</p></sidenote> For chief engineer, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; four assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; seven conductors of elevators, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; machinist and assistant conductor of elevators, one thousand dollars; machinist and electrician, one thousand dollars; three firemen, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each; six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all. twenty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirty annual clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of committees,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to Senators.</p></sidenote> at one thousand five hundred dollars each, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For contingent expenses, namely</inline>: For stationery and newspapers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery and news papers.</p></sidenote> for Senatorsand the President of the Senate, including three thousand dollars for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, fourteen thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage stamps for the office of the Secretary of the Senate,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage stamps.</p></sidenote> one hundred dollars; for the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms. seventy-five dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail wagons<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses and wagons.</p></sidenote> for dairying the mails, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials for folding, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folding.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heating<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, oil, etc.</p></sidenote> apparatus, exclusive of labor, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of furniture, six thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials for furniture and impairs of same, exclusive of labor, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For packing boxes, nine hundred and severity dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Packing boxes.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, seventy-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items on account of the Maltby Building, sixteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maltby Building.</p></sidenote> thousand eight hundred and folly dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigations.</p></sidenote> including compensation to stenographers to committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent<page identifier="/us/stat/32/124">124</page> Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and twenty-live cents per printed page, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For reporting the debatesand proceedings of the Senate, twenty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reporting debates.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars, payable in equal monthly installments.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of Maltby Building, two thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, Maltby Building.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of warehouse for storage of public documents for the Senate,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Storage warehouse.</p></sidenote> one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>capitol police.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol police.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For captain, one thousand six hundred dollars, and three lieutenants,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay.</p></sidenote> at one thousand two hundred dollars each, hereafter to be selected jointly by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and the Scrgeantat-Arms of the House of Representatives; thirty privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; thirty privates, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each: and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each, one-half of said privates and watchmen to be selected by the Scrgcantat-Arms of the Senate and one-half by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives; in all, seventy-four thousand two hundred dollars, one half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, three hundred dollars, one half to be disbursed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>congressional directory.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congressional Directory.</p></sidenote>
<content class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">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.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>house of representatives.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Members and Delegates.</p></sidenote> Delegates from Territories, one million eight hundred arid eight thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mileage, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the House of Representatives, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Speaker</inline>: For private secretary to the Speaker,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Speaker’s office.</p></sidenote> two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; clerk to the Speaker’s table, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, and for preparing Digest of the Rules, one thousand dollars per annum; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Speaker, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Chaplain</inline>: For Chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chaplain.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Clerk</inline>: For Clerk of the House of Representatives,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk of the House etc.</p></sidenote> including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, live thousand dollars; hire of horses and wagons and cartage for use of the Clerk’s office, seven hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary; chief clerk, journal clerk, and two reading clerks, at three thousand six hundred dollar’s each; tally clerk, three thousand dollars; printing and bill clerk, and disbursing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; the clerk, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; enrolling clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant disbursing clerk, assistant enrolling clerk, resolution and petition clerk, newspaper clerk, index clerk, assistant journal clerk, and assistant to chief clerk, at two thousand dollars each; librarian, distributing clerk, and stationery clerk, at one thousand<page identifier="/us/stat/32/125">125</page> eight hundred dollars each; our bookkeeper, two assistant librarians, and seven clerks, at one thousand-six hundred dollars each; document and bill clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; document clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; locksmith, who shall be skilled in his trade, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant in Clerk’s office, and one assistant in disbursing office, at one thousand four hundred dollars each: telegraph operator, assistant tile clerk, and stenographer to the Clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant telegraph operator authorized and named in resolution adopted January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant in library, one assistant in document room, and one assistant in stationery room, nt nine hundred dollars each; messenger in file room, nine hundred dollars; one page, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers in the bathroom (Robert Richardson and William Richardson), at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: additional laborer in the bathroom, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; assistant index clerk, one thousand live hundred dollars; page in enrolling room, and messenger in Chief Clerk’s office, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, ninety-one thousand five hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Under Superintendent of the Capitol Bihlding and Grounds</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief engineer, etc.</p></sidenote> For chief engineer, one thousand seven hundred dollars; three assist-ant engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; six conductors of elevators, at one thousand one hundred dollars each, who shall be under the supervision and direction of the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds; laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; six firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborer, one thousand dollars; two laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; laborer to clean Statuary Hall and watch statuary therein, seven hundred and twenty dollars; laborer in toilet room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; three cabinetmakers, who shall be skilled in their trade, one at one thousand two hundred dollars and Iwo at nine hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-six thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture to be under Superintendent of Capitol Building, etc.</p></sidenote> shall supervise and direct the care and repair of all furniture in the Hall, cloakrooms, lobby, committee rooms, and offices of the House, and all furniture hereafter required for the House of Representatives or for any of its committee rooms or offices shall be procured on designsand specifications made or approved by the said Superintendent.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Clerks and messengers to committees</inline>: For clerk to the Committee<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks and messengers to committees.</p></sidenote> on Ways and Means, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk and stenographer, two thousand dollars; messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; janitor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk and stenographer, two thousand dollars; messenger and assistant clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; janitor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; clerks to Committees on Accounts, Agriculture, Banking and Currency, Claims, District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs. Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Indian Affairs. Insular Affairs, Invalid Pensions. Judiciary, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Altairs, Naval Affairs, Pensions, Post-Office and PostRonds, Printing, Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, Revision of the Laws. 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; for janitors for rooms of the Committees on Accounts, Agriculture,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Janitors.</p></sidenote> Banking and Currency, Claims. District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Indian<page identifier="/us/stat/32/126">126</page> Affairs, Insular Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Judiciary, Library, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Post-Office and Post-Roads, Pensions, Printing, Public Buildings and Grounds. Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, and War Claims, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, and said janitors shall be appointed by the chairmen respectively of said committees and shall perform all of the duties heretofore required of messengers detailed to said committees by the Doorkeeper; in all, seventy-nine thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For an assistant clerk to each of the Committees on Military Affairs and Naval Affairs, at six dollars per day each during the session, one thousand four hundred and fifty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sixteen clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day during<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to committees, session.</p></sidenote> the session, eleven thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Serge ant-at-Arms</inline>: For Sergeant-at-Arms of the House<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sergeant-at-Arms, deputy, etc.</p></sidenote> of Representatives, four thousand five hundred dollars; deputy to the Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; paying teller, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; book-keeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant bookkeeper, nine hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk in charge of pairs, one thousand four hundred dollars; page, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and skilled laborer, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, eighteen thousand five hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Doorkeeper</inline>: For Doorkeeper, three thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Doorkeeper, assistant, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; hire of horses, feed, repair of wagon and harness, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: assistant doorkeeper, and Department messenger, at two thousand dollars each; one special employee (John T. Chancey), one thousand live hundred dollars; one special employee, one thousand five hundred dollars: clerk to Doorkeeper, and janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; thirteen messengers, including the messenger to the reporters gallery,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messengers.</p></sidenote> at one thousand two hundred dollars each: thirteen messengers, at one thousand dollars each; messenger to the Speaker’s table, one thousand dollars: fourteen messengers on the soldiers’ roll, at one thou-sand two hundred dollars each; twelve laborers, at seven hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laborers.</p></sidenote> twenty dollars each; two laborers in the water-closet, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one laborer, six hundred dollars; eight laborers, known as cloakroom men. at fifty dollars per month each: ten laborers, during the session, at sixty dollars per month each, two thousand four hundred dollars; female attendant in ladies’ retiring room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent of folding<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of folding room, etc.</p></sidenote> room, two thousand dollars; four clerks in folding room, one at one thousand eight hundred dollars, and three at one thousand two hundred dollars each; foreman, one thousand five hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; page, five hundred dollars; laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; nine folders, at nine hundred dollars each; five folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; eighteen folders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; night watchman, nine hundred dollars; driver, six hundred dollars; two chief pages,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pages.</p></sidenote> at nine hundred dollars each; thirty-three pages, during the session, including two riding pages and two telephone pages, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, during the session, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, three thousand and twenty-five dollars; horse and buggy for Department messenger, two hundred and fifty dollars; superintendent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of document room, etc.</p></sidenote> of document room, two thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of document room, one thousand eight hundred dollars; six assistants in document room, one at one thousand six hundred dollars, two at. one thousand four hundred dollars each, one at one thousand two hundred dollars, and two at one thousand dollars each; in all, one<page identifier="/us/stat/32/127">127</page> hundred and forty-three thousand and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Far employment of Joel Grayson in document room, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joel Grayson</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the following minority employees authorized and named in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minority employees.</p></sidenote> resolution adopted by the House of Representatives December tenth, nineteen hundred and one. namely: One special employee, one thousand five hundred dollars; two special messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; and one special chief page, nine hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars additional for services as pair clerk; in all, five thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the assistant Department messenger authorized and named in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special employees.</p></sidenote> the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives December seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the special messenger authorized and named in the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives January fifteenth, nineteen hundred, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue the employment of the special messenger, authorized in the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives December eighteenth, nineteen hundred, to serve in the room assigned the minority side of the House, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue the employment of the assistant foreman of the folding room, authorized and named in the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives February sixth, nineteen hundred, at three dollars and eighty-five cents per day. one thousand four hundred and five dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue the employment of the person authorized and named in the resolution of the House adopted June fifth, nineteen hundred, as a laborer, at fifty dollars per month, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To continue the employment of the special messenger authorized and named in the resolution of the House adopted February seventh, nineteen hundred, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Successors to any of the employees provided for in the seven preceding<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment.</p></sidenote> paragraphs may he named by the House of Representatives at any time prior to July first, nineteen hundred and three.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Postmaster</inline>: For Postmaster, two thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postmaster, assistant, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; assistant postmaster, two thousand dollars; twel ve messengers, including messenger to superintend transportation of mails, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; eight messengers, at one hundred dollars per month each, during the session, three thousand two hundred dollars; and one laborer seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses and wagons.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Official Reporters</inline>: For five official reporters of the proceedings<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reporting debates.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Stenographers to committees</inline>: For three stenographers to committees,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stenographers to committees.</p></sidenote> at five thousand dollars each; assistant stenographer to committees. one thousand six hundred dollars: in all, sixteen thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That wherever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“During the session” to mean 121 days.</p></sidenote> paragraphs they shall be construed to mean the one hundred and twenty-one days from December first, nineteen hundred and two, to March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three, inclusive.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk here, Members and Delegates: To pay Members and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk hire, Members and Delegates.</p></sidenote> Delegates the amounts which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of<page identifier="/us/stat/32/128">128</page> their official and representative duties, as provided in the joint, resolution<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 757.</p></sidenote> approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, House resolutions adopted May eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 687.</p></sidenote> January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two. and the deficiency appropriation Act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, four hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: and Representatives and Delegates elect to Congress whose credentials in due form of law have been duly filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s31/p6">R. S., sec. 31, p. 6</ref>.</p></sidenote> the provisions of section thirty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, shall be entitled to payment under this appropriation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fok contingent expenses, namely: For wrapping paper, paste-board,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folding materials.</p></sidenote> paste, twine, newspaper wrappers, and other necessary mate rials 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 House, under the provisions of the Act approved January twelfth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 624.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the public printing and binding), seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, thirteen thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel and oil.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, nine thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For packing boxes, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Packing boxes.</p></sidenote> so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for members of the House of Representatives, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars for stationary for the use of the committees and officers of the House, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage stamps for the Postmaster, one hundred dollars; for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage stamps.</p></sidenote> Clerk, three hundred dollars; for the Sergeant-at-Arms, two hundred dollars; and for the Doorkeeper, fifty dollars: in all, six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>office of the public printer.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public printing.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Public Printer, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public , Printer, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; clerk in charge of Congressional Record at Capitol, two thousand dollars; clerk of class four; two clerks of class three: one clerk of class two; in all, fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, namely: For stationery, postage, advertising,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> traveling expenses, horses and wagons, and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>library of congress.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library of Congress.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">General Administration: For Librarian of Congress, six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Librarian, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; chief assistant librarian, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; Librarian’s secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk (assistant to chief clerk), one thousand dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand one hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mail and Supply: For assistant in charge, one thousand two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mail and supply division.</p></sidenote> dollars; one assistant, nine hundred dollars; one messenger boy. three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Packing and Stamping: For two attendants, at seven hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Packing and stamping.</p></sidenote> twenty dollars each; one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Order (purchasing): For chief of division, two thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Order division.</p></sidenote> dollars; one assistant, one thousand five hundred dollars; one<page identifier="/us/stat/32/129">129</page> assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; three assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two assistants, at six hundred dollars each: one assistant, five hundred and twenty dollars; and t wo messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Catalogue and shelf: For chief of division, three thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catalogue and shelf division.</p></sidenote> five assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; seven assistants, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; six assistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; twelve assistants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; six assistants, atone thousand dollars each; fourteen assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; four assistants, at eight hundred dollars each; thirteen assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three assistants, at six hundred dollars each; ten assistants, at five hundred and forty dollars each; four assistants, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; six messengers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all. eighty-seven thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Binding: For one assistant in charge, one thousand two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catalogue and shelf division.</p></sidenote> dollars; one assistant, nine hundred dollars: one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all. two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bibliography: For chief of division, two thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bibliography division.</p></sidenote> dollars: one assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assist-ants, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Reading rooms (including evening service) and special collections:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reading room officials.</p></sidenote> For superintendent of reading room, three thousand dollars; two assistants, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; four assistants, atone, thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant (reading room for the blind), one thousand two hundred dollars; five assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; ten assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; evening service: live assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; fifteen assistants, at seven hundred and twentv dollars each; one attendant, Senate reading room, nine hundred dollars; one attendant, Representatives’ reading room, nine hundred dollars; one attendant. Representatives’ reading room, seven hundred and twenty dollars: two attendants, cloakrooms, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one attendant. Toner Library, nine hundred dollars; one attendant, Washingtonian Library, nine hundred dollars; four messenger boys at three hundred and sixty dollars each; two watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: in all. forty-seven thousand six hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Periodical (including evening service): For chief of division, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Periodical division.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; chief assistant, one thousand five hundred dollars; two assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each: for arrears of sorting and collating and to enable periodical reading room to be open in the evening: two assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, nine thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Documents: For chief of division, three thousand dollars; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Document division.</p></sidenote> assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, five thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Manuscript; For chief of division, three thousand dollars; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manuscript division.</p></sidenote> assistant, one thousand live hundred dollars; one assistant, nine hundred dollars; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, five thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/130">130</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Maps and charts: For chief of division, two thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Map and chart division.</p></sidenote> dollars; one assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger boy. three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, six thousand live hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Music: For chief of division, two thousand dollars; one assistant,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Music division.</p></sidenote> one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand dollars; two assistants, at. seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, six thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Prints: For chief of division, two thousand dollars; one assistant,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prints division.</p></sidenote> one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Smithsonian deposit: For custodian, one thousand live hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smithsonian deposit.</p></sidenote> one assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger boy. three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, three thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Congressional Reference Library: For custodian, one thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congressional reference library.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars: one assistant, nine hundred dollars; one assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all. five thousand and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Law Library: For custodian, two thousand five hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law library.</p></sidenote> two assistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one messenger, nine hundred dollars; one assistant for evening service, one thousand live hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Copyright office</inline>, under the direction of the Librarian of Congress:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Copyright office.</p></sidenote> Register of copyrights, three thousand dollars; chief clerk and chief of bookkeeping division, two thousand dollars: chief of application division, two thousand dollars; two clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; seven clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; ten clerks, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; four clerks, atone thousand dollars each: ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: two clerks, at. eight hundred dollars each; nine clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one clerk, six hundred dollars; one inessenger boy, three hundred anil sixty dollars. Arrears, special service; Three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one porter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Librarian of Congress to employ during the last quarter<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional assistants.</p></sidenote> of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two such of the additional assistants in the Copyright Office as are herein provided for in the Library of Congress for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, and at the rates of compensation prescribed, two thousand four hundred and ten dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For special, temporary, and miscellaneous service, at the discretion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary, etc., service.</p></sidenote> of the Librarian, to continue available until expended, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Library of Congress to be kept open for reference use<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sunday opening.</p></sidenote> from two until ten o’clock post meridian on Sundays, including the extra services of employeesand the services of additional employees under the Librarian, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Increase of Library of Congress</inline>: For purchase of hooks for the Library, and for freight, commissions, and traveling expenses inci-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/131">131</page>dental to the acquisition of books by purchase, gift, or exchange, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of books and for periodicals for the law library, under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law books.</p></sidenote> the direction of the Chief Justice, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exchange of documents.</p></sidenote> of foreign governments, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous periodicals mid newspapers, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Periodicals.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, ninety-one thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the Library, stationery,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> supplies, and all stock and materials directly purchased, miscellaneous traveling expenses, postage, transportation, and all incidental expenses connected with the administration of the Library and the Copyright Office, seven thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Custody, care, and maintenance of library building and grounds</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care of building and grounds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, etc.</p></sidenote> For superintendent of the Library building and grounds, five thousand dollars; for clerks, messengers, watchmen, engineers, firemen, electricians, elevator conductors, mechanics, laborers, char-women, and others, as follows: Chief clerk, two thousand dollars; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; messenger; assistant messenger; telephone operator, six hundred dollars; captain of watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; lieutenant of watch, one thousand dollars; eighteen watchmen: carpenter, nine hundred dollars; painter, nine hundred dollars: foreman of laborers, nine hundred dollars; thirteen laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two attend-ants in ladies’ room, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two check boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; mistress of charwomen, four hundred and twenty-five dollars; assistant mistress of charwomen, three hundred dollars; forty charwomen; chief engineer, one thousand live hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thou-sand dollars each; electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; assist-ant electrician, one thousand dollars; two machinists, at nine hundred dollars each; plumber, nine hundred dollars; two elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; nine firemen; six skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, seventy-two thousand six hundred and five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous supplies, electric and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p></sidenote> steam apparatus, reference hooks, stationery, and all incidental expenses in connection with the custody, care, and maintenance of said building and grounds, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture, including partitions, screens, and shelving, forty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra services of employees and additional employees under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sunday opening.</p></sidenote> superintendent of Library building and grounds to provide for the opening of the Library building from two until ten o’clock post meridian on Sundays, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>BOTANIC GARDEN.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Botanic Garden.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, etc.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For assistants and laborers, under the direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, twelve thousand and ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For procuring manure, tools, fuel, purchasing trees, shrubs, plants,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and improvements.</p></sidenote> and seeds; and for sei<sup>1</sup> vices, materials, and miscellaneous supplies, and<page identifier="/us/stat/32/132">132</page> contingent expenses in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Guldens, under direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>EXECUTIVE.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the President of the United States, fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of the President.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation to the following in the office of the President of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive office.</p></sidenote> the United States: Secretary, live thousand dollars; two assistant secretaries,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary, assistants, etc.</p></sidenote> at three thousand dollars each; executive clerk, two thousand two hundred dollars; executive clerk and disbursing officer, two thou-sand dollars; two clerks, at two thousand dollars each; six clerks of class four; one clerk of class four who shall be a telegrapher; two clerks of class three; steward, one thousand eight hundred dollars; usher to the President, one thousand eight hundred dollars: chief door-keeper. one thousand eight hundred dollars: four doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three messengers, at nine hundred dollars each; watchman, nine hundred dollars; one fireman; laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, fifty-five thousand and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> therefor, as well as record books, telegrams, telephones, books for library, miscellaneous items, and furniture and carpets for offices, care of office carriages, horses, and harness, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil Service Commission.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners, examiner, etc.</p></sidenote> each; chief examiner, three thousand dollars; 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; engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; two firemen; two watchmen; one elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and two messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all. ninety-four thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners acting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, seven thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF STATE.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of State.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay o f Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; Second and Third Assistant Secretaries, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; assistant solicitor of the Department of State, to be appointed by the Secretary of State, two thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk, to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of State, to edit the laws of Congress and perform such other duties as he may require of him, two thousand five hundred dollars; seven chiefs of bureaus and two translators, at two thousand one hundred dollars each: additional to Chief of Bureau of Accounts as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; private secretary to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; twelve clerics of class four: six clerks of class three: twelve clerks of class two; twenty-five clerks of class one, one of whom is to be a telegraph operator; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; chief messenger, one thousand dollars; two<page identifier="/us/stat/32/133">133</page> messengers; fifteen assistant messengers; packer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and for temporary typewriters and stenographers, to be selected by the Secretary, two thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs,and for the purchase<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, etc.</p></sidenote> of passport paper, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books and maps and books for the library, two thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books, etc.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For services of lithographer and necessary materials for the lithographic<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lithographer, etc.</p></sidenote> press, one. thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, namely: For care, and subsistence of horses,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> to be used only for official purposes, and repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, rent of stable, telegraphic and electric apparatus and repairs to the same, and miscellaneous items not included in the fore-going; in all, three thousand live hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>TREASURY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Secretary</inline>; For compensation of the Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> the Treasury, eight thousand dollars; three Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, at four thousand live hundred dollars each; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty 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 control of the Treasury, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; four messengers; three assistant messengers, and one laborer; in all, forty-three thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of chief clerk and superintendent: For chief clerk, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief clerk, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> three hundred dollars as superintendent of Treasury building, three thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of Treasury building, two thousand five hundred dollars; inspector of electric-light plants, gas, and fixtures for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, two thousand dollars; assistant inspector of electric-light plants and draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; five 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; four clerks of class one (one as librarian); one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; telephone operator and assistant telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; chief engineer, one thousand four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each; six elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three firemen; five firemen, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; coal passer, five hundred dollars; locksmith and electrician, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; captain of the watch, one thousand four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watchmen.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine, hundred dollars each; sixty-four watchmen; foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laborers.</p></sidenote> skilled laborer, male, eight hundred and forty dollars; three skilled laborers, male, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-six laborers; ten laborers, at live hundred dollars each; laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars: two laborers, at three hundred mid sixty dollars each; ninety charwomen; foreman of cabinet shop, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cabinet shop.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; eleven cabinetmakers, at one thousand dollars each; cabinetmaker, seven hundred and twenty dollars; carpenter, one thousand dollars; carpenter’s helper, six hundred and sixty dollars. For the Winder<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Winder Building.</p></sidenote> Building: Engineer, one thousand dollars; three firemen; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four watchmen; three laborers, one of whom, when necessary, shall assist and relieve the<page identifier="/us/stat/32/134">134</page> conductor of the elevator; laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cox Building.</p></sidenote> and six charwomen. For the Cox Building, seventeen hundred and nine New York avenue: Three watchmennremen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and one laborer; in all, one hundred and eighty-one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of bookkeeping and warrants: For chief of division, three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bookkeeping and warrants division.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand seven hundred dollars; estimate and digest clerk, two thousand live hundred dollars; two principal bookkeepers, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; ten bookkeepers, at two thousand dollars each; eleven clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and one laborer: in all, sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of customs: For chief of division, two thousand seven hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Customs division.</p></sidenote> and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; five law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and two assistant messengers: in all, thirty-two thousand two hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of appointments: For chief of division, two thousand seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment division.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand, dollars; executive clerk, two thousand dollars: law and bond clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, forty-one thousand three hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of public moneys: For chief of division, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public moneys division.</p></sidenote> 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; and one assistant messenger; in all. twenty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of loans and currency: For chief of division, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loans and currency division.</p></sidenote> dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand one hundred dollars; five clerks of class four: additional to two clerks of class four as receiving clerk of bonds, and bookkeeper, one hundred dollars each; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; nine expert counters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; six laborers; superintendent of paper room, one thousand two hundred dollars; paper cutter, at three dollars per day; paper counter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; twenty-seven paper counters and laborers, at six hundred and twenty dollars each; and one laborer, live hundred and fifty dollars; and for continuing two additional clerks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional force, war with Spain.</p></sidenote> at nine hundred dollars each, and six additional paper counters and laborers, at six hundred and twenty dollars each, rendered necessary because of increase of work incident to the war with Spain; in all, seventy-three thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of Revenue-Cutter Service: For assistant chief of division,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue-Cutter division.</p></sidenote> two thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one laborer; in all, twenty-one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That First Lieutenant David H. Jarvis,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">David H. Jarvis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">May accept appointment as collector of customs, Alaska.</p></sidenote> Revenue-Cutter Service, be authorized to accept the appointment of collector of customs for the district of Alaska, to which he has been<page identifier="/us/stat/32/135">135</page> nominated and confirmed, and to qualify thereunder, and that by so doing he shall not vacate his commission as an officer in the Ue venue-Cutter Service, but shall not receive his salary as such while serving as collector of customs in and for the district named.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Miscellaneous division: For chief of division, two thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous division.</p></sidenote> dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class one; clerk, one thousand dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of stationery, printing, and blanks: For chief of division,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, etc., division.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; two assistant messengers; one laborer; foreman of bindery, at five dollars per day; four binders, at foul’ dollars per day each; and two sewers and folders, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; in all. thirty-seven thousand and eighteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of mail and tiles: For chief of division, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mail and files division.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; registered mail and bond clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class two; additional to one clerk of class two, in charge of documents, two hundred dollars; 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; and two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of special agents: For assistant chief of division, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents division.</p></sidenote> four hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all. thirteen thousand five hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Offices of disbursing clerks: For two disbursing clerks, at two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursing clerks.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in al , thirteen thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Supervising Architect</inline>: In the construction branch<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervising Architect’s office.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury: For Supervising Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, computers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draftsmen, etc.</p></sidenote> 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: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That the expenditures on this account<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote> for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of the Treasury shall each year in the annual estimates report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Comptroller of the Treasury</inline>; For Comptroller of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Comptroller’s office</p></sidenote> the Treasury, five thousand five hundred dollars; Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, tv o thousand five hundred dollars; chief law clerk, two thousand live hundred dollars; six law clerks revising accounts and briefing opinions, one at two thousand one hundred dollars and five at two thousand dollars each; private secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four<page identifier="/us/stat/32/136">136</page> expert accountants,at two thousand dollars each; seven clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; typewriter-copyist, one thousand dollars; two messengers; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, fifty-seven thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to N. H. Thompson,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Digest of Decisions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to N. H. Thompson.</p></sidenote> a law clerk in the Treasury Department, for services rendered outside of office hours, in the preparation of a digest of the decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Auditor for Treasury Department</inline>: For Auditor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Auditor for Treasury Department.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seventeen clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each: three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers: four laborers; and for continuing three clerks of class one and for four additional clerks of class one. rendered necessary by increased work incident to the war with Spain: in all, one hundred and twenty-four thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerical force for the liquidation of manifests of vessels and cars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks on manifests.</p></sidenote> arriving in the United States from foreign countries with merchandise intended for consumption, namely: For one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Auditor for War Department</inline>; For Auditor, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Auditor for War Department.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; six chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seventeen clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; forty-one clerks of class three; sixty-four clerks of class two; fifty-four clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; skilled laborer, nine hundred dollars; three clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, two hundred and ninety-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the following additional force rendered necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional force, war with Spain.</p></sidenote> because of increased work incident to the war with Spain: Eight clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; thirty clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and three laborers; in all, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of restoring and repairing the worn-out and defaced<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restoring rolls, etc.</p></sidenote> rolls and vouchers in the office of the Auditor for the War Department, twenty-one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Auditor for Navy Department</inline>: For Auditor, four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five, hundred dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thou-sand dollars each; four clerks 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; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and two laborers: in all, seventy-two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the following additional force rendered necessary because of increased work incident to the war with Spain: Two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-one thousand eight hundred dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/137">137</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Auditor for Interior Department</inline>: For Auditor, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Auditor for Interior Department.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thou-sand dollars each; ten clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; thirty clerks of class two; twenty-five clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fourteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; ten laborers; and one female laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty-four thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Auditor for State and other Departments</inline>: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Auditor for State, etc., Departments.</p></sidenote> Auditor, four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand live hundred dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; twelve clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; seven 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 git ninety-three thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Auditor for Post-Office Department</inline>: For Auditor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Auditor for Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars; two Deputy Auditors, at two thousand live hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; twenty-eight clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; sixty clerks of class three; eighty-one clerks of class two; one hundred and three clerks of class one; eighty-seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; skilled laborer, one thou-sand dollars; seventy-one clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; twenty-five skilled laborers, at seven hundred mid twenty dollars each; six messengers; twelve assistant messengers; twenty-live male laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; sixty-live skilled laborers, at six hundred mid sixty dollars each; three female laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; and fifteen charwomen; in all, six hundred and fifty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Treasurer</inline>: For Treasurer of the United States,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasurer’s office.</p></sidenote> six thousand dollars; Assistant Treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; Deputy Assistant Treasurer, three thousand two hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant chief of division, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; vault clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; principal bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant bookkeeper, two thou-sand one hundred dollars; two tellers, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two assistant tellers, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each: clerk for the Treasurer, one thousand eight hundred dollars: twenty five clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; fourteen clerks of class two; coin clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars: twenty nine clerks of class one; seventeen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; sixty-three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: fifty expert counters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; nine clerks, at seven hundred dollars each: mail messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; seven messengers; six assistant messengers; thirty laborers; nine charwomen; twelve pressmen, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; twenty-four separators, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; seventeen feeders, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; compositor and pressman, one thousand four hundred dollars; machinist, nine hundred dollars; in all, three hundred and eighty-three thou-sand two hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the force employed in redeeming the national currency (to be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption of currency.</p></sidenote> reimbursed by the national banks), namely: For superintendent, three<page identifier="/us/stat/32/138">138</page> thousand five hundred dollars; teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant teller, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; fonr clerks of class two; twenty -1wo clerks of class one; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three clerks, at seven hundred dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; and two charwomen; in all, seventy-eight thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Register of the Treasury</inline>: For Register, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Register’s office.</p></sidenote> 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; six clerks of class three; live clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; twenty-two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; and four laborers; in all, sixty-five thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the following additional force, rendered necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional force, war with Spain.</p></sidenote> because of increased work incident to the war with Spain: Three clerks of class one; and three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; in all, six thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</inline>: For Comptroller<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Comptroller of the Currency.</p></sidenote> 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; eight clerks of class four; additional to bond clerk, two hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; twelve clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; engineer, one thousand dollars; thirteen clerks, at tune hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; two night watchmen; one fireman; three laborers; in all, one hundred and twelve thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the national currency (to be reimbursed by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National currency expenses.</p></sidenote> national banks), namely: For superintendent, two thousand two hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand dollars; teller, two thousand dollars; assistant bookkeeper, two thousand dollars: 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: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That for the fiscal year of nineteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">List of employees to be furnished for Official Register.</p></sidenote> hundred and two and thereafter, a full and complete list of all officers, agents, clerks, and other employees of the office of the Comptroller of the Currency, including bank examiners, receiversand attorneys for receivers, and clerks employed by such examiners and receivers, or any other person connected with the work of said office in Washington or elsewhere, whose salary or compensation is paid from the Treasury of the United States or assessed against or collected from existing or failed banks under their supervision or control, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress approved January twelfth, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 618.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-five, relating to the Official Register:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of liquidation expenses.</p></sidenote> <i>further</i>, That the Comptroller of the Currency is hereby directed to include in his Annual Report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, expenses incurred during each year, in liquidation of each failed national bank separately.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of special examinations of national banks and bank<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special examinations, etc.</p></sidenote> plates, of keeping macerator in Treasury building in repair, and for other incidental expenses attending the working of the macerator, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue</inline>: For Commissioner<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue.</p></sidenote> of Internal Revenue, six thousand dollars; deputy commis-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/139">139</page>sioner, four thousand dollars; additional deputy commissioner during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, three thousand six hundred dollars; chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars; two heads of divisions, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; four heads of divisions, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; two additional heads of division during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; superintendent of stamp vault, two thousand dollars; 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; twenty-two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; and thirteen laborers; in all, two hundred and sixty-five thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two stamp agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamp agents.</p></sidenote> two counters, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand dollars, the same to be reimbursed by the stamp manufacturers.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Light-House Board</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand four hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-House Board.</p></sidenote> dollars; title and contract clerk, two thousand dollars; accountant, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two assist-ant messengers; laborer; assistant civil engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; draftsman, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, forty thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Life-Saving Service</inline>: For General Superintendent of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-Saving Service.</p></sidenote> the Life-Saving Service, four thousand dollars; assistant general superintendent, two thousand five hundred dollars: principal clerk, two thousand dollars; topographer and hydrograph er, one thousand eight hundred dollars; civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; two clerks, atone thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one, laborer; in all, forty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Navigation</inline>: For Commissioner of Navigation, three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p></sidenote> thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; additional to one clerk designated as deputy commissioner, six 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 four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Engraving and Printing</inline>: For Director of Bureau,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Engraving and Printing.</p></sidenote> four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant director, three thousand dollars; accountant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; stenographer, one thousandsix 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, eighteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Statistics</inline>: For officer in charge of the Bureau of Statistics,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Statistics.</p></sidenote> three thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; statistical clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; one clerk, expert in foreign statistics and languages, to compile Statistical Abstract of the World, one thousand six hundred dollars; stenographer and type-writer, one thousand five hundred dollars; seven clerks of class two;<page identifier="/us/stat/32/140">140</page> ten clerks of class one; translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; ten 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, sixty thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of the services of experts, and for other necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Experts, etc.</p></sidenote> expenditures connected with the collection of facts relative to the internal and foreign commerce of the United States, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Secret Service Division</inline>; For one chief, four thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secret Service division.</p></sidenote> chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; and one attendant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, fourteen thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">National Bureau of Standards</inline>; For Director, five thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Bureau of Standards.</p></sidenote> physicist, three thousand live hundred dollars; chemist, three thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant physicists, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; two laboratory assistants, at one thou-sand four hundred dollars each; laboratory assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; laboratory assistant, one thousand dollars; laboratory assistant, nine hundred dollars; secretary, two thousand dollars: one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars: one clerk, nine hundred dollars; storekeeper, nine hundred dollars; messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; engineer, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant engineer, nine hundred dollars; mechanician, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; mechanician, one thousand dollars; one watchman; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers: laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars: in all, thirty-six thousand and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For apparatus, equipment, machinery, and materials used in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apparatus, etc.</p></sidenote> construction of equipment, apparatus, or machinery, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books, periodicals, furniture, office expenses, stationery and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> printing, heating and lighting, expenses of the visiting committee, expenses of attendance of American delegate, at the meeting of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Bureau.</p></sidenote> International Bureau of Weights and Measures, and contingencies of all kinds, live thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Director of the Mint</inline>: For Director, four thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of Director of the Mint.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars; examiner, and computer, at two thousand live, hundred dollars each; assayer, two thousand two hundred dollars; adjuster of accounts, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one: translator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one Hiousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; assistant in laboratory, one thousand two hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all. twenty-nine thou-sand seven hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For freight on bullion and coin, by registered mail or otherwise,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight.</p></sidenote> between mints and assay offices, seventy-rive thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, expenses of the Bureau of the Mint, to he expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Director, namely: For assay laboratory, chemicals, fuel, materials, and other necessaries, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books, pamphlets, periodicals, specimens of coins and ores, balances, weights, and incidentals, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the collection of statistics relative to the annual production and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statistics.</p></sidenote> consumption of the precious metals in the United States, five thousand dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/141">141</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Supervising Surgeon-General Marine-Hospital Service</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Hospital Service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 712.</p></sidenote> For Supervising Surgeon-General, five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars: two clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; five clerks of class two: five clerks of class one; clerk and translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger: five laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all. thirty-nine thousand and forty dollars, the same to be paid from the permanent appropriations for the Marine-Hospital Service.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office Supervising Inspector-General Steamboat-Inspection Service</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamboat-Inspection Service.</p></sidenote> For Supervising Inspector-General, three thousand five hundred dollars: chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class one; one clerk of class one (stenographer and typewriter); one messenger: in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and forty dollars, the same to be paid from the permanent appropriations for the Steamboat-Inspection Service.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Immigration</inline>: For Commissioner-General of Immigration,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Immigration Bureau.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; confidential clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; statistician and stenographer, with power to act as immigrant inspector, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one supervising immigrant inspector, to be attached to this Bureau in Washington for special work outside, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one clerk of class two; in all, fourteen thousand and sixty dollars, which, together with other expenses of regulating immigration, including the cost of the Federal Reporter, and also the cost of those volumes already purchased, and to be purchased during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two. not to exceed two hundred and seventy-five dollars, shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses regulating immigration.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For Contingent Expenses of the Treasury Department, including</inline><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> <inline class="smallCaps">all Buildings under Control of the Treasury in Washington. District of Columbia</inline>, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for the Treasury Department add its several Bureaus,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Festal Union<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage.</p></sidenote> countries, and for postage for the Treasury Department, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchasing material for binding important records, six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Binding.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For newspapers, law books, city directories, and other books of reference<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newspapers, etc.</p></sidenote> relating to the business of the Department, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For investigation of accounts and records, including the necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigations.</p></sidenote> 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 the District of Columbia when not properly chargeable to any other appropriation under the control of the Treasury Department, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For freight, ex pres sage, telegraph and telephone service, seven thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of buildings, twelve thousand three hundred and ninety-four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of horses and wagons, for office and mail service, to be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses and wagons.</p></sidenote> used only for official purposes, care and subsistence of horses, including shoeing, and of wagons, harness, and repairs of the same, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of ice, including ice for the office of the Auditor for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ice.</p></sidenote> the Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/142">142</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of file holders and file cases, four thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Files.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, grates, grate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel.</p></sidenote> baskets and fixtures, blowers, coal hods, coal shovels, pokers, and tongs, nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of gas. electric current for lighting and power purposes,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights.</p></sidenote> gas and electric light fixtures, electric-light wiring and material, candles, candlesticks, droplignts and tubing, gas burners, gas torches, globes, lanterns, and wicks, fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For washing and hemming towels, for the purchase of awnings and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of registering accountants, numbering machines, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Numbering machines, etc.</p></sidenote> other machines of a similar character, and repairs thereto, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of carpets, carpet border and lining, linoleum, mats,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carpets, etc.</p></sidenote> rugs, matting, and repairs, and for cleaning, cutting, making, laying, and relaying of the same, by contract, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of boxes, book rests, chairs, chair caning, chair covers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote> desks, bookcases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, leather for covering chairs and sofas, locks, lumber, screens, tables, type-writers, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, washstands, water coolers and stands, eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>collecting internal revenue.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collecting internal revenue.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of collectors and deputy collectors and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collectors, etc/</p></sidenote> surveyors, and clerks, including transportation of public funds, and also including expenses of enforcing the Act of August second, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 209.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-six, taxing oleomargarine, and the Act of August<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 218.</p></sidenote> fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, imposing upon the. Government the expense of the inspection of tobacco exported; also the Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 255.</p></sidenote> of June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, imposing a tax on tilled cheese, one million seven hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the additional clerks and other employees in the office<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional force war-revenue act.</p></sidenote> of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and for salaries and expenses of increased force of deputy collectors rendered necessary by the Act of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 450.</p></sidenote> June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, providing for war expenditures, and for other purposes, and for salaries and expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional agents.</p></sidenote> of twenty additional internal revenue agents to be appointed and employed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and these, twenty agents to be in lieu of the agents provided for and appointed under the provisions of sections three and forty-seven of the Act of June<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, pp. 449, 469.</p></sidenote> thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, providing for war revenue expenditures and other purposes, and these to be the only<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3152/p604">R. S., sec. 3152, p. 604</ref>.</p></sidenote> internal revenue agents employed in addition to those provided for in section three thousand one hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes. The existing provisions of law with regard to internal revenue agents shall apply to the duties, compensation, and expenses of these twentv additional agents, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/143">143</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the official authorized in section twelve of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legacy tax agent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 949.</p></sidenote> Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide waysand means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes’ approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to reduce taxation thereunder.” three thousand dollars; for traveling expenses, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; in all, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents, fees and expenses of gaugers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents, gaugers, etc.</p></sidenote> salaries and expenses of storekeepers and storekeepergaugers, and miscellaneous expenses, one million nine hundred thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>independent treasury.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Independent Treasury.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of assistant treasures at Baltimore: For assistant treasurer,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant treasurers’ offices.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baltimore.</p></sidenote> four thousand live hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand lour hundred dollars each: three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; three vault watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-three, thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of assistant treasurer at Boston : For assistant treasurer,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baltimore.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars; chief clerk, and paying teller, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant paying teller, two thousand two hundred dollars; vault clerk, and receiving teller, at two thousand dollars each; first bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; second bookkeeper, one thousand four hundred dollars; specie clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant specie clerk, and money clerk, at one thousand five hundred dollars each: redemption clerk, and one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; clerk, eight hundred dollars: messenger and chief watchman, one thousand and sixty dollars; Stenographer and typewriter, one thousand dollars; three watchmen and janitors, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of assistant treasurer at Chicago</inline>: For assistant treasurer,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars; cashier, two thousand live, hundred dollars; vault clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; paying teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant paying teller, one thousand five hundred dollars; assorting teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; three coin, coupon, and currency clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; twenty clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; detective and hall man, one thousand one hundred dollars; messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; stenographer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; janitor, six hundred dollars; and three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, fifty-three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of assistant treasurer at Cincinnati</inline>: For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cincinnati.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand live hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand live hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; interest clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk and stenographer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; clerk and watchman, eight hundred and forty dollars: night watchman, six hundred dollars; day watchman, six hundred dollars; in all, nineteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/144">144</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of assistant treasurer at New Orleans</inline>: Foi assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand dollars; chief clerk and cashier, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; receiving teller, and paying teller, at two thousand dollars each; bookkeeper, one thousand the hundred dollars; five 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, tire hundred dollars; day watch-man. seven hundred and twenty dollars; night watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of assistant treasurer at New York</inline>: For assistant treasurer,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York.</p></sidenote> 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; chief of division, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief of division, and chief bookkeeper, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; chief of division, and assistant chief of division, at two thousand three hundred dollars each; two assistant chiefs of division, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; two assistant tellers, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant tellers, and one bookkeeper, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; six assistant tellers, one assistant chief of division, and three bookkeepers, at two thousand dollars each; ten assistant tellers, and two bookkeepers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two assistant tellers, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; four assistant tellers, one book-keeper, and two clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; six assistant tellers, and two clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; nine assistant tellers, one bookkeeper, and four clerks, at one thousand, four hundred dollars each; one assistant teller, and two clerks, at one thousand three hundred dollars each: nine assistant tellers, and three clerks, at One thousand two hundred dollars each; six assistant tellers, at one thousand dollars each; six assistant tellers, and one clerk, at nine hundred dollars each; five assistant tellers, at eight hundred 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. thou-sand dollars each; two porters, at nine hundred dollars each; superintendent of building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief detective, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant detective, one thousand two hundred dollars; two engineers, at one thousand and fifty dollars each: assistant engineer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; eight watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all. two hundred and six thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of assistant treasurer at Philadelphia</inline>: For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philadelphia.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand live hundred dollars; cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; paying teller, two thousand three hundred dollars: coin and paving teller, two thousand dollars; bond and authorities clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; vault clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; assorting teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; redemption teller, one thousand six hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand three hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent messenger and chief watchman, one thousand one hundred dollars: five counters, at nine hundred dollars each: seven watchmen, at seven hundred and<page identifier="/us/stat/32/145">145</page> twenty dollars each; in all, forty-four thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of assistant treasurer at Saint Louis</inline>: For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Louis</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars: first teller, two thousand dollars; second teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; third teller, one thousand six hundred dollars; fourth teller, one thousand two hundred dollars; assorting teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars: coin teller, one thousand two hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; three assistant bookkeepers, arid three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant coin teller, stenographer and typewriter, and messenger, at one thousand dollars each; three day watchmen and coin counters, at nine hundred dollars each; night watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and janitor, six hundred dollars: in all, thirty-two thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of assistant treasurer at San Francisco</inline>: For assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Francisco.</p></sidenote> treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant cashier, receiving teller, and assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; coin teller, and one clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of special agents, and for actual expenses of examiners<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents, examination of depositories, etc.</p></sidenote> detailed to examine the hooks, accounts, and money on hand at the several subtreasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3649/p718">R. S. sec. 3649, p. 718</ref>.</p></sidenote> depositories under the 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paper for interest, transfer, redemption, pension, and other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paper for checks.</p></sidenote> cheeks and drafts for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, nine thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mints and assay offices.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at Carson, Nevada</inline>: For assayer in charge, who shall also<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carson.</p></sidenote> perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; assistant assayer, and one clerk, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and watchmen, five thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, two thousand two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at Denver, Colorado</inline>: For assayer in charge, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denver.</p></sidenote> dollars; melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; weigh clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two calculating clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all, fifteen thou-sand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen, twenty-two thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, six thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Until the mint and assay office at Denver shall become a coinage<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assay office to continue until coinage mint established.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 673.</p></sidenote> 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/146">146</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana</inline>: For superintendent, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at two thousand five hundred dollars each: cashier, and chief clerk, at two thousand dollars each: assistant assay er, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at one thousand nine hundred dollars each; abstract clerk, bookkeeper, weigh clerk, and assaver’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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and adjusters, twenty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, including wastage of operative<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> officers and loss of gold contained in sweeps sold, and for machinery and repairs, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at Philadelphia</inline>: For superintendent, four thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philadelphia.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; 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, and bookkeeper, at two thousand live hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; abstract clerk, mid 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 assay er’s computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-two thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and adjusters, four hundred and fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machinery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> and repairs, expenses annual assay commission, melter and refiner’s wastage, and loss on sale of sweeps arising from the manufacture of ingots for coinage and wastage and loss on sale of coiners’ sweeps, and purchase not exceeding five hundred dollars in value of specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Mint at San Francisco, California</inline>: For superintendent, four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Francisco.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk, and cashier, at two thou-sand 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 calculating clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and seventy-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machinery,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> melter and refiners wastage, and loss on sale of sweeps, arising from the manufacture of ingots for coinage, and wastage of, and loss on sale of coiners’ sweeps, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay office at Boise, Idaho</inline>: For assayer, who shall also perform<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boise.</p></sidenote> the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; chief clerk, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; in all, three thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen, eight thousand three hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, three thousand seven hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay office at Charlotte, North Carolina</inline>: For assayer and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlotte.</p></sidenote> melter, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant assayer, one thou-sand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/147">147</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen, one thousand and eighty dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, nine hundred and twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay office at Deadwood, South Dakota</inline>: For assayer in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deadwood.</p></sidenote> charge, who shall also perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thou-sand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen, three thousand seven hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, including rent of building,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay office at Helena, Montana</inline>: For assayer in charge, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Helena.</p></sidenote> thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight bundled dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, four thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay office at New York</inline>: For superintendent, four thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars; assayer, and melter and refiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk, assistant melter and refiner, and weigh clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; cashier, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; warrant clerk, two thousand dollars: bar clerk, abstract clerk, and assayer’s computing 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. thirtynine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and messengers, twenty-seven thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay office at Saint Louis, Missouri</inline>: For assayer in charge,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Louis.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen (including janitor), one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, seven hundred and fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Assay office at Seattle, Washington</inline>: For assayer in charge,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seattle.</p></sidenote> who shall also perform the duties of melter, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of workmen and assistants, twenty-seven thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For wages of workmen and assistants, twenty-seven thousand dollars.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses, including rent of building,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For incidental and contingent expenses, including rent of building, nine thousand dollars.</p></sidenote> nine thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>government in the territories.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Territories.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Alaska</inline>: For governor, five thousand dollars; three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p></sidenote> judges, at five thousand dollars each: three attorneys, at three thou-sand dollars each; three marshals, at four thousand dollars each; three clerks, at three thousand five hundred dollars each: in all, fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental and contingent expenses of the Territory, clerk hire, stationery, lights, and fuel, to be expended under the direction of the governor, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Territory of Arizona: For governor, three thousand dollars; chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p></sidenote> justice, and three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; interpreter and translator<page identifier="/us/stat/32/148">148</page> in the executive office, five hundred dollars; in all. seventeen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to lie expended by the governor, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, messenger, postage, stationery,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> fuel, lights, printing, and incidental expenses for secretary’s office; for pay of members and officers of the legislative assembly, mileage, rent of rooms for the legislature and committees, furniture, stationery, printing, binding, fuel, lights, and incidentals, twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of New Mexico</inline>: For governor, three thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote> 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; in all, twenty thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, light, fuel, telephone,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> ice, water, stationery, record files, record casings, printing, postage, clerks, stenographer and typewriter, messenger and porter, and incidentals in secretary’s office; for pay of members and officers of the legislative assembly, mileage, rent of rooms for the legislature and committees, furniture, stationery, printing, binding, fuel, lights, and incidentals, twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Oklahoma</inline>: For governor, three thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oklahoma.</p></sidenote> chief justice, and four associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, nine-teen thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor for rents, private secretary, stenographer and typewriter, and typewriter supplies, janitor, messenger, fuel, lights, statioaery and printing, postage, telegrams, furniture for office, express, and other incidentals, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For legislative expenses, namely: For rent of office, furniture, fuel,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative expenses.</p></sidenote> lights, clerk hire, printing, postage, ice, messenger, stenographer, janitor, oilice fixtures, and other incidental expenses of the secretary’s office; for pay of members and officers of the legislative assembly, mileage, rent of rooms for the legislature and committees, furniture, stationery, printing, binding, fuel, lights,and incidentals, twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That the legislative<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of capital forbidden.</p></sidenote> assembly shall not consider any proposition or pass any bill to remove the seat of government of said Territory from its present location:</proviso> <proviso> <i>Provided further,</i> That said legislative assembly shall not make any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contract for public buildings prohibited.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 882.</p></sidenote> appropriation or enter into any contract for a capital building or any other public building:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided further,</i> That the governor shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reapportionment of legislative districts to be made.</p></sidenote> appoint a commission of three persons, not more than two of whom snail belong to the same political party, who shall reapportion the Territory into legislate ve and council districts according to population as near as may be prior to the next Territorial election, and the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the salaries of the commission and necessary expenses.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Hawaii</inline>: For governor, five thousand dollars; secretary,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hawaii.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars; chief justice, five thousand five hundred dollars; and two associate justices, at five thousand dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For judges of circuit courts, at three thousand dollars each, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the Territory of Hawaii, to be expended by the governor for stationery, postage, and incidentals, five hundred<page identifier="/us/stat/32/149">149</page> dollars, and for private secretary to the governor, two thousand dollars; for traveling expenses of the governor while absent from the capital on official business, five hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Porto Rico</inline>: For salary of the resident commissioner<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Porto Rico.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 86.</p></sidenote> from Porto Rico to the United States, authorized by the Act temporarily’ to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, five thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WAR DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Secretary</inline>: For compensation of the Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> War, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, including live hundred dollar? as assistant in military park and insular affairs, three thousand dollars; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; clerk to the Assistant Secretary, two thousand one hundred dollars; clerk to the chief clerk, two thousand one hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; appointment clerk, two thousand dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; superintendent of buildings, outside of State. War. and Navy Department building, in addition to compensation as chief of division, rive hundred dollars: stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; live clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one: four clerks, at one thousand dollars each: carpenter, one thousand dollars; foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; two carpenters. at nine hundred dollars each; four messengers: seven assistant messengers; eight laborers; hostler, six hundred dollars; two hostlers, and one watchman, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, one hundred and four thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the employment of such additional temporary force<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional force, war with Spain.</p></sidenote> of clerks, messengers, laborers, and other assistants, rendered necessary because of increased work incident, to the war with Spain, as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be proper and necessary to the prompt, efficient, and accurate dispatch of official business in the War Department and its bureaus, to be allotted by the Secretary of War to such bureaus and offices as the exigencies of the needs of the service may demand, five hundred and ninety-six thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Record and Pension Office</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Record and Pension Office.</p></sidenote> four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; thirty-four clerks of class four; fifty clerks of class three; seventy-seven clerks of class two; one hundred and sixty-seven clerks of class one; thirty-five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant engineer, nine hundred dollars; two firemen; skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars: five messengers; thirty-five assistant messengers; messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; five watchmen: superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and seventeen laborers; in all. five hundred and forty-three thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars; and all employees provided for by this paragraph for the Record and Pension Office of the War Department shall he exclusively engaged on the work of this office for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Adjutant-General</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjutant-General’s Office.</p></sidenote> dollars: two chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; clerk to the Adjutant-General, one thousand eight hundred 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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/150">150</page> three watchmen; in all, one hundred and sixty-five thousand and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Inspector-General</inline>: For one clerk of class four;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspector-General’s Office.</p></sidenote> two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one,messenger; undone assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thou-sand one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Judge-Advocate-General</inline>: For chief clerk, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judge-Advocate-General’s Office.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; 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, fifteen thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Signal Office</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Office.</p></sidenote> class four; one clerk of class one; one messenger, and one laborer; in all. six thousand live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Quartermaster-General</inline>: For chief clerk, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster-General’s Office.</p></sidenote> thousand 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; female messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; four messengers; nine assistant messengers; two laborers; experienced builder and mechanic, two thousand five hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistant draftsmen, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant civil engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; electrical engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two inspectors of supplies for the Army, at two thousand live hundred dollars each, to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand three hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Commissary-General</inline>; For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissary-General’s Office.</p></sidenote> dollars; two clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two assistantmessengers; two laborers; in all, forty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Surgeon-General</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surgeon-General’s Office.</p></sidenote> 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; anatomist, one thousand six hundred dollars: engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant engineer, for night duty, nine hundred dollars; two firemen; skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars: twelve assistant messengers; three watchmen; superintendent of building (Army Medical Museum and Library), two hundred and fifty dollars; live laborers; chemist, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; principal assistant librarian, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; pathologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars: in ail, one hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Paymaster-General</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paymaster-General’s Office.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Chief of Ordnance</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance Office.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Chief of Engineers</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer Office.</p></sidenote> dollars; five clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand<page identifier="/us/stat/32/151">151</page> dollars; one assistant messenger, and two laborers: in all, thirty thou-sand eight hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draftsmen, etc.</p></sidenote> services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys to be paid from such appropriations: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That the expenditures<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit, etc.</p></sidenote> on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall not exceed eighty-five 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.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For contingent expenses of the War Department and its</inline><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> <inline class="smallCaps">Bureaus and Offices, namely</inline>: For purchase of professional and seienti lie books, law books, books of reference, periodicals, blank hooks, pamphlets, newspapers, maps; furniture and repairs to same: carpets, matting, oilcloth, file eases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus for and repairs to the buildings (outside of the State, War, and Naw Department building) occupied by the Adjutant-General’s Office, the Surgeon-General’s Office, Record and Pension Office. Paymaster-General’s and Ordnance offices. Signal Office and building for signal stores and supplies, the depot quarter master’s office, and the other offices of the W ar Department and its bureaus located in the Lemon Building; expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, temporary labor not to exceed one thousand dollars, and other absolutely necessary expenses, fifty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for the War Department and its bureaus and offices,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of buildings for use of the War Department as follows:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For medical dispensary, Surgeon-General’s Office, one thousand dollars; for Paymaster-General’s and Ordnance offices, two thousand one hundred dollars; for depot quartermaster’s office, three thousand dollars; for War Department, six thousand dollars; for Record and Pension Office, three thousand two hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings and grounds.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of public buildings and grounds</inline>: For one assistant engineer,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, messengers, etc.</p></sidenote> one thousand eight hundred dollars: one clerk of class four; one clerk ofchiss three; one messenger; landscape gardener, two thousand dollars; one surveyor and draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand five hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For overseers, draftsmen, copyists, foremen, gardeners, mechanics,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Overseers, etc.</p></sidenote> and laborers employed in the public grounds, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one sergeant of park watchmen, nine hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watchmen.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For day watchmen as follows: One in Franklin Park; one in Lafayette Park; two in Smithsonian Grounds; one in Judiciary Park; one in Lincoln Park and adjacent reservations; one 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 parks; one at Stanton Park and neighboring reservations; two at Henry and Seaton parks; one at Mount Vernon Park and adjacent reservations: one for the greenhouses and nursery; two at grounds south of Executive Mansion; one at Garfield Park; one at Monument Park; twenty in all, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/152">152</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For night watchmen as follows: Two in Smithsonian grounds; one in Judiciary Park; two in Henry and Seaton parks; one in grounds south of Executive Mansion: one in Monument Park; and two in Garfield Park; nine in all, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, six thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the park watchmen now provided for under the above heading<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical attendance.</p></sidenote> of public buildings and grounds, and those that may hereafter be provided for by law for service in any of the public squares and reservations in the District of Columbia, shall receive free medical attendance, the same as the Metropolitan Police of said District.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For watchman for the care of the monument and dock at Wakefield,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wakefield, Va.</p></sidenote> Virginia, the birthplace of Washington, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent and incidental expenses, including purchase of professional<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> and scientific books and periodicals, books of reference, blank books, photographs, and maps, seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the foregoing amounts appropriated under Public Buildings and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment from District revenues.</p></sidenote> Grounds, the sum of twenty-eight thousand three hundred and ninety dollars shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section seventeen hundred and ninety-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended to read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1797">“Sec. 1797. </num>
<content>That the Chief of Engineers shall have charge of the public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President, through the War Department, except those buildings and grounds which are otherwise provided for by law; and when it shall be made, to appear to the said Chief of Engineers, or to the officer under his direction having immediate charge of said public buildings and grounds, that any person or persons is in unlawful occupation of any portion of said public lands in the District of Columbia, it shall be the duty of said officer in charge thereof to notify the marshal of the District of Columbia in writing of such unlawful occupation, and the said marshal shall there-upon cause the said trespasser or trespassers to be ejected from said lands, and shall restore possession of the same to the officer charged by law with the custody thereof.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>state, war, and navy department building.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State, War, and Navy Department building.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of the superintendent: For one clerk of class one; stenographer<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk, engineers, watchmen, etc.</p></sidenote> and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; chief engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; nine assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each; captain of the watch, one thousand two hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at eight hundred and forty dollars each: fifty-eight watchmen; carpenter, one thousand dollars; one electrician, one thousand dollars; plumber, machinist, and painter, at nine hundred dollars each; four skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-nine firemen; ten conductors of elevators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: eighteen laborers; eighty one char-women; one gardener, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and two telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and twenty-five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous items and city directories,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, lights, etc.</p></sidenote> thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repair of granite columns at northeast approach to the building,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repair to granite columns.</p></sidenote> one thousand five hundred and twenty-live dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That hereafter no public building, or the approaches thereto, other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of buildings, etc., for public ceremonies forbidden.</p></sidenote> than the Capitol building and the White House, in the District of Columbia, shall he used or occupied in any manner whatever in connection with ceremonies attending the inauguration of President of the United States, or other public function, except as may hereafter be expressly authorized by law.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/153">153</page></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy Department.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Secretary</inline>: For compensation of the Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> the Navy, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four thousand live hundred dollars; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; clerk to Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk of class four from May first, nineteen hundred and two. two thousand one hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; four clerks of class four; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; telegraph operator, one thousand dollars; carpenter, nine hundred dollars; three messengers; five assistant messengers; four laborers; in all, fifty-one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Library of the Navy Department</inline>: For one clerk of class two;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library.</p></sidenote> one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; one laborer: in all, three thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Naval Records of the Rebellion</inline>: For two clerks<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Records of the Rebellion.</p></sidenote> of class four; one agent, to be selected by the Secretary of the Navy from the officers of the late Confederate Navy, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class two: two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; necessary traveling expenses for collection of records, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the publication of an edition of eleven thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuing publication.</p></sidenote> copies of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, in accordance with the plan approved by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 190.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of the Navy under the Act of Congress approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for the purpose of making such maps and illustrations as relate to the work, twenty-one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Judge-Advocate-General, United States Navy</inline>; For a solicitor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judge-Advocate-General’s Office.</p></sidenote> to be an assistant to the Judge-Advocate of the Navy, and to perform the duties of that officer in ease of his death, resignation, absence, or sickness, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; and one laborer; in all, fourteen thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Navigation</inline>; For chief clerk, two thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p></sidenote> one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; twenty copyists, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three assistant messengers: and three laborers; in all, forty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Naval Intelligence</inline>: For one clerk of class four; one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Intelligence Office.</p></sidenote> clerk of class two: one translator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and one laborer; in all. nine thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Equipment</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Equipment.</p></sidenote> draftsman, who shall bean expert in marine construction, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one electrical expert and draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; draftsman for work in connection with depots for coal, one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist; one assistant messenger; one messenger boy, three hundred ami sixty dollars; and one laborer; in all, thirteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/154">154</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Hydrographic Office</inline>: For two clerks of class two; one clerk of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hydrographic Office.</p></sidenote> class one; one assistant messenger; one watchman: in all, live thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hydrographic engineer, draftsmen,engravers, assistants, nautical<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Services.</p></sidenote> experts, computers, lithographers, custodian of archives, compiler, copyists, copperplate printers, apprentices, helpers, chart mounter, feed pressman, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, ninety-five thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars; and no other fund appropriated shall be used in payment for such or similar services in the Hydrographic Office, at Washington, District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of copperplates, steel plates, chart paper, packing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials.</p></sidenote> boxes, chart portfolios, electrotyping copperplates; cleaning copperplates; tools, instruments, power, and materials for drawing, engraving, and printing: materials for and mounting charts; 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; telegrams on public business; the preparation of the Pilot Chart and supplements, and the printing and mailing of the same: and purchase of data for charts and sailing directions and other nautical publications; works, and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine, meteorology, navigation, surveying, oceanography, and terrestrial magnetism, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of building and rooms, repairs and heating of the same,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> and for gas. water, and telephone rates, two thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Contingent expenses of branch offices at Boston, New York, Philadelphia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> Baltimore, Norfolk. Savannah, New Orleans. San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Portland (Maine), Chicago. Cleveland. Port Townsend, Buffalo. Duluth, Sault Sainte Marie, and Galveston, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight and express charges, 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, thirty thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For a monthly Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean, showing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monthly Pilot Chart, Pacific Ocean.</p></sidenote> 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 derelictsand 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, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">No expenditure shall be incurred or authorized for personal services<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Personal services.</p></sidenote> or otherwise under the Hydrographic Office at Washington, District of Col imbia, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three except as herein authorized by appropriations under the Navy Department or under appropriations that may be made for printing and binding.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval Observatory</inline>: For pay of three assistant astronomers, one at two thousand dollars, and two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class two; instrument maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; five computers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; stenographer and typewriter, nine<page identifier="/us/stat/32/155">155</page> hundred dollars; foreman and captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; carpenter, and engineer, atone thousand dollars each; assistant on equatorial, one thousand dollars; assistant in spectroscopic work, one thousand dollars; three firemen; six watchmen; elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and nine laborers; in ail, thirty-nine thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous computations, four thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Computations.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For professional and scientific books, periodicals, engravings, photographs,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books, etc.</p></sidenote> and fixtures for the library, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apparatus.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, furniture, gas, chemicals,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses,</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, oil, grease, tools, pipe, wire, and other materials needed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> for 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Nautical Almanac Office</inline>: For the following assistants, in preparing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nautical Almanac Office.</p></sidenote> 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; one laborer; and one messenger boy, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Computers.</p></sidenote> American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and improving the tables of the planets, moon, and stars, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Steam Engineering</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Steam Engineering.</p></sidenote> dollars; one clerk of class three: one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; two laborers; draftsman, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars: one stenographer and typewriter, one thousand dollars; one Stenographer and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand seven bundled and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Construction and Repair</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Construction and Repair.</p></sidenote> dollars; two clerks of class three; assistant draftsman, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, ten thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Ordnance</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars: draftsman,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Ordnance.</p></sidenote> one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Supplies and Accounts</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.</p></sidenote> dollars; three clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two stenographers, at one thousand four hundred dollars each: eleven clerks of class one; live clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; one messenger boy, four hundred and twenty dollars; and one laborer; in all, forty-two thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.</p></sidenote> dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of<page identifier="/us/stat/32/156">156</page> class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; two copyists, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one laborer: janitor, six hundred dollars, and one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in till, twelve thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Yards and Docks</inline>: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p></sidenote> draftsman and clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger: and one laborer; in all, ten thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For contingent expenses of the Navy Department, namely</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books, etc.</p></sidenote> For professional books and periodicals for Department library, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, furniture, etc.</p></sidenote> 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, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the rental of additional rooms or buildings in the city of Washington<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> required for the transaction of the business of the Navy Department, three thousand dollars; and the accounting officers of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance from Navy funds.</p></sidenote> Treasury are hereby directed to allow in the accounts of the purchasing pay officer at Washington such expenditures, not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, as have been made heretofore, and as have been or may be made during the current fiscal year, under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, for the rental of rooms or buildings necessary for the accommodation of the force and records of the Navy Department.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Secretary</inline>: For compensation of the Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> the Interior, eight thousand dollars; First Assistant Secretary, four thousand live hundred dollars, and for additional compensation while the office is held by the present incumbent, one thousand five hundred dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars additional as superintendent of the Patent Office building and other buildings of the Department of the Interior; additional to one member of Board of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Pension Appeals.</p></sidenote> Pension Appeals, acting as chief of the board, live hundred dollars; nine members of a Board of Pension Appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each; for twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional members.</p></sidenote> additional members of the Board of Pension Appeals, to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of the Interior from persons not now or heretofore employed in the Pension Office and without compliance with the conditions prescribed by the Act entitled. “An Act to regulate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 403.</p></sidenote> and improve the Civil Service,” approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, at two thousand dollars each; three additional members of said Board of Pension Appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be selected from the force of the Pension Office, at two thousand dollars each; special land inspector, connected with the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land inspector.</p></sidenote> administration of the public-land service, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be subject to his direction, two thousand live hundred dollars; four special inspectors. Department of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special inspectors.</p></sidenote> Interior, to be appointed by the Secretary o<sup>f</sup> the Interior and to be subject to his direction, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; clerk in charge of documents, two thousand dollars; custodian, who<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may deter-mine, two thousand dollars; seven clerks, chiefs of division, at two<page identifier="/us/stat/32/157">157</page> thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each, one of whom shall be disbursing clerk: four clerks, at two thousand dollars each; private secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; fourteen clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; eighteen clerks of class two; twenty-eight clerks of class one, two of whom shall be stenographers or typewriters; returns office clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; female clerk, to be designated by the President, to sign land patents, one thousand two hundred dollars; five clerks,atone thousand dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; eight copyists; two copyists or typewriters, at nine hundred dollars each; telephone operator, nine hundred dollars; three messengers;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messengers, etc.</p></sidenote> six assistant messengers; fifteen laborers; two skilled mechanics, one at nine hundred dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two carpenters, at nine hundred dollars each; two skilled mechanics, plumber and electrician, at nine hundred dollars each; one laborer, six hundred dollars; six laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one packer, six hundred and sixty dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four charwomen; captain<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watchmen.</p></sidenote> of the watch, one thousand dollars; forty watchmen; additional to two watchmen acting as lieutenants of watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; and seven tiremen: in all, three hundred and seventeen thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional employees, for the proper protection, heating, care,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional employees, old Post-Office Department building.</p></sidenote> and preservation of the old Post-Office Department building, occupied by the Department of the Interior, namely: One engineer, one thou-sand four hundred dollars: one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; four firemen: three watchmen, acting as lieutenants, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twenty watchmen; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; fourteen laborers: tail laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; three skilled mechanics, painter, carpenter, and plumber, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For a clerk of class four, to act as census clerk, and for rent, salaries,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Census clerk,etc.</p></sidenote> heat, and light incident to the proper care and preservation of the records of the Eleventh and previous censuses, six thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of Assistant Attorney-General</inline>: For assistant attorney,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant Attorney-General’s Office.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars; assistant attorney, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: three assistant attorneys, at two thousand five hundred dollars each: four assistant attorneys, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; ten assistant attorneys, at two thou-sand dollars each; four clerks of class three, one of whom shall act as stenographer and one of whom shall be a stenographer and type-writer: one clerk of class one; in all, forty-nine thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem in lieu of subsistence of one special land inspector connected<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, etc. Land inspectors.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem in lieu of subsistence of four social inspectors, Department of the Interior, 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, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">General Land Office</inline>; For the Commissioner of the General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General Land Office.</p></sidenote> Land Office, five thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the<page identifier="/us/stat/32/158">158</page> 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 live 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-genera) and district land offices, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; eleven chiefs of division, 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-nine clerks of class two; sixty-one clerks of class one; fifty-three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fiftyni ne copyists; two messengers: ten assistant messengers; twenty-three laborers; one packer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one depositary acting for the Commissioner as receiver of public moneys and also as confidential secretary, two thousand dollars; librarian for the law library of the General Land Office, to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior wholly with reference to his special fitness for such work, one thousand dollars; in all, five hundred and two thou-sand four hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, etc., investigations.</p></sidenote> detailed to investigate fraudulent land entries, trespasses on the public lands, and eases of official misconduct while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares, and for employment of stenographers and other assistants when necessary to the efficient conduct of examinations, and when authorized by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For law books for the law library of the General Land Office, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law books.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For connected and separate United States and other maps prepared<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps.</p></sidenote> in the General Land Office, nineteen thousand one hundred and sixty dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That of the United States maps procured hereunder<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> seven thousand two hundred copies shall be delivered to the Senate and fourteen thousand four hundred copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives, and the residue shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Interior for distribution. And all maps delivered to the Senate and House of Representatives hereunder shall be mounted with rollers ready for use.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Mine inspectors</inline>: For salaries of two mine inspectors, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mine inspectors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 1104.</p></sidenote> 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, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem, subject to such rides and regulations as the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> 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, including necessary sleeping-car fares, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Indian Office</inline>: For the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Office.</p></sidenote> dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall also perform the duties of chief clerk, three thousand dollars; financial clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division, two thousand dollars; principal book-keeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; fifteen clerks of class three; draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; architect, one thousand five hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars: eleven<page identifier="/us/stat/32/159">159</page> clerks of class two; twenty-six clerks of class one; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars, one stenographer, and one clerk to superintendent of Indian schools, at one thousand dollars each; seventeen copyists; one messenger; four assistant messengers; three laborers; messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; and four charwomen; in all, one hundred and forty thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pension Office</inline>: For the Commissioner of Pensions, five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension Office.</p></sidenote> 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 two hundred and fifty dollars; chief of board of review, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; fifty-seven 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 thirty clerks of class two; four hundred clerks of class one; two hundred and fifty clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one hundred mid forty-live copyists; superintendent of building, one thousand four hundred dollars: two engineers, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; three firemen; thirty-three messengers; twelve assistant messengers; twenty messenger boys, at four hundred dollars each; forty-five laborers; ten female laborers, at four hundred dollars each; fifteen charwomen; one painter, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; one cabinetmaker, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three sergeants of the watch, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty watchmen; in all, one million nine hundred and sixty-four thousand eight hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem, when absent from home and traveling on duty outside<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, etc., investigations.</p></sidenote> 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, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That two special examiners or clerks<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief and assistant special examiners.</p></sidenote> 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 thousand dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars, respectively, and when-ever it may lie 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; and the Secretary of the Interior shall so apportion the sum herein appropriated as to prevent a deficiency therein.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For an additional force, of one hundred and fifty special examiners<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional special examiners.</p></sidenote> for one, year, at a salary of one thousand three hundred dollars each, one hundred arid ninety-five thousand dollars, and no person so appointed shall be employed in the State from which he is appointed;<page identifier="/us/stat/32/160">160</page> and any of those now employed in the Pension Office or as special examiners may be reappointed if they be found to be qualified.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Patent Office</inline>: For the Commissioner of Patents, five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patent Office.</p></sidenote> 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 live hundred dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; three examiners in chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner of interferences, two thousand live hundred dollars; thirty-nine principal examiners, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; forty-two first assistant examiners, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; fifty second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; sixty-one third assistant examiners, atone thousand four hundred dollars each: seventy fourth assistant examiners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; financial clerk, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, two thousand dollars; 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; seven clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk; machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; seven clerks of class three, one of whom shall be translator of languages; fourteen clerks of class two; fifty-seven clerks of class one; skilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three skilled draftsmen, at one th asand two hundred dollars each; four draftsmen, at one thousand dollars each; twenty-seven permanent clerks, at one thousand dollars each; messenger and property clerk, one thousand dollars; five model attendants, at one thousand dollars each; ten model attendants, at eight hundred dollars each: one hundred and six copyists, seven of whom may be copyists of drawings; thirty-one copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three messengers; twenty-six assistant messengers; fifty-one laborers, at six hundred dollars each; fifty laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; thirty-nine messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, eight hundred and thirty-five thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of professional and scientific books and expenses of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books.</p></sidenote> transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign governments, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For equipment of new Scientific Library rooms with steel stacks and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scientific Library.</p></sidenote> other fireproof and labor-saving furniture and apparatus, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of law books, five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law books.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For producing the Official Gazette, including weekly, monthly,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official Gazette.</p></sidenote> quarterly, and annual indexes therefor, exclusive of expired patents, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Copies of drawings, etc.</p></sidenote> for producing copies of designs, trade-marks, and pending applications; and for the reproduction of exhausted copies of drawings and specifications; said work referred to in this ami the preceding paragraph to be done as provided by the “Act providing for the public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 620.</p></sidenote> printing and binding and for the distribution of public documents:” <i>Provided,</i> That the entire work may be done at the Government<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Work at Government Printing Office.</p></sidenote> 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 lie for the best interests of the Government, sixty four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For investigating the question of the public use or sale of inventions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigating use of inventions, etc.</p></sidenote> 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.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/161">161</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the share of the United States in the expense of conducting the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Bureau, Berne.</p></sidenote> International Bureau at Berne, Switzerland, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Education</inline>: For Commissioner of Education, three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Education.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars: chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; statistician, one thousand eight hundred dollars; specialist in charge of land-grant college statistics, one thousand eight hundred dollars; translator, one thousand six hundred dollars: collector and compiler of statistics, two thousand four hundred dollars: specialist in foreign educational systems, one thousand eight hundred dollars; specialist in education as a preventive of pauperism and crime, two thousand dollars; specialist in educational system, one thousand six hundred dollars: two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two: seven clerks of class one; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four copyists; two copyists, at eight hundred dollars each; copyist, seven hundred and Twenty dollars; skilled laborer, eight hundred and forty dollars: one assistant messenger: two laborers: three laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; laborer, four hundred dollars; in all, fifty-four thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books for library, current educational periodicals, other current<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books.</p></sidenote> publications, and completing valuable sets of periodicals, two hundred anil fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collecting statistics for special reports and circulars of information,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special reports.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational documents<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distributing documents, etc.</p></sidenote> and for the collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus and appliances, text-books and educational reference books, articles of school furniture and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education, and for procuring anthropological instruments of precision, and for repairing the same, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and</inline><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of Capitol, etc.</p></sidenote> <inline class="smallCaps">Grounds</inline>; For Superintendent of the Capitol Building arid Grounds, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief electrical engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; drafts-man, one thousand eight hundred dollars: one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; stenographer and typewriter, one thousand t wo hundred dollars; compensation to disbursing clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger: person in charge of the heating of the Supreme Court and central portion of the Capitol, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; laborer in charge of water-closets in central portion of the Capitol, six hundred and sixty dollars: seven laborers for cleaning Rotunda, corridors, Dome, and old library portion of Capitol, 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; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For Contingent Expenses of the Department of the Interior</inline>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> <inline class="smallCaps">namely</inline>: For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior 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 of 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, ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for the Department of the Interior and its several<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> bureaus mid offices, including the Civil Service Commission, sixty thousand dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/162">162</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For professional and scientific books, law books, and books to complete<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books.</p></sidenote> broken sets, periodicals, directories, and other books of reference relating to the business of the Department, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of buildings for the Department of the Interior, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For the Bureau of Education, four thousand dollars: Geological Survey. twenty-seven thousand two hundred dollars: additional rooms for the engraving and printing divisions of the Geological Survey, one thousand two hundred dollars; storage of documents, two thousand dollars: Civil Service Commission, four thousand dollars; Patent Office model exhibit, thirteen thousand dollars; in all, fifty-one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage stamps for the Department of the Interior and its<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage stamps.</p></sidenote> bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>surveyors-general and their clerks.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveyors-general, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general and ex officio secretary of the district of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p></sidenote> Alaska, four thousand dollars; clerks in his office, four thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for surveyor-genera], pay of messenger, stationery, printing, binding of records, furniture, drafting instruments, books of reference for office use, fuel, lights, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of the Territory of Arizona, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p></sidenote> dollars: and for the clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, light, stationery, printing, binding of records, drafting supplies, record eases, furniture, books of reference for office use, water, type-writer, and repairs of same, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of California, two thousand dollars; and for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote> the clerks in his office, twelve thousand dollars; in all, fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of messenger, stationery, binding records, telephone, repairing maps, impairs to locks, clocks, and typewriter, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of the State of Colorado, two thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks of his office, eleven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery, binding and repairing records, furniture and repairs, muslin for mounting plats, drafting instruments, record books, ice, type-writers, books of reference for oilice use, and other incidental expenses, three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Florida, one thousand eight hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks in his office, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of messenger, stationery supplies, post-office box rent, books of reference for office use, printing and binding, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Idaho, two thousand dollars; and for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p></sidenote> clerks in his office, eight thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery, binding, printing, fuel, light, drafting instruments, post-office box rent, furniture, typewriters, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/163">163</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Louisiana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks in his office, seven thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For messenger, stationery, binding records, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minnesota.</p></sidenote> dollars; and for the clerks in his office, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of messenger, stationery, printing, binding, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Montana, two thousand dollars; and for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana.</p></sidenote> clerks in his office, eleven thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, lights, post-office box. ice, stationery, printing, binding, furniture, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Nevada, one thousand eight hundred dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada.</p></sidenote> and for the clerks in his office, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, light, stationery, postoilice box rent, draftsmen’s requisites, binding records, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of the Territory of New Mexico, two thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote> dollars; and for clerks in his office, ten thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of messenger, printing, stationery, drafting instruments, drawing paper, binding records, telephone, registration of letters, post-office box rent, towels, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of North Dakota, two thousand dollars; and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North Dakota.</p></sidenote> for the clerks in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery, printing, binding, lights, ice, post-office box rent, repairs, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Oregon, two thousand dollars; and for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon.</p></sidenote> clerks in his office, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, nine, thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of messenger, stationery, record books, towels, binding, post-office box rent, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of South Dakota, two thousand dollars; and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Dakota.</p></sidenote> for clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery, drafting instruments, fuel, binding records, furniture, post-office box rent, typewriter repairs, ice, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Utah, two thousand dollars; and for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah.</p></sidenote> clerks in his office, nine thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery supply, binding records, printing, drafting instruments, furniture, post-office box rent, books of reference for office use, andother incidental expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Washington, two thousand dollars; and for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington.</p></sidenote> the clerks in his office, nine thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/164">164</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, furniture, stationery, binding records, record books, blanks, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveyor-general of Wyoming, two thousand dollars; and for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p></sidenote> the clerks in his office, six thousand nine hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery and supplies, lights, ice, post-office box rent, drafting instruments, mounting maps, towels, furniture and repairs, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office Postmaster-General</inline>; For compensation of the Postmaster-General,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> eight, thousand dollars; chief clerk. Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; private secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; appointment clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one, clerk, assistant to chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; curator of museum, one thousand dollars; one clerk, tune hundred dollars; one telephone operator, nine hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; page, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of Assistant Attorney-General for the Post-Office Department:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant Attorney-General’s office.</p></sidenote> Assistant attorney, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office First Assistant Postmaster-General</inline>: For First Assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand live hundred dollars: Superintendent of the Money Order System,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Money-order system.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars; chief clerk Money-Order System, two thou-sand dollars; genera! superintendent free-delivery system, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free delivery.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars; superintendent of city delivery service, three thousand dollars: superintendent of rural free-delivery service, three thousand dollars; Superintendent of the Dead-Letter Office, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dead-Letter Office.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four, who ahull lie chief clerk of the Dead-Letter Office; general superintendent of salaries<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary and allowance division.</p></sidenote> and allowances, three thousand five hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of salaries and allowances, two thousand dollars; superintendent of post-office supplies, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant superintendent of post-office supplies, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief of the correspondence division, two thousand dollars: ten clerks of class four; twenty-four clerks of class three: thirty-one clerks of class two; forty-seven clerks of class one; forty-seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirty-four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers: six assistant messengers; twenty-seven laborers: two pages, at. three hundred and sixty dollars each; and five female laborers, at four hundred mid eighty dollars each; in all. two hundred and ninety-seven thousand five hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the employment of such additional temporary force<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary force, war with Spain.</p></sidenote> of clerks and other employees rendered necessary because of increase of work incident to the war with Spain, as in the judgment of the<page identifier="/us/stat/32/165">165</page> Postmaster-Genera! may lie proper ami necessary to the prompt, efficient, and accurate dispatch of the business in the office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rural free-delivery service: Supervisor, two thousand seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rural free delivery.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars; chief of board of examiners of rural carriers, two thousand two hundred mid fifty dollars; three clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; twenty-five clerks of class two; forty clerks of class one; fifty clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one hundred and fifteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: three messengers; ten assistant messengers: five laborers; one female laborer, five hundred and forty dollars: three female laborers, at live hundred dollars each; two charwomen; in all, two hundred and seventy-two thousand and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office Second Assistant Postmaster-General</inline>: For Second Assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thou-sand five hundred dollars; superintendent of railway adjustments, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of railway adjustments, two thousand dollars; superintendent of foreign mails,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign mails.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of inspection, two thousand dollars; chief of contract division, two thousand dollars; chief of mail equipment division, two thousand dollars; nine clerks of class four; thirty-six clerks of class three; twentyfive clerks of class two; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; twenty-one clerks of class one: seventeen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; messenger in charge of mails, nine hundred dollars; six assistant messengers: in all, one hundred and eighty-five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office Third Assistant Postmaster-General</inline>: For Third Assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thou-sand one hundred dollars; superintendent postage-stamp supplies and postmasters’ accounts, two thousand five hundred dollars; superintendent of system of postal finance who shall give bond in such amount as the Postmaster-General may determine for the faithful discharge of his duties, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; superintendent of classification division, two thousand five hundred dollars; four special agents, classification division, at two thousand dollars each; chief of files and records division, two thousand dollars; chief of redemption division, two thousand dollars; superintendent of registry system, two thousand five hundred dollars; six assistant superintendents of registry system, at two thousand dollars each; eight clerks of class four; twenty clerks of class three; twenty-six clerks of class two; thirty-three clerks of class one; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: four assistant messengers; nine laborers; in all. one hundred and eighty-nine thousand four hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem allowance for assistant superintendents of registry<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, registry division.</p></sidenote> system, when actually traveling on business of the Post-Office Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster-General, not exceeding four dollars, and for other actual and necessary traveling expenses arising in connection with business of the registry system, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem allowance for special agents, classification division,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, classification division.</p></sidenote> when actually traveling on business of the Post-Office Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Post master-General, not exceeding four dollars, and for other actual and necessary traveling expenses arising in connection with the business of the classification division, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General</inline>; For Fourth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief inspector.</p></sidenote> Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand one hundred dollars; chief post-office inspector, three thou-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/166">166</page>sand dollars; chief clerk of mail depredations, two thousand dollars; chief of appointment division, two thousand dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four: eighteen clerks of class three: twelve clerks of class two: twentv clerks of class one; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars: stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each: seven clerks at nine hundred dollars each; page, three hundred and sixty dollars: one messenger; three assistant messengers, and four laborers: in all, one hundred and nineteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of topographer</inline>: For topographer, two thousand seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Topographer, draftsmen, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars: three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; four 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; examiner, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; map mounter, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant map mounter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant map mounter, who shall be a mechanic, one thousand dollars; four copyists of maps, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger: in all, thirty-two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of disbursing clerk</inline>: Disbursing clerk mid superintendent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursing clerk, etc.</p></sidenote> of buildings, two thousand one hundred dollars: bookkeeper and accountant, one thousand eight hundred dollars: one clerk of class two: engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; seven assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each; electrician, one thousand four hundred dollars; two assistant electricians, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three dynamo tenders, at nine hundred dollars each; one fireman, who shall be, a blacksmith, and one fireman, who shall be a steam titter, at nine hundred dollars each: nine elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant messenger; twelve firemen: ten laborers and coal passers, at five hundred dollars each: carpenter, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant carpenter, one thousand dollars; captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; additional to two watchmen acting as lieutenants of watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; thirty-one watchmen; twenty-four laborers; plumber, and awning maker, at nine hundred dollars each; two female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each: and twenty-seven charwomen; in all. ninety-three thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For Contingent Expenses of the Post-Office Department</inline>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> including the additional building occupied for storage of post-office supplies, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery and blank books, including amount necessary for the purchase of free penalty envelopes, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and repairs to heating, lighting, and power plant, including repairs to elevators, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gas and electric Lights, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For plumbing, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For telegraphing, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For painting, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For carpets and matting, including one thousand dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office, Department, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture, including one thousand five hundred dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase, exchange, and keeping of horses and repair of wagons and harness, to be used only for official purposes, one thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hardware, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items, including two thousand five luindicil dol-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/167">167</page>lars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, eighteen thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding three thousand nine hundred and eighty-lire dollars may be expended for telephone service, and not exceeding nine hundred dollars, including one hundred dollars for the, office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, may he expended for law hooks, books of reference, railway guides, city directories, and books necessary to conduct the business of the Department.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of a suitable building for the storage of post-office supplies,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of a suitable building for storage of the hies of the Post-Office Department, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of a suitable on account of rural free-deli very service, seven thousand live hundred dollars</p>.
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of stable, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the publication of copies of the Official Postal Guide, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal Guide.</p></sidenote> not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Executive Departments, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenses in the topographer’s office in the preparation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-route maps.</p></sidenote> and publication of the post-route maps, twenty thousand dollars, And the Postmaster-General may authorize the sale of post-route<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale.</p></sidenote> maps to the public at the 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, and of this amount one hundred dollars may be expended for the purchase of atlases, geographical and technical works, needed in the topographer’s office.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage stamps for correspondence addressed abroad which is<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage.</p></sidenote> not exempt from postage under article eight of the Puris convention of the Universal Postal Union, five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Attorney-General</inline>: For compensation of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Attorney-General, Assistants, Solicitor-General, etc.</p></sidenote> Attorney-General, eight thousand dollars; Solicitor-General, seven thousand dollars; four Assistant Attorneys-General, at five thousand dollars each; Assistant Attorney-General of the Post-Office Department, four thousand five hundred dollars; solicitor of internal revenue, four thousand five hundred dollars; solicitor for the Department, of State, four thousand five hundred dollars: two assistant attorneys, at three thousand dollars each; four assistant attorneys, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant, attorney, two thousand dollars; assistant, attorney, in charge of dockets, two thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk and examiner of titles, two thousand seven hundred dollars; chief clerk and ex officio superintendent of the building, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; private secretary to the Attorney-General, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; stenographer to the Solicitor-General, one thousand six hundred dollars; three steno-graphic clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one law clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars: two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each: seven clerks of class four; chief of division of accounts, two thousand five hundred dollars: attorney in charge of par-dons, two thousand four hundred dollars; additional for disbursing clerk, five hundred dollars; seven clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; sixteen clerks of class one,; telegraph operator and stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollar*; ten copyists; one chief messenger, one thousand dollars; eight assistant messengers: four laborers; three watchmen; 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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/168">168</page> dollars; and three firemen; in all. one hundred and seventy-nine thousand and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">For contingent expenses of the Department of Justice</inline>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> <inline class="smallCaps">namely</inline>: For furniture and repairs, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books for law library of the Department, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of session laws and statutes of the States and Territories for library of Department, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing, fuel, lights, foreign postage, labor, repairs of building and care of grounds, books of reference, periodicals, and other necessaries, directly ordered by the Attorney-General, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For official transportation, including purchase, keep, and shoeing of animals, and purchase and repairs of wagons and harness, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury</inline>: For Solicitor of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Solicitor of the Treasury, assistant, etc.</p></sidenote> Treasury, four thousand live hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars: four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; one assistant messenger; and one. laborer; in all, twenty-nine thousand and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For law books for office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for office of Solicitor of the Treasury, one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Labor.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of the Commissioner of Labor, five thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> chief clerk, two thousand live 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; tea clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; three watchmen; four laborers: three charwoman; two special agents, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each: 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 six thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For per diem in Heu of subsistence of special agents and employees<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, special agents.</p></sidenote> 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, and for the. purchase of reports ana materials for the reports ana bulletin of the Department of Labor, and for subvention to “ International<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International Association for Labor Legislation.</p></sidenote> Association for Labour Legislation,” and necessary expenses connected with representation of United States Government therein, sixty-five thousand one hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, one thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books, periodicals, and newspapers for the library, in addition<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books, etc.</p></sidenote> to the amount authorized by section one hundred and ninety-two, Revised Statutes, the sum of one hundred dollars may be expended for newspapers for the purpose of procuring strike data, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage stamps to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage.</p></sidenote> Union countries, four hundred and fifty dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/169">169</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of rooms, including steam heat, and elevator service, six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, namely: For furniture, carpets, ice, lumber,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> hardware, dry goods, advertising, telegraphing, telephone service, expressage, storage for documents not to exceed seven hundred and lifty dollars, repairs of cases and furniture, fuel and lights, soap, brushes, brooms, mats. oils, and other absolutely necessity expenses, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<heading>JUDICIAL.</heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial.</p></sidenote>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Supreme Court</inline>: For the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme Court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Justices.</p></sidenote> United States, ten thousand five hundred dollars; and for eight, associate justices, at ten thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshal.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stenographic clerk for the Chief Justice and for each associate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks to justices.</p></sidenote> justice of the Supreme Court, at not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and seven thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Circuit courts</inline>: For twenty-five circuit judges, at six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Circuit judges.</p></sidenote> dollars each, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nine clerks of circuit courts of appeals, at three thousand dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> each, twenty-seven thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For messenger, to act as librarian and crier, circuit court of appeals,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messenger, eighth circuit.</p></sidenote> eighth circuit, two thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of law books for the nine libraries of the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law books.</p></sidenote> States circuit courts of appeals, nine thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General upon the requisition of the court. All books purchased hereunder to be plainly marked “The property of the United States.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">District courts</inline>: For salaries of the seventy-one district judges of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District judges.</p></sidenote> the United States, at five thousand dollars each, three hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">United States courts, Indian Territory</inline>: For salaries of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Territory courts.</p></sidenote> four judges of the United States courts in the Indian Territory, at five thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">District court, Territory of Hawaii</inline>: For the payment of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hawaiian Territory court.</p></sidenote> salaries of the clerk and the reporter of the United States district court for the Territory of Hawaii, at three thousand dollars and one thousand two hundred dollars, respectively, four thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Retired judges</inline>: To pay the salaries of the United States judges<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retired judges.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s714/p135">R. S., sec. 714, p. 135</ref>.</p></sidenote> retired under section seven hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby appropriated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Court of Private Land Claims</inline>: For chief justice and four associate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Private Land Claims</p></sidenote> justices, at five thousand dollars each:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stenographer, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For attorney, three thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interpreter and translator, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For deputy clerks, as authorized by law, so much therefor as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Attorney-General to employ such assistant attorneys,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant attorneys, etc.</p></sidenote> agents, stenographers, and experts to aid the United States attorney for said court as may be necessary to conduct the business of the Court<page identifier="/us/stat/32/170">170</page> of Private Land Claims during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That section nineteen of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court continued to June 30, 1903.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 862.</p></sidenote> 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, as amended m legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, approved April seventeenth, nineteen hundred, be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 132, amended.</p></sidenote> and the same is hereby, further amended to read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="19">“Sec. 19. </num>
<content>That the powersand functions of the court established by this Act shall cease and determine on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and three, and all papers, tiles, and records in the possession of the said court belonging to any other public office of the United States shall be returned to such office, and all other papers, files, and records in the possession of or appertaining to said court shall be returned to and filed in the Department of the Interior.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Court of Appeals, District of Columbia</inline>: For the chief justice<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of appeals, District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> of court of appeals of the District of Columbia, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for two associate justices, at six thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For assistant or deputy clerk, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For reporter, one thousand two hundred dollars: <proviso> <i>Provided.</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports.</p></sidenote> reports issued by him shall not be sold for more than five dollars per volume.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary expenditures in the conduct of the clerk’s office, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars, one-half of which shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Supreme court, District of Columbia</inline>: For salaries of the chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme court, District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Clerk of district court, northern district of Illinois</inline>: For<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk, Illinois, northern district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 204.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Commissioner Yellowstone Park</inline>: For salary of commissioner in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yellowstone Park.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Receipt of fees not to impair salary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 184.</p></sidenote> Yellowstone National Park, one thousand five hundred dollars. And the provisions of section twenty-one of an Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes, approved May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall not be construed as impairing the jjght of said commissioner to receive said salary as herein provided.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Court of Claims</inline>: For salaries of five judges of the Court of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Claims.</p></sidenote> Claims, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand five hundred dollars; assistant clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bailift, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger; one stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three firemen; three watchmen; one elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and two char-women; in all, forty-five thousand five hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To defray the cost of the employment of auditors and additional<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditors, etc.</p></sidenote> stenographers when deemed necessary, in the Court of Claims, to be disbursed under the direction of the court, eight thousand dollars.<page identifier="/us/stat/32/171">171</page></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, court library, repairs, fuel, electric light, electric<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> elevator, and other miscellaneous expenses, three thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For reporting the decisions of the court and superintending the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reporting decisions.</p></sidenote> printing of the thirty-seventh volume of the reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said sum to be paid to the reporters, notwithstanding section seventeen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1765/p314">R. S., sec. 1765, p. 314</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 18, p. 109.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one steel fireproof safe for the safe-keeping of valuable papers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fireproof safe.</p></sidenote> four hundred dollars.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rates of pay, assistant messengers, firemen, etc.</p></sidenote> 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.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the additional clerks on the temporary rolls and other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary clerks transferred to classified service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 448.</p></sidenote> employees rendered necessary because of increased work incident to the war with Spain, and under the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, providing for war expenditures and for other purposes, heretofore appointed and who are now employed in the several departments of the Government, are hereby transferred to the classified service as of their present grade or rate of compensation, respectively, and shall be continued in the several departments where now employed, without further examination, subject, however, to transfer, promotion, or removal the same as other clerks and employees in the classified service. And the several appropriations herein made for such clerks and employees under the several departments and offices shall be available for payment of the salaries of all clerks and employees transferred to the classified service under this provision. And the appropriations made for such temporary clerks and employees for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two shall also be available for payment of the salaries of all such clerks and employees herein transferred for the balance of the current fiscal year,</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That the appropriations herein made for the Officers, clerks,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No payments to permanently incapacitated persons.</p></sidenote> and persons employed in the public service shall not be available for the compensation of any persons permanently incapacitated for performing such service.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">Sec. 5. </num>
<content>That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> are repealed.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 28, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 595: To establish an additional land office in the State of Montana.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>595</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 171</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-28</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>595.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To establish an additional land office in the State of Montana.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-28">April 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/84">Public, No. 84</ref>.]</p>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Falls, Mont., district established.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boundaries.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all that portion of the State of Montana bounded and described as follows: Beginning nt the northeast corner of the State and running thence west on the national boundary line between the United States and British possessions to the point intersected by the eastern boundary line of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation; thence south along the lino of said reservation to where it is intersected by the eastern line of the Lewis and Clarke Forest Reservation: thence south on said line to the southwest corner of township twenty-two north, range eight west; thence east along the line between townships twenty-one and twenty-two north<page identifier="/us/stat/32/172">172</page> to the northeast corner of township twenty-one north, range four west; thence south along the line between ranges three and four west to the northeast corner of township fourteen north, range four west; thence cast along the line between townships fourteen and fifteen north to the southeast corner of township fifteen north, range three east: thence north to the* northeast corner of said township; thence east along the line between townships fifteen and sixteen north to the southeast corner of township sixteen north, range ten east; thence north along the line between ranges ten and eleven east to the northeast corner of township eighteen north, range ton east: thence east along the line between townships eighteen and nineteen north to the northeast corner of township eighteen north, range twelve east; thence north along the line, between ranges twelve and thirteen east to-the Missouri River; thence south and east, following the Missouri River to the east line of the State of Montana: thence north along said line to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, constituted a new land district, to be, called Great Falls land district of the State of Montana; and the land oilice for said district shall be located at the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office at Great Falls.</p></sidenote> town of Great Falls.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the President, by and with the advice and consent of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of register and receiver.</p></sidenote> the Senate, is hereby authorized to appoint a register and receiver for such land district, who shall discharge like and similar duties and receive the same amount of compensation as other officers discharging like duties in the other land offices of said State.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 28, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 596: Providing for the transfer of the title to the military reservation at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>596</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 172</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-28</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>596.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the transfer of the title to the military reservation at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-28">April 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/85">Public, No. 85</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> ,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baton Rouge, La. military reservation transferred to Louisiana State University.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to transfer to the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, full and complete title to the buildings and grounds of the United States barracks at Baton Rouge for the purposes of said university and college, except that portion of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land reserved for use of railroad.</p></sidenote> ground that lies westward of a line one hundred feet east of the center of the railroad track of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad Company, and said excepted land may be used and occupied by said railroad company, and should said railroad cease to use and occupy said land then the title shall revert to said university.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 28, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 637: To facilitate the procurement of statistics of trade between the United States and its noncontiguous territory.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>637</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 172</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-29</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>637.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To facilitate the procurement of statistics of trade between the United States and its noncontiguous territory.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-29">April 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/86">Public, No. 86</ref>.]</p>
</sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shipping.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Documents required, trade with Hawaii, Porto Rico, Alaska, Philippines, and Guam.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the provisions of sections four thousand one hundred and ninety-seven to four thousand two hundred, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, requiring statements of quantity and value of goods carried by vessels clearing from the United States to foreign ports, shall be extended to and govern, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, in the trade between the United States and Hawaii, Porto Ktco, Alaska, the Philippine! Islands, Guam, and its other non-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/173">173</page>contiguous territory, and shall also govern in the trade conducted between said islands and territory, and in shipments from said islands or territory to other pails of the United States: <i>Provided,</i> That this<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philippine trade.</p></sidenote> law shall not apply in the Philippine Islands during such time as the collectors of customs of those islands are under the jurisdiction of the War Department,</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 29, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 638: For the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent the desecration of graves in the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>638</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 173</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-29</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>638.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent the desecration of graves in the District of Columbia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-29">April 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/87">Public, No. 87</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anatomical board for control and distribution of dead human bodies created.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there shall be, and is hereby, created, in and for the District of Columbia, a board for the control of the dead human bodies hereinafter described, and for the distribution of such bodies among and to the schools in said District conferring the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of dental surgery, or both: the. Post Graduate School of Medicine, incorporated by an Act of Congress, approved February seventh, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p 4.</p></sidenote> ninety-six. entitled “ An Act to incorporate the Post Graduate School of Medicine of the District of Columbia;’’ the medical schools of the United States Army and Navy: the medical examining boards of the United States Army. Navy, and Marine-Hospital Service; and the board of medical supervisors of the District of Columbia. Said board<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Members of the board.</p></sidenote> shall be known as the Anatomical Board of the Dist rict of Columbia, and shall consist of the health officer of said District and two representatives from each school aforesaid actually engaged in teaching, to be selected by and from the faculty thereof in accordance with the by-laws of such faculty, except in the case of the medical schools of the United States Army and Navy, the representatives from which shall be selected and detailed by the Surgeon-General of the Army and the Surgeon-General of the Navy. Said health officer shall call a meeting of .said anatomical board for organization at a time and place to be fixed by said health officer as soon ns practicable after the pas-sage of this Act. Sa id anatomical board shall have full power to establish<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers of the board.</p></sidenote> by-laws for its government and to appoint and to remove proper officers and agents, and shall keep full and complete records of its transactions and of all material facts pertaining to the receipt and distribution of bodies. Said records shall be open at all times for inspection<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Records.</p></sidenote> by any member of said anatomical hoard and by the United States attorney for the District of Columbia.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That every public officer, agent, and servant, and every<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notification by employees of almshouses, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 686.</p></sidenote> officer, agent, and servant of any and every almshouse, prison, jail, asylum, morgue, hospital, and other public institutions and offices having charge or control of dead human bodies requiring to be buried at public expensé, shall notify said anatomical board, or such person as may be designated by the said board, whenever any dead human body comes into his possession, charge, or control for burial at public expense. And every such officer, agent, anil servant shall, upon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delivery of bodies.</p></sidenote> application by said anatomical board or its agent, without fee or reward, and complying with the laws and regulations governing the removal of dead human bodies in the District of Columbia, deliver every such body to said board and permit said board or its agent to take and remove, the same. The notice aforesaid shall be given in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Written notice.</p></sidenote> writing and forwarded to said anatomical board within twenty-four hours after said officer, agent, or servant comes into possession, charge, or control of such body for burial, and shall include such material<page identifier="/us/stat/32/174">174</page> information as said board may designate. But no such body shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions concerning delivery of bodies.</p></sidenote> delivered if the deceased person, during his lust illness, without suggestion or solicitation, requested to be buried or cremated; or if within the time specified above and before the actual delivery thereof any person claiming to be and satisfying the officer in charge of Shell body that he is of kindred or is related by marriage to the deceased shall claim the said body for burial or cremation, or request in writing that it be buried at public expense: or if within the time specified above and before actual delivery any person claiming to be and satisfying the officer in charge of such body that he is a friend of the deceased arranges to have the same properly buried or cremated without expense to the District; or if the deceased person was a traveler who died suddenly; but in any such ease said body shall be buried or delivered to said applicant for burial.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the said anatomical board may receive the bodies<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of bodies by the board.</p></sidenote> reported to it as aforesaid, and may distribute and deliver such as are received among and to such of the schools and boards entitled thereto as request in writing to receive the same, except as otherwise expressly directed in this Art. Each such school and board shall receive annually,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proportional number for medical schools.</p></sidenote> as nearly as may be practicable, such proportion of the ent ire number of bodies distributed as the number of students enrolled and in regular attendance at such school, and the number of candidates appearing for examination before such board, respectively, engaged bona fide at such school, or examined by said board in dissecting, and operative surgery on the cadaver, bears to the total number of students so enrolled in attendance, and engaged, and of persons so examined, in the District of Columbia. The secretary, dean, or other proper officer of each such schools and board shall report to said anatomical board the names of all such students in attendance at such school or per-sons examined by said board, as the case may be, at such times and in such form as said board may direct. All bodies shall be delivered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice of death to relatives, etc.</p></sidenote> among such schools and boards in regular order so as to maintain, as nearly as may be practicable, an equitable allotment at al! times: and bodies assigned to any school or board in regular order and refused by such school or board without sufficient cause shall be charged against the quota of such school or board in such manner as not to prejudice any other school or board. But no body shall be delivered to any school or board unless within not less than twenty-four hours prior to such delivery notice of the death has been given by said anatomical board to the nearest known kinsman, relative by marriage, or friend of the deceased, or if none such be, known, published by said anatomical board at least once in a daily newspaper published in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The notice required by this section shall be deemed to have been given if served in writing on the person to be notified, or if left at his usual place of residence with some adult person residing therein, or a member of the family of such person. Said board shall take receipts by name, or if the name be unknown, by a description, for each body delivered; all receipts so obtained by said board shall be properly filed by it.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That no school except the medical schools of the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote> States Army and Navy shall receive any body under the provisions of this Act until said school has given bond to the District of Columbia, and the Board of Commissioners of said District has approved such bond, which said bond shall be in the penal sum of two hundred dollars and conditioned that all bodies which said school shall receive shall be used in said District and only for the promotion of the science and art of medicine and of dentistry.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That it shall be the duty of each and every officer, agent,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bodies must be used in the District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> and employee of every school and board receiving bodies under the provisions of this Act to see that such bodies are used in the District<page identifier="/us/stat/32/175">175</page> of Columbia and for the promotion of the science and art of medicine and of dentistry, and for no other purpose whatsoever, and that after being so used the remains thereof are disposed of in accordance with law.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That any person who shall, in the District of Columbia, sell<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traffic in bodies prohibited.</p></sidenote> or buy any body aforesaid, or in any way traffic therewith, or transmit or convey any such body to any place outside of said Distinct, or cause or procure any such body to be so transmitted or conveyed, or who shall, in said District, disturb or remove, without legal permit,any body from any grave or vault, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned in the workhouse of said District for not more than one year.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That neither the United States nor the District of Columbia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> nor any officer, agent, or servant thereof, shall be at any expense by reason of the delivery of any body or bodies aforesaid, except such as may be properly chargeable on account of bodies delivered to the medical schools of the Army and Navy, the medical examining boards of the Army, the Navy, and the Ma line-Hospital Service, and the board of medical supervisors of the District of Columbia; but all expenses of such delivery and distribution, except as hereinbefore specified, and of said anatomical board, shall be paid by the schools receiving such bodies, in such manner as may be specified by said board and by such school in proportion to the number of bodies which it has received; and no school which has failed or refused to pay its just proportion of such expense as determined by said board shall be allowed to receive any body or bodies, or parts thereof, while the amount so due remains unpaid.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That any person having any duty enjoined upon him by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure to perform duty.</p></sidenote> provisions of this Act who willfully neglects, refuses, or fails to perform the same, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the work-house of the District of Columbia for not more than one year.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That all prosecutions under this Act shall he in the police<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecutions.</p></sidenote> court of the District of Columbia, on information brought in the name of said District on its behalf.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<content>That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 29, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 639: Providing for a monument to mark the site of the Fort Phil Kearny massacre.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>639</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 175</citableAs>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>639.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for a monument to mark the site of the Fort Phil Kearny massacre.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-29">April 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/88">Public, No. 88</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Phil Kearny massacre.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monument to mark site of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to mark the site of the Fort Phil Kearny massacre, that occurred on the twenty-first of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, by erecting on said site a monument of rough masonry and an historical tablet: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote> site of the proposed monument, of not less than one-fourth of an acre in area, situated upon the most sightly portion of Massacre Hill, shall lie donated to the United States.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That, for the purpose of carrying this Art into effect the sum<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> of fire hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any public moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under direction of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 29, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 640: To refund the amount of duties paid in Porto Rico upon articles imported from the several States from April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to May first, nineteen hundred, to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to render judgment thereon, and making an appropriation therefor.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>640</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 176</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-29</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/176">176</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>640.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To refund the amount of duties paid in Porto Rico upon articles imported from the several States from April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to May first, nineteen hundred, to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to render judgment thereon, and making an appropriation therefor.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-29">April 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/89">Public, No. 89</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Porto Rico.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties to be refunded.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction conferred on Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That jurisdiction be, and is hereby, conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States of all claims against the United States arising out of the payment of customs duties to the military authorities in the island of Porto Rico upon articles imported from the several States, which articles were entered at the several ports of entry in Porto Rico from and including April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to May first, nineteen hundred, and the Court of Claims is empowered and directed to ascertain the amounts of such duties paid during said period and to enter judgment against the United States for the several amounts so paid, with interest thereon at the rate of six per centum per annum from the several dates of payment of such duties to the dates of such judgments, respectively, in all actions for the recovery of such duties now pending in the Court of Claims and in all actions for the recovery of such duties which may he brought in said court within six months from the date of the passage of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
<content>That the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the certification<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of judgments.</p></sidenote> of such judgments, or any of them, from which the United States does not take an appeal, is authorized to pay the same.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 29, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 641: To prohibit the coming into and to regulate the residence within the United States, its Territories, and all territory under its jurisdiction, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>641</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 176</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-29</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>641.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To prohibit the coming into and to regulate the residence within the United States, its Territories, and all territory under its jurisdiction, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese descent.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-29">April 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/90">Public, No. 90</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chinese exclusion.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Immigration prohibited.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prohibition extended to island territories.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 476.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all laws now in force prohibiting aria regulating the coming of Chinese persons, and persons of Chinese descent, into the United States, and the residence of such persons therein, including sections five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, thirteen, and fourteen of the Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese laborers into the United States” approved September thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same arc hereby, re-enacted, extended, and continued so far as the same are not inconsistent with treaty obligations, until otherwise provided by law, and said laws shall also apply to the island territory under the jurisdiction of the United States, and prohibit the immigration<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Immigration from island territories to mainland prohibited.</p></sidenote> of Chinese laborers, not citizens of the United States, from such island territory to the mainland territory of the United States, whether in such island territory at the time of cession or not. and from one portion of the island territory of the United States to another portion of said island territory: <proviso> <i>Provided, however.,</i> That said laws shall not<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transit permitted.</p></sidenote> apply to the transit of Chinese laborers from one island to another island of the same group; and any islands within the jurisdiction of any State or the District of Alaska shall be considered a part of the mainland under this section.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Treasury to prescribe regulations, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 1210.</p></sidenote> empowered to make and prescribe, and from time to time to change, such rules and regulations not. inconsistent with the laws of the land as he may deem necessary and proper to execute the provisions of this Act and of the Acts hereby extended and continued and of the treaty of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, between the United States and China, and with the approval of the President to<page identifier="/us/stat/32/177">177</page> appoint such agents as lie may deem necessary for the efficient execution of said treaty and said Acts.</content> </section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That nothing in the provisions of this Act or any other Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allen contract labor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permission to foreign exhibitors at expositions authorized by Congress.</p></sidenote> shall he construed to prevent, hinder, or restrictany foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of any foreign nation, or the holder, who is a citizen of any foreign nation, of any concession or privilege from any fair or exposition authorized by Act of Congress from bringing into the United States, under contract, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees, natives of their respective foreign countries, as they or any of them may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparation for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any concession or privilege which may have been or may be granted by any said fair or exposition in connection with such exposition, under such rules and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations.</p></sidenote> regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may proscribe, both as to the admission and return of such person or persons.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That it shall be the duty of every Chinese laborer, other than<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificates of residence of Chinese in insular territory.</p></sidenote> a citizen, rightfully in, and entitled to remain in any of the insular territory of the United States (Hawaii excepted) at the time of the passage of this Act, to obtain within one year thereafter a certificate of residence in the insular territory wherein he resides, which certificate shall entitle him to residence therein, and upon failure to obtain such Certificate as herein provided he shall he deported from such insular territory; and the Philippine Commission is authorized and required<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philippine Commission to prescribe regulations, etc.</p></sidenote> to make all regulations and provisions necessary for the enforcement of this section in the Philippine Islands, including the form and sub-stance of the certificate of residence so that the same shall clearly and sufficiently identify the holder thereof and enable officials to prevent fraud in the transfer of the same: <i>Provided, however,</i> That if said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registration time may be extended.</p></sidenote> Philippine Commission shall find that it is impossible to complete the registration herein provided for within one year from the passage of this Act, said Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to extend the time for such registration for a further period not. exceeding one year.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 29, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 642: For the relief of certain indigent Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>642</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 177</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-29</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>642.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the relief of certain indigent Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-29">April 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/91">Public, No. 91</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fund for relief of indigent Choctaws.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, to deposit in the United States subtreasury at Saint Louis, Missouri, to the credit of the treasurer of the Choctaw Nation, the sum of twenty thousand dollars of the fund now in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 509.</p></sidenote> nations, derived from the sale of town lots under an Act approved June 28, 1898, being “An Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” the said sum to be used for certain destitute Choctaw Indians in the manner hereinafter provided, and charged against the proportionate share of said fund due to each Choctaw Indian receiving relief under the provisions hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That Gilbert W. Dukes, principal chief of the Choctaw<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission to supply food, etc., to destitute Choctaws.</p></sidenote> Nation, George W. Scott, treasurer ot the Choctaw Nation, and Green McCurtain, ex-principal chief of the Choctaw Nation, are hereby constituted a commission, with authority to investigate and determine what Choctaw citizens are destitute and in absolute need of help: and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions.</p></sidenote><page identifier="/us/stat/32/178">178</page> they are hereby authorized and empowered to supply to said destitute Choctaws such food as may be necessary for their maintenance as they may determine to be right and proper, the same to be paid for out of the aforesaid twenty thousand dollars, but not exceeding to any beneficiary the amount he is entitled to receive from said fund as his distributive share.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is hereby,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fund for relief of indigent Chickasaws.</p></sidenote> authorized, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, to deposit iii the United States subtreasury at Saint Louis, Missouri, to the credit of the treasurer of the Chickasaw Nation, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars of which shall be taken from the balance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 262.</p></sidenote> of the arrears of interest of five hundred and fifty-eight thousand live hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-four cents excluding the incompetent fund appropriated by the Act of Congress approved June<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 513.</p></sidenote> twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (Thirtieth Statutes, Four hundred and ninety-five), and ten thousand dollars out of the Chickasaw national fund of sixty thousand dollars placed upon the books of the Treasury of the United States by the Indian appropriation Act of March third, nineteen hundred and one, to the credit of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1062.</p></sidenote> the Chickasaw tribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That Ik H. Johnson, governor of the Chickasaw Nation.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission to supply food, etc., to destitute Chickasaws.</p></sidenote> W. T Ward, treasurer of said nation, and P. S. Mosly, ex-governor of said nation, are hereby constituted a commission with authority to investigate and determine what Chickasaw citizens are destitute and in absolute need of help, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to supply said destitute Chickasaws with”such food as may be necessary for their maintenance as they may determine to be right and proper. Said commission is also authorized to reimburse the governor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement of governor of Chickasaw Nation.</p></sidenote> of tne Chickasaw Nation for the actual expenses heretofore incurred by him in supplying indigent Chickasaw* with necessary food and raiment, payment to be made from said fund: <proviso> <i>Provided.</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Only necessary expenses allowed.</p></sidenote> members of said Choctaw and Chickasaw commissions shall not be allowed any compensation for their services except the actual necessary expenses while engaged in said work:</proviso> <proviso> <i>Provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report.</p></sidenote> each commission shall make full report to the legislative body of its respective nation giving the names of the persons receiving aid and the amount expended for each person, together with an itemized account of the expenses incurred by each commission.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 29, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 669: To authorize the Western Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Ohio River.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>669</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-04-30</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>669.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Western Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Ohio River.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-30">April 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/92">Public, No. 92</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Western Bridge Company may bridge, at Allegheny, Pa.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Western Bridge Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, he, and the same is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Ohio River from a point on Preble avenue, in the city of Allegheny, to a point on Shingiss street, in the borough of McKees Rocks, Allegheny<sup>7</sup> County, Pennsylvania: <i>Provided.</i> That such location is suitable to the interests of navigation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be a lawful structure.</p></sidenote> and receives the approval of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers. The said bridge, when built in accordance with the provisions and requirements of this Act, shall be, a legal and lawful structure, and may be used for railway and highway purposes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall<page identifier="/us/stat/32/179">179</page> prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the said Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and piers, 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 and the shore lines at high and low water, and giving for the space of one-half mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location an accurate representation of the bottom of the river, determined by actual soundings, and the location of any other bridge or bridges, and such other information as may be required for the full and satisfactory understanding of the subject by the Secretary of War; and the construction of said bridge shall not be commenced until said location and plans have been submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War; and said plans, after having been approved by the Chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> of Engineers mid the Secretary of War, shall not be deviated from either before or after completion of the structure unless the modification of said plans be previously submitted to and receive the approval of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, and the said company shall at its own expense make such changes in said bridge as the Secretary of War may at any time direct in the interest of navigation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> 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 than for any other passengers or freight passing over same; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph.</p></sidenote> roads in the United States, and the United States shall also have the right to construct a postal telegraph over said bridge without charge therefor.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content class="inline">That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> be so kept and maintained as at all times 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 LigidHouse Board may prescribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That said bridge may be constructed to provide for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway street car, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> passage of railway trains, street cars, wagons, vehicles of all kinds, for transit of animals and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time, by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That all railway companies desiring the use of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other roads.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of cars over the same and the approaches thereto upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to adjust disputes.</p></sidenote> owner or owners of said bridge and several 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. And equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall bo granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That the privileges hereby conferred and this Act shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> become null and void if the construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years after the passage of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That Congress hereby reserves the right to alter, amend,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> or repeal this Act.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 30, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 670: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Neuse River at or near Kinston, North Carolina.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>670</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 180</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-30</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/180">180</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>670.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Neuse River at or near Kinston, North Carolina.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-30">April 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/93">Public, No. 93</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Neuse River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kinston and Carolina Railway Company may bridge, at Kinston, N. C.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Kinston and Carolina Rail rond Company, a corporation duh created and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, is hereby authorized to build and maintain a railroad bridge across the Nouse River, at such point as may be selected by the said company and approved by the Secretary of War, at or near Kinston, North Carolina, the said bridge to be so constructed as not to interfere with the navigation of said river.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be built<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said riveras 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 proposed bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of at least 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, and the direction and strength of the current, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject: and until said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change he made in the plan of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> during the progress of construction or after its completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> 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 the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph.</p></sidenote> a postal telegraph across said bridge; and said structure shall be so<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote> kept and managed at all times as to afford reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said bridge, and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall he displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of the owners thereof, such lightsand other signals as maybe prescribed by the Light-House<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> Board; and the said bridge shall be changed or altered at the cost and expense of the owners thereof from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> constructed under this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use: and in case the parties interested shall fail<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote> to agree upon the sum or sums to he paid and upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall, upon the application of either party, be determined by the district court of the United States in and for any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc. rights.</p></sidenote> district in which any portion of said bridge may be; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies;</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed with three years from the approval of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="15">Sec. 15. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 30, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 671: Extending the time for completing bridge across the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>671</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 181</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-30</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/181">181</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>671.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Extending the time for completing bridge across the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-30">April 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/94">Public, No. 94</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time extended for completing bridge at Saint Charles, Mo.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 197.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time for completing the construction of a wagon and motor bridge across the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri, as fixed by an Act approved June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be extended to June third, nineteen hundred and four.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 30, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 672: To authorize the Shreveport Bridge and Terminal Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Red River in the State of Louisiana, at or near Shreveport.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>672</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 181</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-30</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>672.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Shreveport Bridge and Terminal Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Red River in the State of Louisiana, at or near Shreveport.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-30">April 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/95">Public, No. 95</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Red River.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shreveport Bridge and Terminal Company may bridge at Shreveport, La.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Shreveport Bridge and Terminal Company, a corporation existing under the laws of Louisiana, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and all approaches thereto across Red River, at or near the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, and in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Secretary of War, and to lay on or over said bridge a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any rail-road or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite such point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. Said company, or its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to build, construct, and maintain any and all trestles, roadbeds, tracks, appurtenances, and things that may Lie necessary for proper approaches to said bridge and for the use of the. same as a railroad bridge.. That said bridge shall not interfere<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote> with the free navigation of said river, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river by reason of the construction of the said bridge, the said cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be: <i>Provided, </i>That nothing in this<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existing laws remain in force.</p></sidenote> Act shall he so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt this bridge, from the operation of the same: <i>Provided further, </i>That said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> passage of railroad trains and at the option of said company may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> of animals, and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may he fixed by said company and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That if the bridge authorized shall be built as a drawbridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote> the draw shall be operated by steam or other reliable power, and shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage, of boats, except when trams arc passing over said span or spans; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw after the passage of trains.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That all piers shall be built as nearly as may be parallel<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to navigation.</p></sidenote> with the current of the river at that stage of water which is most important for navigation, and the bridge itself shall he built as nearly as may be at right angles thereto; and the riprapping or other protection for imperfect foundations which will lessen the inquired water-way shall not. be permitted; and also that piers which will produce cross currents or bars dangerous to navigation shall not be constructed; and if after construction any piers or accessory works are found to produce the above-mentioned effects, or if any riprupping or other<page identifier="/us/stat/32/182">182</page> protection prohibited by this section is found to exist, the nuisance shall be abated or corrected under the direction of the Secretary of War at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the approaches to said bridge shall be so designed and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation</p></sidenote> constructed as not to interfere with the free discharge of said river in seasons of Hood; and any encroachment on the high-water cross section by piers, solid embankments, or otherwise which will result in unduly accelerating the high-water current at the site of the bridge shall not be allowed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That any corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent channel.</p></sidenote> or operating the bridge built under the authority of this Act shall build and maintain at all times as accessory work to such bridge such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar devices as may be necessary to insure at all times a permanent channel for a sufficient distance above and below the bridge site, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other craft safely under or through said bridge; and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote> if at any time after the construction of the bridge and its accessory works the approaches to draw openings, channel spans, or raft pas-sages in said bridge arc found to be dangerous or difficult of access by river traffic the Secretary of War may, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, order the corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge to construct, under his direction, and to maintain such additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices as will obviate the difficulty mentioned, which additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices shall be built and maintained at their own expense by said company or persons; and that said company or persons shall maintain, at their own expense,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals on said bridge as may be required by the Light-House Board for the security of navigation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the bridge authorized to be constructed by this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation on said river as thé Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object said corporation shall submit for his examination a design and drawing of the bridge, piers, approaches, and accessory works, and a map of the location, giving for a space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river and the shore lines at high and low water. This map shall be accompanied by another, drawn on the scale of one inch to two hundred feet, giving for a space of one-half mile above the line of the proposed bridge and one-fourth mile below, an accurate representation of the bottom of the river, by contour lines five feet apart, determined by accurate soundings, and also showing over the whole width of this part of the river the force and direction of the currents at low water, at high water, and at at least one intermediate stage, by triangulated observations on suitable floats. The maps shall also show the location of other bridges in the vicinity, and shall give such information as the Secretary of War may require for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and the construction of the proposed bridge shall not be commenced until the location and plans thereof are approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That any bridge constructed under the authority of this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> shall be built under the general supervision of the Secretary of War, and no changes or alterations in plans shall be made during the construction of said bridge or after its completion unless said changes or alterations are authorized by the Secretary of War. That such alterations and changes as may be required by the Secretary of War in<page identifier="/us/stat/32/183">183</page> said bridge, before or after completion, so as to preserve free and convenient navigation, shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of War, at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel.</p></sidenote> or operating such bridge. That during original construction or in carrying out any authorized changes or repairs of said bridge a navigable channel shall be preserved at the site of the bridge at all times, and the waterway of the river shall not be obstructed to a greater extent than is absolutely necessary; and such lightsand buoys (mall lie kept on all cofferdams, piles, and so forth, us may be necessary for the security of navigation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote> authorized by this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or curs over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> compensation for such use; and in case the owner of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote> and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to he 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 bearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties; and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc.</p></sidenote> equal privileges in the use of the bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content class="inline">That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> this Act. and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall lie 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 transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions of war over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have, the right of way for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes over said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10">Sec. 10. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11">Sec. 11. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 30, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 673: To amend an Act entitled "An Act granting the right to the Omaha Northern Railway Company to construct a railway across, and establish stations on, the Omaha and Winnebago Reservation, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes," by extending the time for the construction of said railway.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>673</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 183</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-04-30</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>673.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled "An Act granting the right to the Omaha Northern Railway Company to construct a railway across, and establish stations on, the Omaha and Winnebago Reservation, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes," by extending the time for the construction of said railway.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-30">April 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/96">Public, No. 96</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omaha and Winnebago Reservation.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way to Omaha Northern Rail way Company extended.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 345.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time presented by an Act of Congress approved the twenty-sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act granting the right to the Omaha Northern Railway Company to construct a railway across, and establish stations on, the. Omaha and Winnebago Reservation, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes,’’ for the construction of said railway be, and the same is hereby, extended for a period of three years from the twenty-sixth day of March, nineteen hundred and one.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That all other provisions of said Act are hereby continued in full force and effect.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, April 30, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 675: To grant certain lands to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>675</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 184</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/184">184</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>675.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To grant certain lands to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-01">May 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land granted to Colorado Springs, Colo., for water supply.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the fol I owing-described tracts of land, situate in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, described as follows: Ail of south half of south half of section twenty-eight; all of south half of section twenty-nine not included in the grant made to the city of Colorado Springs under the Act of Congress<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 97.</p></sidenote> approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; all of northeast quarter of section thirty-one not included in the grant to the city of Colorado Springs under the Act of Congress approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; all of south-east quarter of section thirty-one; all of northwest quarter of section thirty-two not included in the grant made to the city of Colorado Springs under the Act of Congress approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six: all of northeast, quarter, all of south-west quarter, and all of north half of southeast quarter of section thirty-two; all of north half, all of north half of southwest quarter, all of southwest quarter of southwest quarter, all of north half of south-east quarter, and all of southeast quarter of southeast quarter of section thirty-three. All of the above-described land is in township fourteen south, range sixty-eight west, of sixth principal meridian. Also, all of east half of northeast quarter and all of north half of south half of section four, township fifteen south, range sixty-eight west, of sixth principal meridian: allof north half of southeast quarter, all of west half of northeast quarter, and all of northwest quarter of section five, township fifteen south, range sixty-eight west, containing two thousand one hundred and eighty-one and live-tenths acres, more or less, be. and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the city of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Price per acre.</p></sidenote> upon the payment of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre by said city to the United States, to have and to hold said lands to its use and behoof forever for purposes of water storage and supply of its waterworks; and for said purposes said city shall forever have the right, in its discretion, to control and use any and all parts of the premises herein conveyed, and in the construction of reservoirs, laying such pipes and mains, and in making such improvements as may be necessary to utilize the water contained in any natural or constructed reservoirs upon said premises: <proviso> <i>Provided, howerer,</i> That the grant hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existing legal rights.</p></sidenote> made is, and the patent issued hereunder shall be, subject to all legal rights heretofore acquired by any person or persons in or to the above-described premises or any part thereof and now existing under and by virtue of the laws of the I. nited States.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 679: To provide for two additional associate justices of the supreme court of the Territory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>679</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 184</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-02</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>679.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for two additional associate justices of the supreme court of the Territory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-02">May 2, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/98">Public, No. 98</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oklahoma Territory.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two additional justices of supreme court of.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 85; Vol. 28, p. 20.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That hereafter the supreme court of the Territory of Oklahoma shall consist of a chief justice and six associate justices, any four of whom shall constitute a quorum, but four judges must concur to render an opinion reversing a judgment or other determination of the district court.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That it shall be the duty of the President to nominate and,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment.</p></sidenote> by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint two additional associate justices of said supreme court, who shall have been residents of said Territory for at least one year and who shall hold<page identifier="/us/stat/32/185">185</page> their office for the term of four years, or until their successors are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term.</p></sidenote> appointed and have qualified, and the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of said Territory shall each receive as compensation the sum of four thousand dollars per annum.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the Territory shall be divided into seven judicial districts,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seven judicial districts.</p></sidenote> and a district court shall be held in each county, as now provided by law. The supreme court of said Territory shall define said judicial districts and snail 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, shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assignment in certain cases.</p></sidenote> reside in the district to which he is assigned. The supreme court of said Territory, or the chief justice thereof, may designate any judge to try a particular case or cases in any district or to hold the district court in any other district when the judge of said district is absent from his district or has been of counsel or is of kin to either party to the action or interested or biased or prejudiced in the cause, or if for any other reason said judge is disqualified or unable to hold said court.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the district court in each of said districts shall have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction.</p></sidenote> the same jurisdiction that district courts of said Territory now possess.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the supreme court, or any justice thereof, shall have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stay of execution, etc.</p></sidenote> power to stay the execution or enforcement of any judgment or final order in any cause taken to said court by appeal or proceedings in error on such terms as may be prescribed by the court or justice granting such stay.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That no justice of the supreme court of said Territory shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disqualification of judges.</p></sidenote> sit as a member of said court or participate in the trial, bearing, or decision of any case decided by him in the district court or in which he has any interest.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 2, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 680: Authorizing the White River Railway Company to construct a bridge across the White River in Arkansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>680</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 185</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>680.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the White River Railway Company to construct a bridge across the White River in Arkansas.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-03">May 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/99">Public, No. 99</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White River, Ark.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White River Railway Company may bridge.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the White River Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing tinder and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, be, and thev are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the White River, in the State of Arkansas, at such point on the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> boundary line between the counties of Baxter and Marion in said State suitable to the interests of navigation as may hereafter be selected by said railway company for crossing said river with its rail-way line. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> 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 animals and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed by said railway company and approved by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That said bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to said bridge, and 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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc. rights.</p></sidenote> granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches<page identifier="/us/stat/32/186">186</page>
for postal-telegraph purposes: <i>Provided,</i> That the bridge herein<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote> authorized to he constructed, shall be so kept and managed by the company owning and operating it as to afford proper ways and means for the passage through or under it of vessels, barges, or rafts nt all times, both by day and by night; and there shall be displayed on said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> bridge from sunset to sunrise such lights and signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That if said bridge, erected and maintained under the authority<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote> of this Act, shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, or shall in the opinion of the Secretary of War obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction, and such alteration 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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote> obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the case may be brought in the district court of the United States in the State of Arkansas for the district in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: <i>Provided,</i> That nothing in this<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existing laws not affected.</p></sidenote> 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 to exempt said bridge from the operation of the same.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other roads.</p></sidenote> constructed under this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reason-able compensation for such use; and in ease the parties interested 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, upon the application of cither party, be determined by the district court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge may be.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe. mid 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 of the bridge the, topography of the banks of the river, with shore lines at high and low water, and shall furnish such other information as may he required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plans 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 plans of the said bridge during the process of construction or after completion, such change shall be subject to the approval of the. Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7">Sec. 7. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 3, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 681: Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for use at Knights of Pythias encampment to be held at San Francisco, California.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>681</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 187</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/187">187</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>681.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for use at Knights of Pythias encampment to be held at San Francisco, California.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-03">May 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/100">Public, No. 100</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Knights of Pythias Encampment, San Francisco, Cal.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War authorized to loan tents for use of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War he, and is hereby, authorized to loan, at his discretion, to committee of citizens in charge of arrangements for the encampment of the Uni-form Rank, Knights of Pythias, to be held in San Francisco, California. August tenth to twentieth, nineteen hundred and two, and deliver to Charles L. Patton, president and executive director of said commit-tee, one thousand wall tents, size ten by twelve, with poles, ridges, and pins for each: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That no expense shall be caused the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No expense to Government.</p></sidenote> United States Government by the delivery and return of such property; the same to be delivered to said committee designated above at such time prior to the date of said encampment as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and said Charles L. Patton, the number of tents so loaned not to exceed one thousand:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided further,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote> Secretary of War shall, before delivering such property, take from said Charles L. Patton a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition; and the whole without expense to the United States.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 3, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 682: To authorize the New Orleans and Mississippi Midland Railroad Company of Mississippi to build and maintain a railway bridge across Pearl River.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>682</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 187</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>682.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the New Orleans and Mississippi Midland Railroad Company of Mississippi to build and maintain a railway bridge across Pearl River.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-03">May 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/101">Public, No. 101</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pearl River, Miss.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans and Mississippi Midland Railroad company may bridge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the New Orleans and Mississippi Midland Railroad Company, a corporation duly incorporated and existing’ under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Mississippi, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, by itself or through its assignees, a railway bridge across Pearl River at a point suitable to the interest of navigation between the towns of Monticello and Columbia, in the State of Mississippi. Said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> shall be constructed to provide for passage of railway trains, and for transmission of the mails at such legal rates of toll as may be fixed by said railroad company, or its transferees, and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That said bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and 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 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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purpose»: <i>Provided,</i> That the bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote> herein authorized to be constructed shall be so kept and managed by the company owning or operating it as to afford proper ways and means for the passage through or under it of vessels, barges, or rafts at all times, both by day and by night; and if said bridge be constructed as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote> a drawbridge, the draw shall lie opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats; and upon whatever kind of bridge is built<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> there shall be displayed from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of said company, such lights and signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content><page identifier="/us/stat/32/188">188</page>That if said bridge erected and maintained under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote> authority of this Act shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the free navigation of said river, or shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, unreasonably 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 such alteration shall be made<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owners or operators of said bridge; and in case of any litigation arising from the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote> obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river the case may be brought in the district court of the United States for the western district of Louisiana: <proviso> <i>Provided,</i> That nothing in this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existing laws not affected.</p></sidenote> 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 same.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring to use the said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other roads.</p></sidenote> shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same and the approaches thereto upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, which compensation may be different in case of different railways. In case<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> of disagreement as to compensation for the use of said bridge the difference shall be determined by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proof of the parties in interest.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and 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 of the bridge, the topography of the banks of the river, with 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 said plans 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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> of the said bridge during the process of construction or after completion. such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within four years from the date hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 3, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 683: To make the provisions of an Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes, seven hundred and ninety-six), applicable to the State of Utah.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>683</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 188</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>683.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To make the provisions of an Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes, seven hundred and ninety-six), applicable to the State of Utah.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-03">May 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/102">Public, No. 102</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grant of school lands to Utah.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 796.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all the provisions of an Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, which provides for the selection of lands for educational purposes in lieu of those appropriated for other purposes, be, and the same are hereby, imide applicable to the State of Utah, and the grant of school lands to said State, including sections two and<page identifier="/us/stat/32/189">189</page>
thirty-two in each township, and indemnity therefor, shall be administered and adjusted in accordance with the provisions of said Act, anything in the Act approved July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 109.</p></sidenote> ninety-four, providing for the admission of said State into the Union, to the con truly notwithstanding.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That wherever the words “sections sixteen and thirty-six”<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sections added.</p></sidenote> occur in said Act, the same as applicable to the State of Utah shall read: “sections two, sixteen, thirty-two, and thirty-six,” and wherever the words “sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections” occur the same shall read: “second, sixteenth, thirty-second, and thirty-sixth sections,” and wherever the words “sections sixteen or thirty-six” occur the same shall read: “sections two, sixteen, thirty-two, or thirty-six,” and wherever the words “two sections” occur the same shall read “four sections.”</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 3, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 684: To grant a right of way to the Warrior Southern Railway Company through the tract of land in the State of Alabama reserved for the use of the United States in connection with the improvement of the Black Warrior River and known as Lock Four.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>684</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 189</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>684.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To grant a right of way to the Warrior Southern Railway Company through the tract of land in the State of Alabama reserved for the use of the United States in connection with the improvement of the Black Warrior River and known as Lock Four.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-03">May 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/103">Public, No. 103</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lock No. 4, Black Warrior River, Ala.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warrior Southern Railway granted right of way through reservation for.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That a right of way is hereby granted to the Warrior Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the. laws of the State of Alabama, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the railroad contemplated by said company to be constructed from Searcy up the left bank of the Black Warrior River, in the State of Alabama, through and across that certain tract of land situate, lying, and being upon the said Black Warrior River, in section two, township twentyone south, range nine west, in the said State of Alabama, which has been reserved and appropriated to the use of the United States in connection with the improvement of the channel of the said Black Warrior River at the point known us Lock Numbered Four; and said company is hereby authorized to locate, construct, operate, and maintain its said railroad through and across said tract of land over so much of said tract of land as shall be included within lines drawn parallel to and eight feet distant on either side from the center line of the main track of said railroad as so located: <proviso> <i>Provided, however,</i> That the location and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location to be approved by Secretary of War.</p></sidenote> all details of construction, such as retaining walls, culverts, spoil banks, and so forth, of said railroad through and across said tract of land shall be first approved by the Secretary of War and shall be such as not to unreasonably interfere with the purposes for which said tract of land was reserved to the United States:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided further,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of buildings, etc.</p></sidenote> the said company shall, at its own expense, but under the direction and with the approval of the Secretary of War, move any and all building or buildings and structure or structures heretofore erected by the United States upon said tract of land, and which may interfere with the construction and operation of said railroad as so located, to some other point or points upon said tract of land equally available and suitable for the use of the United States and the purposes for which such building or buildings, structure or structures, were erected:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided further,</i> That the said company shall secure and grant, to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telephone.</p></sidenote> United States full and free authority to construct, operate, and maintain a telephone line along the right of way of said railroad and connecting lines between Tuscaloosa and the junction of said railroad with the Ensley Southern Railway on the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided further,</i> That the said company shall build and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Side track.</p></sidenote> permanently maintain, without cost to the United States, a side track<page identifier="/us/stat/32/190">190</page> at the lower end of said tract of land for the exclusive and free use of the United States:</proviso> <proviso> <i>And provided also, </i>That the Warrior Southern Railway<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight charges.</p></sidenote> Company and its assigns shall not charge the United States for freight shipped over its lines rates higher than those charged any private party.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 3, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 778: Providing for the removal of the port of entry in the Albemarle collection of customs district, North Carolina, from Edenton, North Carolina, to Elizabeth City, North Carolina.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>778</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 190</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>778.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the removal of the port of entry in the Albemarle collection of customs district, North Carolina, from Edenton, North Carolina, to Elizabeth City, North Carolina.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-07">May 7, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/104">Public, No. 104</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth City, N. C.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Made port of entry instead of Edenton, N. C.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2555/p504">R. S., sec. 2555, p. 504</ref>, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section two thousand live hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, second edition, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be amended by striking out the word “Edenton” in the last line of the first subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the words “Elizabeth City.”</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 7, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 779: To authorize the United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company, of the State of Florida, to construct a bridge across the Manatee River in the State of Florida.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>779</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 190</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>779.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company, of the State of Florida, to construct a bridge across the Manatee River in the State of Florida.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-07">May 7, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/105_">Public, No. 105</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manatee River, Fla.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company may bridge.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company of Florida, a corporation created and existing by virtue of the law of the State of Florida, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across Manatee River in the State of Florida for the crossing of said river with its railroad line at such point as may be selected by the said railroad and steamship company and approved by the Secretary of War. Said bridge shall be constructed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon,and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> to provide for the passage of railroad trains, and. at the option of said railroad 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 fixed by the said railroad and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> steamship company and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That any bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> shall he a lawful structure, and shall he recognized and known ns a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails and troops and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as other post roads in the United States; and the United States shall have, the right<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph and telephone purposes, and all telegraph and telephone companies shall have equal rights and privileges in crossing said bridge with their lines.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be 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 designs and drawings of the bridge and a map of the location, giving all details<page identifier="/us/stat/32/191">191</page>
necessary to enable the Secretary of War to judge whether the location selected is a proper one; and until the said plans and location are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built: and should any changes be made in the plans of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> during the progress of construction or after completion such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, and all changes in said bridge required by the Secretary of War at any time, or its entire removal, shall be at the expense of the corporation owning or operating said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote> shall be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of railroad trains over the same, and the approaches thereto, upon the payment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> of a reasonable compensation therefor, and in ease the owner or owners of said bridge and the several rail load 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 the use of 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.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That if the bridge built under authority of this Act shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote> built 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 owner or owners thereof shall maintain thereon,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> at their own expense, from sunset, to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 7, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 780: To provide for a light-house keeper’s dwelling, Ecorse range-light station, Detroit River, in the State of Michigan.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>780</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 191</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>780.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for a light-house keeper’s dwelling, Ecorse range-light station, Detroit River, in the State of Michigan.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-07">May 7, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/106">Public, No. 106</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detroit River, Mich.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ecorse range light, keeper’s dwelling authorized.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury he. anti he hereby is, authorized and directed to cause to be erected on the site now owned by the United States a building to be used as and for a light-house keeper’s dwelling. Ecorse range-light station, in the Detroit River, in the State of Michigan, which shall cost not to exceed five thousand dollars. The plans, specifications, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, etc.</p></sidenote> full estimates for said building shall be made and approved, according to taw, before work on said building shall be commenced, and a valid title vested in the United States, over which exclusive jurisdiction shall be ceded to said United States during ownership for all purposes except the administration of the criminal law and the service of civil process of said State of Michigan. Until this is done none of the money so<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title</p></sidenote> appropriated shall be used except such part as may be required for the ordinary preliminary expenses for examination, investigation, and report.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 7, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 781: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Chattahoochee River between Columbus, Georgia, and Eufaula, Alabama, or in the city of Columbus, Georgia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>781</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 192</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-07</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/192">192</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>781.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Chattahoochee River between Columbus, Georgia, and Eufaula, Alabama, or in the city of Columbus, Georgia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-07">May 7, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/107">Public, No. 107</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chattahoochee River, Ga. and Ala.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbus, Eufaula and Gulf Railroad Company may bridge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Columbus, Eufaula and Gulf Railroad Company, a corporation duly created and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, is hereby authorized to build and maintain a railroad bridge across the Chattahoochee River, at such point as may be selected by the said company and approved by the Secretary of War, between Columbus, Georgia, and Eufaula, Alabama, or in the city of Columbus, Georgia, the said bridge to Ite so constructed as not to interefere with the navigation of said river.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be built<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river ns 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 proposed bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of at least one-half mile above and one-half mile below the pro-posed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, and the direction and strength of the current, and the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until 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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> bridge during the progress of construction or after its completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary ot War.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge snail be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions over the railroads and public high-ways leading to said bridge. Equal privileges in the use of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge; and said structure shall he so kept, and managed at all times as to afford reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said bridge, and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of the owners thereof, such lights and other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board; and the said bridge shall be changed or altered at the cost and expense of the owners thereof from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river: <i>Provided,</i> That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other roads.</p></sidenote> 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 thereto upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> 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 b0 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.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act.</content>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/193">193</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 7, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 782: Providing for the extension of the Loudon Park National Cemetery, near Baltimore, Maryland.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>782</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 193</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-07</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP.</dc:type>
<docNumber>782.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the extension of the Loudon Park National Cemetery, near Baltimore, Maryland.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-07">May 7, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/108">Public, No. 108</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loudon Park National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for purchase of additional land.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase such additional hind as may be necessary for the extension of the Loudon Park National Cemetery, near Baltimore. Maryland, to provide burial for such soldiers, sailors, and marines as are by law entitled to interment in said cemetery; and to provide for the purchase of said land and for the necessary improvement of same the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof us may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 7, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 783: To amend section forty-nine hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes, relating to design patents.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>783</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 193</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-09</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>783.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section forty-nine hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes, relating to design patents.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-09">May 9, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/109">Public, No. 109</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents for designs.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4929/p954">R. S. sec. 4929, p. 954</ref>, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section forty-nine hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4929">“Sec. 4929. </num>
<content>Any person who has invented any new, original, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issued for designs for any manufacture.</p></sidenote> ornamental design for an article of manufacture, not known or used by others in this country before bis invention thereof, and not patented or described in any printed publication in this or any foreign country before his invention thereof, or more than two years prior to his application, and not in public use or on sale in this country for more than two years prior to his application, unless the same is proved to have been abandoned, may, upon payment of the fees required by law and other due proceedings had, the same as in cases of inventions or discoveries covered by section forty-eight hundred and eighty-six, obtain a patent therefor.”</content>
</section>
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 9, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 784: To make oleomargarine and other imitation dairy products subject to the laws of any State, or Territory or the District of Columbia into which they are transported, and to change the tax on oleomargarine, and to impose a tax, provide for the inspection, and regulate the manufacture and sale of certain dairy products, and to amend an Act entitled “An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>784</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 193</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-09</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>784.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To make oleomargarine and other imitation dairy products subject to the laws of any State, or Territory or the District of Columbia into which they are transported, and to change the tax on oleomargarine, and to impose a tax, provide for the inspection, and regulate the manufacture and sale of certain dairy products, and to amend an Act entitled “An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-09">May 9, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/110">Public, No. 110</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oleomargarine.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interstate imitation dairy products subject to State, etc., laws.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all articles known as oleomargarine, butterine, imitation, process, renovated, or adulterated butter, or imitation cheese, or any substance in the semblance of butter or cheese not the usual product of the dairy and not made exclusively<sup>7 </sup>of pure and unadulterated milk or cream, transported into any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and remaining therein for<page identifier="/us/stat/32/194">194</page> use, consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall, upon the arrival within the limits of such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, enacted in the exercise of its police powers to the same extent and in the same manner as though such articles or substances had been produced in such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the first clause of section three of an Act entitled “An<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special taxes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 209.</p></sidenote> Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine.” approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, be amended by adding thereto after the word “oleomargarine,” at the end of said clause, the following words:
<quotedContent>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“And any person that sells, vends, or furnishes oleomargarine for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manufacturers further defined.</p></sidenote> the use and consumption of others, except to his own family table without compensation, who shall add to or mix with such oleomargarine any artificial coloration that causes it to look like butter of any shade of yellow shall also be field to be a manufacturer of oleomargarine within the meaning of said Act, and subject to the provisions thereof.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section three of said Act is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: <proviso>
<i>Provided further,</i> That wholesale, dealers who vend no<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dealers selling only uncolored butter.</p></sidenote> other oleomargarine or butterine except that, upon which a tax of onefourth of one per cent per pound is imposed by this Act, as amended, shall pay two hundred dollars; and such retail dealers as vend no other oleomargarine or butterine except that upon which is imposed by this Act, as amended, a tax of one-fourth of one cent per pound shall pay six dollars.”</proviso></p>
</content>
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</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That section eight of an Act entitled “An Act defining butter,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tax on manufacturers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 209.</p></sidenote> also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine.” approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8">“Sec. 8. </num>
<content>That upon oleomargarine which shall be manufactured and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">On oleomargarine.</p></sidenote> sold, or removed for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and collected a tax of ten cents per pound, to be paid by the manufacturer thereof; and any fractional part of a pound in a package shall be faxed as a pound: <i>Provided,</i> When oleomargarine is free from artificial<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">If not artificially colored.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamps.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/sXXXV/">R. S., Title XXXV, ch. 11</ref>.</p></sidenote> coloration that causes it to look like butter of any shade of yellow said tax shall be one-fourth of one cent per pound. The tax levied by this section shall be represented by coupon stamps; and the provisions of existing laws governing the engraving, issue, sale, accountability, effacement, and destruction of stamps relating to tobacco and snuff, as far as applicable, are hereby made to apply to stamps provided for by this section.”</content>
</section>
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</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>
<p class="inline">That for the purpose of this Act “ butter” is hereby defined to mean an article of food as defined<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Butter defined.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 209.</p></sidenote> in “An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; that “adulterated butter” is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adulterated butter,</p></sidenote> defined to mean a grade of butter produced by mixing, reworking, rechurning in milk or cream, refining, or in any way producing a uniform, puri lied, or improved product from different lots or parcels of melted or unmelted butter or butter fat. in which any arid, alkali, chemical, or any substance whatever is introduced or used for the purpose or ’with the effect of deodorizing or removing therefrom rancidity, or any butter or butter fat with which there is mixed any substance foreign to butter as herein defined, with intent or effect of cheapening in cost the product or any butter in the manufacture or manipulation of which any process or material is used with intent or effect of caus-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/195">195</page>ing the absorption of abnormal quantities of water, milk, or cream; that “process butter” or “ renovated butter” is hereby defined to mean<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Process, or renovated butter.</p></sidenote> butter which has been .subjected to any process by which it is melted, clarified or refined and made to resemble genuine butter, always excepting “adulterated butter” as-defined by this Act.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That special taxes are imposed as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Manufacturers of process or renovated butter shall pay fifty dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special taxes, adulterated and renovated butter.</p></sidenote> per year and manufacturers of adulterated butter shall pay six hundred dollars per year. Every person who engages in the production of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manufacturers.</p></sidenote> process or renovated butter or adulterated butter as a business shall be considered to be a manufacturer thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wholesale dealers in adulterated butter shall pay a tax of four hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wholesale dealers.</p></sidenote> and eighty dollars per annum, and retail dealers in adulterated butter shall pay a tax of forty-eight dollars per annum. Every person<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retail dealers.</p></sidenote> who sells adulterated butter in less quantities than ten pounds at one time shall be regarded as a retail dealer in adulterated butter.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Every person who sells adulterated butter shall be regarded as a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special tax laws applicable.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3232–3241/3243/p621/622">R.S., secs. 3232–3241, and 3243, pp. 621, 622</ref>.</p></sidenote> dealer in adulterated butter. And sections thirty-two hundred and thirty-two, thirty-two hundred and thirty-three, thirty-two hundred and thirty-four, thirty-two hundred and thirty-five, thirty-two hundred and thirty-six, thirty-two hundred and thirty-seven, thirty-two hundred and thirty-eight, thirty-two hundred and thirty-nine, thirty-two hundred and forty, thirty-two hundred and forty-one. and thirty-two hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States are, so far as applicable, made to extend to and include and apply to the special taxes imposed by this section and to the person upon whom they are imposed.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That every person who carries on the business of a manufacturer of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalties for not paying tax.</p></sidenote> process or renovated butter or adulterated butter without having paid the special tax therefor, as required by law, shall, besides being liable to the payment of the tax, be fined not less than one thousand and not more than five thousand dollars; and every person who carries on the business of a dealer in adulterated buffer without having paid the special tax therefor, as required by law, shall, besides being liable to the payment of the tax. be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That every manufacturer of process or renovated butter or adulterated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations for manufacturers.</p></sidenote> butter shall file with the collector of internal revenue of the district in which his manufactory is located such notices, inventories, and bonds, shall keep such books and render such returns of material and products, shall put up such signs and affix such number of his factory, and conduct his business under such surveillance of officers and agents as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the, approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may by regulation require. But<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote> the bond required of such manufacturer shall be with sureties satisfactory to the collector of internal revenue, and in a penal sum of not less than five hundred dollars; and the sum of said bond may be increased from time to time, and additional sureties required at the discretion of the collector or under instructions of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all adulterated butter shall be packed by the manufacturer<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Packages and marking of adulterated butter.</p></sidenote> thereof in firkins, tubs, or other wooden packages not before used for that purpose, each containing not less than ten pounds, and marked, stamped, and branded as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe; and all sales made by manufacturers of adulterated butter shall be in original stamped packages.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Dealers in adulterated blitter must sell only original or from original<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sales must be from original packages.</p></sidenote> stamped packages, and when such original stumped packages are broken the adulterated butter sold from same shall be placed in suit-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/196">196</page>able wooden or paper packages, which shall be marked and branded as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe. Every person who knowingly<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation.</p></sidenote> sells or offers for sale, or delivers or offers to deliver, any adulterated butter in any other form than in new wooden or paper packages as above described, or who packs in any package any adulterated butter in any manner contrary to law, or who falsely brands any package or affixes a stamp on any package denoting a less amount of tax than that required by law, shall be fined for each offense not more than one thousand dollars and be imprisoned not more than two years.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That every manufacturer of adulterated butter shall securely affix,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Label of manufacturer.</p></sidenote> by pasting, on each package containing adulterated butter manufactured by him a label on which shall be printed, besides the number of the manufactory and the district and State in which it is situated, these words: “Notice.—That the manufacturer of the adulterated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form.</p></sidenote> butter herein contained has complied with all the requirements of law. Every person is cautioned not to use either this package again or the stamp thereon, nor to remove the contents of this package without destroying said stamp, under the penalty provided by law in such cases.” Every manufacturer of adulterated butter who neglects to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalties for not affixing label.</p></sidenote> affix such label to any package containing adulterated butter made by him, or sold or offered for sale for or by him, and every person who removes any such label so affixed from any such package shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For removing.</p></sidenote> fined fifty dollars for each package in respect to which such offense is committed.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That upon adulterated butter, when manufactured or sold or removed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tax on manufacture of adulterated butter.</p></sidenote> for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and collected a tax of ten cents per pound, to be paid by the manufacturer thereof, and any fractional part of a pound shall be taxed as a pound, and that upon process or renovated butter, when manufactured or sold or removed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Of renovated butter.</p></sidenote> for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and collected a tax of one-fourth of one cent per pound, to be paid by the manufacturer thereof, and any fractional part of a pound shall he taxed as a pound. The tax to be levied by this section shall be represented by coupon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamps.</p> <p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. S., Title XXXV, ch. 11.</p></sidenote> stamps, and the provisions of existing laws governing engraving, issuing, sale, accountability, effacement, and destruction of stamps relating to tobacco and snuff, as far as applicable, are hereby made to apply to the stamps provided by this section.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the provisions of sections nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oleomargarine rules and penalties applied to adulterated butter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, pp. 211–213.</p></sidenote> fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one of “An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,” approved August second, eighteen hundred and eightysix, shall apply to manufacturers of “adulterated butter” to an extent necessary to enforce the marking, branding, identification, and regulation of the exportation and importation of adulterated butter.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>All parts of an Act providing for an inspection of meats for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Renovated or process butter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, pp. 414, 1089.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 732.</p></sidenote> exportation, approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and of an Act to provide for the inspection of live eat tie, hogs, and the carcasses and products thereof which arc the subjects of interstate commerce, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,
and of amendment thereto approved March second, eighteen hundred
and ninety-five, which are applicable to the subjects and purposes
described in this section shall apply to process or renovated butter.
And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and required to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection of factories, etc., undersecretary of Agriculture.</p></sidenote>
cause a rigid sanitary inspection to be made, at such times as he may
deem proper or necessary, of all factories and storehouses where process
or renovated butter is manufactured, packed, or prepared for market,
and of the products thereof and materials going into the manufacture<page identifier="/us/stat/32/197">197</page>
of the same. All process or renovated butter and the packages containing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marking, etc., required.</p></sidenote> the same shall be marked with the words “ Renovated Butter” or “Process Butter” and by such other marks, labels, or brands and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and no processor renovated butter shall be shipped or transported from its place of manufacture into any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to any foreign country, until it has been marked as provided in this section. The Secretary of Agriculture<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations, etc,, by Secretary of Agriculture.</p></sidenote> shall make all needful regulations for carrying this section into effect, and shall cause to be ascertained and reported from time to time the quantity and quality of process or renovated butter manufactured, and the character arid the condition of the material from which it. is made. And be shall also have power to ascertain whether or not materials used in the manufacture of said process or renovated butter are deleterious to health or unwholesome in the finished product, and in case such deleterious or unwholesome materials are found to be used in product intended for exportation or shipment into other States or in epurse of exportation dr shipment lie shall have power to confiscate the same. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalties for violation.</p></sidenote> of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not, less than fifty dollars nor more than five, hundred dollars or by imprisonment not less than one month nor more than six months, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That wholesale dealers in oleomargarine, process, renovated,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection of books.</p></sidenote> or adulterated butter shall keep such booksand render such returns in relation thereto as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may, by regulation, require; and such books shall be open at all times to the inspection of any internal-revenue officer or agent. And any person who willfully<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation.</p></sidenote> violates any of the provisions of this section shall for each such offense, be fined not less than fifty dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than six months.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7">Sec. 7. </num>
<content>This Act shall take effect on the first day of July, nineteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">In effect July 1, 1902.</p></sidenote> hundred and two.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 9, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 785: Fixing the terms of the circuit and district courts in and for the district of South Dakota, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>785</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 197</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-09</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>785.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Fixing the terms of the circuit and district courts in and for the district of South Dakota, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-09">May 9, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/111">Public, No. 111</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Dakota judicial district.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of district and circuit courts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux Falls.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aberdeen.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That hereafter the terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States in and for the State of South Dakota shall be held as follows: At Sioux Falls, the first Tuesday in April and the third Tuesday in October; at Aberdeen, the first Tuesday in May and the second “Tuesday in November; at Pierre,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pierre.</p></sidenote> the second Tuesday in June and the first Tuesday in October; at Deadwood,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deadwood.</p></sidenote> the third Tuesday in May and the first Tuesday in September.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the provisions of statute now existing for the holding<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal of former laws.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 14; Vol. 27, p. 392; Vol. 28, p. 5.</p></sidenote> 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 courts on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pending causes.</p></sidenote> 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 provider! in the same manner and with the same effect as they would have had had said existing statute not have been passed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That ’when the circuit and district courts are held, as provided<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Juries.</p></sidenote> in this Act, at the same time and place, one grand and one petit<page identifier="/us/stat/32/198">198</page> jury only shall be summoned and serve in both said courts, and all grand and all petit juries for the circuit and district courts of the district of South Dakota shall be drawn from the body of said district and from the inhabitants of the State of South Dakota who are liable according to the laws of said State to do jury duty in the courts thereof, in the manner now provided by law.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be in full force and effect on and after<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">In effect July 1,1902.</p></sidenote> July first, anno Domini nineteen hundred and two.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 9, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 787: For the relief of citizens of the French West Indies.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>787</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 198</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-13</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>787.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the relief of citizens of the French West Indies.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-13">May 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/112">Public, No. 112</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French West Indies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for relief of citizens of.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of supplies.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">To enable the President of the United States to procure and distribute among the suffering and destitute people of the islands of the French West Indies such provisions, clothing, medicines and other necessary articles and to take such other steps as he shall deem advisable for the purpose of rescuing and succoring the people who are in peril and threatened with starvation the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the execution of this Act the President is requested to ask and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employment of vessels with approval of French Government.</p></sidenote> obtain the approval of the French Government and he is hereby authorized to employ any vessels of the United States Navy and to charter and employ any other suitable steamship or vessels.</p>
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 788: To amend an Act entitled "An Act granting to the Clearwater Valley Railroad Company a right of way through the Nez Perces Indian land in Idaho."</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>788</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 198</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>788.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled "An Act granting to the Clearwater Valley Railroad Company a right of way through the Nez Perces Indian land in Idaho."</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-14">May 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/113">Public, No. 113</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clearwater Valley Railroad Company.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time extended for building road through Nez Perces lands, Idaho.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 908.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section five of an Act approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An Act granting to the Clearwater Valley Railroad Company a right of way through the Nez Perces Indian lands in Idaho/’be, and the same is hereby, amended so that the time for constructing said railroad through the Nez Perces Indian Reservation in the State of Idaho, and also through the lands formerly embraced within said reservation, but now allotted to individual members of the Nez Perces tribe of Indians, shall be extended to the twenty-eighth day of February,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extended to February 28, 1905.</p></sidenote> nineteen hundred and five.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 789: To provide an American register for the bark Otto Gildemeister.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>789</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 198</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>789.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide an American register for the bark Otto Gildemeister.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-14">May 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/114">Public, No. 114</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Otto Gildemeister.”</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">American register granted and name changed to “Homeward Bound.”</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built bark Otto Gildemeister, owned by George F. Ellis, a citizen of the United States and repaired by him, to be registered as a vessel of the<page identifier="/us/stat/32/199">199</page> United States, and give the said bark the name of Homeward Bound: <i>Provided, however,</i> That such register shall not entitle or authorize<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coastwise trade, subsidy, etc.</p></sidenote> said bark to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States, nor shall said bark receive or be entitled to receive any subsidy, bounty, or aid of any kind that may hereafter be granted to American vessels.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 790: To change the terms of the circuit courts of the United States within the first circuit.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>790</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 199</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>790.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To change the terms of the circuit courts of the United States within the first circuit.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-14">May 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/115">Public, No. 115</ref>.]</p>
</sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of courts first circuit, changed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s658/p121/122">R.S., sec. 658, p. 121, 122</ref>, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the regular terms of the circuit courts within thé first circuit hereinafter named, which commence after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and three, shall be held at the places now provided by law. hut instead of the times at which the same now commence they shall be changed to commence as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the district of Maine the April term shall be changed from the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maine.</p></sidenote> twenty-third day of April to commence on the third Tuesday of April, and the September term from the twenty-third day of September to commence on the third Tuesday of September.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the district of New Hampshire the May term shall be changed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Hampshire.</p></sidenote> from the eighth day of May to commence on the first Tuesday of May, and the October term from the eighth day of October to commence on the second Tuesday of December.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the district of Massachusetts the May term shall be changed from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Massachusetts.</p></sidenote> the fifteenth day of May to commence on the hist Tuesday of February, and the October term from the fifteenth day of October to commence on the third Tuesday of October.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the district of Rhode Island the June term shall be changed from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rhode Island.</p></sidenote> the fifteenth day of June to commence on the fourth Tuesday of May.</p>
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 14, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 792: Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service in the Republic of Cuba.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>792</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 199</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-16</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>792.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service in the Republic of Cuba.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-16">May 16, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/116">Public, No. 116</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cuba.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for diplomatic and consular service in.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following sums fee, and they arc hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States in the Republic of Cuba for the fiscal year ending dime thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and from May twentieth, nineteen hundred and two, until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of minister and secretaries: Envoy extraordinary and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ministers and secretaries.</p></sidenote> minister plenipotentiary to Cuba, twelve thousand dollars; secretary of legation to Cuba, two thousand dollars: second secretary of legation to Cuba, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of consul-general and consuls: Consul-general at Habana,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consul-general and consuls.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars; consul at Cienfuegos. three thousand dollars; consul at Santiago de Cuba, three thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 16, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 816: For the protection of cities and towns in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>816</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 200</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-19</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/200">200</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>816.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the protection of cities and towns in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-19">May 19, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/117">Public, No. 117</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certain towns authorized to issue bonds, etc., for public improvements.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That any incorporated city or town in the Indian Territory having a population of two thousand or more is hereby authorized to issue bonds and borrow money thereon, to be used for the construction of sewers and waterworks and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of issue.</p></sidenote>building of school ho uses; such bonds not to exceed an amount, the interest on which at five per centum per annum would be liquidated by a tax of five mills upon the dollar of the valuation of the taxable property in such city or town, to be ascertained by the last assessment <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assent of two-thirds of voters required.</p></sidenote>for purposes of taxation; that before such bonds shall be issued the same shall be authorized by a two-thirds majority of the qualified voters of such city or town voting at an election held for that purpose, notice of which shall be published for four consecutive weeks prior thereto in a newspaper of general circulation published in such municipality:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such bonds shall not be issued until it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the judge of the United States court for the judicial district in which such municipality is located, by petition of the mayor and council thereof, that all the requirements of this section have been complied with, who shall thereupon cause to be entered upon the minutes of his court a judgment or decree reciting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Census to be taken before election.</p></sidenote>the facts as he finds them to be:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That before any election shall be held for the purposes herein named a census shall be taken and the population of said municipality ascertained by some suitable person, or persons, appointed for that purpose by the said judge of the district court, who shall make a sworn return to said judge showing the number of inhabitants thereof, and that the judgment or decree shall set forth the population and taxable wealth of the municipality, and said order or decree shall be printed on said bond and made a part thereof and shall be final and conclusive against said municipality in any litigation on said bonds.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bonds.</p></sidenote>That such bonds shall contain all necessary and usual pro-visions expressing the contract, shall be signed by the mayor, and countersigned by the treasurer of such municipality, who shall keep <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote>a proper record of such bonds. Said bonds shall not bear a rate of interest exceeding five per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and none of said bonds shall be sold at less than their par value.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">Sec. 3. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual tax.</p></sidenote>That any municipality incurring any indebtedness for the purposes provided for in this Act shall, by ordinance which shall be irrepealable, provide for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds, as the same falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the date of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>contracting the same: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if any municipality shall have the authority under any special Act to issue its bonds, the amount of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of additional bonds.</p></sidenote>the bonds issued under the special Act shall be first deducted, and there shall only be issued under this Act such additional bonds as shall not exceed the limit provided in this Act.</proviso></content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 19, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 817: To apportion the term of office of senators elected at the first general election in the Territory of Hawaii.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>817</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 200</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-19</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>817.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To apportion the term of office of senators elected at the first general election in the Territory of Hawaii.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-19">May 19, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/118">Public, No. 118</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hawaii.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term of office of senators of first election.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 146.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the several senators elected in the First, Second. Third, and Fourth senatorial districts at the first general election held in the Territory of Hawaii shall, except as hereinafter provided, each hold office for the term of four years from the date of such election.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/201">201</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
<content>
<p class="inline fontsize10">That for the First senatorial district N. Russell and J. D.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First district</p></sidenote> Paris shall each hold office as a senator for such district for the term of two years.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That for the Second senatorial district William White shall hold<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second district.</p></sidenote> office as a senator for such district for the term of two years.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That for the Third senatorial district D. Kanaha. George R. Carter,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third district.</p></sidenote> and William C. Achi shall each hold office as a senator for such district for the term of two years.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That for the Fourth senatorial district I. H. Kahilina shall hold<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fourth district,</p></sidenote> office as a senator for such district for the term of two years.</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 19, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 818: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River in Marion County, Tennessee.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>818</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 201</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-20</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>818.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River in Marion County, Tennessee.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-20">May 20, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/119">Public, No. 119</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Memphis-Chattanooga<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee River, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Memphis-Chattanooga Railway may bridge.</p></sidenote> Railway, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge, with as many tracks as it may deem necessary for railroad traffic, across the Tennessee River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation between<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> Mullens Cove and Oates Island in the county of Marion and State of Tennessee.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> 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 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 depth and currents of the river at all points 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 said bridge when built will conform to the pro-visions of this Act and cause no serious obstruction to the navigation of the river or injuriously affect the flow of water.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">Sec. 3. </num><content>That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notification of approval.</p></sidenote> directed, upon receiving such plan and map, and upon being satisfied that a bridge built on such plan and at such locality will conform to the provisions of this Act and cause no serious obstruction to the navigation of the river or injuriously affect the flow of water, to notify the said corporation that he approves the same; and upon receiving such notification the said corporation 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 notify the said corporation of the same in writing, the bridge shall not be built or commenced, and should any change be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> made in the plan of the bridge during the progress of the work thereon, or after completion, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said bridge shall be changed by the said company at its own expense whenever the. Secretary of War shall so direct in the interest of navigation.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4">Sec. 4. </num><content>That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> structure, and shall be known as a post road, for which no higher charge shall be made for the transportation of mail, troops, and munitions of war or other property of the United States over the same than the rate per mile charged for such transportation over the railways <page identifier="/us/stat/32/202">202</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph, etc.</p></sidenote>leading to said bridge. The United States shall also have a right of way over said bridge for postal telegraph and telephone purposes, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies. -</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5">Sec. 5. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>That the said bridge shall be so kept and managed at all times as not to interfere with the passage of vessels, barges, and rafts, both <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>by day and night; and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owner thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6">Sec. 6. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote>That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same and the approaches thereto <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>upon payment, of a reasonable compensation for such use, or, in case at disagreement, upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon bearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in interest.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7">Sec. 7. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>That this Act shall be nidi and void unless the bridge herein authorized shall be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8">Sec. 8. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 20, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 819: To amend an Act entitled "An Act to license billiard and pool tables in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes."</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>819</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 202</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-22</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>819.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled "An Act to license billiard and pool tables in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes."</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-22">May 22, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/120">Public, No. 120</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Billiard rooms, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 595.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section four of an Act entitled “An Act to license billiard and pool tables in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto before the penalty clause thereof the following:
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minors not allowed in rooms adjoining barrooms.</p></sidenote>“And it shall be unlawful for the proprietor or proprietors of any billiard or pool room or billiard or pool table operated in connection with a barroom or other place where intoxicating liquors are sold to suffer or permit any minor under eighteen years of age to frequent, visit, or patronize the same.”</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 22, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 820: Reserving from the public lands in the State of Oregon, as a public park for the benefit of the people of the United States, and for the protection and preservation of the game, fish, timber, and all other natural objects therein, a tract of land herein described, and so forth.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>820</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 202</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-22</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>820.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Reserving from the public lands in the State of Oregon, as a public park for the benefit of the people of the United States, and for the protection and preservation of the game, fish, timber, and all other natural objects therein, a tract of land herein described, and so forth.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-22">May 22, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/121">Public, No. 121</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crater Lake National Park, Oreg., established.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boundaries.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the tract of land bounded north by the parallel forty-three degree.« four minutes north latitude, south by forty-two degrees forty-eight minutes north latitude, east by the meridian one hundred and twenty-two degrees west longitude, and west by the meridian one hundred and twenty-two degrees sixteen minutes west longitude, having an area of two hundred and forty-nine square miles, in the State of Oregon, and including Crater Lake, is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart for-ever as a public park or pleasure ground for the benefit of the people of the United States, to be known as Crater Lake National Park.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations, etc., by Secretary of Interior.</p></sidenote>That the reservation established by this Act shall be under the control and custody of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty <page identifier="/us/stat/32/203">203</page>it shall be to establish rules and regulations and cause adequate measures to be taken for the preservation of the natural objects within said Sark, and also for the protection of the timber from wanton depredation, the preservation of all kinds of game and fish, the punishment of trespassers, the removal of unlawful occupants and intruders, and the prevention and extinguishment of forest fires.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">Sec. 3. </num><content>That it shall be unlawful for any person to establish any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement in, etc., prohibited.</p></sidenote> settlement or residence within said reserve, or to engage in any lumbering or other enterprise or business occupation therein, or to enter therein for any speculative purpose whatever, and any person violating the provisions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalties.</p></sidenote> of this Act, or the rules and regulations established thereunder, shall be punished by a line of not more than live hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, and shall further be liable for all destruction of timber or other property of the United States in consequence of any such unlawful act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i>That said reservation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Admission of visitors, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be open, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to all scientists, excursionists, and pleasure seekers and to the location of mining claims and the working of the same:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further.</i> That restaurant and hotel keepers, upon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hotels, etc., permitted.</p></sidenote> application to the Secretary of the Interior, may be permitted by him to establish places of entertainment within the Crater Lake National Park for the accommodation of visitors, at places and under regulations fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and not otherwise.</proviso></content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 22, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 821: To allow the commutation of and second homestead entries in certain cases.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>821</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 203</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-22</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>821.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To allow the commutation of and second homestead entries in certain cases.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-22">May 22, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/122">Public, No. 122</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That homestead settlers upon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlers on ceded Sioux Reservation, S. Dak., may commute homestead entries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31. p. 740.</p></sidenote> the ceded portion of the Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota who made entry subsequent to March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, shall be entitled to the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to allow commutation of homestead entries in certain cases,” approved January twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and one, and in commuting shall only be required to pay the price provided in the law under which original entry was made.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content>That any person who, prior to the passage of an Act entitled<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second homestead entries permitted settlers prior to May 17, 1900,</p></sidenote> “An Act providing for free homesteads on the public lands for actual and bona tide settlers, and reserving the public hinds for that purpose,” approved May seventeenth, nineteen hundred, having made a home-stead entry and perfected the same and acquired title to the land by final entry by having paid the price provided in the law- opening the kind to settlement, and who would have been entitled to the provisions of the Act before cited had final entry not been made prior to the pas-sage of said Act, may make another homestead entry of not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of any of the public lands in any State or Territory subject to homestead entry: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That any person<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof of former entry.</p></sidenote> desiring to make another entry under this Act will be required to make affidavit, to be transmitted with the other filing papers now required by law, giving the description of the tract formerly entered, date and number of entry, and name of the hind office where made, or other sufficient data to admit of readily identifying it on the official records:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further.</i> That said person has all the other<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Qualification.</p></sidenote> proper qualifications of a homestead entryman:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction on commutation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2301/p421">R. S., sec. 2301, p. 421.</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 098.</p></sidenote>That commutation under section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised Statutes, or any amendment thereto, or any similar statute, shall not be permitted of an entry made under this Act, excepting <page identifier="/us/stat/32/204">204</page>where the final proof, submitted on the formed' entry hereinbefore described, shows a residence upon the land covered thereby for the full period of five years, or such term of residence thereon us added to any properly credited military or naval service shall equal such period of five years.</proviso></content></section> 
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 22, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 823: To amend an Act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and amended by an Act approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and by an Act approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to authorize the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, successor to the Interstate Bridge and Street Railway Company, to complete, reconstruct, and change a bridge for railway, street railway, vehicle, pedestrian, and other highway purposes over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>823</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 204</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-23</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>823.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and amended by an Act approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and by an Act approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to authorize the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, successor to the Interstate Bridge and Street Railway Company, to complete, reconstruct, and change a bridge for railway, street railway, vehicle, pedestrian, and other highway purposes over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-23">May 23, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/123">Public, No. 123</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 760.</p></sidenote>Whereas by an Act approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River near Council Blurts. Iowa, and Omaha. Nebraska,” the Interstate Bridge and Street Railway Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of Nebraska, its successors and assigns, were authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto across the Missouri River between the city of Council Bluffs, in the State of Iowa, and the lands of the East Omaha Land Company, at some point at least one-third of a mile from any other bridge, to be selected consistent with the interests of river navigation, said bridge to be so constructed as to provide for the passage of railway trains, wagons, and vehicles of all kinds, street-railway cars, motor cars, animals, foot passengers, and for all road travel; and</recital>
<recital class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas it was further provided that all railroads and street rail-ways reaching the Missouri River near said point shall be permitted the unobstructed use of said bridge, and the approaches thereto, for engines, cars, and trains in the ease of railroads, and for electrical or cable equipments and cars in the ease of street railways; and</recital>
<recital class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the articles of incorporation of the said Interstate Bridge and Street Railway Company were, on the ninth day of September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-two, amended in accordance with the laws of the State of Nebraska, so that the name of said corporation was changed from the Interstate Bridge and Street Rail-way Company to that of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company: Now, therefore,</recital>
</preamble>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act authorizing bridge by Interstate Bridge and Street Railway Company at Council Bluffs, Iowa, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 760.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska,” approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as amended by an Act approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and by an Act approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, he amended to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="1">“Section. 1. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reconstruction by Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company authorized.</p></sidenote>That the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, a corporation duly authorized and existing under the laws of the State of Nebraska, its successors and assigns, be, and are hereby, authorized to reconstruct, so far as is necessary, complete, and change, in accordance with the provisions herein, and maintain the bridge and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>approaches thereto across the Missouri River near the city of Council Bluffs, in the. State of Iowa, which has been located and partially con-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/205">205</page>structed by the Interstate Bridge and Street Railway Company and the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company as its successor. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> trains, street-railway and motor cars, and the reasonably safe passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, foot passengers, and all road travel<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> at such reasonable rates of toll and under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said corporation, its successors and assigns, and be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. and in case of any litigation concerning any alleged obstruction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote> to the free navigation of said river on account of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the Hinted States in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge is located. And<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies«</p></sidenote> all railroads and street railways reaching the Missouri River near said point shall be permitted the unobstructed use of said bridge and the approaches thereto for engines, cars, and trains, in the case of rail-roads. and for electrical or cable equipments and cars, in the case of street, railways, at reasonable compensation and rates of toll.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">“Sec. 2. </num><content>That said bridge shall be constructed in all respects as a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote> first-class railroad bridge, with ample trackage facilities, and with foundations and superstructure of sufficient strength to admit of the safe passage over the same of railway trains of the maximum weight usually drawn over like railway bridges of the first class by the use of locomotives: and the plans and specifications which have been approved<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans approved by Secretary of War.</p></sidenote> by the Secretary of War for said bridge shall not be departed from until all changes in the plans and specifications for its construction have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War. Any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> 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 cost and expense of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Rail-way Company, its successors or assigns. The said bridge shall be constructed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Security of navigation.</p></sidenote> without interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river, and in order to secure that object the said corporation, its successors or assigns, shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination mid 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 high and low water lines upon the banks of the river, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages of the water, with soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of any other bridge or bridges, such maps 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 understanding of the subject; and until any changes in the plan of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the reconstruction of said bridge shall not be commenced.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">“Sec. 3. </num><content>That said bridge shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pivot draw.</p></sidenote> with two draws pans, each of which shall afford two clear openings of not less than two hundred feet each, one of which draws pans shall be built over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with such fixed span or spans as may be necessary to span the waterway at the crossing selected. The head room<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Height.</p></sidenote> under all spans measured to the lowest point of the superstructure shall not be less than ten feet above the standard high-water grade line for bridges established by the Missouri River Commission; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with, and the bridge itself at right angles to, the current of the river as near as may be: <proviso><i>Provided also,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote>That said draw spans shall each be provided with an efficient mechanical motor for rapid operation, and that at all times the motor controlling the draw over the existing steamboat channel shall be in a condition to operate, and shall promptly open the draw for the passage <page identifier="/us/stat/32/206">206</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>of boats or rafts upon reasonable signal; and the owners of said bridge shall maintain at their own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote>prescribe:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the said Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, its successors or assigns, shall, at its own expense, build and maintain such guide piers, dikes, booms, wing dams or other structures as may be necessary to maintain a navigable channel through one of the draw spans of said bridge, having a depth of water not less than that normally existing in the channel above and below said bridge, and that such structures or works shall be satisfactory <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of channel.</p></sidenote>to and subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and if said Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, its successors or assigns, shall fail to maintain such channel as aforesaid, then the Secretary of War may cause said channel to be opened and maintained at proper denth for navigation through one of said spans at the expense of said Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, its successors or assigns.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="1">“Sec. 4. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notification of approval of plans, etc.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, 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 complete 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.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5">“Sec. 5. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>That any bridge built under this Act and 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 he 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 lending to the said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal telegraph.</p></sidenote>post roads in the United States; and the United States shall have the right, of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6">“Sec. 6. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote>That all railroad and street railway 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 thereto upon payment of a reasonable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>compensation for such use; find in case the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, its successors or assigns, and the several rail-road or street railway companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., privileges.</p></sidenote>War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7">“Sec. 7. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>That Congress shall have the power at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this Act; and the Secretary of War, whenever he shall deem it necessary, may cause the Omaha Bridge and Terminal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of obstructions.</p></sidenote>Railway Company, its successors or assigns, to remove fill 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 paid by the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, its successors or assigns.</content></section>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8">“Sec. 8. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void if construction of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction extended.</p></sidenote> bridge shall not be commenced on or before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and be completed on or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and four: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free navigation.</p></sidenote> navigation of the Missouri River shall not be obstructed by false works during the construction of the bridge:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further, </i>That such guide piers, dikes, or other structures as may be required<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary structure.</p></sidenote> for the maintenance of a safe channel through the draw spaces as they are arranged, pending the construction of the permanent bridge, shall be at once built, upon plans approved by the Secretary of War, and maintained until they shall be no longer necessary.”</proviso></content></section>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content>That all parts of the Act of which this Act is an amendment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inconsistent parts of former act repealed.</p></sidenote> which are inconsistent with this Act and the changes herein of the uses of said bridge, as provided in said original Act, are hereby repealed.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 23, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 887: For the allowance of certain claims for stores and supplies reported by the Court of Claims under the provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and commonly known as the Bowman Act, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>887</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>887.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the allowance of certain claims for stores and supplies reported by the Court of Claims under the provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and commonly known as the Bowman Act, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-27">May 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/124">Public, No. 124</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations for payment of claims.</p></sidenote> Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to claimants in this Act named the several sums appropriated herein, the same being in full for and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final release and discharge of their respective claims, namely:</content>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Claims Allowed under the Bowman and Tucker Acts by the Court of Claims.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker nets.</p></sidenote></heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>alabama.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alabama.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Francis B. Appling, of Tuscaloosa County, one hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Hugh P. Bone, executor of Martha H. Bone, deceased, of Madison County, two thousand five hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Hugh H. Kirby, administrator of James Bundren, of Dekalb County, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the estate of James M. Campbell, deceased, late of Jackson County, one thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars, to be distributed, as follows: To White B. Campbell, administrator of James Campbell, deceased, three hundred and seventy-five dollars: to White B. Camp-bell, son of James Campbell, deceased, in his own right, four hundred and three dollars: to Joseph D. Campbell, son of James Campbell, deceased, four hundred and three dollars: to White B. Campbell, as administrator of James T. Campbell, son of Newton Campbell, deceased, and grandson of Janies Campbell, deceased, four hundred and three dollars; and to John Holland, son of Sarah Campbell Holland, and grandson of James Campbell, deceased, four hundred and three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Adin I. Hurd, administrator of Robert M. Clark, deceased, of Lawrence County, one thousand two hundred and seventy-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To D. A. Yarbrough, administrator of James D. Coffman, deceased, of Limestone County, one thousand two hundred and sixty-three dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/208">208</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker acts—Continued.</p></sidenote>To William A. Cowles, administrator of George Cowles, deceased, of Montgomery, four thousand seven hundred ami twenty-two dollars and thirty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Hurst, of Colbert County, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James N. Mapcis, of Jackson County, sixty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To R. N. Terrell, administrator of William S. Mullins, deceased, of Marion County, one hundred and seven tvtwo dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles Posey, of Lauderdale County, one hundred and seventy-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the legal representatives of Archibald Rutherford, deceased, late of Jackson County, one thousand five hundred and eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Elijah Sides, of Walker County, one thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Adeline M. Willis, of Butler County, two thousand one hundred and thirty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Isaac Young, of Clay County, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Frederick Calhoun, two hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Sandy Calhoun, one hundred and fifty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Randall D. Berry, administrator de bonis non of Pleasant O. Grimes, two thousand five hundred and fifty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Miller Isbell, one hundred and sixty-two dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary R. Jones, administratrix of Asa F. Allen, deceased, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles H. Price, administrator of Thomas J. Whyte, deceased, six hundred and five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles H. Price, administrator of Thomas J. White, deceased, three hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To S. R. Corn, administrator of John Smith, deceased, four hundred and ten dollars. ,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mariah Wilson, of Jackson County, three hundred and nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George B. Caldwell, administrator of Hamlin Caldwell, deceased, ten thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>arkansas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Samuel F. Davidson, of Phillips County, one thousand five hundred and seven tvnine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John R. Henderson, administrator of Michael C. Henderson, deceased, of Benton County, six hundred and seventy-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Louis Bonlin, administrator of Charles Hogan, deceased, of Crawford County, one thousand two hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Richard T. Holleman. Ouachita County, five hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. D. Rogers, administrator of Eliza Miller, deceased, of Drew Comity, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Martha A. Payne, administratrix of Samuel H. Payne, deceased, of Sebastian County, seven hundred and fifty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Felix G, Smith, administrator of Sarah J. Smith, deceased, of Jefferson County, five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To S. S. Faulkner, administrator of John R, Williams, deceased, of Phillips County, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James K. McCurdy, administrator of Samuel McCurdy, deceased, of Crawford County, two hundred and twenty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Elizabeth J. Hampton, of Pulaski County, four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Marin A. Horn, administratrix of John A. Horn, deceased, one hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Ernest Neill, administrator of Joseph H. Egner, deceased, one thousand six hundred and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/209">209</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. P. Rutherford, administrator of William Kountz, deceased,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bow man and Tucker acts—Continued.</p></sidenote> eight, hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Louis T, PenH. administrator of Thomas H. Penn, deceased, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Elias R. Core, six hundred and ninety-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To F. M. Holthoff, sole heir of Frank Holthoff. deceased, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>colorado.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">To Nathan “runner, of Sedgwick County, one hundred and twenty dol lai's.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>district of columbia.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Catharine A. Talburtt. administratrix of George W. Talburtt, deceased, and administratrix de bonis non of Jane Woodruff, deceased, nine thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary E. White, administratrix of Archibald White, deceased, sole devisee of Harriet White, deceased, five thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>florida.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Martha L. Hendricks, of Clay County, two thousand two hundred and five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Egbert C. Sammis, administrator of John S. Sammis, deceased, of Duval County, four thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and fifty-three cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>

<appropriations level="small">
<heading>georgia.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgia.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William Goddard, of Dekalb County, two hundred and forty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Stanford Guyton, administrator of John Lewis, deceased, of Paulding County, nine hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John W. Johnston, administrator of James Johnston, deceased, of Chattooga County, seven hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Edward S. Nace, administrator of John M. Nace, deceased, of Fulton County, two hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To M. D. Rountree, administrator of George T. Long, deceased, of Henry County, one. thousand and forty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. J, Toils, administrator of Anthony Toils, deceased, of Walker County, five hundred and forty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Sarah C. Gray, executrix of Ambrose W. Gray, deceased, nine hundred and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Martha Richards, administratrix of the estate of Sarah J. Keys, deceased, five hundred and eleven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J.T. Vaughan, administrator of the estate of Jonathan D. Taughan, deceased, one thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars.</p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>illinois.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">To Charles H. Adams, twenty-one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>kansas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">To John A. Huff, of Miami County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>kentucky.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Catharine Metz, widow of Jacob Metz, deceased, of Scott County, one thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/210">210</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker acts—Continued.</p></sidenote>To William F. Taylor, administrator of Cassandra S. Price, of Jessamine County, eight hundred and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Russellville and Logan County Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Logan County, two thousand eight hundred and fifty- six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Marmaduke D. Hightower, one hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. Rolly Roher, three hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Pleasant P. Rountree, five hundred and fifty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Richard H. Shropshire, one thousand one hundred and thirty-one dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>louisiana.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Celestine D. Carlin, administrator of Celestine T. Carlin, deceased, of Saint Marys Parish, seven thousand one hundred and thirty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Marie P. Evans, of East. Baton Rouge Parish, six thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles M. Flower, Frank S. Flower. William Flower, and D. Sprigg Flower, children of Charles H. Flower, deceased, of Rapides Parish, twenty-three thousand three hundred and fifty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Marie Eliza Payne, of Rapides Parish, two hundred and thirty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles M. Wells, administrator of Martha L. Wells, deceased, of Rapides Parish, nine thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Lastie Broussard, administrator of Augustine Broussard, deceased, three thousand seven hundred änd t wentyfour dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary E. Burgess, administratrix of the estate of Halcott T. Burgess, deceased, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Omer Bush, administrator of Philip Bush, deceased, eight hundred and twenty-four dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>maryland.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maryland.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jacob M. Adams, John Q. Adams, and Mary L. Adams, executors of Henry Adams, deceased, of Washington County, three hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Ernest Li Yourtee, administrator of Barton Boteler, deceased, of Washington County, eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Raleigh Sherman, administrator of Jacob H. Grove, deceased, of Washington County, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jacob Rohrback, administrator of the estate of Norman B. Harding. deceased, of Frederick County, one thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. Clarence Lane, administrator of William H. Knode, deceased, of Washington County, two hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Sarah H. Lyddano, executrix of Stephen M. Lyddane, deceased, of Montgomery County, seven hundred and twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jacob Mann, of Baltimore, eight hundred and ninety dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jacob A. Miller, of Washington County, nine hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Buchanan Schley and William P. Miller, administrators of David R. Miller, deceased, of Washington Countv. six hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henty A. Poffenberger, of Washington County, four hundred anti ninety-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Richard Poole, administrator of Frederick S. Poole, deceased, of Montgomery County, five hundred and twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Adam Shower, of Carroll County, three hundred and twenty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry O. Talbott, administrator of Sarah Talbott, deceased, of Montgomery County, one thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/211">211</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Thomas S. Thrasher, administrator of Robert K. Thrasher,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker acts—Continued.</p></sidenote> deceased, of Frederick County, two hundred and twenty-nine dollars. To Elie Wade, of Washington County, three hundred and forty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry K. Walton, administrator of John Walton, deceased, of Anne Arundel County, five thousand and eighty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Margaret E. 'J'. West, Francis O. Green, and Edwin M. West, sole heirs of .James T. West, deceased, of Montgomery County, two hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George H. L. Chrissinger, administrator of the estate of George ChrisSinger, deceased, one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Joseph L. Hotter, executor of the estate of Isaac Mutter, deceased, one thousand two hundred dol lars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Mullican, four hundred and thirty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Elizabeth Norris, two hundred and five dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Benjamin R. Poole, eight hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Albert H. Suman, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Edward Wootton and John R. Williams, administrators of Jonathan B. Benson, deceased, two thousand one hundred and forty- two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles G. Biggs, administrator of Benjamin F. Rohrback, deceased, three hundred and two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Robert H. Boteler, live hundred and ninety-six dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>massachusetts.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Massachusetts.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1"><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles Foster, receiver of the Union Steamship Company, of Boston, eighteen thousand dollars.</p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>mississippi.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Arthur, administrator of William Arthur, deceased, of Bolivar County, two thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Pentdope Auzburn. of Newton County, five hundred and fifty- three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George M. Barber, of Hinds County, three hundred and seventy- live dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To E. L. Brien, administrator of John B. Blackburn, deceased, of Warren County, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Thomas V. Brady, of Marshall County, two hundred and seventy- five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William T. Ratliff, administrator of Alphonso Corson, deceased, of Hinds County, seven hundred and four dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Emma C. Worthy, administratrix of Thomas C. Clark, deceased, of Warren County, two thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jane Cofer, administratrix of Lemuel Cofer, deceased, of Lafayette County, six hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Martha L, Dixon.,of Hinds County, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James F. Robertson, surviving executor of Drury Robertson, deceased, of Lafayette County, one thousand four hundred and ninety- live dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Hi Eastland, administrator of James J. Ritch, deceased, of Scott County, two hundred and fifty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Washington Weir, administrator of Levi B. Fields, of Adams County, six hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. L. Head, administrator of Frances Hyland, deceased, of Warren County, two thousand two hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Robert A. McDermott, administrator of Patrick McDermott, deceased, of Marshall County, seven hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/212">212</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker acts—Continued,</p></sidenote>To John K. Nutt, administrator de bonis non of Haller Nutt, deceased, of Adams County, eighty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. A. Collier, administrator of Winifred Collier, deceased, one thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Doyle, two hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To C. L. Kidd and Mary O. King, executors of the estate of Thomas Kidd, deceased, thirteen thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. B. Roach, administrator of David J. Kenneday, two thousand six hundred and twenty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Lytle A. Rather, administrator of John Oswald, deceased, of Marshall County, seven hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James C. Mundlen. administrator of Mahaia J. Parks, deceased, of Lafayette County, six hundred and twenty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To R. B. Rucker, administrator of John Raney, deceased, of Hinds County, four thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. Q. Roberts, administrator of Henry M. Roberts, deceased, of Monroe County, one thousand live hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. G. Leach, administrator of Eli Whitaker, deceased, of Mar-shall County, one thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. B. McAlpin, administrator of John Willis, deceased, of New-ton County, three hundred and thirty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Bettie Aldrich, administratrix of Thomas W. Wilson, deceased, of Washington County, three thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars. ,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary Hughes, administratrix of Clarissa Young, deceased, of Claiborne County, four thousand one hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Young, of Yalobusha County, two thousand one hundred and forty-nine dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>missouri.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Joseph Engle, of Dallas County, two hundred and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Orville P. Hawkins, administrator of Mary HarpooL deceased, of Taney County, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Edward W. James, of Phelps County, nine hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Edward S. McCombs, administrator of John McCombs, deceased, of Newton County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Hezekiah Al. Martin, of Newton County, three hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Robert Moore, of Cass County, four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Janies C. Wallace, administrator of ThpmasJ. Owen, deceased, of Chariton County, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles T. Wilson, administrator of Philip Mathews, deceased, of Barton County, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James Taylor, of Barry County, one hundred and forty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Isaac G. Whitworth, of Iron County, five hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John M. Black, administrator of the estate of Thomas R. Hankins. deceased, three hundred and ninety-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Marv Jane Pritchett, administratrix of the estate of William R. Pritchett, deceased, two hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>north carolina.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North Carolina.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Thomas Bullock, of Cumberland County, four hundred and fifty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To H. H. Carrow. S. R. Carrow, and the heirs of Maggie P. Hill, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/213">213</page>deceased, of Wake County, three thousand five hundred and ninety-six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker acts—Continued.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Isaac W. Lewis, of Craven County, seven hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Hugh Murdock, of Carteret County, two hundred and seventy- four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Benjamin F. Parrott, of Lenoir County, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Kenneth R. Pendleton, of Perquimans County, one hundred and seventeen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Arrington Purify, administrator of Thomas Purify, deceased, of Craven County, three hundred and fifty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William N. Kose, of Wayne County, six hundred and eighty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Martha Noggle, administratrix of Jacob Noggle, deceased, of Cherokee County, one hundred and five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Hardy Summerline, of Wayne Comity, one thousand three hundred und twenty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George W. Westcott, of Dare County, four hundred and ninety- six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry T. Coates, administrator of Thomas H. Coates, deceased, two thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William S. Fowlkes, administrator of the estate of MialT. Long, deceased, three hundred and sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Gabriel L. Hardison, sole heir of Gabriel Hardison, deceased, one thousand two hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Joel C. Johnson, administrator of Richard MN Johnson, deceased, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To McCalvin Johnson, administrator of Jehu C. Lamb, deceased, four hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James A. McDaniel, administrator of James Wärters, deceased, two thousand six hundred and thirty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To H. B. Parker, administrator of Epsie Jackson, deceased, five hundred and ninety-six dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>ohio.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">To John Reid, of Cincinnati, four hundred and seventy-six dollars and seventy-five cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>south carolina.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Carolina.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Martha Cook, administratrix of William Cook, deceased, Beau-fort County, the sum of eight hundred and sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Robert H. Rue, administrator of the estate of Edward H. Alston, deceased, three hundred twenty-five dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>tennessee.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Josephine Anderson, executrix of Thomas Anderson, deceased.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">of Claiborne County, seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Matthias App, of Shelby County, two hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James M. Beckett, of Washington County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To David L. Harris, administrator of Leah Bray, deceased, of Lincoln County, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Beets, administrator of George W. Beets, deceased, of Grainger County, one hundred and ninety dollars. .</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Herbert Cossey, of Hardin County, two hundred and twenty eight dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/214">214</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker acts—Continued.</p></sidenote>To Elizabeth Curtis, administratrix of John Curtis, deceased, of Franklin County, one thousand one hundred and twenty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William M. Mayo, administrator of Zillah Hall, deceased, of Fayette County, five hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John R. Rison, administrator de bonis non of John AV. Nance, deceased, of Henry County, three hundred and thirty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William H. Callender, executor of James C. Owen, deceased, of Williamson County, nine hundred and eighty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To David A. Cicage and L. W. Rose, administrators of David Cleage, deceased, of McMinn County, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James C. Camplndl, administrator of William K. Campbell, deceased, of Sullivan County, five hundred and forty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Daniel Carmichael, administrator of Hamilton Carmichael, deceased, of Hawkins County, five hundred and seventy-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William Calgy. executor of Mary Calgy, deceased, of Sumner County, one thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. A. Caldwell, administrator of Sarah MeCampbell, deceased, of Jefferson County, two hundred and sixty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. E. Davis, administrator of J. D. Davis, deceased, of Lake County, four hundred and sixty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William L. Dugger, of Hamilton County, one thousand one hundred and sixty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Watson J, AVade. administrator of Andrew J. Duncan, deceased, of Davidson County, ten thousand eight hundred and thirty-one dollars and ninety-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary A. Dame, administratrix of Harvey Dame, deceased, of Lawrence County, four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James O. Earnest, of Greene County, six hundred and five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Parnells B. Finney, administratrix of T, C. Finney, deceased, of Shelby County, six thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William B. Fleeman, of Giles County, two hundred and twentyfive dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John F. Haupt, of Knox County, two hundred and thirteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. J. Hibhetts, executor of D. C. Hibbetts, deceased, of Wilson County, seven hundred and five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Joseph Holt, of Wayne County, one hundred and sixty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. D. Hume, executor of David P. Hume, deceased, of Jefferson County, one hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To I. A. McSpadden, administrator of Cyrus A. Humphreys, deceased, of Monroe County, five hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Frances King, widow of Henry King, deceased, of McNairy County, three hundred and ninety-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Nancy B. Elrod, surviving executrix of James C. Elrod, deceased, of Rutherford County, one hundred and seventy-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. T. Lynch, administrator of Henderson Lynch, deceased, of Greene County, four hundred and ninety-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Pleasant H. McBride, of Hardin County, two hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Alfred McKinsey, of Hawkins Comity, two hundred and fifty- two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Sarah R. Maelin, for herself and us administratrix of Benjamin P. Maelin, deceased, of Shelby County, nine hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William W. Milam, executor of A. J. Milam, deceased, of Davidson County, five thousand two hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/215">215</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Samuel J. Moore, of Hamblen County, two hundred and fifty-four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker acts—Continued.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Sarah E. Norton, administratrix de bonis non of Stephen A. Norton, deceased, of Shelby County, nine thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six rents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James S. Oakley, of Franklin County, one thousand four hundred and ninety-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To D. C. Edmonson, administrator of Matilda O’Neal, deceased, of Davidson County, seven hundred and twenty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Benjamin F. Boston, of Montgomery County, five hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Benjamin F. Locke, administrator of W. P, Pew ill, deceased, of Tipton County, one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John D. Heed, administrator of John P. C. Reed, deceased, of Giles County, two hundred and thirty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. Thomas, administrator of B. F. Roberts, deceased, of Williamson County, nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Lucy T. Robertson, of Davidson County, eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Chesley Williams, executor of Daniel D. Russell, deceased, of Rutherford County, four hundred and thirty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William S. Rodgers, administrator of James M. Rodgers, deceased, of Hardemann County, one thousand four hundred and fifty- two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. D. Sanders, administrator of Isaiah Sweet, deceased, of McNab v County, three hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. I. Smallman. administrator of David Small man, deceased, of Hamblen County, three hundred and ninety-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jacob Schneider and Louis Seilaz and Moritz Neubert, executors of Charles Schneider, deceased, of Knox County, five hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Hiram L. Sloan, of Grainger County, two hundred and seventy- two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John W. Wright, of Hardin County, one hundred and twentyfive dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William J. Webb, administrator of John Webb, deceased, of Cannon County, three hundred and ninety-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. E. Aldrich, administrator of the estate of Joseph A. Aldrich, deceased, nine hundred and forty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Lucretia H. Ashworth, sole heir of the estate of L. H. Grimes, deceased, four hundred and eighteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Beal, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">ToW. B. Caldwell, administrator of William O’Neil, deceased, ninety- five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jesse B. Derieux, administrator of Peter Derieux. deceased, four hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. L. Dunlap, two hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Z, Toy Holman, administratrix of Clementina H. Holman, deceased, four thousand five hundred and fifty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. J. Huckaba and M. S. Huekaba, sole heirs of Elizabeth Hensley, deceased, one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry Hull, administrator of the estate of Isaac Hull, deceased, six hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John B. Klepper, six hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Marion Lewis, for himself as heir and as guardian of Lida Minta Lewis and Violet Lewis, the other heirs of Elizabeth Lewis, deceased, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Joseph W. Mays, administrator of Pinckney Halton, deceased, one thousand and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Albert J. Milikieu, eight hundred and thirteen dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/216">216</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker acts—Continued.</p></sidenote>To E. S. Ripley, executor of David S. Ripley, deceased, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To E. A. Shipley, administrator of Samuel Hicks, deceased, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. O. Gordon, administrator of the estate of Jack Frank, deceased, one hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. A. Jacobs and J. F. Hickerson, administrators of Charles Hickerson, deceased, one hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Robert F. Smith, administrator of Francis J. Smith, deceased, one thousand and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. H. Robertson, administrator of Emma Robertson, deceased (formerly Emma M. Mayo); H. P. Hobson, administrator of Lucy Mayo, deceased, and Sarah Agnes Bumpass, heirs of F. W. Mayo, deceased, of Fayette County, eight hundred and seventy-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Americus V. Warr, executor of James Warr, deceased, six hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>virginia.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Virginia.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the heirs at law of Henry C. Brawner, deceased, of Prince William County, three hundred and twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Nancy H. Beans and Rebecca H. Beans, executrices of Isaiah B. Beans, deceased, of Loudoun County, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George Brunk, of Rockingham County, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Solomon Beery, of Rockingham County, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. B. Carwell, of Augusta County, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. C. Culpeper, administrator of Josiah Culpeper, deceased, of Norfolk County, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John W. Fletcher, of Fauquier County, two hundred and thirtyone dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Samuel W. Hough, administrator of William N. Hough, deceased, of Loudoun County, four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Duncan James, of Fauquier County, eight hundred and fifty- nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George W. Hott, administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo of William Hughes, deceased, of Alexandria County, five thou-sand one hundred and seventy one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. J. D. Miller, administrator of John D. Miller, deceased, of Rockingham County, three hundred and fifty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To R L. Pritchard, John W. Rothgeb, and A. J. Huffman, copartners, doing business as R. L. Pritchard Company, of Page County, three thousand two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James T. Quick, of Augusta County, one hundred and thirty- five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. W. Smallwood, administrator of Benjamin Starkey, deceased, of Clarke County, one thousand one hundred anil seventeen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Peter Showalter, of Rockingham County, two hundred and twenty- live dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Arlington, known as “Hunter’s Chapel.” three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles L. Stewart, executor of Charles Stewart, one thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary Baker, four hundred and twenty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William R. Baker, executor of the estate of James Ginn, deceased, one thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary E. Burke, four hundred and two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John J, Christian, seven hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/217">217</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Nathan Gardner, eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims under Bowman and Tucker acts—Continued.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles W. Heater, administrator of Caroline Heater, five thou-sand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To David Rudy, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George W. Bowen, administrator of the estate of John W. Hawkins, deceased, six hundred and eighteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Aaron B. Hoffman, seven hundred and nineteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Annie Palmatory, administ ratrix of John T, Palmatory, deceased, one thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Edward J. Taylor, administrator of Henry Clevenger, deceased, five hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company, thirty thousand three hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Adel Virginia Spangler, administratrix de bonis non of the estate of Felix Robert, deceased, and in her own right, of Frederick County, four thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>west virginia.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Virginia.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To F. W. Brown, administrator of B. W. Herbert, deceased, of Jefferson County, one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George W. Brown, of Jefferson County, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Trueman E. Cole, administrator of John W. Cole, deceased, of Taylor County, one thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Eli H. Crouch and H. C. Crouch, executors of Jonathan Crouch, deceased, of Randolph County, six thousand five hundred and fifty- nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John C. Woods, administrator of Crisman Conrad, deceased, of Braxton County, two hundred and seven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Augustus S. Shaver, administrator of James Matthews, deceased, of Greenbrier County, three hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Woodford White, of Kanawha County, one hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George H. Small, of Berkeley County, eight hundred and twenty- five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John W. Hall and James P. Hall, of Wirt County, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William F. Williams, administrator of James 'Williams, deceased, of Greenbrier County, one hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Tabitha Nicewaner, one hundred and twenty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. K. P. Ott, executor of the estate of Barney Ott, deceased, two hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry E. Sanger, administrator of Henry Sanger, deceased, one hundred and thirty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry A. Snuffer, administrator of Cyrus Snuffer, deceased, five hundred and forty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. G. W. Tompkins and J. C. Brown, administrators of the estate of Rachel M. Tompkins, deceased, three thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. H. Ward, administrator of William L. Ward, deceased, two thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>French Spoliation Claims.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the findings of the Court of Claims on the following claims<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of findings of Court of Claims in.</p></sidenote> for indemnity for spoliations by the French prior to July thirtieth, eighteen hundred.and one, under the Act entitled “An Act to provide<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 288.</p></sidenote> for the ascertainment of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first day of July, eighteen <page identifier="/us/stat/32/218">218</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Next of kin to be paid Instead of assignees in bankruptcy.</p></sidenote>hundred and one:” <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in all cases where the original sufferers were adjudicated bankrupts the awards shall be made on behalf of the next of kin instead of to assignees in bankruptcy, and the awards in the cases of individual claimants shall not he paid until the Court of Claims shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury that the personal representatives on whose behalf the award is made represent the next <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Security for destribution.</p></sidenote>of kin, and (he courts which granted the administrations, respectively, shall have certified that the legal representatives have given adequate security for the legal disbursements of the awards, namely:</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Ganges”</p></sidenote>On the ship Ganges, Charles Langford, master, namely: Titus C. Hammond, administrator, with the will annexed, and so forth, of Thomas Vermilyea, deceased, and executor of the last will and testament of Thomas Vermilyea Jarvis Christophers, deceased, seventeen thousand two hundred and sixty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Sally.”</p></sidenote>On the brig Sally, Samuel Stacy, master, namely: William R. Hooper, administrator of Robert Hooper, junior, deceased, as surviving partner of the firm of Robert Hooper and Sons, eleven thousand five hundred and fifty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Sally.”</p></sidenote>On the brig Sally, John Cruft, master, namely: William G. Perry, executor of Nicholas Gilman, deceased, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Raven.”</p></sidenote>On the ship Raven, Thomas Reilly, master: Sara Learning, administratrix of Thomas Murgatroyd, nine thousand two hundred and ninety-eight dollars. .</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Columbia.”</p></sidenote>On the ship Columbia, Samuel Lathrop, muster, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Francis Adams, administrator of Peter Chardon Brooks, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. Lawrence Lowell, administrator of Nathaniel Fellowes, one thou-sand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mary L. Elliot and Charles A. Elliot, administrators of Benajah Leffingwell. two thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. Sill, administrator of Hezekiah Kelly, three thousand three hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry W. Blagge and Susan B. Samuels, administrators of Crowell Hatch, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Lady Walterstorff”</p></sidenote>On the brig Lady Walterstorff, John Gutterson. master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fredericka M. Keir, administratrix of Robert McKean, one thou-sand two hundred and ninety-four dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ephraim R. Ridgway, administrator of James Oldden. five hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Joseph Sims, administrator of Joseph Sims, two thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Margaretta.”</p></sidenote>On the schooner Margaretta, Aaron Croll, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis A. Lewis, administrator of Peter Blight, four hundred anil ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Manuel E. Griffith and Russell Thayer, administrators of Robert E. Griffith, surviving partner of Nicklin and Griffith, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Craig D. Ritchie, administrator of Joseph Summer!, surviving partner of Summerl and Brown, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">W. W. Vasse. administrator of Ambrose Vasse, five hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George W. Guthrie, administrator of Alexander Murray, surviving partner of Miller and Murray, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry Pettit, administrator of Andrew Pettit, surviving partner of Pettit and Bayard, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Prager, administrator of Mark Prager, surviving partner of Prager and Company, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George Mead, administrator of Thomas Kethnd, surviving partner of Thomas and John Ketland, five hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">J. Bayard Henry, administrator of George Rundle and Thomas<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote> Leech, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner William and Mary, Benjamin Hilton, master,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “William and Mary.”</p></sidenote> namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">James W. Emery, administrator of Thomas Manning, deceased, live thousand two hundred and eighty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Francis Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased, two thousand live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. Lawrence Lowell, administrator of Nathaniel Fellowes, deceased, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry M. Blagge and Susan B. Samuels, administrators of Crowell Hatch, deceased, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William A. Haves, second administrator of Nathaniel A. Haven, deceased, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the sloop Sidney, Jared Bartholomew, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sloop “Sidney.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles A. Meigs, administrator of David Tomlinson, nine hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the ship Joanna, Alexander Boggs, master, namely: Henry V.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Joanna.”</p></sidenote> Lester, administrator of James Burr, deceased, as surviving partner of the firm of Stewart and Barr, sixteen thousand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That it<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i></p>.<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof required.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1080.</p></sidenote> is shown to the satisfaction of the Court of Claims that said James Barr was the surviving partner of the firm of Stewart and Barr.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Delight, Mark Hatch, junior, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Schooner Delight.”</p></sidenote> Thomas E, Hale, administrator of Mark Hatch, deceased, four thou-sand five hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That it is shown to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof required.</p></sidenote> satisfaction of the Court of Claims that the Mark Hatch herein was the identical Mark Hatch who was the owner of the said schooner Delight.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the ship Theresa, Philip Brum, master, namely: George W.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Theresa.”</p></sidenote> Lockwood, administrator of the estate of John A. Duberinit, deceased, thirteen thousand five hundred and thirty seven dollars and fifty cents: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That the amount so appropriated shall not be paid<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof required.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1080.</p></sidenote> until the Court of Chums shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury that the administrator of said estate represents the next of kin of said John A. Dubernat, or, in event the court.shall find there are no such next of kin and that there was a widow of said John A. Dubernat. then that said sum be paid to the personal representative of such widow for and on behalf of the. next of kin of such widow.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the sloop Betsey, Peleg Blankinship, master, namely: Peleg<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sloop “Betsey”</p></sidenote> Blankinship, administrator of George Blankinship, deceased, two thou-sand three hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Sophia. Francis O’Meara, master, namely; Eliza<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Sophia”</p></sidenote> J. Ilieskell, administrate of William Wilson, deceased, eleven thou-sand two hundred and thirteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the brig Pilgrim, John Thissel, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Pilgrim.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Francis Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, one thou-sand eight hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. Lawrence Lowell, administrator of Nathaniel Fellowes, five hue dr cd and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry W. Blagge and Susan B. Samuels, administrators of Crowell Hatch, five hundred and twenty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Codman, administrator of William Gray, one thousand live hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry H, Cole, administrator of Hale Hilton, ten thousand one hundred and forty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Betsey, Lemuel Moody, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Betsey.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles K. Cobb, administrator of Matthew Cobb, four thousand five hundred and thirty dollars and eighty three cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote>George A, Thomas, administrator of William Winery, five thou-sand three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Saint Patrick.”</p></sidenote>On the schooner Saint Patrick. Lemuel Bourne, master, namely: Emma G. Gallagher, administratrix of Thomas Stagg, junior deceased, two thousand two hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brigantine “Olive Branch”</p></sidenote>On the brigantine Olive Branch. John Edwards, junior, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Josiah M. Crocker, administrator of George Taylor, deceased, one thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William R, Colby, administrator of Elijah Sanderson, deceased, one thousand three hundred and seventy two dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William R. “Colby, administrator of Jacob Sanderson, deceased, one thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William A. Bowditch, administrator of William Appleton, deceased, one thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Eunice”</p></sidenote>On the ship Eunice, Thomas Seal, master, namely;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Andrew Hawes, as administrator de bonis non of the estate of John Quinby, deceased, eleven thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight dollar's.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. Cabot, administrator of Jonathan Mason, junior, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. King, administrator of James Scott, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">H. H. Hunnewell, executor of John Welles, four hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. Cabot, administrator of Daniel D. Rogers, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Clio”</p></sidenote>On the brig Clio. Richard M. Ball, master, namely;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John Stewart, ados initiator de bonis non estate of William P. Stewart, surviving partner of firm of David Stewart and Sons, four thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Dolphin.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>. p. 1070.</p></sidenote>On the schooner Dolphin. Thomas Gove, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Andrew Lacy, administrator of John Gove. Ebenezer Gove, and Thomas Gove, nine, thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Polly,”</p></sidenote>On the schooner Polly, Benjamin Shi Halier, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Horatio P. Pierson, administrator of Abel Lawrence, deceased, one thousand three, hundred and ten dollars and forty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">James B. Curwen, administrator of John Collins, deceased, one thou-sand three hundred and ten dollars and forty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Albert P. Hovey, administrator of Amos Hovey, deceased, one thou-sand three hundred and ten dollars and forty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Hall Adams, administrator of Henry Gardner, deceased, one thousand three hundred and ten dollars and forty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “William and Joseph.”</p></sidenote>On the schooner William and Joseph, William Lander, master, namcdy:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William A. Lander, administrator of Peter Lander, deceased, one thousand four hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George M. Whipple, administrator of John Norris, deceased, two thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis C. Lowell, administrator of Benjamin Goodhue. one thou-sand one hundred and twenty-four dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Andrew Nichols, administrator of Joshua Ward, two thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Star.”</p></sidenote>On the ship Star, John Burebmore, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George M. Whipple, administrator of John Norris, deceased, ten thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis C. Lowell, administrator of Benjamin Goodhue, deceased, six thousand and forty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Snow “Isabella.”</p></sidenote>On the snow Isabella, James Helm, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ann Pennington Buchanan, administratrix of James Buchanan, deceased, survivor of the firm of Buchanan and Young, three thousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ann Elizabeth Marshall, administratrix of William Robb, deceased,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote> six thousand one hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Little Will, William Tallman, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Little Will.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Jane G. Howard and Susan S. Hoffman, administratrixes de bonis non of the estate of Robert Gilmor, junior, surviving partner of the lirm of Robert Gilmorand Sons, eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David Stewart, administrator of John Chalmers, senior, seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David Stewart, administrator of John Chalmers, junior, seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Orange, John Holman, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Orange.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles E. Patten, administrator of .lames Fulton, deceased, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles E. Patten, administrator of Thomas Patten, deceased, nine hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles E. Patten, administrator of Robert Patten, deceased, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis Adams, administrator of Arthur Hunter, deceased, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frank Dabney, administrator of Samuel W. Pomeroy, deceased, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. Lawrence Lowell, administrator of Nathaniel Fellowes, deceased, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seth P. Snow, administrator of Crowell Hatch, deceased, one thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the sloop Almena. John Smith, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sloop “Almena”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John Allen, administrator of John Smith, deceased, one thousand two hundred and sixty do) lars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Russell A. Young, administrator of Webster Brown, deceased, one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Adams. Stephen Brown, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Adams.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Codman. administrator of William Gray, junior, one thou-sand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles F. Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks,seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seth P. Snow, administrator of Crowell Hatch, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gorham Parsons Sargent, administrator of Fitz William Sargent, five hundred and ninety-eight dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Joseph O. Proctor, administrator of Joseph Proctor, one thousand six hundred and thirteen dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the brig Thetis, William Peterkin, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Thetis,”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John Merwin Carrero and David Stewart, administrators of John Carre re, six thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars and sixty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the brig Harriot, Joseph Campbell, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Harriot,”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Jacob B. Sweitzer and David Stewart, administrators of John Holmes, four thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the sloop Betsey, Benjamin Rhodes, muster, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sloop “Betsey.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rufus Waterman, administrator of Rufus Waterman, deceased, seven hundred ana twenty dollars and twenty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward H. Robinson, administrator of Richard Jackson, deceased, nine hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Thomas Brown, administrator of Zepaniah Brown, deceased, nine hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the brig Union. John Walker, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Union.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Codman. administrator of William Gray, junior, deceased, one thousand live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Theodore B. Moody, administrator of Joseph Moody, deceased, one thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Stephen Thacher, administrate!’ of Thatcher Goddard, deceased, two thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote>On the brig Dove, Joseph Tyler, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Dove.”</p></sidenote>Laurence H. H. Johnson, administrator of William Bartlet, deceased, five thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ten cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Hannah.”</p></sidenote>On the brig Hannah, John Blakely, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Susan Blagge Samuels, administratrix of John Blagge, deceased, four thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sloop “Fanner.”</p></sidenote>On the sloop Farmer, George Kiler, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lucy Franklin Read McDonnell, executrix of George Pollock, surviving partner of Richard Yates and George Pollock, one thousand five hundred and eighteen dollars and sixty-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Concord.”</p></sidenote>On the ship Concord, John Thompson, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis A. Lewis, administrator of Peter Blight, thirty-six thou-sand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis A. Lewis, administrator of John Miller, junior, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George McCall, administrator of William McMurtrie, deceased, five hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Arthington Gilpin, administrator of Joshua Gilpin, deceased, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Russell Thayer and Manuel E. Griffith, administrators of Robert EgglesfiekJ Griffith, surviving partner of Nicklin and Griffith, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis R. Pemberton, administrator of John Clifford, surviving partner of Thomas and John Clifford, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Isaac S. Smyth, administrator of Jacob Baker, surviving partner of Baker and Comegys, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William D. Squires, administrator of Henry Pratt, surviving partner of Pratt and Kintzing, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert W. Smith, administrator of Robert Smith, surviving partner of Robert Smith and Company, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">J. Lardner Howell, administrator of Samuel Howell, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance, as administrator of Thomas M, Willing, surviving partner of Willing and Francis, one thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry Pettit, administrator of Andrew Pettit, surviving partner of Pettit and Bayard, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry Pettit, administrator of Charles Pettit, five hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George W. Guthrie, administrator of Alexander Murray, surviving partner of Miller and Murray, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John Lyman Cox and Howard Warts Page, administrators of James S. Cox. seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Williaih BrookeRawle, administrator of Jesse Wain, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Samuel Bell, administrator of John G. Waeksmuth, nine hundred hnd eighty dollars. ,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Atwood Smith, administrator of Daniel Smith, surviving partner of Gurney and Smith, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">J. Bayard Henry, administrator of John Lea my, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Craig D. Ritchie, administrator of Joseph Summer!, surviving partner of Summer I and Brown, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Crawford Dawes Henning, administrator of .lames Crawford, surviving partner of James Crawford and Company, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George Harrison Fisher, administrator of Jacob Ridgway, five hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George Holmes, administrator of John Oldden. nine hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote> eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Prager, administrator of Mark Prager, junior, surviving partner of Pragers and Company, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">W. W. Vasse, surviving administrator of Ambrose Vasse, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">J. Bayard Henry, administrator of George Rundle and Thomas Leech, composing firm of Rundle and Leech, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John C. Williams, administrator of Edward Dunant, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Uselma C. Smith, administrator of William Jones, surviving partner of Jones and Clarke, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">D. Fitzhugh Savage, administrator of John Savage, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ephraim R. Ridgway, administrator of James Oldden, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Richard Delafield, administrator of John Delafield, eight hundred and fifty-three dollars and ten cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Julia Battersby, administratrix of John B. Desdoity. four hundred and twenty-six dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Beniamin M. Hartshorne ami Charles N. Black, executors of Richard Hartshorne, surviving partner of Rhinelander and Hartshorne, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Louisa J. Sebor, administratrix of Jacob Sebor, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the ship Caroline, Charles Treadwell, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Caroline.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Woodbury Langdon, administrator of Daniel Cutter and Jacob Cutter, deceased, twelve thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Woodward Emery, administrator of Thomas Manning, deceased, one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">J. Hamilton Shapley, administrator of Edward Cutts, deceased,one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frederick P. Jones, administrator of Martin Parry, deceased, one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George W. Etaven, administrator of Moses “Woodward, deceased, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Stephen Decatur, administrator of Samuel Storer, deceased, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Matilda M. Cutler, administratrix of Clement Storer, deceased, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William A. Hayes, administrator of Nathaniel A. Haven, deceased, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the brig Caroline, Elihu Cotton, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Caroline.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. Sill, administrator of Benjamin Williams, deceased, four thousand five hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Elizabeth Francis, administratrix of John Brown, deceased, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Thomas Brown, administrator of Zephaniah Brown, deceased, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Christopher Dexter, administrator of Edward Dexter, deceased, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">W. Maxwell Green, administrator of Samuel W. Green, deceased, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William B. Phillips, administrator of Moses Lippitt, deceased, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William R. Talbot, administrator of Welcome Arnold,deceased, five hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote>Alexander Dunean, administrator of Cyrus W. Butler, surviving partner of Samuel Butler and Son, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sloop “Abigail.”</p></sidenote>On the sloop Abigail. Samuel Robinson, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles K. Cobb, administrator estate of Matthew Cobb, two thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sarah H. Southwick, administratrix estate of Samuel F. Hussey, one hundred and thirty-three dollarsand forty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nathan Cleaves, administrator estate of Arthur McLellan, one thou-sand two hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nathan Cleaves, administrator estate of Robert Boyd, eighty-eight dollars and ninety-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Venus.”</p></sidenote>On the ship Venus, Robert BerrilL master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Andrew Lacey, administrator de bonis non of Peter Bryson, deceased, live thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Andrew Lacey, administrator de bonis non of Robert BerrilL five thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Olive,”</p></sidenote>On the schooner Olive, George Smith, master, namely;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Francis Adams,junior, as administrator of the estate of Peter Chardon Brooks, deceased, three thousand live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. Lawrence Lowell, administrator of the estate of Nathaniel Fellowes, deceased, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Arthur L. Huntington, administrator of the estate of George Smith, deceased, four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Snow “Jenny.”</p></sidenote>On the snow Jenny, Hugh Lyle, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Atm Pennington Buchanan, administratrix of Jtunes Buchanan, surviving partner of the firm of Buchanan and Young, four thousand four hundred and five dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Anna E. Taylor and David Stewart, administratrix and administrator of Joseph Massey, surviving partner of the firm of Massey and James, one thousand three hundred and seventy dollars and thirty- four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Walter W. Preston, administrator of Frederick De la Porte, live thousand two hundred and thirty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Rainbow.”</p></sidenote>On the schooner Rainbow, Joseph Howland, master, namely: Gideon K. Howland, administrator of the estate of Joseph Howland, deceased, five hundred and thirty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Fox.”</p></sidenote>On the ship Fox, Coffin Whippey, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles R. Price, administrator of Seth Russell, surviving partner of the firm of Seth Russell and Son, seven thousand and twenty-four dollars and sixty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Daniel Rieketson, executor of Joseph Rieketson, surviving partner of the firm of Daniel Rieketson and Son, three thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and thirty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Eliot D. Stetson administrator of Cornelius Howland, three thou-sand five hundred and twelve dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William J. Rptch, administrator of William Rotch. junior, surviving partner of William Rotch, junior, and Abraham Barker, three thousand live hundred and twelve dollars and thirty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William G. Taber, administrator of Benjamin labor, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry T. Handy, administrator of William Handy, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Betsey.”</p></sidenote>On the brig Betsey, George R. Turner, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lucy S. Cushing, administratrix of Jacob Sheafe. deceased, five thousand five hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frank W. Rollins, administrator of George Turner, deceased, two thousand and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles W. Robinson, administrator of Reuben Shapley, deceased, five, hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George W. Haven, surviving executor of John Haven, deceased, four hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ann Fisher Satterwhaite, administratrix of James Sheafe, deceased,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued</p></sidenote> four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William A. Hayes, second, administrator of Nathaniel A. Haven, deceased, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the sloop Scrub, John Russell, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sloop “Scrub”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. Sill, administrator of Benjamin Williams, to the sum of nine hundred and forty dollars mid thirty-three cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Elizabeth Francis, administratrix of John Brown, to the sum of one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Christopher Dexter, administrator of Edward Dexter, to the sum of three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">W. Maxwell Green, administrator of Samuel W. Green, to the sum of two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William B. Phillips, administrator of Moses Lippett, to the sum of one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William R. Talbott, administrator of Welcome Arnold, to the sum of five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the ship Active, Micajah Gardner, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Active.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. Worth, administrator of Aaron Mitchell, nine thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollarsand fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. Worth, administrator of Jethro Mitchell, thirteen thou-sand seven hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. Worth, administrator of Obed Mitchell, thirteen thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gardner S. Lamson, administrator of Paul Gardner, thirteen thou-sand seven hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Success, Samuel Graves, junior, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Success.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Arthur L. Huntington. administrator of Samuel Hooper, deceased, seven thousand eight hundred and seventeen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the brig Hmma, Samuel Cox. master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Hanna.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company, of Philadelphia, as administrator of William Robinson, junior, five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John A. Dougherty and Catharine McCourt, administrators of Louis Crousillat, one thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Louis C. Vanuxem, administrator of James Vanuxem, representing the firm of Vanuxem and Clark, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William D. Squires, administrator of Henry Pratt, surviving partner of Pratt and Kintzing, five hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">J. Bayard Henry, administrator of John Leamy, seven hundred and eigh tyfouf dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John Lyman Cox and Howard Wurts Page. administrators of James S. Cox. five hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Craig D. Ritchie, administrator of Joseph Summed, surviving partner of bummer! and Brown, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis A. Lewis, administrator of Peter Blight, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George AV. Guthrie, administrator of Alexander Murray, surviving partner of Miller and Murray, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis A. Lewis, administrator of John Miller, junior, seven linn dred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert W. Smith, administrator of Robert Smith, surviving partner of Robert Smith and Company, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The City of Philadelphia, administrator of Stephen Girard, four Limdred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">C. D. Vasse. administrator of Ambrose Vasse, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Prager, administrator of Mark Prager, surviving partner of Prager and Company, one thousand and seventy-eight dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote>J. Bayard Henry, administrator of George Rundle and Thomas Leech, composing the firm of Rundle and Leech, nine hundred and eighty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">J, Bayard Henry, administrator of CbaHes Ross and John Simson, composing the firm of Ross and Simson, seven hundred and eightyfour dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sara Learning, administratrix of Thomas Murgatroyd, representing the firm of Thomas Murgatroyd and Sons, nine hundred and eighty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Uselma C. Smith, administrator of William Jones, surviving partner of Jones and Clark, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry Pettit, administrator of Andrew Pettit, surviving partner of Pettit and Bayard, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Rebecca”</p></sidenote>On the ship Rebecca. George Nowell, master, namely: Samuel F. Coffin and Ida C. Lunt, administrators de bonis non of the estate of Samuel Collin, deceased, eleven thousand and sixty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Fox.”</p></sidenote>On the schooner Fox. Samuel Stocking, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Louisa J. Sebor, administratrix of Jacob Sebor, deceased, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Thomas H. Stevens, administrator of Ebenezer Sage, deceased, one thousand three hundred and thirty-nine dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Herbert L. Camp, administrator of Jozeb Stocking, deceased, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars and sixty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig *' Dove.”</p></sidenote>On the brig Dove, Hezekiah Goodhue, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lawrence I I. H. Johnson, administrator of William Bartlet, deceased, thirty-two thousand three hundred and twenty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “North Carolina”</p></sidenote>On the brig North Carolina, Richard West, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Margaret Devereux, executrix of John Devereux, deceased, two thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Margaret Devereux, administratrix of George Pollock, deceased, seven thousand and ninety-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Aurora.”</p></sidenote>On the vessel schooner Aurora, William Smith, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Virgilia B. Brooke, administratrix, and so forth, of estate of John Smith, junior, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Anthony Groverman. administrator de bonis non of estate of Joseph Caiman, surviving partner firm of Joseph Caiman and Company, two Lum died and ninety-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rebecca R. Thompson and Elizabeth Y. Thompson, administratrices de bonis non, cum testamento annexo, of estate of Joseph Young, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mary Clara Johnson and David Stewart, administrators de bonis non of estate of Edward Johnson, two hundred and ninety-four dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nathaniel Morton, administrator de bonis non of estate of Nathaniel Morton, surviving partner firm of Bedford and Morton, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David Stewart, administrator de bonis non of estate of Conrad Eiselen, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David Stewart, administrator de bonis non. cum testamento annexo, of estate of Paul Bentalou. four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William N, Marye, administrator of estate of Richard Gittings, surviving partner firm of Gittings and Smith, two hundred and ninety- four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Shriver, administrator de bonis non of estate of Isaac Caustem two hundred and ninety-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David Stewart, administrator estate of George Sears, two Hundred and ninety-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John W. Jenkins, administrator of estate of John Hillen. two hundred and ninety-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John C. Tilghman, administrator de bonis non estate of Wildau Van Wyck, nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cumberland D. Hollins, administrator de bonis non, earn testamento<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote> annexe, of estate of Cumberland Dugan, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John P. Severs, administrator of estates of Robert and George McCandless, two hundred and ninety-four dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward Church Noyes, administrator of estate of James Clarke, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the vessel schooner Four Sisters, Timothy Wellman, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner ’ * Four Sisters,”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Horace Ik Sargeant, administrator of Daniel Sargeant, deceased, the sum of two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Codman. administrator of William Gray, junior, deceased (subrogated to the rights of Wellman for detention and purchase of the vessel), the sum of two hundred and eighty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George A. Veazie. junior, administrator of Timothy Wellman, deceased, the sum of four hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Philo S. Shelton, administrator of Benjamin Homer, deceased, the sum of two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David G. Haskins, junior, administrator of David Greene, deceased, the sum of four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William P. Parker, administrator of William B. Parker, deceased, the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. George, administrator of Bradstreet Parker, deceased, the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William D. Pickman. executor of Dudley L. Pieknian, deceased, the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William A. Lander, administrator of Pickering Dodge, deceased, the sum of three hundred and sixty-five dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Stone, surviving executor of Robert Stone, junior, deceased, the sum of seven hundred and thirty dollars and seventeen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the vessel schooner Abagail, John Perkins, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Abagail,”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Joseph T. Little, administrator of Doty Little, deceased, one thou-sand six hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George M. War re n, administrator of Stover Perkins, deceased, one thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-.seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Joseph T. Little, administrator of Otis Little, deceased, one thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the vessel Good Intent, Nathaniel Gladding, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vessel ‘'Good In* tent.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William Gladding, administrator be bonis non of Nathaniel Glad-ding. deceased, three hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William O. Gladding, administrator de bonis non of Edward Church, deceased, three hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">O. L. Bosworth, administrator de bonis non of Henry Monroy deceased, three hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the vessel sloop Henrietta, Samuel Wasson, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sloop “Henrietta.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frederick Saint John Lockwood, administrator of Henry Belden, deceased, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Louisa J. Sebor, administratrix of Jacob Sebor, deceased, four hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the brig William. Edson Valentine, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “William,”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William L. Winslow, administrator of LutherWinslow, junior, one thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William L. Winslow, administrator, and so forth, of Edson Valentine. one thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David Greene Haskins, junior, administrator, and so forth, of David Greene, eight hundred and t wentyseven dollars and eighty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John W. Apthrop, administrator, and so forth, of Caleb Hopkins, eight hundred and twenty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Con tinned.</p></sidenote>Lawrence Bond, administrator, and so forth, of Nathan Bond, four hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">H. H. Hunnewell, administrator, and so forth, of John Welles, three hundred and thirty-one dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Augustus P. Loring, administrator, and so forth, of William Bordman, three hundred and thirty-one dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seth P. Snow, administrator, and so forth, of Crowell Hatch, four hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frank Dabney, administrator, and so forth, of Samuel W. Pomeroy, three hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. Cabot, administrator, and so forth, of Daniel D. Rogers, four hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward I. Browne, administrator, and so forth, of Moses Browne, three hundred and thirty-one dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William P. Perkins, administrator, and so forth, of Thomas Perkins, two hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William G. Perry, administrator, and so forth, of Nicholas Gilman, one hundred and sixtytive dollars and fifty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William L. Winslow, administrator of David Valentine, four hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Betsey.”</p></sidenote>On the brig Betsey. Hezekiah Goodhue, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lawrence H. H. Johnson, administrator of William Bartlett, deceased, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner ’ • Betsey.”</p></sidenote>On the schooner Betsey, William Wyman, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Samuel D. Wyman, administrator of William Wyman, deceased, five hundred and sixty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles J. Higgins, administrator of Thomas E. Gage, deceased, one thousand and fifty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles W. Dy ar, administrator of Daniel Wild, deceased, one thou-sand and fifty-three dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles F. Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seth P. Snow, administrator of Crowell Hatch, deceased, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Betsey.”</p></sidenote>On the brig Betsey. William Hubbard, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George L. Little, administrator of Adam McCulIouch. deceased, two thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Francis Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. Lawrence Lowell, administrator of Nathaniel Fellows, deceased, live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seth P. Snow, administrator of Crowell Hatch, deceased, seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Hannah”</p></sidenote>On the brig Hannah, William McNeil Watts, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Codman, administrator of William Gray, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles E. Alexander, administrator of Jonathan Merry, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">James W. Oldin, administrator of Daniel Tilton, eight thousand two hundred and twenty-six dollars and sixty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seth P. Snow, administrator, and so forth, of Crowell Hatch, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles F. Adams, administrator, and so forth, of Peter C. Brooks, five thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. Lawrence Lowell, administrator of Nathaniel Fellowes, one thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. King, administrator, and so forth, of James Tisdale, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">James S. English, administrator, and so forth, of Thomas English, four hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis M. Boutwell, administrator, and so forth, of Joseph Cordis,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nathan Matthews, junior, administrator, and so forth, of Daniel Sargent, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lawrence Bond, administrator, and so forth, of Nathan Bond, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William G. Perry, executor, and so forth, of Nicholas Gilman, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Augustus P. Loring, administrator, and so forth, of William H. Boardman, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John W. Apthrop, administrator, and so forth, of William Foster, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hollis R. Bailey, administrator, and so forth, of Daniel Gilman, five hundred dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William L Monroe, administrator of John Brazer, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ann M. N. Crocker, administratrix, and so forth, of Joseph I loward, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Alexander H. Ladd, administrator, and so forth, of Eliphalet Ladd, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the vessel schooner Hope, Thomas Johnston, junior, master,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Hope”</p></sidenote> namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lowell P. Haskell, administrator of Thomas Johnston, junior, deceased, five hundred and twenty-nine dollarsand eighty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lowell P. Haskell, administrator of George Sproul, deceased, five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lowell P. Haskell, administrator of William Sproul, deceased, five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the vessel schooner Bee, Samuel Cazneau, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Bee”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry Parkman, administrator of John Lovett, two hundred and sixty-six dollars and ninety-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward I. Brown, administrator of Israel Thorndike, eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Thomas N. Perkins, administrator of John C. Jones, eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William Ropes Trask, administrator of Thomas Amory, eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">James C. Davis, administrator of Cornelius Durant, eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David G. Haskins, junior, administrator of David Greene, eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William G. Perry, administrator of Nicholas Gilman, eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">H. Burr Crandall, administrator of Thomas Cushing, three hundred and fifty-five dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Arthur D. Hill, administrator of Benjamin Homer, three hundred and fifty-five dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frank Dabney, administrator of Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy, seven hundred and eleven dollars and ninety-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William S. Carter, administrator of William Smith, seven hundred and eleven dollars and ninety-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Jonathan Bowdich. administrator of Benjamin Pickman, four hun dred and forty-four dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. Cabot, administrator of Daniel Denison Rogers, four him died and forty-four dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seth P. Snow, administrator of Crowell Hatch, three hundred and seventy dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nathan Matthews, administrator of Daniel Sargeant, four hundred and forty-four dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation elai ni^—Continued*</p></sidenote>Francis M. Boutwell, administrator of Benjamin Cobb, four hundred and forty-four dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis M. Boutwell, administrator of John McLean, eight hundred dollars and ninety-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chandler Robbins, administrator of Joseph Russell, eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. King, administrator of James Scott, four hundred and forty-four dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles F. Adams, administrator of Peter Chardon Brooks, seven hundred and forty dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">»Ship “Galen.’</p></sidenote>On the ship Galen, John Mackay, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John T. Morse and others, executors of Eliakim Morse, deceased, six thousand six hundred and eleven dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">James H. Fiske, administrator of Benjamin Eddy, deceased, two thousand two hundred and three dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Thomas B. Hall, assignee of Thomas Bartlett, one thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis M. Boutwell, administrator of John and Mungo Mackay, deceased, one thousand and one dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Codman, administrator of William Gray, deceased, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles A. Welch, administrator of William Stackpole, deceased, live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William G. Perry, administrator of Nicholas Gilman, deceased, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William Ropes Trask, administrator of Thomas Amory, deceased, seven hundred and fifty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Arthur T. Lyman, administrator of Theodore Lyman, deceased, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Thomes N. Perkins, administrator of John C. Jones, deceased, one tho usa nd dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Horatio H. Hunnewell, administrator of Arnold Welles, junior, deceased, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. King, administrator of James Scott, deceased, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Betsey.”</p></sidenote>On the schooner Betsey, Major F. Bowles, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Christopher Dexter, administrator of Edward Dexter, deceased, three thousand three hundred and forty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Polly.”</p></sidenote>On the vessel brig Polly, Henry Nicoll, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Eliza J, Hieskell. administratrix of William Wilson, deceased, four thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Selden, administrator de bonis non of Isaac McPherson, deceased, nine hundred and twenty-nine dollars and .seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Dolphin/’</p></sidenote>On the brig Dolphin, Samuel Miller, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward N. Dingley, administrator of the estate of William Nickels, deceased, one thousand three hundred and sixty-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Richard H. T. Taylor, administrator of David Otis, deceased, one thousand five hundred and seventy-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George B. Sawyer, administrator of Samuel Nickels, deceased, one thousand five hundred and seventy-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. Lawrence Lowell, administrator of Nathaniel Fellows, deceased, two hundred and eighty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Clorissa.”</p></sidenote>On the schooner Clarissa, Benjamin Raynes, master, namely;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward O. Emerson, junior, administrator of Edward Emerson, junior, deceased, one thousand one hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William A. Hayes, administrator de bonis non of Nathaniel A. Haven, deceased, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig * SabbitusNeptune/'</p></sidenote>On the brig Sabbatus Neptune, Samuel Moulton, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward O. Emerson, administrator of Ed wan'd Emerson, junior, deceased, four thousand seven hundred and seventy-four dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William A. Hayes, administrator de bonis non of Nathaniel A.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims—Continued.</p></sidenote> Haven, deceased, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Esther, William Hooper, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Esther/</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Francis Adams, administrator of Peter Chardon Brooks, deceased, one thousand two hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David W. Lowe, administrator of Daniel Rogers, deceased, six thou-sand and twenty-two dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the vessel schooner Mary, Tilley Wentworth, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Mary “</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">S. W. Rollins, administrator of Hiram Rollins, deceased, one thou-sand and sixty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">S. W. Rollins, administrator of Tilley Wentworth, deceased, one thousand foui1 hundred and seventy-three dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Georgy S. Frost, administrator of Andrew Rollins, deceased, four hundred and eighty-nine dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Woodward Emery, administrator of Thomas Manning, deceased, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George W. Haven, administrator of Moses Woodward, deceased, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Stephen Decatur, administrator of Samuel Stover, deceased, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis E. Langdon, administrator of Clement Stover, deceased, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Josephine Richter, administratrix of John McClintock, deceased, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Good Intent, Hazard Powers, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Good Intent”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Raymond N. Parish, administrator of Joshua Raymond, deceased, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Raymond N. Parish, administrator of Christopher Raymoifd, deceased. nine hundred and ninety-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Augusta H. Williams, administratrix of Ezekiel Williams, deceased, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John C. Parsons, administrator of John Caidwell, deceased, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the ship Governor Bowdoin, Daniel Oliver, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship “Governor Bowdoin”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles F. Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, one thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. Lawrence Lowell, administrator of Nathaniel Fellowes, two thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frank Dabney, administrator of Samuel W. Pomeroy, one thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David G. Haskins, administrator of David Greene, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William G. Perry, executor of Nicholas Gilman, one thousand nine hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Arthur D. Hill, administrator of Benjamin Homer, five hundred dollars. .</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">H. Hollis Hunnewell, administrator of Arnold Welles, junior, live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John W. Athrop. administrator of Caleb Hopkins, one thousand four hundred and eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. King, administrator of James Scott, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William S. Carter, administrator of William Smith, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">H. Burr Crandall, administrator of Thomas Cushing, five hundred dollar^.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John W. Athrop, administrator of William Foster, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lawrence Bond, administrator of Nathan Bond, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">H. Hollis Hunnewell, administrator of Arnold Welles, seven thou-sand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-six cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation  1 nim^-Conunued.</p></sidenote>H. Hollis Hunnewell, administrator of Samuel Welles, five thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">H. Hollis Hunnewell, executor of John Welles, two thousand nine hundred and eighty-five dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William P. Perkins, executor of Thomas Perkins, two thousand nine hundred and twenty-six dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frederick R. Sears, administrator of David Sears, eleven thousand three hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. Cabot, administrator of Jonathan Mason, junior, five thou-sand one hundred and ten dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nathan Matthews, junior, administrator of Daniel Sargent, one thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Codman, administrator of William Gray, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry B. Cabot, administrator of Daniel D. Rogers, one thousand one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig * Ranger.”</p></sidenote>On the vessel Brig Ranger, John Flagg, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles E. Batchelder, administrator of 'Thomas Sheafe, deceased, three thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles E. Batchelder, administrator of William Sheafe. deceased, three thousand eight hundred mid eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ship ’ Caroline.”</p></sidenote>On the ship Caroline, Benjamin Glazier, master, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">A. P. ’Warrington, administrator of John Cowper, four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">R. Manson Smith, administrator of Francis Smith, four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gilbert R. Fox, administrator of Thomas Willoek, four hundred and twenty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John Newport Greene, administrator of Conway Whittle, four hundred and twenty dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Jeremiah Nelson, administrator of Jere Nelson, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Franklin A. Wilson, administrator of John Pearson, two hundred dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amos Noyes, administrator of Zebidee Cook, two hundred and fifty dol iars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amos Noyes, administrator of ‘William Cook, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Joseph W. Thompson, administrator of David Coffin, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Joseph A. Titcomb, administrator of John Wells, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Annie A. Kemble, administratrix of Edmund Kimball, one hundred dol Iars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Francis A. Jewett, administrator of James Prince, five hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">John N. Pike, administrator of John Pcttingel, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. King, administrator of James Scott, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">H. H. Hunnewell, administrator of Arnold Welles, four hundred dollars. ‘</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">H. H. Hunnewell, administrator of John Welles, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles G. Davis, administrator of Isaac P. Davis, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lucy S. Cushing, administrator of Jacob Sheafe, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward O. Emerson, administrator of Edward Emerson, junior, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Jane S. Gerrish, administratrix of Edward Toppan. two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Samuel L. Caldwell, administrator of Josiah Smith, four thousand nine hundred and sixty-six dollars and forty cents.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the vessel schooner Three Friends, Samuel Miller, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation ela i ms—Con ti 11ued.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner Three Friends.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward N. Dingley, administrator de bonis non, and so forth, of William Nickels, deceased, one thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Isaac F. Thompson, administrator of Robert Thompson, deceased, one thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">David Chamberlain, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Miller, deceased, one thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the brig Industry, James Very, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Industry.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Henry C. Prentiss, administrator of the estate of Isaac White, deceased, four thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars and two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nathaniel Very, administrator of the estate of James Very, deceased, one thousand and fifty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the vessel brig Sally, Samuel Wells, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Sally.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">George G. Sill, administrator de bonis non of Thomas Sanford, deceased, six thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars and thirty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the brig- Good Intent, Oliver C. Blunt, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brig “Good Intent.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Thomas Scott, administrator of the estate of Mark Simes, deceased, two thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frederick P. Jones, administrator of the estate of Martin Parry, deceased, two thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Ariel, Jolin Compton, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Ariel.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">William Woodyear, administrator of the estate of Jeremiah Yellott, deceased, two thousand and seventeen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Polly, Charles Ellins, master, namely;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Poily”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seth P, Snow, administrator of Crowell Hatch, deceased, seven hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward E. Ellins, administrator of William Vinal, junior, deceased, three hundred and seventy-five, dollars and twenty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward E. Ellms, administrator of Lemuel Vinal, deceased, three hundred and seventy-five dollars and twenty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edward E. Ellms, administrator of Charles Ellms, deceased, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the schooner Hazard, Thomas Childs, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner “Hazard.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lowell P. HiiskeH. administrator of Thomas Johnston, junior, deceased, one thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars and twenty- five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lowell P. Haskell, administrator of George Sproul, deceased, one thousand five hundred and twenty dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lowell P. Haskell, administrator of William Sproul, deceased, one thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charles Francis Adams, junior, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the snow or brigantine Eliza. Ephraim Perkins, muster, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brigantine “Eliza.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Theodore Moody, administrator of Joseph Moody, deceased, eight hundred and twenty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Robert Codman. administrator of William Gray, deceased, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">On the sloop Cornelia. Burr Thorp, master, namely:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sloop “Cornelia.”</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fenelon Hubbell, administrator of Richard Hubbell, deceased, two thousand two hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That any French spoliation claim appropriated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assignments or insurance com pa tiles not to be paid.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26. p. 897.</p></sidenote> for in this Act shall not be paid if held by assignment or owned by any insurance company. But this shall not apply to any claim of a class heretofore paid under the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled ''An Act making appropriations to sup-ply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June <page identifier="/us/stat/32/234">234</page>thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for prior years, and for other purposes.”</proviso></p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>For Churches and Schools.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims of churches and schools.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is. authorized and directed to pay. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums, the amount appropriated to be accepted in full satisfaction of each claim before payment is made:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">German Evangelical Church, Martins-burg. w- Va.</p></sidenote>To the trustees of the German Evangelical Church, at Martinsburg. West Virginia, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, on account of the destruction of their church building and its furniture on the seventeenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, while the same was in the possession of a portion of the military forces of the United States, and through their carelessness.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Methodist Episcopal Church, Martinsburg, W. Va.</p></sidenote>To the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Martinsburg, West Virginia, the sum of one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars, for use and occupation of said church by the Federal troops from March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, Martins-burg. W. Va,</p></sidenote>To Bishop Augustine Vandevy ver. trustee of Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, at Martinsburg, West Virginia, the sum of two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, for the use and occupancy of said church by the Army of the United States during the war of the rebellion.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland Female College.</p></sidenote>To the Cumberland Female College, of McMinnville, Tennessee, the sum of five thousand dollars, for the use. occupation, and consumption of its property for hospital and other army purposes during the late war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one to eighteen hundred and sixty- five by the military authority of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richmond College.</p></sidenote>To Richmond College, located at Richmond, Virginia, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to reimburse said college for the occupation of its buildings and grounds by United States troops and officers for the period of eight months, said occupation commencing in April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for injury to and destruction of the buildings, the apparatus, libraries, and other property of said college <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J^ovtio.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof required.</p></sidenote>by said troops and officers: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no money be so paid except upon accounts of such occupation, injury, and destruction, and the damage caused thereby, duly verified and proven.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stewart College.</p></sidenote>To Stewart College (now the Southwestern Presbyterian University), located at Clarksville, Tennessee, not exceeding twenty-five thousand and nineteen dollars and ninety-six cents, for the use and occupation of the building and grounds and for consumption of materials, for injury to its buildings, apparatus, cabinets, and other property injured or destroyed by troops of the United States during the late war, or such sum below that amount ns 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, use, occupation, and consumption of the building and grounds of said college.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Macon City, Mo,,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catholic Church.</p></sidenote>To the person or persons authorized to represent the Catholic Church at Macon City. Missouri, the sum of seven hundred and twenty-five dollars, and the acceptance of said sum paid under the provisions of this Act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of every kind and nature for the use and occupation of said church during the civil war.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Charles College.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of claim for military oceupatlou.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of M ar be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be investigated by the Quartermaster's Department of the United States Army the circumstances, character, and extent of the alleged use and occupation by the United States military authorities, for Government purposes, during the late war. of the college buildings and grounds of Saint Charles College, in Saint Charles County. Missouri, the actual value of such use and occupation, and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury what amount, if any. is equitably <page identifier="/us/stat/32/235">235</page>due to said Saint Charles College from the United States as the reason-able value of such use and occupation; and that the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of amount found due.</p></sidenote> Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to said Saint Charles College, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount, if any, so found to be due from the United States; and the acceptance by said Saint Charles College of any sum paid under the pro-visions of this Act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of every kind and nature for said use and occupation, and all damages resulting therefrom.</p>
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<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>State Claims.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State claims.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment tn Vir* ginia. South Carolina, and Baltimore*</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advances, etc., war of 1812,</p></sidenote> to readjust, and pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, all claims of the Statesof Virginia, South Carolina, and the city of Baltimore for and on account of advances and expenditures made by said States and the city of Baltimore in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve to eighteen hundred and fifteen, with Great Britain; and in computing interest on said advances the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury shall apply the following rule, as applied by Act of Congress to the claim of the State of Maryland, namely; Interest shall be calculated up to the time of any payment made. To this interest the payment shall be first applied, and if it exceeds the inter-est due the balance shall be applied to diminish the principal; if the payment fall short of the interest, the balance of interest shall not be added to the principal so as to produce interest. Second, interest shall be allowed on such sums only on which the State either paid interest or lost interest by the transfer of an interest-bearing fund, or for such length of time only as the State or city paid or lost interest aforesaid: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in the settlement of these claims any bonds<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions for bonds.</p></sidenote> or other evidences of debt of either of the said States or of said city of Baltimore held by the United States on any account whatever shall be credited ns offsets to the United States, as of the dates, respectively, at which the accounts will be completely or most nearly balanced, and the balance found due on such date, after deducting the principal and interest on said bonds or other evidences of debt to such date, shall be paid to or by said States and city of Baltimore, and the said bonds or other evidences of debt shall be returned to the States issuing the same.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seulement of claim.</p></sidenote> and directed to settle the mutual account, heretofore stated, between the United States and the State of Florida, under the authority of an Act of Congress, according to the mode of stating the same, found near the foot of the third page of the letter of the Secretary submitting his report, dated December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, published as Executive Document Slumbered Sixty-eight, House of Representatives, Fifty-first Congress, first session, by continuing the computation of interest upon the principal on both sides to the date of settlement, and ascertaining the balance due the said State. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to surrender to the governor of the State of Florida the bonds of said State held by the United States which are included in such statement: and such sum of money is hereby appropriated as is necessary to pay to the State of Florida whatever balance is found due said State: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in further<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso. </i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest*</p></sidenote> computing the said mutual account from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety (at which time it was stated by authority of an Act of Congress), no greater rate of interest shall be allowed the State of Florida than said State has paid, is obligated to pay. or has lost in connection with said account.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the claim of the State of Nevada for costs, charges, and expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Xevada.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim for enrolling, etc., troops, war of 1861, reopened.</p></sidenote> properly incurred by the Territory of Nevada for enrolling, subsisting, clothing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying, and transporting its troops employed in aiding to suppress the insurrection against the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/236">236</page>United States, war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one to eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. Wp. 276.</p></sidenote>hundred and sixty-tire, under the Act of Congress of duly twenty-seventh. eighteen hundred and sixty-one (Twelfth Statutes, page two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12, p. 615.</p></sidenote>hundred and seventy-six), and joint resolution of March eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two (Twelfth Statutes, page six hundred and fifteen), as interpreted and applied by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the State of New York against the United States, decided January sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six (One hundred and sixty United States Reports, page five hundred and ninety-eight), not heretofore allowed, or heretofore disallowed, by the accounting officers of the Treasury, shall be reopened, examined, and allowed, and if deemed necessary, shall be transmitted to the Court of Claims for findings of fact or determination of disputed questions of law to aid in the settlement of the claims by the accounting officers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Virginia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment.</p></sidenote>To pay the State of West Virginia the sum of two thousand and nineteen dollars and fifty-seven cents, the same being the amount paid by the said State to certain officers of the One. hundred and thirty- third Regiment West Virginia Militia for services rendered by them in the war of the rebellion, being the difference between thirteen dollars per month, received by them, and the amount they should have received as such officers.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment on ac-count of Yellowstone Park. '</p></sidenote>To pay the State of Wyoming the sum of seven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars and forty-four cents, this sum being the actual amount paid out by the Territory of Wyoming during the years eighteen hundred and eighty-four, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and eighteen hundred and eighty-six for expenses incurred in preserving the formation, natural curiosities, and objects of interest in the Yellowstone National Park, through patrolling, policing, and governing, after it was declared a national reservation and before United States troops were placed therein for its protection.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>Miscellaneous Claims.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">M i s c e 11 a n e o u s claims.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twyman O. Abbott.</p></sidenote>To Twyman O. Abbott, of Tacoma, Statu of Washington, his heirs or legal representatives, the sum of five thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents, in full and final settlement of his claim for damages sustained by reason of the breach of a certain contract for lease of a building and ground for post-office purposes.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">0. F. Adams.</p></sidenote>To O. F. Adams, of North Carolina, the sum of one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, for services rendered the United States Government during the war of the rebellion.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erskine S. Allin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to widow and daughter.</p></sidenote>To Fannie T. Allin, of Springfield. Massachusetts, and Augusta M. Ladd, of Holyoke. Massachusetts, respectively widow and daughter of the late Erskine S. Allin, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid in equal parts, said Allin being the inventor of valuable improvements used in the manufacture of the Springfield breech-loading ride musket, for which improvements Utters patent numbered forty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine were granted to him by the United States on the nineteenth day of September, eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States Regulation Firearms Com pany.</p></sidenote>and sixty-five; and twenty-five thousand dollars to be paid to the United States Regulation Firearms Company, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, for the injury caused to. and damage sustained by,said corporation from and by the infringement by the United States of the letters patent aforesaid, which said letters patent were assigned by the said Erskine S. Allin to the said United States Regulation Firearms Company on the eighteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. This appropriation to be in full payment and satisfaction to both of the aforesaid parties for and on account of any and all sales or other disposition heretofore made or that may-hereafter be made by the United States of any arms in which the invention secured by said letters patent is used or embraced.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/237">237</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the owners, or their legal representatives, of the vessel or bark<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bark “A retie”</p></sidenote> Arctic, the sum of twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars, for the Losses sustained by them in abandoning their business of whale catching, and the services rendered in rescuing Oil® hundred and seventy-six seamen in the Arctic Sea: the said money to be paid over to the owners of said bark, the Arctic, for the benefit of themselves and of such officers and crew as were engaged in that particular season, to wit. the summer of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, of the cruise in the Arctic Ocean, during which said rescue was made; and said moneys shall be distributed by the owners between themselves and said officers and crew in the proportion to their respective lays, and in the same manner as the ordinary earnings of said crew would have been distributed; the Secretary of the Treasury not to be bound to see to the application of said moneys by the owners.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Avery D. Babcock, of Polk County, Oregon, and to Margaret I.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Avery D. and Mai garet I, Babcock.</p></sidenote> Babcock, his wife, the sum of two thousand dollars, to be equally divided between them, in payment of their claim against the Government of the United States for the use and occupation by the United States of their donation claim numbered fifty-eight, in section eight, in township six south, range seven west of the Willamette meridian, in the State of Oregon. ,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the heirs of Lawrence D. Bailey, the sum of two hundred dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawrence D. Bailey</p></sidenote> erroneously paid by them on timber-culture cash entry sixteen thousand and forty-five for the southeast quarter of section twenty- four. township twenty-two south, range thirty-four west. Garden City, Kansas, on the eleventh day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Elias E. Barnes, the sum of fourteen thousand five hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elias E. Barnes.</p></sidenote> forty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents, in full of all claims and demands, the amount found duo the said Elias E. Barnes, by referees acting under appointment of the then Secretary of the Interior, and the said amount being the loss and damage sustained by said Elias E. Barries by reason of the failure on the part of the United States to keep a eon tract made and entered into with him by the United States of America April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, for putting in a concrete foundation for the Library building in the city of Washington.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Junies M. Seymour, junior, the sum of two thousand five hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James M. Seymour</p></sidenote> dollars, for services as assistant commissioner to the International Exposition at Barcelona, Spain.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Breitling, of Nebraska, the sum of seven hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Breitling.</p></sidenote> thirty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents, for commissary stores furnished by him in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, at Clinton. in the State of Iowa, to United States troops then stationed at that place.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Captain Albert C. Brown, master of the schooner Alexandra,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert. C. Brown.</p></sidenote> the sum of one thousand dollars, in full compensation for fitting out his vessel and rescuing and transporting from the southwest end of the island of Kadiak, Alaska, to Wood Island, Alaska, the crew of the American schooner C. G. White, which was wrecked on said Kadiak Island April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Catherine Burns, of Annapolis, Maryland, the sum of seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Catherine Burns,</p></sidenote> hundred and one dollars and twenty-five cents, the amount due by the United States to her late husband, Louis Burns, deceased, for difference of pay and rations as mate on United States ship Potomac from April fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, to July ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and heretofore allowed by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department, but not paid for want of an appropriation of money with which to pay the same.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the heirs or legal representatives of Charles P. Culver, husband<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles P. Culver.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heirsoi.</p></sidenote> of the late Mrs. Catherine P. Culver, the sum of five hundred and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/238">238</page>four dollars, as compensation for the translation from German of the House Miscellaneous Document Numbered Eight. Forty-fifth Congress, third session, made by order of the chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacob R. Davis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heirs of.</p></sidenote>To the heirs of Jacob R. Davis, the sum of one thousand live hundred dollars, as full compensation for services by the said Jacob R, Davis, deceased, rendered as agent and judge of the Freedman’s Bureau at Augusta, in the State of Georgia, from June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, inclusive.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indiana.</p></sidenote>To the State of Indiana, the sum of four thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-six cents, in full foi the construction of a sewer known as 'Pogues Run interception.” on Hanna street, in the city of Indianapolis, adjacent to the lands of the United States known as the “Arsenal,” said sum, under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Indiana, being a lien on said lands.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tames C. Drake.</p></sidenote>To James C. Drake the sum of one thousand five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and twenty cents, which sura was expended by said Janies C. Drake while acting as United States marshal in the State of Washington.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arthur L. Fish.</p></sidenote>To Arthur L. Fish, of California, the sum of five thousand dollars, that being in lieu of the sura of money reported by Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers, and the engineer in charge of the work, made to the Chief of Engineers United States Army, to be due by the United States to said Arthur L. Fish, who was a surety on the bond of A. Boschke.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Graham.</p></sidenote>To George W. Graham the sum of four hundred and eighty-four dollars and ten cents, in full compensation for services and advances made as local agent of the Solicitor of the Treasury at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, from July second, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, inclusive.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John W. Kennedy.</p></sidenote>To John W. Kennedy, of Wheeling, West Virginia, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, for services rendered by him as counsel for the United States in the ejectment cause of Jacob B. Brown against Daniel J. Young, in connection with the Government propertv at Harpers Ferry. West Virginia, which said suit was lately pending in the circuit court of the United States at Parkersburg, West Virginia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">G. H. Kitson,</p></sidenote>To G. H. Kitson, or his legal representatives, the sum of one thou-sand dollars, due said Kitson for money advanced to the Menominee tribe of Indians, of Wisconsin, out of any money due said tribe from the United States not otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">H. B. Matteosian.</p></sidenote>To Mrs. Charlotte C. Leathers, executrix of Thomas P. Leathers, surviving partner of the firm of Holmes and Leathers, the sum of twelve thousand nine hundred and ten dollars and thirty-five cents, being amount due them for transporting the United States mail on route numbered seventy-four hundred and two, Mississippi, and on route numbered eighty-one hundred and sixty-five, Louisiana, for the months of April and May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlotte C. Leathers.</p></sidenote>To H. B. Matteosian, doctor of medicine, late delegate of the United States to the International Sanitary Commission at Constantinople, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum for each year he was so employed at said post, namely, from November eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, to September first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George L. Merrill.</p></sidenote>To George L. Merrill, late a sergeant in Company E, Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Infantry Volunteers, out of any money in the Treasury nototherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand and sixty dollars, in compensation for loss of salary from December t wentyeighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, at. which date he was com-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/239">239</page>missioned as a second lieutenant, for a period of thirteen months, during which he was awaiting assignment to duty.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Virginia I. Mullan, of Annapolis, Maryland, the sum of four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Virginia I. Mullan.</p></sidenote> hundred and twenty dollars and ninety-eight cents, that being the amount of money due bv the United States to her, as owner anti holder of coupons numbered three, four, and live, for interest from January first, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, to September first, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, on California Indian war bonds numbered eighty-four, one hundred and eighty-three, and one hundred and ninety-four, for five hundred dollars each, and numbered two hundred and twenty, for one thousand dollars. Act of May third, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, which coupons were heretofore filed by the First National Bank of Washington, District of Columbia, in the Treasury Department for payment, but not paid for want of sufficient appropriation with which to pay the same, as recited in Senate Document Numbered One hundred and thirty-seven, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session, and recommended by the Treasury Department for payment.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John S. Meet, junior, late a private in Company C, Third Regiment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John S. Neet, jr.</p></sidenote> Missouri State Militia Cavalry, afterwards Company L, Sixth Missouri State Militia Cavalry, the sum of one hundred dollars, in full payment of the sum allowed him in October, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, by the Third Auditor of the Treasury Department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, out<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.</p></sidenote> of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four thousand four hundred and fortv dollars and twenty cents, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for the cost of necessary repairs on said company's pier forty-six. East River, New York City, and said company’s car float numbered twenty-one, which was moored to the pier, damaged by the battle ship Maine, which came in collision with said pier and float, the same being in accord with the findings and report of a naval board duly appointed to investigate the Collision and damages therefrom.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Alphonso M. Potvin, late of Colon, Republic of Colombia, eleven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alphonso M. Potvin.</p></sidenote> thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and five cents, in full payment mid satisfaction of all indebtedness of the United States of America to the said Alphonso M. Potvin arising from his purchase, on July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at public auction, of the then United States consul at Colon, of three houses located in that city belonging to the estate of Susannah Smith, who had previously died there intestate, the said houses being sold to said Potvin by the United States consular representative, who. being unable to protect title to same in the local courts of Colombia, caused a loss to said Potvin of all moneys paid by him for said property, as well as other losses and expenses, amounting to the sum aforesaid.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the administrator1 de bonis non of Charles M. Roberts, deceased,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles M. Roberts.</p></sidenote> for royalties on pavement laid under Sehillinger patent, thirty-nine thousand and thirty-four dollars and twenty-one cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the administrator of the estate of Philip C. Rowe, of Massachusetts,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philip C. Rowe.</p></sidenote> the sum of eight thousand dollars, for the use of said Rowe’s invention by the United States of an improvement in pistons for pumps by the Navy Department during the years between eighteen hundred and sixty-five and eighteen hundred and eighty-two.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the legal representatives of Gilman Sawtelle. Priest River, Idaho,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gilman. Sawtelle.</p></sidenote> for remuneration for damages done to his property by United States troops while camping on his ranch at Henrys Lake, Idaho, in eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, the sum of two thousand and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William A. Starkweather, of the State of Oregon, the sum of two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William A. Stark-weather.</p></sidenote> thousand one hundred and seventy dollars, being the amount paid by <page identifier="/us/stat/32/240">240</page>him to Owen Wade for (dork hire in the United States land office at Oregon City while the said Starkweather was register of said land office.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">T. and A. Walsh.</p></sidenote>To T. and A, Walsh, of New York City, six hundred and twenty- three dollars and fifty-five cents, for materials lost and damages sustained on account of an accident which occurred August eighth. Eighteen hundred and ninety-six. to the caisson of dry dock numbered two at the navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York, as estimated and deter-mined by a board of officers of the Navy directed to investigate and report thereupon, the board having found that the damages were not due to any negligence on the part of Messrs. T. and A. Walsh.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Winslow Warren.</p></sidenote>To Winslow Warren, of Boston, Massachusetts, the sum of five hundred dollars, for services rendered bv him tinder order of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Weston.</p></sidenote>To George W. Weston, late postmaster of Exeter, New Hampshire, the sum of two hundred and eighty-one dollars and twenty-one cents, said amount, being the balance due said George W. Weston for moneys deposited in the National Granite State Bank, of Exeter. New Hampshire, during the month of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and immediately preceding the failure of the said National Granite State Bank.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. T. Scott and William Umdenstock.</p></sidenote>To the heirs of W. T. Scott and to William Umdenstock. of Harrison County, Texas, or to their heirs or legal representatives, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars each, that being the amount erroneously paid by W. T. Scott and William Umdenstock severally into the Treasury of the United States on the seventeenth day of September, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, in compromise of a judgment recovered against them as sureties on the official bond of Davis B. Bonfoey, late collector of internal revenue for the fourth district of Texas, in the circuit court of the United States for the western district of Texas on the eleventh day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in a cause numbered one thousand and thirty-seven, wherein the United States were plaintiffs and W, T. Scott and others defendants: and the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available for said purpose.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>for investigation and settlement.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For investigation and settlement.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joseph W. Carmack.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is. directed to pay to Joseph W. Carmack, lute of Company A, Sixth Missouri Cavahy, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the pay and allowances of a first sergeant of cavalry from the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, less any pay received by him during such period.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Gallatin.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement of officers and crew.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to reimburse the survivors of the officers and crew of the United States revenue cutter Gallatin, wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts on the sixth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninetytwo, for losses sustained by them, respectively, in the wreck of said vessel; and there is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient for carrying <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Evidence, etc.</p></sidenote>out the purposes of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> Thal the Secretary of the Treasury, in determining the amount of such losses, shall in all eases require a schedule and sworn statement of loss, and that no allowance shall be made for any property except that which was useful, necessary, and proper for said officers and crew while engaged in the Government service on board such revenue cutter; that if any survivor of said wreck entitled to the benefit of this Act shall have died before <page identifier="/us/stat/32/241">241</page>receiving the reimbursement herein provided for, then such sum, when duly ascertained, shall he paid to his widow, if one survive him, and if not, then to his minor children, if any there be; and the benefit of this Act is further extended to the surviving widow or minor children of any officer or member of the crew of said revenue cutter Gallatin whose life was lost at the time of such wreck, and in this case the Secretary of the Treasury may dispense wit h the sworn statement provided for in this Act.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ezra S. Havens,</p></sidenote> and hereby are, authorized and directed to pay to Ezra S. Havens, late captain of Company G, Eighteenth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, the pay and allowances of a captain of infantry in the late volunteer service from the eleventh day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the second day of February, eighteen hundred and .sixty-three.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the legal representatives of J ohn H. Jones, formerly of Alliance,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jones and Harri*.</p></sidenote> Ohio, deceased, and the legal representatives of Thomas D, Harris, formerly of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, deceased, formerly partners engaged in the manufacture of iron at Loudon. Tennessee, under the firm name of Jones and Harris, such amount as may be found due them on account of rolling mill, stock, manufactured iron, and other property captured from said firm by the Confederate forces and after-wards recaptured by the Army of the United States and converted to the use thereof; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain what part of such property actually came into the possession of and was consumed or used by the United States or under the military authorities thereof and what part thereof was returned to the said Jones and Harris, and the value of what was so received, taken, and used, and what was returned, and what amount or balance is justly due on account thereof; and the amount when so ascertained and paid to the legal representatives of John H, Jones and Thomas D. Harris shall be in full satisfaction of this claim.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, directed to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company.</p></sidenote> refund to the Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, out of any money in the Treasury not other-wise appropriated, the amount of the earnings by the steamships Ben de Ford and S. R. Spaulding deducted from the purchase money thereof at the time said vessels were taken possession of by the United States; that in addition thereto there shall be refunded to the said company. and in the manner aforesaid, the difference between the market inilue of said steamships when sold at public sale by the United States and the arbitrary valuation paid at the time of said seizure and enforced purchase.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury, through the accounting officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George A. Orr.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury Department, is hereby authorized and directed to audit and pay. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the claim of George A. Orr as acting assistant provost-mar-shal at Mount Vernon. Missouri, from May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at the rate of one hundred dollars per month for his services, and such sum for legitimate expenses during said period as may he shown and found to have been actually expended by him in the Lawful discharge of his duties and necessary for the public service.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund of tax on distilled spirits.</p></sidenote> and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the following-named persons, or their legal representatives. respectively, such amounts as shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to have been paid by them, or by the firms they respectively represent, as tax on distilled <page identifier="/us/stat/32/242">242</page>spirits in excess of the quantity withdrawn by them from warehouse:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the amount paid to each shall not exceed the sums hereinafter stated, that is to say:</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George F. Roberts.</p></sidenote>To George F. Roberts, administrator of the estate of William B. Thayer, deceased, surviving partner of Thayer Brothers, the sum of ten thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars and thirty-two cents; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Silas Q. Howe.</p></sidenote>to Silas Q. Howe, surviving partner of William T. Pate and Company, the sum of nineteen thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henry XV. Smith.</p></sidenote>nineteen cents; to Henry W. Smith, surviving partner of T. andd. W. Gaff and Company, the sum of fourteen thousand ami sixty-two dollars and fifty cents, the said payments being a refund of taxes exacted and paid on distilled spirits in excess of the quantity withdrawn by them from the United States bonded warehouse between July firstand December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.</p>
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<heading>for reference to court of admiralty.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reference to admiralty court,</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brooklyn Ferry Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Col I ision be i ween ferryboat “New York” unci steamer “Dolphin.”</p></sidenote>That the claim against the United States of the Brooklyn Ferry Company, of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, with its principal place of business in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, owner of the ferry-boat New York, for damages caused by collision between the said ferryboat and the United States steamer Dolphin, in the East River, near Brooklyn, on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, may be sued for by the said ferry company in the United States district court for the eastern district of New York sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such a suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, if any shall be found to be due, against the United States in favor of the said ferry company, upon the same principles and measure of liability as in like eases in admiralty between private parties, and with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Trial.</p></sidenote>the same rights of appeal: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney-General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to cause the United States attorney in such district <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment.</p></sidenote>to appear for and defend the United States:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That should damages be found to be due the said ferry company, the amount of a final decree therefor shall be paid out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamship “Fosco lift.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collision with United states steamer 4 Columbia.”</p></sidenote>That the claim of the owners of the British steamship Foscolia, sunk by collision with the United States steamship Columbia on the evening of Mav twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, near Fire Island light-ship, for and on account of the loss of said vessel and cargo, may be submitted to the United States district court for the southern district of New York, under and in compliance with the rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine and to render judgment thereupon: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Basis of in ves ligation.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided, however.</i> That the investigation of said claim shall be made upon the following basis: First, the said court shall find the facts attending the loss of the said steamship Foscolia and her cargo; and, second, if it shall appear that the responsibility therefor rests with the United States steamship Columbia, the, court shall then ascertain and determine the amounts which should be paid to the owners, respectively, of the Foscolia and her cargo, in order to reimburse them for the losses so sustained, and shall render a decree accordingly:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Personal losses.</p></sidenote>That the amounts of the losses sustained by the master, officers, and crew of the Foscolia may be included in such decree.</proviso></p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. </inline>2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment.</p></sidenote>That should such decree be rendered in favor of the owners of the Foscolia and her cargo, the amount thereof may be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content></section>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>for reference to court of claims.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the claim of Anna M. Colman, widow and sole legatee of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles D. Colman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim of widow referred to Court of Claims.</p></sidenote> Charles D. Colman, deceased, against the Cnited States, on account of the seizure by the Cnited States of certain moneys and securities in Saint Louis. Missouri, about February, eighteen hundred and sixty- live, held by the bailee as a special deposit theretofore made by said Charles D. Colman, be, and is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims; and jurisdiction is hereby vested in said court to hear and determine said cause and to render judgment for such amount as the court may find due the claimant, with the right of appeal to both parties: and the statute of limitations shall not apply to the right of recovery by said claimant.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That full jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Kiskadden.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim referred to Court of Claims.</p></sidenote> to hear and determine the claim of the personal representatives of William Kiskadden, deceased, against the United States, for twenty- one thousand dollars, growing o.ut of the alleged destruction of and damage to one hundred and twenty-eight head of horses and mules, thirty-two wagons, and sixty-four sets of harness belonging to the said William Kiskadden, resulting from the use of said teams under a contract made by the Government with the said William Kiskadden to transport the First Regiment of Colorado Volunteers from the city of Denver, Colorado Territory, to Fort Union, Territory of New Mexico, between the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the twenty-eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. notwithstanding the lapse of time since such alleged destruction and damage. That upon petition being- tiled in said court, in accordance with the rules of said court, within six months from the passage of this Act. by the personal representatives of said William Kiskadden. the court is authorized and directed to determine the merits of said claim, and to render judgment for the sum. if any, found due the personal representatives of said William Kiskadden. because of such destruction and damage to said horses, mules, wagons, and harness, with right to either party to appeal to the United States Supreme Court; and in the trial of said cause the affidavits on file in the War Department shall be received ns competent evidence, and the finding of a board of survey (supervisors) convened at Camp Siangh. March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, that thirty-six of said animals, worn-out and broken down from severe driving and want of forage, were abandoned before reaching Fort Union, if such finding be shown, shall be deemed and taken to be prima facie proof of the fact of such abandonment and loss: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in case judgment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment.</p></sidenote> shall be rendered against the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay the personal representatives of said “William Kiskadden whatever sum shall be adjudged by the court to be due. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the legal representatives of Chauncey M. Lockwood be, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chauncey M. Lock’ wood.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim for ext ra mail service referred to Court of Claims.</p></sidenote> they are hereby, authorized to commence their suit in the Court of Claims of thi' Cnited States for extra mail service on route numbered sixteen thousand six hundred and thirty-seven, extending from Salt Lake City, Utah, to The Dalles, Oregon: and the Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate the same upon the basis of justice and equity, and to render a final judgment therein for the value of such extra mail service performed as aforesaid; and from any judgment that may be rendered in said cause either party thereto may appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States; and the bar of the statute of limitations shall not avail in such cases.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the Court of Claims to hear<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rinaldo P. Smith.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim referred to Court of Claims.</p></sidenote> and determine the claim of Rinaldo P. Smith, of Baltimore. Maryland, against the Government of the United States on account of the sale, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/244">244</page>purchase, or occupation by the Government, through its internal-revenue office or others, of certain real estate of one George J. Stephens. in Greene County, Virginia, upon which the late firm of Smith, Ellett and Company, now represented by Rinaldo P. Smith, had a prior lien, and the right of the Government to plead the statute of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of filing, etc</p></sidenote>limitations in bar of said claim is hereby waived: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That said claimant tile his petition within sixty days from the passage of this Act in said Court of Claims, either at law or in equity as he may deem the rights of his case shall require; and the Government shall upon notice served according to the rules and practice of said court, appear and defend against saidsuit, and the same shall proceed to final hearing and judgment, with the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States by either party, as provided by law.</proviso></p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>court of claims for light drafts.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light draft ironclads.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claim for extra compensation referred to Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>That the claims for further compensation for the construction of the ironclad monitors Shawnee, Modoc, Suncook. Yazoo, Casco, Sandusky, Marietta, Waxsaw, and Canonious, and of the turrets of the ironclad monitors Monadnock and Agamenticus, may be submitted severally by the contractors or their legal representatives within one year after the passage of this Act to the Court of Claims, under and in compliance with the rules and regulations of said court; and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine and render judgment upon the same:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Basis of Investigation,</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That the investigation of said claims shall be made upon the following basis: The court shall ascertain and allow the additional cost which was necessarily incurred by the contractors for building the ironclad monitors Shawnee, Modoc. Suncook. Yazoo, Casco, Sandusky, Marietta. Waxsaw. and Canonious. and of the turrets of the. ironclad monitors Monadnock and Agamenticus, in the completion of the same, by reason of any changea or alterations in the plans and spécifications required, and delays in the prosecution of the work:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liability of Government.</p></sidenote>:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further.</i> That such additional cost in completing, and such changes or alterations in the plans and specifications required, and delays in the prosecution of the work, were occasioned by the Government of the United States; but no allowance for any advance in the price of labor or material shall be considered unless such advance could not have been avoided by the exercise of ordinary prudence and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance for alterations.</p></sidenote>diligence on the part of the contractors:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That the compensation fixed by the contractors and the Government for specific alterations in advance of such alterations shall be conclusive as to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compliance with specifications.</p></sidenote>compensation to be made therefor:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such alterations, when made, complied with the specifications of the same as furnished <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deduction of former payments.</p></sidenote>by the Government aforesaid:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further.</i> That all moneys paid to said contractors by the Government over and above the original contract price for the building of said vessels shall be deducted from an}’ amounts allowed by said court by reason of the matters hereinbefore <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions for reduced cost.</p></sidenote>stated:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That if any such changes caused less work and expense to the contractors than the original plans and spécifications, a corresponding deduction shall he made from the contract price, and the amount thereof shall be, deducted from any allowance which may be made by said court to said claimants.</proviso></content>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>limitation.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General limitations.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legal representatives.</p></sidenote>In case of the death of any claimant, or death or discharge of any executor or administrator of' any claimant herein named, then payment of such claim as herein provided shall be made to the legal representatives:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond from administrator, etc.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That where a claimant is dead the administrator, executor, or legal representative shall file a certified copy of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/245">245</page>his bond, which bond must be at least equal in amount to the sum hereby appropriated:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That in all cases where<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Next of kin instead of bankrupts’ assignee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French spoliation claims.</p></sidenote> the original claimants were adjudicated bankrupts the payments shall be made to the next of kin instead of to assignees in bankruptcy: but these provisions shall not apply to payments in the eases of the French spoliation claims, which snail be made as heretofore prescribed in this bill.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wherever under this bill it is provided that a payment be made to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substitution in m-e of death of executor, etc.</p></sidenote> an executor or an administrator, whether original or ancillary or de bonis non. and such executor or administrator is dead or no longer holds his office, the payment shall be made to the successor therein, his title to hold such office being established to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury.</p>
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<dc:title>Chap. 888: Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>888</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>888.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-27">May 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/125">Public, No. 125</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That, the following sums be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Department appropriations.</p></sidenote> and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are specially provided for herein, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and fulfilling treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely:</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of forty-three agents of Indian affairs at the following-named<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of agents at agencies.</p></sidenote> agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, one thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, one thousand two hundred, dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Foil Apache Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Fort Peek Agencv, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of agents at agencies—Continued.</p></sidenote>At the Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Jicarilla Agency, New Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Kiowa Agency Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Klamath Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Leech Lake Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota, one thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the MissionTule Agency, California, one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Navajo Agency, New Mexico, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the New York Agency, New York, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, one thousand six hundred dollars:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Osage Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Ponca. Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency. Oklahoma Territory. one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, Kansas, one thou-sand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollar's;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, one thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Tongue River Agency. Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the Union Agency . Indian Ter ritory, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">At Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not available for army officers as agents.</p></sidenote>in all, sixty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>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 the performance of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/247">247</page>the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further.</i> That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">School superintendent is may act as agents.</p></sidenote> approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency or any part thereof 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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote> give bond as other Indian agents.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the discretion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interpreters.</p></sidenote> of the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars: but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of eight Indian inspectors, one of whom shall be an engineer<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors.</p></sidenote> competent in the location, construction, and maintenance of irrigation works, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, twenty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Indian inspector who shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspector in Indian Territory.</p></sidenote> assigned to duty in the Indian Territory shall be considered as actually employed on duty in the field: and the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to allow him per diem pay during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, and so long as he shall remain on duty in said Territory.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of eight Indian inspectors, at three dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of inspectors.</p></sidenote> 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, and for incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including telegraphing and expenses of going to and going from the seat of government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days, twelve thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of schools.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling, etc., expenses.</p></sidenote> schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem.</p></sidenote> 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 fare, in lieu of all other expenses now allowed by law:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That he shall perform such other duties as may<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other duties.</p></sidenote> be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For buildings and repairs of buildings at agencies and for water<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agency buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">WhiteEarth Agency Minn.</p></sidenote> supplies at agencies, thirty-five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That three thousand five hundred dollars thereof shall be expended for an agent’s residence at the White Earth Agency, Minnesota.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingencies of the Indian Service, including traveling and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingencies.</p></sidenote> incidental expenses of Indian agents and of their offices, and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and to enable said Commissioner to examine and report the feasibility and expediency of educating the Indians in schools upon the reservationsand in the communities where such Indians reside, and to submit the best plan, in his judgment, to accomplish that end to the next session of Congress: 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-carfare, in lieu of all other expenses now authorized by law; and expenses of going to and going from the seat of government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days; 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 dol-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/248">248</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">introduction of will low industry.</p></sidenote>lars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That five thousand dollars of this sum, or so much thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior may be deemed necessary, may be used for the introduction of the willow industry among Indian tribes and on Indian reservations where it may be deemed feasible.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Citizen commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 16, p. 40.</p></sidenote>For expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation. appointed by the President under the provisions of the Act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Practical farmers.</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers and practical stockmen in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding seventy-five dollars each per month, to super-intend and direct farming and stock raising among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, seventvfive thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian police.</p></sidenote>For services of officers, at fifteen dollars per month each, and privates, 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, for the purchase of equipments, and for the purchase of rations for policemen at nonration agencies, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judges, Indian courts.</p></sidenote>For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand five hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Matrons to teach housekeeping.</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ suitable persons as matrons to teach Indian girls in housekeeping and other household duties, at a rate not to exceed sixty dollars per month, and for furnishing necessary equipments, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchasing sup-plies.</p></sidenote>Telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian Service, and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates; inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, and for telegraphing, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transporting sup-plies.</p></sidenote>For necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by this Act, including pay and expenses of transportation agents and rent of warehouses, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollar’s.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vaccination.</p></sidenote>For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND SUPPORT OF INDIAN TRIBES.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fulfilling treaties.</p></sidenote></heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>chippewas of the mississippi.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas of the Mississippi.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the last of ten installments of annuity, last series to be paid <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9, p. 904.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 16, p. 720.</p></sidenote>to Chief Hole in the Dav or his heirs, per third article of treaty of August second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and fifth article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand dollars:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schools.</p></sidenote>For support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during the pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>choctaws.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choctaws.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7. p. 99.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote>For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7. p. 213.</p></sidenote>For permanent annuitv for support of light horsemen, per thirteenth article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/249">249</page>and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote> and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth article<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, pp. 212, 236.</p></sidenote> of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty- five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity for education, per second and thirteenth articles of last two treaties named above, six thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity for iron and steel, per ninth article of treaty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 236.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote> of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twentysecond, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on three hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two cents, at five per centum per annum, for education, support of the government, and other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the general council of the Choctaws, in conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 236.</p></sidenote> articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty- five, and treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 614.</p></sidenote> nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-nine cents; in all, thirty thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>chippewas of minnesota, reimbursable.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas of Minnesota.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, as required<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advance interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 645.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">For civilization, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25. p. 642.</p></sidenote> of the Secretary of the Interior, to carry out an Act entitled “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, namely, the purchase of material and employment of labor for the erection of houses for Indians; for the purchase of agricultural implements, stock, and seeds, breaking and fencing land; for payment of expenses of delegations of Chippewa Indians, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, to visit the White Earth Reservation; for the erection and maintenance of day and industrial schools; for subsistence and for pay of employees, 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, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>cœur d’alenes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cœur d’Alenes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eleventh 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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 1028.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eight thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician, and purchase of medicines, as per the eleventh article of said agreement, three thou-sand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>creeks.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Creeks.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent annuities funded.</p></sidenote> to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the Muscogee <page identifier="/us/stat/32/250">250</page>or Creek tribes the sum of nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand three hundred and sixty-eight dollars, being in full for the permanent annuities <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, pp. 35, 68, 286.</p></sidenote>guaranteed them by the treaties of August seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety, June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two. January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, August seventh, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 699.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 785.</p></sidenote>eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to he added to the Creek general fund already to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest rate.</p></sidenote>the credit of said nation, and to draw interest at live per centum per annum until drawn out of the Treasury for the purpose named in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 861.</p></sidenote>agreement with the Muscogee or Creek tribe of Indians ratified by Act of March first, nineteen hundred and one.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per capita for re-moving west.</p></sidenote>For payment per capita, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to certain Creek Indians, or their heirs, who removed them-selves from east of the Mississippi River to the Creek Nation, in the Indian Territory, and subsisted themselves for one year, in accordance with the twelfth article of the treaty with the Creek tribe, proclaimed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 367.</p></sidenote>April fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof required.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, before payment is made, require satisfactory proof that each of said Indians is entitled to the same under the provisions of said treaty.</proviso></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>crows.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crows.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 48.</p></sidenote>For the twenty-first of twenty-five installments, 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.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>fort hall indians.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Hall Indians.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 688.</p></sidenote>For fourteenth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with 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,</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>indians at blackfeet agency.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black feet Agency Indians.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">For fifth of nine installments, to be disposed of as provided in article two of the agreement with the Indians of the Blackfeet Reservation, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 854.</p></sidenote>ratified by Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>iowas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">lowas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote>For interest in lieu of investment on fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, balance of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to July first, nineteen hundred and two, at five per <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1071.</p></sidenote>centum per annum, for education or other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>kansas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest</p></sidenote>For interest in lieu of investment on one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars, being the amount due the Kansas tribe of Indians,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9, p. 842.</p></sidenote> per second article of treaty of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/251">251</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>kick apoos in kansas.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kickapoos.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">For interest on sixty-six thousand five hundred and fifty-four dollars and forty-three cents, at five per centum per annum, for educational and other beneficial purposes, per treaty of May eighteenth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 1079.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and fifty-four, three thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>molels.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Molels.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">For pay of teachers and for manual-labor schools, and for all necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schools.</p></sidenote> materials therefor, and for the subsistence of the pupils, per second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12, p. 981.</p></sidenote> and fifty-five, three thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>northern cheyennes and arapahoes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence and civilization, as per agreement with the Sioux<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 19. p. 256.</p></sidenote> 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, ninety thousand dollars ;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of physician, two teachers, two carpenters, one miller, two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physician, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15. p. 658.</p></sidenote> farmers, a blacksmith, and engineer, per seventh article of the treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, nine thousand dollars; in all, ninety-nine thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>osages.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Osages.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">For interest on sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> at five per centum per annum, being value of fifty-four sections of land set apart by treaty of June second, eighteen hundred and twenty-five,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 242.</p></sidenote> for educational purposes, per Senate resolution of January ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, three thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pawnees.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pawnees.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annuity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 729</p></sidenote> goods and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second article of treaty of September twenty-fourth, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 780.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty-seven, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of two manual-labor schools, per third article of same treaty, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">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:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of physician and purchase of medicines, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of iron and steel and other necessaries for the shops, 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.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pottawatomies.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pottawatomies.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annuities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7. p. 51.</p></sidenote> August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of September<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 114.</p></sidenote> thirtieth, eighteen hundred and nine, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/252">252</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 186.</p></sidenote>For permanent annuity, in silver, per third article of treaty of October second, eighteen hundred and eighteen, eight hundred and ninety- four dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 317.</p></sidenote>For permanent annuity, in money, per second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7. p. 320.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 317.</p></sidenote>For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article of treaty of July 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;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 318.</p></sidenote>For permanent provision for payment of money in lieu of tobacco, iron, and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9, p. 855.</p></sidenote>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;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 296.</p></sidenote>For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 318.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7. p. 321.</p></sidenote>sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six; second article of treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty- nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 820.</p></sidenote>For permanent provision for fifty barrels of salt, per second article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, fiftv dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9, p. 854.</p></sidenote>For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four dollars and twenty cents, at five per centum, in conformity with pro-visions of article seventh of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents; in all, twenty thousand five hundred and forty-one dollars and eleven cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>quapaws.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quapaws.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 425.</p></sidenote>For education, per third article 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificate of President.</p></sidenote>dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the President of the United States shall certify the same to be for the best interest of the Indians.</proviso></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>sacs and foxes of the mississippi.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annuity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 85.</p></sidenote>For permanent annuity, in goods or otherwise, per third article of treaty of November third, eighteen hundred and four, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7. p. 541.</p></sidenote>dollars; for interest on two hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, ten thousand dollars; for interest on eight <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 596.</p></sidenote>hundred thousand dollars, at five per centum, per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred hundred and forty-two, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physician.</p></sidenote>forty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and for purchase of medicine; in all, fifty-one thousand dollars.</proviso></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>sacs and foxes of the missouri.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on one hundred and fifty-seven thousand four hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7. p. 541.</p></sidenote>dollars, at five per centum, under the direction of the President, per second article or treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars;</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support, of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vo . 12. p. 1173.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>seminobes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seminoles.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 11, p. 702.</p></sidenote> dollars, to be paid as annuity, per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be paid as annuity (they having joined their brethren West), per eighth article of treaty of August seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on fifty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually for the support of schools, as per third<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 757,</p></sidenote> article of treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty- six, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on twenty thousand dollars, at the rate of five per centum per annum, to be paid annually for the support of the Seminole government, as per same article, same treaty, one thousand dollars: in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>senecas of new york.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senecas of New York.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For permanent annuity, in lieu of interest on stock, per Act of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annuity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 4, p. 442.</p></sidenote> February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars;'</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9. p. 85.</p></sidenote> at five per centum, per Act of dune twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest, at five per centum, on forty-three thousand and fifty dollars, transferred from the Ontario Bank to the United States Treasury, per Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents; in all. eleven thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>shoshones and arapahoes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones and Arapahoes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">For the last of five installments, to be expended as provided in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 94.</p></sidenote> article three of the agreement with the Shoshones and Arapahoes in Wyoming, ratified by Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, ten thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>shoshones and bannocks.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones and Bannocks.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Shoshones</inline>: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physician, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 676.</p></sidenote> farmer, and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">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;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bannocks</inline>: For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bannocks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physician, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 676.</p></sidenote> farmer, and blacksmith, as per tenth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, five thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>six nations of new york.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Six Nations of New York.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">For permanent annuity, in clothing and other useful articles, per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annuity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 46.</p></sidenote> sixth article of treaty of November eleventh, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>sioux of different tribes, including santee sioux of nebraska.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux of different tribes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Teachers, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 640.</p></sidenote>For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter one miller, one engineer, two fanners, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, ten thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 638.</p></sidenote>material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees.</p></sidenote>For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Sioux in Nebraska and in North Dakota and South Dakota, eighty-five thou-sand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 19, p. 254.</p></sidenote>For subsistence of the Sioux, and for purposes of their civilization, as per agreement ratified by Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, eight hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote>fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation: and in this service Indians shall be employed when practicable:</proviso><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rations.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance available.</p></sidenote>the agent’s account:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the unexpended balance for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two is hereby appropriated and made available for nineteen hundred and three;</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schools.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 637.</p></sidenote>For support and maintenance of day and industrial schools, including purchase, erection, and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with article seven of the treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 894.</p></sidenote>and sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by section seventeen of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one million one hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>sioux, yankton tribe.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux, Yankton tribe.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 744.</p></sidenote>For fourteenth of twenty installments (last series), to be paid to them or expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 19, p. 287.</p></sidenote>For subsistence and civilization of Yankton Sioux, heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes.” and so forth, thirty thousand dollars; in all. forty- five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>spokanes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spokanes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Blacksmith, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 139.</p></sidenote>For pay of a blacksmith and carpenter to do necessary work and to instruct the said Indians in those trades, one thousand dollars each, per sixth article of agreement with said Indians, dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. two thou-sand dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chiefs Louis Enoch.</p></sidenote>For the last of ten installments of one hundred dollars each to Chiefs Louis and Enoch, as per article nine of said agreement, two hundred dollars: in all. two thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>confederated bands of utes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utes, Confederated bands.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carpenters, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 13, p. 675.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 15, p. 622.</p></sidenote>For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two black-smiths, as per tenth article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty three, and fifteenth article of treaty of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars;
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of two teachers, as per same article of same treaty, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of iron and steel and the necessary tools for black-smith shop, per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For annual amount for the purchase of beef, mutton, wheat, flour,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Food.</p></sidenote> beans, and potatoes, or other necessary articles of food, as per twelfth article of same treaty, thirty thousand dollars:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, fifteen thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees.</p></sidenote> dollars; in all. fifty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>winnebagoes.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Winnebagoes.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 545.</p></sidenote> nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty--seven. and joint resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12, p. 628,</p></sidenote> 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;</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For interest on seventy-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 16, p. 355.</p></sidenote> and forty-one cents, at five per centum Tier 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.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS AND GRATUITIES.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous supports, etc.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Wichitas and affiliated bunds who<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wichitas, etc.</p></sidenote> have been collected in the reservations set apart fortheir use and occupation, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Arapahoes and Cheyennes who<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arapahoes and Cheyennes.</p></sidenote> have been collected on the reservations set apart fortheir use and occupation, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewa, Lake Superior.</p></sidenote> Wisconsin, to be expended for agricultural and educational purposes; pay of employees, including pay of physician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the best interests of said Indians, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewas, Turtle Mountain Band.</p></sidenote> North Dakota, including seeds, thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Confederated tribes, middle Oregon.</p></sidenote> middle Oregon, and for pay of employees, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Digger Indians of California, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Digger Indians.</p></sidenote> for locating them on lands purchased for them, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the IT Wamish and other allied tribes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">D'Wamish, etc., Washington,</p></sidenote> in Washington, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of Carlos’s Band of Flatheads, Montana,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carlos’s Band, Flatheads.</p></sidenote> including pay of employees, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flatheads, etc.</p></sidenote> tribes, Montana, including pay of employees, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Apache and other Indians in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apaches, etc,, Arizona and New Mexico.</p></sidenote> Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico, two hundred and twenty-five, thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Hall Indians.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of the Shoshones and Bannocks and other Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, including pay of employees, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Berthold Indians.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of Indians at Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, including pay of employees, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Peck Indians,</p></sidenote>For support and education and civilization of the Indians of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, including pay of employees, sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lemhi Agency Indians.</p></sidenote>For support, civilization, and instruction of the Shoshones, Bannocks, Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, including pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kaibabs.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of Kaibabs in Utah, if, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, the same is necessary, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Klamath Agency Indians.</p></sidenote>For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths, Modocs, and other Indians of the Klamath Agency, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians. Oklahoma Territory, including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kickapoos.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma Territory, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kicking Kickapoos.</p></sidenote>For the purchase of teams, farming implements, seeds, and other necessary articles for the Mexican Kickapoo Indians, known as the “Kicking Kickapoos,” in Oklahoma Territory, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Makahs.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of the Makahs, Washington, including pay of employees, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northern Cheyenne Reservation.</p></sidenote>For the purchase of heifers and bulls for the Indians on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, twenty-eight thousand dollars; for the construction of wire fence around a portion of said reservation, seven thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditure.</p></sidenote>one hundred and fifty dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the expenditure of this money shall be under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall purchase the cattle, regulate their distribution, and construct the fence, according to such rules and regulations as in his discretion he may deem best.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nez Perces, Joseph’s Band.</p></sidenote>For purchase of agricultural implements, and support and civilization of Joseph’s Band of Nez Perce Indians, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Poncas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of the Ponca Indians, including pay of employees, fifteen thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this amount shall be divided pro rata among all the members of said tribe in Oklahoma Territory and in Nebraska and South Dakota.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Qui-nai-elts and Quil-leh-utes.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of the Quinai-elts and Quil lehutes, including pay of employees, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shebits.</p></sidenote>For the support and civilization of the Shebit Indians in Utah, if in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior the same is necessary, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones, Wyoming.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshones, Nevada.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Big Jim’s Band, Absentee Shawnees.</p></sidenote>For purchase of teams, farming implements, seeds, and other necessary articles for the Big Jim’s Band of Absentee Shawnee Indians in Oklahoma Territory, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux, Devils Lake.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of Sioux of Devils Lake, North Dakota, including pay of employees, and for the purchase of seeds, ten thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tonkawas.</p></sidenote>For support and civilization of Tonkawa Indians, Oklahoma Territory and for seeds and agricultural implements, one thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of subsistence and other necessaries for the support<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hualapais.</p></sidenote> of the Hualapais i n Arizona, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wall a Wal 1 as, Cayiises. and Umatl Has.</p></sidenote> tribes, Oregon, including pay of employees, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and civilization of the Yakimas, and other Indians at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yakimas, etc., Washington.</p></sidenote> said agency, in the State of Washington, including pay of employees, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support and civilization of the Mission Indians in California,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mission Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p></sidenote> one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That out of said sum the Secretary of the J nterior be, and he is hereby,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of land to locate Indians.</p></sidenote> authorized to purchase a suitable tract of land in southern California and to locate thereon such Mission Indians heretofore residing or belonging on the Rancho San Jose del Valle, or Warners Ranch,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i> p. 999.</p></sidenote> in San Diego County, California, and such other Mission Indians as may not be provided with suitable lands elsewhere, as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to locate thereon. And the Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment in severalty.</p></sidenote> the Interior may at any time, in his discretion, cause the land so purchased to be allotted in severalty to the Indians located thereon, under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 388.</p></sidenote> the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various reservations and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes,” approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments.</p></sidenote> such allotments shall be made in such quantities and to such classes as he may deem expedient:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That of said amount a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of removal.</p></sidenote> sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars may be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the removal of said Indians to the said tract, and in the purchase of such building mate-rials, agricultural implements, harness, subsistence supplies, and other necessaries, as may be required to properly establish the Indians at their new location:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the Interior shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission, to select land.</p></sidenote> appoint an advisory commission, consisting of three persons, who shall serve without compensation, to aid in the selection of said tract of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> pp. 999,1069.</p></sidenote> land, and who shall make their final report and recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior within ninety days after such appointment. And the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used out of the appropriation herein made for the purpose of paying the expenses of such commission.</proviso></p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Arizona</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p></sidenote> Arizona, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">California</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote> in California, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, and Tide River agencies, seven thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all. fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Colorado</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado.</p></sidenote> Colorado, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Idaho</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p></sidenote> Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Indian Territory</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Territory.</p></sidenote> Service in the Indian Territory, including incidental expenses of the Indian inspector’s office and for pay of employees, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Montana</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana.</p></sidenote> Montana, including traveling expenses of agents and pay of employees, eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Nevada</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Nevada, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians located on the Piute. Walker River, and Pyramid Lake reservations, eight thousand dollars; and pay of employees, including physician at the Walker River Reservation, at nine hundred dollars, four thousand nine hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Mexico.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">New Mexico</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in New Mexico, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North Dakota.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">North Dakota</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in North Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at three agencies, one thousand live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Oregon</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Oregon, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians of Grande Ronde and Siletz agencies, six thousand dollars; and pay of employees at the same agencies, four thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Dakota.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">South Dakota</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in South Dakota, including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Utah.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Utah</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Utah, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Washington</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Washington, including traveling expenses of agents, and support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Puyallup agencies, and for pav of employees, seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wyoming.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Wyoming</inline>: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service in Wyoming, including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS.</heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission to Five Civilized Tribes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27. p. 645.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 989.</p></sidenote>For salaries of four commissioners appointed under Acts of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, twenty thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers continued.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Children added to Creek roll.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That said commission shall exercise all the powers hereto-fore conferred upon it bv Congress:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That all children born to duly enrolled and recognized citizens of the Creek Nation up to and including the twenty-fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and one, and then living, shall be added to the rolls of citizenship of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 81, p. 870.</p></sidenote>said nation made under the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Muscogee or Creek tribe of Indians and for other purposes.’’ approved March first, nineteen hundred and one, and if any such child has died since the twenty-fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and one. or may hereafter die, before receiving his allotment of land and distributive share of the funds of the tribe, the lands and moneys to which he would” be entitled if living shall descend to his heirs and be allotted and distributed to them accordingly:</proviso><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rules for descent, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 81, p. 864, amended,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 501.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>And provided further.</i> That the Act entitled “An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Muscogee or Creek tribe of Indians, and for other purposes,” approved March first, nineteen hundred and one, in so far as it provides for descent and distribution according to the laws of the Creek Nation, is hereby repealed and the descent and distribution of lands and moneys provided for in said Act shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter forty-nine of Mansfield’s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas in force in Indian Territory.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of commission.</p></sidenote>For expenses of commissioners and necessary expenses of employees, and three dollars per diem for expenses of a clerk detailed as special disbursing agent by the Interior Department while on duty with the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/259">259</page>Commission, shall be paid therefrom; for clerical help, including secretary of the Commission and interpreters (Act of March third, nineteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1074.</p></sidenote> hundred and one, volume thirty-one, page one thousand and seventy- four, section one), ninety-three thousand dollars; contingent expenses of the Commission (same Act), two thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Itemized statement.</p></sidenote>That this appropriation may be used by said Commission in the prosecution of all work to be done by or under its direction as required by law; and said commissioners shall at once make an itemized statement to the Secretary of the Interior of all their expenditures up to January first, nineteen hundred and one, and annually there-after:</proviso> <proviso><i>And, provided further.</i> That not to exceed ten thousand four<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary clerks in Indian Office.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars of the above amount may be used in the temporary employment in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of three clerks, at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum: one clerk, at the rate of one thousand four hundred dollars, and one clerk at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars, who shall be competent to examine records in disputed citizenship cases and law contests growing out of the work of said Commission, and in the temporary employment in said office of three competent stenographers, at the rate of one thousand dollars each per annum.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay all expenses incident to the survey, platting, and appraisement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey, etc., of town sites, Indian Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 30, pp. 500, 505; Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote> of town sites in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee nations, Indian Territory, as required by sections fifteen and twenty nine of an Act entitled '‘An Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” approved June twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment o f commissioner on failure of Indian appointee, etc.</p></sidenote> hereafter the Secretary of the Interior may, whenever the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations fails or refuses to appoint a town-site commissioner for any town, or to fill any vacancy caused by the neglect or refusal of the town-site commissioner, appointed by the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations to qualify or act, in his discretion, appoint a commissioner to fill the vacancy thus created:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further.</i> That the limits of such towns in the Cherokee,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dulin id on of limits of small towns.</p></sidenote> Choctaw, and Chickasaw nations having a population of less than two hundred people, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior should be established, shall be defined as early as practicable by the Secretary of the Interior in the same manner as provided for towns having over two hundred people under existing law, and the same shall not be subject to allotment. That the land so segregated and reserved from allotment shall be disposed of, in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, by a town-site commission, one member to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and one by the executive of the nation in which such land is located; proceeds arising from the disposition of such lands to be applied in like manner as the proceeds of other lands in town sites.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purpose of removing intruders and placing allottees in unrestricted<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removing intruders, etc.</p></sidenote> possession of their allotments, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and to be immediately available, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That it shall hereafter be unlawful to remove or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful possessory of town sites.</p></sidenote> deport any person from the Indian Territory who is in lawful possession of any lots or parcels of land in any town or city in the Indian Territory which has Deen designated as a town site under existing laws and treaties, and no part of this appropriation shall be used for the deportation or removal of any such person from Indian Territory:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the just and reasonable share of each member of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment to members of civilized tribes.</p></sidenote> Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee nations of Indians, in the lands belonging to the said tribes, which each member is entitled to hold in his possession until allotments are made, as provided in the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/260">260</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 197.</p></sidenote>Act entitled “An Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be throe, hundred and twenty acres for each member of the Chickasaw Nation, three hundred and twenty acres for each member of the Choctaw Nation, one hundred and sixty’ acres for each member of the Creek Nation, and one hundred acres for each member of the Cherokee Nation.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mill, Pima Agency, Arlz.</p></sidenote>For operating and repairing the flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sawmills.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Klamath Agency.</p></sidenote>For operating one portable sawmill for the Klamath Agency, Oregon, and for necessary’ repairs to same, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nez Perce Reservation.</p></sidenote>For operating one portable sawmill on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho, and for necessary repail’s to the same, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Physician, N e w York Agency.</p></sidenote>For pay of physician, New York Agency, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wenatchi.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal to Colville Reservation,</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of the Interior to remove certain Indians now residing in the vicinity of Mission and Wenatchee, in the State of Washington, known as Wenatchi, to the Colville Indian Reservation, and to properly’ establish and temporarily maintain them, the sum of twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately’ available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Klamath Reser Nation, Oreg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment to children.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 888.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary’ of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be allotted, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, 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 Territories over the Indians, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 794.</p></sidenote>and for other purposes,” as amended by the Act approved February’ twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. to each and every child born of a recognized member of any of the tribes of Indians located on the Klamath Reservation in Oregon since the completion of allotments to said tribes, eighty acres of agricultural or one hundred and sixty acres of grazing land within the reservation of said tribes.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 388.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 744.</p></sidenote>To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in 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.” 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 held and in the Office of Indian Affairs, and delivery of trust patents, so far as allotments shall have been selected under said Act. forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Walker River Reservation, Nev.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment of irrigable laud.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post.</i> pp* 714,997.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary’ of the Interior bo, and he is hereby, directed to allot from the land on the Walker River Reservation in Nevada susceptible of irrigation by the present ditches or extensions thereof twenty’ acres to each head of a family residing on said reservation, the remainder of such irrigable land to be allotted to such Indians on said reservation as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, not exceeding <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment for lands relinquished.</p></sidenote>twenty’ acres each; and when a majority of the heads of families on said reservation shall have accepted such allotments and consented to the relinquishment of the right of occupancy’ to land on said reservation which can not be irrigated from existing ditches and extensions thereof and land which is not necessary for dwellings, school buildings or habitations for the members of said tribe, such allottees who are heads of families shall receive the sum of three hundred dollars each <page identifier="/us/stat/32/261">261</page>to enable them to commence the business of agriculture, to be paid in such manner and at such times as may be agreed upon between said allottees and the Secretary of the Interior. And when such allotments<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relinquished hinds to be open to settlement.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 998.</p></sidenote> shall have been made, and the consent of the Indians obtained as aforesaid, the President shall, by proclamation, open the land so relinquished to settlement, to be disposed of under existing laws. And the money necessary to pay said Indians is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to allot Nay<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Red Lake Reservation, Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments to certain Indians.</p></sidenote> may puck, Ka ka keese, and Ka kee ka kee sick lands in severalty on the ceded portion of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota, not to exceed one hundred acres each, such allotments to conform to the public surveys and to be subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 388.</p></sidenote> of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-eight).</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to allot Onab<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Onab Ogamaybeck.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment to.</p></sidenote> Ogamaybeck, a Red Lake Chippewa Indian woman, an allotment of unappropriated lands on the ceded portion of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres, such allotment to conform to the public surveys and to be subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress of February eighth, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 888.</p></sidenote> and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-eight).</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nora G. Hazlett.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patent in fee to.</p></sidenote> and directed to issue a patent in fee to Nora G. Hazlett, a Caddo Indian, for not to exceed eighty acres of the one hundred and sixty acres of land heretofore allotted to her in the Territory of Oklahoma, and all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of said land are hereby removed: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That it shall appear that such tract of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof.</p></sidenote> land has been duly allotted to said Nora G. Hazlett.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John T. Hill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patent in fee to.</p></sidenote> and directed to issue a patent in fee to John T. Hill for the northeast quarter of section four, in township six north, range eighteen west, of the Indian meridian, in Oklahoma, the same having been allotted to him under Act of June sixth, nineteen hundred.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth McKinney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patent in fee to.</p></sidenote> and directed to issue a fee-simple patent to Elizabeth McKinney, a citizen Pottawatomie Indian, for the land purchased by the said Elizabeth McKinney from the United States under the Act of May twenty-third,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 17, p. 159.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and seventy-two. and located in Cleveland County, Oklahoma Territory, and described as follows, to wit: Lot numbered four, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section one, and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section two, all in township five north, of range one east, Indian meridian, containing one hundred and fifty-seven and forty one-hundredths acres.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary Keith and Benny Keith.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents in fee to.</p></sidenote> and directed to issue patents in fee to Mary Keith and Benny Keith, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, for the lands heretofore allotted to them in the Territory of Oklahoma, to wit. the northeast quarter of section eleven, township twelve north, range six west, and the east half of the northwest quarter and lots five and six of section eight, township twelve north, range seven west, of the Indian meridian; and all restrictions as to the sale, incumbrance, or taxation of said lands are hereby removed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction of ditches and reservoirs, purchase and use of irrigating<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irrigation.</p></sidenote> tools and appliances, and purchase of water rights on Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his control, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso, </i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irrigation engineers.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Interior may employ such number of super-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/262">262</page>intendents of irrigation, who shall bo skilled irrigation engineers, not to exceed two. as in his judgment may be necessary to secure the construction of ditches and other irrigation works in a substantial and workmanlike manner.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pima Agency, Ariz.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary support of Indians.</p></sidenote>For temporary employment and support of the Indians of Pima Agency, Arizona, forty thousand dollars, to he expended for their benefit in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion may deem best, ten thousand dollars thereof to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveying and allot-ting. '</p></sidenote>For survey 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, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pine Ridge and Standing Rock reservations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys.</p></sidenote>For survey of lands in the Pine Ridge and Standing Rock Indian reservations in South Dakota, and for examination in the field of surveys, the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars, to be immediately available, and for clerical work and stationery in the office of the survevorgeneral required on surveys within the Pine Ridge and Standing Rock Indian reservations in South Dakota, the sum of three thousand and two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puyallup Reservation, Wash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission to sell lands, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p, 87.</p></sidenote>For compensation of the commissioner authorized by the Indian appropriation Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to superintend the sale of land, and so forth, of the Puyallup Indian Reservation, Washington, who shall continue the work as therein provided, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian depredation claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer to Court of Claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 851.</p></sidenote>For continuing the work of transferring the Indian depredation claims from the Office of Indian Affairs to the Court of Claims and making a record of the same, and for the proper care and custody of the papers and records relating thereto, under the provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes at Large, page eight hundred and fifty-one), four thou-sand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chickasaw, Seneca, and Eastern Shawnee annuities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transferred to tribal funds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol.31, pp. 1062,1068.</p></sidenote>That the following sums, placed upon the books of the Treasury by the Indian appropriation Act of March third, nineteen hundred and one (Thirty-first Statutes at Large, pages one thousand and sixty-two and one thousand and sixty-eight), to the credit of the tribes named, being in full for permanent annuities guaranteed by treaties to said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote>tribes, shall draw interest at. the rate of five per centum per annum from the following dates, namely; Chickasaw national fund, sixty thousand dollars, from July first, nineteen hundred and one; Seneca fund, seventy-three thousand eight hundred dollars, from July first, nineteen hundred and two; Eastern Shawnee fund, twenty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per cap! ta pay men la to Eastern Shawnecs and Senecas.</p></sidenote>six hundred dollars, from July first, nineteen hundred and two: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, per capita, immediately upon the passage of this Act, to the members of the Eastern Shawnee and Seneca tribes of Indians entitled thereto, all moneys placed to the credit of said tribes upon the books of the Treasury and all trust funds held for said tribes by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balances to Chickte saws.</p></sidenote>Government in lieu of investments:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is here,by, authorized and directed to place in the sub-treasury at Saint Louis, Missouri., to the credit of the national treasurer of the Chickasaw Nation the balance of the said Chickasaw <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deduction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Awfr. p. 178.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acts of Eastern Shawnees an d Senecas ratified.</p></sidenote>national fund after deducting the ten thousand dollars appropriated out of said fund for the aid of certain indigent Chickasaws. And the Act of the councils of the. Eastern Shawnee and of the Seneca nations, or tribes of the Indian Territory “Providingfor theailotmentof lands to certain minor children and for other purposes.” passed, respectively on the second day of December, nineteen hundred and one, and the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/263">263</page>eighth day of January, nineteen hundred and two, are hereby ratified and approved.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That so much of the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United Peorias and Mia mies, Ind. Ter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of su r pl us lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 1014.</p></sidenote> and eighty-nine, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to United Peorias and Miamies in Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” which inhibits the sale of their surplus lands for twenty-five years from said date, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That before any distribution per capita shall be made of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment for services.</p></sidenote> proceeds of any sale thereof among said Western Miami Indians, there shall first be paid such sum or sums as the Secretary of the Interior may determine to be due for services rendered or expenses incurred by any of the delegates or officers of said Western Miami tribe since the thirty-first, day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To maintain at the city of Omaha, Nebraska, in the discretion of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omaha, Nebr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warehouse.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Interior, a warehouse for the receipt, storage, and shipping of goods for the Indian Service, ten thousand dollars; <proviso><i>Provided.</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furnishing of building by city repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 70.</p></sidenote> That so much of the Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,” as provides that the city of Omaha shall provide, equip, and furnish a building suitable for this purpose free of cost to the United States is hereby repealed.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To maintain at the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, in the discretion of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Louis, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warehouse.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of the Interior, a warehouse for the receipt, storage, and shipping of goods for the Indian service, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance for clerks temporarily detailed in Indian Office.</p></sidenote> authorized and directed to allow in the settlement of the accounts of the disbursing officers in charge of the warehouses for Indian sup-plies, such sums as may have been disbursed by them during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two, in payment of clerks appointed to clerkships in such warehouses and temporarily detailed for duty in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington, District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerical expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1077.</p></sidenote> reserved by Act of March third, nineteen hundred and one, out of the amount appropriated for payment of the judgment in favor of the New York Indians, to pay expenses necessary to ascertain the beneficiaries of said judgment, may when necessary be used for the employment of the clerical force necessary therefor in the Office of Indian Affairs.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent thereto of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uintah and White River Ules.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aliotmentol Irrigable land.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post.</i> pp. 744,997.</p></sidenote> majority of the adult male Indians of the Uintah and the White River tribes of Ute Indians, to be ascertained as soon as practicable by an inspector, shall cause to be allotted to each head of a family eighty acres of agricultural land which can be irrigated and forty acres of such land to each other member of said tribes, said allotments to be made prior to October first, nineteen hundred and three, on which<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unallotted lands re-stored to public do-main.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homestead entries.</p></sidenote> date all the unallotted lands within said reservation shall be restored to the public domain: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That persons entering any of said land under the homestead law shall pay therefor at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further.</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mineral leases.</p></sidenote> nothing herein contained shall impair the rights of any mineral lease which nas been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, or any permit heretofore issued by direction of the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate with said Indians for a mineral lease; but any person or company having so obtained such approved mineral lease or such permit to negotiate with said Indians for a mineral lease on said reservation, pending such time and up to thirty days before said lands are <page identifier="/us/stat/32/264">264</page>restored to the public domain as aforesaid, shall have in lieu of such lease or permit the preferential right to locate under the mining laws not to exceed six hundred and forty acres of contiguous mineral land, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Raven Mining Com pany.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Application of proceeds from sales.</p></sidenote>except the Haven Mining Company, which may in lieu of its lease locate one hundred mining claims of the character of mineral mentioned in its lease; and the proceeds of the sale of the lands so restored to the public domain shall be applied, first, to the reimbursement of the United States for any moneys advanced to said Indians to carry into effect the foregoing provisions; and the remainder, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be used for the benefit <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">B«t p. 745.</p></sidenote>of said Indians. And the sum of seventy thousand and sixty-four dollars and forty-eight cents is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the Uintah and the White River tribes of Ute Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, whenever a majority of the adult male Indians of said tribes shall have consented to the allotment of lands and the restoration of the unallotted lands within said reservation as herein provided.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments to Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 87,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 744.</p></sidenote>Said item of seventy thousand and sixty-four dollars and forty-eight cents to be paid to the Uintah and White River Utes covers claims which these Indians have made on account of the allotment of lands on the Uintah Reservation to Uncompahgre Indians and for which the Government has received from said Uncompahgre Indians money aggregating sixty thousand and sixty-four dollars and forty-eight cents; and the remaining ten thousand dollars claimed by the Indians under an Act of Congress detaching a small part of the reservation on the east and under which Act the. proceeds of the sale of the lands were to be applied for the benefit of the Indians.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Devils Lake Reservation,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Resurvey.</p></sidenote>For the resurvey of the outboundaries of the Devils Lake Indian Reservation and the resurvey of the interior, standard, meander and section lines (including the survey and subdivision of the old Fort Totten Military Reservation), and for the office work and field examination of said surveys and resurveys, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canton, 8. Dak.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Asylum for insane Indians.</p></sidenote>For support and maintenance of the asylum for insane Indians at Canton, South Dakota; for pay of employees; for transportation of insane Indians to and from said asylum: for general repairs and improvements, including necessary outbuildings, grading, fencing, and so forth; for incidental and all other expenses necessary to its proper conduct and management, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navajo Reservation, Ariz.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment for rights, etc., of settlers.</p></sidenote>For the purchase of the right, title, and improvements of certain settlers within the external boundries of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, as set out in the communication of the Secretary of the Interior to the President, dated January fifth, nineteen hundred, and printed in Senate Document Numbered Sixty-eight, of date of January tenth, nineteen hundred, forty-eight thousand dollars, to be used and expended under the direction and within the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. And the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered to purchase the right, title, and improvements separately of each and every one of the said persons named in the said communication of the Secretary of the Interior, at the prices <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reservation fo schools, etc.</p></sidenote>separately agreed upon with the settlers therein named. And when so purchased the improvements and the lands upon which they are situated, in and near Tuba City, are hereby set apart for school or public furposes, as may be hereafter decided upon by the Secretary of the nterior, and until required to be used for such public or school purposes shall be used by the Indians under rules and regulations to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prtnws.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Earnest A. Lee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Pu^t,</i> p. 1UUL</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Valuation.</p></sidenote>prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the appraisement of Earnest A. Lee’s property shall be three thousand seven hundred dollars:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the Interior shall make no payment for any of said right, title, and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/265">265</page>improvements unless in his judgment the valuation thereof is fair and just.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one special attorney for the Pueblo Indians of New<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pueblo Indians, New Mexico.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attorney.</p></sidenote> Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars, and for necessary traveling and incidental expenses of such special attorney for the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, five hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Awíw.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior expenses.</p></sidenote> amount the sum of two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be available for expenses incurred by said attorney during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three; in all, two thousand dollars.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Otoea and Miesourias, Okla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment for Nebraska land.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 59.</p></sidenote> Otoe and Missouria tribe, of Indians of Oklahoma, immediately upon the passage of this Act, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money to their credit in the Treasury of the United States, under such regulations as he may prescribe, in the settlement of their claim for lands sold for them in the State of Nebraska.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction and repair of bridges and approaches thereto<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Nebr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges, etc.</p></sidenote> on the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, in the State of Nebraska, ten thousand dollars to be paid out of the funds in the Treasury of the United States belonging to the Omaha and Winnebago Indians.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Devils Lake, N. Dak.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge permitted.</p></sidenote> to permit the construction of a free bridge to span the narrows of Devils Lake, in the State of North Dakota, at a point on the south shore of Devils Lake sixty-six chains and seventy links due north and thirty-three chains and thirty links due west of the southeast corner of section twenty-three in township one hundred and fifty-two north of range sixty-three west of the fifth principal meridian. If said bridge shall abut on an Indian allotment, the consent of the allottee shall first be obtained. The Secretary may also authorize the taking of stone from the shores of the lake on the reservation side in the construction of the said bridge.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction of two bridges, one over Big Soldier Creek<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pottowatomie Reservation, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges.</p></sidenote> and one over Little Soldier Creek, on the Pottowatomie Indian Reservation, in Jackson County, Kansas, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase additional land<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oneida Wis</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of land for Indian school.</p></sidenote> from an Oneida Indian allottee or allottees of Wisconsin for the use of the Oneida Indian school, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid to said allottee or allottees; and the allottee or allottees from whom said land may be purchased are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey the same to the United States for said purpose.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux Indians, Lower Brule band.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims for property losses.</p></sidenote> and directed to investigate the claims of the members of the Lower Brule band of Sioux Indians for loss of property resulting from their forcible removal from their homes south of White River, in South Dakota, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and to deter-mine what amounts they may be justly and equitably entitled to for the loss of such property, and to certify the same to the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment.</p></sidenote> and directed to pay such sums so certified to him by the Secretary of the Interior to members of the Lower Brule band of Indians as aforesaid. And the sum of one thousand rive hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for this purpose.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, with the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crow Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of cattle.</p></sidenote> consent of the tribe, to distribute the cattle belonging to the Crow tribe, known as the “common herd” and held as such under the ninth article of the agreement with said tribe of December eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, ratified by the Act of March third, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 10-11.</p></sidenote> <page identifier="/us/stat/32/266">266</page>hundred and ninety-one (Twenty-sixth Statutes, ten hundred and forty- one), among the members of said tribe, to be held by them as individuals in the same manner as their other individual stock is held, after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of ’‘Crow herd fund.”</p></sidenote>which the common herd shall cease to exist. The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to distribute among the tribe per capita all of the money due or to become due said Indians from sales from the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kegulntions.</p></sidenote>common herd, known as the “Crow herd fund”: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the distribution of the cattle and payment of the money shall be made at such time and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of stock cattle.</p></sidenote>in his discretion may prescribe. That the funds now in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Crow Indians in Montana, or any portion of it, may, with the consent of the tribe, be used by the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, in the purchase of stock cattle to be distributed among the members of the tribe under such regulations as he may prescribe.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern Utes, Colo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way, irrigation ditches.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of the right of way through the allotted lands of the Southern Ute Indians in Colorado for irrigating ditches to the extent of the ground occupied by the water in said ditches and such number of feet on each side of the marginal limits thereof as may be necessary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consent of Indians.</p></sidenote>in maintaining and operating the ditches: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no application for such right of wav shall be granted unless accompanied by the consent, in writing, of the allottee or allottees whose land may be affected thereby.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern Ute Reservation! Colo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irrigation contract authorized.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Interior shall make investigation as to the practicability of providing a water supply for irrigation purposes to be used on a portion of the reservation of the Southern Utes in Colorado, and he is authorized, in his discretion, to contract for and to expend from the funds of said Southern Utes in the purchase of perpetual water rights sufficient to irrigate not exceeding ten thousand acres on the western part of the Southern Ute Reservation and for annual charges for maintenance of such water thereon such amount and upon such terms and conditions as to him may seem just and reasonable, not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the purchase of such perpetual water rights and not exceeding a maximum of fifty cents per acre per annum for the maintenance of water upon the land <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions.</p></sidenote>to be irrigated: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That after such an investigation he shall find all the essential conditions relative to the water supply and to the perpetuity of its availability for use upon said lands such as in his judgment will justify a contract for its perpetual use:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond required</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Interior, upon making all such contracts, shall require from the person or persons entering upon such contract a bond of indemnity, to be approved by him, for the faithful and continuous execution of such contract as provided therein.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spokane Reservation, Wash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Only mineral lands subject to entry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lunds excepted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>P^i.</i> pp. 742, 744.</p></sidenote>That the mineral lands only in the Spokane Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, shall be subject to entry under the laws of the United States in relation to the entry of mineral lands: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That lands allotted to the Indians or used by the Government for any purpose or by any school shall not be subject to entry under this provision.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Josef Stainer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the claim of Josef Stainer for labor and material used in making repairs to school buildings numbered one, two, and three at Cheyenne River Indian Agency, - South Dakota, damaged by windstorm and cyclone on night of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as approved by the Secretary of the Interior, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, to be paid from unexpended balance of appropriation “Education, Sioux Nation.”</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, pay per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">OmAhas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment per capita.</p></sidenote> capita to the Omaha Indians entitled thereto the sum of one hundred thousand dollars from their principal now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States and derived from the sale of their lands in Nebraska under section three of the Act of Congress approved August<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 341.</p></sidenote> seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two (Twenty-second Statutes, page three hundred and forty-one), under such regulations as may be prescribed by him.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, pay per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iowas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment per capita.</p></sidenote> capita to the Iowa Indians, who are under the care of the agent of the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Reservation, in the State of Kansas, entitled thereto, the sum of seventy-eight thousand dollars from their principal now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, pay per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacs and Foxes of Missouri.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment per capita.</p></sidenote> capita to the Sac and Fox Indians of Missouri, who are under the care of the agent of the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Reservation, in the State of Kansas, entitled thereto, the sum of seventvnine thou-sand dollars from their principal now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That of the principal sum of one hundred and sixty-eight thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux of Crow Creek Reservation,S. Dak.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of fund.</p></sidenote> three hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents now in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Sioux Indians of the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota, drawing interest at four per centum per annum, sixty thousand dollars may he used for the purchase of stock cattle, twenty-five thousand dollai's may be paid pro rata in cash, and eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents may be used in the purchase of cattle fence wire, in the construction of storage reservoirs, in the improvement of their allotments, and in any other manner that will best promote their welfare and civilization, al! in the discretion of the. Secretary of the Interior.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to the attorneys who, under a contract approved by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wichita, etc., Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to attorneys.</p></sidenote> the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, represented the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in the Court of Claims and the Supreme Court of the United States in the litigation provided for by Act of Congress to determine the title of the said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 898.</p></sidenote> Indians to the lands of the former Wichita Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma, six per centum of the value of said land as decreed by the Court of Claims, the sum of forty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars and ninety-three cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> said sum shall be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of the said lands.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to James R. Goss, of Billings, Montana, in full settlement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James R. Goss.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> of his claim for legal services rendered by him during eighteen hundred and ninety-eight in defending two Indian policeman and the interpreter of the Crow Agency, Montana, charged with assault in the local courts of said State, one hundred and fifty dollars, to be immediately avaitable.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to Robert F. Thompson for compiling laws relating to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Robert F. Thompson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> Indian affairs under provisions of the I ndian appropriation Act approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, and digesting correspondence of the land division of the Indian Office, three thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse Emmet Cox for the value of the improvements made<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emmet Cox.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement,</p></sidenote> by him and surrendered to the United States on the Kiowa.Comanche, and Apache Indian Reservation, as per the award of the board of appraisers appointed under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of three thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; <page identifier="/us/stat/32/268">268</page>and the acceptance, of said sum by said Cox shall be a complete and absolute bar to any and all claims against the United States for said improvements.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Round Valley Reservation, Cal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment for private improvements.</p></sidenote>For payment to the several persons and firms herein named, their heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, the several sums mentioned herein, the same being in full for, and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final discharge of, their several claims for private improvements on the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in Mendocino Countv. California, on March third, eighteen hundred anti seventy-three, when said lands were reserved for Indian purposes; and being the several amounts as appropriated and allowed by the Honorables Jed Lake, Arthur A. Smith, and Arthur Twineham, commissioners appointed by the President of the United States on December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to appraise the value of Round Valley Indian Reservation lands ami the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 17, p. «34.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 658.</p></sidenote>private improvements made thereon and existing on March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, under the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the reduction of the Round Valley Indian Reservation in the State of California, and for other purposes,” approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, as follows: To J. N. Rea and D. T. Johnson, eight hundred dollars; to estate of Fred Bourne and estate of D. T. Johnson, one hundred and fifty dollars; to estate of D. T. Johnson. Fred C. Handv, and Percy W. Handy, five hundred dollars; to Martin Corbitt and Whitcomb Henley, eight hundred and twenty-five dollars; to Charles H. Hurt, one thousand and twenty-five dollars; to Henry Marks, four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewa Indian« of Minnesota.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment for stump-age.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 90.</p></sidenote>The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota entitled thereto, the money now to their credit in the Treasury of the United States derived from stumpage on dead and down timber cut on ceded Indian lands under the act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (Thirtieth Statutes, page ninety).</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mille Lac Reservation, Minn,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to Indians removing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 642.</p></sidenote>For payment to the Indians occupying the Mille Lac Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be, necessary, to pay said Indians for improvements made by them, or any of them, upon lands occupied by them on said Mille Lac Indian Reservation, said payment to be made upon investigation, examination, and appraisement by the Secretary of the Interior, upon condition of said Indians removing from said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisos.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indians permitted to remain.</p></sidenote>Mille Lac Reservation; <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That any Indian who has leased or purchased any Government subdivision of land within said Mille Lac Reservation from or through a person having title to said land from the Government of the United States shall not be required to move from said reservation, but shall be entitled to the benefits of said appropriation to all intents and purposes as though they had removed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Action by council of Indians.</p></sidenote>from said reservation:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further.</i> That this appropriation shall be paid only after said Indians shall, by proper council proceedings, have accepted the provisions hereof and declared the manner in which they wish the money disbursed; and said Indians upon removing from said Mille Lae Reservation shall be permitted to take up their residence and obtain allotments in severalty either on the White Earth Reservation or on any of the ceded Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota on which allotments are made to Indians.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Net Lake Reservation. Minn</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveying and allot' ting.</p></sidenote>For paying the expenses of surveying and locating allotments heretofore made upon Ret Lake Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of the balance due various merchants of Cloquet and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fond du Lae Indians,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment for sup-plies furnished to,</p></sidenote> Fond du Lac. Minnesota, from certain Fond du Lac Indians for sup-plies furnished said Indians at the request of the Indian farmer, as ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior, under the provisions of the Indian appropriation Act approved dune tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, as follows: H. B. Allen, twenty-four dollars and four-teen cents; Charles Gasper, one thousand and forty-nine dollars and forty-six cents; J. A. Rene, forty-four dollars and ninety-one cents; James A. Wallace, two hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixty-eight cents; Kelly and Moses, forty dollars and forty-nine cents; Mrs. James Peacha, one hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety-five cents; James Peacha. one hundred and eighty-six dollars and twelve cents; Frank P. Thompson, nine, hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-one cents; A. H. Simmons, one hundred and seventy-six dollars and eightyfive cents; in all, two thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars and eleven cents; said sums to be payable out of funds belonging to said Indians.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian schools.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educational<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support, etc.</p></sidenote> purposes not hereinafter provided for, one million two hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction, purchase, lease, and repair of school buildings,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings.</p></sidenote> and sewerage, water supply, and lighting plants, and purchase of school sites, or additions thereto, and improvement of buildings and grounds, two hundred thousand dollars; m all, one million four hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at Albuquerque,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albuquerque, N. Mex.</p></sidenote> New Mexico, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for erection of laundry, three thousand dollars; general repairs and improvements, two thousand eight hundred dollars: in all, fifty-seven thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chamberlain, S. Dak.</p></sidenote> at Chamberlain, South Dakota, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent, of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; extension of sewer, three thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; for enlarging the capacity of the school to two hundred pupils by the erection of additional buildings and other improvements, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all, fifty-two thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of one hundred and fifty pupils at the training school<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cherokee, N. C.</p></sidenote> at Cherokee, North Carolina, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; for heating plant, two thousand five hundred dollars; for erection of a girls’ dormitory, ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all, forty-one thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carlisle, Pa.</p></sidenote> for transportation of pupils to and from said school, and for general repairs and improvements, one hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars; for additional salary of any military officer of Carlisle Indian School while acting as superintendent of said school, one thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carson City, Nev.</p></sidenote> Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand seven <page identifier="/us/stat/32/270">270</page>hundred dollars: for general repairs and improvements, three thou-sand dollars; for bath house and furnishings, one thousand five hundred dollars; for hospital, five thousand dollars; for employees’ building, four thousand dollars; for a new school building, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, eighty thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chilocco, Okla.</p></sidenote>For support of six hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Chilocco, Oklahoma Territory, one hundred thousand two hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thou-sand dollars; for addition to boys’ dormitory, four thousand five hundred dollars; for additional buildings, forty thousand dollars; improving steam plant, seven thousand live hundred dollars; machine shop, two thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elko, Nev.</p></sidenote>For the establishment of an Indian school in the county of Elko, State of Nevada, provided that a suitable site can be obtained there for a reasonable sum, to be selected by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of land, tne erection of buildings, and for other purposes necessary to establish a school plant, upon the, new site, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flandreau, S. Dak.</p></sidenote>For support and education of three hundred and seventy-five Indian pupils at The Biggs Institute. Flandreau, South Dakota, sixty-two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollar's; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; barn, five thousand dollars; for addition to work-shops, one thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for new boilers and their installation, two thousand dollars; for dairy building and equipments, two thousand dollars; in all, seventy-seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Mojave, Ariz.</p></sidenote>For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school, Fort Mojave, Arizona, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand six hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thou-sand dollars; for school building, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, fifty- one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Totten» N. Dak</p></sidenote>For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at Indian school. Fort Totten, North Dakota, lifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; sewer system, three thousand dollars; for survey of lands set aside or to be set aside for said school, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Re-appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30» p. 943.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 81, p. 213.</p></sidenote>as may be necessary; for heating system, ten thousand dollars, in addition to the five thousand dollars and ten thousand dollars heretofore appropriated, which are reap pro printed, and all made immediately available; for electric-light plant, two hundred dollars, in addition to the one thousand eight hundred dollars and one thousand two hundred dollars heretofore appropriated, and now reappropriated; all of the amounts hereby appropriated for steam heating system and electric-light plant to be immediately available; in all, seventy-one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Genoa, Nebr.</p></sidenote>For support, and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for boiler house and boilers, and so forth, ten thousand dollars; in all, sixty-six thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Junction, Colo</p></sidenote>For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Grand Junction, Colorado, thirty-three thousand four <page identifier="/us/stat/32/271">271</page>nundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thou-sand six hundred dollars; for general repairsand improvements, three thousand five hundred dollars; for laundry, two thousand five hundred dollars; for improvement of water system, eight thousand dollars; for improving the sewerage system, including purchase of land, or rights of way, it necessary, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required; <proviso><i>Provided,</i> The Secretary of the Interior shall thoroughly<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Prwuo»</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sewer.</p></sidenote> investigate sewer conditions at this school, and if deemed advisable maintain the present arrangements with such improvements as may be deemed essential; in all, fifty-nine thousand dollars.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support and education of one hundred and twenty Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hampton, Va.</p></sidenote> pupils at the school at Hampton, Virginia, twenty thousand and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support and education of one hundred and twenty-five pupils<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hayward, Wis.</p></sidenote> at the Indian school at Hayward, Wisconsin, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand three hundred dollars; general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars. . .</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of seventy Indian pupils at the Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kickapoo Reservation, Kan?.</p></sidenote> school, Kickapoo Reservation, Kansas, eleven thousand six hundred and ninety dollars; for pay of superintendent, eight hundred and forty dollars; repairs and minor improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of seven hundred and fifty Indian pupils<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawrence, Kans.</p></sidenote> at the Indian school. Haskell Institute. Lawrence, Kansas, for transportation of pupils to and from said school, one hundred and thirty thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars; for tile draining farm, five thousand dollars; for construction of cisterns, three thousand dollars; for boring deep wells, three thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, ton thousand dollars; for the purchase of three hundred and twenty-eight acres of improved land, more or less, adjoining land now belonging to the United States, thirty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all. one hundred and eighty-three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Morris, Minn.</p></sidenote> pupils at the Indian school at Morris, Minnesota, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; erection of barn, three thousand dollars; for remodeling building for dining room, two thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; and for the purchase of six acres of land, more or less, for use of said school, five hundred and fifty dollars, to replace six acres of land, more or less, belonging to the. United States and used for said school which the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell; in all. thirty- three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mount Pleasant, Mich,</p></sidenote> Indian school, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; for enlarging school building, eight thousand dollars; in all, sixty-one, thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of one hundred I ndian pupils at the Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Perris, Cal,</p></sidenote> school at Perris, California, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of seven hundred Indian pupils at the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Phoenix, Ariz.</p></sidenote> Indian school at Phoenix, Arizona, one hundred and sixteen thousand <page identifier="/us/stat/32/272">272</page>nine hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five thou-sand dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, two thousand dollars: addition to dormitory, ten thousand dollars; dairy barn, six thousand dollars; addition to dining hall, twelve thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-one thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pierre, S. Dak.</p></sidenote>For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Indian industrial school at Pierre, South Dakota, twenty-five thou-sand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; water supply, five thousand dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pipestone, Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. p. 1004.</p></sidenote>For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Pipestone, Minnesota, 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 enlargement of Itoya’ dormitory, twelve thou-sand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rapid City, 8. Dak.</p></sidenote>For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at the Indian school, Rapid City, South Dakota, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; for employees' quarters, four thousand dollars; extension of sewer, one thousand five hundred dollars; for laundry, two thousand two hundred dollars: for enlarging the capacity of the school to three hundred pupils, by the erection of additional buildings and other improvements, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all, fifty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Riverside, Cal.</p></sidenote>For support and education of three hundred pupils at the Indian school, Riverside. California, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for additional compensation for superintendent of Perris school, performing duties as superintendent of this school, three hundred dollars; for new buildings, to increase the efficiency of the plant, twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars; for industrial-farm buildings, fifteen thousand dollars; for general repairs and minor improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, ninety-six thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salem, Oreg,</p></sidenote>For support and education of five hundred and fifty pupils at the Indian school, Salem, Oregon, ninety-one thousand eight hundred and fiftv dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for improvements to sewerage and drainage, six thousand dollars, to be immediately' available; for general repairs and improvements, five thousand dollars; for the construction of a new brick dormitory suitable for the accommodation of two hundred and fifty boys, twentvfive thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sac and Fox Reservation, Iowa.</p></sidenote>For the support and education of seventy-five Indian pupils, Sac and Fox Reservation. Iowa, twelve thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars: for pay of superintendent, one thousand dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santa Fe. N. Mex.</p></sidenote>For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the Indian school at Santa Fe, New Mexico, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of supei intendent at .said school, one thousand seven hundred dollars; for water supply, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, three thousand dollars; in all, fifty-six thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shoshone Reservation, Wyo.</p></sidenote>For support and education of one hundred and seventy-five Indian pupils at the Indian school, Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, twenty- nine thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand four hundred dollars; for <page identifier="/us/stat/32/273">273</page>general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; for construction of power house and moving machinery, three thou-sand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of seventy-five pupils at the Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southern Utah,</p></sidenote> school in southern Utah, twelve thousand five hundred and twenty- five dollars; pay of superintendent, nine hundred dollars; general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thou-sand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the support and education of two hundred and twenty-five Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tomah, Wis.</p></sidenote> pupils at the Indian school, Tomah, Wisconsin, thirty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand six hundred dollars; for general repairsand improvements, three thousand dollars; for purchase of land, six thou-sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; for warehouse, two thousand dollars; for the erection of a barn and silo, five thousand dollars; in all, fifty-five thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support and education of one hundred and fifty pupils at the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Truxton Canyon, Ariz.</p></sidenote> Indian school at Truxton Canyon, Arizona, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; general repairsand improvements, four thousand dollars; in all, thirty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the erection of school buildings on the Tulalip Reservation,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tulalip Reservation, Wash.</p></sidenote> “Washington, to replace those recently burned, thirty thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional amount for construction, purchase, lease and repair<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional for construction, etc.</p></sidenote> of school buildings; for sewer and water supply and lighting plants; for purchase of school sites or additions thereto, and for improvements of buildings and grounds, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collection and transportation of pupils to and from Indian<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation» etc.</p></sidenote> 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, sup-port, and education shall be in exchange for their labor, forty thousand do] lais.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all expenditure of money appropriated for school purposes in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supervision of expenditures.</p></sidenote> this Act shall be at al) 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 be from time to time prescribed by him, subject to the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That not more than one hundred and sixty-seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of per capita expense.</p></sidenote> dollars shall be expended for the annual support and education of any one pupil in any school herein specifically provided for, except when, by reason of epidemic, accident, or other sufficient cause, the attendance is so reduced that a larger expenditure is absolutely necessary for the efficient operation of the school affected, when the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may allow a larger per capita expenditure, such expenditure to continue only so long as the said necessity therefor shall exist:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That the total amount appropriated for the support of such school shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Total for schools.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Determination of per capita allowance.</p></sidenote> not be exceeded.</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further.</i> That the number of pupils in any school entitled to the per capita allowance hereby provided for shall be determined by taking the average enrollment for the entire fiscal year and not any fractional part thereof.</proviso></p>
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</appropriations>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content>That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchases of sup-plies to be advertised*</p></sidenote> herein made, exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value <page identifier="/us/stat/32/274">274</page>at any one time, shall be made without first giving at least three weeks' <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exceptions, exigencies.</p></sidenote>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 dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irrigation.</p></sidenote>at any one purchase: <proviso><i>Provided</i> That supplies may be purchased, contracts let, and labor employed for the construction of artesian wells, ditches, and other works for irrigation, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, without advertising as hereinbefore provided:</proviso> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchases from Indians.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That as far as practicable Indian labor shall be employed and purchase in the open market made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">Sec. 3. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of surplus for subsistence deficiencies.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of d 5 version s.</p></sidenote>may occur: <proviso><i>Provided</i> 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of stock cattle from subsistence surplus.</p></sidenote>diversion:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further.</i> That the Secretary of the Interior, under 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, and shall report to Congress, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further.</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treaty funds.</p></sidenote>That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be used.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4">Sec. 4. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of funds for employees, etc.</p></sidenote>That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated. 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 or heretofore 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.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5">Sec. 5. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rejection of bids.</p></sidenote>That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in accordance with sections three and four of this Act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interests of the Government, they may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Open-market purchases.</p></sidenote>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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Prwiso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount for supplies immediately available.</p></sidenote>shall be made: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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, nineteen hundred and three, shall be immediately available, but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, nineteen hundred and two.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6">Sec. 6. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual report of employees.</p></sidenote>That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annually to Congress, specifically showing the number of employees at each <page identifier="/us/stat/32/275">275</page>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, and whether, in the opinion of such Com-missioner. any of such employees are unnecessary.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7">Sec. 7. </num><content>That the adult heirs of any deceased Indian to whom a trust<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands inherited from Indians may be conveyed in fee.</p></sidenote> or other patent containing restrictions upon alienation has been or shall be issued for lands allotted to him may sell and convey the lands inherited from such decedent, but in case of minor heirs their interests<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minors.</p></sidenote> shall be sold only by a guardian duly appointed by the proper court upon the order of such court, made upon petition tiled by the guardian, but all such conveyances shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and when so approved shall convey a full title to the purchaser, the same as if a final patent without restriction upon the alienation had been issued to the allottee. All allotted land<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxation.</p></sidenote> so alienated by the heirs of an Indian allottee and all land so patented to a white allottee shall thereupon be subject to taxation under the laws of the State or Territory where the same is situate: <proviso><i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction.</p></sidenote>That the sale herein provided for shall not apply to the homestead during the life of the father, mother or the minority of any child or children.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8">Sec. 8. </num>
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<p class="inline fontsize10">That the part of the northern district of the Indian Territory<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Territory western judicial district created.</p></sidenote> consisting of the Greek country, the Seminole country, and all that portion of the Cherokee and Choctaw nations included in the following-described<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 693.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boundaries.</p></sidenote> boundaries, to wit: Commencing at. the northeast corner of the Creek Nation and running east on the line between townships nineteen and twenty, to its intersection with the dividing line between ranges twenty and twenty-one. east, thence south on said line to its intersection with the Arkansas River, thence down the. Arkansas River to its intersection with the Canadian River, thence up the Canadian River to its intersection with the dividing line between ranges twenty and twenty-one, east, thence south to the intersecting line between townships seven and eight, thence west on the intersecting line between townships seven and eight to the Creek Nation, be, and the same is hereby, made the western district in said Territory, and the places of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms.</p></sidenote> holding courts in said western district shall be Xiuscogee, Wagoner, Sapulpa, Wewoka, Eufaula and Okmulgee. The judge appointed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 84.</p></sidenote> under the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the cur-rent and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.” approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, shall be the judge of said western district, and he is hereby authorized to appoint a clerk who shall reside and keep his office at one of the places of holding court in said western district. That each of the three commissioners with headquarters at Muscogee,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners and constables.</p></sidenote> Eufaula, and Wewoka, respectively, shall be United States commissioners for said western district for a period of four years from the date of their appointment and until their respective successors shall be appointed and qualified, and the two constables now in office whose headquarters are at Muscogee, and Eufaula, respectively, shall be con-stables in said western district until their successors shall be appointed and qualified; and said judge may appoint a constable for the com-missioner at. Wewoka, and the said judge may appoint an additional commissioner to be located at Checotah, and an additional constable for said commissioner’s court. Each of the United States commissioners and each of the four constables now located in the northern district as constituted by this Act. shall continue to be United States <page identifier="/us/stat/32/276">276</page>commissioners and constables, respectively, for said district until their <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recorder's office, northern district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 880.</p></sidenote>successors shall be appointed and qualified. That the clerk's office at Vinita shall also be the recorder’s office for the northern district, except that the clerk's office at Miami shall continue to be the recording office for the Quapaw Indian Agency as now provided by law. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals and district attorney.</p></sidenote>The United States marshal of the present northern district shall be marshal of the western district, and there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a district attorney for said western distinct, and a United States marshal for the northern district. The said officers shall be appointed and shall hold office for the period of four years, and shall receive the same salarv and fees and discharge like duties as other similar officers in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pending causes.</p></sidenote>said Territory. The eases now pending in that part of the northern district which is hereby made the western district shall be tried the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms northern district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 692.</p></sidenote>same as if brought in said western district. Terms of court shall continue to be held within the territory remaining in said northern district at the places now provided by law for the holding of courts therein, and in addition thereto at. the towns of Sallisaw, Claremore, Nowata, and Pryor Creek, in the Cherokee country. All laws now applicable to the existing judicial districts in the Indian Territory, and to attorneys, marshals, clerks, and their assistants or deputies therein, not inconsistent herewith, are hereby made applicable to the western district. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms southern and central districts.</p></sidenote>In addition to the places now provided by law for holding courts in the southern and central districts, courts in the southern district shall also be held at Tishomingo and Ada, and in the central <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Constable, Durant.</p></sidenote>district at Durant. The United States judge for the central district of the Indian Territory, after the approval of this Act. may appoint a constable for the commissioner located at Durant.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jails.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 679.</p></sidenote>To enable, the Attorney-General to carry out the provisions of the Act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for the erection of three jails in the Indian Territory, and also to erect one additional United States jail in said Territory, forty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, to be immediately available, and to remain available <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States jails.</p></sidenote>until expended. And the Attorney-General is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected a United States jail at each of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muscogee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South McAlester.</p></sidenote>three places already formally designated by him, namely, at Muscogee in the western district, at South McAlester in the central district, and at Ardmore in the southern district, and one additional United States <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vinita.</p></sidenote>jail at Vinita in the northern district, at a total cost not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Referees to condemn jail sites.</p></sidenote>That for the purpose of acquiring sites for United States jails as provided herein in the Indian Territory, there shall be appointed by the judge of the United States court in the district where such land is situated, on application of the United States by petition describing the land sought to be condemned, three disinterested referees, who shall determine the compensat ion and damage to be paid any owner, occupant, tribe, or nation by reason of the appropriation and condemnation of such land for the use and benefit of the United States for a jail at any of the places hereinbefore mentioned. Such referees, before entering upon the duties of their appointment, shall each take and subscribe before the clerk of the said United States courtan oath that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his appointment, which oaths, duly certified, shall be returned with the award of the referees to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessment of damages.</p></sidenote>clerk of the court by which they were appointed. Before such referees shall proceed with the assessment of damages for any lands sought to be condemned under this Act. ton days' personal notice of said hearing shall be given to all persons interested, and service may be had upon each tribe or nation in which said land may be located by service upon the principal chief thereof, and in case personal service can not <page identifier="/us/stat/32/277">277</page>be had upon any person interested, twenty days’ notice of the time when the same shall be condemned shall be given, by publication in some newspaper in general circulation nearest said property in the district where said land is situated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">If the referees can not agree, then any two of them are authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Award.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal from referees.</p></sidenote> to and shall make the award. Any party to the proceedings who is dissatisfied with the award of the referees shall have the right, within ten days after the filing of the award in the court by which said referees were appointed, to appeal by original petition to the United States court sitting at the place nearest and most convenient to the property sought to be taken, where the question of the damages occasioned by the taking of the land in controversy shall be tried de novo, and the judgment rendered by the court shall be final and conclusive. And upon the payment into court of the amount or amounts awarded as damages, fee, simple title to said tract of land shall vest in the United States. I f such appeal is not taken as hereinbefore set forth, the award shall be conclusive and final, and shall have the same, force and effect as a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, and upon the payment of the sum or sums so found due into the court, a fee simple title to said land shall vest in the United States.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Each of said referees shall receive for his compensation the sum<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of referees.</p></sidenote> of five dollars per day while actually engaged in the appraisement of the property and the hearing of any matter submitted to them under this Act.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That if any party or person other than the United States shall appeal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Costs on appeal.</p></sidenote> from any award, and the judgment of the court does not award such appealing party or person more than the referees awarded, all costs occasioned by such appeal shall be paid by such appealing party or person. It shall be the duty of the United States court in each district to promptly hear and determine the rights of all parties if any appeal shall be taken under this Act.</p>
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<dc:title>Chap. 889: To construct a road to the national cemetery at Dover, Tennessee.</dc:title>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To construct a road to the national cemetery at Dover, Tennessee.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-28">May 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/126">Public, No. 126</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
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<content class="inline">That the sum of eleven thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dover, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for road to national cemetery.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the. Treasury not otherwise appropriate^, for the purpose of constructing, under the direction of the Secretary of War, a macadamized road, or a road partly of gravel and partly of stone, from the river landing or its vicinity, in the town of Dover, Tennessee, to the national cemetery near Old Fort Donaldson; <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the right of way, not less<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way.</p></sidenote> than fifty feet in width, shall first be secured to the United States to any part of the ground over which said road shall run out now owned by the United States.</proviso></content>
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<dc:title>Chap. 890: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Washington and Oregon Railway Company.</dc:title>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Washington and Oregon Railway Company.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-28">May 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/127">Public, No. 127</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
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<content class="inline">That the Washington and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia River, Wash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington and Oregon Railway Company may bridge, at Vancouver.</p></sidenote> Oregon Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Washington, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia <page identifier="/us/stat/32/278">278</page>River at a place suitable to commerce and not interfering with navigation. at a point at or near Vancouver, in the State of Washington, and to lay on or over said bridge a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that, are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>that said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river, and in ease of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river by reason of the construction of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in whose jurisdiction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains, and, at the option of the said company or corporation, its successors and assigns, for the safe and convenient passage of wagons and vehicles of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>all kinds, animals, and foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed from time to time by the Secretary of War.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw openings.</p></sidenote>Chat said bridge shall be provided with two or more draw openings, each having not less than two hundred feet clear channel way, and in addition to said draw openings one or more fixed channel spans, each having not less than three hundred and fifty feet clear channel way; and every part of the superstructure of said bridge shall give a clear headroom of not less than six feet above extreme known <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>high-water mark: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That all spans shall be so located as to afford the greatest possible accommodation to the river traffic, and a draw opening shall, if practicable, be located next or near shore:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reduction of spans, etc.</p></sidenote>That if the physical characteristics of the locality so require, and the interests of navigation be not injured thereby, the lengths of the fixed spans or the number of draw openings may be reduced:</proviso> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draws.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided also,</i> That for any two adjacent draw openings of two hundred feet each one draw opening of three hundred feet may be substituted if, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the interests of navigation be not injured thereby.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">Sec. 3. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Operation of the draws.</p></sidenote>That all draw spans authorized by this Act shall be operated by steam or other reliable mechanical power, and shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, except when trains are passing over said span or spans; but in no ease shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draw after the passage of trains; and also that in case the opening of a draw is delayed by reason of the passing of a train after the signal has been given from a boat ready to pass through, the draw shall be opened for the passage of such boat before another train is allowed to pass over the said span or spans; nor shall there be any unnecessary delay in the passage of trains over the bridge.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4">Sec. 4. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction of piera.</p></sidenote>That all piers shall be built parallel with the current of the river at that stage of water which is most important for navigation, and the bridge itself shall be built as nearly as may be at right angles thereto; and that riprapping or other protection for imperfect foundations which will lessen the required waterway shall not be permitted; and also that piers which will produce cross currents or bars dangerous to navigation shall not be constructed; and if. after construction, any piers or accessory works are found to produce the above-men-tioned effects, or if any riprapping or other protection prohibited by this section is found to exist, the nuisance shall be abated or corrected under the direction of the Secretary of War, or at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5">Sec. 5. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approaches.</p></sidenote>That the approaches to said bridge shall be so designed and constructed as not to interfere with the free discharge of said river in seasons of Hood; and any encroachment on the high-water cross section <page identifier="/us/stat/32/279">279</page>by piers, solid embankments, or otherwise which will result in unduly accelerating the high-water current at the site of the bridge shall not be allowed.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6">Sec. 6. </num><content>That any corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote> or operating the bridge built under the authority of this Act shall build and maintain at all times, as accessory works to such bridge, such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar devices as may be necessary to insure at all times a permanent channel for a sufficient distance above and below the bridge site and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely under or through said bridge; and if at any time after the construction of the bridge and its accessory works the approaches to draw openings, channel spans, or raft passages in said bridge are found to be dangerous or difficult of access by any important class of river traffic, the Secretary of War may, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, order the corporation, company, or persons owning, control-ling, or operating said bridge to construct, under his directions, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional booms, etc.</p></sidenote> to maintain such additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices as will obviate the difficulty mentioned, which additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices shall be built and maintained at their own expense by said company or persons: and that said company or persons<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> shall maintain, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise through-out the season of navigation, such lights and other signals on said bridge as may be required by the Light-House Hoard for the security of navigation.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7">Sec. 7. </num><content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed by this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be Located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation on said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object said corporation shall submit for his examination a design and drawings of the bridge, piers, approaches, and accessory works, and a map of the location, giving, for a space of at least three miles above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river and the shore lines at high and low water. This map shall be accompanied by others drawn on the scale of one inch to two hundred feet, giving, for a space of one- half a mile above the line of the proposed bridge and one-quarter of a mile below, an accurate representation of the bottom of the river, by contour lines two feet apart, determined by accurate soundings, and also showing over the whole width of this part of the river the force and directions of the currents at low water, at high water, and at at least one intermediate stage by triangulated observations on suitable floats. The maps shall also show the location of other bridges in the vicinity, and shall give such information as the Secretary of War may require for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and the construction of the proposed bridge shall not be commenced until the location and plans thereof are approved by the Secretary of War.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8">Sec. 8. </num><content>That any bridge constructed under the authority of this Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be built under the general supervision of the Secretary of War, and no changes or alterations in plans shall be made during construction of said bridge or after its completion unless said changes or alterations conform to the provisions of this Act and arc authorized by the Secretary of War; that such alterations and changes as may be required by the Secretary of War in said bridge so as to preserve free and convenient navigation shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of War. at their own expense, by the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridge; that during original construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc., on cofferdams.</p></sidenote> or in carrying out any authorized changes or repairs of said bridge a navigable channel shall be preserved at the site of the bridge at all times, and the waterway of the river shall not be obstructed to a greater <page identifier="/us/stat/32/280">280</page>extent than is absolutely necessary, and such lights and buoys shall be kept on all cofferdams, piles, and so forth, as may be necessary for the security of navigation.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="9">Sec. 9. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge authorized by this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or ears over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>compensation for such use; and in case, the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote>parties; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="10">Sec. 10. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>That the bridge constructed, maintained, and operated under this Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall he recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph and telephone purposes over said bridge.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="11">Sec. 11. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construetion.</p></sidenote>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of approval thereof.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="12">Sec. 12. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 28, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 891: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River from the mainland of Aiken County, South Carolina, to the mainland of Richmond County, Georgia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>891</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>891.—</docNumber>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River from the mainland of Aiken County, South Carolina, to the mainland of Richmond County, Georgia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-28">May 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/128">Public, No. 128</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah River, S. C. and Ga.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chattanooga, Augusta and Charleston Air Line Rai1way Company may bridge.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the assent of the United States of America is hereby given to the Chattanooga, Augusta and Charleston Air Line Railway Company, a corporation incorporated by the laws of the State of South Carolina, its successors and assigns, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>and such other persons as may be associated with it, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Savannah River from the mainland of Aiken County, in the State of South Carolina, to the mainland of Richmond County, in the State of Georgia.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>That the bridge shall be so constructed, by draw span or otherwise, that a free and unobstructed passage may be secured to all vessels and other water craft navigating said river at said point; that any bridge constructed under this Act small be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the navigation of said river as the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>prescribe; and to secure that object the said company shall submit to the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, for their examination and approval, the design and drawings of the bridge, piers, and approaches, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of at least one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high water and low water, and the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/281">281</page>soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of other bridge or bridges, wharves, landings, or ferries, and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built, and after such approval by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War the approved plans and designs for the bridge shall not be deviated from or added to, either during the construction or after the completion of the bridge, until the proposed change shall have been submitted to the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War and received their approval; and the said bridge shall be at all times so<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote> kept and managed as to otter reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels navigating said river at said point through or under said bridge; and if said bridge be built with a draw, said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats or other craft; and whatever kind of bridge is built, the said company<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sun-rise, such lights or other signals thereon as the Light-House Board shall prescribe; and if at any time the navigation of said river shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> in any manner be obstructed or impaired by the bridge authorized by this Act to be construed, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to require said company to alter and change said bridge at its own expense in such manner as may be proper to secure free and complete navigation without impediment.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">Sec. 3. </num><content>That any bridge built under this Act and subject to its<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States or passengers or freight over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads of the United States; and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> 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 approaches for said postal-telegraph purposes.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4">Sec. 4. </num><content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote> and its approaches shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of trains over the same upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> 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, or upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge and approaches, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5">Sec. 5. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6">Sec. 6. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 28, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>For the establishment, control, operation, and maintenance of a National Sanitarium of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Hot Springs, in the State of South Dakota.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>941</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-05-29</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/282">282</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>941.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the establishment, control, operation, and maintenance of a National Sanitarium of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Hot Springs, in the State of South Dakota.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-29">May 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/129">Public, No. 129</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for sanitarium Hot Springs, S. Dak.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the erection of a National Sanitarium for Disabled volunteer Soldiers at Hot Springs, in the State of South Dakota, which shall be erected by and under the direction of the Board of Managers of the National <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1187.</p></sidenote>Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, which Sanitarium, when in a condition to receive members, shall be subject to such rules, regulations, and restrictions as shall be provided by said Board of Managers:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Donation of land.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such Sanitarium shall be erected on land donated to the United States by the people of Hot Springs, South Dakota, and accompanied with a deed of perpetual lease to one or more of the medical or hot springs for the use of the above-named Sanitarium, the location and area of the land and springs of hot water to be selected by the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, or such persons as they may appoint to make the selection of location and hot springs, and that exclusive jurisdiction shall be vested in said Board of Managers over the premises occupied by said Sanitarium as over other realty held by said Board until further enactment by the Congress of the United States.</proviso></content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for transportation, etc.</p></sidenote>That the further sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be used for the transportation to and from said Sanitarium of such patients as may be ordered to said Sanitarium by said Board of Managers and for equipping and maintaining said Sanitarium, subject to the aforesaid rules and regulations of said Board of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Admission of patients.</p></sidenote>Managers: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That any member of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers who shall be certified to said Sanitarium by the medical and legal authorities of said Board of Managers shall be admitted and treated thereat until discharged therefrom or returned to some Branch of the National Home by order of said Board of Managers.</proviso></content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 29, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 942: To establish storm-warning stations at South ManitOn Island, Lake Michigan.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>942</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 282</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-31</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>942.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To establish storm-warning stations at South ManitOn Island, Lake Michigan.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-31">May 31, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/130">Public, No. 130</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South ManitOn U- land, Lake Michigan,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for storm-warning Sta. lions.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of fifteen thou-sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, repairing, and operating, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, telegraph, cable, or telephone lines between Glenhaven, Michigan, and South ManitOn Island. Lake Michigan, and for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of storm-warning stations at those points.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 31, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 943: For the authorization of the erection of buildings by the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations on military reservations of the United States.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>943</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 282</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-31</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>943.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the authorization of the erection of buildings by the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations on military reservations of the United States.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-31">May 31, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/131">Public, No. 131</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military reservations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Young Men's Christian Association buildings authorized on.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That authority is hereby given to the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to grant permission by revocable license to the International Committee of Young Men’s <page identifier="/us/stat/32/283">283</page>Christian Associations of North America to erect and maintain, on the military reservations within the United States or its island possessions, such buildings as their work for the promotion of the social, physical, intellectual, and moral welfare of the garrisons may require, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may impose.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 31, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 944: To authorize the sale of a part of the Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, in the State of Nebraska.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>944</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 283</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-31</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>944.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the sale of a part of the Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, in the State of Nebraska.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-31">May 31, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/132">Public, No. 132</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Niobrara Military Reservation. Nebr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of part to Valentine authorized.</p></sidenote> Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell to the village of Valentine, Nebraska, the northwest quarter of section twenty-nine, and the northeast quarter of section thirty, and the cast one-half of the southeast quarter of section thirty, and the east half of section thirty- one, all in township thirty-four north of range twenty-seven west of the sixth principal meridian. Cherry County, State of Nebraska, now a part of the Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, for the sum of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content>That upon payment of said sum by the said village of Valentine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conveyance.</p></sidenote> the patent of the United States shall issue conveying the said lands to the said village in its corporate name, or to its duly constituted official board, as may be desired, and thereupon and thereafter title to the said land described shall be in said village of Valentine.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 31, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 945: Granting homesteaders on the abandoned Fort Bridger, Fort Sanders, and Fort Laramie military reservations, and Fort Laramie Wood Reservation, in Wyoming, the right to purchase one quarter section of public land on said reservations as pasture or grazing land, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>945</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 283</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-31</dc:date>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>945.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Granting homesteaders on the abandoned Fort Bridger, Fort Sanders, and Fort Laramie military reservations, and Fort Laramie Wood Reservation, in Wyoming, the right to purchase one quarter section of public land on said reservations as pasture or grazing land, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-31">May 31, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/133">Public, No. 133</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That each person who has or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abandoned military reservations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homestead settlers on, may purchase pasture lands.</p></sidenote> may hereafter exercise the right of homestead entry on the abandoned Fort Bridger Reservation, or on the Fort Sanders, or the Fort Laramie abandoned military reservations, or the abandoned Fort Laramie Wood Reservation, to which the homestead laws are hereby extended, in the State of Wyoming, and is residing on said reservations under the pro-visions and requirements of the homestead law, or who is a resident and the owner in fee of one hundred and sixty acres thereon by purchase, shall, upon proper proof of settlement, homestead, or other legal title upon said reservations, be entitled to the right to purchase, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, not exceeding one quarter section of the public lands on said reservations as pasture or grazing land not otherwise disposed of: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That land so<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands available.</p></sidenote> purchased be unfitted for cultivation and homestead entry by reason of lack of water for irrigating purposes or otherwise:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That said purchase of pasture or grazing land shall not, with the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum holding,</p></sidenote> land heretofore entered by the applicant, exceed in the aggregate three hundred and twenty acres.</proviso></content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, May 31, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 946: Providing that the statute of limitations of the several States shall apply as a defense to actions brought in the United States courts for the recovery of lands patented in severalty to members of any tribe of Indians under any treaty between it and the United States of America.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>946</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 284</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-31</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/284">284</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>946.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing that the statute of limitations of the several States shall apply as a defense to actions brought in the United States courts for the recovery of lands patented in severalty to members of any tribe of Indians under any treaty between it and the United States of America.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-31">May 31, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/134">Public, No. 134</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands in severalty to Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State statutes of limitations applicable in suits against.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That in all actions brought in any State, court or United States court by any patentee, his heirs, grantees, or any person claiming under such patentee, for the possession or rents or profits of lands patented in severalty to the members of any tribe of Indians under any treaty between it and the United States of America, where a deed has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior to the land sought to be recovered, the statutes of limitations of the States in which said land is situate shall be held to apply, and it shall be a complete defense to such action that the same has not been brought within the time, prescribed by the statutes of said State the same as if such action had been brought for the recovery of land patented to others than members of any tribe of Indians.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limitation.</p></sidenote>That this Act shall not apply to any suits brought within one year from and after its passage.</content></section>
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<dc:title>Chap. 980: To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to refund certain license taxes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>980</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 284</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-02</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>980.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to refund certain license taxes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-02">June 2, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/135">Public, No. 135</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund of license taxes erroneously col lected.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to refund to wholesale and retail liquor dealers who were engaged in business in said District on March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, moneys erroneously collected as license taxes for the license year ending October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety- three. </content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments.</p></sidenote>That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the preceding section the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to adjust the amounts found to be equitably due by the accounting officers of the District, and pay the same out of the fund provided for the erroneous payment of taxes.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 2, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 981: Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>981</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-06-02</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>981.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-02">June 2, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/136">Public, No. 136</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Urgent deficiencies appropriations</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote></heading>
<appropriations level="small">
	<heading>united states courts.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors' fees.</p></sidenote>For fees of jurors, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous expenses.</p></sidenote>For payment of such miscellaneous expenses as may he authorized by the Attorney-General, for the United States courts and their offices, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/285">285</page>including the arranging and collecting of evidence where the United States is, or may be, a party in interest, and removing of records, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil Service Com-mission,</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners acting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling, etc., expenses.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Civil Service Commission and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, one thousand dollars.</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public printing and binding.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Department of the Interior, including the Civil Service Commission,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote> forty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Navy Department, including the Hydrographic Office,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy Department.</p></sidenote> twenty-two thousand live hundred dollars.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>SENATE.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail wagons<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horsey and mail wagons.</p></sidenote> for carrying the mails, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heating<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote> apparatus, exclusive of labor, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigations, etc.</p></sidenote> 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, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
	</content>
	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House of Representatives.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items, expenses of special, etc,, committees.</p></sidenote> twenty thousand dollars.</content>
	</appropriations>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 2, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 983: To regulate the introduction of eggs of game birds for propagation.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>983</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 285</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-03</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>983.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To regulate the introduction of eggs of game birds for propagation.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-03">June 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/137">Public, No. 137</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That front and after the passage<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Egg's of game birds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Importation for propagation permit-ted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 197.</p></sidenote> of this Act the Secretary of Agriculture shall have the power to authorize the importation of eggs of game birds for purposes of propagation. and he shall prescribe all necessary rules and regulations governing the importation of eggs of said birds for such purposes.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 3, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 984: To establish an additional life-saving station on Monomoy Island, Massachusetts.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>984</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 285</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-03</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>984.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To establish an additional life-saving station on Monomoy Island, Massachusetts.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-03">June 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/138">Public, No. 138</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monomoy Island, Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional life-savings station authorized.</p></sidenote> Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish an additional life- saving station on Monomoy Island. Massachusetts, at such point as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 3, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>985</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 286</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-03</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/286">286</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>985.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-03">June 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/139">Public, No. 139</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agriculture Department appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.</heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Secretary</inline>: For compensation of Secretary of Agriculture, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, who shall be superintendent of the Department buildings, two thousand five hundred dollars; private secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture, two thousand two hundred and fifty 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 appointment clerk, two thousand dollars; one Chief of Supply Division, two thousand dollars; one telegraph and telephone operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks class two, two thousand eight hundred dollars; seven clerks of class one, eight thousand four hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; one engineer, who shall be captain of the watch, one thousand six hundred dollars; one fireman, who shall be steam fitter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant fireman, six hundred dollars; one electrician, nine hundred dollars; one plumber, nine hundred dollars; one blacksmith, eight hundred and forty dollars; nine night watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, six thousand four hundred and eighty dollars; two day watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one mechanic, one thousand one hundred dollars; six messengers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, five thousand and forty dollars; two assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laborers, etc.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Secretary</inline>: Laborers and charwomen: One messenger or laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, six hundred dollars; three charwomen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; five charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand two hundred dollars; for extra laborers and emergency employment, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for office of the Secretary, seventy-four thousand four hundred and ten dollars.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>WEATHER BUREAU.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Weather Bureau.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Salaries of the Weather Bureau</inline>: Office of Chief of Weather Bureau: One Chief of Bureau, five thousand dollars; two professors of meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, six thousand dollars; four professors of meteorology, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, for service in the city of Washington or else-where, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, ten thousand dollars; six forecast officials, at two thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau <page identifier="/us/stat/32/287">287</page>may demand, twelve thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: three chiefs of divisions, at two thou-sand dollars each, six thousand dollars: three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one Chief of Division of Supplies, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, eight thou-sand dollars; seventeen clerks of class two. twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-five clerks of class one, thirty thousand dollars; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, fourteen thou-sand dollars; one telegraph operator, in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, one thousand dollars: 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; two copyists or typewriters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand four hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thou-sand dollars; one engineer, one thousand two hundred 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 mechanics, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; three 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, eight, hundred and forty dollars; five messengers or laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three, hundred dollars; eight messengers or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thou-sand eight hundred dollars; three messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; five messengers or laborers, at four hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty-five thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Fuel, lights, and repairs, Weather Bureau</inline>: For fuel, lights,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fud, lights, etc.</p></sidenote> repairs, pay of firemen, watchmen, messengers, and other labor, and other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings and grounds of the Weather Bureau, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent expenses, Weather Bureau</inline>: For stationery, blank<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses,</p></sidenote> books, necessary scientific and other publications; furniture, and repairs to same: freight, express charges; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses, for official purposes only; repairs of 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, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses, Weather Bureau</inline>: General expenses of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p></sidenote> 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:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Salaries of inspectors, local forecast officials; section directors,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors, forecast officials, etc.</p></sidenote> observers, operators, repairmen, messengers, boy messengers, laborers, and other necessary employees, outside of the city of Washington, who, without additional expense to the Government, may hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be granted such leaves<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leaves of absence.</p></sidenote> of absence as are now authorized to employees in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, not to exceed thirty days in any one year, four hundred and twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">All other expenses, itemized as follows: Maps, bulletins, stationery,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps, bulletins, etc.</p></sidenote> and scientific and other publications for stations, and the maintenance of a printing office in the District of Columbia for printing the neces-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/288">288</page>sary circulars, weather maps, bulletins, and monthly weather reviews (including the hire of printers, lithographers, and other necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instrumente, telegraphing, etc.</p></sidenote> working force); for traveling expenses; for freight and express charges; for instruments and shelters therefor; for telegraphing or telephoning reports and messages, the rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rents.</p></sidenote>by agreement with the companies performing the services; for rents and other incidental expenses of offices maintained as stations of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wireless telegraphy, coast telegraph, storm signals, etc.</p></sidenote>observation; for maintenance and repair of seacoast telegraph lines; for experiments in wireless telegraphy, including all necessary expenses; for river observations and reports; for storm and other signals; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cotton, corn, wheat reports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aerial reports, etc.</p></sidenote>for cotton-region observations and reports; for corn and wheat observations and reports; for aerial observations and reports; for supplies for climate and crop services, and for investigations on climatology, including assistance and all necessary expenses, four hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of stations.</p></sidenote>For maintaining the Weather Bureau stations already established by the Secretary of Agriculture, or to be established by the Secretary of Agriculture, in Bermuda, in the West Indies, or on adjacent coasts, and For establishing and equipping meteorological stations in the Hawaiian Islands, and, if practicable and useful, in the Aleutian Islands, for taking daily observations of meteorological phenomena; for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hurricanes, etc.</p></sidenote>collecting reports thereof by cable and otherwise; for disseminating information based thereon of the approach of tropical hurricanes and other storms; and for collecting and publishing such climatological <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>data as may be of public benefit, including salaries of one professor of meteorology, at not exceeding three thousand dollars; one forecast official, at not exceeding two thousand dollars; section directors, observers, and other necessary employees (all for duty at the places named in this Act or at such points in the United States as the exigencies <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, etc.</p></sidenote>of the weather service may require): rent of offices, stationery, furniture, and instrumental supplies; traveling expenses; freight and express charges; cablegrams and telegrams; and all other necessary expenses, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Observatories.</p></sidenote>For the purchase of sites and erection of not less than six buildings for use as Weather Bureau observatories, and for all necessary labor, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans.</p></sidenote>materials, and expenses; plans and specifications to be prepared, and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture,and work done under the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipment.</p></sidenote>supervision of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, including the purchase of instruments, furniture, supplies, flagstaffs, and storm warning towers, to properly equip these stations, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cables and land lines.</p></sidenote>For the purchase and construction of cables and land lines to connect the Farallone Islands. California, with the mainland, and Womans Key. or Sand Key, Florida, with Key West, Florida, forty thousand dollars, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wireless telegraphy.</p></sidenote>including labor and all necessary material and supplies: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture wireless communications may be installed in place of cables, in which case and for which purpose not more than five thousand dollars of this sum shall be expended.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Weather Bureau, one million two hundred and forty-eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Animal Industry.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Salaries, Bureau of Animal industry</inline>: One Chief of Bureau, four thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant, two thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk of Bureau, two thousand dollars; one chief of inspection division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one. assistant chief of inspection division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one chief of dairy division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of dairy division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one chief <page identifier="/us/stat/32/289">289</page>of pathological division, two thousand five hundred dollars; two assist-ants in pathological division, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars: one assistant in pathological division, eight hundred and forty dollars; one chief of biochemic division, two thousand live hundred dollars; one assistant in biochemic division, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant in biochemic division, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant in biochemic division, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant in biochemic laboratory, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one chief of miscellaneous division, two thousand dollars; one zoologist, two thousand live hundred dollars; one veterinary inspector, one thousand eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Veterinary inspectors.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; one veterinary inspector, one thousand six hundred dollars; two veterinary inspectors, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, two thousand eight hundred dollars; one superintendent of experiment station, two thousand dollars; one assistant superintendent. one thousand dollars; one clerk class four, one thousand eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; one editorial clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk class three, one thousand six hundred dollars; seven clerks class two, nine thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks class one, six thousand dollars; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each, seven thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, one thousand eight hundred dollars; seven clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, five thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; four messengers, at seven hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messengers.</p></sidenote> twenty dollars each, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars: two skilled laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thou-sand three hundred and twenty dollars; one illustrator, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, eighty-seven thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry</inline>: For carrying<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 23. p. 31.</p></sidenote> out the provisions of the Act approved May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry, and the Act approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26. p. 414.</p></sidenote> providing for an inspection of meats and animals, and also the pro-visions of the Act. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 1089.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection of live Cattle, etc.</p></sidenote> 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, and to prescribe rules and regulations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treatment of export cattle.</p></sidenote> for the safe transport and humane, treatment of export cattle from the United States to foreign countries, and the amendatory Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 732</p></sidenote> approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 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: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That live horses and the products and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspecting horse product.</p></sidenote> carcasses thereof be entitled to the same inspection as other animals, carcasses, and products thereof, herein named:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That the Secretary of Agriculture may in his discretion waive the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waiving inspection certificates.</p></sidenote> requirement of a certificate with beef and other products, which are exported to countries that do not require such inspection, one million one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: and the Secretary of Agriculture<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preventing disease among animals.</p></sidenote> is hereby authorized to use any part of this sum be may deem necessary or expedient, in such manner as he may think best, in the collection of information concerning live stock, dairy. and other animal products, and to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia. blackleg, tuberculosis, sheep scab, glanders or farcy, hog cholera, and other dis-eases of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons in the city of Washington or elsewhere as he may deem necessary, and to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase, etc. of diseased animals.</p></sidenote> expend any part of this sum in the purchase and destruction of diseased or exposed animals and the quarantine of the same whenever in his judg-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/290">290</page>ment it is essential to prevent the spread of pluero-pneumonia, tuberculosis, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Experiment station, Bethesda. Md.</p></sidenote>or other diseases of animals from one State to another; for improving and maintaining the Bureau Experiment Station, at Bethesda, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarantine stations.</p></sidenote>Maryland; to establish, improve, and maintain quarantine stations and to provide proper shelter and equipment for the care of neat cattle, domestic and other animals imported at such ports as may be deemed necessary; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign markets for farm products.</p></sidenote>for printing and publishing such reports relating to animal industry as he may direct ; and the Secretary of Agriculture may use so much of this sum as he deems necessary for promoting the extension and development of foreign markets for dairy and other farm products of the United States, and for suitable transportation of the same; and such products may he bought in open market and disposed of at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, and he is authorized to apply the moneys received from the sales of such products toward the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laboratory.</p></sidenote>continuation and repetition of such experimental exports: and the Secretary is hereby authorized to rent a suitable building in the District of Columbia, at an annual rental of not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars, to be used as a laboratory for said Bureau of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leaves of absence.</p></sidenote>Animal Industry; and the employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry outside of the city of Washington may hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, without additional expense to the Government, be granted leaves of absence not to exceed fifteen days in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dairy products.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 1090.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 732.</p></sidenote>any one year:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of Agriculture may construe the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and ninety- five, for the inspection of live cattle and products thereof, to include dairy products intended for exportation to any foreign country, and may apply, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, the provisions of said Act for inspection and certification appropriate for ascertaining the purity and quality of such products, and may cause the same to be so marked, stamped, or labeled as to secure their identity and make known in the markets of foreign countries to which they may be sent from the United States their purity, quality, and grade; and all the provisions of said Act relating to live cattle and products thereof for export shall apply to dairy products so inspected and certified;</proviso> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land, Bethesda, Md., station.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That not to exceed ten thousand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated may be used to purchase additional land for the Bureau experiment station at Bethesda, Maryland.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total Bureau of Animal Industry, one million two hundred and forty-seven thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
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	<heading>BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Plant Industry.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Plant Industry, salaries</inline>: One plant physiologist and pathologist, who shall be Chief of Bureau, four thousand dollars; one plant physiologist and pathologist, who shall be Chief of Bureau in absence of Chief, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one botanist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one pomologist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one agrostologist. two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant botanist, one thousand eight hundred dollars: one assistant pomologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant agrostologist. one thousand eight hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks class three, six thousand four hundred dollars; nine clerks class two, twelve thousand six hundred dollars; nine clerks class one. ten thousand eight hundred dollars; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine, hundred dollars each, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; in all, sixty-two thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/291">291</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry; vegetable pathological and physiological investigations</inline>: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vegetable pathological, etc., investigations.</p></sidenote>Investigating the nature of diseases injurious to fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, vegetable, and other useful plants; experiments in the treatment of the same: the study of plant physiology in relation to crop production and the improvement of crops by breeding and selection; to investigate the diseases affecting citrus fruits, pineapples, and truck crops grown during the winter in the Southern States; to investigate canaigre and other tannin-bearing plants; to investigate and report upon the diseases affecting plants on the Pacific coast; to originate or introduce improved varieties of fruits and vegetables in cooperation with the section of seed and plant introduction; to study the relation of soil and climatic conditions to diseases of plants, particularly with reference to the California vine diseases and diseases of the sugar beet, in cooperation with the Bureau of Soils, and for other purposes connected with the discovery and practical application of improved methods of crop production; to continue the work of originating, by breeding and selection, in cooperation with the other divisions of the Department and the experiment stations, new varieties of oranges, lemons, and other tropical and subtropical fruits more resistant to cold and disease and of better quality; varieties of wheat and other cereals more resistant to rust and smut and better suited to the various sections of this country; varieties of cotton more resistant to disease and of longer and better staple, and varieties of pears and apples more resistant to blight and better adapted for export; to investigate the causes of decay in forest timber and timber used for construction purposes, and to devise means for preventing the decay of the same; to investigate the practical application in agriculture of the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by bacteria and other micro-organisms in soils and in the root tubercles of leguminous and other plants; to cultivate and distribute these nitrogen fixers and to determine the conditions most favorable to their development; to study and find methods for preventing the algal and other contaminations of water supplies; the employment of investigators, local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and student scientific aids at an annual salary of four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; for gas and electric current; purchase of chemicals and apparatus required in the field and laboratory; necessary traveling expenses: the preparation of reports and illustrations; (he rent and repairs of a building, not to exceed three thousand dollars per annum: all necessary office fixtures and supplies, and for other expenses connected with the practical work of the investigations, one hundred and ten thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand dollars shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pomological investigations</inline>: Investigating, collecting, and disseminating<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pomological investigations.</p></sidenote> information relating to the fruit industry; the collection and distribution of seeds, shrubs, trees, and specimens; and for collecting and modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants, and furnishing duplicate models to the experiment stations of the several States, as far as found practicable; the employment of investigators, local and special agents, clerks, assistants, student scientific aids at an annual salary of four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor required in con-ducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; for all necessary office fixtures and supplies and for traveling and other necessary expenses, to continue the investigations and experiments in the introduction of the culture of European table grapes and the study of the diseases that affect them, for the purpose of discovering remedies therefor, this work to be done in cooperation <page identifier="/us/stat/32/292">292</page>with the section of seed and plant introduction; to investigate in cooperation with the other divisions and bureaus of the Department and the experiment stations of the several States the market conditions affecting the fruit and vegetable trade in the United States and foreign countries, and the methods of harvesting, packing, storing, and shipping fruit and vegetables, and for experimental shipments of fruits and vegetables to foreign countries, for the purpose of increasing the exportation of American fruits and vegetables, and for all necessary expenses connected with the practical work of the same, and such fruits and vegetables as are needed for these investigations and experimental shipments may be bought in open market and disposed of at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, and he is authorized to apply the moneys received from the sales of such fruits and vegetables toward the continuation and repetition of these investigations and experimental shipments; to investigate, map. and report upon the commercial fruit districts of the United States, for the purpose of determining the relative adaptability of the several important fruits thereto, by a study of the conditions of soil and climate, and of the prevalence of plant diseases existing therein as related to commercial fruit production, thirty thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Botanical investigations, etc.</p></sidenote>Botanical investigations and experiments</inline>: Investigations relating to medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other economic plants, seeds, and weeds; the collection of plants, traveling expenses, and express charges; for all necessary office fixtures; the purchase of paper and all other necessary supplies, materials, and apparatus; for rent and ordinary repairs of a building for office and laboratory purposes not to exceed three thousand dollars; for gas and electric current; for the employment of investigators, local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and student scientific aids at an annual salary of four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere: and in collating, digesting, reporting. and illustrating the result, of such experiments; subscriptions to and purchase of botanical publications for use in the division; and the preparation, illustration, and publication of reports: to investigate and publish reports upon the useful plants and plant cultures of the trop leal territory of the United States, and to investigate, report upon, and introduce other plants promising to be valuable for the tropical territory of the United States, such plants and botanical and agricultural information when secured to be. made available for the work of agricultural experiment stations and schools; to investigate the varieties of wheat, and other cereals grown in the United States or suitable for introduction, in order to standardize the naming of varieties as a basis for the experimental work of the State experiment stations, and as an assistance in commercial grading, and to investigate, in cooperation with the Bureau of Chemistry, the cause of deterioration of export grain, particularly in oceanic transit, and devise means of preventing losses from those causes, fifty-five thousand dollars,</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grass and forage plant investigations.</p></sidenote>Grass and forage-plant investigations</inline>: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct investigations of grasses, forage plants, and animal foods in cooperation with other divisions of the Department; to collect and purchase seeds, roots, and specimens of valuable economic grasses and forage plants for investigation; experimental cultivation and distribution, and for experiments and reports upon the best methods of extirpating Johnson and other noxious and destructive, grasses; to purchase tools, all necessary office fixtures, materials, apparatus, and supplies; to pay freight, express charges, and traveling expenses; for the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and scientific student aids at an annual salary of four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere: to prepare <page identifier="/us/stat/32/293">293</page>drawings and illustrations for circulars, reports, and bulletins; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in establishing and maintaining experimental grass stations, for determining the best methods of earing for and improving meadows and grazing lands, the use of different grasses and forage plants, and their adaptability to various soils and climates, the best native and foreign species for reclaiming overstocked ranges and pastures, for renovating worn-out lands, for binding drifting sands and washed lands, and for tutting lawns and pleasure grounds, and for solving the various forage problems presented in the several sections of our country, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Experimental gardens and grounds, Department of Agriculture</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Experimental gardens and grounds.</p></sidenote> Cultivation and care of experimental gardens and grounds, including the keep of lawns, trees, roadways, and walks; management, and maintenance of the conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses; employment of assistants, experts, fore-men. gardeners, laborers, carpenters, painters, plumbers, and other mechanics, in the city of Washington or elsewhere: machinery, tools, wagons, carts, horses, harness, plows, lawn mowers, sprinklers, hose, watering cans, tubs, pots, and other implements required in cultivation; lumber, hardware, glass, paints, tin, stones, snivel, and other material required for repairs: fertilizers, insecticide apparatus, and chemicals; blacksmithing, horseshoeing, and repairs to implements mid machinery; seeds, plants, and bullís for propagating purposes; labels, potting and packing materials, feed for horses, fuel, freight and express charges, repairing roadways and walks, traveling and other necessary expenses, and for electric lighting, twenty-five thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Arlington experimental farm</inline>: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arlington experimental farm.</p></sidenote> to continue the necessary improvements to establish and maintain a general experimental farm and agricultural station on the Arlington estate, in the State of Virginia, including employment of labor in the city of Washington or elsewhere, in accordance with the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 135.</p></sidenote> provisions of the Act of Congress approved April eighteenth, nineteen hundred, entitled “An Act to set apart a portion of the Arlington estate for experimental agricultural purposes, and to place said portion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors in office,’’ which Act. shall be construed to confer upon the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors jurisdiction over so much of the Government land in Alexandria County. Virginia, known as the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land set apart.</p></sidenote> Arlington estate, as lies cast of the public road leading from the Aqueduct Bridge to Alexandria, Virginia, otherwise called the Georgetown and Alexandria road, and between said road and the Potomac River, containing about four hundred acres, with the exception, however, of a strip of land as follows: Commencing at the point where the George-town and Alexandria road enters the Arlington estate on the north side, thence along said road six hundred and twenty-five yards, thence in a line perpendicular to said road to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, thence along said canal to the north line of the reservation, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Tea-culture investigations</inline>: For all expenses necessary, including<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tea-culture investigations.</p></sidenote> the employment of labor in the city of Washington or elsewhere, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report on the cost of making tea and the best method of cultivating and preparing the same for market, so as to demonstrate whether it is practicable to introduce its culture in the Southern States as a profitable industry, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Purchase and distribution of valuable seeds</inline>: For the purchase,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of seeds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase, distribution, etc.</p></sidenote> propagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants; for rent of building, not to exceed two <page identifier="/us/stat/32/294">294</page>thousand dollars; the employment, of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required, in the city of Washington and elsewhere; all necessary office fixtures, 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, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, of which amount not more than forty-three thousand dollars shall be expended for labor in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and not less than one hundred and eighty thousand dollars shall be allotted for Congressional distribution.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seeds adapted to locality, etc.</p></sidenote>And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to expend the said sum. as nearly as practicable, in the purchase and distribution of such valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, the best he can obtain at public or private sale, and such as shall be suitable for the respective localities to which the same are to be apportioned, and in which same are to be distributed as hereinafter stated, and such seed so purchased shall include a variety of vegetable and flower seeds suitable for planting and culture in the various sections <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congressional allotment.</p></sidenote>of the United States. An equal proportion of two-thirds of all seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, 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 mailed by the Department <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 741.</p></sidenote>upon the receipt of their addressed franks; such franks to be furnished by the Public Printer as is now done for document slips with the names of Senators. Members, and Delegates printed thereon, and the words “United States Department, of Agriculture, Congressional Seed Distribution.” or such other phraseology as the Secretary may direct; and the person receiving such seeds shall be requested to inform the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposition of uncalled for seeds, etc.</p></sidenote>Department of the results of the experiments therewith: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>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 April 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of purchases.</p></sidenote>by the Department:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also,</i> That the Secretarv 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No diversion of appropriation.</p></sidenote>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 valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indication of con-tents on wrappers.</p></sidenote>vines, cuttings, and plants:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided. however,</i> That upon each envelope or wrapper containing packages of seeds the contents thereof shall he plainly indicated, and the Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seeds adapted to locality.</p></sidenote>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, ami the best <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Early delivery to Son them section.</p></sidenote>adapted to the locality he represents: <i>Provided also.</i> That the seeds allotted to Senators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth parallels of latitude shall be ready for delivery not later than the tenth day of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">purchase of foreign seeds, etc., for experimental tests.</p></sidenote>January:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That twenty thousand dollars of the sum thus appropriated, or so much thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct, may be used to collect, purchase, test, propagate, and distribute rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries for experiments with reference to their introduction into this country; and the seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants thus collected, purchased, tested, and propa-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/295">295</page>gated shall not be included in general distribution, but shall be used for experimental tests to be carried on with the cooperation of the agricultural experiment stations, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, of which sum the. Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to use ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the erection of a suitable seed warehouse on the Department grounds for receiving, storing, cleaning, and properly preparing the seed handled by the Department.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Investigating production of domestic sugar</inline>: For all expenses,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beet, etc., sugar production.</p></sidenote> including the employment of labor in the city of Washington or else-where, necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue inquiry and ascertain the progress made in the production of domestic sugar from beets and sorghum, including the area of available lands adapted thereto by irrigation or otherwise, and to investigate all other matters concerning the same, live thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Bureau of Plant Industry, six hundred and twelve thou-sand seven hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>BUREAU OF FORESTRY.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Forestry,</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Forestry, salaries</inline>: One forester, who shall be Chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> of Bureau, three thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant forester, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant forester, two thou-sand dollars; one assistant forester, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one field assist-ant, one thousand five hundred dollars; one field assistant, one thousand four hundred dollars; one field assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one field assistant, one thousand dollars; one field assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten collaborators, at three hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; one clerk class three, one thousand six hundred dollars; one photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one computer, one thousand dollars; three clerks class one. three thou-sand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, three thou-sand six hundred dollars; seven clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, five thousand and forty dollars; in all, thirty-seven thou-sand eight hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses. Bureau of Forestry</inline>: To enable the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigations and reports.</p></sidenote> of Agriculture to experiment and to make and continue investifrations and report on forestry, forest reserves, forest fires, and lumwring; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and timber trees; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitable trees for the treeless regions; to collect and distribute valuable economic forest tree seeds and plants; for the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in practical forestry and in conducting experiments and investigations in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and for collating, digesting, reporting, illustrating, and printing the results of such experiments and investigations; for the purchase of all necessary supplies, apparatus,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling, etc., expenses.</p></sidenote> and office fixtures; for freight and express charges, and traveling and other necessary expenses, two hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars, of which sum not to exceed six thousand dollars may be used<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> for rent, and seven hundred dollars may be used in payment of rent for the months of March. April, May, and June, nineteen hundred and two. And the employees of the Bureau of Forestry outside of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leaves of absence.</p></sidenote> city of Washington may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, without additional expense to the Government, be granted leaves of absence not to exceed fifteen days in any one year.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Bureau of Forestry, two hundred and ninety-one thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/296">296</page>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Chemistry.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Chemistry, salaries</inline>: One chemist, who shall be Chief of Bureau, three thousand live hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, two thousand live hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thou-sand eight hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk class two. one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks class one. two thousand four hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apparatus etc.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses, Bureau of Chemistry</inline>: Chemical apparatus, chemicals, laboratory fixtures and supplies, repairs to engine and apparatus, gas and electric current, purchase of all necessary office fixtures, supplies, and necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary traveling and other expenses, labor and expert work in such investigations, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; to continue the collaboration with other bureaus and divisions of the Department desiring chemical investigations and to collaborate with other departments of the Government whose heads request the Secretary of Agriculture for such assistance, and for other miscellaneous work; for the employment of additional assistant chemists when necessary.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of adulterates food, etc.</p></sidenote>To investigate the adulteration of foods, drugs, and liquors when deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture advisable; and the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever he has reason to believe that articles are being imported from foreign countries which by reason of such adulteration are dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection of imported packages.</p></sidenote>shall make a request upon the Secretary of the Treasury for samples from original packages of such articles for inspection and analysis; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to open such original packages and deliver specimens to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose mentioned, giving notice to the owner or consignee of such articles, who may be present and have the right to introduce testimony; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unwholesome goods not to be delivered.</p></sidenote>and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse delivery to the consignee of any such goods which the Secretary of Agriculture reports to him Have been inspected and analyzed and found to be dangerous to health because of such adulterations.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of food preservatives, etc,</p></sidenote>To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character of proposed food preservatives and coloring matters, to determine their relation to digestion and to health, and to establish the principles <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign tests of American food products.</p></sidenote>which should guide their use: to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character of the chemical and physical tests which <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">inspection before shipment.</p></sidenote>are applied to American food products in foreign countries, and to inspect before shipment, when desired by the shippers or owners of these food products, American food products intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are required before said food products are allowed to be sold in the countries mentioned, and for all necessary expenses connected with such inspection and studies of methods of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Standards of purity,</p></sidenote>analysis in foreign countries: to enable the Secretary of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, and such other experts as he may deem necessary, to establish standards of purity for food products and to determine what are regarded as adulterations therein, for the guidance of the officials of the various <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies.</p></sidenote>States and of the courts of justice; for the preparation of reports, the purchase of apparatus, chemicals, samples, and supplies required in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents, etc.</p></sidenote>conducting such investigations, the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting such experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight, etc.</p></sidenote>digesting, and reporting the results of such experiments: for freight and express charges, and for traveling and other necessary expenses, and for the rent of buildings occupied by the Bureau of Chemistry.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/297">297</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To investigate, in collaboration with the Bureau of Animal Industry,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of dairy products etc.</p></sidenote> the chemistry of dairy products and of adulterants used therein, and of the adulterated products; to determine the composition of process and other treated butters, and other chemical studies relating to dairy products.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To study, in collaboration with the Weather Bureau and agricultural<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wheat and other cereals.</p></sidenote> experiment stations, the influence of environment upon the chemical composition of wheat and other cereals, with especial reference to the variation in the content of gluten, and the suitability of barley for brewing and other purposes.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To investigate the chemical composition of sugar-producing plants<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sugar-producing plants.</p></sidenote> in the United States and its possessions, and, in collaboration with the Weather Bureau and agricultural experiment stations, to study the effects of environment upon the chemical composition of sugar- producing plants, especially with reference to their content of avail-able sugar, sixty thousand five hundred dollars. Twenty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sirup.</p></sidenote> dollars of which sum. or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be used in investigating, determining, and reporting the proper treatment and process in order to secure uniform grade and quality of first-class marketable table sirup.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Bureau of Chemistry, seventy-three thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>BUREAU OF SOILS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Soils.</p></sidenote></heading>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Soils, salaries</inline>: One soil physicist, who shall be Chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> of Bureau, three thousand five hundred dollars; one scientist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one scientist, two thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two scientists, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; two scientists, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, three thousand two hundred dollars; two scientists, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, two thousand eight hundred dollars; two scientists, at one thou-sand two hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars; one scientist, one thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk class three, one thousand six hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars; one clerk class two, one. thousand four hundred dollars; five clerks class one. six thousand dollars: three clerks, at one thousand dollars each, throe thousand dollars; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; two watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one charwoman, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses</inline>. Bureau of Soils: Investigation of the relation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">investigation of soils.</p></sidenote> of soils to climate and organic life; for the investigation of the texture and composition of soils in the field and laboratory; for the. investigation of the cause and prevention of the rise of alkali in the soils of the irrigated districts; the investigation of the relation of soils to drainage and seepage, waters, and of methods for the prevention of the accumulation of and injury from seepage waters in irrigated districts; for investigations of soils in continental United States and for indicating upon maps or plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of such investigations; to map the tobacco soils of the United States; to investigate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tobacco.</p></sidenote> the soils and conditions of tobacco growth in Cuba, Sumatra, and other tobacco-competing countries; to investigate, in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry, the methods of curing, with particular reference to fermentation; to originate, through selection and breeding, improved varieties for the principal tobacco districts of the United States, and to secure, as far as may be, a change in the methods of supplying tobacco to foreign countries; the location of the stations; rent of buildings, not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum, for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents, etc,</p></sidenote> office, and laboratory purposes: the employment of local and special <page identifier="/us/stat/32/298">298</page>agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials, etc.</p></sidenote>the preparation and printing of reports, drawings, and illustrations; for materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, gas and electric-current, furniture, supplies, and for traveling expenses, freight and express charges, and other necessary expenses, one hundred and thirty thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Bureau of Soils, one hundred and sixty-nine thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of Entomology.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Division of Entomology, salaries</inline>: One entomologist, who shall be chief of division, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant entomologist, who shall be assistant chief of division, 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: two assistant entomologists or clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each, two thou-sand dollars; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigations.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses of entomological investigations</inline>: Promotion of economic entomology; investigating the history and habits of insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, horticulture, and arboriculture; ascertaining the best means of destroying those found to be injurious, including an investigation into the ravages of the codling moth and of the cotton-boll weevil, with a view of ascertaining the best methods of their extermination; investigations in apiculture; investigations of the damage to forests and forest trees by insects; purchase of chemicals, insecticide apparatus, and other materials, supplies, and instruments required in conducting such experiments and investigations; for the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere. and in collating, digesting, reporting. and illustrating the results of such experiments: freight and express charges, and necessary traveling expenses; preparing, illustrating. and publishing the results of the work of the division, forty-five thousand five hundred dollars, of which amount eight thousand dollars shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Division of Entomology, fifty-seven thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of Biological Survey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Division of Biological Survey, salaries</inline>: One biologist, who shall be chief of division, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant biologist, who shall be assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two assistant biologists, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; one assist-ant biologist, one thousand four hundred dollars: four assistant biologists, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigations, etc.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses of biological investigations</inline>: For biological investigations, including the geographic distribution and migrations of animals, birds, and plants, and for the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy, for an investigation of the food habits of North American birds and mammals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; for freight and express charges; for preparation and publication of reports, and for illustrations, field work, and traveling and other expenses in the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/299">299</page>practical work of the division, and to enable the Secretary of Agriculture<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preventing transportation of illegally tilled game.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 81, p. 187.</p></sidenote> to carry into effect the provisions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agricultural experiment stations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 440.</p></sidenote> of an Act approved May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred, entitled “An Act to enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, prohibiting the transportation by inter-state commerce of game killed in violation of local laws, and for other purposes.” twenty-eight thousand dollars, of which sum two thousand dollars shall be immediately available.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Division of Biological Survey, forty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Division of Accounts and Disbursements</inline>: Chief of division and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of Accounts and Disbursements.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> disbursing clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars: one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks class three, four thousand eight hundred dollars; six clerks class two, eight thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks class one (one of whom shall be a stenographer and typewriter), three thousand six hundred dollars: one custodian of records and tiles, one thousand dollars; total for Division of Accounts and Disbursements, twenty-four thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Division of Publications, salaries</inline>: One editor, who shall be chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of Publications.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one associate editor, two thousand dollars; one assistant editor, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two assistant editors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, three thousand two hundred dollars; two editorial clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, two thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks class one, four thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars; two copyists, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; one assistant in charge of document section, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one foreman document section, one thousand four hundred dollars; one chief folder, one thousand dollars; one folder, eight hundred and forty dollars: in all. twenty-eight thou-sand eight hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses, Division of Publications</inline>: For the preparation,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">printing, etc., of documents.</p></sidenote> printing, illustration, publication, indexing, and distribution of documents, bulletins, and reports, two hundred thousand dollars, of which sum one hundred and seven thousand five hundred dollars shall be available for the preparation and printing of fanners’ bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congressional allotment.</p></sidenote> shall be delivered to or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by Senators. Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as such Senators, Representatives, or Delegates in Congress shall direct: <proviso><i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notification.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of Agriculture shall notify Senators, Representatives. and Delegates in Congress of the title and character of each such bulletin, with the total number to which each Senator. Representative, and Delegate may be entitled for distribution: and on the face of the envelope inclosing said bulletins shall be printed the title of each bulletin contained therein:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further.</i> That all such bulletins<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposition of uncalled for bulletins.</p></sidenote> included in the quotas of Senators. Representatives, or Delegates not called for on or before the thirty-first day of May in each fiscal year shall revert to the Secretary of Agriculture, and be available to him, either for miscellaneous distribution or in making up Congressional quotas for the next fiscal year; twelve thousand five hundred dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional employees.</p></sidenote> for additional assistants, editorial, proof reading, indexing, and other necessary help, in the city of Washington or elsewhere; for the pay of artists, draftsmen, and engravers; the purchase of manuscript for publication; for tools, instruments, and artists’ materials; for drawings,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tools, instrumenta, etc.</p></sidenote> engravings, photographs, paintings, lithographs, and other illustration work; for electrotypes, and for traveling expenses when necessary; eighty thousand dollars for labor and material required in the distribution of documents, including purchase of wagon, harness, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/300">300</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote>and horses, and maintenance of same, and for repairs; for rent of building for the storage and distribution of farmers’ bulletins, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watchman, etc.</p></sidenote>the pay of watchman, charwomen, all necessary office fixtures and supplies, and for such other expenses as may be entailed by the occupation of said rented building; in all, two hundred thousand dollars.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Division of Publications, two hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of Statistics.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Division of Statistics, salaries</inline>: One statistician, who shall be chief of division, three thousand dollars: one assistant statistician, who shall be assistant chief of division, two thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks class four, live thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks class three, six thousand four hundred dollars; live clerks class two, seven thousand dollars: eight clerks class one, nine thousand six hundred dollars; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars: four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, forty-six thousand nine hundred anil sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collecting statistics.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses, Division of Statistics</inline>: Collecting domestic and foreign agricultural statistics; compiling, writing, and illustrating statistical matter for monthly, annual, and special reports; special investigations and compilations; subscription to. and purchase of, statistical and newspaper publications containing data for permanent comparative records; maps and charts; stationery supplies, blanks, blank books, circulars, paper, envelopes, postal cards, postage stamps, freight and express charges, including employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and necessary traveling expenses: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monthly crop re-port.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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, in the United States, with such explanations, comparisons, and information as may be 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, ninety-four thousand two hundred dollars, of which sum not more than forty thou-sand dollars shall be expended for salaries in the city of Washington, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consol illation.</p></sidenote>District of Columbia. And the Secretary of Agriculture shall at the next session of Congress report, giving his reasons, whether it is advisable to consolidate with the Weather Bureau all work of the. Department of Agriculture relating to the gathering and compilation of crop reports and statistics; and if so, to submit a plan for such consolidation.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Division of Statistics, one hundred and forty-one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of Foreign Markets.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Division of Foreign Markets, salaries</inline>: One chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk class two, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk class one. one thousand two hundred dollars; in all. eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extension of foreign markets.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses, Division of Foreign Markets</inline>: Investigations concerning the feasibility of extending the demands of foreign markets for the agricultural products of the United States, and to secure, as far as may be, a change in the methods of supplying farm <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special agents, etc.</p></sidenote>products to foreign countries; employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in making investigations in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collecting, digesting, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses, etc.</p></sidenote>reporting, and illustrating the results of such investigations; traveling expenses and freight and express charges; telephone and telegraph service; and all necessary supplies and apparatus; six thousand live hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Division of Foreign Markets, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Library, salaries</inline>: One librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; <page identifier="/us/stat/32/301">301</page>one clerk (who shall be a translator), one thousand two hundred dollars: one cataloguer, one thousand two hundred dollars; two cataloguers, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; two clerks, eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars: one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars: in all, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">General expenses for Department Library</inline>: Purchase of technical<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p></sidenote> books of reference, technical papers, and technical periodicals necessary for the work of the Department, and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, for binding periodicals, and for library fixtures, shelving, library cards, and other material, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total, for library. Department of Agriculture, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Museum</inline>: One care taker, one thousand dollars; for labor in cleaning<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Museum.</p></sidenote> and caring for building, one charwoman, at, five hundred and forty dollars: three charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, two thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent expenses, Department of Agriculture</inline>: Purchase<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> of stationery, blank books, twine,paper, gum,dry goods,soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice. fuel, water and gas pipes, heating apparatus, furniture, carpets, matting; for lights, freight, express charges, advertising, telegraphing, washing towels, and necessary repairs and improvements to buildings and heating apparatus; for the employment of one carpenter, at one thousand dollars, and for the employment of one painter, at. nine hundred dollars; the purchase, subsistence, and care of horses, for official purposes only; the purchase and repair of harness: the purchase and repair of vehicles, for official purposes only; payment of duties on imported articles, and the Department of Agriculture’s proportionate share of the dispatch agent in New York, not to exceed four hundred dollars; 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, including not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for postage, thirty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>MISCELLANEOUS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Agricultural experiment stations</inline>: To carry into effect the pro-visions of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12. p. 508.</p></sidenote> eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 441.</p></sidenote> and sixty-two. and of the Acts supplementary thereto.” and to enforce the execution thereof, seven hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars; thirty-seven thousand dollars of which sum shall bo payable upon the order of the Secretary of Agriculture to enable him to carry out the pro-visions of section three of said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and fifteen thousand dollars of which sum may be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report to Congress upon the agricultural resources and capabilities of Alaska,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p></sidenote> and to establish and maintain agricultural experiment stations in said Territory, including the erection of buildings and all other expenses essential to the maintenance of such stations; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Financial statement.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24. p. 441.</p></sidenote> required by section three of said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven: shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures.</p></sidenote> appropriation hereby made are in accordance with the provisions of said Act, and shall make report thereon to Congress; and the Secretary of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/302">302</page>Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and to incur such other expenses for office fixtures and sup-plies, stationery, traveling, freight, and express charges, illustration of the Experiment Station Record, bulletins and reports, as he may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of sums apportioned to States.</p></sidenote>find essential in carrying out the objects of the above Acts, and the sums apportioned to the several States shall be paid quarterly in advance. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agricultural stations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hawaii.</p></sidenote>expense of the preparation of the index. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend twelve thousand dollars of which sum to establish and maintain an agricultural station in the Hawaiian Islands, including the erection of buildings, the printing (in the Hawaiian Islands), illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other expenses essential to the maintenance of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Porto Rico.</p></sidenote>station. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend twelve thousand dollars of which sum to establish and maintain an agricultural experiment station in Porto Rico, including the erection of buildings, the printing (in Porto Rico), illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other expenses essential <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of products.</p></sidenote>to the maintenance of said station: and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska. Hawaii, and Porto Rico, and to apply the moneys received from the sale of such products to the maintenance of said stations; in all. seven hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of nutritive value of food.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Nutrition investigations</inline>: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestions of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use; 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 and Territories, and as may be mutually <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports,</p></sidenote>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, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irrigation.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Irrigation investigations</inline>: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the laws as affecting irrigation and the rights of riparian proprietors and institutions relating to irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, at home or abroad, with especial suggestions of better methods for the utilization of irrigation waters in agriculture than those in common use, and upon plans for the removal of seepage and surplus waters by drainage, and upon the use of different kinds of power for irrigation and other agricultural <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reporta.</p></sidenote>purposes, and for the preparation, printing, and illustration of reports and bulletins on irrigation, including employment of labor in the city of Washington or elsewhere: and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed 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 regal'd to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States and Territories as may be mutually agreed upon, sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public roads.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Public road inquiries</inline>: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make inquiries in regard to the system of road management through-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/303">303</page>out the United States; to make investigations in regard to the best methods of road making, and the best kind of road-making materials in the several States; the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; to enable, the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the chemical and physical character of road materials, for the pay of experts, chemists, and laborers, for necessary apparatus and materials; traveling, and other necessary expenses, and for preparing 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, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Silk investigations</inline>: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Silk experiments.</p></sidenote> and disseminate information relating to silk culture in the United States, and for all expenses for experimental work in connection there-with. including expert and other labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, ten thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all existing statutes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existing Statutes applicable to reorganized bureaus.</p></sidenote> relating to the Division of Soils, reorganized into the Bureau of Soils; the Division of Forestry, reorganized into the Bureau of Forestry; the Division of Chemistry, reorganized into the Bureau of Chemistry; and the Division of Botany, the Division of Pomology, the Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, the Division of Agrostology and Experimental Gardens and Grounds, reorganized into the Bureau of Plant Industry, not otherwise repealed, shall remain in effect as applying to the respective bureaus into which the divisions named have been reorganized:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further.</i> That advances of public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advances of public money.</p></sidenote> money from the appropriations for the Department of Agriculture shall be made by the Secretary of Agriculture only to such chiefs of field parties, agricultural explorers, special agents, and others as shall have given bonds in such sums as the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><proviso><i>Provided further.</i> That hereafter the estimates of appropriations for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual estimates.</p></sidenote> the Department of Agriculture shall be prepared and submitted each year according to the order and arrangement of the Act for the year preceding; and any changes in such order or arrange nient desired by the Secretary of Agriculture may be submitted by note in the estimates.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture to submit, in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimates in detail of clerks employed required annually.</p></sidenote> Book of Estimates for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, and annually thereafter, immediately following estimates of each of the respective offices, bureaus and divisions of the Department of Agriculture a statement showing in detail the number of clerks who were employed in the District, of Columbia upon regular and continuous work for thirty days or more during the previous fiscal year in or under such offices, bureaus or divisions under authority of and paid from general appropriations, indicating in the case of every such employment the rate of compensation received and the appropriation from which paid.</p>
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<dc:title>Chap. 986: To permit the occupancy of the public-printing building by the Grand Army of the Republic.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>986</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>986.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To permit the occupancy of the public-printing building by the Grand Army of the Republic.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-03">June 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/140">Public, No. 140</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline fontsize10">That the Public Printer of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government printing office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Army of the Republic may occupy new building during encampment of 1902.</p></sidenote> the United States and the engineer officer in charge of the construction of the new public-printing office building are hereby directed and authorized to permit duly accredited members of the Grand Army of the Republic to occupy the new public-printing office building for sleeping <page identifier="/us/stat/32/304">304</page>purposes only from the fifth day of October, nineteen hundred and two, to the thirteenth day of October, nineteen hundred and two, both days inclusive.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furnishing, etc.</p></sidenote>The officers of the Grand Army of the Republic or members thereof shall furnish the same for sleeping purposes only at their own expense and properly police and protect the same and leave the building in as perfect state of cleanliness and repair as when they took it. The occupancy of the same shall be under the control and supervision of the Public Printer and the engineer officer in charge,</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 3, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 987: To donate to the State of Alabama the spars of the captured battle ships Don Juan d'Austria and Almirante Oquendo.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>987</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 304</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-03</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>987.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To donate to the State of Alabama the spars of the captured battle ships Don Juan d'Austria and Almirante Oquendo.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-03">June 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/141">Public, No. 141</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alabama.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spars of captured Spanish battle ships donated to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the lower mast taken from the captured Spanish battle ship Don Juan d’Austria, at Manila, and the topmast from the Almirante Oquendo, at Santiago de Cuba, be, and the same are hereby, donated by the United States to the State of Alabama, to be used in the erection of a flagstaff on the capitol grounds of said State as a perpetual memorial to the valor of the American Navy.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 3, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 989: To fix the time of holding the circuit and district courts for the southern district of West Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>989</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 304</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-04</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>989.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To fix the time of holding the circuit and district courts for the southern district of West Virginia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-04">June 4, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/142">Public, No. 142</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Virginia southern judicial district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 738.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That so much of the Act of Congress approved January twenty-second, nineteen hundred and one. entitled “An Act to divide the State of West Virginia into two judicial districts.’' as relates to the time of holding the regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the southern district <sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8">Terms of court.</p></sidenote>of West Virginia, be amended so as to read as follows: “At Hunting-ton, the first Tuesday in April and the first Tuesday after the third Monday in September; at Bluefield, the first Tuesday in May and the third Tuesday in October; at Charleston, the first Tuesday in June and the third Tuesday in November.”</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 4, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1030: Authorizing the board of supervisors of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, to issue bonds for the erection of a court-house and jail for said county.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1030</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-06-05</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1030.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the board of supervisors of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, to issue bonds for the erection of a court-house and jail for said county.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-05">June 5, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/143">Public, No. 143</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santa Cruz County, Ariz.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bands for court-house and jail authorized.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the board of supervisors of the county of Santa Cruz, Territory of Arizona, is hereby authorized to issue bonds on said county in the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars for the construction of a court-house and jail for said county and vaults for the preservation of its records.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denomination and interest.</p></sidenote>That said bonds may be in such denominations as the said board may prescribe and shall bear not more than five per centum interest per annum, and shall not be sold for less than their par value. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of payment.</p></sidenote>Said bonds shall be made payable in thirty years, with an option on the part of the county to pay any or all of them after ten years from the date of their issue.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">Sec. 3. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sinking fund.</p></sidenote>That for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds as it becomes due and provide for a sinking fund to pay said bonds the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/305">305</page>said board of supervisors shall levy and cause to be collected, as other county taxes are levied and collected, a sufficient tax on the assessable<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxes.</p></sidenote> property in said county as will meet the interest as it falls due and provide a reasonable sinking fund to pay said bonds when due.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4">Sec. 4. </num><content>That said bonds shall be printed with interest coupons attached<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coupons.</p></sidenote> thereto; each coupon shall represent one year’s interest on the bond, and when the interest represented in a coupon is paid the coupon shall be detached from the bond and placed by the treasurer with his other vouchers before the board of supervisors.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 5, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1032: Extending the time for the commencement and completion of the bridge across the Missouri River at or near Oacoma, South Dakota.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1032</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 305</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-06</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1032.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Extending the time for the commencement and completion of the bridge across the Missouri River at or near Oacoma, South Dakota.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-06">June 6, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/144">Public, No. 144</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time for the commencement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time extended Chicago, Sioux Falls and Pacific Railroad Company for constructing bridge, Oacoma, S. Dak.</p></sidenote> of the bridge across the Missouri River at or near the village of Oacoma, in the State of South Dakota, authorized by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge at or near Oacoma, South Dakota,” approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be, and the same is hereby, ex-tended to July first, nineteen hundred and three, and the time for the<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 806; Vol. 31, p. 760.</p></sidenote> completion of said bridge be, and the same is hereby, extended to July first, nineteen hundred and six.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 6, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1033: 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.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1033</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 305</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-06</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1033.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>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.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-06">June 6, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/145">Public, No. 145</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the sums of money<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fortifications appropriations.</p></sidenote> herein provided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be avail-able until expended, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
	<heading>fortifications and other works of defense.</heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction of gun batteries, two million dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gun batteries.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For installation of range and position tinders, three hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Range finders.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and installation of search lights for the defenses of our<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Search lights.</p></sidenote> most important harbors, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the procurement of land, or right pertaining thereto, needed for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sites.</p></sidenote> the site, location, construction, or prosecution of works for fortifications and coast defenses, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of War, in his discretion, and if in his judgment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cushings Island, Me.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of lottery sites.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post.</i> p. 1024.</p></sidenote> it will be for the best interests of the Government, to purchase all land on Cushing’s Island, Portland Harbor. Maine, necessary to be used to erect additional batteries and for buildings for the troops, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no part of this sum shall be expended<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> until a valid title to said land and property shall have been acquired by the United States.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preservation, etc.</p></sidenote> which there may be no special appropriation available, three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/306">306</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Fort Griswold tract.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Granted to Connecticut for a public park.</p></sidenote>There is hereby granted to the State of Connecticut the right to occupy, improve, and control, for the purposes of a public park for the use and benefit of citizens of the United States and for no other purposes whatever, the tract of land owned by the United States which is situated on the east shore of New London Harbor, in said State of Connecticut, known as the Fort Griswold tract, and partly occupied by an abandoned fort and earthwork of that name, said tract being bounded northerly by the Fort Griswold monument reservation and by the land of various private parties, easterly and southerly by the land of various private parties, and westerly by New London Harbor and by the land of various private parties. The provisions of this grant are that the State, of Connecticut shall have and exercise power to make and enforce police regulations concerning said tract and shall protect it from injury and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans for improvement.</p></sidenote>defacement; that before beginning any use or improvement of said tract the State of Connecticut shall present to the Secretary of War detailed plans of any improvement and shall have received his approval <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to resume possession reserved.</p></sidenote>thereof; that the United States reserves to itself the fee in said tract and the right 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 the public defense or otherwise, without any claim for compensation to the State of Connecticut for improvements which may have been made thereon or damages on account thereof.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans.</p></sidenote>For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electric plante.</p></sidenote>For tools, electrical and engine supplies and appliances, to be furnished by the Engineer Department, for the use of the troops for maintaining and operating electric light and power plants in gun and mortar batteries, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sea walls.</p></sidenote>For construction of sea walls and embankments, one hundred thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Submarine mines.</p></sidenote>For the construction of mining casemates, cable galleries, torpedo storehouses, cable tanks, and other structures necessary for the operation, preservation, and care of submarine mines and their accessories, thirty-three thousand dollars, to be expended by the Engineer Department.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torpedoes for harbor defense.</p></sidenote>For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing the channels leading to our principal seaports, and continuing torpedo experiments, seventeen thousand dollars, to be expended by the Artillery Corps.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Totten, N. Y., school of submarine mines.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote>School of submarine defense at Fort Totten. New York: Incidental expenses of school and 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, black-smiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers, photographers, engine drivers, telegraph operators, teamsters, wheelwrights, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers, repairs of and for materials to repair public buildings, boats used in connection with the school, office furniture and fixtures, machinery, and unforeseen expenses, ten thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials.</p></sidenote>Purchase of materials for use in instruction of artillery troops at Fort Totten, New York, in their special duties in connection with loading and planting of submarine mines, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special apparatus.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of electricity, etc.</p></sidenote>Purchase of special apparatus and for experimental purposes of the department of electricity, mines, and mechanism, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of chemistry, etc.</p></sidenote>Purchase of special apparatus and for experimental purposes of the department of chemistry and explosives, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electrician ser géants' division.</p></sidenote>Purchase of special apparatus for electrician sergeants division, one thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Purchase and binding of professional books of recent date treating<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Professional books.</p></sidenote> of military and scientific subjects for library of school of submarine defense and use of school, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to apply the money<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> herein appropriated under the heading “Fortifications and other works of defense,,” in carrying on the various works, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the Government. Where said works are done by contract, such contract shall be made after sufficient public advertisement for proposals, in such manner and form as the Secretary of War shall prescribe: and such contracts shall be made, with the lowest responsible bidders, accompanied by such securities as the Secretary of War shall require, conditioned for the faithful prosecution and completion of the work according to such contract.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
	<heading>ARMAMENT OF FORTIFICATIONS.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armament.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For finishing and assembling eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army Gun Factory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eight-inch, etc., guns.</p></sidenote> guns at the Army Gun Factory, including any new tools or machinery necessary, eighty-one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For oil-tempered and annealed steel for coast-defense guns of eight-inch,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steel.</p></sidenote> ten-inch, and twelve-inch caliber, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no contract for oil-tempered and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum price per pound.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steel-wire seacoast guns.</p></sidenote> annealed steel for high-power coast-defense guns and mortars shall be made at a price exceeding twenty-one cents per pound:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That in the discretion of the Secretary of War a portion of this money may be used for the purchase of material for a limited number of steel-wire seacoast guns.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase, manufacture, alteration, and issue of carriages for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carriages.</p></sidenote> mounting seacoast guns of eight, ten, and twelve inch calibers, including any new tools or machinery necessary for their manufacture at arsenals, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disappearing carriages, test.</p></sidenote> money appropriated by this Act shall be expended for disappearing carriages or emplacements or magazines therefor until a thorough test has been made by a disinterested board of officers of high rank and at least one mechanical engineer of high standing, with not less than thirty shots from a ten inch gun. with full charges of smokeless powder and full weight of shot, under all the conditions of actual service, the whole, time elapsing between the firing of the first shot and the tiring of the last shot being reported, and also the, time elapsing between the firing of each shot in succession, the cost of such test to be paid out of this appropriation.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For alterations and improvements of twelve-inch mortar carriages,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mortar carriages.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For powders, projectiles, and explosives for reserve supply for cannon,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reserve supply ammunition.</p></sidenote> three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rapid-fire guns, including their mounts, sights, implements,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rapid-fire guns.</p></sidenote> ammunition, and so forth, to be procured by the Secretary of War by contract or otherwise, including any new tools or machinery necessary for their manufacture at arsenals, one million two hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eight, ten. and twelve inch guns manufactured by contract under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contract guns.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, pp. 319, 770.</p></sidenote> the provisions of the Fortifications Acts approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three hundred and twenty-five thousand six hundred and thirty three dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For proof of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, nine thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof of eight-inch, etc., guns.</p></sidenote> one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For armor plates and deck plates, including backing and cost of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armor plates, etc., for tests.</p></sidenote> erection, for testing armor-piercing and deck-piercing projectiles, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ammunition for practice, etc.</p></sidenote>For ammunition for artillery practice, including components thereof, and tools, etc., for reloading the fired cases, two hundred and ninety thousand and fifty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Machine guns.</p></sidenote>For machine guns, including metallic carriages, with limbers and protective shields, complete, and also automatic and semiautomatic guns, with their mounts, ammunition, and so forth, fifty-five thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Range finders.</p></sidenote>For range finders, including instruments for fire control and azimuth instruments for coast defense, and for instruments for field batteries, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipments.</p></sidenote>For implements and equipments for service, and also for mounting, repairs, care, and preservation of armament and of range finders, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Material, etc.</p></sidenote>For material, poorer lathes, machinist tools, and tools and implements for the use of battery mechanics at the fortifications, fifty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mountain guns.</p></sidenote>For mountain guns, with their carriages, packing outfits, accessories, and ammunition, eighty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Field howitzers.</p></sidenote>For field howitzers, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For carriages for field howitzers, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breech-loading rifles.</p></sidenote>For breech-loading rifles, siege, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For carriages for breech-loading rifles, siege, including implements, equipments, platforms, and ammunition wagons, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breech-loading howitzers.</p></sidenote>For breech-loading howitzers, siege, eight thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For carriages for breech-loading howitzers, siege, including implements, equipments, platforms, and ammunition wagons, fourteen thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sights.</p></sidenote>For sights for cannon, twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuses, etc.</p></sidenote>For fuses and primers for cannon, fifty-four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspecting instruments.</p></sidenote>For inspecting instruments, gauges, and templets for the manufacture of cannon, projectiles, and carriages, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subcaliber tubes, etc.</p></sidenote>For subcaliber tubes, fittings, and ammunition for artillery practice, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bethlehem Iron Company contracts assumed by Bethlehem Steel Company.</p></sidenote>All contracts of the Bethlehem Iron Company, of South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, heretofore made between it and the United States, except the contract of November seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. for one hundred eight, ten, and twelve-inch guns, shall be completed by its successor, the Bethlehem Steel Company, or its successor, which has acquired or may acquire all of its assets and has assumed or may assume all of its liabilities under the said contracts; and the said Bethlehem Steel Company, or its lawful successor, upon giving good security in same form and amount, conditioned for the performance by it of the said contracts, shall be substituted therein for the said Bethlehem Iron Company and be entitled to exercise all rights thereunder which the said Bethlehem Iron Company had or would have had if it had continued in existence.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pneumatic Gun Carriage and Power Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proposition accept-ed.</p></sidenote>The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept the proposition of the Pneumatic Gun Carriage and Power Company contained in its letter of August ninth, nineteen hundred and one, addressed to the president of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, for settlement of its contract dated November fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to furnish the Department with a ten-inch disappearing gun carriage.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
	<heading>proving ground, sandy hook, new jersey.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandy Hook proving ground.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote>For current expenses and maintenance of the ordnance proving ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, including expenses incident to the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/309">309</page>transportation of men and material therefor, 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, thirty-seven thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the necessary expenses of officers while temporarily employed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of officers.</p></sidenote> on 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, eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of railroad tracks connecting the proving ground with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad truck repairs.</p></sidenote> the Central Railroad of New Jersey, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one locomotive crane, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locomotive crane.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to dock, thirteen thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dock repairs.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For adding to the wing of the brick bouse for accommodations of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers’ quarters.</p></sidenote> officers temporarily at the proving grounds, including heating, lighting, and plumbing, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one water tower, with connecting pipes, joints, and so forth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water tower, etc.</p></sidenote> one thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For replacing plank roads by macadam, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Macadamizing roads.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For storehouse, eight thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Storehouse.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For barracks for enlisted men, forty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlarging and furnishing the office and instrument house at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office.</p></sidenote> Sandy Hook proving ground, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing and equipping the chemical laboratory, ten thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chemical laboratory.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For structure for refrigeration and heat tests of smokeless powders,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Structure for smoke-less powder tests.</p></sidenote> with its equipment, including the necessary boiler and engine, six thousand dollars.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
	<heading>sea-wall at sandy hook, new jersey.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sea wall, Sandy Hook, N. J.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">For construction of a riprap or stone wall and causeway for the protection of the eastern beach of the United States lands at Sandy look. New Jersey, and the Government railroad thereon, seventy-five thousand dollars.</content>
	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
	<heading>frankford arsenal, philadelphia, pennsylvania.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa,</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For establishment of a power plant for the artillery ammunition<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Power plant, ammunition factory.</p></sidenote> factory, and the removal thereto of engines and boilers on hand, fifty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For box-making and packing shop for small arms’ cartridge factory,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Box-making, etc., shop.</p></sidenote> twenty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
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	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
	<heading>watertown arsenal, watertown, massachusetts.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watertown Arsenal, Mass.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completion of erecting shop and new gun-carriage storehouse,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New shop and gun-carriage storehouse.</p></sidenote> by completing basement and providing the necessary floors, eight thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement and maintenance of gun-carriage plant, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gun-carriage plant.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
	</content>
	</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
	<heading>watervliet arsenal, west troy, new york.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">For machines for an increased output of the field and siege gun<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Machines, gun shops.</p></sidenote> shops, twenty-five thousand dollars.</content>
	</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/310">310</page>
<appropriations level="small">
	<heading>board of ordnance and fortification.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Ordnance and Fortification.</p></sidenote></heading>
	<content class="firstIndent1">
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchases.</p></sidenote>To enable the board 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 material as may, in the judgment of the board, be necessary in the proper discharge of the duty devolved <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 25, p. 489.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civilian member.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 769.</p></sidenote>upon it by the Act approved September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight: to pay the salary of the civilian member of the Board of Ordnance and 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem.</p></sidenote>contemplated in said Act; 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tests.</p></sidenote>station, of two dollars and fifty cents a day; and for the test of experimental guns, carriages, and other devices procured in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, one hundred thousand dollars, the expenditure of which shall be made by the several bureaus of the War Department heretofore having jurisdiction of the same, or by the board itself, as the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to use inventions.</p></sidenote>of War may direct: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchases to be of American manufacture.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception.</p></sidenote>That all material purchased under the foregoing provisions of this 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.</p>
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	</appropriations>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 6, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1036: To increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1036.—</docNumber>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-06">June 6, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/146">Public, No. 146</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omnibus public building act.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost limit increased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 424.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="inline fontsize10">That to enable the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to give effect to and execute the provisions of existing legislation authorizing the purchase of sites and the erection thereon of public buildings in the several cities hereinafter enumerated the limit of cost heretofore fixed by Congress therefor be, and the same is hereby, increased, respectively, as follows, anti the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the completion of each of said buildings within its respective limit of cost, including site, hereby fixed:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anniston, Ala.</p></sidenote>The limit of cost of the public building in Anniston, Alabama, is hereby increased from fifty thousand dollars to seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montgomery, Ala.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Montgomery, Alabama, from one hundred and eighty-five thousand four hundred and fifty-six <page identifier="/us/stat/32/311">311</page>dollars and sixty-seven cents to two hundred and fifty thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Fort Smith, Arkansas,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Smith. Ark.</p></sidenote> from one hundred and thirty thousand six hundred and seven dollars and ninety-six cents to two hundred and thirty thousand six hundred and seven dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States mint at. Denver, Colorado, from five hundred thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denver, Colo., mint.</p></sidenote> dollars to eight hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Beaumont, Texas, from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beaumont, Tex.</p></sidenote> seventy-five thousand dollars to one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire additional ground adjoining the present site sufficient in size to accommodate the necessary enlargement, of the present building, said additional ground to cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Hartford,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hartford, Conn.</p></sidenote> Connecticut, from eight hundred and sixty-two thousand two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and fifteen cents to one million one hundred and two thousand two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Tampa,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tampa, Fla.</p></sidenote> Florida, from three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to three hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Brunswick, Georgia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brunswick, Ga.</p></sidenote> from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and thirty thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Atlanta,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlanta, Ga.</p></sidenote> Georgia, from four hundred and thirty-two thousand three hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents to six hundred and two thousand three hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents, and the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of additional land.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post.</i> p. 1211.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to expend not to exceed one hundred and seventy thousand dollars for the acquisition of additional land for the enlargement of the site heretofore acquired: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the land so authorized to be acquired is the remainder<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Description.</p></sidenote> of the block or square upon which the present post-office building is now located and can be secured within said limit of cost hereby fixed.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Monmouth, Illinois, from forty-seven<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monmouth, Ill.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars to forty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Ottumwa. Iowa, from forty-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ottumwa, Iowa.</p></sidenote> five hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty-nine cents to fifty-two thousand and ninety-eight dollars and fifty-nine cents, and the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to expend not to exceed six thousand five hundred dollars for the acquisition of additional land for the enlargement of the site heretofore acquired: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the land so authorized to be acquired has a frontage of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Description.</p></sidenote> ninety-nine feet on the public park and a depth of one hundred and thirty-two feet, and is the property now owned by the Hawley estate adjoining the present post-office site.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Burlington, Iowa, from one hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Burlington, Iowa.</p></sidenote> twenty-six thousand two hundred ami thirteen dollars and seventy-nine cents to one hundred and sixty-six thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-nine cents, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make the necessary extension and changes in said building within the limit of cost hereby fixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Paducah,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paducah. Ky.</p></sidenote> Kentucky, from one hundred and forty-five thousand two hundred and ten dollars to two hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Richmond, Kentucky,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richmond, Ky.</p></sidenote> from one hundred thousand nine hundred and forty-nine dollars and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/312">312</page>ninety-two cents to one hundred and twenty thousand nine hundred and forty-nine dollars and ninety-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Augusta, Me,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1207.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Augusta, Maine, from two hundred anti nine thousand one hundred and seventy- six dollars and six cents to three hundred and fifty-nine thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars and six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bangor, Me.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and custom-house at Bangor, Maine, from two hundred and forty-seven thousand eight hundred and four dollars and twenty-eight cents to two hundred and eighty-two thousand eight hundred and four dollars and twenty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland, Md.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Cumberland, Maryland, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lynn, Mass.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Lynn, Massachusetts, from one hundred and twenty-five thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and twenty-seven cents to one hundred and twentvseven thousand and thirty-three dollars and twentvseven cents, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to repair and improve said building within the limit of cost hereby fixed. ‘ “</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minneapolis, Minn.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Minneapolis. Minnesota, from seven hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred and thirteen dollars and nineteen cents to nine hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and thirteen dollars and nineteen cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fergus Falls, Minn,</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jackson. Miss.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Jackson, Mississippi, from one hundred and fifty-three thousand and forty-seven dollars and thirty-three cents to one hundred and fifty-eight thousand and forty--seven dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joplin, Mo.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Joplin, Missouri, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Butte, Mont.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Butte. Montana, from two hundred anil twenty-five thousand dollars to three hundred thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lincoln, Nebr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1209.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Lincoln, Nebraska, from two hundred and twentvseven thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars and ninety-six cents to five hundred and twentvseven thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars and ninety- six cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Brunswick, N.J.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at New Brunswick, New Jersey, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rochester, N. Y.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Rochester, New York, from six hundred and seven thousand five hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty-two cents to six hundred and forty-seven thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote>hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty-two cents, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire, as additional land for the enlargement of the present site, a plot of ground, including the buildings thereon, adjoining the Government building site and between North Fitzhugh street and Pindell alley, containing about eleven thousand and eighty-six square feet, at a cost not exceeding forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York City, custom-house.</p></sidenote>United States custom-house at New York City, New York, from three million dollars to four million five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Binghamton. N. Y.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Binghamton. New York, from one hundred and fifty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty- two dollars and ten cents to one hundred and fifty-nine thousand six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote>hundred and twelve dollars and ten cents, and the Secretary of the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/313">313</page>Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to expend not to exceed two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars for the acquisition of additional land for the enlargement of the site heretofore acquired: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the additional and so acquired shall be all that parcel<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Description.</p></sidenote> of land situate in the city of Binghamton, New York, being twenty--eight feet front on Henry street in said city, and about two hundred feet deep on Center street in said city, and bounded north by Henry street, east by Center street, west by the present Government building lot and site upon which its public building in now erected. The said lot runs to a point on the south where Center street touches the Government building lot.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Buffalo,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo, N. Y.</p></sidenote> New York, from two million dollars to two million and thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Jamestown, New York,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jamestown, N. Y.</p></sidenote> from one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Elizabeth City, North<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth City. N.C.</p></sidenote> Carolina, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and twenty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the Secretary of the Treasury, in his<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Change of sites,</p></sidenote> discretion, may exchange the present site for a new site without additional cost or expense therefor to the Government, and erect the said building thereon.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Cleveland,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Ohio, from two million five hundred thousand dollars to three million dollars, and to permit the location of the post-office, custom-house, and court-house building in the city of Cleveland. Ohio, so that the same may conform to the building lines as desired by the municipal authorities of said city, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> in his discretion, to acquire from the city of Cleveland. Ohio, by deed or other means of assuring title thereto, so much land, as an addition to the site of said building, as may be necessary for the above purpose, by extending the site into the present sidewalk line of Wood street, and to convey to said city of Cleveland, in exchange therefor, a like quantity of land on the public-square boundary of said site: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No cost to the United States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandusky, Ohio.</p></sidenote>That such exchange can be effected without cost to the United States.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and custom-house at Sandusky, Ohio, from one hundred thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents to one hundred and twenty thousand three hundred mid twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents: and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized in his discretion to acquire, as additional land for the enlargement of the present site, seventy feet front on Market street and one hundred and thirty-two feet deep running south from the west part of lots seven and nine, Columbus avenue, including building thereon, at a cost not to exceed twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Youngstown, Ohio, from seventy-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Youngstown, Ohio.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars to eighty-nine thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the 'Treasury is hereby authorized in his discretion to acquire, as additional land for the enlargement of the present site, seventy-three and one-half feet on Front street and one hundred and thirty feet deep adjoining the present site at a cost not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Richmond,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richmond, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post.</i> p. 1210.</p></sidenote> Virginia, from five hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eight cents to five hundred and ninety- one thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eight cents; and the Secretary of the Treasury<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> is hereby authorized in his discretion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the Shafer property adjoining the present post-office site in Richmond, Virginia, having a frontage of sixty feet on Main and Bank streets and a depth <page identifier="/us/stat/32/314">314</page>of one hundred and sixty feet from Slain to Bank streets, containing about nine thousand six hundred square feet, within a limit of cost of seventy-five thousand dollars, hereby fixed, unless a higher value, not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, be fixed in the condemnation proceedings hereinbefore authorized.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eau Claire, Wis.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, from one hundred and ten thousand dollars to one hundred and forty thousand dollars, and the limit of cost of site is hereby fixed at ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portland, Oreg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-office and court-house.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Portland, Oregon, from four hundred and four thousand three hundred and live dollars and seventy-four cents to six hundred and four thousand three hundred and five dollars and seventy-four cents, for the purpose of enlarging said building so as to make the same suitable for the further accommodation of the post-office and United States courts which shall continue therein.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Custom-house.</p></sidenote>United States custom-house at Portland, Oregon, from seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars to seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aberdeen, S. Dak.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Aberdeen, South Dakota, from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Memphis, Tenn.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Memphis, Tennessee, from six hundred and six thousand three hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifty three cents to eight hundred and fifty- six thousand three hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifty-three cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dallas, Tex.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Dallas, Texas, from two hundred and ninety-six thousand and fifty-four dollars and seventy- five cents to four hundred and forty-six thousand and fifty-four dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alexandria, Va.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Alexandria, Virginia, from ninety-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty nine dollars and thirtveight cents to one hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Joseph, Mo.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Saint Joseph, Missouri, from three hundred and seventy-two thousand one hundred and forty dollars and sixty-six cents to three hundred and ninety thousand one hundred and forty dollars and sixty-six cents: <proviso><i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> That the Secretary of the Treasury acquires by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise a tract of ground immediately adjoining the present site with a frontage of not less than sixty feet on Eighth street and a depth of one hundred and forty feet, within a limit of cost of eighteen thousand dollars, hereby fixed.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nashville, Tenn.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Nashville, Tennessee, from four hundred and seventy-four thousand nine him-, died and forty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents to five hundred and seventy-four thousand nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty- five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport News, Va</p></sidenote>United States post-office and custom-house at Newport News, Virginia. from two hundred thousand dollars to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rome, Ga.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Rome, Georgia, from fifty-one thousand one hundred and four dollars and forty-eight <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote>cents to fifty-nine thousand one hundred and four dollars and forty-eight cents, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized in his discretion to expend a sum not in excess of eight thousand dollars for a tract of land immediately adjoining the post-office site in said city having a frontage of eighty-eight feet on East First street and a depth of one hundred and thirty-two feet.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Leadville, Colorado, from seventy-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leadville. Colo.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars to eighty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Springfield, Illinois,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Springfield, Ill.</p></sidenote> from three hundred and eighty-one thousand eight hundred and sixty- four dollars and twenty-two cents to five hundred and thirty-one thou-sand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Oskaloosa, Iowa, from sixty-six thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oklahoma, Iowa.</p></sidenote> dollars to seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Seattle,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seattle, Wash.</p></sidenote> Washington, from seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars to nine hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and custom-house at Jacksonville, Florida,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacksonville. Fla.</p></sidenote> from two hundred and seventy-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents to three hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents. ’</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Kalamazoo, Michigan, from seventy-eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kalamazoo, Mich.</p></sidenote> thousand two hundred and thirtvsix dollars and seventy-four cents to one hundred and twenty-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventy-four cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Menominee, Michigan, from fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Menominee, Mich.</p></sidenote> dollars to fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">National Bureau of Standards, District of Columbia, from two hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Bureau of Standards, D. C.</p></sidenote> and fifty thousand dollars to three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United Skates post-office at New Brighton, Pennsylvania, from seventy-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Brighton. Pa.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars to eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States mint at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from two million<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philadelphia. Pa., mint,</p></sidenote> dollars to two million and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Waco, Texas, from one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waco, Tex.</p></sidenote> hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty cents to two hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and custom-house at Newport, Vermont,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport. Vt.</p></sidenote> from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States court-house, custom-house, and post-office at Omaha,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omaha. Nebr.</p></sidenote> Nebraska, from one million eight hundred thousand dollars to one mil-lion eight hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States court-house and post-office at Greensboro, North Carolina,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Greensboro, N. C.</p></sidenote> from seventy-one thousand eight hundred and seven dollars and forty-nine cents to one hundred and thirty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Norfolk, Virginia, from<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote> two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to two hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the present site in each of the cities heretofore-mentioned shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlargement of present sites.</p></sidenote> not be enlarged by the acquisition of ground under the provisions of this Act, unless the Secretary of the Treasury is given specific authority herein toenlarm said sites, respectively: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the limits<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost includes necessary changes, etc.</p></sidenote> of cost hereinbefore respectively fixed shall include all necessary changes in, alterations and repairs of. the above-named buildings, and of the heating, ventilating, and plumbing systems and elevators therein, which may become necessary by reason of, or incident to, the extension or enlargement of said buildings.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That where any of the public buildings hereinbefore-mentioned<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> have been completed, the increase in the limit of cost as to such buildings provided by this section shall be taken and understood to be an authorization for repairs, alterations, and additions to the same within said limit of cost, in accordance with plans and specifications hereto-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/316">316</page>fore drawn or hereafter to be drawn, and for the purchase of additional grounds for the sites of said buildings where authority is given by law for the purchase of such additional grounds.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
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<p class="inline fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New buildings on site owned by United States.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 426.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to contract for the erection and completion of a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States governmental offices upon ground now owned by the United States in each of the following cities, respectively, within its respective limit of cost hereby fixed:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Francisco, Cal., custom-house.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Old post-office site.</p></sidenote>United States custom-house at San Francisco, California, one million dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the United States custom-house at San Francisco, California, shall be erected upon the old post-office site on Battery street, between Washington and Jackson streets, and be provided with elevators.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hastings. Nebr.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Hastings, Nebraska, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Nebr.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Norfolk, Nebraska, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emporia, Kans.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Emporia. Kansas, forty-one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oklahoma City, Okla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1212.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and other governmental offices at Oklahoma city. Oklahoma, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Guthrie. Okla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Government acre.”</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at. Guthrie. Oklahoma, fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the. United States post-office and court-house at Guthrie, Oklahoma, shall be erected upon that portion of the northwest corner of block fifty-six of the official plat of the town site of Guthrie, Oklahoma, known as the Government <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boundaries.</p></sidenote>acre,” more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the north-west corner of said block, running thence east on the north line of the block one hundred and sixty-eight and one-tenth feet; thence south parallel with the east line of said block one hundred and sixty-eight and one-tenth feet; thence west parallel with the south line of said block one hundred and sixty-eight and one-tenth feet; thence north along the west side of said block one hundred and sixty-eight and one-tenth feet, to the place of beginning, and containing twenty-three thousand three hundred and seventy-five and twenty-eight one- hundredths square feet.</proviso></p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">Sec. 3. </num>
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<p class="inline fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 426.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to contract for the erection and completion of a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other governmental offices in each of the following cities, respectively, within its respective limit of cost, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost of .sites to be nominal.</p></sidenote>including site, hereby fixed: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in each of the cities mentioned in this section a suitable site, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, is sold to the United States at a cost not to exceed the sum of one dollar, respectively:</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Centerville, Iowa.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Centerville, Iowa, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Haven, Mich.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and custom-house at Grand Haven. Michigan, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ogden, Utah.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Ogden, Utah, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Easton, Pa.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Easton, Pennsylvania, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adrian. Mich.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Adrian. Michigan, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1212.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and revenue office at Louisiana. Missouri, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gainesville, Fla.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and land office at Gainesville, Florida, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and custom-house at Muskegon, Michigan,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muskegon. Mich.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p, 761.</p></sidenote> seventy thousand dollars; <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That lots seven, eight, and nine, in block sixty-nine, situate at the corner of Third and Clay streets in said city, are satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury as a site.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Atlantic, Iowa, thirty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlantic, Iowa.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Ironton. Ohio, forty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ironton, Ohio.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Florence. South Carolina,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florence, S. C.</p></sidenote> one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and custom-house at Perth Amboy, New<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Perth Amboy, N. J</p></sidenote> Jersey, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Owosso. Michigan, thirty-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Owosso, Mich.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1212.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the Secretary of the Treasury shall not accept a site in either of the cities mentioned in this section until satisfied that a suitable building can be constructed within the limit of cost herein fixed, respectively.</proviso></p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4">Sec. 4. </num>
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<p class="inline fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New buildings, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sites acquired by purchase, condemnation, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 426.</p></sidenote> authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site and to contract for the erection and completion thereon of a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other governmental offices in each of the cities enumerated in this section within its respective limit of cost, including site, hereby fixed:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Selma. Alabama, seventy-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selma, Ala.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Harrison, Arkansas,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harrison, Ark.</p></sidenote> seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Batesville, Arkansas,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Batesville, Ark.</p></sidenote> seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States postoffiee at Colorado Springs. Colorado, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado Springs, Colo.</p></sidenote> and thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Waterbury, Connecticut, one, hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waterbury, Conn.</p></sidenote> and thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States postoffiee at Torrington, Connecticut, fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torrington, Conn.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Athens, Georgia, one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Athens, Ga.</p></sidenote> hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Jacksonville, Illinois, sixty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacksonville, Ill.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Ottawa, Illinois, sixty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ottawa, Ill.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Meriden, Connecticut, one hundred thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Meriden, Conn.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Oil City, Pennsylvania, sixty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oil City. Pa.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Kirksville, Missouri, forty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kirksville. Mo.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Marblehead. Massachusetts, forty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marblehead, Mass.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Oak Park, Illinois, thirty-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oak Park, Ill.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and revenue office at Pekin, Illinois, seventy<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pekin. III.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Decatur, Illinois, eighty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Decatur, Ill.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Evanston, Illinois, ninety thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Evanston, Ill.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Moberly, Missouri, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Moberly. Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 745.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Stillwater, Minnesota, sixty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stillwater, Minn,</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Greeneville, Tennessee,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Greenville, Tenn.</p></sidenote> one hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maysville, Ky.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Maysville, Kentucky, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Natchez, Miss.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Natchez, Mississippi, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada, Mo.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Nevada. Missouri, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kankakee, Ill.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Kankakee, Illinois, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 745.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Columbia, Missouri, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elkhart. Ind.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Elkhart, Indiana, eighty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Logansport, Ind.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Logansport, Indiana, seventy-five thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muncie. Ind.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Muncie, Indiana, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dekalb, III.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Dekalb, Illinois, sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richmond, Ind.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Richmond, Indiana, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vincennes, Ind.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Vincennes, Indiana, seventy-five thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anderson, Ind.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Anderson, Indiana, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crawfordsville, Ind.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Crawfordsville, Indiana, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hammond, Ind.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Hammond, Indiana, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshalltown, Iowa.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Marshalltown, Iowa, eighty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waterloo, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Waterloo, Iowa, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the Treasury in selecting a site in the city of Waterloo, and State of Iowa, shall confine its location within the First or Second wards of said city as now constituted.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boone, Iowa.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Boone, Iowa, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iowa City, Iowa.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Iowa City, Iowa, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hutchinson, Kans.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Hutchinson, Kansas, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawrence, Kans.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Lawrence, Kansas, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Holyoke, Mass.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Holyoke, Massachusetts, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northampton, Mass,</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Northampton, Massachusetts, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henderson, Ky.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Henderson, Kentucky, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sherman, Tex.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Sherman, Texas, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amesbury, Mass.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Amesbury, Massachusetts, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock Hill. S, C.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Rock Hill, South Carolina, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martinsville, Va.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and revenue office at Martinsville, Virginia, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Battlecreek, Mich.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Battlecreek, Michigan, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Biloxi, Miss.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Biloxi, Mississippi, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nashua, N. H.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Nashua. New’ Hampshire, ninety thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlantic City, N. J.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Atlantic City, New Jersey, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at. Elizabeth, New Jersey, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth, N. J.</p></sidenote> and thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and revenue office at Durham, North Carolina,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Durham, N. C.</p></sidenote> seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and revenue office at Chillicothe, Ohio,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chillicothe, Ohio,</p></sidenote> seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at. Zanesville, Ohio, one hundred and ten<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Zanesville. Ohio.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Grand Forks, North<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Forks, N. Dak.</p></sidenote> Dakota, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Findlay, Ohio, fifty-five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Findlay, Ohio.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Geneva, New York, seventy-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geneva, N, Y.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and revenue office at Fresno,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fresno, Cal.</p></sidenote> California, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Warren, Ohio, forty-five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warren, Ohio.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Allentown, Pennsylvania, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allentown, Pa.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Goldsboro, North Carolina, thirty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Goldsboro, N. C.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at West Chester, Pennsylvania, sixty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Chester, Pa.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, one hundred thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">McKeesport, Pa.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, seventy-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lebanon, Pa.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Washington, Pennsylvania, sixty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, Pa,</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Norristown, Pennsylvania, seventy-eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norristown, Pa.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, one hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newcastle, Pa.</p></sidenote> and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">touted States post-office at Ithaca, New York, seventy thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ithaca. N. Y.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Niagara Falls, New York, seventy-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Niagara Falls, N. Y.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Gloversville, New York, seventy-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gloversville, N, Y.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Little Falls, New York, fifty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Falls, N. Y.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Kingston, New York, eighty thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kingston, N. Y.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and custom-house at Georgetown, South<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgetown, s. C,</p></sidenote> Carolina, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and revenue office at Spartanburg, South<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spartanburg, £. C.</p></sidenote> Carolina, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house and assay office at Deadwood,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deadwood, S. Dak.</p></sidenote> South Dakota, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Flint, Michigan, sixty-five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flint, Mich.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court-house at Charlottesville, Virginia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlottesville, Va.</p></sidenote> one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Superior,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superior, Wis.</p></sidenote> Wisconsin, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Baraboo, Wisconsin, forty-five thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baraboo, Wis.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Wausau, Wisconsin, fifty thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wausau, Wis.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and court house at Green Bay, Wisconsin,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Green Bay, Wis.</p></sidenote> one hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fond du Lac, Wis.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Fond du Lae, Wisconsin, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Huntington, W.Va.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Huntington, West Virginia, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Evanston, Wyo.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Evanston. Wyoming, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reno, Nev.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Reno, Nevada, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crookston. Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 745.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, and other governmental offices at Crooks-ton. Minnesota, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gainesville, Tex.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Gainesville, Texas, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lanuaie. Wyo,</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Laramie, Wyoming, one hundred thou-sand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scranton, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost in-creased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> pp. 425* 745.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Scranton, Pennsylvania, from two hundred and seventy-three thousand one hundred and ninety dollars and eighty-five cents to three hundred and sixty-three thousand one hundred and ninety dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laredo, Tex.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Laredo, Texas, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions as to sites.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the Secretary of the Treasury shall not purchase a site in either of said cities until satisfied that the price therefor will permit the execution of all the provisions of this section in each of said cities within said limit of cost for site and building respectively.</proviso></p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
	<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of sites.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 423,</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site for the United States post-office and other governmental offices in each of the cities enumerated in this section, within its respective limit of cost hereby fixed:
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yankton, S. Dak.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Yankton, South Dakota, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muscatine. Iowa.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Muscatine, Iowa, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quincy, Mass.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and custom-house at Quincy, Massachusetts, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saratoga Springs, N. Y.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Saratoga Springs, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Johnstown, Pa.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pierre, S. Dak.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and court-house at Pierre, South Dakota, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, Va.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and custom-house at Portsmouth, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albuquerque, N. Mex.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Albuquerque, New Mexico, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spokane, Wash,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Area of site.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Spokane, Washington, one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the site selected shall consist of not less than an entire block or square of ground in said city.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tacoma, Wash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Area of site.</p></sidenote>United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Tacoma, Washington, one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the site selected shall consist of not less than an entire block or square of ground in said city.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert Lea, Minn.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Albert Lea. Minnesota, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traverse City. Mich.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and custom-house, at Traverse City, Michigan, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bar Harbor, Me.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Bar Harbor, Maine, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calais, Me.</p></sidenote>United States post-office and custom-house at Calais, Maine, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hamilton, Ohio.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Hamilton, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Sterling. Illinois, five thousand dollars.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sterling, Ill.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office at Champaign, Illinois, fifteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Champaign, Ill.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States post-office and land office at Natchitoches, Louisiana,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Natchitoches La.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><proviso><i>Provided</i> That upon the failure of the Secretary of the Treasury<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions void on failure to acquire suit-able site.</p></sidenote> to acquire a suitable site in any city mentioned in this Act within the limit of cost herein set forth, respectively, and within a period of two years after the passage of this Act, then and in that case so much of this Act as applies to the city or cities where such failure occurs shall be null and void:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i> That, in acquiring sites under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dimensions required.</p></sidenote> this section the Secretary of the Treasury shall take into consideration the present needs of the Government and the future growth of the cities enumerated, respectively; and in no ease shall the Secretary of the Treasury acquire a site unless the dimensions thereof are of sufficient size for a building that will accommodate all the govern-mental offices now located or likely in the near future to be located in said cities, respectively.</proviso></p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6">Sec. 6. </num>
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<p class="inline fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Municipal building, D. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acquirement of site authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 429.</p></sidenote> authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, for a sum not exceeding five hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the joint use of the I nited States and the District of Columbia, for the erection thereon of a municipal building for said District, square two hundred and fifty-five in the city of Washington,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proposed site.</p></sidenote> District of Columbia, and that portion of E street lying between said square and Pennsylvania avenue is hereby appropriated and made a part of said square for the purpose of erecting thereon the municipal building, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of electric railway tracks.</p></sidenote> hereby authorized to change the route of the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway in such a manner as to cause said portion of E street to be vacated by the tracks of said company, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the supreme court of the District of Columbia upon petition of said company to inquire into, hear, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of actual cost and expense.</p></sidenote> determine the amount of the actual cost and expense to the company for the removal of its tracks from E street by reason of the provisions herein contained, and to enter judgment against the United States and the District of Columbia jointly, in such sum as may be so ascertained as aforesaid, and either party shall have the right of appeal from such judgment as in other eases: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condemnation proceedings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26. p. 412.</p></sidenote> Treasury shall be compelled or obliged to institute condemnation proceedings in order to acquire said site, such proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing a site for the enlargement of the Government Printing Office. (United States Statutes at Large, volume twenty-six, chapter eight hundred and thirty-seven.)</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">When the Secretary of the Treasury shall have completed the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contract for construction, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1206.</p></sidenote> purchase of said site he and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, acting jointly, shall proceed at once to contract for the erection and completion thereon of a fireproof building for the accommodation of the municipal and other offices of the District of Columbia. the total cost of said building, including cost of site, not to exceed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">One half from District revenues.</p></sidenote> one million five hundred thousand dollars, one half of which shall be chargeable to the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half to be paid out of any money in the. Treasury of the United States not. otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The supervision of the construction of said building may be placed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent of construction.</p></sidenote> in charge of an officer of the Government specially qualified for the duty, to be appointed by the President of the United States, and who<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary.</p></sidenote> shall receive for his additional services an increase of twenty-five per <page identifier="/us/stat/32/322">322</page>centum in his salary, to be paid out of the appropriation for said building.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7">Sec. 7. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas City, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of old custom-house authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1208</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell the old custom-house building and the site thereof at the corner of Ninth and Walnut streets, in the city of Kansas City, Missouri, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, at such time and on such terms as he may deem to be to the best'interests of the United States, and to execute a quitclaim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to apply the proceeds of the sale of said property, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the completion of the post-office <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum price.</p></sidenote>and court-house building in said city: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That said building and site shall not be sold for a sum less than two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8">Sec. 8. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Louis, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New post-office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 429.</p></sidenote>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 contract for the erection and completion thereon of a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office in the city of Saint <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1211.</p></sidenote>Louis and State of Missouri, the cost of said site and building not to exceed five hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the. limit of cost <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location and area if site.</p></sidenote>of site, is hereby fixed at two hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That the site selected shall consist of an area of not less than seventy- five thousand square feet, and shall be located as near as possible to the Union Railway Station in said city.</proviso></content></section>
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<p class="inline fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans, La.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New building site.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 429</p></sidenote>That, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in the city of New Orleans and State of Louisiana, upon which to erect a building for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other governmental offices in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>said city, and the limit of cost of site is hereby fixed at two hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso,</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Area of site.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the site selected shall consist of an entire block or square of ground bounded on each side by a street, and shall have an area of not less than sixty-two thousand five hundred square feet.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimate, etc., for new building.</p></sidenote>When the Secretary of the Treasury has acquired a site in said city as herein provided he shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the same, and recommend to Congress the character and size of a building that should be erected upon said site, and make an estimate showing the probable cost of said building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="10">Sec. 10. </num>
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<p class="inline fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Providence, R. I.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Donation of site.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 429.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to accept as a donation from the city of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, a suitable lot of land situated in Exchange place in said city, containing not less than thirty-one thou-sand square feet of ground, as a site, and to contract for the erection and completion upon said site of a suitable fireproof building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house and other governmental <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>offices in said eity, at a limit of cost for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost</p></sidenote> said site and building of one million dollars, hereby fixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Safe of old building.</p></sidenote>When said building is completed and occupied by the United States<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of old building.</p></sidenote> authorities the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to sell the present post-office, court-house, and custom-house building and the site thereof, situate at the corner of Weybosset and Custom-House streets, in the city of Providence and State of Rhode Island, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, on such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, to execute a quitclaim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to deposit <page identifier="/us/stat/32/323">323</page>the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum price.</p></sidenote> building and site shall not be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum price.</p></sidenote> sold for any sum less than three hundred thousand dollars.</proviso></p>
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<p class="inline fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wheeling, W. Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 429.</p></sidenote> authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, 01 otherwise, a site in the city of Wheeling and State of West Virginia, and to contract for the erection and completion thereon of a suitable fireproof building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, court-house, and custom-house and other governmental oilices in said city, ata limit of cost foi said site and building of four hundred thousand dollars, hereby fixed.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">When said building is completed and occupied by the United States authorities the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized. in his discretion, to sell the present post-office, court-house, and custom-house building, and the site thereof, situate at the corner of Market and Sixteenth streets, in the city of Wheeling and State of West Virginia, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, at such time and on such terms as be may deem to be to the best interests of the United States, and to execute a quitclaim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to deposit the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That said building and site shall not be sold for any sum less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</proviso></p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="12">Sec. 12. </num>
<content>That “An Act to provide for enlarging and improving the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Macon, Ga.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1002.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1210.</p></sidenote> United States Government building at Macon. Georgia, and to appropriate fifty-eight thousand dollars therefor,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">“That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is, hereby, authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement of public building.</p></sidenote> and directed to cause the post-office and court-house building at Macon, Georgia, to be extended and enlarged so as to provide necessary accommodations for the post-office, courts, and other branches of the Government service, and to purchase additional ground on Third<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional ground.</p></sidenote> and Mulberry streets, in his discretion, for this purpose, and that the total cost of all said improvements, changes, and repairs, including the purchase price of such additional ground, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty-six thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> limit of cost of such additional land shall not exceed thirty-one thou-sand dollars.”</proviso></p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="13">Sec. 13. </num><content>That a commission hereby created, consisting of the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York City.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New post-office building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission created.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post.</i> p. 429.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury, the Postmaster-General, and the Attorney-General of the United States, be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, and State of New York, upon which to erect a fireproof building for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office in said city: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site boundaries.</p></sidenote> site selected shall be bounded on each side by a street. When said commission has acquired a site in said city, as herein provided, the commission shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the same, and recommend to Congress the character and size of a building that should be erected upon said site and state the probable cost of such a building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, and approaches.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="14">Sec. 14. </num><content>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toledo, Ohio.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 429.</p></sidenote> authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suit-able site in the city of Toledo and State of Ohio upon which to erect a building for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other governmental offices in said city: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site boundaries and area.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1212</p></sidenote> site selected shall consist of an entire block or square of ground, bounded on each side by a street, and shall consist in area of not <page identifier="/us/stat/32/324">324</page>less than seventy thousand square feet, within a limit of cost of one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Clair site.</p></sidenote>hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, hereby fixed:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That if the Secretary of the Treasury shall be unable to obtain a site as above described, then and in that, case he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a tract of land fronting on Saint Clair street, immediately adjoining the present post-office site, having an area of fourteen thousand four hundred square feet, said tract of land being one hundred and twenty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimate, etc., new building.</p></sidenote>feet square, within a limit of cost of eighty-two thousand dollars, hereby fixed. When the Secretary of the Treasury has acquired either an entire block of ground or the tract of land adjoining the present, site, as herein provided, be shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the land so acquired, and recommend to Congress fhe character and size of building that should be erected thereon and submit an estimate of the cost of said building, including tireproof vaults, heat ing and vent ilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="15">Sec. 15. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Des Moines. Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post.</i> p. 429.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in the city of Des Moines and State of Iowa upon which to erect a building for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, court-house, custom-house, and other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>governmental offices in said city, and the limit of cost of site is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site, broundaries, area.</p></sidenote>fixed at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That the site selected shall consist of an entire block or square of ground, bounded on each side by a street, and shall have an area of not less than seventy thousand square feet. When the Secretary of the Treasury has acquired a site in said city, as herein provided, he shall make a report to Congress, stating the location, dimensions, and cost of the same, and recommend to Congress the character and size of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimate, etc., new building.</p></sidenote>building that should be erected upon said site, and submit an estimate of the cost of said building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="16">Sec. 16. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo, N. Y.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of old custom-house, etc., authorized.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to sell the old custom-house and post-office building and the site thereof, at the corner of Seneca and M ash ington streets, in the city of Buffalo and State of New York, at public or private sale, after proper advertisement, at such time and on such terms as he may deem to be for the best interests of the United States, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposit of proceeds.</p></sidenote>and to deposit the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum price.</p></sidenote>States as a miscellaneous receipt: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That said building and site shall not be sold for a sum less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="17">Sec. 17. </num>
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<p class="inline fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Los Angeles, Cal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlargement of a authorized.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to enlarge the public building site belonging to the United States in the city of Los Angeles. California. by the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all that portion of the remainder of the block lying west of the alley in which said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>public-building site is located, provided the same can be acquired at not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post.</i> p. 129.</p></sidenote>That upon the present site, when so enlarged, the Secretary is authorized and directed to cause to be erected a suitable and commodious fireproof building for the use and accommodation of the United States <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost</p></sidenote>courts, post-office, and other Government offices in said city, at a total cost of not to exceed six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balances covered in.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1355.</p></sidenote>That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars, contained in section three of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost for the erection of a public building at Stockton. California, and making provision for the acquisition of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/325">325</page>additional land, or a new site therefor, and to provide for an addition to the public building at Los Angeles, California, and appropriating money therefor,” together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for “court-house and post-office at Los Angeles, California;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1134.</p></sidenote> for completion of addition to present building under present limit, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,” are hereby covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous items. Authority is hereby given to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of claims for damages.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Treasury to settle and adjust any claims for damages due to the abrogation of certain contracts under former appropriations for a public building at Los Angeles, provided the amounts thereof can be liquidated for such sums as in his opinion are just and reasonable, and a sum of money sufficient to cover such adjustments anti settlements shall be paid from the amount herein authorized. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby further authorized and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> empowered to enter into contracts for the erection of the building herein authorized, within the limit of cost hereby fixed.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="18">Sec. 18. </num>
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<p class="inline fontsize10">That upon the land heretofore acquired as a site for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Burlington, Vt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 429.</p></sidenote> post-office and custom-house building at Burlington, Vermont, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected a suitable, commodious, and fireproof building for the accommodation of all the branches of the Federal service in said city, at a total cost, including heating and ventilating apparatus, fireproof vaults, elevators, and approaches, of not exceeding one hundred and seventy thousand dollars; and to provide a suitable location for said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of old building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1209.</p></sidenote> building the present post-office and custom-house building shall be removed to some other location on said site, and shall continue to be used and occupied for its present purposes until the completion of the new building herein before authorized: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That from the appropriation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost of removal, etc.</p></sidenote> hereafter made for the new building hereinbefore authorized not to exceed ten thousand dollars may be used for the removal, repair, and renovation of the present post-office and custom-house building, to make the same suitable for occupancy pending the erection of such new building.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That after the completion and occupancy of the new building herein<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of old building.</p></sidenote> authorized to be constructed the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and empowered to dispose of, at public auction or private sale, at such time and upon such terms as he shall consider to the best interests of the United States, the present post-office and custom-house building, or the materials of which the same is composed, and to deposit the proceeds thereof in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="19">Sec. 19. </num><content>That the Secretary of the Treasury shall require all owners<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Offers of sites.</p></sidenote> or agents of sites in each city mentioned in this Act, where sites or additions to sites are to be purchased, to submit, offers of sale in writing. and no payment shall be made to any owner or agent of the property involved on account of the land proposed to be sold or purchased and no plans shall be drawn or money expended for a building upon a donated site until a written opinion of the Attorney-General of the United States shall be filed with the Secretary of the Treasury in favor of the validity of the title of the land agreed to be purchased or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Valid title.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of buildings on purchased sites.</p></sidenote> donated. And in case a site or addition to a site acquired under the provisions of this Act contains a building or buildings the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to rent until their removal becomes necessary such of said buildings as he may deem desirable at a fair rental value, the proceeds thereof to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States, and a report of the proceedings to be submitted to Congress annually: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That each site selected under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum area.</p></sidenote> the provisions of this Act shall contain not less than fifteen thousand square feet of ground space, and shall be bounded upon at least two sides by streets.</proviso></content></section>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="20">Sec. 20. </num>
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<p class="inline fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising proposals for sale of sites.</p></sidenote>That proposals for the sale of land suitable for all sites, or additions to sites, provided for in this Act, respectively, shall be invited by public advertisement in one of the newspapers of said cities, respectively, of largest circulation for at. least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examination of proposals, etc.</p></sidenote>Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed 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.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="21">Sec. 21. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>That in all contracts entered into with the United States, after the date of the approval of this Act, for the construction or repair of any public building or public work under the control of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liquidating damages for delay.</p></sidenote>the Treasury Department, a stipulation shall be inserted for liquidated damages for delay; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to remit the whole or any part of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings.</p></sidenote>such damages as in his discretion may he just and equitable; and in all suits hereafter commenced on any such contracts or on any bond given in connection therewith it shall not be necessary for the United States, whether plaintiff or defendant, to prove actual or specific damages sustained by the Government by reason of delays, but such stipulation for liquidated damages shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="22">Sec. 22. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission to examine certain public buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 430.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury, the Postmaster-Gen-eral, and the Attorney-General of the United States shall cause to be examined the Government buildings in the following cities, to wit: Watertown, New York; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Houston, Texas; South Bend, Indiana; Duluth, Minnesota; Lima, Ohio; Jersey City, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports.</p></sidenote>New Jersey; Knoxville, Tennessee; Syracuse, New York, and make reports to Congress at its next session showing in detail the condition of the building in each city named, whether of insufficient capacity to transact public business, and if so the most economical and best method <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of postal situation at Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii; Albuquerque, N. Mex., Yonkers, N. Y.</p></sidenote>of affording relief. The reports should show the value of each building and site, the cost of purchasing additional ground and size thereof, the cost of constructing an addition, if one is necessary, or the cost of a new site and building, showing cost of each separately in case that is the only remedy, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to investigate the postal situation at Honolulu and Hilo, Territory of Hawaii; Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Yonkers, New York, and report to Congress at its next session the probable cost of a suitable site in said city upon which to erect a post-office building, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prepare plans and specifications for the enlargement of the United States post-office <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbus, Ohio.</p></sidenote>and court-house, or for the construction of a new post-office and court-house, at Columbus. Ohio, as he may deem advisable, at a cost not to exceed five thousand dollars.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="23">Sec. 23. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act authorizing building for Department of Justice, District of Columbia, repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p, 1358.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balance covered into Treasury.</p></sidenote>That an Act to provide for the erection of a building in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, for the Department of Justice, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby repealed, and the Attorney-General of the United States is hereby directed to cover into the Treasury of the United States the balance of the appropriation carried in said Act and unexpended, and file therewith an itemized statement showing when and for what purpose <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grounds to be put in order.</p></sidenote>any portion of said appropriation was expended: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That the Attorney-General shall first level and otherwise make presentable the grounds belonging to the Government at the corner <page identifier="/us/stat/32/327">327</page>of Pennsylvania avenue and Madison place (Fifteen and one-half street northwest) and pay for the same out of said appropriation.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="24">Sec. 24. </num><content>That all buildings authorized to be constructed, enlarged,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Open spaces for fire protection for all buildings.</p></sidenote> or extended under the provisions of this Act shall be unexposed to danger from tire by an open space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys: <proviso><i>Provided.</i> That in exceptional cases and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exceptions.</p></sidenote> for good cause shown the Secretary of the Treasury may. in his discretion, reduce the open space to less than forty feet and to any dimensions which he shall deem sufficient to afford fire protection.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="25">Sec. 25. </num><content>That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment</p></sidenote> this Act.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="26">Sec. 26. </num><content>That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith are<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conflicting laws repealed.</p></sidenote> hereby repealed.</content></section>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1037: For the protection of game in Alaska, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1037.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the protection of game in Alaska, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-07">June 7, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/32/147">Public, No. 147</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of game in.</p></sidenote> of this Act the wanton destruction of wild game animals or wild birds, the destruction of nests and eggs of such birds, or the killing of any wild birds other than a game bird, or wild game animal, for the purposes of shipment from Alaska is hereby prohibited. The term<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Game animals.”</p></sidenote> “game animals” shall include deer, moose, caribou, sheep, mountain goats, bears, sealions, and walrus. The term “game birds” shall include<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Game birds.”</p></sidenote> water fowl, commonly known as ducks, geese, brant, and swans; shore birds, commonly known as plover, snipe, and curlew, and the several species of grouse and ptarmigan. Nothing in this Act shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laws in force relating to fur seals, etc.,not effected.</p></sidenote> effect any law now in force in Alaska relating to the fur seal, sea otter, or any fur-bearing animal other than bears and sea lions, or prevent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Killing of game for food allowed.</p></sidenote> the killing of any game animal or bird for food or clothing by native Indians or Eskimo or by miners, explorers, or travelers on a journey when in need of food; but the game animals or birds so killed shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shipping, etc., prohibited.</p></sidenote> not be shipped or sold.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">Sec. 2. </num><content>That it shall be unlawful for any person in Alaska to kill any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Open game seasons.</p></sidenote> wild game animals or wild birds except during the seasons hereinafter provided: Large brown bears, from April fifteenth to June thirtieth, both inclusive; moose, caribou, walrus, and sea lions, from September first to October thirty-first, both inclusive: deer, sheep, and mountain goats, from September first to December fifteenth, both inclusive; grouse, ptarmigan, shore birds, and water fowl, from September first to December fifteenth, both inclusive: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe rules, etc.</p></sidenote> Agriculture is hereby authorized whenever he shall deem it necessary for the preservation of game animals or birds to make and publish rules and regulations which shall modify the close seasons hereinbefore established, or provide different close seasons for different parts of Alaska, or place further restrictions and limitations on the killing of such animals or birds in any given locality, or to prohibit killing entirely for a period not exceeding five years in such locality.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">Sec. 3. </num>
<content>
<p class="inline fontsize10">That it shall be unlawful for any person at any time to kill<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Killing limited.</p></sidenote> any females or yearlings of moose, caribou, deer, or sheep, or for any one person to kill in any one year more than the number specified of each of the following game animals: Two moose, walrus, or sea lions; four caribou, sheep, goats, or large brown bears; eight deer; or to kill or have in possession in any one day more than ten grouse or ptarmigan, or twenty-five shore birds or waterfowl.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That it shall be unlawful for any person at any time to hunt with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hunting restrictions.</p></sidenote> hounds, to use a shotgun larger than number ten gauge, or any gun <page identifier="/us/stat/32/328">328</page>other than that which can bo fired from the shoulder, or to use steam launches or any boats other than those propelled by oars or paddles in the pursuit of game animals or birds. And the Secretary or Agriculture is authorized to make and publish such further restrictions as he may deem necessary to prevent undue destruction of wild game animals or wild birds.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4">Sec. 4. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of hides, etc., prohibited.</p></sidenote>That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons at any time to sell or offer for sale any hides, skins, or heads of any game animals or game birds in Alaska, or to sell, or offer for sale therein, any game animals or game birds, or parts thereof, during the time <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Game legally killed.</p></sidenote>when the killing of said animals or birds is prohibited: <i>Provided, </i>That it shall be lawful for dealers having in possession any game animals or game birds legally killed during the open season to dispose of the same within fifteen days after the close of said season.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5">Sec. 5. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shipment of hides, etc.</p></sidenote>That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation or their officers or agents to deliver to any common carrier, or for the owner, agent, or master of any vessel or for any other person to receive for shipment or have in possession with intent to ship out of Alaska any hides or carcasses of caribou, deer. moose, mountain sheep, or mountain goat, or parts thereof, or any wild birds or parts thereof: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collections for scientific purposes, etc.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided.,</i> That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the collection of specimens for scientific purposes, the capture or shipment of live animals and birds for exhibition or propagation, or the export from Alaska of specimens and trophies, under such restrictions and limitations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe and publish.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6">Sec. 6. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalties for violation.</p></sidenote>That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act or any of the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit to the United States all game or birds in his possession, and all guns, traps, nets, or boats used in killing or capturing said game or birds, and shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional penalties.</p></sidenote>the court: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That upon conviction for the second or any subsequent offense there may be imposed in addition a fine of fifty dollars for any violation of sections one and three, and a fine of one hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties of marshals, etc.</p></sidenote>dollars for a violation of section two. It is hereby made the duty of all marshals and deputy marshals, collector or deputy collectors of customs appointed for Alaska, and all officers of revenue cutters to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrests.</p></sidenote>assist in the enforcement of this Act. Any marshal or deputy marshal may arrest without warrant any person found violating any of the provisions of this Act or any of the regulations herein provided, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seizure of game, etc.</p></sidenote>and may seize any game, birds, or hides, and any traps, nets, guns, boats, or other paraphernalia used in the capture of such game or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collectors of customs. etc., may arrest.</p></sidenote>birds and found in the possession of said person, and any collector or deputy collector of customs, or any person authorized in writing by a marshal, shall have the power above provided to arrest persons found violating this Act or said regulations and seize said property without warrant, to keep and deliver the same to a marshal or a deputy marshal. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury upon request of the Secretary of Agriculture to aid in carrying out the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smithsonian Institution.</p></sidenote>provisions of this Act:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That nothing contained in the foregoing sections of this Act shall be construed or held to prohibit or limit the right of the Smithsonian Institution to collect in or ship from the District of Alaska animals or birds for the use of the Zoological Park in Washington, District of Columbia:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shipment of hides, etc., taken before June 6, 1902. allowed.</p></sidenote>That such heads and hides as may have been taken before the passage of this Act, may be shipped out of Alaska at any time prior to the first day of July, anno Domini nineteen hundred and two.</proviso></content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, June 7, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1071: Providing that the circuit court of appeals of the eighth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Denver, in the State of Colorado, or in the city of Cheyenne, in the State of Wyoming, on the first Monday in September in each year, and at the city of Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota, on the first Monday in May in each year.</dc:title>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/329">329</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1071.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing that the circuit court of appeals of the eighth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Denver, in the State of Colorado, or in the city of Cheyenne, in the State of Wyoming, on the first Monday in September in each year, and at the city of Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota, on the first Monday in May in each year.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-09">June 9, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/148">Public, No. 148</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the circuit court of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Circuit court of appeals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional places for regular terms, eighth circuit.</p></sidenote> appeals of the eighth judicial circuit of the United States is hereby authorized and required to hold one term of said court annually in the city of Denver, in the State of Colorado, or in the, city of Cheyenne, in the State of Wyoming, on the first Monday in September in each year, and is hereby authorized and required to hold one term of said court annually in the city of Saint Paul and State of Minnesota on the first Monday in May of each year.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
<content>That all appeals, writs of error, and other appellate proceedings <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposition of appeals.</p></sidenote> which may be taken or prosecuted from the circuit or district courts of the United States in the States of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, and the supreme court of the Territory of New Mexico, to the court of appeals of the eighth judicial circuit, shall be hoard and disposed of by the said court of appeals at the term thereof hereinbefore provided for so to be held either at the city of Denver, in the State of Colorado, or at the city of Cheyenne, in the State of Wyoming, except that any case arising from said States and Territory may, by consent of all the parties thereto, be heard and decided at a term of said court other than the one to be held in the city of Denver, in the State of Colorado, or in the city of Cheyenne, in the State of Wyoming.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">Sec. 3. </num>
<content>That this Act shall not operate to prevent the said court <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other terms.</p></sidenote> from holding other terms in the aforesaid places or in such other places in the said eighth judicial circuit as said court may from time to time designate.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">Sec. 4. </num>
<content>That chapter five hundred and seventeen of Twenty-sixth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 827, amended.</p></sidenote> United States Statutes at Large is hereby amended in accordance with the provisions of this Act.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 9, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1073: To establish a light-house and fog-signal station at Semiahmoo Harbor, Gulf of Georgia, Puget Sound, State of Washington.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1073</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 329</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1073.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To establish a light-house and fog-signal station at Semiahmoo Harbor, Gulf of Georgia, Puget Sound, State of Washington.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-10">June 10, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/149">Public, No. 149</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That a light-house and fog-signal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Semiahmoo Harbor, Puget Sound, Wash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for light-house, etc.</p></sidenote> station be established in Semiahmoo Harbor, Gulf of Georgia, Puget Sound, State of Washington, together with suitable buildings, under the direction of the Light-House Board; and that the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated therefor, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 10, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1074: Providing for the completion of a light and fog-signal station in the Patapsco River, Maryland.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>1074</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 329</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1074.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the completion of a light and fog-signal station in the Patapsco River, Maryland.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-10">June 10, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/150">Public, No. 150</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the completion of a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patapsco River, Md.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion of Baltimore light and fog-signal station.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 374.</p></sidenote> light and fog-signal station in the Patapsco River, Maryland, originally provided for be the Act of Congress of August eighteenth, eighteen <page identifier="/us/stat/32/330">330</page> hundred and ninety-four, be, and is hereby, authorized and directed: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the additional cost for its construction shall not exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars.</proviso>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 10, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1076: To grant certain lands to the State of Idaho.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>1076</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 330</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-13</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1076.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To grant certain lands to the State of Idaho.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-13">June 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/151">Public, No. 151</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Idaho.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grant of land to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That lots seven and eight in section twenty-one, the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, and lots nine and ten in section twenty-two, all in township nine south, range thirty-eight east, base meridian, in the State of Idaho, are hereby ceded, granted, relinquished, and conveyed unto the said State of Idaho, to be held by said State for public use under such regulations as said State may prescribe.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 13, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1077: For the relief of Navajo County, Arizona.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1077</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 330</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-13</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1077.—</docNumber>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the relief of Navajo County, Arizona.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-13">June 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/152">Public, No. 152</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navajo County, Ariz.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of supervisors authorized to refund debt of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the county of Navajo, Territory of Arizona, be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered, through its board of supervisors, to refund the outstanding county indebtedness of said county, which said indebtedness is evidenced by bonds of said county numbered thirty and seventy-three, inclusive, payable to Apache County, Arizona Territory. Said bonds are in the sum of one thousand dollars each, interest payable annually on the second day of January, at the rate of six and one-half per centum, together with ten thousand dollars of the principal each year.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Sec. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issuance of new bonds.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the said board of supervisors is hereby authorized to refund said bonded indebtedness, in the sum of forty-three thousand dollars, by issuing in lieu thereof bonds in the sum of one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denomination and interest.</p></sidenote> dollars each, said bonds to bear a rate of interest not to exceed five per <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments.</p></sidenote> centum per annum, interest and five thousand dollars of the principal payable annually from and after the second day of January, nineteen hundred and eleven.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">Sec. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signatures to and delivery of refunding bonds.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said refunding bonds shall be signed and delivered by the chairman of the board of supervisors and the treasurer of said Navajo County, and shall be made payable to the person, persons, or company purchasing the aforesaid refunding bonds.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 13, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1078: Ratifying the act of the Territorial legislature of Arizona, approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, providing a fund for the erection of additional buildings for the University of Arizona.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1078</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1078.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Ratifying the act of the Territorial legislature of Arizona, approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, providing a fund for the erection of additional buildings for the University of Arizona.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-13">June 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/153">Public, No. 153</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act for university buildings approved.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the act of the Territorial legislature of the Territory of Arizona entitled “An act to provide a fund for the erection of additional buildings and furnishing the same for the University of Arizona,” approved March second, nine-teen hundred and one, and which said act was to take effect on its approval and ratification by the Congress of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, approved and ratified.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 13, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1079: Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1079</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 331</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/331">331</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1079.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-13">June 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/154">Public, No. 154</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following sums of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rivers and harbors appropriations.</p></sidenote> 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:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Sullivan Falls, Maine: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sullivan Falls, Me.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bucksport Harbor, Maine, in accordance with the project <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bucksport Harbor, Me.</p></sidenote> submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and seventy-five, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, completing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Carvers Harbor, at Vinalhaven, Maine: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vinalhaven, Me.</p></sidenote> improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Camden, Maine: Completing improvement of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Camden, Me.</p></sidenote> outer harbor in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and sixty-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, seven thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Isles of Shoals, Maine: Completing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isles of Shoals, Me.</p></sidenote> in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-five, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, New Hampshire: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Harbor, N. H.</p></sidenote> Completing improvement, thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont: For repairs and maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Burlington, Vt.</p></sidenote> fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newburyport, Mass.</p></sidenote> improvement, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report on project.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no part of this amount shall be expended until the said project shall have been examined by a board of engineers and a favorable report made by them upon the feasibility and advisability of continuing said project to completion. And the said board shall also report whether with advantage any part of said original project can be completed, and if so what part, and whether any modification can be made therein with a view to diminishing the cost:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That said board shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time limit.</p></sidenote> examine and report not later than three months from the passage of this Act; and whether in said report the original project be approved or the same be modified, the sum herein appropriated shall be expended on the original or modified project.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Rockport, Massachusetts: Completing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rockport, Mass.</p></sidenote> of breakwater and pier in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and sixty-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, twenty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gloucester, Mass.</p></sidenote> seventy-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the approved project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and twenty-seven thousand and eighty-three dollars, exclusive of amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the existing project may be modified <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breakwater.</p></sidenote> so that the breakwater now under construction shall terminate at or near a ledge known as Cat Ledge, about two thousand two hundred <page identifier="/us/stat/32/332">332</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of Round Rock.</p></sidenote> and fifty feet from the shore, and the remainder of this appropriation and of the amount herein authorized not required for construction of said breakwater shall be applied toward the work of removing Round Rock in said harbor.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beverly, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Beverly, Massachusetts: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marblehead, Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey for breakwater.</p></sidenote> The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause a survey and an estimate of cost to be made of a breakwater upon the southerly side of the causeway leading from Marblehead to Marblehead Neck, with a view to protecting the said causeway, which forms one boundary of Marblehead Harbor, from destruction or injury by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1122.</p></sidenote> the sea, and to report to Congress the said estimate; and so much of the one thousand dollars as was appropriated for the repair of the sea wall at Marblehead in the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as is unexpended and may be necessary, is hereby made available for the purposes of said survey and estimate.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lynn, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving Lynn Harbor, Massachusetts, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seventy-eight, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manchester, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Manchester, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: For maintenance and general improvement, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channels.</p></sidenote> For improving said harbor in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and nineteen, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, by providing channels thirty-five feet deep, but modified in width so as to provide a channel one thousand two hundred feet wide from the navy-yard at Charlestown and the Chelsea Bridge and Charles River Bridge to President Roads, and one thousand five hundred feet wide from President Roads by route designated as Number Three, through Broad Sound to the ocean, six hundred thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such material and work as may be necessary for prosecuting said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depth of channel.</p></sidenote> aggregate three million dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the expenditure hereby authorized shall be made with a view to securing channels thirty-five feet deep and of a width as uniform as possible.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cohasset, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Cohasset, Massachusetts, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and eighty-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plymouth and Provincetown, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving harbors at Plymouth and Provincetown, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement and maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Woods Hole, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving Woods Hole Channel, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Bedford, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at New Bedford, Massachusetts: Completing improvement, thirty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fall River, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Fall River, Massachusetts, in accordance with plan Numbered One in the report submitted in House Document Numbered Fifty-six, Fifty fifth Congress, first session, thirty-eight thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and seventeen thousand four hundred and twelve dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbors at Hyannis and Nantucket, Massachusetts: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hyannis and Nantucket, Mass.</p></sidenote> improvement and for maintenance and repairs, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Point Judith Harbor of Refuge, Rhode Island: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Judith Harbor of Refuge, R. I.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breakwater.</p></sidenote> improvement, one hundred thousand dollars, of which amount so much as may be necessary may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in constructing the easterly detached breakwater and continuing it to the shore with a view of providing a shelter for landing place for the passengers, crews, and cargoes of vessels in distress, and other vessels, and for the lifeboats of the Point Judith life-saving service.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode Island: Completing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport, R. I.</p></sidenote> thirty-nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor of refuge at Block Island, Rhode Island: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Block Island, R. I.</p></sidenote> improvement, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor, Great Salt Pond, Block Island, Rhode Island: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Salt Pond, R. I.</p></sidenote> For extending south jetty and dredging, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">A board of engineers shall be appointed by the Secretary of War, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbors of refuge, Point Judith to Cape Cod.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report on location’s for.</p></sidenote> who shall make an examination of the said harbors of refuge at Point Judith, Block Island, and Great Salt Pond, with a view to reporting upon the relative merits of each of said harbors, what further construction or improvement, if any, is advisable in each, and the cost of such improvement or construction as may be deemed advisable. Said board shall also make an examination of Vineyard and Nantucket sounds, and the east shore of Cape Cod, with a view to reporting upon the relative merits of each of said proposed localities for harbors of refuge, and the said board shall also make an examination of Point Judith Pond with a view to determining whether it is advisable to enlarge the entrance to said pond from the ocean, and if said enlargement is, upon examination, found to be desirable, an estimate of the cost thereof shall be made. The expense of said board shall be paid <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> from the unexpended balance remaining to the credit of the entrance to Point Judith Pond.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at New London, Connecticut, in accordance with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New London, Conn.</p></sidenote> the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and ninety-two, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated; and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to make an examination of that part of Winthrops Cove embraced in the New London harbor with a view to securing a depth of thirty feet on the lines of the survey already made and reported in the executive document herein referred to.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Branford, Connecticut: Completing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Branford, Conn.</p></sidenote> in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving New Haven Harbor, Connecticut: Continuing construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Haven, Conn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breakwater.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1122.</p></sidenote> of breakwater, forty-four thousand dollars. The authorization for the improvement in the said harbor contained in the river and harbor act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby extended so as to include the improvement of the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers to Grand avenue, and of the basin east of Canal Wharf, as recommended in the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eighty-two, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> contracts for such improvement can be made within the limit of cost authorized by the said Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Milford, Conn.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Milford, Connecticut, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and eighty, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session: Completing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbors from Housatonic River to New York State line.</p></sidenote> Improving certain harbors in Connecticut between the Housatonic River and the New York State line, namely: Norwalk, Five-Mile River Harbor, Stamford, Southport, and Greenwich: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbors, north shore of Long Island, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbors at Port Jefferson, Huntington, Glencove, Flushing Bay, Canarsie Bay and Sag Harbor, New York, the last in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seventy-seven, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty-nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Chester, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Port Chester, New York: For maintenance, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mamaroneck, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Mamaroneck, New York: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Larchmont, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Larchmont, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Echo Bay, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Echo Bay, New York: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-five, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Harbor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> Improving New York Harbor, New York: For maintenance, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gowanus Creek Channel.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Gowanus Creek Channel, New York: Completing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buttermilk Channel, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor, New York, in accordance with House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-two, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, with a view to obtaining a channel not less than thirty feet deep, ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rondout and Peekskill, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbors at Rondout and Peekskill, New York: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saugerties, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York, by deepening the channel in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and seven, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ogdensburg, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving inner and outer harbors at Ogdensburg, New York: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Vincent, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Cape Vincent, New York: Continuing improvement, forty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oswego, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty-one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Sodus Bay, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York: For maintenance, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Sodus Bay, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing improvement by extending the east pier and for maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlotte, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilson and Oak Orchard, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbors at Wilson and Oak Orchard, New York: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Olcott, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Olcott, New York: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tonawanda Harbor and Niagara River, New York: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tonawanda, N. Y., and Niagara River.</p></sidenote> improvement, two hundred and fifty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars, including the dredging of Tonawanda Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Plattsburg, New York: For maintenance and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plattsburg, N. Y.</p></sidenote> restoration, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Fire Island Inlet, in Great South Bay, New York: Completing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire Island Inlet, N. Y.</p></sidenote> improvement in accordance with the project submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and three, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, sixty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Dunkirk, New York: Continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dunkirk, N. Y.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Buffalo Harbor, New York: For maintenance and for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo, N. Y.</p></sidenote> removal of rock shoal in the entrance below the junction of Buffalo River and the City Ship Canal, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Lake Erie entrance to Black Rock Harbor and Erie <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black Rock Harbor and Erie Basin, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Basin, New York, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-five, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, two hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred and fourteen thousand six hundred and forty-three dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving channel between Staten Island and the New Jersey shore, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Staten Island and New Jersey Channel.</p></sidenote> New York and New Jersey: For maintenance, ten thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand dollars may be expended upon Lemon Creek, New York.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Arthur Kill, or Staten Island Sound, from Kill von Kull <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arthur Kill, N. Y.</p></sidenote> to Raritan Bay, New York and New Jersey, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and ninety-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate five hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, and in case <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modification of plans.</p></sidenote> the total cost shall not exceed the limit fixed herein, modify the project by locating the channel north of Shooters Island.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Raritan Bay, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Raritan Bay, N. J.</p></sidenote> forty-five thousand dollars, twenty-five thousand dollars of which may be expended in dredging between the mouth of Raritan River and tail of Great Beds.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erie, Pa.</p></sidenote> one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pittsburg, Pa.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Wilmington Harbor, Delaware: Continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilmington, Del.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance, fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposal of sewage.</p></sidenote> more than twenty-five thousand dollars of said sum shall be expended until arrangements have been made by the city of Wilmington, and approved by the Secretary of War, to dispose of the sewage from the city in such manner as to prevent the filling of the channel, and the largely increased cost of maintenance caused thereby.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, including the approach <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baltimore, Md.</p></sidenote> thereto by Patapsco River: For maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southwest Baltimore.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor of Southwest Baltimore (Spring Garden), Maryland, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and four, Fifty-fourth Congress, first session, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> eighty-eight thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and twenty-one thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Curtis Bay.</p></sidenote> Improving channel of Curtis Bay, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, by deepening the same to thirty feet and widening to two hundred and fifty feet, in accordance with plan submitted in Senate Document Numbered One hundred and eighteen, Fifty-sixth Congress, second <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> session, fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breton Bay and Patuxent River, Md.</p></sidenote> Improving Breton Bay and Patuxent River, Maryland, in accordance with the reports submitted in House Documents Numbered respectively Two hundred and nine, and One hundred and seventy, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, the larger projects therein described being intended, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chesapeake Bay, Md.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern Shore.</p></sidenote> Improving certain harbors and rivers on the easterly shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, namely: Rock Hall, Queenstown, Claiborne, and Cambridge harbors, Chester, Choptank, Warwick, Pocomoke, and Wicomoco rivers, and Tyaskin Creek: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvements restricted.</p></sidenote> seventy-four thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the improvement of Rock Hall, Queenstown, and Claiborne harbors shall be made in accordance with the reports submitted in House Documents Numbered respectively Ninety-nine, Ninety-two, and Eighty-one, Fifty-sixth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tyaskin Creek.</p></sidenote> Congress, first session:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the improvement of Tyaskin Creek shall be made in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Charles City, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equal privileges to all ships.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Cape Charles City, Virginia: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no portion of said amount shall be expended until it shall satisfactorily appear to the Secretary of War that equal privileges are granted to all ships desiring to anchor in said harbor, and that access to and the use of wharves in said harbor are granted on payment of reasonable charges.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Milford Haven, Va.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Milford Haven, Virginia: Completing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hampton Roads, Va.</p></sidenote> Improving Hampton Roads, Virginia, by removal of Middle Ground Bar, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Ninety-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, ten thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote> Improving Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, and its approaches: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of Hospital Point.</p></sidenote> Improving said harbor, by removal of Hospital Point, in accordance with the report printed on page thirteen hundred and fifty-five et sequentes of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> hundred and ninety-seven, ten thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War <page identifier="/us/stat/32/337">337</page> for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and eighty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Edenton Bay, North Carolina: Completing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edenton Bay, N. C.</p></sidenote> improvement, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Beaufort, North Carolina: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beanfort, N. C.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Charleston Harbor, South Carolina: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charleston, S. C.</p></sidenote> forty-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the unappropriated balance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of balance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 91.</p></sidenote> of the amount authorized by the Act of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to be expended for completing the twenty-one-foot project in Charleston Harbor, may be applied to the operating of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1125.</p></sidenote> dredges under the twenty-six-foot project of November eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, as modified and approved by the division engineer.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the inland waterways between Charleston Harbor, South <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inland waterways, Charleston to McClellanville.</p></sidenote> Carolina, and opposite McClellanville, in accordance with the report submitted by the Chief of Engineers March twenty-six, nineteen hundred and two, fifty thousand dollars, the same to be expended at the end of the route from Charleston northward in procuring a channel of four feet depth and sixty feet bottom width: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Donation of land.</p></sidenote> land required for the same shall be relinquished free of cost to the Government.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Winyah Bay, South Carolina: The dredge or dredges employed in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Winyah Bay, S. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of dredges.</p></sidenote> connection with the work of improvement at the entrance to Winyah Bay, and such other dredges owned or controlled by the Government as are used on Winyah Bay river systems and canals, may be used in dredging the shoal places between the entrance and the city of Georgetown, South Carolina, over which the least channel depths may at any time be less than at the entrance of the bay; and any expense so caused shall be paid from amounts appropriated or that may be appropriated for said Winyah Bay: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the expense of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> dredging added to that of improving the entrance to said bay shall not exceed the total amount appropriated and authorized to be appropriated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 207.</p></sidenote> by Act of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Savannah Harbor, Georgia: For maintenance, fifty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah, Ga.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> dollars. The unexpended balance of amounts heretofore appropriated, and now available for the present project, is hereby made available for continuing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel.</p></sidenote> navigable depth of twenty-eight feet at mean high water may be extended upstream such distance as is required in the interest of navigation, and the channel in front of the city of Savannah may be widened to six hundred feet by the removal of a portion of Hutchinsons Island.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Darien, and Doboy Bar, Georgia: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Darien and Doboy Bar, Ga.</p></sidenote> improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Brunswick Harbor, outer bar, and inner harbor, Georgia: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brunswick, Ga.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, of which not exceeding forty thousand dollars may be expended on the outer bar in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and seventy-nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, sec-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/338">338</page>ond session, and the Secretary of War may in his discretion apply the amount to be expended on the outer bar upon either of the routes described in said report. The improvement of the inner harbor shall be made in accordance with the report submitted in House Document <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Academy Creek to old Altamaha Canal.</p></sidenote> Numbered Forty, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session. Of the amount herein appropriated, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for maintaining in Academy Creek to the old Altamaha Canal a depth equal to the controlling depth on the shoal at the lower end of the city in East River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">C. P. Goodyear, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> C. P. Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, shall be paid for fifty feet excess of width over the contract width of twenty-four feet depth at mean high tide on the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia, obtained, as shown by the report of H. L. Marinden, the officer detailed to make survey of such work, made to the Secretary of War on the fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, in the same proportion as he was paid for one hundred feet widths of such depths, namely, twenty thousand dollars; and that for the fifty feet excess of width over contract width of twenty-five feet depth at mean high tide, shown by said report, he or they shall be paid in the same proportion as he was paid for one hundred feet width of twenty-five feet depth, namely, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carrabelle, Fla., East Pass.</p></sidenote> Improving East Pass, Carrabelle Harbor, Florida, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Sixty-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Biscayne Bay, Fla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel from Miami to the sea.</p></sidenote> Improving Biscayne Bay, Florida, with a view to obtaining a channel eighteen feet deep from the wharves at Miami to the sea by way of the northerly line of the two lines north of Norris Cut, as described in the report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and sixty-two, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, and a basin of same depth sixteen hundred feet long and five hundred feet wide, adjacent <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> to the wharves at Miami, fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for prosecuting the project, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Work by Florida East Coast Railway Company.</p></sidenote> dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That of the work herein contemplated The Florida East Coast Railway Company shall construct at its own expense, the basin adjacent to the wharves at Miami as herein described, and the portion of the channel from such basin to the east side of the basin proposed in the report herein mentioned, said channel to be not less than eighty-five nor more than one hundred feet in width, as shall be determined by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public use.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of War, and said basin and channel when so constructed by the railway company shall be open to the free and unobstructed use <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures.</p></sidenote> of the public:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the amounts herein appropriated and authorized shall be expended in constructing and protecting the portion of the channel extending to the sea from the terminus of the channel to be constructed by the railway company, of such approximately uniform depth and of such width as will best serve the interests of navigation, and as can be constructed with the funds herein appropriated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contract with railway company.</p></sidenote> and authorized:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That before any part of the appropriation shall be expended, the said railway company shall enter into a contract with the United States satisfactory to the Secretary of War for the performing of its part of the work, and for securing in its portion of the channel and in the said basin practicable depths at least as great as are secured in the portion of the channel to be built by the United States, and for maintaining for a period of three years after the said eighteen-foot channel to be constructed by the Government shall have been obtained, an equal depth in the basin and the channel across the bay; and said contract shall also provide that all craft resorting to Biscayne Bay for commercial purposes may use <page identifier="/us/stat/32/339">339</page> the wharves and warehouses thereon now owned or controlled, or hereafter built on Biscayne Bay by The Florida East Coast Railway Company, its successors or assigns, for reasonable rates of compensation, and that proper facilities shall be given to all persons or corporations for the shipment of freight to or from said wharves, on the railway tracks of the said company in Miami for like reasonable rates and upon just and reasonable conditions, and in case of disagreement such compensation and conditions shall be determined by the Secretary of War.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving northwest entrance to harbor at Key West, Florida: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Key West, Fla.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, including dredging, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Hillsboro Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hillsboro Bay, Fla.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Sarasota Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement and for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sarasota Bay, Fla.</p></sidenote> maintenance, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Apalachicola Bay, Florida: Continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apalachicola Bay, Fla.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensacola, Fla.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars; the same to be used toward securing a channel depth of thirty feet and width of five hundred feet from the Gulf of Mexico to the dock line at the east end of the city of Pensacola: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That of said amount <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dredge.</p></sidenote> one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the construction or purchase of a seagoing suction dredge.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dredge, with snagging outfit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1139.</p></sidenote> be necessary, is hereby appropriated in addition to the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars appropriated in the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for the purpose of constructing or purchasing a suitable dredge with snagging outfit, to be used in connection with the several works of river and harbor improvement in the State of Florida.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mobile, Ala.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> three hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary, with the view of ultimately securing a channel twenty-three feet deep and one hundred feet wide at the bottom, with appropriate side slopes, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated, of which amount herein appropriated ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the removal of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removing obstructions.</p></sidenote> deadheads, sunken logs, and other obstructions arising from the winter and spring freshets on the rivers entering into Mobile Bay:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That of this appropriation the Secretary of War may, in his <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel, Fort Morgan.</p></sidenote> discretion, expend a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars in deepening and widening the channel through the outer bar near Fort Morgan.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Biloxi, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Biloxi, Miss.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, with a view <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southwest Pass.</p></sidenote> to obtaining a navigable depth of thirty-five feet in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and twenty-nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be required to prosecute the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million seven hundred and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/340">340</page> fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated, and the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, modify the plans described in the said report.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Pass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of channel.</p></sidenote> The Secretary of War is hereby directed to maintain the channel in the South Pass of the Mississippi River with the utmost efficiency, and for that purpose the dredge boat Beta, or any other available <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of lands, etc.</p></sidenote> Government dredge, may be used, and the lands and buildings on either side of the South Pass, or such part thereof as in his discretion may be necessary, may be purchased for the United States from the heirs or legal representatives of Janies B. Eads, deceased, and for the purposes named herein seventy-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated in addition to the one hundred thousand dollars annually <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 584.</p></sidenote> allowed for maintenance in the Act of Congress approved June sixth, nineteen hundred.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations and surveys continued.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 18, p. 463.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 424.</p></sidenote> The provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and of the Act of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, with regard to examinations and surveys at South Pass, mouth of the Mississippi River, shall remain in force as fully as though they were herein reenacted in express terms, notwithstanding the termination of the contract with the late James B. Eads and associates.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calcasieu River, La.</p></sidenote> Improving mouth and passes of Calcasieu River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sabine Pass, Tex. and La.</p></sidenote> Sabine Pass, Texas and Louisiana: For maintenance of channel, and for repairs of the jetties, one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars, of which amount twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used to improve the main ship channel in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seventy, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brazos River, Tex.</p></sidenote> Improving the mouth of the Brazos River, Texas: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aransas Pass, Tex.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion of north jetty.</p></sidenote> Improving Aransas Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the work at this harbor shall be confined to the completion of the north jetty in accordance with the design and specifications of the Aransas Pass Harbor Company, and in continuation of the work heretofore carried out on said jetty by said company, and to such additional work as may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of obstructions.</p></sidenote> necessary for strengthening such jetty, and for the removal of such part of the old Government jetty and any other hard material which may interfere with the formation of a channel by the natural action of the currents.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Galveston, Tex.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance harbor entrance, etc.</p></sidenote> Improving Galveston Harbor, Texas, by maintaining the entrance to said harbor and toward the restoration of the jetties in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and thirty-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, three hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary in prosecuting the project of repairing, restoring, and completing the jetties as recommended in the said report, not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended appropriations available.</p></sidenote> and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That appropriations heretofore made and unexpended for Galveston Harbor are hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South jetty.</p></sidenote> made available for the above purposes. The Secretary of War is authorized to modify the plan for the south jetty so as to connect and adjust the same with the protection work proposed by the city of Galveston, if found advisable.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Galveston Channel.</p></sidenote> Improving Galveston Channel in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and sixty-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, one hundred thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/341">341</page> Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred thousand dollars exclusive of the amounts herein appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the amounts herein appropriated or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depth.</p></sidenote> authorized shall be expended in obtaining a channel from the outer end of the inner bar to Fifty-first street, thirty feet in depth, and of such width in the respective portions thereof as shall best subserve the interests of commerce.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to appoint <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board to submit plans for protection of port.</p></sidenote> a board of engineers to make an examination and prepare plans and estimates for the protection of the port of Galveston and the property of the United States located on Galveston Island from excessive storms, by a breakwater or other means, and submit the same, with a report upon the feasibility, advisability, and cost thereof, and the probable effect of such improvement upon the general condition of that port and its commerce, and the expenses of said board shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> paid from the foregoing appropriation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Deepening the channel from Galveston Harbor to Texas City, Texas: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Galveston to Texas City, Tex.</p></sidenote> The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, with the consent of the contractors now engaged in said work, or any contractors who may hereafter undertake the same, to modify the contract heretofore <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modification of contracts for channel.</p></sidenote> entered into for the performance of said work so that payments of five per centum of the whole contract price shall be made from time to time to said contractors for each one thousand linear feet along the length of said channel, whenever it shall satisfactorily appear to the Secretary of War that a depth of twenty-five feet and a width of one hundred feet at the bottom are obtained, until the sum of two hundred thousand dollars has been paid, after which no payments shall be made until the whole channel has been completed to the required width and depth, at which time the balance of the contract price shall be paid. And before <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote> such modification shall take effect the contractors for said work shall give bond to the United States, with sufficient surety or sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of War, conditioned upon the complete and faithful performance of said work as originally contracted for within two years from the date of said modification, in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is authorized to draw <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments.</p></sidenote> his warrant or requisition from time to time upon the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the amounts which shall be found due the contractors as provided herein, which warrants or requisitions shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section two of “An Act to promote the construction of a safe deepwater <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Padre Island harbor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 741; Vol. 27, p. 422; Vol. 30, p. 1128.</p></sidenote> harbor on the coast of Texas,” approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and as amended March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended so that the said Corpus Christi and Padre Island Harbor Company is hereby authorized and empowered to commence the construction and complete the said harbor off Padre Island, on the coast of Texas, within six years from February ninth, nineteen hundred and two: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That work thereon <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commencement.</p></sidenote> be begun within two years from the time this Act shall go into effect.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Conneaut Harbor, Ohio: Continuing improvement and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conneaut, Ohio.</p></sidenote> for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of the approved project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/342">342</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ashtabula, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fairport, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio: For maintenance and continuing improvement in accordance with the report submitted by the Chief of Engineers in his report for eighteen hundred and ninety-nine on page three thousand and fifty-seven, et sequentes, one hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dredging.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, dredge to a depth of twenty-five feet in any portion of said harbor and so much of said amount as may be necessary may be used for dredging between the Government piers.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement of harbor entrance.</p></sidenote> Improving said harbor in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and eighteen, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, by providing a safer and better entrance at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New breakwater.</p></sidenote> the main entrance to the breakwater in said harbor, and by the construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> of a new breakwater, five hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for prosecuting said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Material, etc.</p></sidenote> appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, construct said breakwater under the last-named project either of stone or of timber cribs with superstructure of concrete, as described in said document, and the center line of such new breakwater shall be constructed upon the prolongation of the center line of the main portion of the existing breakwater, and there shall be no further extension of the deflected portion of the east breakwater beyond what <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction of breakwater.</p></sidenote> has already been constructed:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, also, That the said breakwater shall be commenced at the westerly end thereof and shall be extended eastwardly so far as the same can be completed with the money available, in one section or in separate sections, as shall be most favorable for the prosecution of the work.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lorain, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Black River (Lorain), Ohio: For repairs and maintenance, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Huron, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio: For maintenance, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandusky, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving Sandusky Harbor, Ohio, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Clinton, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toledo, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio: For maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dredge for Lake Erie.</p></sidenote> The Secretary of War is authorized to cause to be purchased or built a suitable dredge, for use in the improvement and maintenance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> of the harbors upon Lake Erie, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, to be paid for from appropriations made or authorized for the harbors mentioned in this paragraph, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations chargeable for.</p></sidenote> in amounts not exceeding those hereafter mentioned, namely: From the amount authorized to be expended for improving the harbor at Toledo by providing a straight channel through Maumee River and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1129.</p></sidenote> Bay under the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, forty thousand dollars; from the appropriation for Sandusky, forty thousand dollars; from that for Cleveland, forty thousand dollars; from that for Fairport, twenty-five thousand dollars; from that for Ashtabula, twenty thousand dollars; from that for Conneaut, ten thousand dollars; and in case the total expense of said <page identifier="/us/stat/32/343">343</page> dredge shall be less than one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, a proportional reduction shall be made from the amounts to be charged to each of said harbors.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving inner and outer harbors at Michigan City, Indiana: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Michigan City, Ind.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement and for maintenance, sixty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waukegan, Ill.</p></sidenote> in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and forty-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and forty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of War may in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modification of plans.</p></sidenote> his discretion and in case the total cost shall not exceed the limit fixed herein, modify the location of the detached breakwater.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Calumet Harbor, Illinois: The Secretary of War is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calumet, Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modification of plans.</p></sidenote> authorized, in his discretion, to amend the project for the improvement of Calumet Harbor by substituting in place of the north and south breakwater therein proposed an extension of the east and west breakwater from the eastern end thereof, not to exceed two thousand five hundred feet in a southeasterly direction: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the whole <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> cost of the said improvement shall not exceed the amount named in the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1129.</p></sidenote> ninety-nine.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor of refuge at Sandbeach, Michigan: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandbeach, Mich.</p></sidenote> seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Cheboygan, Michigan, in accordance with the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cheboygan, Mich.</p></sidenote> report submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and thirty-six, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Saint Joseph Harbor and River, Michigan: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Joseph Harbor and River, Mich.</p></sidenote> twenty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Haven, Mich.</p></sidenote> twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Saugatuck Harbor and Kalamazoo River, Michigan: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saugatuck Harbor and Kalamazoo River, Mich.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alternative project.</p></sidenote> maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of the alternative project, involving a new cut to Lake Michigan, submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and ninety-two, Fifty-fourth Congress, first session, to be paid for as appropriations may be made from time to time, to be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Holland (Black Lake), Michigan: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Holland, Mich.</p></sidenote> improvement and for maintenance, seventy-three thousand dollars, of which not to exceed five thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used to dredge a channel through the bar in Black Lake near the entrance thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan, in accordance with the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muskegon, Mich.</p></sidenote> report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and four, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Haven, Mich.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars, of which amount two thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in dredging up to Spring Lake Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Ludington, Michigan: Continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ludington, Mich.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance and repairs, seventy-five thousand dollars: <page identifier="/us/stat/32/344">344</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of said project in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and seventy-three, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extending revetment.</p></sidenote> herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That so much as may be necessary of the funds herein appropriated, or remaining on hand from former appropriations, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, of War, be expended for extending the revetment on the north bank of the channel, east of the life-saving station, five hundred and eighty-eight feet.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manistee, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Completing improvement and for maintenance, forty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portage Lake, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor of refuge at Portage Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty-nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frankfort, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan: Completing improvement and for maintenance and repairs, fifty-four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlevoix, Mich.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel to Pine Lake.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars, to be first expended in obtaining a uniform depth of channel from Lake Michigan to Pine Lake.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Petoskey, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Petoskey, Michigan: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars, and the Secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> War is hereby authorized to change or modify existing plans: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> That the total of expenditure shall not exceed the amount estimated to complete under the existing project.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Marais, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Michigan: Continuing improvement, seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marquette, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: Continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance, twenty-six thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate eighty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Presque Isle breakwater.</p></sidenote> appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That of the sum provided for improvement and maintenance an amount not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars may be expended in connecting the Presque Isle breakwater with the shore.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ontonagon, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Ontonagon, Michigan: For maintenance, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Menominee Harbor and River, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving Menominee Harbor and River, Michigan and Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand three hundred and fifty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plan of improvement.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the improvement of Menominee River shall be made in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and nineteen, first session Fifty-sixth Congress.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pentwater and White Lake, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving harbors at Pentwater and White Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Racine, Wis.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin: For maintenance and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modification of project.</p></sidenote> further improvement, twenty thousand dollars, and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to change or modify the existing project in his discretion, and to make a survey with a view to the protection of the harbor against northeast storms.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kenosha, Wis.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin: For maintenance and further improvement, five thousand dollars, and the same authority is <page identifier="/us/stat/32/345">345</page> given to the Secretary of War as stated in the preceding provision for Racine.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including harbor of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Milwaukee, Wis.</p></sidenote> refuge: For maintenance, two hundred and thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars, of which amount not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars may be expended for the maintenance, rebuilding, and repair of the breakwater belonging to the harbor of refuge.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ahnapee, Wis.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin, six thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Washington, Wis.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Oconto, Wisconsin, three thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oconto, Wis.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: For maintenance and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sheboygan, Wis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1131.</p></sidenote> for improving said harbor in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and twenty-seven, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, and the project adopted March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manitowoc, Wis.</p></sidenote> eight thousand dollars; for improving said harbor in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, by the extension of the breakwater four hundred feet, thirty-seven thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That the Secretary of War shall cause to be made a survey of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey, etc.</p></sidenote> Manitowoc harbor and river, with an estimate of the cost of improving the same, so as to make the same more available as a harbor of refuge, by the construction of two or more turning basins in said Manitowoc River between the upper and lower bridges of the Wisconsin Central Railway Company, each of a depth of not less than twenty-one feet and of as great a width as is deemed feasible, together with a safe and convenient channel of sufficient width and not less than twenty-one feet in depth from said turning basins to the entrance of Manitowoc Harbor.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Two Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two Rivers, Wis.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kewaunee, Wis.</p></sidenote> eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin: For maintenance and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Green Bay, Wis.</p></sidenote> for improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-two, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, with a view of obtaining a channel twenty feet deep from the mouth of Fox River to the city of Green Bay, one hundred and five thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal and harbor <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal.</p></sidenote> of refuge connected therewith: For maintenance and continuing improvement in accordance with the project for deepening the same to eighteen feet, submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and seventeen, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, forty-four thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate the sum of one hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Ashland, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ashland, Wis.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the harbor at Port Wing, Wisconsin, in accordance with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Wing, Wis.</p></sidenote> the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and fourteen, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, for a harbor of refuge, twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no part of said sum shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conveyance of title.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/346">346</page> be expended until the title of the land necessary for the establishment of said harbor, according to said report, shall have been properly and legally conveyed by or through the authorities of Port Wing to the United States Government.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars, of which not less than one hundred thousand dollars shall be expended in prosecuting the work of rebuilding the piers at the Wisconsin entry of said harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Marais, Minn.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota: For maintenance, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agate Bay, Minn.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Agate Bay, Minnesota: For maintenance, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warroad Harbor and River, Minn.</p></sidenote> Improving Warroad Harbor and Warroad River, Minnesota, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Ninety-two, second session of the Fifty-sixth Congress, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Diego, Cal.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at San Diego, California: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> seventy-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the approved project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and ninety-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilmington Harbor, Cal.</p></sidenote> Improving Wilmington Harbor, California, in accordance with the plan for the partial improvement as submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and fifty-seven, Fifty-sixth Congress, first <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dredge.</p></sidenote> session, including the construction or purchase of a suitable dredge, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 214.</p></sidenote> two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the unexpended cash sum appropriated under the Act of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for the improvement of Wilmington Harbor, California, together with any other unexpended balance heretofore appropriated for said harbor, is hereby authorized to be expended in said improvement.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Luis Obispo, Cal.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at San Luis Obispo, California: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Pablo Bay, Cal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel.</p></sidenote> Improving San Pablo Bay, California, by constructing a channel between the Straits of Karquines and the Golden Gate, off Point Pinole, Point Wilson, and Lone Tree Point, three hundred feet in width and thirty feet in depth, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eighty-nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the completion of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and eighty-one thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oakland, Cal.</p></sidenote> Improving Oakland Harbor, California, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and sixty-two, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, one hundred thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Francisco, Cal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of Blossom Rock.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1132.</p></sidenote> Improving San Francisco Harbor, California, by the removal of Blossom Rock: The river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, wherein provision was made for removing Arch Rock and Shag Rocks to a depth of thirty feet below mean low water, is hereby amended so as to include Blossom Rock, and all the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/347">347</page> provisions of said Act are hereby made applicable to Blossom Rock as fully as to Arch Rock and Shag Rocks.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving entrance to Coos Bay and Harbor, Oregon: For maintenance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coos Bay and Harbor, Oregon.</p></sidenote> and continuing improvement and repairing jetty, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oregon: Completing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oregon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys, etc.</p></sidenote> twenty-seven thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause to be made a survey and an estimate of the cost of securing channels across said bar of fifteen and twenty feet in depth, respectively.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Olympia Harbor, Washington: Completing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Olympia, Wash.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tacoma Harbor, Washington, in accordance with the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tacoma, Wash.</p></sidenote> report submitted in House Document Numbered Seventy-six, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, seventy-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate, one hundred thousand dollars exclusive of the amount herein appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That no part of said amount shall be expended until <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions.</p></sidenote> a release from liability for damages shall be obtained, if any liability exists, arising from a contract between the State of Washington and R. B. Lehman, which said contract is set forth in said document, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposit of dredgings.</p></sidenote> the right is obtained, free of charge, to deposit material dredged from said channel upon adjacent tide lands:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damage to piers, etc.</p></sidenote> work shall be so conducted as not to damage the piers or foundations of bridges crossing said waterway, or the wharves adjacent thereto.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Grays Harbor, inner portion between Aberdeen and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grays Harbor, Mich.</p></sidenote> entrance to said harbor, and Chehalis River, Washington: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving New Whatcom Harbor, Washington, in accordance with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Whatcom, Wash.</p></sidenote> the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eighty, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session, twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That no part of this appropriation shall be expended until provision <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mill refuse.</p></sidenote> shall have been made, satisfactory to the Secretary of War, to prevent the deposit in the channel to be improved, of sawdust and refuse from the mills.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving waterway connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waterway connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, Wash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Low-water channel.</p></sidenote> Washington, Washington: Continuing improvement, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That this appropriation, together with the unexpended balance to the credit of said improvement, shall be expended in securing, by dredging, a low-water channel ten feet in depth from Shilshole Bay through Salmon Bay to the wharves at Ballard:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That a board of engineers shall be appointed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board to report on canal, etc.</p></sidenote> by the Secretary of War, who shall make such surveys, examinations, and investigations as may be required to determine the feasibility and advisability of constructing a canal, with necessary locks and dams, connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, of sufficient width and depth to accommodate the largest commercial and naval vessels, and said board shall prepare and report plans and estimates of the cost thereof. Said board shall also examine the route for a similar <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elliott Bay to Lake Union.</p></sidenote> canal connecting Elliott Bay with Lakes Washington and Union, with a view to determine the feasibility of such route, and shall invite proposals from the Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company for the construction of a similar canal over said route connecting Elliott Bay with Lake Washington, and similar proposals for connecting Elliott Bay with Lake Union through Lake Washington, said proposals to specify the time for the completion of each project, and all rights and privileges to be reserved by said company. Said board shall also report <page identifier="/us/stat/32/348">348</page> upon the relative advantages of all proposed routes. Nothing herein shall be construed as the adoption of any project for the construction of a waterway connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington. Said board shall make its reports as above provided for to the next session of Congress.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lubec Channel, Me.</p></sidenote> Improving Lubec Channel, Maine: Completing improvement, fifty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bagaduce River, Me.</p></sidenote> Improving Bagaduce River, Maine: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georges River, Me.</p></sidenote> Improving Georges River, Maine: Completing improvement, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kennebec River, Me.</p></sidenote> Improving Kennebec River, Maine, between Gardiner and Augusta, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and sixty-two, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, forty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such material and work as may be necessary to complete said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate forty-one thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cocbeco River, N. H.</p></sidenote> Improving Cocheco River, New Hampshire: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lamprey River.</p></sidenote> thirty thousand dollars, of which amount ten thousand dollars may be expended on the Lamprey River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exeter River, N. H.</p></sidenote> Improving Exeter River, New Hampshire: Completing improvement, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lake Champlain Narrows, Vt.</p></sidenote> Improving the Narrows of Lake Champlain, Vermont: Completing improvement, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merrimac River, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving Merrimac River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars, and the Secretary of War shall cause an examination to be made with a view to obtaining a depth of nine feet to Haverhill.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mystic and Malden rivers, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving Mystic and Malden rivers and Mystic River below the mouth of Island End River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Weymouth and Town rivers, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving Weymouth and Town rivers, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taunton River, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: For maintenance and dredging, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Connecticut River, Conn, and Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys, etc.</p></sidenote> Improving Connecticut River between Hartford, Connecticut, and Holyoke, Massachusetts: For the purpose of further surveys and report upon the project for improving the Connecticut River between Hartford, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board to examine, etc., improvements.</p></sidenote> Connecticut, and Holyoke, Massachusetts, a board of three officers of the Engineer Corps, to be designated by the Secretary of War, shall personally make examination of the improvement proposed by the engineer in charge, and report thereon, with reference to the probable cost of said proposed improvement, the commercial advantages, if any, to be derived from such improvement, and such other information as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimates.</p></sidenote> the board may deem essential. In estimating the probable cost of said improvement said board shall take into account both direct and consequential damages and the annual cost of maintaining said improvement, and shall hear all parties interested in said improvement or who may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> be affected thereby, and twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of said board, and for any surveys ordered by it in addition to those already made.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Providence River and Harbor, R. I.</p></sidenote> Improving Providence River and Harbor, Rhode Island, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and eight, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, one hundred thousand dollars, to be expended upon the lesser project recommended <page identifier="/us/stat/32/349">349</page> in said report, of which amount so much as may be necessary may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of Green Jacket Shoal.</p></sidenote> used for the removal of Green Jacket Shoal.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pawtucket River, Rhode Island: Completing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pawtucket River, R. I.</p></sidenote> twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pawcatuck River, R. I., and Conn.</p></sidenote> improvement, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Thames River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thames River, Conn.</p></sidenote> fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Connecticut River below Hartford, Connecticut: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Connecticut River below Hartford, Conn.</p></sidenote> improvement, thirty thousand dollars, of which amount one thousand dollars may be used for the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Salmon River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Housatonic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Housatonic River, Conn.</p></sidenote> ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving East River and Hell Gate, New York: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">East River and Hell Gate, N. Y.</p></sidenote> improvement, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Harlem River, New York: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harlem River, N. Y.</p></sidenote> seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bronx River and East Chester Creek, New York: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bronx River and East Chester Creek, N. Y.</p></sidenote> improvement, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hudson River, N. Y.</p></sidenote> two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and the Secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel at Troy.</p></sidenote> War may, in his discretion, establish the east line of the improved channel in front of the city of Troy, from the foot of Congress street to the southern end of the city, so as to place it as near as practicable to the existing bulkhead line. And the Secretary of War shall appoint <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board to examine, etc., cause of gorges and freshets.</p></sidenote> a board of engineers to examine and determine whether existing Government work in connection with the Upper Hudson improvement causes gorges and freshets between Albany and Coxsackie; to report what changes should be made, if any, provided such is the case, together with an estimate of the cost thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Saint Lawrence River at the head of Long Sault Island, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Lawrence River.</p></sidenote> in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and one, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, forty-eight thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no part of said amount <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free use of Saint Lawrence Power Company’s canal.</p></sidenote> shall be expended until the Saint Lawrence Power Company shall have filed with the Secretary of War an agreement in writing that their canal from the Saint Lawrence River to Massena may be used for all purposes of navigation free from tolls or charges, and to the effect that if in the future a waterway connecting said canal with Grasse River shall be undertaken by the Government, such locks and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and dams.</p></sidenote> dams in said canal as may be necessary may be constructed by the Government and authority be given to enter upon and use sufficient land for the construction and operation of such locks and dams without cost.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Wappinger Creek, New York: Continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wappinger Creek, N. Y.</p></sidenote> and maintenance, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Passaic River, New Jersey, in accordance with the report <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passaic River, N. J.</p></sidenote> submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and one, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, from Staten Island Sound through Newark Bay and the said river to the Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railroad bridge with a channel twelve feet deep to the Nairn Linoleum Works, and ten feet deep from that point to the said railroad bridge, seventy-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and twenty-one thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/350">350</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Woodbridge Creek, N. J.</p></sidenote> Improving Woodbridge Creek, New Jersey, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and eighty-two, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Keyport Harbor, etc., N. J.</p></sidenote> Improving Keyport Harbor, Matawan Creek, Raritan, South, and Elizabeth rivers, and Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rancocas River, N. J.</p></sidenote> Improving Rancocas River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement on the Lumberton Branch, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shrewsbury River, N. J.</p></sidenote> Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Completing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mantua Creek, N. J.</p></sidenote> Improving Mantua Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alloway Creek, N. J.</p></sidenote> Improving Alloway Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Raccoon Creek, N. J.</p></sidenote> Improving Raccoon Creek, New Jersey, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-one, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tuckerton Creek, N. J.</p></sidenote> Improving Tuckerton Creek, New Jersey, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and seventy-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delaware River, N. J., Pa., and Del.</p></sidenote> Improving Delaware River, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, in accordance with the report printed in House Document Numbered Ninety-one, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, with a view to obtaining a channel six hundred feet wide and thirty feet deep from Christian street, Philadelphia, to deep water in Delaware Bay, six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the prosecution of the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two million four hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allegheny River, Pa.</p></sidenote> Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Six Mile Island dam.</p></sidenote> The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to prosecute the work of constructing the dam at or near the head of Six Mile Island: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the expenditure shall not exceed the present limit of cost until further estimates shall have been submitted and said limit of cost extended by law.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monongahela River, Pa.</p></sidenote> Improving Monongahela River, Pennsylvania: For the rebuilding of lock and dam two, in accordance with the report submitted by the engineer in charge, dated February fourth, nineteen hundred and two, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> two hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for the completion of said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred and fifty-five thousand nine hundred and sixty-one dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appoquinimink, etc., rivers, Del.</p></sidenote> Improving Appoquinimink, Murderkill, and Mispillion rivers, Delaware: For maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smyrna River, Del.</p></sidenote> Improving Smyrna River, Delaware, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Ninety, Fifty-sixth Congress, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> second session, fifteen thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no part of said amount shall be expended until a satisfactory title of the land required for crosscuts and other portions of this improvement shall be obtained without expense to the Government.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Susquehanna River, Md.</p></sidenote> Improving Susquehanna River above and below Havre de Grace, Maryland: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Elk River, Maryland: Completing improvement, in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elk River, Md.</p></sidenote> accordance with report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and five, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, sixteen thousand six hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Potomac River at the city of Washington, District of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Potomac River, D. C.</p></sidenote> Columbia: Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Anacostia River, District of Columbia, with a view to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anacostia River, D. C.</p></sidenote> the interests of commerce and navigation, in accordance with such portions of the report submitted in House Document Numbered, Eighty-seven, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, as relates to section one of said river, being the portion below the Navy Yard bridge, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia: Continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rappahannock River, Va.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving York River, Occoquan, Lower Machodoc, Nandua, Aquia, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">York River, etc., Va.</p></sidenote> and Carters creeks, Virginia, sixteen thousand dollars. In the improvement of Carters Creek the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, spend an amount sufficient to dredge a channel in the eastern branch near Galley Hook Point so as to afford a depth of twelve feet by a width of one hundred feet.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pagan River, Virginia, in accordance with the report <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pagan River, Va.</p></sidenote> submitted in House Document Numbered Eighty-eight, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, ten thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James River, Va.</p></sidenote> for extending the improvement of James River to the head of navigation at the docks, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, three hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions.</p></sidenote> no part of said amount shall be expended for turning basins or areas mentioned in said report:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That not more than <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures.</p></sidenote> one-half of said appropriation shall be expended for the improvements above the city line of the city of Richmond.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Appomattox River, Virginia: For maintenance, seven <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appomattox River, Va.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars. And for the deflection and improvement of the river at Petersburg, Virginia, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and thirty-nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Little Kanawha River, West Virginia: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Kanawha River, W. Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and dams.</p></sidenote> one thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That an estimate shall be made of the probable cost of each of the four locks and dams in said river not owned by the Government, as well as the present condition of said locks and dams, and the probable cost of repair, if any, required, and the advisability of acquiring the same in the interest of navigation upon said river.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving inland water route from Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va., to Albemarle Sound, N. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inland waterway.</p></sidenote> Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, through Currituck Sound: Completing improvement, twenty-three thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Scuppernong River, North Carolina, in accordance with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scuppernong River, N. C.</p></sidenote> the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and thirty-one, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pamlico and Tar rivers, North Carolina: Completing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pamlico and Tar rivers, N. C.</p></sidenote> improvement and for maintenance, thirty-five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Neuse and Trent rivers, N. C.</p></sidenote> Improving Neuse and Trent rivers, North Carolina: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty thousand dollars, of which amount so much thereof as may be necessary may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in deepening the Neuse River at and below Newbern, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and seventeen, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session. The said Trent River shall be improved in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-one, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, and of the amount herein appropriated live thousand dollars may be expended at Newbern.</p>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North East, Black, and Cape Fear rivers, N. C.</p></sidenote> Improving North East and Black rivers and Cape Fear River above Wilmington, North Carolina: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars.</p>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Fear River, N. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and dams.</p></sidenote> Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, above Wilmington, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and eighty, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, fifty thousand dollars, to be expended in obtaining suitable sites for the locks and dams designated in said report.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mooring dolphins,</p></sidenote> Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, at and below Wilmington: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which amount so much as may be necessary may be used in the construction of mooring dolphins, in accordance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of obstructions mouth of Brunswick River.</p></sidenote> with the approved project: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That of the amount herein appropriated one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in removing obstructions at the mouth of the Brunswick River, in accordance with the estimates submitted in Senate Document Numbered One hundred and thirty, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fishing Creek, N.C.</p></sidenote> Improving Fishing Creek, North Carolina: For maintenance, from its mouth to Beach Swamp, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beaufort Harbor and New River, N. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inland waterway.</p></sidenote> Improving inland waterway between Beaufort Harbor, and New River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waccamaw River, N. C. and S. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Pedee River, S. C.</p></sidenote> Improving Waccamaw River, North Carolina and South Carolina, and Little Pedee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Pedee River, S. C.</p></sidenote> Improving Great Pedee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars, of which amount twelve thousand dollars shall be expended on the upper portion of said river in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, second <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> session: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the improvement on said upper portion, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and six thousand three hundred dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santee, Wateree, and Congaree rivers, S. C.</p></sidenote> Improving Santee, Wateree, and Congaree rivers, South Carolina: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, twenty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charleston and Beaufort, S. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inland waterway.</p></sidenote> Improving inland waterway between Charleston and Beaufort, South Carolina, with a view to a connection between the South Edisto and Ashepoo rivers at or near Fenwicks Island, in accordance with the report printed on pages nine hundred and ninety-nine et sequentes in the report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wappoo Cut, S. C.</p></sidenote> Improving Wappoo Cut, South Carolina: Continuing improvement, eight thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Beaufort River, South Carolina: For maintenance, two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beaufort River, S. C.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oconee River, Ga.</p></sidenote> for maintenance, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Altamaha River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, ten <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Altamaha River, Ga.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chattahoochee River, Ga., and Ala.</p></sidenote> improvement and for maintenance below Columbus, Georgia, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, twenty-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flint River, Ga.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Coosa River, Georgia and Alabama, and the Oostenaula <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coosa, etc., rivers, Ga. and Ala.</p></sidenote> and Coosawattee rivers, Georgia, thirty-five thousand dollars, of which amount ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended upon the last-named rivers, and the balance upon the channel of the Coosa River between its source and the site of Lock Numbered Four. From the balance remaining on hand to the credit of the lower portion of said Coosa River between Wetumka and the railroad bridge, a further sum of ten thousand dollars shall be expended upon that portion of said river above the said railroad bridge. And the Secretary of War shall cause a survey to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey.</p></sidenote> made of the Coosa and Alabama rivers with a view to determining the advisability of securing six-foot navigation in said rivers, and the probable expense thereof; the said survey shall also contain a report upon the advisability of further prosecuting the present project for locks and dams in the Coosa River, and the expense of such survey or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> surveys shall be paid from the unexpended balance remaining to the credit of the said lower portion of the Coosa River, between Wetumka and the railroad bridge.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the inside water route between Savannah, Georgia, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah, Ga., and Fernandina, Fla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inside waterway.</p></sidenote> and Fernandina, Florida: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Indian River, Florida, between Goat Creek and Jupiter <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian River, Fla.</p></sidenote> Inlet: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: For maintenance, two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Volusia Bar, Saint Johns River, Fla.</p></sidenote> dollars, of which amounts much as may be necessary may be expended upon the Saint Johns River between the said Volusia Bar and Lake Monroe.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Orange River, Florida, in accordance with report submitted <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Orange River, etc., Fla.</p></sidenote> in House Document Numbered Three hundred and eighteen, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, Charlotte Harbor and Caloosahatchee River, Florida, from Puntarasa to Punta Gorda, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and eighty-six, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, nine thousand five hundred dollars, of which so much as may be necessary may be expended between Puntarasa and Fort Thompson.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Apalachicola River, Florida, including the cut-off and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apalachicola River, Fla.</p></sidenote> Lower Chipola River: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Kissimmee River, Florida, in accordance with the report <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kissimmee River, Fla.</p></sidenote> submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and seventy-six, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Ocklawaha River, Florida: Continuing improvement and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ocklawaha River, Fla.</p></sidenote> for maintenance, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Choctawhatchee River, Florida and Alabama: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choctawhatchee River, Fla. and Ala.</p></sidenote> improvement, sixteen thousand dollars, of which amount ten thousand dollars shall be expended for the improvement of the river between Newton and Geneva, and four thousand dollars for dredging the channel at the Cypress Top outlet of said river.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Escambia and Conecuh rivers, Florida: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Escambia and Conecuh rivers, Fla.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/354">354</page> improvement, five thousand dollars, the whole or any part of which sum may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in dredging a channel to the depth of eight and one-half feet into the mouth of the Escambia River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Upper Chipola River, Fla.</p></sidenote> Improving Upper Chipola River, Florida: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of water hyacinth.</p></sidenote> For the removal of the water hyacinth from the navigable waters of the States of Florida, Texas, and Louisiana, so far as it is an obstruction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extermination by mechanical, etc., process.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, pp. 1139, 1141.</p></sidenote> to navigation, fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the amount herein appropriated and the unexpended balance of amounts heretofore appropriated for this purpose in the States of Florida and Louisiana may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in exterminating or removing such plant by any mechanical, chemical, or other means whatsoever.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crystal, etc., rivers, Fla.</p></sidenote> Improving Crystal, Manatee, Anclote, Suwanee, and Withlacoochee rivers, Florida: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty-five thousand dollars, and the further sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be used in deepening the channel from the mouth of the Withlacoochee River to the loading pool in the Gulf of Mexico, being a distance of eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty feet, to the depth of eight feet, and to straighten said channel where the same is crooked, and for the maintenance of said channel.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Johns River, Fla.</p></sidenote> Improving Saint Johns River, Florida, from Jacksonville to the ocean: Continuing improvement, three hundred and fifty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the approved and modified project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dredge.</p></sidenote> That out of said amounts one hundred and fifty thousand dollars may be expended in the construction or purchase of a sea-going suction dredge.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Orange Mills Flats, Fla.</p></sidenote> Improving Saint Johns River, Florida, at Orange Mills Flats: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alabama River, Ala.</p></sidenote> Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black Warrior, etc. rivers, Ala.</p></sidenote> Improving the Black Warrior, the Warrior, and the Tombigbee rivers, Alabama: Continuing improvement with a view to securing a navigable depth of six feet in said rivers from Mobile to Mulberry and Locust forks in said Black Warrior River, three hundred and seventy-four <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and dams.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for constructing locks and dams one, two, and three in the Tombigbee and Warrior rivers, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars exclusive of the amounts herein and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">From Tuscaloosa to Demopolis.</p></sidenote> heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That ten thousand dollars of the amounts herein or heretofore appropriated for said project may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended for continuing improvement and for maintenance on said river from Tuscaloosa to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lock sites.</p></sidenote> Demopolis; and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause a survey to be made to determine the location of the necessary lock sites in Tombigbee River between Demopolis and McGrews Shoals, and of locks five and six in the Black Warrior. An unexpended balance of fourteen thousand dollars remaining from the appropriation heretofore made for the construction of locks and dams Numbered Four, Five, and Six on the Warrior River is hereby transferred to be expended for the improvement of Black Warrior River in the completion of Lock Numbered Four.</proviso>
</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tombigbee River, Alabama, from the mouth to Demopolis: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tombigbee River, Ala.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbus and Walkers Bridge, Miss.</p></sidenote> For maintenance, twenty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That four thousand dollars thereof may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended between Columbus and Walkers Bridge, Mississippi.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pascagoula River and its tributaries, the Chickasahay and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pascagoula, etc., rivers, Miss.</p></sidenote> Leaf rivers, Mississippi: For maintenance, eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement with a view <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel.</p></sidenote> to obtaining a seventeen-foot channel, from three miles above the mouth of Dog River to the seventeen-foot contour in Mississippi Sound, one hundred and fifty feet wide above railroad bridge and three hundred feet below, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and eleven, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for the prosecution of said work, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pearl River between Edinburg and Jackson, Mississippi, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pearl River, Miss.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Pearl River below Rockport, Mississippi: For maintenance, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Yazoo River and its tributaries, the Tallahatchie and Big <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yazoo River, etc., Miss.</p></sidenote> Sunflower rivers, Mississippi: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, fifty-five thousand dollars, of which amount a sum not exceeding <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of obstructions.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars shall be used for the removal of obstructions at the lower end of Tchula Lake, and the unexpended balance of two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balances available.</p></sidenote> thousand and thirty-six dollars and fourteen cents for construction of pumping dredge boat, and of five thousand dollars for removing the bar at Yazoo City, is hereby transferred to the fund for the general improvement of the river.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Homochitto River, Mississippi: For maintenance, two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homochitto River, Miss.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bogue Chitto, Chefuncte River, Bogue Falia, Tickfaw <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bogue Chitto, etc., La.</p></sidenote> River and tributaries, Amite River, and Bayou Manchac, Louisiana, nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Boeuf River, Tensas River, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Bartholomew, etc., La.</p></sidenote> Bayou Macon, and Bayous D’Arbonne and Corney, Louisiana: For maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Red River, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Indian Territory: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Red River, La., Ark., Tex., and Ind. T.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars, of which amount ten thousand dollars may be spent above Fulton, Arkansas, and fifteen thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be spent in the improvement of the channel at Shreveport, Louisiana; and the unexpended balance of amounts heretofore appropriated for Little River from Scopini Cut-off to Knox Point and for Sulphur River is hereby transferred to the fund for the general improvement of Red River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, for maintenance, seven thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Lafourche, La.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bayou Teche, Louisiana: For maintenance, seven thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Teche, La.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Bayou Vermilion, Channel, Bay, and Passes, and Mermentau <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bayou Vermilion, etc., La.</p></sidenote> River and tributaries, Louisiana, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving mouths of Sabine and Neches rivers, Texas, in accordance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sabine and Neches rivers, Tex.</p></sidenote> with House Document Numbered Two hundred and ninety-nine, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, by connecting the same with Sabine Pass by a channel eight feet deep through Sabine Lake: Con-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/356">356</page>tinuing improvement, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Route.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That in the discretion of the Secretary of War he may select a route at or near the west shore of said lake, and said channel may be connected with Port Arthur Canal:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free use of canal.</p></sidenote> That, in case such connection is made, boats shall be allowed to pass through the said canal without payment of any tolls.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Securing greater depth.</p></sidenote> In case funds shall be furnished by the citizens of Orange and Beaumont or in any other way to secure a channel along the route herein described of a greater depth than eight feet, the amount herein appropriated may be expended in securing a greater depth than herein designated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Galveston Ship Channel, etc., Tex.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> Galveston Ship Channel and Buffalo Bayou. Texas: Continuing improvement, three hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be required to prosecute said improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate seven hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. The amounts herein appropriated and authorized shall be expended in developing the proposed channel in divisions one and two to a uniform <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures on division two.</p></sidenote> depth:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That not more than one-half of said amounts shall be expended upon division two.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Trinity River, Tex.</p></sidenote> Improving Trinity River, Texas, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and nine, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, one hundred and twenty-five thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for materials and work to prosecute the project recommended in said report, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and dams.</p></sidenote> appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That three hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the amounts herein appropriated and authorized shall be expended to construct locks and dams upon the river between the mouth and section one, in those places where the most serious obstructions exist, and to procure and operate snag boats, and clear the river with the purpose of permitting through navigation over the portion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Open channel.</p></sidenote> above described; and the sum of fifty thousand dollars of the amount herein appropriated shall be expended for the purpose of securing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board to examine, etc.</p></sidenote> open channel navigation in section one of said river, and a board of engineers shall be designated by the Secretary of War to examine section one of said river as described in said House document, and report upon the feasibility and advisability of expending the further sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars with a view to securing not less than eight months navigation annually upon the said section one to Dallas.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brazos River, Tex.</p></sidenote> Improving Brazos River between Velasco and Richmond, Texas, and mouths of adjacent streams: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of canal.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That so much thereof as may be necessary may be used in the operation of the dredge provided for this work, and the purchase of the canal from West Galveston Bay to the mouth of the Brazos at a price not to exceed thirty thousand dollars from the amount herein appropriated, if in the discretion of the Secretary of War such purchase be deemed advisable.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">From Richmond to Old Washington, Tex.</p></sidenote> Improving the Brazos River, Texas, from Richmond to Old Washington, in accordance with the second plan of the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and eighty-three, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cedar Bayou, Tex.</p></sidenote> Improving Cedar Bayou, Texas: Maintaining improvement, five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of dredge.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the dredge constructed for use in this locality shall be available for this work.</proviso>
</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/357">357</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas, including the general improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas River, Ark.</p></sidenote> and removing obstructions and operating snag boats: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, one hundred and ten thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, use <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Low-water channel.</p></sidenote> so much of said sum as will be necessary to construct and operate a suitable dredge boat or boats to keep open a low-water navigable channel in said river so far up said river as he may deem advisable.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White River, Ark.</p></sidenote> for maintenance, twenty-two thousand dollars, of which amount seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may, if required in the interest of commerce and navigation, be used to prevent a cut-off in said river between Choctaw Railway bridge and the town of Duvalls Bluff.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Black River, Arkansas and Missouri: Continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black River, Ark. and Mo.</p></sidenote> and for maintenance, twenty-one thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Cache River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cache River, Ark.</p></sidenote> for maintenance, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Upper White River, Arkansas: For the completion of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Upper White River, Ark.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and dams.</p></sidenote> Locks and Dams Numbered One and Two, and the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Three, authorized in the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Ouachita and Black rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ouachita and Black rivers, Ark. and La.</p></sidenote> For maintenance and completion of survey for locks and dams, thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars; for constructing two locks and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and dams.</p></sidenote> dams, including surveys and acquisition of site for same, one near Monroe, Louisiana, known as Lock Four, and the other near Rolands Raft, Arkansas, known as Lock Six, according to the project submitted in House Document Numbered Four hundred and forty-eight, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, eighty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the work of constructing said locks and dams, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate three hundred and fifty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-four dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Current River, in Arkansas and Missouri: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current River, Ark. and Mo.</p></sidenote> improvement and for maintenance, six thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Saint Francis and L’Anguille rivers, Arkansas: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Francis and L’Anguille rivers, Ark.</p></sidenote> improvement and for maintenance, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To repair the Government levee heretofore constructed to prevent <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River Commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repair, etc., Government levee.</p></sidenote> the cutting through the space dividing the Mississippi and Saint Francis rivers in the vicinity of Walnut Bend, Arkansas, and to extend the same about seven thousand feet to Wheel Ridge, in said State, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and four, Fifty-third Congress, second session, ninety thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Mississippi River Commission.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tennessee River from Riverton to the mouth: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee River.</p></sidenote> improvement and for maintenance, nineteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tennessee River: Continuing improvement at Colbert <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction of lateral canal.</p></sidenote> and Bee Tree Shoals by the construction of a lateral canal, two hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary for prosecuting the work of constructing said lateral canal, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tennessee River above Chattanooga: Continuing im-<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Above Chattanooga.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/358">358</page>provement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richland Creek.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That so much thereof as may be necessary may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended upon Richland Creek, to facilitate navigation and the landing of boats at that point.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">French Broad and Little Pigeon rivers, Tenn.</p></sidenote> Improving French Broad and Little Pigeon rivers, Tennessee: Con tinning improvement and for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland River, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 408.</p></sidenote> Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee, below Nashville: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars, of which so much as may be necessary shall be used for the completion of Lock and Dam Numbered One.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lock and Dam No. 1.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 408.</p></sidenote> Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee, above Nashville: For the completion of Lock and Dam Numbered One and for maintenance, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lease of water power.</p></sidenote> hundred and five thousand dollars. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to grant leases or licenses to the highest responsible bidder for the use of the water power created by said dam, at such a rate and on such conditions and for such periods of time as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canals.</p></sidenote> may seem to him expedient; and he is also authorized, in his discretion, to issue permits for the construction, maintenance, and operation of inlet and outlet canals and other structures, on such plans as he may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions.</p></sidenote> approve, for the diversion of water aforesaid: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That any lease or license so granted shall be limited to the use of the surplus water not required for navigation, and no structures shall be built and no operations be conducted which shall in any manner injure navigation, interfere with the operations of the Government, or impair the usefulness of any improvement made by the Government for the benefit of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to amend, etc., reserved.</p></sidenote> navigation; and the right of Congress’ to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of this paragraph is hereby expressly reserved:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising.</p></sidenote> further</i>, That before leasing or licensing such water privileges, or issuing permits for the construction and operation of such canals, or otherwise disposing of any water power or privilege, the Secretary of War shall first advertise the same in one or more daily papers at Nashville, for sixty days immediately preceding, stating specifically the right or privilege proposed to be leased or conveyed, with its exact <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bids.</p></sidenote> limitations, inviting bids for the same, and he may, in his discretion, then lease the same for a specific term of years at so much per year, to be paid semiannually in cash into the Treasury, and the Secretary of War shall reserve the right to reject any or all bids.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clinch, Hiwassee, and Holston rivers, Tenn.</p></sidenote> Improving Clinch, Hiwassee (to the mouth of the Ocoee), and Holston rivers, Tennessee, by clearing channels in the same in accordance with the recommendations set forth in the report of the Chief of Engineers for nineteen hundred and one, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Obion and Forked Deer rivers, Tenn.</p></sidenote> Improving Obion and Forked Deer rivers, Tennessee: For maintenance, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Big Sandy River, etc., W. Va. and Ky.</p></sidenote> Improving Big Sandy River, including Levisa Fork and Tug Fork, West Virginia and Kentucky: For maintenance, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Big Sandy River and Tug and Levisa forks of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1143.</p></sidenote> same, West Virginia and Kentucky; the former in accordance with the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine; the latter in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-five, Fifty-sixth Congress, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> second session, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be required to prosecute work upon the said projects, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein or heretofore appropriated. Of the said amounts appropriated and authorized, so much thereof as may be necessary shall be expended for completing the two locks and dams upon the Big Sandy River; of the balance so much thereof as may be necessary shall be used in <page identifier="/us/stat/32/359">359</page> purchasing a site for a lock and dam, and the construction of a loch on each of the said forks next above their junction, and any remaining sum may be expended in raising the crest of the lock and dam at or near Louisa in the Big Sandy River.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Green River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement above the mouth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Green River, Ky.</p></sidenote> of Big Barren River by the construction of Lock and Dam Numbered Six, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Ohio River from its head to its mouth: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">From head to mouth.</p></sidenote> improvement, four hundred thousand dollars, of which amount twenty-one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ice pier, Maysville, Ky.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Falls of the Ohio.</p></sidenote> expended in the construction of an ice pier at Maysville, Kentucky: forty-one thousand dollars in the improvement of the Falls of the Ohio near Louisville: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed three thousand dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of deposits.</p></sidenote> of this appropriation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in removing the deposits of every description which have accumulated at and near the ice piers now standing at various places along said river:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That twenty-five thousand dollars of this appropriation, or so <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shawneetown, Ill.</p></sidenote> much thereof as may be necessary, may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, for the improvement of the levee at Shawneetown, Illinois, so far as the same is in the interest of navigation.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The unexpended balances of funds appropriated by the river and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Middleport and Gallipolis, Ohio.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balances for ice piers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 327.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 446.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 355.</p></sidenote> harbor Acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-six. eighteen hundred and ninety, and eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the construction of ice piers in the Ohio River at Ripley, Portsmouth, Pomeroy Center, Kerrs Run (upper Pomeroy), Hartford City, Ironton, Ashland, Middleport, and Gallipolis, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in rebuilding in a permanent and substantial manner the ice piers constructed at Middleport and Gallipolis.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The unexpended balance of funds appropriated by the river and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ice pier mouth of Big Hocking River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 225.</p></sidenote> harbor Act of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, for the construction of ice piers in the Ohio River at Middleport, Syracuse, and at or near the mouth of Big Hocking River, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in constructing in a permanent and substantial manner one ice pier at or near the mouth of the Big Hocking River, such construction to include removal, as far as practicable, of the rock reef in the harbor to be formed by such pier.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Ohio River: Continuing construction of Locks and Dams <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and Dams Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.</p></sidenote> Numbered Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, of which amount one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in completing Lock and Dam Numbered Six: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> War for such materials and work as may be required to prosecute the construction of Locks and Dams Numbered Two, Three, Four, and Five for an amount not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated. An <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pittsburg, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimate for additional harbor facilities.</p></sidenote> examination at and below Pool Numbered One in said river shall be made with a view of securing increased depth and additional harbor facilities for the city of Pittsburg, and the estimate of the cost thereof shall be submitted.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improving Ohio River, Pennsylvania: For surveys and purchase <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lock and Dam No. 7.</p></sidenote> of site for Lock and Dam Numbered Seven, twenty-three thousand dollars, and any part thereof which may not be required for such purpose shall be available for construction of said lock and dam.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Ohio River: Continuing improvement by the construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lock and Dam No. 37.</p></sidenote> of a Lock and Dam Numbered Thirty-seven at Home City, between Cullums Ripple and Medoc Bar, below Cincinnati, Ohio, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hun-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/360">360</page>dred and thirty-six, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, one hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said lock and dam, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Movable Dam No. 8.</p></sidenote> Improving Ohio River: Continuing improvement at movable Dam Numbered Eight in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-two, Fifty-fifth Congress, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey, etc.</p></sidenote> third session, to be used for the survey, acquisition of site for lock and dam, and construction of lock, fifty thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the lock for said dam, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Movable Dam No. 11.</p></sidenote> Improving Ohio River: Continuing improvement at movable Dam Numbered Eleven in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-two, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, to be used for the survey, acquisition of site for lock and dam, and construction of lock, fifty thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the lock for said dam, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amount herein appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Movable Dam No. 19.</p></sidenote> Improving Ohio River between Marietta and the mouth of the Big Miami River, at Movable Dam Numbered Nineteen, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Three hundred and thirty-six, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, to be used for the survey, acquisition of site for dam, and construction of dam, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge obstructions to navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation and report ordered.</p></sidenote> The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to prepare a list of the bridges upon the Ohio River which are an impediment to safe and convenient navigation, and the nature and extent of the modifications required in each of them, and report the same to Congress, together with information as to whether necessary changes in said bridges, or any of them, can be secured under existing law, and, if not, what legislation is necessary in order to secure proper changes or modifications in said bridges, respectively, and an estimate of the cost <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost of changes.</p></sidenote> thereof on each bridge: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Attorney-General is authorized and directed to furnish, upon the request of the Secretary of War, an opinion upon the question whether the owners of these bridges, or any of them, can be required, under existing laws, to make the necessary changes at their own expense, and, if further legislation is required, whether by such legislation the owners of such bridges, or any or either of them, can be required to make such changes and modifications at their own expense or whether such changes or modifications, or any or either of them, must be borne by the United States, which opinion shall accompany the report of the Secretary of War to Congress.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muskingum River, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving Muskingum River, Ohio: Continuing improvement, ten thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detroit River, Detroit to Lake Erie.</p></sidenote> Improving Detroit River, from Detroit to Lake Erie, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and twelve, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, and designated as “Plan A,” five hundred thousand dollars, of which amount the Secre-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/361">361</page>tary of War may expend ten thousand dollars in the said river north and west of Grosse Isle for the deepening of the channel to Wyandotte, Michigan: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Saint Clair Flats Canal, in Lake Saint Clair, in accordance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Clair Flats Canal.</p></sidenote> with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Black River, at the mouth, and Rouge River, also the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black River, etc., Mich.</p></sidenote> harbor of Monroe, Michigan: For maintenance, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Clinton River, Michigan: The Secretary of War is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clinton River, Mich.</p></sidenote> authorized, in his discretion, to use any sums heretofore appropriated and now unexpended, in extending the channel up to the entrance of the Old Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saginaw River, Mich.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures.</p></sidenote> for maintenance, fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That one-half of said amount may be expended above and one-half below the county line between Saginaw and Bay counties, and of the amount to be expended above said county line the Secretary of War may expend, in his discretion, not to exceed twelve thousand five hundred dollars, from the amount herein appropriated, for improvement above the said county line, in dredging Flint, and Shiawassee rivers and Bad River up as far as Saint Charles, in accordance with House Document Numbered One hundred and thirty-five, Fifty-fifth Congress, second session.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Middle and West Neebish channels, Saint Marys River, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Marys River, Mich.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Middle and West Neebish channels.</p></sidenote> Michigan, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-eight, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, five hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be required to prosecute said project, to lie paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate four million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein appropriated and heretofore appropriated for the improvement of Hay Lake Channel. And the Secretary of War is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel, Hay Lake to Mud Lake.</p></sidenote> authorized, in his discretion, to first complete the work on said channel between Hay Lake and Mud Lake.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Subject to the express precedent conditions hereinafter mentioned, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water-power canal at Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.</p></sidenote> the Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, its successors and assigns, after first obtaining consent of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers and their approval of the said canal and remedial works proposed, is hereby authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diversion of water into.</p></sidenote> to divert water from the Saint Marys River into its water-power canal now being constructed at Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, for water-power purposes while and so long as such works and diversion of water from said river shall not injuriously affect navigation therein, nor impair or diminish the water levels or any natural increase thereof <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to water levels.</p></sidenote> either in Lake Superior or in the United States ship canal and locks or the navigable channels, locks, or ship canals connected therewith, whether natural or artificial, now existing or which may hereafter be established or created by the United States for navigation purposes. And conditioned further, that said company shall establish, maintain and operate suitable and sufficient remedial and controlling works in the rapids of said river, to the approval of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers; and said company shall maintain and operate said canal and works in accordance with any rules and regulations that may here-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/362">362</page>after be recommended by any International Commission and that shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to prescribe regulations.</p></sidenote> become operative. Whenever, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, the operation of said canal and remedial and controlling works, or either of them, either in themselves or in conjunction with any other canal or canals in the United States or Canada which now or hereafter may exist, is injuriously affecting water levels or the navigation of Lake Superior, the River Saint Marys or other channels, locks or ship canals connected therewith as hereinbefore provided, he shall impose upon said Company such rules and regulations for the operation of said canal and remedial works, as may, in his opinion, be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of water levels.</p></sidenote> necessary to prevent such injury. It shall become his duty, and he shall have the authority to enter upon the property of said company and. to close said canal in whole or in part to the extent necessary to maintain water levels and to require said Company, at its own expense, to remove, add to or modify said works or any part thereof to the extent <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nonliability.</p></sidenote> necessary to maintain water levels. Neither the Secretary of War nor the Chief of Engineers or any officer or other person acting under direction of them or either of them, shall be in any way liable by reason of anything done in the execution of this provision.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Remedies.</p></sidenote> All remedies herein provided however, shall be cumulative and shall be without prejudice to any other remedies either of the United States or of individuals for failure of said Company to maintain said levels for navigation purposes as herein provided.</p>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Riparian rights.</p></sidenote> Nothing herein contained shall be held to affect any existing riparian or other rights of any person or corporation, or the existing remedies <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to amend, etc.</p></sidenote> therefor, or any action at law or equity now pending. The right is hereby expressly reserved to Congress to alter, amend or repeal the provisions contained in this paragraph.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balances.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> The unexpended balances remaining from appropriations for Saint Marys River at the Falls shall be expended as follows: Twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, at the Sailors Encampment, with a view to avoid collisions and groundings at that <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 373.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Clair Flats Canal.</p></sidenote> point; twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may lie necessary, to pay the salaries and expenses of the commission created by section four herein; of the remainder, a sufficient amount may be expended for the completion and further improvement of the Saint Clair Flats Canal heretofore referred to and described in House Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-four, Fifty-sixth Congress, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Marys Falls Canal.</p></sidenote> second session. So much of the balance remaining after the diversions above set forth as may not be required for work under the existing project shall be expended for the widening and improvement of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 586.</p></sidenote> Saint Marys Falls Canal above the locks, in accordance with the project submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-eight, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diversion of funds for Lake George Channel repealed.</p></sidenote> Fifty-sixth Congress, second session. The provision of section four of the Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, entitled “An Act making provision for emergencies in river and harbor works, and so forth,” giving authority to divert from the fund herein described an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars to restore and make available a channel formerly used through Lake George Channel, is hereby repealed.</p>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand River, Mich.</p></sidenote> Improving Grand River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, with the view of extending the same as far north as Fulton street, Grand Rapids, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the purchase or construction of a dredging plant.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fox River, Wis.</p></sidenote> Improving Fox River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, seventy thousand dollars, of which amount forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in the construction or purchase of a suitable dredge; and five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/363">363</page>sary, shall be used in dredging Calumet Harbor and further improving the Stockbridge harbor of refuge on the east shore of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin; and ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used to remove bars and snags from, and to otherwise improve Wolf River, Wisconsin, and for dredging and otherwise improving Miller Bay on the west shore of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin, for the purpose of making it more available as a harbor of refuge.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: For maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Croix River, Wis. and Minn.</p></sidenote> two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Red River of the North and its tributaries, Minnesota <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Red River of the North, etc., Minn, and N. Dak.</p></sidenote> and North Dakota: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of War is hereby directed to ascertain and determine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minnesota River, Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of dam.</p></sidenote> the advisability of removing the dam at or near the mouth of Minnesota River, in the State of Minnesota, and, in case he determines that the removal of said dam is advisable, he is authorized to remove the same; and the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wabash River, Ind. and Ill.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars; which amount, together with the unexpended balance of any appropriations heretofore made for the improvement of said river, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in making a survey and estimate of the cost of improving said Wabash River below Vincennes, with a view to the necessities of commerce, and in making a proper examination of the Wabash River above Vincennes to Perrysville, also of the Little Wabash River to Carmi. In case, on such preliminary examination favorable reports shall be made the Secretary of War may in his discretion direct detailed surveys of the same to be made.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois River, Ill.</p></sidenote> seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Calumet River, Illinois and Indiana: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calumet River, Ill. and Ind.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement of channel.</p></sidenote> seventy-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That said amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be applied in dredging to a depth of twenty feet from where said depth now exists up to One hundred and twenty-second street, in the city of Chicago, and to a depth of sixteen feet from said One hundred and twenty-second street up to the forks of said river, and from the forks of said river to a depth of ten feet up to a point one-half mile above Hammond, in the State of Indiana, and an examination shall be made with a view to securing a navigable channel of twenty-two feet from the mouth of said river to One hundred and sixth street, in the city of Chicago, and twenty feet from One hundred and sixth street to One hundred and twenty-second street, including also the old channel of the river between One hundred and thirteenth street and One hundred and sixteenth street, and sixteen feet from One hundred and twenty-second street to the forks of said river, and ten feet from the forks of said river to a point one-half mile above Hammond, in the State of Indiana. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept, in his discretion, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Donation of lands.</p></sidenote> deeds from the proper parties conveying to the United States, free from expense, such lands as may be necessary to make a proper channel two hundred feet in width from the forks of said river up to a point one-half mile above Hammond, in Indiana, and releasing, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, the United States from all liability for damages to adjacent property owners.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Chicago River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago River, Ill.</p></sidenote> hundred and six thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That the sum of one hundred and ninety-three thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Turning basins.</p></sidenote> hundred and forty-three dollars, unexpended balance of money here-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/364">364</page>tofore appropriated for the improvement of the Chicago River, making the total sum five hundred thousand dollars, may be used in the improvement of said river by constructing turning basins of proper size in said river, said turning basins to be located by, and said money expended under the direction of, the Secretary of War.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock River, Ill.</p></sidenote> Improving Rock River, Illinois: The construction of a lock at the head of the feeder, in connection with the dam already provided for, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois and Mississippi Canal fund.</p></sidenote> is hereby authorized: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That said lock may be constructed from funds already appropriated or authorized to be appropriated for the construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal, the said lock to be constructed in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-six, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, and to be included in and constitute a part of the project of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fox River, Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dam authorized.</p></sidenote> Fox River, Illinois: Permission is hereby given to the Fox River Navigable Waterway Association to construct a dam across said river in the northwest quarter of section thirty-six, in township forty-five, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> in range eight east of the third principal meridian, same being about three thousand feet below the highway bridge at McHenry, in McHenry <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to amend, etc., reserved.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liability for damages.</p></sidenote> County, Illinois: <proviso>
<i>Provided, however</i>, That the right is hereby reserved to alter, amend, or repeal this provision, at the pleasure of Congress:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed as relieving the Fox River Navigable Waterway Association from liability for any damage inflicted upon private property by reason of the construction of the dam as aforesaid.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navigable waterway, Lockport, Ill., to Saint Louis, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimates, etc.</p></sidenote> The sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for making such surveys, examinations, and investigations as may be required to determine the feasibility of, and to prepare and report plans and estimates of cost of, a navigable waterway fourteen feet in depth from Lockport, Illinois, by way of the Des Plaines and Illinois rivers, to the mouth of said Illinois River, and from the mouth of the Illinois River, by way <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys, etc.</p></sidenote> of the Mississippi River, to Saint Louis, Missouri: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That twenty-five thousand dollars of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended by the Mississippi River Commission in making surveys, examinations, and investigations herein required from the mouth of the Illinois River to Saint Louis:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board to examine, etc.</p></sidenote> That the Secretary of War shall appoint a board of three engineers to make the surveys, examinations, and investigations hereinbefore required from Lockport, Illinois, through the Des Plaines River and Illinois River, to the mouth of said Illinois River, and that all such surveys, examinations, and investigations shall be made to determine the feasibility of, and to prepare and report plans and estimates of cost of, a navigable waterway fourteen feet in depth from Lockport, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River Commission to report on waterway, Lasalle, Ill., to Ottawa, Ill.</p></sidenote> Illinois, to Saint Louis, Missouri. The said Mississippi River Commission shall make said report covering such proposed improvement from the mouth of the Illinois River to Saint Louis, and the said board of engineers shall make such report from Lockport, Illinois, to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board to submit plans, etc.</p></sidenote> the mouth of the Illinois River:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the said board of engineers shall also make such surveys, examinations, and investigations as may be required to determine the feasibility of, and to prepare a report and plans and estimates of cost of, a navigable waterway seven feet in depth and of a navigable waterway eight feet in depth from the head of navigation of the Illinois River at Lasalle, Illinois, through said Illinois River to Ottawa, Illinois, and said board of engineers shall make such report of said navigable waterways of seven and eight feet, respectively, of said Illinois River from Lasalle to Ottawa, Illinois.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reservoirs, headwaters Mississippi River.</p></sidenote> Reservoirs at headwaters of the Mississippi River, and Mississippi River between Brainerd and Grand Rapids, Minnesota: Continuing <page identifier="/us/stat/32/365">365</page> improvement and for maintenance, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which amount ten thousand dollars may be expended between Brainerd and Grand Rapids. The amount herein appropriated, except <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of appropriation.</p></sidenote> as above provided, and the unexpended balance of former appropriations shall be expended as follows: For the necessary renewal and repair of Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake, and Pokegama Falls reservoirs; in making a further investigation, including an examination and survey, of the Pine River and Sandy Lake reservoirs, with a view to determining whether or not it is advisable to renew and repair said reservoirs; in making a further investigation, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, which shall include an examination and survey of Willow River in Aitkin County, to determine the causes of and the means of preventing excessive floods in the river between the Government dam at Sandy Lake and Brainerd, and the effect thereof on navigation; in making full and accurate surveys of the flowage lines of Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake, Pokegama Falls, Sandy Lake, and Pine River reser voirs, and in permanently marking such lines on the ground; not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars for the purchase of the lands or easements therein which are necessarily subject to overflow by reason of the legitimate operation of said reservoirs when completed.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Mississippi River between the Chicago, Saint Paul, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Paul to Minneapolis.</p></sidenote> Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad bridge at Saint Paul, and the Washington Avenue bridge at Minneapolis: The Secretary of War is authorized and directed to continue the work of improving the Mississippi River between the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad bridge at Saint Paul, and the Washington Avenue bridge at Minneapolis, in accordance with the plans now approved and such modifications in detail as may be deemed desirable by the Secretary of War: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the expenditure shall not exceed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> the present limit of cost until further estimate shall have been submitted and the present limit of cost extended by law.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">From mouth of the Missouri to Saint Paul Minn.</p></sidenote> River to Saint Paul, Minnesota: Continuing improvement, four hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That on and after the passage of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contract.</p></sidenote> this Act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the systematic improvement of the Mississippi River between the points mentioned, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the amount to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> be expended upon the improvement of said river between the points mentioned shall be limited to four hundred thousand dollars per year for four years; and of the amount herein appropriated for said portion of said river there shall be expended the sum of twenty thousand dollars. or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the improvement of Quincy Bay and for removing the sand bar at the steamboat landing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quincy Bay, Ill.</p></sidenote> at Quincy, Illinois, and the further sum of ten thousand dollars for the maintenance, repair, and riprapping of the natural and artificial banks along the eastern shore of the Mississippi River from Warsaw, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warsaw to Quincy Ill.</p></sidenote> Illinois, to Quincy, Illinois, so far as the same will subserve the maintenance of the navigable channel of the river, and the further sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for dredging the channel and harbor and removing sand bars at Hannibal, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hannibal, Mo.</p></sidenote> Missouri, and the further sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the improvement of the harbor at Muscatine, Iowa, and the further sum of fourteen thousand dollars, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muscatine, Iowa.</p></sidenote> so much thereof as may be necessary, for the construction of a harbor of refuge on the east shore of Lake Pepin, in the Mississippi River, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lake Pepin.</p></sidenote> according to the project reported October twenty-seventh, eighteen <page identifier="/us/stat/32/366">366</page> hundred and ninety-one, and the further sum of one thousand five hundred dollars for removing the bar in the Mississippi River at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fountain City, Wis.</p></sidenote> mouth of Fountain City Bay at the foot of North street, Fountain City, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Davenport, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1107.</p></sidenote> Wisconsin. The ten thousand dollars heretofore appropriated by the sundry civil Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for the improvement of the Mississippi River at Davenport, Iowa, with the further sum of five thousand dollars to be taken from amounts appropriated in this paragraph, shall be applied for the construction of a harbor of refuge from ice at a point at or below the said city of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hamburg Bay.</p></sidenote> Davenport, and other necessary improvements of said harbor. Hamburg Bay is hereby included in and made a part of the general project for the improvement of the Mississippi River.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Des Moines Rapids.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and dams.</p></sidenote> The Secretary of War shall cause an examination to be made of the Mississippi River at the foot of the Des Moines Rapids, near Keokuk, Iowa, to determine whether a dam constructed at the foot of said rapids would be a benefit or impediment to the navigation of said river. He shall also cause an examination to be made of the locks of the Des Moines Rapids Canal to determine the necessity for and cost of enlarging such locks.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">From mouth of the Ohio to mouth of the Missouri.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> Improving the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to and including the mouth of the Missouri River: Continuing improvement, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That on and after the passage of this Act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the systematic improvement of the Mississippi River between the points mentioned, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> further</i>, That the amount to be expended upon the improvement of said river between the points mentioned shall be limited to six hundred and fifty thousand dollars per year for four years:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Material, work, etc.</p></sidenote> further also</i>, That the Secretary of War is authorized to cause to be examined the materials furnished and the work and labor done since May twenty-second, nineteen hundred and one, in accordance with the method and system and under the plans of the United States engineer officer in charge, to prevent the erosion of the banks at or near Sawyers Bend, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor of Saint Louis.</p></sidenote> in the harbor of Saint Louis, so as to improve the channel and preserve the protection works at said point, and to ascertain the reasonable value of such materials, work, and labor so furnished and done, and out of said sum to pay for so much of the same as is in the interest of navigation, not, however, to exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River Commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">From Head of the Passes to mouth of the Ohio.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses, etc.</p></sidenote> Improving Mississippi River from Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, including salaries, clerical, official, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Mississippi River Commission: Continuing improvement, two million two hundred thousand dollars, which shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, for the general improvement of the river, for the building of levees, and for surveys, including the survey from the Head of the Passes to the headwaters of the river, in such manner as in their opinion shall best improve navigation and promote the interests of commerce at all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> stages of the river: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That on and after the passage of this Act additional contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to carry on continuously the plans of the Mississippi River Commission, as aforesaid, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated, which latter amount shall <page identifier="/us/stat/32/367">367</page> be expended at the rate of two million dollars per annum for three years, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and three:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the money hereby appropriated and authorized to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dredge boats, etc.</p></sidenote> expended, in pursuance of contracts, or otherwise, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in the construction of suitable and necessary dredge boats and other devices and appliances, and in the maintenance and operation of the same, with a view of ultimately obtaining and maintaining a navigable channel, from Cairo down, not less than two hundred and fifty feet in width and nine feet in depth at all periods of the year, except when navigation is closed by ice:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That of the amounts hereby appropriated and authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of appropriation.</p></sidenote> to be expended, the Mississippi River Commission may expend, in its discretion, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, during a period of two years in continuing improvements at New Orleans, Louisiana, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans, La.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Natchez and Vidalia, Miss, and La.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Memphis, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Red and Atchafalaya rivers, La.</p></sidenote> Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana; Memphis, Tennessee, including Wolf River; and the rectification of the Red and Atchafalaya rivers, Louisiana, an amount aggregating two hundred thousand dollars; and in like manner, from said amounts hereby appropriated and authorized, during a period of four years, aggregate amounts for continuing improvements as follows: At Greenville, Mississippi, fifty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Greenville, Miss.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Helena, Ark.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Caruthersville, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Madrid, Mo.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; at Helena, Arkansas, twenty thousand dollars; at Caruthersville, Missouri, twenty thousand dollars; at New Madrid, Missouri, twenty thousand dollars. And the Chief of Engineers shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Operation of dredges.</p></sidenote> have authority to temporarily remove one or more of the dredges now under the control of the Mississippi River Commission from the river below Cairo to the river from the mouth of the Ohio to and including the mouth of the Missouri, and to so operate the same as, in his judgment, will be most beneficial to the commerce of the whole river, and to expend, from the sum herein appropriated and authorized to be expended for the improvement of the river from the mouth of the Ohio to and including the mouth of the Missouri, for the maintenance and operation of such dredge or dredges from the mouth of the Ohio to and including the mouth of the Missouri, a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars per annum for four years.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa, and above to Stubbs <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux City, Iowa, to Stubbs Ferry, Mont.</p></sidenote> Ferry, Montana: Continuing improvement, including snagging, one hundred thousand dollars, to be expended at such localities and in such amounts as the Secretary of War shall determine.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, to the mouth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sioux City to mouth of river.</p></sidenote> of the river: Continuing improvement, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, said sum to be expended in such manner and at such localities as the Secretary of War may direct; and the Secretary of War shall cause an examination to be made of said portion of said river with a view to ascertaining whether navigation can be obtained at a reasonable cost by dredging and the removal of obstacles; also at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hermann, West Glasgow, etc.</p></sidenote> and near Hermann, West Glasgow, Wilhites Bend, Lexington and Saint Joseph, with a view to ascertaining what improvements in these localities, if any, are necessary for navigation: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dikes, etc.</p></sidenote> examination shall not be construed to prevent any improvements which might otherwise be made at the localities named in this provision; and such dikes, or other construction, as may be necessary to protect public or private property, may be located in said stream and upon the banks thereof by abutting owners and municipalities, provided they do not interfere with the proper navigation of said river, and provided further, that the same are approved by the Government engineer having the improvement of said river in charge.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">So much of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River Commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abolished.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 23, p. 144.</p></sidenote> construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as provides for the creation of a <page identifier="/us/stat/32/368">368</page> commission to be called the Missouri River Commission, and prescribes the manner of appointment, the compensation, the powers, the duties, the expenditures, and the reports thereof, be, and the same is hereby, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote> repealed, said repeal to take effect from and after June thirtieth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of Commission.</p></sidenote> nineteen hundred and two. And said Commission shall prepare and submit through the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War, to be by him transmitted to Congress, a full and detailed report of all their proceedings and actions since the date of their last report, and of all such plans and systems of work as may now be devised and in progress and carried out by them, and of all such additional plans and systems of works as may be devised and matured by them, with full and detailed estimates of the cost thereof, and statements of all expenditures made <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of vessels, etc.</p></sidenote> by them, and shall on said thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and two, transfer to and place under the control of the Secretary of War, or such engineer officers as he may designate, all such vessels, barges, machinery, and instruments, and such other plant or property as pertains to the improvement of the Missouri River at and below Sioux City, or of the Gasconade and Osage rivers, in the State of Missouri. And the Secretary of War shall, after said thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and two, superintend and control all property theretofore under the control of said Commission, and all works theretofore under their supervision, and shall expend for the purposes for which they were appropriated all appropriations made herein, and all unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for the improvement of said rivers, which shall remain on hand on the said thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and two, and all appropriations which may hereafter be made for said rivers, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gasconade River, Mo.</p></sidenote> Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Osage River, Mo.</p></sidenote> Improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty thousand dollars, of which amount so much thereof as may be necessary shall be used for the completion of Lock and Dam Numbered One.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Francis River, Mo.</p></sidenote> Saint Francis River, Missouri: For improvement of said river from Sunk Lands to Poplin, Missouri, according to the report printed on page two thousand of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Petaluma Creek and Napa River, Cal.</p></sidenote> Improving Petaluma Creek and Napa River, California: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redwood Creek, Cal.</p></sidenote> Improving Redwood Creek, California: Completing improvement in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Eighty-seven, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, eight thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alviso Harbor and Slough, Cal.</p></sidenote> Alviso Harbor and Slough, California: The unexpended balance remaining from the appropriations heretofore made for this project may be expended for the extension and further improvement of the channel heretofore made.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stockton and Mormon channels, Cal.</p></sidenote> For the rectification of the Stockton and Mormon channels at and near the city of Stockton, California, by the construction of a canal to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canal.</p></sidenote> divert the waters of the Mormon Channel into Calaveras River, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and fifty-two, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, fifty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete said project, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars exclusive of the amounts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way.</p></sidenote> herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the city of Stockton or the State of California shall first furnish to the United States the right of way for said canal.</proviso>
</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/369">369</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">San Joaquin River, California: Continuing improvement and for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Joaquin River, Cal.</p></sidenote> maintenance, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Sacramento and Feather rivers, California: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacramento and Feather rivers, Cal.</p></sidenote> improvement and for maintenance from the head of navigation of each to the mouth of the Sacramento, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For carrying out the provisions of the Act of Congress providing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mining débris.</p></sidenote> for the restraining or impounding of mining debris in California, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 511.</p></sidenote> Four hundred and thirty-one, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated. And the Secretary of War, within the limit of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> the appropriations heretofore and now made by Congress and by the State of California, is authorized to make a contract or contracts for such work and materials as may be necessary to carry out and complete the project, and may, out of said appropriations, purchase a site or sites in accordance with said project: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That before entering <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State appropriation.</p></sidenote> on said work or making said contracts, the Secretary of War shall be satisfied that the State of California has appropriated for the prosecution of said project the sum of four hundred thousand dollars:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That contracts for the purchase of sites or for work <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of sites.</p></sidenote> and materials shall provide specifically that only one-half the compensation agreed to be paid shall be paid by the United States, and that the contractor or contractors shall look to the State of California for the remainder of the agreed compensation:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That if the work be done by the United States without contract, one-half <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of cost.</p></sidenote> the cost thereof shall be paid by the State of California, as the work progresses, upon estimates to be submitted from time to time by the Chief of Engineers.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gauging waters of the Columbia River, measuring tidal and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gauging waters, etc., of.</p></sidenote> river volumes, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers below Portland, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers below Portland, Oreg.</p></sidenote> Oregon: Continuing improvement in accordance with the approved project, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, of which amount one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, for the construction or purchase of a dredge to be used in said rivers.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Willamette River above Portland, and Yamhill River, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Willamette and Yamhill rivers, Oreg.</p></sidenote> Oregon: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, sixty-eight thousand dollars, of which amount so much thereof as may be necessary may, if required in the interest of navigation, be used in revetting the banks of the Willamette River near Independence and above Corvallis, Oregon; and five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Long Tom River, Oreg.</p></sidenote> be necessary, for maintenance of the Long Tom River, Oregon.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Coquille River, Oregon, from Coquille City to its mouth: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coquille River, Oreg.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Coos River, Oregon: For maintenance, two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coos River, Oreg.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon and Washington: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mouth of the Columbia River.</p></sidenote> Continuing improvement in accordance with the latest approved project and such modification thereof as may be approved by the Secretary of War, five hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That a contract or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the approved and modified project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one million dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That such modifications shall not cause the total cost of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modifications.</p></sidenote> work to exceed that of the latest approved project.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Columbia River at The Cascades, Oregon: Continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia River at The Cascades, Oreg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> improvement, thirty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That so much thereof <page identifier="/us/stat/32/370">370</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of rocks.</p></sidenote> as may be necessary may be used in the removal of the obstructive rock in the rapids of the Columbia River, near the Cascade Locks.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, Oreg, and Wash.</p></sidenote> Improving Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, forty thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. The unexpended balance of the appropriation heretofore made for the improvement of the Clearwater River, Idaho, is hereby made available for the improvement of the above-named rivers. Of the several sums herein provided for, twenty-eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in completing the improvement and for maintenance of the Snake River between Riparia and Lewiston, in accordance with the project recommended in House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-seven, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, and twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in the improvement of the Snake River between Lewiston and Pittsburg Landing.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dalles Rapids to Celilo Falls, Oreg, and Wash.</p></sidenote> Improving the Columbia River between the foot of The Dalles Rapids and the head of Cehlo Falls, Oregon and Washington, by means of canals and the improvement of the channel of the river, in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Numbered Two bundled <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way, etc.</p></sidenote> and twenty-eight, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session: The unexpended balance heretofore appropriated for the purpose of procuring a right of way and commencing the construction of a boat railway at said point is hereby authorized to be used for procuring a right of way and commencing the construction of said canals and commencing the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> other improvements contemplated as a part of said project: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said improvement, in accordance with the plan approved by the Chief of Engineers, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated, said contract or contracts to be made for such work and materials as will materially forward and advance the completion of said project:</proviso>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board to examine, etc.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That before entering upon the work herein contemplated an examination shall be made by a board of engineers with a view to modifying such project in such a way as to diminish the cost thereof, and if said proposed improvement can be so modified, then said work shall be prosecuted under such modified project; otherwise the same shall be prosecuted under the existing project as set forth in the report above referred to.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mouth of Willamette to Vancouver, Wash.</p></sidenote> Improving the Columbia River between the mouth of the Willamette River and the city of Vancouver, Washington: Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Siuslaw River, Oreg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reexamination and survey.</p></sidenote> Improving mouth of Siuslaw River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, thirty-five thousand dollars, and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause to be made a reexamination and survey of said river at its mouth, and at the shoals at or near Florence, with a view to the adoption of a project for the improvement of said river which will provide for its commerce at a less cost than the existing project.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, Wash.</p></sidenote> Improving Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, including the North Fork of the Lewis River, Washington: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North and Nasal rivers.</p></sidenote> Willapa River and Harbor: The balance on hand to the credit of this improvement may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in snagging and otherwise improving the North and Nasal rivers.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, etc., Wash.</p></sidenote> Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington: Continuing improvement and for maintenance, thirty-five thousand dol-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/371">371</page>lars, of which amount fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of log jam in Nooksack River.</p></sidenote> expended in removing the log jam in Nooksack River, and the Secretary of War may modify the existing plans for removing the said log jam, or, in his discretion, a channel may be cut from a point at or near the head of said jam to Bellingham Bay: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That proper title <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> to the lands necessary for said cut be given to the United States to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> cost of cutting said channel or removing said log jam shall not exceed said sum of fifteen thousand dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Swinomish Slough, Washington: Continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Swinomish Slough, Wash.</p></sidenote> thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving the Okanogan and Pend Oreille rivers, Washington, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Okanogan and Pend Oreille rivers, Wash.</p></sidenote> twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars, of which amount so much as may be necessary shall be used for completing the improvement of the Okanogan, and the remainder for continuing improvement and for maintenance of the improvement of the Pend Oreille.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For emergencies: To provide for the restoration of channels, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emergencies appropriation.</p></sidenote> river and harbor improvements heretofore established or made by the Government, or herein provided for, where by reason of emergency occurring after the passage of this Act the usual depth of such channels or customary use of such improvement can not be maintained and there is no sufficient fund available for such restoration, two hundred thousand dollars. The amount herein provided shall be allotted by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment by Secretary of War.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recommendation by local engineer.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of War: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That in no case shall such allotment be made unless recommended by the local engineer having such channel or improvement in charge, and by the Chief of Engineers, respectively:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That for no single channel or improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of allotment.</p></sidenote> shall a sum greater than ten thousand dollars be allotted, and in spending any such allotment advertising for bids may be dispensed with on the recommendation of the local engineer.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Any person or persons, corporations, municipal or private, who <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navigable river improvements by corporations, etc.</p></sidenote> desire to improve any navigable river, or any part thereof, at their or its own expense and risk may do so upon the approval of the plans <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans to be approved by Secretary of War, etc.</p></sidenote> and specifications of said proposed improvement by the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers of the Army. The plan of said improvement must conform with the general plan of the Government improvements, must not impede navigation, and no toll shall be imposed on account thereof, and said improvement shall at all times be under the control and supervision of the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The depth of water in tidal waters whenever referred to in this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tidal water depth.</p></sidenote> shall be understood to mean the depth at mean low water unless otherwise expressed.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Appropriations made for the respective works herein named, or so <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of appropriations.</p></sidenote> much thereof as may be necessary, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used for maintenance and for the repair and restoration of said works whenever from any cause they have become seriously impaired as well as for the further improvement of said works.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Surveys and examinations provided for in this section shall, unless <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys and examinations.</p></sidenote> otherwise expressed, be paid for from the appropriations made for the respective improvements or projects to which they pertain, or in connection with which they are mentioned.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">All works of improvement heretofore or herein authorized to be prosecuted <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts, etc.</p></sidenote> or completed under contracts may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be carried on by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical or advantageous to the Government.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Where separate works or items are consolidated in this Act the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments.</p></sidenote> amounts herein appropriated shall be expended in securing mainte-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/372">372</page>nance and improvement according to the respective projects herein or heretofore adopted by Congress, after giving due regard to the respective needs of each and considering the necessities of traffic. The allotments to the respective works herein consolidated shall be made by the Secretary of War upon recommendations by the Chief of Engineers. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of balances credited to consolidated items.</p></sidenote> Any balances now remaining to the credit of the consolidated items in this bill shall be carried to the credit of the respective aggregate amounts appropriated for the consolidated items herein contained.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Combining contracts.</p></sidenote> In all cases where separate appropriations are made for works in this bill if money can be more advantageously expended by combining under one contract two or more of such works, such combinations are authorized and shall be made.</p>
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</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preliminary examinations, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">For preliminary examinations and surveys (other than those mentioned in section one), 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 repairs for which there is no special appropriation for rivers and harbors, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New works.</p></sidenote> three hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this or some prior Act or resolution shall be made:</proviso>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplemental reports.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That after the regular or formal reports made as required by law on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposed, are submitted no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless ordered by a concurrent 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 for the commencement of the proposed work shall have been actually appropriated by law.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of engineer officers to consider surveys, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That there shall be organized in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, by detail from time to time from the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote> Corps of Engineers, a board of five engineer officers, whose duties shall be fixed by the Chief of Engineers, and to whom shall be referred for consideration and recommendation, in addition to any other duties assigned, so far as in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers may be necessary, all reports upon examinations and surveys provided for by Congress, and all projects or changes in projects for works of river and harbor improvement heretofore or hereafter provided for. And the board shall submit to the Chief of Engineers recommendations as to the desirability of commencing or continuing any and all improvements upon which reports are required. And in the consideration of such works and projects the board shall have in view the amount and character of commerce existing or reasonably prospective which Will be benefited by the improvement, and the relation of the ultimate cost of such work, both as to cost of construction and maintenance, to the public commercial interests involved, and the public necessity for the work and propriety of its construction, continuance, or maintenance at the expense of the United States. And such consideration shall be given as time permits to such works as have heretofore been provided for by Congress, the same as in the case of new works proposed. The board shall, when it considers the same necessary, and with the sanction and under orders from the Chief of Engineers, make, as a board or through its members, personal examinations of localities. And all facts, information, and arguments which are presented to the board for its consideration in connection with any matter referred to it by the Chief of Engineers shall be reduced to and submitted in writing, and made a part of the records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers. It shall further be the duty of said board, upon a request transmitted to the Chief of Engineers by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, or the Committee on Commerce of the Senate, in the same manner to examine and report through the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/373">373</page> Chief of Engineers upon any projects heretofore adopted by the Government or upon which appropriations have been made, and report upon the desirability of continuing the same or upon any modifications thereof which may be deemed desirable.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The board shall have authority, with the approval of the Chief of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, etc.</p></sidenote> Engineers, to rent quarters, if necessary, for the proper transaction of its business, and to employ such civil employees as may, in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers, be required for properly transacting the business assigned to it, and the necessary expenses of the board shall be paid from allotments made by the Chief of Engineers from any appropriations made by Congress for the work or works to which the duties of the board pertain.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the President of the United States is hereby requested <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International commission proposed.</p></sidenote> to invite the Government of Great Britain to join in the formation of an international commission, to be composed of three members from the United States and three who shall represent the interests of the Dominion of Canada, whose duty it shall be to investigate and report <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of waters adjacent to United States and Canada boundary.</p></sidenote> upon the conditions and uses of the waters adjacent to the boundary lines between the United States and Canada, including all of the waters of the lakes and rivers whose natural outlet is by the River Saint Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean; also upon the maintenance and regulation of suitable levels; and also upon the effect upon the shores of these waters and the structures thereon, and upon the interests of navigation, by reason of the diversion of these waters from or change in their natural flow; and, further, to report upon the necessary measures to regulate such diversion, and to make such recommendations for improvements and regulations as shall best subserve the interests of navigation in said waters. The said commissioners shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dam at outlet of Lake Erie.</p></sidenote> report upon the advisability of locating a dam at the outlet of Lake Erie, with a view to determining whether such dam will benefit navigation, and if such structure is deemed advisable, shall make recommendations to their respective Governments looking to an agreement or treaty which shall provide for the construction of the same, and they shall make an estimate of the probable cost thereof. The President, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States members of commission.</p></sidenote> in selecting the three members of said Commission who shall represent the United States, is authorized to appoint one officer of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, one civil engineer well versed in the hydraulics of the Great Lakes, and one lawyer of experience in questions of international and riparian law, and said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistants.</p></sidenote> Commission shall be authorized to employ such persons as it may deem needful in the performance of the duties hereby imposed; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses and salaries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 362.</p></sidenote> for the purpose of paying the expenses and salaries of said Commission the Secretary of War is authorized to expend from the amounts heretofore appropriated for the Saint Marys River at the Falls, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay that portion of the expenses of said Commission chargeable to the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That when any land or other property which has been heretofore <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unserviceable property may be sold.</p></sidenote> or may be hereafter purchased or acquired for the improvement of rivers and harbors is no longer needed, or is no longer serviceable, it may be sold in such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, and the proceeds credited to the appropriation for the work for which it was purchased or acquired; and the Secretary of War may direct the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of property.</p></sidenote> transfer of any property employed in river and harbor works, and in such event the property so transferred shall be valued and credited to the project upon which it was theretofore used and charged to the project to which it shall be transferred. The Secretary may also direct a temporary transfer of any property employed in the improvement of rivers and harbors whenever, in his judgment, such transfer would secure efficient or economical results, and such adjustment in the way <page identifier="/us/stat/32/374">374</page> of charges and credits shall be made between the projects affected as may be equitable.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enforcing rules for navigable waters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 362.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Infra</i>.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any regulations heretofore or hereafter prescribed by the Secretary of War in pursuance of the fourth and fifth sections of the river and harbor Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and any regulations hereafter prescribed in pursuance of the aforesaid section four as amended by section eleven of this Act, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1153.</p></sidenote> may be enforced as provided in section seventeen of the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the provisions whereof are hereby made applicable to the said regulations.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal of provisions in former acts.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the provisions of river and harbor Acts heretofore passed providing for the prosecution of work upon the following projects are hereby repealed, and any amounts heretofore appropriated for any of the same now remaining unexpended shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to wit:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensaukee Harbor, Wis.</p></sidenote> Pensaukee Harbor, Wisconsin;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New River, Va. and W. Va.</p></sidenote> New River, Virginia and West Virginia;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wolf Lake, Ind.</p></sidenote> Wolf Lake, Indiana;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewa River, Wis.</p></sidenote> Chippewa River, Wisconsin;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yellowstone River, Mont, and N. Dak.</p></sidenote> Yellowstone River, Montana and North Dakota.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio River, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act closing channel at Neville Island, repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 19, p. 58.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Act of Congress approved June twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled “An Act authorizing the residents and property owners of Neville Township, county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, to close the channel of the Ohio River on the south side of Neville Island by the construction of an embankment or causeway from the head of said island to the southern shore of said river,” is hereby repealed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gauging waters of Mississippi River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 424, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 16, p. 598.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That section six of the river and harbor Act of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “<quotedText>That for the purpose of securing the uninterrupted gauging of the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, as provided for in joint resolution of the twenty-first of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, upon the application of the Chief of Engineers, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to draw his warrant or requsition, from time to time, upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sums as may be necessary to do such work, not to exceed in the aggregate for each year the sum of nine thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> six hundred dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided, however</i>, That an itemized statement of said expenses shall accompany the annual report of the Chief of Engineers.</proviso>
</quotedText>”</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois and Mississippi Canal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1151.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time for construction of bridges extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the provisions of section nine of the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, are hereby made applicable alike to the completed and uncompleted portions of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Whenever the Secretary of War shall approve plans for a bridge to be built across said canal he may, in his discretion, and subject to such terms and conditions as in his judgment are equitable, expedient, and just to the public, grant to the person or corporation building and owning such bridge a right of way across the lands of the United States on either side of and adjacent to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Piers, etc.</p></sidenote> the said canal; also the privilege of occupying so much of said lands as may be necessary for the piers, abutments, and other portions of the bridge structure and approaches.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 11. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations of harbors, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 362, amended.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That section four of the river and harbor Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of canals, etc. to be regulated by Secretary of War.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to prescribe 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 may be, owned, operated, or maintained by the United States as in his judgment the public necessity may require; <page identifier="/us/stat/32/375">375</page> and he is also authorized to prescribe regulations to govern the speed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Speed, etc., of vessels.</p></sidenote> and movement of vessels and other water craft in any public navigable channel which has been improved under authority of Congress, whenever, in his judgment, such regulations are necessary to protect such improved channels from injury, or to prevent interference with the operations of the United States in improving navigable waters or injury to any plant that may be employed in such operations. Such rules <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Posting of rules.</p></sidenote> and regulations shall be posted, in conspicuous and appropriate places, for the information of the public; and every person and every corporation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment for violation.</p></sidenote> which shall violate such rules and regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed, shall be punished by a line 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.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 12. </num>
<content>That the last paragraph of section twenty of the river and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor lines, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1155, amended.</p></sidenote> harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, is hereby amended to read as follows:<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing sections <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> nine to twenty, inclusive, of this Act are hereby repealed: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That no action begun or right of action accrued prior to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior actions excepted.</p></sidenote> passage of this Act shall be affected by this repeal:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That nothing contained in the said foregoing sections shall be construed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Law prohibiting injurious deposits in New York Harbor not affected.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 209.</p></sidenote> as repealing, modifying, or in any manner affecting the provisions of an Act of Congress approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled ‘An Act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such offenses,’ as amended by section three of the river and harbor Act of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 360.</p></sidenote> August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.”</proviso>
</p>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 13. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That there shall be printed three thousand copies of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laws relating to rivers and harbors to be printed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> laws of the United States relating to the improvement of rivers and harbors passed until and including the laws of the first session of the Fifty-seventh Congress, of which six hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate, fourteen hundred for the use of the House, and one thousand copies for the use of the War Department. Said compilation shall be printed under the direction of the Secretary of War.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">There shall also be printed one thousand copies of an index to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing of index of reports of Chief of Engineers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compilation of surveys, projects, appropriations, etc.</p></sidenote> reports of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, from eighteen hundred and sixty-six to nineteen hundred, inclusive. The Secretary of War is also authorized and directed to cause to be made and transmitted to the Fifty-seventh Congress at its second session a compilation of preliminary examinations and surveys heretofore made. Also of all projects now under construction or maintenance, and the total amounts appropriated heretofore for the improvement and the maintenance of the rivers and harbors, and the amounts for each specific project, the said compilation to be similar in form and subject-matter to that which was prepared in accordance with section six of the river and harbor Act of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and said compilation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 235.</p></sidenote> shall include all information available on the subjects enumerated on the thirtieth of June, nineteen hundred and two. The Secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement of navigable waters by private parties, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report by Secretary of War.</p></sidenote> War is authorized and directed to ascertain, so far as practicable, and report to Congress, all cases in which improvements on navigable waters of the United States have been or are being undertaken by municipalities, private corporations, or individuals, either alone or in conjunction with the Government, and information shall be furnished in such report relating to all cases of improvement of harbors and rivers by the United States in connection with which, the work of improvement, under approved projects, has included or will include inner harbors, or por-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/376">376</page>tions of rivers or inlets within shore lines or corporate city limits, or channels adjacent to wharves.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 14. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preliminary examinations, etc., authorized.</p></sidenote>
<chapeau>That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause preliminary examinations or surveys to be made at the localities named in this section as hereinafter provided. In all cases, unless a survey or estimate is herein expressly directed, a preliminary examination shall first be made, which shall embrace information concerning the commercial importance, present and prospective, of the river or harbor mentioned, and a report as to the advisability of its improvement. Whenever such preliminary examination has been made, in case such improvement is not deemed advisable, no survey thereof or estimate therefor shall be made without the direction of Congress; but in case the report shall be to the effect that such river or harbor is worthy of improvement, the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion, to cause surveys to be made and the cost of improving such river <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Review by board of engineer officers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 372.</p></sidenote> or harbor to be estimated and to be reported to Congress: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That in all cases preliminary examinations, as well as surveys, provided for in this Act shall be examined and reviewed by the board provided for in section three of this Act, to wit:</proviso>
</chapeau>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alabama.</p></sidenote> Alabama.</heading>
<content>Fish River.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p></sidenote> alaska.</heading>
<content>Wrangell Narrows, with a view to providing a safe and adequate channel.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona and California.</p></sidenote> arizona and california.</heading>
<content>Colorado River, from Yuma to Mexican boundary line.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas.</p></sidenote> arkansas.</heading>
<content>Little Red River, from its mouth to and including the Government quarries at Bee Rock.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arkansas and Texas.</p></sidenote> arkansas and texas.</heading>
<content>Red River, from Fulton, Arkansas, to Denison, Texas, to determine whether the river can be made navigable by the removal of obstructions to navigation, and the cost thereof.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote> california.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Santa Cruz Bay, with a view to increasing the harbor facilities therein.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Napa River, with a view to straightening the channel in the portion above Mare Island Navy-Yard.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Belvedere Harbor in San Francisco Bay.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Connecticut.</p></sidenote> connecticut.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tomac Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Channel from New Haven Harbor via Oyster Point to Kimberly avenue bridge on West River.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delaware.</p></sidenote> delaware.</heading>
<content>Delaware Bay, Harbor of Refuge, with a view to ascertaining what further protection is necessary, if any.</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/377">377</page>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">florida. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Manatee River, from mouth to Ellenton, thence to Rye.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Estero River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The two entrances to Saint Andrews Bay, with a view to securing a twenty one foot channel through one of said entrances and across the bulkhead into said bay up to the town of Saint Andrews Bay.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gasparilia Sound and Lemon Bay, including cut-off.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charlotte Harbor, with a view to extending the twelve-foot channel to the railroad wharf at Punta Gorda and along the dock line in front of said town.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hillsboro Bay, with a view to determining such extension and increase of channel depth as will accommodate present and prospective commerce, with turning basin.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Blackwater and Upper East bays, and Blackwater River, from Milton to the mouth.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Key West Harbor, with a view of determining the desirability and feasibility of securing a channel thirty feet in depth and four hundred feet in width through the ship-channel entrance into the harbor of Key West, and of said depth and two thousand five hundred feet in width and one mile in length in said harbor.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">georgia. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgia.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Oconee River, from Dublin to Skull Shoals.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frederica River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Skiddaway Narrows: A survey and an estimate of the cost of improving Skiddaway Narrows, connecting Isle of Hope River with Burnside River, for a channel seventy-five feet wide and six feet at mean low water.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Club and Plantation creeks with a view to providing an inside water route from the Altamaha River into the port of Brunswick.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">illinois. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mississippi River at Moline, with a view to the construction of a lock.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rock River, from the mouth to Rockford.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ohio River, channels at or near Elizabethtown.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Quincy Harbor and Bay.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Mound City, on the Illinois side of the Ohio River, with a view to ascertaining whether or not work at that point is necessary in the interest of navigation for the preservation and improvement of said harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ohio River from Mound City, Illinois, to Cairo, Illinois, with a view to ascertaining what improvement, if any, is desirable for the protection of the banks and levees on the Illinois side in the interest of navigation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The east bank of the Mississippi River from the city of Quincy to Sny Levee, with a view to improving navigation by preventing the water from overflowing the natural and artificial banks along that part of the river, and deepening the channel.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">indiana and kentucky. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indiana and Kentucky.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ohio River, below the mouth of Green River, with a view to the construction of a movable dam, so as to make a harbor at Henderson, Kentucky, and Evansville, Indiana, and to give a depth of six feet on the lower miter sill on Lock Numbered One, Green River.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/378">378</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ohio River, at the head of the Falls at Louisville, with a view to the enlargement of the present dam or the construction of a new one.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sand Island, in the Ohio River, with a view to ascertaining the desirability of acquiring a sufficient portion thereof for the mooring of boats or barges and the making up of tows passing through the Louisville and Portland Canal.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas.</p></sidenote> kansas.</heading>
<content>Kaw River, at or near its mouth.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky.</p></sidenote> kentucky.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tradewater River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Salt River, from its mouth to Shepherdsville.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mississippi River in front of Wickliffe, Kentucky, with a view to ascertaining what improvement is necessary to preserve the harbor and facilitate navigation; such examination to be made by the Mississippi River Commission.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ogden Landing, on the Ohio River, with a view to ascertaining whether the construction of a wing dam is required in the interest of navigation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pond River.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana.</p></sidenote> louisiana.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bayou Lafourche, examination and survey for the construction of a lock and dam at the head: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That said lock and dam shall be constructed by the Atchafalaya Basin and Lafourche Basin levee boards of the State of Louisiana, to be paid for by said boards jointly, as provided for by act numbered nine of the acts of the general assembly of the State of Louisiana of nineteen hundred. The construction of said lock and dam shall be subject to the supervision of the United States engineers, and done in accordance with plans and specifications to be furnished by said boards and approved by the Secretary of War. The work on said lock and dam may commence as soon as the said Atchafalaya Basin and Lafourche Basin levee boards shall judge proper, and the plans and specifications for said lock and dam shall have been approved by the Secretary of War, and the authority is hereby vested in said boards to construct such lock and dam. Pending the construction of said lock and dam the Secretary of War, if in his judgment the interests of the United States will not be prejudiced thereby, is authorized to grant permission to the Lafourche Basin levee board and Atchafalaya Basin levee board of Louisiana to place a temporary dam across the Bayou Lafourche at or near its junction with the Mississippi River, and to maintain said temporary dam for a period of not exceeding two years and six months from the date of this Act:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That prior to the granting of such permission by the Secretary of War the State of Louisiana shall legally authorize said levee boards to construct such temporary dam:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That before beginning the construction of said dam the said levee boards shall enter into an agreement with the proper officer of the United States, with good and sufficient security, for the removal of said temporary dam at or before the expiration of the period of two years and six months aforesaid:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That Congress may at any time amend or repeal this law.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bayou Tigre.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bayou Grossetete.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tangipahoa River.</p>
</content>
</level>
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<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">maine. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maine.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ile au Haut Thoroughfare between the island of Ile au Haut and Kimballs Island, with a view to obtaining a channel twelve feet deep and thirty feet wide.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cape Small Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">York Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Damariscotta River to bridge at Damariscotta, with a view to obtaining a depth of twelve feet.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">New Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Medomac River to the head of navigation.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">maryland. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maryland.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Patapsco River, with a view to a deep channel from the main channel in said river to the drawbridge at the mouth of Bear Creek.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the widening to two hundred feet and deepening to thirty feet of the present channel from the Brewerton Channel of the Patapsco River to Sparrows Point, Maryland.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">massachusetts. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Massachusetts.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Salem Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Little Harbor, Woods Hole.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Onset Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Weymouth Fore River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Weepecket Rock.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">michigan. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Michigan.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">South Haven Harbor, with a view to obtaining eighteen feet depth of channel.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Channel in Detroit River twenty feet deep from main channel to Wyandotte.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Point Aux Barques, with a view to improvement as harbor of refuge.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gladstone Harbor, with a view to obtaining a channel eighteen feet in depth.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ontonagon Harbor, with a view of ascertaining whether further improvements are necessary, and to what extent.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Arcadia Harbor, estimate of cost of maintaining piers and channel.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Marquette Harbor and vicinity, with a view to ascertaining whether further harbor of refuge facilities are needed, and if so, at what point.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Manistique Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charlevoix Harbor, with a view to obtaining a channel eighteen feet in depth from Lake Michigan to Pine Lake.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">minnesota. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minnesota.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Otter Tail Lake and Otter Tail River, Minnesota: Continuing survey with a view to the construction of a dam at the outlet of said lake; for the purpose of improving the navigation on the Red River of the North, Minnesota.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Red Lake and Red Lake River, Minnesota: Continuing survey with a view to the construction of a dam with locks at the outlet of said lake, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Red River of the North and the said Red Lake River, Minnesota.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Big Stone Lake and Lake Traverse, Minnesota and South Dakota: Continuing survey with a view to constructing reservoirs therein for the improvement of the navigation of the Minnesota River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bay at the mouth of Split Rock River, with a view to constructing a harbor therein.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/380">380</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Louis River from the foot of the rapids to New Duluth, with a view to increasing the depth to eight feet.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Inner harbor at Lake City, with a view to securing a harbor of refuge.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Grand Marais, with a view to ascertaining the necessity of making any change in or addition to the east pier.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi.</p></sidenote> mississippi.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Chickasahay River to Bucatunna.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Yalobusha River from Grenada to its mouth.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tallahatchie River, from mouth of Coldwater River to Batesville.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Channel from Biloxi to Ship Island Harbor, with a view to obtaining additional depth and width.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Big Black River, from mouth to the Illinois Central Railroad bridge.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Horn Island Pass, with a view to a channel of twenty-five feet depth and suitable width.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri.</p></sidenote> missouri.</heading>
<content>Missouri Chute, with a view to ascertaining whether the closing of the same is required in the interest of navigation.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Hampshire.</p></sidenote> new hampshire.</heading>
<content>Hampton River and harbor.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada.</p></sidenote> nevada.</heading>
<content>The Secretary of War shall cause a reexamination of the Colorado River to be made with a view to removing obstructions, deepening and rendering navigable the channel between El Dorado Canyon and Rioville, Nevada.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Jersey.</p></sidenote> new jersey.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Raritan Bay, with a view of obtaining a depth of twenty-two feet of water four hundred feet wide at mean low tide from South Amboy to tail of Great Beds.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Shrewsbury River, with a view to obtaining an eight-foot channel from its mouth to Red Bank on the north branch, and to Branchport on the south branch.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York.</p></sidenote> new york.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Minnisceongo River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Catskill Creek.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Flushing Bay, with a view to repairing, completing, or removing the dike in said bay and extending the channel to Ireland Mills.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">East Chester Creek.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ticonderoga River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Olcott Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Oswego Harbor, with a view to ascertaining the cost of necessary repairs to the outer breakwater.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Erie Basin.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Black Rock Harbor, with a view to obtaining a suitable channel for deep-draft vessels around the rapids and shoals at the head of the Niagara River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sheepshead Bay.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harlem Kills from the lower end of Harlem River to Long Island Sound.</p>
</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/381">381</page>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">north carolina. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North Carolina.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Lockwoods Folly River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Livingston Creek.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Indian Island Slough, from Pamlico River to mouth of South River, with a view of obtaining a depth of seven, eight, and nine feet, respectively, and one hundred feet wide, or as wide as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Carrot Island Slough, beginning at a point opposite Middle Marshes, and thence through Carrot Island Slough and Lewis Thoroughfare to the main channel in Newport River, with a view of obtaining a navigable depth of seven, eight, nine, and ten feet at mean low water.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Waterway from Norfolk, Virginia, to Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, with a view to the construction of a channel not less than sixteen feet in depth, upon the most advantageous route between the points named: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the examination and survey shall be made by a board of engineer officers detailed by the Secretary of War, and any report made shall include the probable cost of any private waterway that it may be to the interest of the United States to acquire in connection with the proposed improvement:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the total expense of the examination and of any survey which may be made shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Neuse River, from Goldsboro to Newbern, with a view to securing a depth of three feet.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">New River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Perquimans River, at and near Hertford.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">ohio. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Muskingum River from Zanesville to Coshocton, with a view to obtaining a navigable depth of six feet.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Huron Harbor, with a view to securing a channel with a depth of twenty feet.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sandusky River from its mouth to Fremont.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Portage River to the Oak Harbor Bridge.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Rocky River Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Vermillion Harbor.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">oregon. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oregon.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Yamhill River, with a view to prolonging the period of navigation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Canal and locks at Willamette Falls, Willamette River, Oregon: The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to ascertain, through a board of engineers or otherwise, and report to the House, whether either the acquisition of the present canal and locks at Willamette Falls, Oregon, or a construction of new canal and locks by the United States Government and their operation for the exclusive benefit of the navigation of said river, would, by withdrawing the waters of the Willamette River from the channels in which they have been accustomed to flow or otherwise, injure in a material manner the operations of the manufacturing enterprises now in operation or contemplated at the falls of the Willamette River. Also to ascertain, through the Department of Justice or otherwise, and report to Congress, whether the Portland General Electric Light Company, of Oregon, by virtue of its ownership of certain real property at Willamette Falls, in the Willamette River, Oregon, has a legal, valid, and existing right and title, as against the United States, for the full, free, and continued use of the waters of the Willamette River for the use of the manufacturing enterprises now located on their property, whether such water is needed for navigation or not, and if so, what method would be necessary on the part of the United States Government to acquire title to such water for the purpose of navigation, and the measure of damages it must pay to such company.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/382">382</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Yaquina River from its mouth to Elk City.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Willamette River between the city of Portland and Oregon City.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Willamette River, opposite Albany, with a view to ascertaining whether a diversion of said stream at that point would result in injury to navigation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Umpqua River, with a view to ascertaining whether present needs of commerce require improvement at the mouth thereof.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania.</p></sidenote> pennsylvania.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Susquehanna River below Northumberland.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Susquehanna River near Wilkesbarre, with a view to ascertaining the desirability of removing the two dikes constructed in said stream, and in case such removal is reported to be desirable, the Secretary of War is authorized to allow the same to be done.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Monongahela River, Locks and Dams One, Three, Four, and Five.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Beaver River, from the Ohio River to the northern end of Beaver Falls Borough, with a view to slackwater navigation.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rhode Island.</p></sidenote> rhode island.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mill Cove, Wickford Harbor, extending north from the entrance to Wickford Harbor, and from the entrance of said cove on the south, northwardly for a distance of about one-half mile, with a view to determining the advisability of deepening said cove so as to furnish a depth of seven feet in the portions described or otherwise.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Newport Harbor, with a view to securing a depth of eighteen feet through the channel and its approaches eastward of Goat Island.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Carolina.</p></sidenote> south carolina.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Georgetown Harbor, with a view of obtaining a channel with a navigable depth of eighteen feet at mean low water, and a width of four hundred feet, or such width as may be necessary or practicable, from a point one mile above the limits of the city of Georgetown, in Sampit River, to the ocean entrance of Winyaw Bay, South Carolina, as far seaward as may be necessary to form a project to secure said depth.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Charleston Harbor, to ascertain the advisability of extending the jetties with a view to providing a harbor of refuge.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Port Royal Bar, with a view to providing a channel twenty-five feet deep and five hundred feet wide.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Edisto River, from the mouth to the Aiken and Edgefield line.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Waccamaw River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Beaufort River, from its mouth to Beaufort.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Black River, from its mouth to Kingstree.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wateree River, from its mouth up to Camden. And until further action by Congress improvement on said river is suspended.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee.</p></sidenote> tennessee.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Elk River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Big Hatchie River, from its mouth to Rialto.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Obion and Forked Deer rivers.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hiwassee River, from the mouth of the Ocoee River to the ferry at head of Jenkins Island.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Texas.</p></sidenote> texas.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Matagorda Bay and Lavaca Bay, with a view to securing a channel nine feet in depth and one hundred feet in width between said bays.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Charles Bay, with a view to the removal of reefs which now obstruct navigation.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/383">383</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ship channel from Beaumont and Orange, on the Sabine and Neches rivers, to Sabine Pass on the west side of said lake, at or near the margin of said lake, with a view to excavating a channel of a depth of nine, twelve, eighteen, and twenty-five feet, and as to the practicability and feasibility of connecting the channel proposed above with the channel or canal now known as the Port Arthur Canal, extending from Sabine Pass to Port Arthur, and as to other matters touching the construction, excavating, and desirability of the channel herein proposed which may be deemed worthy or material, and as to such other facts in connection with the construction of said canal as the Secretary of War may deem proper.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cypress Bayou, and especially Cypress Bayou with the lakes between the city of Jefferson, Texas, and the Red River, with a view to ascertaining whether the same can be made navigable by means of a dam put below Albany Flats, and by cutting a ditch in a northeasterly direction into Red River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Guadalupe River from light-draft navigable water in San Antonio Bay, first to the city of Victoria, second above said city to a point whence navigation may be feasible and desirable.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Sulphur River from its mouth to Sulphur Station, with a view to ascertaining the best and most advisable method to procure a navigable depth of four, five, and six feet.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sabine River from its mouth to Logansport.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">virginia. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Virginia.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Oyster Harbor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Alexandria Harbor, with a view to improving the channel in Hunting Creek and across the Potomac to Maryland.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">washington. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Duncan Rocks, Straits of Juan de Fuca, with a view to the removal of the same.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Snohomish River, between the city of Snohomish and the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers, including Stretchs Riffle, with a view to providing a channel of sufficient depth and width at low water to accommodate steam vessels which may reasonably be expected to navigate said waters.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Puyallup and other waterways, not already surveyed, of the harbor of Tacoma, with a view to further harbor improvement.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Columbia River, between Vancouver and the mouth of the Willamette, with a view to ascertaining the effects of the dikes and other works between the points named.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">west virginia. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Virginia.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Little Kanawha River, with a view of continuing the improvement thereof to Burnsville.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Big Kanawha River from Lock Numbered Two to the Falls.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Elk River, with a view to open river navigation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cheat River.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">New River at its confluence with the Greenbrier River.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">wisconsin. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wisconsin.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at South Milwaukee: Resurvey, with a view to the modification of the present plan of said harbor, and with a view to ascertaining the feasibility and advisability of the construction of a harbor suitable for the needs of commerce at said port, with plans and estimates of the same.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/384">384</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Port Washington.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Harbor at Stone Haven, with a view to the improvement of the same by the construction of piers or otherwise to meet the demands of commerce at this port.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Milwaukee: The Menominee, Milwaukee, and Kinnickinnick rivers, in the city of Milwaukee, with a view to the improvement and enlargement of the harbor facilities at Milwaukee by the deepening of said rivers and the construction of one or more turning basins or otherwise. In any estimate, the cost of land required, if any, shall not be included.</p>
</content>
</level>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 13, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1080: Providing for free homesteads in the Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1080</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 384</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-13</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1080.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for free homesteads in the Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-13">June 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/155">Public, No. 155</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ute Indian Reservation, Colo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homestead laws extended over former.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the provisions of the homestead laws be, and are hereby, extended over and shall apply to the lands included within the limits of the former Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado not included in any forest reservation, in addition to the provisions of existing laws relating to cash entries thereon: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Entries prohibited.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no selection or entry of lands in lieu of land included within a forest reservation or of soldiers’ or sailors’ additional homesteads shall be allowed within said limits.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement of Ute Indians.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all sums of money that may be lost to the Ute Indian fund by reason of the passage of this Act shall be paid into the fund by the United States, and all moneys received by reason of the commutation of any homestead entry shall be credited to said Ute Indian fund.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government improved lands excepted.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That no lands shall be included in any location or settlement under the provisions of this Act on which the United States Government has valuable improvements.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 13, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1081: Granting the right of way to the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company through the United States light-house and military reservations on Gasparilla Island, in the State of Florida.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1081</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 384</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-13</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1081.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Granting the right of way to the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company through the United States light-house and military reservations on Gasparilla Island, in the State of Florida.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-13">June 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/156">Public, No. 156</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way granted through military reservations, etc., on Gasparilla Island, Fla.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Florida, is hereby granted the right of way, one hundred feet in width, through the reservations lying on Gasparilla Island, in the State of Florida, known as the light-house and military reservations.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretaries of Treasury and War to approve location.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the line and location of the right of way to the said the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company through the light-house and military reservations lying on Gasparilla Island, in the State of Florida, shall be subject to the approval and under the control of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction, etc.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the said railway company, on notification by the Secretaries of the Treasury and War, shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, construct, maintain, and operate, at its own expense, a spur, track, or tracks, to enter into and be located at such place or places within the present limits of the light-house inclosure on said reservation, and also on the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/385">385</page> military reservation, as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War, respectively:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the Secretaries of the Treasury and War be, and are hereby, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coaling station, etc.</p></sidenote> authorized to allow the use by the said company, in the accommodation of its general traffic and the maintenance of a coaling station and for terminal facilities, of so much of the land and water front of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> reservation lying at a point on the eastern shore of Gasparilla Island, Charlotte Harbor, distant about one thousand feet in a northeasterly direction from Gasparilla Island light and about four hundred feet in a northerly direction from the State quarantine dock, as in their judgment will not be required for light-house or army purposes, and as will not be a hindrance to the public defense nor prejudicial to the health of those residing on the Government reservation, the value of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisal.</p></sidenote> the use of the land to be appraised by a board of officers to be appointed by the Secretary of War:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the right of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of completion.</p></sidenote> way and other privileges granted in this section shall be subject to the regulation and control of the said Secretaries, and shall be inoperative, null, and, void unless the said railway company shall complete the construction of and have in use its tracks within five years from the date of the passage of this Act.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content class="inline">That the Secretaries of the Treasury and War, at any time <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal, etc., of tracks.</p></sidenote> they shall deem it necessary for the public good, may cause to be removed or destroyed all or any of the tracks, embankments, or other structures hereby permitted on the light-house and military reservations on Gasparilla Island, Florida, without liability for damages; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No liability for damages.</p></sidenote> the said company shall not erect or allow the use of any residences on said reservation, nor shall it erect structures of any kind thereon except such as the Secretaries of the Treasury and War shall approve; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approval required.</p></sidenote> and all approvals required in this Act shall be in writing.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That Congress expressly reserves the right to alter, amend, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to amend, etc., reserved.</p></sidenote> or repeal this Act, in whole or in part, without any liability on the part of the United States for any damages or losses sustained by said company.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the right of trackage over said railway, with proper <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote> terminal facilities, is hereby given to any other railroad desiring to use the same, upon such terms for trackage and terminal facilities as may be agreed upon by the Alafia, Manatee and Gulf Coast Railway Company and such other company or companies as may desire to use the same; and if they can not agree, then such terms shall be fixed by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 13, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1082: To redivide the district of Alaska into three recording and judicial divisions.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1082</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 385</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-13</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1082.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To redivide the district of Alaska into three recording and judicial divisions.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-13">June 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/157">Public, No. 157</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the district of Alaska <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recording and judicial divisions established.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 326.</p></sidenote> be, and the same is hereby, divided into three recording and judicial divisions, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The first division shall include all that portion of said district east <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First.</p></sidenote> of the one hundred and forty-first degree of west longitude.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The second division of said district shall consist of all that territory <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second.</p></sidenote> lying west, northwest, and north of that certain line described as follows: Commencing at the mouth of the Colville River, on the north coast of the district of Alaska; thence following the Colville River south and west to a point where said river crosses the one hundred and fifty-fourth meridian line the second time; thence following the one hundred and fifty-fourth meridian line south to the west side of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/386">386</page> Tohtankella Mountain and to the Yukon River; thence in a southeasterly direction to the western side of Mount McKinley; thence in a southwesterly direction to the most northern point of Lake Clark; thence along the northwest side of Lake Clark to the sixtieth degree of north latitude; thence west along said degree of latitude to Kuskokwim Bay. This division shall also include the mainland west of said bay and all the islands north of the fifty-ninth degree of north latitude.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Third.</p></sidenote> The third division shall consist of all that portion of the district of Alaska not included within the first or second divisions of said district as hereinbefore described.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote> This Act shall take effect and be enforced from and after July first, nineteen hundred and two.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 13, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1088: To amend sections four thousand and seventy-six, four thousand and seventy-eight, and four thousand and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1088</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 386</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1088.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend sections four thousand and seventy-six, four thousand and seventy-eight, and four thousand and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-14">June 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/158">Public, No. 158</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issue, etc., in insular possessions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4075/p785">R. S., sec. 4075, p. 785, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section four thousand and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended by inserting after the phrase “consular officers of the United States” the following: “and by such chief or other executive officer of the insular possessions of the United States.”</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allegiance necessary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4076/p786">R. S., sec. 4076, p. 786, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That section four thousand and seventy-six of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “<quotedText>No passport shall be granted or issued to or verified for any other persons than those owing allegiance, whether citizens or not, to the United States.</quotedText>”</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passports to persons not owing allegiance, prohibited.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4078/p786">R. S., sec. 4078, p. 786, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That section four thousand and seventy-eight is hereby amended so as to read: “<quotedText>If any person acting or claiming to act in any office or capacity under the United States, its possessions, or any of the States of the United States, who shall not be lawfully authorized so to do, shall grant, issue, or verify any passport or other instrument in the nature of a passport to or for any person whomsoever, or if any consular officer who shall be authorized to grant, issue, or verify passports shall knowingly and willfully grant, issue, or verify any such passport to or for any person not owing allegiance, whether a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment for violation.</p></sidenote> citizen or not, to the United States, he shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than five hundred dollars, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Trial, etc.</p></sidenote> both; and may be charged, proceeded against, tried, convicted, and dealt with therefor in the district where he may be arrested or in custody.</quotedText>
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 14, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1089: To ratify act numbered sixty-five of the twenty-first Arizona legislature.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1089</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 386</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1089.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To ratify act numbered sixty-five of the twenty-first Arizona legislature.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-14">June 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/159">Public, No. 159</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Storage reservoirs, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Act of legislative assembly authorizing, ratified.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That act numbered sixty-five of the twenty-first legislative assembly of the Territory of Arizona, entitled “An act to authorize any county in the Territory of Arizona having an assessed valuation of eight million dollars or over to prepare plans and specifications for a storage reservoir or reservoirs, dam or dams, to acquire the site for the same, and to provide the necessary <page identifier="/us/stat/32/387">387</page> funds to defray the expenses incurred,” is hereby confirmed, ratified, and declared valid.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 14, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1090: To authorize the construction of a bridge across Waccamaw River, at Conway, in the State of South Carolina, by Conway and Seashore Railroad Company.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1090</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 387</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-14</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1090.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across Waccamaw River, at Conway, in the State of South Carolina, by Conway and Seashore Railroad Company.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-14">June 14, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/160">Public, No. 160</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Conway <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waccamaw River, S. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conway and Seashore Railroad Company may bridge, at Conway.</p></sidenote> and Seashore Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of South Carolina, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Waccamaw River, at Conway, in the State of South Carolina.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That said bridge shall be located and built under and subject <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to navigation.</p></sidenote> to such regulations for the security of navigation as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and shall be provided with a suitable draw, to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote> maintained and operated by said railroad company at its own expense, and said draw shall be promptly opened upon reasonable signal for the passage of all water craft.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the company building the said bridge shall submit to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location thereof, and until the said plan and location are approved by the Secretary of War the said bridge shall not be commenced or built, and no changes shall be made in said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> unless approved by the Secretary of War; and the said company shall at its own expense make, from time to time, such changes in said bridge as the Secretary of War may order in the interests of navigation: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the said company shall maintain, at its own expense, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board may prescribe.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That said bridge shall be a lawful structure, and shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> 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 leading to the said bridge, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph and telephone purposes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote> shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of railroad trains over the same and the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> 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 the use of 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.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void unless the construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized shall be commenced and completed within two years from the date of the approval of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 14, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1093: Appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1093</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 388</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-17</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/388">388</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1093.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-17">June 17, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/161">Public, No. 161</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irrigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Reclamation fund” established from certain public land receipts.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1119.</p></sidenote> and Wyoming, beginning with the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, including the surplus of fees and commissions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception.</p></sidenote> in excess of allowances to registers and receivers, and excepting the five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands in the above States set aside by law for educational and other purposes, shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved, set aside, and appropriated as a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the “reclamation fund,” to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands in the said States and Territories, and for the payment of all other expenditures <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of agricultural, etc., colleges.</p></sidenote> provided for in this Act: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That in case the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands other than those realized from the sale and disposal of lands referred to in this section are insufficient to meet the requirements for the support of agricultural colleges <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 417.</p></sidenote> in the several States and Territories, under the Act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 12, p. 503.</p></sidenote> and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiency.</p></sidenote> the deficiency, if any, in the sum necessary for the support of the said colleges shall be provided for from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location and construction of irrigation works.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make examinations and surveys for, and to locate and construct, as herein provided, irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters, including artesian wells, and to report to Congress at the beginning of each regular session as to the results of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimates of cost.</p></sidenote> such examinations and surveys, giving estimates of cost of all contemplated works, the quantity and location of the lands which can be irrigated therefrom, and all facts relative to the practicability of each irrigation project; also the cost of works in process of construction as well as of those which have been completed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands withdrawn from public entry.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior shall, before giving the public notice provided for in section four of this Act, withdraw from public entry the lands required for any irrigation works contemplated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restoration.</p></sidenote> under the provisions of this Act, and shall restore to public entry any of the lands so withdrawn when, in his judgment, such lands are not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Entry of irrigable lands.</p></sidenote> required for the purposes of this Act; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, at or immediately prior to the time of beginning the surveys for any contemplated irrigation works, to withdraw from entry, except under the homestead laws, any public <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homestead entries.</p></sidenote> lands believed to be susceptible of irrigation from said works: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That all lands entered and entries made under the homestead laws within areas so withdrawn during such withdrawal shall be subject to all the provisions, limitations, charges, terms, and conditions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys, etc.</p></sidenote> of this Act; that said surveys shall be prosecuted diligently to completion, and upon the completion thereof, and of the necessary maps, plans, and estimates of cost, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine whether or not said project is practicable and advisable, and if determined to be impracticable or unadvisable he shall thereupon <page identifier="/us/stat/32/389">389</page> restore said lands to entry; that public lands which it is proposed to irrigate by means-of any contemplated works shall be subject to entry only under the provisions of the homestead laws in tracts of not less than forty nor more than one hundred and sixty acres, and shall be subject to the limitations, charges, terms, and conditions herein provided:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the commutation provisions of the homestead <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation not allowed.</p></sidenote> laws shall not apply to entries made under this Act.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That upon the determination by the Secretary of the Interior <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> that any irrigation project is practicable, he may cause to be let contracts for the construction of the same, in such portions or sections as it may be practicable to construct and complete as parts of the whole project, providing the necessary funds for such portions or sections are available in the reclamation fund, and thereupon he shall give <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public notice of irrigable lands, charges, etc.</p></sidenote> public notice of the lands irrigable under such project, and limit of area per entry, which limit shall represent the acreage which, in the opinion of the Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question; also of the charges which shall be made per acre upon the said entries, and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of the said irrigation project, and the number of annual installments, not exceeding ten, in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such payments shall commence. The said charges shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project, and shall be apportioned equitably: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of work hours.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mongolian labor.</p></sidenote> all construction work eight hours shall constitute a day’s work, and no Mongolian labor shall be employed thereon.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the entryman upon lands to be irrigated by such works <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Requirements of entryman.</p></sidenote> shall, in addition to compliance with the homestead laws, reclaim at least one-half of the total irrigable area of his entry for agricultural purposes, and before receiving patent for the lands covered by his entry shall pay to the Government the charges apportioned against such tract, as provided in section four. No right to the use of water for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote> land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made. The annual installments shall be paid to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments.</p></sidenote> receiver of the local land office of the district in which the land is situated, and a failure to make any two payments when due shall render the entry subject to cancellation, with the forfeiture of all rights under this Act, as well as of any moneys already paid thereon. All <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposal of receipts.</p></sidenote> moneys received from the above sources shall be paid into the reclamation fund. Registers and receivers shall be allowed the usual commissions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissions.</p></sidenote> on all moneys paid for lands entered under this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of reclamation fund.</p></sidenote> directed to use the reclamation fund for the operation and maintenance of all reservoirs and irrigation works constructed under the provisions of this Act: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That when the payments required by this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ownership of works.</p></sidenote> are made for the major portion of the lands irrigated from the waters of any of the works herein provided for, then the management and operation of such irrigation works shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby, to be maintained at their expense under such form of organization and under such rules and regulations as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the title to and the management <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> and operation of the reservoirs and the works necessary for their protection and operation shall remain in the Government until otherwise provided by Congress.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That where in carrying out the provisions of this Act it <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condemnation for rights, etc.</p></sidenote> becomes necessary to acquire any rights or property, the Secretary of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/390">390</page> the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire the same for the United States by purchase or by condemnation under judicial process, and to pay from the reclamation fund the sums which may be needed for that purpose, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the United States upon every application of the Secretary of the Interior, under this Act, to cause proceedings to be commenced for condemnation within thirty days from the receipt of the application at the Department of Justice.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irrigation laws of States and Territories not affected.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interstate streams.</p></sidenote> this Act, shall proceed in Conformity with such laws, and nothing herein shall in any way affect any right of any State or of the Federal Government or of any landowner, appropriator, or user of water in, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Basis of use.</p></sidenote> to, or from any interstate stream or the waters thereof: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditure of funds.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of this Act, so far as the same may be practicable and subject to the existence of feasible irrigation projects, to expend the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands within each State and Territory hereinbefore named for the benefit of arid and semiarid lands within the limits of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary use.</p></sidenote> such State or Territory: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary may temporarily use such portion of said funds for the benefit of arid or semiarid lands in any particular State or Territory hereinbefore named as he may deem advisable, but when so used the excess shall be restored to the fund as soon as practicable, to the end that ultimately, and in any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equalization of benefits.</p></sidenote> event, within each ten-year period after the passage of this Act, the expenditures for the benefit of the said States and Territories shall be equalized according to the proportions and subject to the conditions as to practicability and feasibility aforesaid.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 17, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1121: To authorize the Nashville Terminal Company to construct a bridge across the Cumberland River in Davidson County, Tennessee.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1121</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-06-18</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1121.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Nashville Terminal Company to construct a bridge across the Cumberland River in Davidson County, Tennessee.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-18">June 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/162">Public, No. 162</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nashville Terminal Company may bridge, at Nashville.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Nashville Terminal Company, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, for the passage of railway trains, a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Cumberland River at any point in the county of Davidson in said State within five miles above or within five miles below the corporate limits of the city of Nashville, in said county, which said company may deem most advantageous, and which may be approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be located and built under such regulations for the security of navigation 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 the location, giving for such <page identifier="/us/stat/32/391">391</page> space above and below the proposed location as the Secretary of War shall require 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, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said company shall at its own expense make such changes in said bridge as the Secretary of War may at any time direct in the interest of navigation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That said bridge shall be a lawful structure, and shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> recognized and known as a post route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and 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 the transportation over the railroad or railroads leading to said bridge. Equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That said bridge shall be constructed either as a drawbridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw or high bridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote> or as a high bridge with fixed spans, so that a free and unobstructed passageway may be secured to all water craft navigating said river; and if said bridge be constructed as a drawbridge, the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats or vessels; and upon whatever kind of bridge is built said company shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> maintain at its own expense from sunset to sunrise such lights or other signals as the Eight-House Board shall prescribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same and over the approaches thereto upon the payment of reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters in issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon the hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> reserved; and this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within two years from the approval of this Act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 18, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1122: To authorize the county commissioners of Crow Wing County, in the State of Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at a point between Pine River and Dean Brook, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1122</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 391</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-18</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1122.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the county commissioners of Crow Wing County, in the State of Minnesota, to construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at a point between Pine River and Dean Brook, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-18">June 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/163">Public, No. 163</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That permission and authority <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge across by Crow Wing Co., Minn., authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> is hereby granted, and consent is hereby given, to the building of a bridge across the Mississippi River by the county commissioners of Crow Wing County, in the State of Minnesota, at a point between the mouths of Pine River and Dean Brook: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the plans for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approval of plans.</p></sidenote> such bridge shall first be submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/392">392</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge 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; and 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 the transportation over the railroad or railroads leading <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> to said bridge. 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 bridge and its approaches for postal-telegraph <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> purposes, and all changes in said bridge required by the Secretary of War at any time, or its entire removal, shall be at the expense of the corporation owning or operating said bridge.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of approval thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 18, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1123: Allowing the construction of a dam across the Saint Lawrence River.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1123</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 392</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-18</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1123.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Allowing the construction of a dam across the Saint Lawrence River.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-18">June 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/164">Public, No. 164</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> Whereas it is represented that the government of the Dominion of Canada, with a view of improving the navigation of the channel excavated through the rapids at the head of Les Galops Island, in the Saint Lawrence River, proposes to construct a dam from Adams Island, in Canadian territory, to Les Galops Island, in United States territory; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the consent of the United States to the construction of that part of the work which will be upon United States territory is desired: Therefore,</recital>
</preamble>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Lawrence River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canadian government may dam, at Les Galops Island.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protecting water level of Lake Ontario, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That consent is hereby given for the construction of the portion of the aforesaid dam which crosses or abuts upon the territory of the United States: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the type of the proposed dam and the plans of construction and operation thereof shall be such as will not, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, materially affect the water level of Lake Ontario or the Saint Lawrence River or cause any other injury to the interests of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> States or any citizen thereof:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the work of construction on United States territory shall not be commenced until plans and details of the work shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 18, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1135: To amend an Act to prohibit the passage of special or local laws in the Territories, to limit the Territorial indebtedness, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1135</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 392</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-19</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1135.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act to prohibit the passage of special or local laws in the Territories, to limit the Territorial indebtedness, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-19">June 19, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/165">Public, No. 165</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oklahoma Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issuance of school bonds authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 171, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Act of Congress approved July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Act to prohibit the passage of local or special laws in the Territories of the United States, to limit Territorial indebtedness and for other purposes,” is hereby amended so as to authorize the issuance of bonds by school districts in Oklahoma Territory having a bona fide population of not less than five thousand persons for erecting necessary school buildings and purchasing the ground for the same. The limitations of said Act of July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/393">393</page>six, shall not apply to such school districts: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That before <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Election.</p></sidenote> any bonds shall be issued the mayor and common council of the municipal corporation, composing in whole or in part such school district, shall cause an election to be held in such district, and said mayor and common council shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, published in said district, a notice of the time and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notification.</p></sidenote> place or places of holding such election. Such notice shall be given at least thirty days before such election. On the question of the issuance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Qualified voters.</p></sidenote> of said bonds no person shall be qualified to vote except he be in all respects a qualified elector and owner of real or personal property subject to taxation within the school district. In case two-thirds of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two-thirds vote required.</p></sidenote> the qualified voters, as above described, shall vote affirmatively for the issuance of said bonds, then the mayor and common council shall certify the result to the board of education, and said board shall issue the same, and not otherwise. Said bonds shall contain all necessary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sinking fund.</p></sidenote> provisions as to form, and such school district shall provide a proper sinking fund for the redemption of said bonds. Said bonds shall not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum rate of interest.</p></sidenote> bear a rate of interest exceeding four per centum, and the interest shall be paid semiannually, and none of said bonds shall be sold at less than their par value:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That no school district under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Excess issue forbidden.</p></sidenote> this Act shall issue bonds in excess of six per centum of the valuation according to the last preceding assessment of the school district issuing the same.</proviso>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 19, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1136: Regulating the use of telephone wires in the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1136</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 393</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-20</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1136.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Regulating the use of telephone wires in the District of Columbia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-20">June 20, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/166">Public, No. 166</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all telephone poles and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of telephone poles and wires.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Area of removal.</p></sidenote> the wires attached thereto not the property of the United States or the District of Columbia now upon the streets and avenues within the section of the District of Columbia bounded by a line beginning at Second and B streets southeast and running thence along B street south, Third street west, Missouri avenue, Sixth street west, B street north, Twenty-third street west, Rock Creek; Cincinnati street, Columbia road, Sixteenth street west (extended), Park street, Whitney avenue, Eleventh street west, R street north, New Jersey avenue, C street north, and Second street east to the point of beginning, except as hereinafter provided, shall from time to time, as may be prescribed by the Commissioners of said District, be taken down and removed. The work of taking down and removing said poles and wires shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duty of the Commissioners.</p></sidenote> done under the direction of said Commissioners, and it is hereby made the duty of said Commissioners to enforce compliance with the provisions of this Act as expeditiously as may be consistent with the public interests; and the said Commissioners are hereby empowered from <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extension of underground conduits, etc.</p></sidenote> time to time to authorize any individual, company, or corporation now operating and maintaining a telephone plant or system, partly overhead and partly underground, in the District of Columbia, to extend and enlarge its system of underground conduits, subsidiaries, and manholes in or under any or all of the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, or other public highways in said city and District as may be requisite and necessary for the purposes of this Act and for the reception of such other cables and wires as may be reasonably required in the future by the growth of such individual, company, or corporation or to adequately meet the requirements of the public for telephone service.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That upon the approval of this Act, and from time to time <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners to approve plans.</p></sidenote> thereafter, any individual, company, or corporation now maintaining <page identifier="/us/stat/32/394">394</page> and operating a telephone plant or system in said District, partly overhead and partly underground, shall prepare and submit to the said Commissioners a plan or plans, or application or applications, in writing, showing the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, and other public highways in or under which it is proposed to construct conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes, and giving the general dimensions, length, and course thereof, and before any such conduit, subsidiary, or manhole is constructed it shall be necessary to obtain the approval and permission of said Commissioners. Said Commissioners are empowered to require that all proposed conduits, subsidiaries, and manholes shall be constructed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diligent prosecution of the work required.</p></sidenote> in accordance with the approved plan or permit; and upon the approval by said Commissioners of any such plan, or the issuing of any such permit, providing for the construction of underground conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes within the section in said District described in section one of this Act the construction therein provided for shall be proceeded with diligently, and upon the completion thereof, or as soon thereafter as may be, without impairing the efficiency of the telephone service in said District, the individual, company, or corporation constructing such conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes shall place its cables and wires therein and take down and remove from the streets and avenues in which such conduits are constructed all poles <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wires for house connections.</p></sidenote> and wires except such as said Commissioners may, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, permit to remain for the purpose of distributing wires for house connections.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any individual, company, or corporation owning and maintaining such poles and wires attached thereto on or over any street or avenue within the section of the District described in section one of this Act who shall willfully neglect or refuse to remove the same, as provided in section two hereof, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars for each and every day during which such failure to remove said poles and wires shall continue, which amount may be recovered by the District of Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection and maintenance of poles in alleys, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said Commissioners be, and they are hereby, empowered to authorize the erection and maintenance of poles in the alleys of said city and District and the stringing thereon of telephone conductors from alley poles or house-top fixtures in one square to alley poles or house-top fixtures in another square for the purpose of enabling house connections to be made, and also to authorize the erection of telephone poles in the District of Columbia outside the limits of the section of said District described in section one of this Act and the stringing thereon of telephone conductors for house connections or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">In certain streets.</p></sidenote> for connection with lines outside the District of Columbia; also to authorize the erection of such poles and the stringing thereon of such wires in the streets and avenues of said city and District in the parts thereof in which there are no public alleys, and in such other places as the public interests do not require that the lines be placed underground, or in places where it shall be deemed by said Commissioners impracticable to advantageously place or operate such lines underground. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary permits.</p></sidenote> During the progress of the work provided for in section one of this Act said Commissioners are also empowered to issue temporary permits for the erection and maintenance of poles and overhead conductors in places where the lines are ultimately to be placed underground, but where the work can not be immediately done because of the greater urgency of work in other localities, or for other reasons satisfactory to said Commissioners; but in issuing such temporary permits said Commissioners shall bear in mind the purpose and policy of this Act, which is to cause to be removed from the streets and avenues within the section of said District described in section one of this Act all poles and wires attached thereto, except as hereinbefore provided, as expe-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/395">395</page>ditiously as may be without interfering with or impairing the efficiency of the telephone service in said District and without denying to the public reasonable telephone facilities at all times.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That all subways, conduits, manholes, and overhead lines <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations.</p></sidenote> constructed or erected under the provisions of this Act shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may from time to time prescribe as to inspection, location, character of conduit construction, and height of poles and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire alarm, etc., wires.</p></sidenote> wires: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That in all conduits so constructed such space shall be furnished to the District of Columbia as may be necessary for its fire-alarm or police-patrol wires or cables, carrying low potential currents of electricity, free of charge:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum of ducts reserved.</p></sidenote> number of ducts so reserved in any one conduit shall not be more than three.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That the said Commissioners are empowered to authorize <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and renewals.</p></sidenote> any such individual, company, or corporation now owning and operating any lines of street poles and wires and any alley poles or alley-pole line within the District of Columbia and outside of the section described in section one of this Act to continue to maintain the same, with such repairs and renewals as may be necessary to keep them in good order and condition of repair, and to add thereto such poles and wires as may be necessary for the purpose of making house connections or for connecting with telephone lines outside the District of Columbia.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> this Act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 20, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1137: To fix the fees of United States marshals in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1137</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 395</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-21</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1137.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To fix the fees of United States marshals in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-21">June 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/167">Public, No. 167</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That in felony cases before <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees of marshals and deputies.</p></sidenote> United States commissioners for preliminary examination, and in all cases in the district courts, whether arising under the laws of the United States or under the statutes of Arkansas, as made applicable to the Indian Territory, section eight hundred and twenty-nine of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s829/p155">R. S., sec. 829, p. 155</ref>.</p></sidenote> Revised Statutes of the United States shall be applicable to the services rendered by United States marshals and their respective deputies in said Territory, and all deductions and disallowances made by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions, etc., allowed.</p></sidenote> the accounting officers under the decision of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States shall be allowed, except so far as the marshals have been reimbursed for the amounts of such deductions and disallowances; but before any item of such deductions or disallowances <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Submission of proof.</p></sidenote> shall be allowed, proof satisfactory to the Auditor for the State and other Departments shall be made that the amount of such item has not been reimbursed to the marshal.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That all witnesses in felony cases before United States commissioners, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses’ fees.</p></sidenote> and all witnesses in civil and criminal cases in the district courts of said Territory, shall be entitled to the fees provided in section eight hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s848/p160">R. S., sec. 848, p. 160</ref>.</p></sidenote> United States, except that clerks and other officers of the United States shall be entitled to the compensation provided in section eight hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s850/p160">R. S., sec. 850, p. 160</ref>.</p></sidenote> and fifty of the Revised Statutes of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> hereby repealed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 21, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1138: To fix the fees of jurors in the United States courts.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1138</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 396</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-21</dc:date>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/396">396</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1138.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To fix the fees of jurors in the United States courts.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-21">June 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/168">Public, No. 168</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors’ fees increased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s852/p161">R. S., sec. 852, p. 161, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That on and after the passage of this Act the per diem pay of each juror, grand or petit, in any court of the United States, shall be three dollars a day instead of two dollars a day as now provided by law</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 21, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1139: Authorizing the Newport Bridge, Belt and Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the White River in Arkansas.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1139</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 396</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-21</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1139.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Newport Bridge, Belt and Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the White River in Arkansas.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-21">June 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/169">Public, No. 169</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">White River, Ark.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport Bridge, Belt and Terminal Railway Company may bridge, at Newport.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Newport Bridge, Belt and Terminal Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arkansas, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the White River, in the State of Arkansas, at a point near the city of Newport, in said State, suitable to the interests of navigation as may hereafter be selected by said railway company for crossing said river with its railway line. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of said railway company, may be used for the passage of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed by said railway company and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge built under this Act and subject to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to said bridge, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> 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 approaches for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote> postal-telegraph purposes: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be so kept and managed by the company owning and operating it as to afford proper ways and means for the passage through or under it of vessels, barges, or rafts at all times, both by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> day and by night; and there shall be displayed on said bridge from sunset to sunrise such lights and signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That if said bridge erected and maintained under the authority of this Act shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, or 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 such alteration shall be made and all such obstruction be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote> bridge; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the case may be brought in the district court of the United States in the State of Arkansas for the district in which any portion of said obstruction or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to navigation.</p></sidenote> bridge may be located: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers to exempt said bridge from the operation of the same.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/397">397</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> constructed under this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the parties interested 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, upon the application of either party, be determined by the district court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge shall be located.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of said bridge and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location of the bridge the topography of the banks of the river, with shore lines at high and low water, 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 approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made, in the plans of the said bridge during the process of construction or after completion, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 21, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1140: To regulate commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1140</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 397</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-21</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1140.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To regulate commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-21">June 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/170">Public, No. 170</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That each prisoner who has <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States prisoners.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation for good conduct increased.</p></sidenote> been or shall hereafter be convicted of any offense against the laws of the United States, and is confined, in execution of the judgment or sentence upon any such conviction, in any United States penitentiary or jail, or in any penitentiary, prison, or jail of any State or Territory, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s5543/5544/pp1073/1074">R. S., secs. 5543, 5544, pp. 1073, 1074, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote> for a definite term, other than for life, whose record of conduct shows that he has faithfully observed all the rules and has not been subjected to punishment, shall be entitled to a deduction from the term of his sentence to be estimated as follows, commencing on the first day of his arrival at the penitentiary, prison, or jail: Upon a sentence of not less than six months nor more than one year, five days for each month; upon a sentence of more than one year and less than three years, six days for each month; upon a sentence of not less than three years and less than five years, seven days for each month; upon a sentence of not less than five years and less than ten years, eight days for each month; upon a sentence of ten years or more, ten days for each month. When a prisoner has two or more sentences, the aggregate of his several sentences shall be the basis upon which his deduction shall be estimated.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That in the case of convicts in any United States penitentiary, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restoration of forfeited commutation.</p></sidenote> the Attorney-General shall have the power to restore to any such convict who has heretofore or may hereafter forfeit any good <page identifier="/us/stat/32/398">398</page> time by violating any existing law or prison regulation such portion of lost good time as may be proper, in his judgment, upon recommendations and evidence submitted to him by the warden in charge. Restoration, in the case of United States convicts confined in State and Territorial institutions, shall be regulated in accordance with the rules governing such institutions, respectively.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after thirty days from the date of its approval, and shall apply only to sentences imposed by courts subsequent to the time that this Act takes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior sentences.</p></sidenote> effect, as hereinbefore provided. Prisoners serving under any sentence imposed prior to such time shall be entitled and receive the commutation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> heretofore allowed under existing laws. Such existing laws are hereby repealed as to all sentences imposed subsequent to the time when this Act takes effect.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 21, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1151: Providing for the appointment of James W. Long, late a captain, United States Army, a captain of infantry, and for placing his name on the retired list.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1151</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 398</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-23</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1151.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the appointment of James W. Long, late a captain, United States Army, a captain of infantry, and for placing his name on the retired list.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-23">June 23, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/171">Public, No. 171</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James W. Long.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">May be appointed captain, Army retired list.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President be, and is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint James W. Long, late captain in the United States Army, a captain of infantry, and to thereupon place his name upon the unlimited retired list of the Army, in the class whose disabilities result from wounds received in battle.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 23, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1154: Declaring the Osage River to be not a navigable stream above the point where the line between the counties of Benton and Saint Clair crosses said river.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1154</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 398</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-24</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1154.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Declaring the Osage River to be not a navigable stream above the point where the line between the counties of Benton and Saint Clair crosses said river.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-24">June 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/172">Public, No. 172</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Osage River, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not navigable above Benton and Saint Clair counties.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Osage River in the State of Missouri, above the point where the dividing line between the counties of Benton and Saint Clair crosses said river, is hereby declared not to be a navigable stream and shall be so treated by the Secretary of War and all other authorities.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 24, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1155: To amend section forty-one hundred and thirty-nine and section forty-three hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1155</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 398</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-24</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1155.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section forty-one hundred and thirty-nine and section forty-three hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-24">June 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/173">Public, No. 173</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registry of vessels.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4139/p796">R. S., sec. 4139, p. 796, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section forty-one hundred and thirty-nine of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4139">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4139. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parties competent to make oath.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Previous to granting a register for any vessel owned by any incorporated company, or by an individual or individuals, the president or secretary of such company, or any other officer or agent thereof, duly authorized by said company in writing, attested by the corporate seal thereof, to act for the company in this behalf, or the managing owner, or his agent duly authorized by power of attorney, when such vessel is owned by an individual or individuals, shall swear <page identifier="/us/stat/32/399">399</page> to the ownership of the vessel without designating the names of the persons composing the company, when such vessel is owned by a corporation, and the oath of either of said officers or agents shall be deemed sufficient without requiring the oath of any other person interested and concerned in such vessel.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That section forty-three hundred and fourteen of the Revised <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enrollment of vessels.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4314/p834">R. S., sec. 4314, p. 834, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote> Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4314">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4314. </num>
<content>Previous to granting enrollment and license for any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parties competent to make oath.</p></sidenote> vessel owned by any incorporated company, or by an individual or individuals, the president or secretary of such company, or any other officer or agent thereof, duly authorized by said company in writing, attested by the corporate seal thereof, to act in its behalf, or the managing owner, or his agent duly authorized by power of attorney, when such vessel is owned by an individual or individuals, shall swear to the ownership of such vessel without designating the names of the persons composing such company, when such vessel is owned by a corporation, which oath shall be deemed sufficient without requiring the oath of any other person interested or concerned in such vessel.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 24, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1156: To extend the provisions, limitations, and benefits of an Act entitled “An Act granting pensions to the survivors of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war, Creek war, Cherokee disturbances, and the Seminole war,” approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1156</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 399</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-27</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1156.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To extend the provisions, limitations, and benefits of an Act entitled “An Act granting pensions to the survivors of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war, Creek war, Cherokee disturbances, and the Seminole war,” approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-27">June 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/174">Public, No. 174</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the provisions, limitations, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian war service, extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 281.</p></sidenote> and benefits of the Act entitled “An Act granting pensions to survivors of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war, Creek war, Cherokee disturbances, and the Seminole war,” approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same are hereby, extended, from the date of the passage of this Act, to the surviving officers and enlisted men, including marines, militia, and volunteers of the military and naval service of the United States who served for thirty days or more and were honorably discharged under the United States military, State, Territorial, or provisional authorities in the Florida and Georgia Seminole Indian war of eighteen hundred and seventeen and eighteen hundred and eighteen; the Fevre River Indian war of Illinois of eighteen hundred and twenty-seven; the Sac and Fox Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-one; the Sabine Indian disturbances of eighteen hundred and thirty-six and eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; the Cayuse Indian war of eighteen hundred and forty-seven and eighteen hundred and forty-eight, on the Pacific coast; the Florida wars with the Seminole Indians, from eighteen hundred and forty-two to eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, inclusive; the Texas and New Mexico Indian war of eighteen hundred and forty-nine to eighteen hundred and fifty-six; the California Indian disturbances of eighteen hundred and fifty-one and eighteen hundred and fifty-two; the Utah Indian disturbances of eighteen hundred and fifty to eighteen hundred and fifty-three, inclusive, and the Oregon and Washington Territory Indian wars from eighteen hundred and fifty-one to eighteen hundred and fifty-six, inclusive; and also to include the surviving widows of such officers and enlisted men: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Remarriage of widows.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proof of service.</p></sidenote> widows have not remarried:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That where there is no record of enlistment or muster into the service of the United States in any of the wars mentioned in this Act the record of pay by <page identifier="/us/stat/32/400">400</page> the United States shall be accepted as full and satisfactory proof of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contract.</p></sidenote> such enlistment and service:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That all contracts heretofore made between the beneficiaries under this Act and pension attorneys and claim agents are hereby declared null and void.</proviso>
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1157: To amend 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.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1157</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 400</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-27</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1157.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend 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.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-27">June 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/175">Public, No. 175</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief and civilization of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 643.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section four of 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, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of ceded lands.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That as soon as the cession and relinquishment of said Indian title has been obtained and approved as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause the land so ceded to the United States to be surveyed in the manner provided by law for the survey of public lands, and as soon as practicable after such survey has been made and the report, field notes, and plats thereof filed in the General Land Office and duly approved by the Commissioner thereof, the said Secretary of the Interior, upon notice of the completion of such surveys, shall appoint a sufficient number of competent and experienced examiners, in order that the work may be done within a reasonable time, who shall go upon said lands thus surveyed and personally make a careful, complete, and thorough examination of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subdivision into forty-acre lots.</p></sidenote> the same by forty-acre lots, for the purpose of ascertaining on which lots or tracts there is standing or growing pine timber, which tracts on which pine timber is standing or growing for the purposes of this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Pine lands.”</p></sidenote> Act shall be termed ‘pine lands,’ the minutes of such examination to be at the time entered in books provided for that purpose, showing which of such lands are pine lands and which are agricultural lands, as hereinafter designated, which reports of all such examinations shall be filed with the Commissioner of the General Land Office as a part of the permanent records thereof, and thereupon that officer shall cause to be made lists of all such pine lands and agricultural lands, describing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists to be approved by Secretary of the Interior.</p></sidenote> each forty-acre lot or tract thereof separately, and thereupon such lists of land shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior for approval, modification, or rejection, as he may deem proper. If the lists thus made are rejected as a whole, then the Secretary of the Interior shall substitute new lists, and the same or original lists as approved or modified shall be filed with the Commissioner of the General Land <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicate lists, etc.</p></sidenote> Office as the lists of said lands. Duplicate lists of said lands, together with copies of the field notes, surveys, and minutes of examination, shall be filed and kept in the office of the register of the land office of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Copies of lists.</p></sidenote> the district within which said lands may be situated, and copies of said lists shall be furnished to any person desiring the same upon application to the Commissioner of the General Land Office or to the register of said local land office.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum per diem compensation.</p></sidenote> “The compensation of the examiners so provided for in this section shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, but in no event shall exceed the sum of eight dollars per day for each person so employed, including all expenses.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Agricultural lands.”</p></sidenote> “All other lands acquired from the said Indians on said reservations, other than pine lands, are for the purposes of this Act termed ‘agricultural lands.’”</p>
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</section>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/401">401</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That section five of said Act be amended so as to read as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 644.</p></sidenote> follows:<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That whenever, and as often as the survey, examination, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of pine timber.</p></sidenote> and lists of one hundred thousand acres of said pine lands or of a less quantity, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, have been <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 986.</p></sidenote> made and approved, the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to sell, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, and at such times and places as he may designate, to be scaled under Scribner’s rules in the log after being cut, all the merchantable pine timber, whether the same be green or dead, standing or fallen, now on such pine lands, with the exception of five per centum of said timber on certain reservations as hereinafter provided, to be paid for when the timber is cut, banked, and scaled in the manner herein provided for: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That said pine timber shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sealed bids.</p></sidenote> be advertised for sale in Government sections or parts of sections, and shall be sold only by separate sealed bids for the pine timber on each section, and the Secretary of the Interior shall reserve the right to reject any or all of said bids:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bids in groups.</p></sidenote> the Interior may also receive bids in groups of mot exceeding ten sections in any one bid, which bids may be in addition to the separate bids by sections on the same lands. The parties bidding shall accompany each of said sealed bids with cash or certified check for twenty per centum of the amount of the bid for the pine timber on any particular section or groups, according to the highest value as shown by the Government estimate as hereinbefore provided for, and said cash or certified check shall be retained and credited as part payment of the purchase price should the bid be accepted, but should the bid be rejected said cash or certified check shall be immediately returned to the bidder:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That said timber shall not be sold at a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum price.</p></sidenote> price less than four dollars per thousand feet board measure for Norway pine and five dollars per thousand feet board measure for white pine:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior may increase <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of the Interior may increase price.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of sawmill.</p></sidenote> said minimum price on portions of said timber as he may deem just and proper:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That said Secretary may, if he shall deem it best, permit the purchaser of the timber on any Government section or group to erect a mill of a capacity of not less than forty thousand feet board measure of lumber per day, and to manufacture thereat the timber on said Government sections or groups, said mill to be located on said section or group, or at such place in the immediate vicinity as may be designated by said Secretary; and the said Secretary is authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lease of land limited.</p></sidenote> to lease to such purchaser not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres of land for mill purposes, for any one purchase, at an annual rental to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, for a renewable term not exceeding ten years, said term to end, in any event, so soon as the timber purchased shall have been sawed and removed, said lease of land to be exclusive of the timber thereon, which timber shall be disposed of as herein provided for other timber:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That prior to any sale the Secretary of the Interior shall cause <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication of notice of sale.</p></sidenote> notices of said sale to be inserted once in each week, for four successive weeks, in one newspaper of general circulation, published in each of the following cities, namely: Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Duluth, Winona, and Crookston, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, La Crosse, Ashland, Wausau, and Marinette, Wisconsin; Detroit, Saginaw, Menominee, and Bay City, Michigan; Philadelphia and Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; New Orleans, Louisiana; Saint Louis, Missouri; Albany, New York, and Dubuque, Davenport, and Burlington, Iowa, and in the following trade journals, to wit: The Northwestern Lumberman, of Chicago, Illinois, and the Mississippi Valley Lumberman, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, of the sale of said timber as herein provided to the highest bidder, with the right to <page identifier="/us/stat/32/402">402</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of publication.</p></sidenote> reject any and all bids, the first publication of said notices to be at least six calendar months prior to said sale, said notices to state the time and place and the terms of such sale, and to contain a general description of the lands from which the timber is to be sold, and shall refer intending bidders to the printed lists to be obtained from the Commissioner of the General Land Office or register of the local land office, as provided in section four of this Act. Said notices shall also <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional notice of date of sale.</p></sidenote> state in what tracts or parcels the timber is to be sold:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That one additional notice calling attention particularly to the date of the sale shall be published thirty days prior to the day fixed for the sale <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forestry reservation.</p></sidenote> in the first advertisement:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That in cutting the timber on two hundred thousand acres of the pine lands, to be selected as soon as practicable by the Forester of the Department of Agriculture, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, on the following reservations, to wit, Chippewas of the Mississippi, Leech Lake, Cass Lake, and Winnebigoshish, which said lands so selected shall be known and hereinafter described as ‘forestry lands,’ the purchaser shall be required to leave standing five per centum of the pine timber thereon for the purpose of reforestation, as hereinafter provided, said five per centum to be selected and reserved in such manner and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Forester of the Department of Agriculture and approved by the Secretary of the Interior:</proviso>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional reservations.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That there shall be reserved from sale or settlement the timber and land on the islands in Cass Lake and in Leech Lake, and not less than one hundred and sixty acres at the extremity of Sugar Point, on Leech Lake, and the peninsula known as Pine Point, on which the new Leech Lake Agency is now located, which peninsula approximates seven thousand acres, and in addition thereto ten sections in area on said reservations last aforesaid, to be selected by the Forester of the Department of Agriculture, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, in lots not less than three hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment to Indians not affected.</p></sidenote> twenty acres each in contiguous areas, and nothing herein contained shall interfere with the allotments to the Indians heretofore and hereafter made. The islands in Cass and Leech lakes and the land reserved at Sugar Point and Pine Point Peninsula shall remain as Indian land under the control of the Department of the Interior.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of agreements.</p></sidenote> “Each and every purchaser of timber hereunder shall be required and shall enter into an agreement to cut clean and remove all the merchantable pine timber, whether green or dead, standing or fallen, on each tract, subdivision, or lot covered by his purchase, except on the forestry lands as hereinbefore provided, within such time as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, and to cut no timber other than pine, except such as may be absolutely necessary in the economical conduct of the logging operations, and to burn or remove a sufficient amount of the tops and refuse to prevent danger from fire to the timber left standing, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian labor.</p></sidenote> the Interior, and, when practicable, to employ Indian labor in the cutting, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote> handling, and manufacture of said timber. And each and every purchaser shall be required to give a bond in a sufficient penalty, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, for the faithful performance of said agreement and for the observance of the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior concerning the sale, cutting, and removal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rules and regulations.</p></sidenote> of such timber: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior shall, upon application, furnish to any persons who may expect to bid, not more than ninety days prior to the date of the sale of any pine timber hereinbefore mentioned, a statement of the rules and regulations under which said pine timber shall be cut and the tops and refuse thereof burnt or removed, and of the time within which said timber must be removed.</proviso>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/403">403</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Before being removed from the tract from which they are cut, all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Log marking, scaling, etc.</p></sidenote> logs cut hereunder shall be stamped and bark-marked by the logger and numbered and scaled by competent and experienced scalers, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and paid such reasonable salaries as may be fixed by him. Said scalers shall keep in suitable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Record of marks, etc.</p></sidenote> books for reference a record of the marks, also a complete list of the numbers of all logs, with the scale of each log set opposite its number, said scale books to be open to the inspection of the check scaler or to any authorized Government representative at all times; and said logs shall be landed separately from all other logs, and the title to said logs shall remain in the United States for the benefit of the Indians; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment.</p></sidenote> said logs shall not be removed from the place of landing until the purchase price agreed upon shall be fully paid to such officer of the Indian Department as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior to account for and receive the same. And the Secretary of the Interior <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection.</p></sidenote> may, at the request of the chiefs of said bands or tribes of Chippewa Indians of the State of Minnesota interested in the said timber sales, appoint check scalers to verify and inspect the work of the Government scalers; the said check scalers to be designated by said chiefs and paid out of the funds of the Indians such reasonable compensation as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“After the merchantable pine timber on any tract, subdivision, or lot <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Open to homestead entry.</p></sidenote> shall have been removed, such tract, subdivision, or lot shall, except on the forestry lands aforesaid, for the purposes of this Act, be classed and treated as agricultural lands, and shall be opened to homestead entry in accordance with the provisions of this Act: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forest reserve.</p></sidenote> on the forestry lands aforesaid, as soon as the merchantable pine timber now thereon shall have been removed from any tract, subdivision, or lot, as herein provided, such tract, subdivision, or lot shall, without further Act, resolution, or proclamation, forthwith become and be part of a forest reserve, the same as though set apart by proclamation of the President in accordance with the Act of Congress approved <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 1103.</p></sidenote> March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and subsequent laws amending and supplementing the same, and shall be managed and protected in accordance with their provisions and the rules and regulations made and to be made in furtherance thereof:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That on said forestry lands aforesaid said pine timber shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forestry land regulations.</p></sidenote> cut clean, except as to the five per centum as hereinbefore provided, and removed under the supervision and direction of the Forester of the Department of Agriculture, in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and the said Forester shall have power at all times to patrol and protect said lands and forests, and to enforce all rules and regulations made by him as aforesaid.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“As soon as practicable after the passage of this Act the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homestead settlement of agricultural lands.</p></sidenote> of the Interior shall open to homestead settlement, as herein provided, the lands on all the reservations, or portions of reservations, which have been ceded to the United States by the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, including the four reservations last aforesaid, which have been examined and found to be agricultural lands, and shall immediately proceed to have examined, as herein provided, the remaining lands, and shall without delay open to homestead settlement those found to be agricultural lands: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That on the four reservations last <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agricultural lands reserved.</p></sidenote> aforesaid, where agricultural lands are included within or contiguous to forestry lands and are, in the opinion of the Forester of the Agricultural Department, necessary to the economical administration and protection of the same, said Forester shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act as to those lands which have already been examined, and as to the lands not yet examined immediately after the examination and approval of the lists of said lands, of which approval <page identifier="/us/stat/32/404">404</page> said Forester shall be immediately notified by the Secretary of the Interior, file with the Secretary of the Interior schedules designating according to Government subdivisions said agricultural lands, not to exceed fifteen thousand acres of the lands already examined and not to exceed ten thousand acres of the lands yet to be examined, which said agricultural lands so designated shall not be offered for entry and settlement, but shall become and be a part of the forest reserve hereinbefore created.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, etc.</p></sidenote> “There shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior one superintendent and such assistants as he may deem necessary, whose <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> compensation shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and for the superintendent shall not exceed six dollars per day, and for the assistants shall not exceed four dollars per day each, while actually employed, and whose duties shall be to supervise the cutting and scaling of the timber sold under the provisions of this Act, and to see that the rules and regulations prescribed by the Forester and the Secretary of the Interior are complied with, and generally to perform such services in and about the sale of the pine timber on said lands, and the cutting of the same therefrom, and the care and protection of all timber on said lands, as may be required of them by said Forester and said Secretary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dams, etc.</p></sidenote> “The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, authorize the purchasers of timber hereunder to build on the rivers and lakes on or within said ceded lands, under such rules and regulations as he may deem proper, dams, cofferdams, booms, and to make other river and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> lake improvements necessary to facilitate logging operations: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages.</p></sidenote> That the parties building such dams, cofferdams, booms, and making other river and lake improvements shall pay the officer whom the Secretary of the Interior shall designate to receive such payments such damages as may be caused on the said ceded lands, such damages to be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> “All the expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act as to the examining and listing of said lands, and the selling, cutting, and scaling of said timber, shall be paid by the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No expense to be charged to Indians.</p></sidenote> Interior out of the proceeds of the sale of said timber: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no expense arising out of the forestry provision shall be charged to the Indians.”</proviso>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sales of timber.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 645.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That section seven of said Act be amended by inserting after the word “lands,” in line one thereof, the words “and timber.”</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of dead timber repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 90.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That so much of the Act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes,” as authorizes the sale of dead timber, standing or fallen, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, on the Chippewa reservations and ceded lands in the State of Minnesota, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior contracts.</p></sidenote> is hereby repealed: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That nothing herein contained shall be held in any way to affect contracts already entered into and now in force for the sale and cutting of dead timber, standing or fallen, on said reservations and ceded lands.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments to Indians.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior shall proceed as speedily as practicable to complete the allotments to the Indians, which allotments shall be completed before opening the agricultural land to settlement.</content>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1158: To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust the accounts of Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company for transporting the United States mails.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>1158</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/405">405</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1158.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust the accounts of Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company for transporting the United States mails.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-27">June 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/176">Public, No. 176</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjustment of accounts for transporting mails.</p></sidenote> Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to state an account with Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company for transporting the United States mails over postal routes numbered thirty thousand and three and one hundred and forty-nine thousand and three during the period between July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, both inclusive, in which he shall credit said company with non-land-grant rates over that portion of its route between New Orleans and Morgan City, Louisiana, in accordance with the decision of the Court of Claims in case numbered fifteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and shall pay to said company, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as shall remain due upon such adjustment.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1159: Authorizing the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company to sell or lease its railroad property and franchises, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>1159</docNumber>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1159.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company to sell or lease its railroad property and franchises, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-27">June 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/177">Public, No. 177</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Santa Fe Pacific <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale or lease of property and franchises authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 622.</p></sidenote> Railroad Company, a corporation incorporated under the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to define the rights of purchasers under mortgages authorized by an Act of Congress approved April twentieth, eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 17, p. 19.</p></sidenote> hundred and seventy-one, concerning the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company,” be, and it hereby is, authorized and empowed to sell or lease its railroad and other property, including all rights, powers, privileges, grants, and franchises, to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Kansas, its successors and assigns; but such purchaser or lessee shall take, hold, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchaser or lessee to assume all obligations, etc.</p></sidenote> and use the railroad and property sold or leased subject to all duties, obligations, conditions, and restrictions relating thereto which at the time of such sale or lease shall be binding upon said Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company as fully as though such sale or lease had not been made; and thereupon such purchaser or lessee shall have and enjoy all rights, powers, privileges, grants, and franchises relating to said railroad and property, or any part thereof, that were conferred by Congress upon said Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company: <proviso>
<i>Provided, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To remain a post route, etc.</p></sidenote> however</i>, That said railroad shall remain as heretofore a post route and military road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and all other Government service, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charges for such Government transportation, and subject also to all other rights of the United States.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That from and after the passage of this Act the said Santa <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual taxes per mile.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payable to New Mexico and Arizona.</p></sidenote> Fe Pacific Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, shall pay an annual tax at the rate of one hundred and seventy-five dollars per mile to the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, respectively, for each mile of main track in said Territories, respectively, the same to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apportionment among counties.</p></sidenote> apportioned among the counties of said Territories in which said railroad is located according to the mileage in each county, respectively, and said taxes shall be in lieu of all other taxes on said property hereby authorized to be leased or sold and the rolling stock used thereon, but <page identifier="/us/stat/32/406">406</page> excepting the land-grant lands and the shops as hereinafter otherwise <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date of payment of tax.</p></sidenote> provided, and the payment of the said tax as to each Territory shall be made on or before the first day of December of every year after nineteen hundred and two, until it shall have been admitted into the United States of America as a State; and that upon the admission of the said Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, or either of them, as States, the property hereby authorized to be transferred, situated therein, shall be subject to all the laws and regulations of either of the said States of New Mexico or Arizona, in the same manner and to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land-grant lands excepted.</p></sidenote> the same extent as any other railroad property situated therein. The payment of the said one hundred and seventy-five dollars a mile shall not extend to or apply to any of the land-grant lands owned by the said Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company which are in no wise connected with the right of way and station grounds of said company, said land-grant lands to remain as now chargeable with taxes as assessed and collected under and by virtue of the laws of the said Territories of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shops at Albuquerque.</p></sidenote> New Mexico and Arizona, and the shops situated at Albuquerque, New Mexico, including the machinery therein, and the lands upon which the same are situated, shall be assessed separately, and the taxes thereon paid annually according to the laws of New Mexico.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date of sale.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the sale or lease herein authorized shall be made on or before January first, nineteen hundred and four; otherwise this Act shall become inoperative for all purposes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That Congress shall at all times have power to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1160: To provide for refunding taxes paid upon legacies and bequests for uses of a religious, charitable, or educational character, for the encouragement of art, and so forth, under the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1160</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 406</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-27</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1160.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for refunding taxes paid upon legacies and bequests for uses of a religious, charitable, or educational character, for the encouragement of art, and so forth, under the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-27">June 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/178">Public, No. 178</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legacy taxes for religious, etc., purposes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refunding of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury, under appropriate rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the corporations, associations, societies, or individuals as trustees or executors, such sums of money as have been paid by them as taxes upon bequests or legacies for uses of a religious, literary, charitable, or educational character, or for the encouragement of art, or legacies or bequests to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 464.</p></sidenote> societies for the prevention of cruelty to children, under the provisions of section twenty-nine of the Act entitled “An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes,” approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund of export bills of lading taxes.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to refund, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, sums paid for documentary stamps used on export bills of lading, such stamps representing taxes which were illegally assessed and collected.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refund of legacy tax on contingent interests.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 464.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 946.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That in all cases where an executor, administrator, or trustee shall have paid, or shall hereafter pay, any tax upon any legacy or distributive share of personal property under the provisions of the Act approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes,” and amendments thereof, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to refund, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon proper application being made to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/407">407</page> under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed, so much of said tax as may have been collected on contingent beneficial interests which shall not have become vested prior to July first, nineteen hundred and two. And no tax shall hereafter be assessed or imposed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No tax on contingent interests not vested.</p></sidenote> under said Act approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, upon or in respect of any contingent beneficial interest which shall not become absolutely vested in possession or enjoyment prior to said July first, nineteen hundred and two.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That taxes which shall have accrued before the taking effect <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxes on collaterals remitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 96.</p></sidenote> of the Act of April twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act to repeal war-revenue taxation, and for other purposes,” and since July first, nineteen hundred, upon securities delivered or transferred to secure the future payment of money, are hereby remitted.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1161: To authorize the Minneapolis, Superior, Saint Paul and Winnipeg Railway Company, of Minnesota, to build and maintain a railway bridge across the Mississippi River.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1161</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 407</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-27</dc:date>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1161.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Minneapolis, Superior, Saint Paul and Winnipeg Railway Company, of Minnesota, to build and maintain a railway bridge across the Mississippi River.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-27">June 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/179">Public, No. 179</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Minneapolis, Superior, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River, Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minneapolis, Superior, Saint Paul and Winnipeg Railway Company may bridge.</p></sidenote> Saint Paul and Winnipeg Railway Company, a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Minnesota, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain by itself or through its assignees a railway bridge across the Mississippi River at a point suitable to the interest of navigation between the villages of Champlin and Anoka, in the State of Minnesota. Said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> bridge shall be constructed to provide for passage of railway trains, and for transmission of the mails at such legal rates of toll as may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> fixed by said railroad company, or its transferees, and approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That said bridge built under this Act and subject to its <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the 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 railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph purposes: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote> herein authorized to be constructed shall be so kept and managed by the company owning or operating it as to afford proper ways and means for the passage through or under it of vessels, barges, or rafts at all times, both by day and by night; and if said bridge be constructed as a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote> drawbridge, the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats; and upon whatever kind of bridge is built <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> there shall be displayed from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of said company, such lights and signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That if said bridge erected and maintained under the authority <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> of this Act shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the free navigation of said river, or shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, unreasonably 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 such alteration shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owners or operators of said bridge; and in case of any litigation arising from the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/408">408</page> obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the case may be brought in the district court of the United States for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to navigation.</p></sidenote> the district of Minnesota: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers, or to exempt said bridge from the operation of same.</proviso>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all railroad companies desiring to use the said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains over the same and the approaches thereto upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use, which compensation may be different in case of different railways. In case of disagreement as to compensation for the use of said bridge the difference shall be determined by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proof of the parties in interest.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the 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 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 of the bridge, the topography of the bank of the river, with 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 shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject. And until said plans 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 process of construction or after completion, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within four years from the date hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 27, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1399: To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1399</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 408</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1399.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/180">Public, No. 180</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland River, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement of.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That 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,” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 358.</p></sidenote> approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that the two paragraphs thereof providing for the improvement of the Cumberland River, Tennessee, below Nashville, and of the Cumberland River, Tennessee, above Nashville, shall read as follows:<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lock and dam at Harpeth Shoals.</p></sidenote> “Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee, below Nashville: For the completion of the lock and dam at Harpeth Shoals and for maintenance, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lock and Dam No. 1.</p></sidenote> “Improving Cumberland River, Tennessee, above Nashville: Continuing improvement, and for maintenance, two hundred thousand dollars, of which so much as may be necessary shall be used for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water-power leases, etc.</p></sidenote> completion of Lock and Dam Numbered One. And the Secretary of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/409">409</page> War is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to grant leases or licenses to the highest responsible bidder for the use of the water power created by said dam, at such a rate and on such conditions and for such periods of time as may seem to him expedient; and he is also authorized, in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permits for construction, etc., of canals.</p></sidenote> his discretion, to issue permits for the construction, maintenance, and operation of inlet and outlet canals and other structures, on such plans as he may approve, for the diversion of the water aforesaid: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> That any lease or license so granted shall be limited to the use of the surplus water not required for navigation, and no structures shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to navigation.</p></sidenote> built and no operations be conducted which shall in any manner injure navigation, interfere with the oper ations of the Government, or impair the usefulness of any improvement made by the Government for the benefit of navigation; and the right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of this paragraph is hereby expressly reserved:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That before leasing or licensing such water privileges, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proposals.</p></sidenote> or issuing permits for the construction and operation of such canals, or otherwise disposing of any water power or privilege, the Secretary of War shall first advertise the same in one or more daily papers at Nashville, for sixty days immediately preceding, stating specifically the right or privilege proposed to be leased or conveyed, with its exact limitations, inviting bids for the same, and he may, in his discretion, then lease the same for a specific term of years at so much per year, to be paid semiannually in cash into the Treasury, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of War shall reserve the right to reject any or all bids.</proviso>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1300: Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1300</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 409</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1300.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/181">Public, No. 181</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the following sums be, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military Academy appropriations.</p></sidenote> 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, nineteen hundred and three:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>permanent establishment. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent establishment.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of seven professors, twenty-two thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of professors, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one chaplain, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one associate professor of mathematics, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the professors and the associate professor of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rank.</p></sidenote> United States Military Academy shall have the actual rank in the United States Army now assigned to them by assimilation in the regulations of the Military Academy prescribed by the President of the United States, and that they shall exercise command only in the academic department of the United States Military Academy.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the master of the sword, one thousand six hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Master of the sword.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of cadets, two hundred and thirty thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cadets.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That hereafter the pay of cadets shall be fixed at five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay and commutation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1339/p228">R. S., sec. 1339, p. 228, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars per annum and one ration per day, or commutation therefor, such commutation to be thirty cents per day, to be paid from the appropriation for the subsistence of the Army.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That hereafter the actual and necessary traveling <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> expenses of candidates while proceeding from their homes to the Mil-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/410">410</page>itary Academy for qualification as cadets shall, if admitted, be credited to their accounts and paid after admission from the appropriation for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Number of cadets at large.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1315/p226">R. S., sec. 1315, p. 226, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote> the transportation of the Army and its supplies:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the number of cadets authorized to be appointed by the President from the United States at large shall not at any one time exceed forty.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for permanent establishment, two hundred and fifty-eight thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra pay for officers.</p></sidenote> For extra pay of officers of the Army on detached service at the Military Academy:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (colonel), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, one thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one commandant of cadets (lieutenant-colonel), in addition to pay as captain, not mounted, one thousand four hundred and eighty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of eight assistant professors (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, not mounted, four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of five senior instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, ordnance and gunnery, and practical military engineering (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, not mounted, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of six assistant instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as second lieutenants, not mounted, three thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, not mounted, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one treasurer and quartermaster, and commissary of cadets, in addition to pay as captain, not mounted, seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one line officer on duty in Quartermaster’s Department, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, mounted, four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity pay.</p></sidenote> For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on increased rank) for length of service, nine thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars and twenty-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for extra pay of officers of Army on detached service at the Military Academy, twenty-five thousand three hundred and thirty-four dollars and twenty-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of enlisted men.</p></sidenote> For pay of the Military Academy Band, field musicians, general army service, cavalry detachment, and enlisted men on detached service, and extra pay for enlisted men on special duty:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Band.</p></sidenote> For pay of military band, twelve enlisted musicians, at thirty-four dollars per month, four thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Twelve enlisted musicians, at twenty-five dollars per month, three thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sixteen enlisted musicians, at seventeen dollars per month, three thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Additional pay for length of service, one thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clothing on discharge, eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of field musicians: One sergeant, with pay of first-class musician, four hundred and eight dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One corporal, one hundred and eighty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Twenty-two privates, three thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/411">411</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Additional pay for length of service, seventy-two dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clothing on discharge, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of General Army Service: One first sergeant, three hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General Army Service.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Six sergeants, one thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Two cooks, four hundred and thirty-two dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Seven corporals, one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One hundred and thirty-four privates, twenty thousand nine hundred and four dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Additional pay for length of service, eight thousand six hundred and sixty-four dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clothing on discharge, three thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of cavalry detachment: One first sergeant, three hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cavalry detachment.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Five sergeants, one thousand and eighty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One cook, two hundred and sixteen dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Four corporals, seven hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Two trumpeters, three hundred and twelve dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Two farriers and blacksmiths, three hundred and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One saddler, one hundred and eighty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One wagoner, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fifty-eight privates (cavalry), nine thousand and forty-eight dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Additional pay for length of service, one thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clothing on discharge, two thousand two hundred and thirty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of artillery detachment: One first sergeant, three hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Artillery detachment.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Four sergeants, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One cook, two hundred and sixteen dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Three corporals, five hundred and forty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One farrier and blacksmith, one hundred and eighty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One saddler, one hundred and eighty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One wagoner, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Two trumpeters, three hundred and twelve dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Thirty-nine privates, six thousand and eighty-four dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Additional pay for length of service, one thousand one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Clothing on discharge, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Interest on deposits due enlisted men, one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Travel allowances to enlisted men on discharge, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">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;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one ordnance soldier as machinist, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one ordnance soldier as clerk, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one ordnance soldier when employed in department <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra pay, enlisted men.</p></sidenote> of ordnance and gunnery, at thirty-five cents per day, eighty-four dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as clerk in the office of the adjutant, United States Military Academy, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of two enlisted men employed as clerks in the office of the commandant of cadets, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and sixty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">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;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/412">412</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as watchman, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-three cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as trumpeter at the cadet barracks, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty-nine cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the philosophical department observatory as a mechanic, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the philosophical department in care of apparatus, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">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;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">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;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the mathematical department, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">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;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as saddler, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one enlisted man on duty in charge of engineer property and fatigue, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of two enlisted men as assistants and attendants at the library, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and forty-two dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of one enlisted man as clerk in the department of practical military engineering and to the officer in charge of waterworks and works of construction at the Military Academy, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of three enlisted men as clerks in the office of the quartermaster, United States Military Academy, at fifty cents each per day, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extra pay of two enlisted men (artillerymen) when performing extra mechanical labor, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for pay of Military Academy Band, field musicians, general army service, cavalry detachment, artillery detachment, enlisted men on detached service, and extra pay of enlisted men on special duty at the Military Academy, eighty-eight thousand one hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No duplication.</p></sidenote> ninety-two dollars and eighty-two cents: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the extra pay provided by the preceding paragraphs shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra-duty pay under existing laws or army regulations.</proviso>
</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of civilians, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> pay of civilians.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to adjutant in charge of cadet records, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one clerk to the adjutant, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk to treasurer, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one clerk to the quartermaster, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/413">413</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one librarian, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one superintendent of gas works, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the academic building, the cadet barracks and office building, cadet hospital, chapel, and philosophical building, including the library, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of assistant engineer of same, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of eleven firemen, six thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one draftsman in department of civil and military engineering, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of mechanic and attendant skilled in the technical preparations necessary to chemical and electrical lectures and to the instruction in mineralogy and geology, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of mechanic assistant in department of natural and experimental philosophy, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of custodian of new academy building, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one civilian plumber, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of assistant plumber, seven hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one scavenger, at sixty dollars a month, seven hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of keeper of post cemetery, nine hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of engineer and janitor for Memorial Hall, nine hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of printer at headquarters United States Military Academy, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one janitress, Memorial Hall, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one master mechanic, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of attendant and skilled photographer in the department of drawing, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, to civilians employed at Military Academy, thirty-six thousand two hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For current and ordinary expenses, as follows: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of visitors.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Contingencies for Superintendent of the Academy, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Repairs and improvements, namely: Timber, planks, boards, joists, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> 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 architect overseer and citizen mechanics, and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote> heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand, and for repairs of steam heating apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, and furnaces, mica, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gas pipes, gas and electric fixtures, electric lamps, and lighting supplies, lamp-posts, gasometers and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops, and laundry, four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For postage and telegrams, two hundred dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postage and telegrams.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fas-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/414">414</page>teners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, typewriting supplies, penholders, tape, desk knives, blotting pads, and rubber bands, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Travel pay.</p></sidenote> For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, two thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That from the foregoing appropriations for transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages there may be paid the travel pay due two graduated cadets who were honorably discharged in June, nineteen hundred and one.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing.</p></sidenote> Printing: For printing and binding, type, materials for office, including repairs to motor and machinery, diplomas for graduates, annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents of cadets, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics.</p></sidenote> For department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics: Tanbark or other proper cover for riding hall, to be purchased in open market upon written order of the Superintendent, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing camp stools and camp furniture, one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and improvements of dressing rooms, platform, and swimming tank, two hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery, typewriting supplies and repairs, for use of instructor and assistant instructors of tactics, two hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps, one hundred and seventy-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For silk and worsted sashes for cadet officers and acting officers, two hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For foils, masks, belts, fencing gloves, and fencing jackets, gaiters, sabers, and repairs, four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For soap, lye, sapolio, buckets, scrubbing brushes, mops, dustpans, brooms, feather dusters, and other similar articles and material, for policing cadet barracks, guardhouse, and sinks, three hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For door mats for cadet barracks, sinks, and guardhouse, fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For plumes for cadet officers and acting officers, seventy-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and furniture for offices, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one typewriter, complete, and typewriter cabinet, one hundred and ten dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of civil and military engineering.</p></sidenote> For department of civil and military engineering: Models, maps, 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;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of natural and experimental philosophy.</p></sidenote> For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additions to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books of reference, scientific periodicals, text-books, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to the observatory buildings and repairs to clocks, four <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instrument cases, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That any of the above-named sums for the department of natural and experimental philosophy, not expended for the purposes named, may be expended for instrument cases, shelves, and fittings, in the lecture room, office, and section rooms used by the department of natural and experimental philosophy.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of mathematics.</p></sidenote> For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: Text-books, books of reference, binding, and stationery; for tables of logarithms; for rides and triangles; for purchase of geometrical drawings and models; for cases for geometrical models, and for contingencies, seven hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology.</p></sidenote> For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: Chemicals, chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, sheet metal, ores, photographic apparatus and materials, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rough specimens, fossils, and for apparatus and materials to be <page identifier="/us/stat/32/415">415</page> used in the practical determinations of mineralogical and geologica specimens, pencils and paper for the practical instructions in the same branches, and for gradual increase and improvement of the cabinet, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and additions to electric, magnetic, pneumatic, thermic, and optical apparatus, nine hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Models, maps, and diagrams, books of reference, text-books, and stationery for the use of instructors, one hundred and eighty dollars:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For benches or chairs, and raised platform to support the same, for chemical lecture room, three hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Contingencies, one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of drawing: For drawing material for use of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of drawing.</p></sidenote> instructors, tacks, sponges, brushes, glue, alcohol, tumblers, saucers, towels, soap, ink, stationery, and contingent expenses, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to models, desks, stretchers, racks, stands, and materials, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Photographic material for enlarging room and general photographic work, two hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For slides and apparatus for lectures, fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books and periodicals on art, architecture, and technology, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Frames for retained drawings of cadets and wall models, fifty dollars; For binding periodicals, loose sheets of maps, books, and so forth, fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For six oak stands eight feet long, eighty-four dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fifteen new drawing desks, one hundred and fifty-two dollars and twenty-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirty new stools, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For twenty-five reconnoissance boards, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For forty-five celluloid reconnoissance rulers, forty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirty steel triangles, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For forty steel straightedges, one hundred and twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ten hand levels, forty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional book shelves in office for accommodation of increase in books, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional oak chests of drawers for maps, charts, plans, and cadets’ drawings, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For six additional compasses for reconnoissance sketching boards, to be immediately available, twenty-eight dollars and thirty-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of modern languages: For stationery, text-books, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of modern languages.</p></sidenote> and books of reference for use of instructors, for repairs of books and apparatus and for office furniture, and for printing examination papers, and for contingencies, four hundred and fifteen dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of law and history: For stationery, text-books, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of law and history.</p></sidenote> books of reference for the use of instructors, maps, map fixtures, furniture, and for repairs to the same, four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For department of practical military engineering: For purchase and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of practical military engineering.</p></sidenote> 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 reconnoissances; photographic apparatus and material for field photography; drawing instruments and material for platting reconnoissances; 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 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/32/416">416</page> batteries of 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, and for extra pay of one engineer soldier as assistant in photographic laboratory, and in charge of photographic laboratory, photographic apparatus, materials, and supplies, at fifty cents per day, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of ordnance and gunnery.</p></sidenote> For department of ordnance and gunnery: For purchase and repair of instruments, models, and apparatus, and purchase of necessary material; 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, and for contingencies, four hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of ammunition for rapid-fire guns now on hand, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For manufacture or purchase of models of breech mechanisms of cannon, rapid-fire guns, small arms, and the various machines and tools used in their manufacture, for cadet instruction, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for current and ordinary expenses, ninety thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty-five cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items and incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> miscellaneous items and incidental expenses.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, pens, mucilage, typewriting supplies and repairs, and other items of stationery, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For large modern steel safe installed, six hundred and seventy dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gas coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wicking for lighting the Academy building, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables and riding hall, sidewalks, camp, and wharfs, eight thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cleaning public buildings (not quarters), one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and cloths, two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For chalk, crayons, sponges, slate, rubbers, rulers, pointers, card, and toilet paper, and so forth, for recitation rooms, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Increase and expense of library, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Periodicals, etc.</p></sidenote> Periodicals, stationery, binding books, and scientific, historical, biographical, and general literature, and for completing sets of scientific and other periodicals, and for military maps and scientific charts, to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superintendent, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing books, and for furniture and contingencies, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For binding pamphlets and periodicals, and for putting maps and charts in permanent shape for preservation, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For carpets and furniture for cadet hospital, and for repairs of damaged articles, one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent, academic board.</p></sidenote> For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of the academic board: For instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Technical supplies.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, 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.</proviso>
</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/417">417</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For renewing furniture in section rooms, and repairing the same, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of instruments for band, to be purchased in open market <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Musical supplies, etc.</p></sidenote> by order of the Superintendent, three hundred and fifty dollars; For purchase of reeds, pads, strings, and other materials necessary for string instruments, one hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to instruments, music stands, and other equipments, to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of music for band, to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one one-thousand-gallon hot-water tank installed at cadet laundry, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hot-water tank.</p></sidenote> to be expended without advertising, four hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For replacing by exchange, without advertising, one old boiler in cadet laundry by one one hundred and twenty-five horsepower Fitzgibbon boiler delivered and installed, one thousand four hundred and ninety-eight dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one forty-horsepower engine, without advertising, installed, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engine.</p></sidenote> five hundred and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two ironers for white trousers, to be expended without advertising, three hundred and seventy dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one starch separator to be used for white trousers and white goods, to be expended without advertising, two hundred and ten dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one starch-tumbling machine, to be immediately available, to be expended without advertising, four hundred and ten dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repair of cooking utensils and the replacement of worn-out cooking utensils in the cadet mess, to be immediately available and to be expended without advertising, four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of chairs, tables, and other furniture in cadet mess and the replacing of same, to be immediately available and expended without advertising, two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gymnasium and athletic supplies: For repairs, new machines, athletic <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gymnasium.</p></sidenote> supplies, and fixtures for gymnasium, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs, improvements, and equipments of bowling alleys, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two hundred atlases, to be purchased in open market without <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlases.</p></sidenote> advertising, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for miscellaneous items and incidental expenses, thirty-eight thousand two hundred and ninety-three dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Buildings and grounds: For cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds.</p></sidenote> other appliances and repairs for ordnance museum in new academy building, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to ordnance laboratory and other buildings pertaining to the department of ordnance and gunnery, painting buildings, and materials for roads and walks, and for repairs to machinery and tools, one hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction of an engineer boathouse, four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials and labor for repairs, alterations, and additions needed at the soldiers’ hospital, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Painting interior and exterior of hospital, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of suitable incandescent lights, droplights, tubing, mantles, and so forth, twenty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paraffin and turpentine for waxing floors, twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For brushes, paints, glass, putty, and for general repairs, thirty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials for rebronzing radiators, thirty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of flowers and shrubs for hospital grounds, fifty dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/418">418</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wash basins to be fitted up in the squad room and acting steward’s room, fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlarging water mains and laying new ones, putting in new fire hydrants, eight thousand nine hundred and fifty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction of inlet tower at Lusk reservoir, to remain available until expended, five thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waterworks.</p></sidenote> For waterworks: Renewal of material in filter beds; improving ventilation of filter house and water house; hose for use in cleaning filter beds and water house, and for use in fire service at same; tools, implements, and materials for use of the two keepers and for repairs of siphon house, filter house, and of four and one-half miles of supply pipe; for shed for tools and storage of fuel for keeper of Round Pond, and for tool house at filter; for gauges and for stairs for access to same, and all other necessary work of maintenance and repairs, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lusk reservoir.</p></sidenote> Necessary improvements to the water-supply system: To grade and remove vegetable growth and properly drain the vicinity of Lusk reservoir for constructing roadway along the east side of reservoir and fence road around it, ten thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That from the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra-duty pay.</p></sidenote> foregoing appropriations for waterworks, or from any appropriation that may hereafter be made for waterworks, a sum not to exceed seventy-five cents per day may be paid as extra-duty pay to the overseer, when such overseer is a soldier detailed for that duty;</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three small barges for use in the instruction of cadets in rowing, three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cadet hospital.</p></sidenote> Repairs and additions to the cadet hospital, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repainting walls and woodwork of halls, wards, lavatories, and repainting generally, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For material for rebronzing radiators and piping, thirty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paraffin and turpentine for waxing and polishing floors, fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For plumbing material and labor to install hot-water heater and hot-water storage boiler, and two sets of stationary marble washbowls for the bathrooms and lavatories at cadet hospital, four hundred and eighty-two dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of flowers and shrubs for hospital grounds, seventy-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of suitable incandescent lights, droplights, mantles, tubes, and so forth, forty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wire screens for cadet hospital windows and for hospital steward’s quarters, ninety-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Increasing the water-closet and urinal facilities in the cadet camp and supplying facilities for shower baths, to be immediately available, seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks.</p></sidenote> Repairs to cadet barracks:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing and renewing plastering, painting, and calcimining, repairs to woodwork, reflooring, rearranging rooms, increasing sinks, baths, and for other incidental repairs to the building, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shops.</p></sidenote> Purchase of one forty-horse electric motor, complete, for running machinery in quartermaster shops, seven hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Retubing six boilers in steam-heating plant, two thousand one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Purchase of two standard pipe-threading machines, each equipped with direct-connected electric motors wired for five hundred volts, complete—one to thread and cut pipe from one to six inches in diameter, the other as above for pipe from four to twelve inches in diameter—three thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cemetery.</p></sidenote> Maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery, one thousand dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/419">419</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To increase the section room and lavatory facilities of the Academy <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement, etc., of Academy building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1021.</p></sidenote> building and furnish same, to be immediately available, ten thousand eight hundred and ninety-four dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Extending porch and constructing bay window on south side of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent’s quarters.</p></sidenote> Superintendent’s quarters, two thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction of roads in front and rear of line of new officers’ quarters, grading, blasting, retaining walls, sewers, and so forth, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For broken stone and gravel for roads, one thousand live hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To repair the sidewalks of the post, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Carrying post sewer out to the channel of the river, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing roads and paths, including roads and bridges on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairing road, etc.</p></sidenote> reservation, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Converting present convalescent ward of cadet hospital into three rooms, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relaying terrace platform of Memorial Hall, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Construction of an ice house, to replace those beyond repair and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ice house.</p></sidenote> unsanitary, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To increase the efficiency of the United States Military Academy at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlargement of Academy buildings, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1021.</p></sidenote> West Point, New York, and to provide for the enlargement of buildings and for other necessary works of improvement in connection therewith, and to provide for an increased water supply at a cost not to exceed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of water supply.</p></sidenote> one hundred thousand dollars, made necessary by the increased number of cadets now authorized by law, immediately available and to remain so until expended, two million dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That before any part <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans.</p></sidenote> of this amount is expended, except so much as may be necessary to provide an immediate increased water supply; to install a heating and lighting plant, and to complete the improvements begun on the cadet mess building, complete plans shall be prepared and approved by the Secretary of War, covering all necessary buildings and improvements at West Point, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, which plans shall involve a total expenditure of not more than five million five hundred thousand dollars, including the sum herein appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That after the preparation and approval of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contract.</p></sidenote> the plans herein provided, the Secretary of War is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for any part or all of the improvements herein authorized within the said limit of cost, to be paid for from the appropriations annually made for this purpose:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consulting architect.</p></sidenote> no money shall be expended or obligation incurred for architects after the plans for improvements above provided for have been approved by the Secretary of War, except, that the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to employ, in his discretion, a consulting architect at a compensation not exceeding five thousand dollars per annum.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total buildings and grounds, two million and ninety thousand three hundred and twenty-six dollars.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1301: Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1301.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/182">Public, No. 182</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the following sums be, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sundry civil expenses, appropriations.</p></sidenote> and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter <page identifier="/us/stat/32/420">420</page> expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote> UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote> public buildings.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aberdeen, S. Dak.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Aberdeen, South Dakota: For completion of building under present limit, fifty-six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abilene, Tex.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Abilene, Texas: For completion of building under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baltimore, Md.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Custom-house.</p></sidenote> For custom-house at Baltimore, Maryland: For continuation of building under present limit, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of certain Government officials at Baltimore, Maryland, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boise, Idaho.</p></sidenote> For public building at Boise, Idaho: For completion of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brunswick, Ga.</p></sidenote> For custom-house and post-office at Brunswick, Georgia: For completion of building, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cheyenne, Wyo.</p></sidenote> For public building at Cheyenne, Wyoming: For completion of building under present limit, seventy-four thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago, Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For rental of quarters at Chicago, Illinois: For annual rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of certain Government officials for the year ending March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and three, twenty-six thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-office and court-house.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special architect, etc.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Chicago, Illinois: For continuation of building under present limit, one million dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to use out of this appropriation the sum of forty thousand dollars for the employment of a special architect, assistants, experts, superintendents, and other skilled and clerical service to continue the plans, specifications, and superintendence <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary employees.</p></sidenote> of the building. This work being essentially of a temporary and special nature, the Secretary of the Treasury may employ such assistance as he sees fit, with or without compliance with the conditions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 403.</p></sidenote> prescribed by the Act entitled “An Act to regulate and improve the civil service,” approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of expenditure.</p></sidenote> eighty-three: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the whole amount expended for the services mentioned herein shall not, including the sums heretofore authorized, exceed five per centum of the total limit of cost of said building.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland, Ohio.</p></sidenote> For post-office, custom-house, and court house at Cleveland, Ohio: For continuation of building under present limit, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For rental of quarters at Cleveland, Ohio: For rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of Government officials, forty-nine thousand two hundred and seventy-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Creston, Iowa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Creston, Iowa: For completion of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland, Md.</p></sidenote> For court-house and post-office at Cumberland, Maryland: For completion of building under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth City, N. C.</p></sidenote> For court-house and post-office at Elizabeth City, North Carolina: For completion of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elmira, N. Y.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Elmira, New York: For completion of building under present limit, one hundred and seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fergus Falls, Minn.</p></sidenote> For court-house and post-office at Fergus Falls, Minnesota: For <page identifier="/us/stat/32/421">421</page> completion of building under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Fitchburg, Massachusetts: For completion of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fitchburg, Mass.</p></sidenote> building under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Freeport, Illinois: For completion of building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freeport, Ill.</p></sidenote> under present limit, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For public building at Helena, Montana: For completion of building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Helena, Mont.</p></sidenote> under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Hot Springs, Arkansas: For completion of building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hot Springs, Ark.</p></sidenote> under present limit, twenty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Indianapolis, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indianapolis, Ind.</p></sidenote> Indiana: For continuation of building under present limit, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of certain <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> Government officials at Indianapolis, Indiana, thirty-one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That so long as the court-house and post-office property (old) in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote> city of Indianapolis, Indiana, or any part thereof, continues to be occupied by the United States the following-named appropriations shall be available in connection with such portions of said property so occupied in the same manner and to the same extent as if the title to said property remained in the United States, namely: Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings; furniture and repairs of same for public buildings; pay of assistant custodians and janitors; vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Jamestown, New York: For completion of building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jamestown, N. Y.</p></sidenote> under present limit, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Janesville, Wisconsin: For completion of building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Janesville, Wis.</p></sidenote> under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Joliet, Illinois: For completion of building under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joliet, Ill.</p></sidenote> present limit, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Joplin, Missouri: For continuation of building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joplin, Mo.</p></sidenote> under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Lockport, New York: For completion of building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lockport, N. Y.</p></sidenote> under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of certain <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Los Angeles, Cal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, etc.</p></sidenote> Government officials at Los Angeles, California, and for electric current for power purposes, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Public building at Mobile, Alabama: That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mobile, Ala.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private sewer.</p></sidenote> Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to release and transfer to the city of Mobile, Alabama, all rights, interests, claims, and demands of the United States in and to the private sewer constructed in part by the United States in connection with the post-office and custom-house building in said city and generally known as the “Battle House” or “Athelstan Association” sewer: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That the said city of Mobile will, without cost to the United States <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of public sewer.</p></sidenote> for making connection or for subsequent use, transfer the sewer connection of said Federal building from said private sewer to the sewer system of said city, and will grant to the United States for all time, without charge, the free and uninterrupted use of said public sewer.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom-house and post-office at Newark, New Jersey: For completion <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newark, N. J.</p></sidenote> of an extension to the building and changes in present building incident thereto, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For court-house, post-office, and custom-house at Newport, Vermont: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport, Vt.</p></sidenote> For completion of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom-house and post-office at Newport News, Virginia: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport News, Va.</p></sidenote> continuation of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom-house at New York, New York: For continuation of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Custom-house.</p></sidenote> buildings under present limit, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/422">422</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-office building.</p></sidenote> For court-house and post-office at New York, New York: For completing the mazzanine story over an area of approximately five thousand square feet, including necessary changes in arrangement, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraiser’s warehouse.</p></sidenote> Appraiser’s warehouse, New York, New York: For two fire escapes, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of old custom-house.</p></sidenote> For rent of old custom-house at New York, New York: For rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of Government officials, one hundred and thirty thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oskaloosa, Iowa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Oskaloosa, Iowa: For completion of building under present limit, sixteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Cloud, Minn.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Saint Cloud, Minnesota: For completion of building under present limit, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Paul, Minn.</p></sidenote> For custom-house at Saint Paul, Minnesota: For necessary repairs, improvements, and alterations in present building, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salt Lake City, Utah.</p></sidenote> For court-house and post-office at Salt Lake City, Utah: For continuation of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seattle, Wash.</p></sidenote> For court-house, custom-house, and post-office at Seattle, Washington: For continuation of building under present limit, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, D. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Standards.</p></sidenote> For National Bureau of Standards, at Washington, District of Columbia, laboratory: For construction of laboratory under present limit, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs to Treasury buildings.</p></sidenote> For Treasury building at Washington, District of Columbia: For repairs to Treasury, Butler, and Winder buildings, including new roof for Treasury building and new floor of steel beams and concrete over entire colonnade of said building, thirty-five thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire alarm.</p></sidenote> Fire-alarm system, Treasury Department: For maintenance of the automatic fire-alarm system now in the Treasury and Winder buildings, two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Engraving and Printing.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vault.</p></sidenote> Additional vault facilities, Bureau of Engraving and Printing: For additional vault facilities on the first and second floors, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and preservation.</p></sidenote> For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs and preservation of custom-houses, court-houses, and post-offices, and quarantine stations, buildings and wharf at Sitka, Alaska, and other public buildings and the grounds thereof under the control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of marine hospitals, four hundred thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendents, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That of the sum hereby appropriated not exceeding forty thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the employment, outside of the District of Columbia, of superintendents and others including mechanical labor force, at a rate of compensation not exceeding for any one person six dollars per day.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heating apparatus, etc.</p></sidenote> Heating apparatus for public buildings: For heating, hoisting, and ventilating apparatus, and repairs to the same, for all public buildings, including quarantine stations and exclusive of marine hospitals, under control of the Treasury Department, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; but of this amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars may be expended for personal services of mechanics and others employed outside of the District of Columbia, in making repairs or inspecting work done on heating, hoisting, and ventilating apparatus.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vaults, safes, and locks.</p></sidenote> Vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings: For vaults, 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, thirty thousand dollars; but of this amount not exceeding three thousand dollars may be expended for personal <page identifier="/us/stat/32/423">423</page> services of mechanics and others employed outside of the District of Columbia, in making repairs and inspecting work done.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Plans for public buildings: For books of reference, technical periodicals <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans, etc.</p></sidenote> and journals, photographic instruments, chemicals, plates and photographic materials of like nature for use of the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, four thousand dollars; and hereafter the purchase of specially prepared paper for the duplication of plans, and such other incidental expenses and supplies as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and specially order for the use of the Office of the Supervising Architect, exclusively for the purpose of carrying into effect the various appropriations for public buildings, shall be paid for from and equitably charged against such appropriations, in accordance with existing practice.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Marine Hospitals</inline>: For marine hospital at Cleveland, Ohio: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine hospitals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland, Ohio.</p></sidenote> boiler plant and expense incident thereto, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marine hospital at New York, New York: For purchase of present <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N. Y.</p></sidenote> site covering ten acres, more or less and buildings, or purchase of a new site and erection of marine-hospital buildings thereon, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marine hospital at Savannah, Georgia: For commencing construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah, Ga.</p></sidenote> of hospital under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marine hospital at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For purchase of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pittsburg, Pa.</p></sidenote> site and commencing construction of hospital under present limit, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For marine hospital at Buffalo, New York: For purchase of site and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo, N. Y.</p></sidenote> commencing construction of hospital under present limit, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into contracts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> for the construction of the marine hospitals at Savannah, Georgia; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Buffalo, New York, within their respective authorized limits of cost.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Books and journals for the use of the Marine-Hospital Bureau may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books, etc.</p></sidenote> be purchased during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three at a cost not to exceed five hundred dollars, and paid for from the appropriation for the Marine-Hospital Service.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Quarantine Stations</inline>: For quarantine station, South Atlantic: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarantine stations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Atlantic.</p></sidenote> protection against water encroachments, and ballast gangway, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For quarantine station, Fernandina, Florida: For the purchase of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fernandina, Fla.</p></sidenote> the property of the State of Florida, in accordance with agreement between Treasury Department and the State of Florida, dated July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and one, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For quarantine station, Mayport, Florida: For the purchase of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mayport, Fla.</p></sidenote> property of the State of Florida, in accordance with agreement between Treasury Department and the State of Florida, dated July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and one, eight hundred and fifty dollars, and for boathouse and equipment, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For quarantine station, Miami, Florida: For the purchase of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miami, Fla.</p></sidenote> property of the State of Florida, in accordance with agreement between Treasury Department and the State of Florida, dated July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and one, three thousand six hundred dollars; for equipment, twenty thousand dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For quarantine station, Boca Grande, Florida: For the purchase of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boca Grande, Fla.</p></sidenote> the property of the State of Florida, in accordance with agreement between Treasury Department and the State of Florida, dated July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and one, three thousand dollars, and for equipment, five hundred dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensacola, Fla.</p></sidenote> For quarantine station, Pensacola, Florida: For the purchase of the property of the State of Florida, in accordance with agreement between Treasury Department and the State of Florida, dated July sixteenth, nineteen hundred and one, twenty thousand dollars, and for improvements to station, improving new wharf, and equipment, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Diego, Cal.</p></sidenote> For quarantine station, San Diego, California: For steam launch, seven thousand five hundred dollars. And all that land lying north and west of the Treasury Department quarantine station, bounded on the south by the land owned by the United States and used as a quarantine station and by First street; on the west by San Antonio avenue; on the north by Colorado street; and on the east by San Diego Bay and the said Treasury Department quarantine station, containing six and one-half acres more or less, is hereby transferred to the Treasury Department for the use of a quarantine station.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>additional for public buildings.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional appropriations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 310.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost increased.</p></sidenote> Toward amounts requisite for public buildings, including contracts authorized under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, and amendments thereof, namely: Under the provisions and limitations of section one of said Act, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alexandria, Va.</p></sidenote> For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Alexandria, Virginia, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlanta, Ga.</p></sidenote> For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Atlanta, Georgia: For the acquisition of additional land for the enlargement of the site <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> heretofore acquired: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the land so authorized to be acquired is the remainder of the block or square upon which the present post-office building is now located, and can be secured within the limit of cost fixed by law, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Augusta, Me.</p></sidenote> For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Augusta, Maine, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bangor, Me.</p></sidenote> For post-office and custom-house at Bangor, Maine, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Beaumont, Tex.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Beaumont, Texas, including the acquisition, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, of additional ground adjoining the present site sufficient in size to accommodate the necessary enlargement of the present building, said additional ground to cost not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Binghamton, N. Y.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Binghamton, New York: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to acquire additional land for the enlargement of the site heretofore acquired, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brunswick, Ga.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Brunswick, Georgia, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo, N. Y.</p></sidenote> For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Buffalo, New York, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Burlington, Iowa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Burlington, Iowa, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dallas, Tex.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Dallas, Texas, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Smith, Ark.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Fort Smith, Arkansas, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Greensboro, N. C.</p></sidenote> For court-house and post-office at Greensboro, North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hartford, Conn.</p></sidenote> For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Hartford, Connecticut, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/425">425</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Jackson, Mississippi, five thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jackson, Miss.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and custom-house at Jacksonville, Florida, twenty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacksonville, Fla.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Kalamazoo, Michigan, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kalamazoo, Mich.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Lincoln, Nebraska, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lincoln, Nebr.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Lynn, Massachusetts, one thousand two hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lynn, Mass.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Memphis, Tennessee, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Memphis, Tenn.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Menominee, Michigan, one thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Menominee, Mich.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Minneapolis, Minnesota, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minneapolis, Minn.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Monmouth, Illinois, one thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monmouth, Ill.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Montgomery, Alabama, twenty-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montgomery, Ala.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Nashville, Tennessee, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nashville, Tenn.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at New Brighton, Pennsylvania, five thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Brighton, Pa.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Norfolk, Virginia, eight thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For court-house, custom-house, and post-office at Omaha, Nebraska, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omaha, Nebr.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Oskaloosa, Iowa, four thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oskaloosa, Iowa.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Ottumwa, Iowa: To enable the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ottumwa, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> Treasury, in his discretion, to acquire additional land for the enlargement of the site heretofore acquired: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the land so <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote> authorized to be acquired has a frontage of ninety-nine feet on the public park and a depth of one hundred and thirty-two feet, and is the property now owned by the Hawley estate, adjoining the present post-office site, six thousand five hundred dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Paducah, Kentucky, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paducah, Ky.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mint at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twenty-five thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philadelphia, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mint.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custom-house at Portland, Oregon, ten thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portland, Oreg.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and custom-house at Portland, Oregon, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Richmond, Kentucky, twenty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richmond, Ky.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Richmond, Virginia: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richmond, Va.</p></sidenote> To enable the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the Shafer property adjoining the present post-office site in Richmond, Virginia, having a frontage of sixty feet on Main and Bank streets and a depth of one hundred and sixty feet from Main to Bank streets, containing about nine thousand six hundred square feet, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Rochester, New York: To enable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rochester, N. Y.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to acquire, as additional land for the enlargement of the present site, a plot of ground, including the buildings thereon, adjoining the Government building site and between North Fitzhugh street and Pindell alley, containing about eleven thousand and eighty-six square feet, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Rome, Georgia: To enable the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rome, Ga.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to acquire a tract of land immediately adjoining the post-office site in said city having a frontage of eighty-eight feet on East First street and a depth of one hundred and thirty-two feet, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For court-house and custom-house at Saint Joseph, Missouri: To <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Joseph, Mo.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/426">426</page> enable the Secretary of the Treasury to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a tract of ground immediately adjoining the present site, with a frontage of not less than sixty feet on Eighth street and a depth of one hundred and forty feet, not to exceed eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandusky, Ohio.</p></sidenote> For post-office and custom-house at Sandusky, Ohio: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to acquire, as additional land for the enlargement of the present site, seventy feet front on Market street and one hundred and thirty-two feet deep, running south from the west parts of lots seven and nine, Columbus avenue, including building thereon, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scranton, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Scranton, Pennsylvania twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Springfield, Ill.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Springfield, Illinois, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waco, Tex.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Waco, Texas, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Youngstown, Ohio.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Youngstown, Ohio: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to acquire, as additional land for the enlargement of the present site, seventy-three and one-half feet on Front street and one hundred and thirty feet deep adjoining the present site, not to exceed fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 316.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New buildings on Government land.</p></sidenote> Under the provisions and limitations of section two of said act, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emporia, Kans.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Emporia, Kansas, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Guthrie, Okla.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Guthrie, Oklahoma, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hastings, Nebr.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Hastings, Nebraska, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Nebr.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Norfolk, Nebraska, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oklahoma City, Okla.</p></sidenote> For post-office and other Government offices at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Francisco, Cal., custom-house.</p></sidenote> For custom-house at San Francisco, California, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New buildings on site at nominal cost.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 316.</p></sidenote> Under the provisions and limitations of Section Three of said Act, including cost of site not exceeding one dollar in each case, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adrian Mich.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Adrian, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlantic, Iowa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Atlantic, Iowa, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Centerville, Iowa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Centerville, Iowa, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Easton, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Easton, Pennsylvania, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florence, S. C.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Florence, South Carolina, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gainesville, Fla.</p></sidenote> For post-office and land office at Gainesville, Florida, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Haven, Mich.</p></sidenote> For post-office and custom-house at Grand Haven, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ironton, Ohio.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Ironton, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana, Mo.</p></sidenote> For post-office and revenue office at Louisiana, Missouri, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muskegon, Mich.</p></sidenote> For post-office and custom-house at Muskegon, Michigan, ten thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That lots seven, eight, and nine, in block sixty-nine, situate at the corner of Third and Clay streets, in said city, are satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury as a site.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ogden, Utah.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Ogden, Utah, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Owosso, Mich.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Owosso, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Perth Amboy, N. J.</p></sidenote> For post-office and custom-house at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New buildings authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 317.</p></sidenote> Under the provisions and limitations of section four of said Act, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allentown, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Allentown, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/427">427</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Amesbury, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amesbury, Mass.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Anderson, Indiana, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anderson, Ind.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Athens, Georgia, fifteen thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Athens, Ga.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Atlantic City, New Jersey, thirty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlantic City, N. J.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Baraboo, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baraboo, Wis.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Batesville, Arkansas, fifteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Batesville, Ark.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Battlecreek, Michigan, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Battlecreek, Mich.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Biloxi, Mississippi, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Biloxi, Miss.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Boone, Iowa, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boone, Iowa.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Charlottesville, Virginia, twenty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlottesville, Va.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and revenue office at Chillicothe, Ohio, fifteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chillicothe, Ohio.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Colorado Springs, Colorado, thirty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Colorado Springs, Colo.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Crawfordsville, Indiana, ten thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crawfordsville, Ind.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and assay office at Deadwood, South <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deadwood, S. Dak.</p></sidenote> Dakota, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Decatur, Illinois, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Decatur, Ill.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Dekalb, Illinois, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dekalb, Ill.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and revenue office at Durham, North Carolina, fifteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Durham, N. C.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Elizabeth, New Jersey, sixty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elizabeth, N. J.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Elkhart, Indiana, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elkhart, Ind.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Evanston, Illinois, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Evanston, Ill.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Evanston, Wyoming, twenty-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Evanston, Wyo.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Findlay, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Findlay, Ohio.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Flint, Michigan, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flint, Mich.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fond du Lac, Wis.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and revenue office at Fresno, California, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fresno, Cal.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Gainesville, Texas, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gainesville, Tex.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Geneva, New York, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geneva, N. Y.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and custom-house at Georgetown, South Carolina, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgetown, S. C.</p></sidenote> fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Gloversville, New York, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gloversville, N. Y.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Goldsboro, North Carolina, ten thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Goldsboro, N. C.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Grand Forks, North Dakota, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Forks, N. Dak.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Green Bay, Wisconsin, twenty-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Green Bay, Wis.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Greeneville, Tennessee, twenty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Greeneville, Tenn.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Hammond, Indiana, thirty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hammond, Ind.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Harrison, Arkansas, fifteen thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harrison, Ark.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Henderson, Kentucky, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henderson, Ky.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Holyoke, Massachusetts, forty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Holyoke, Mass.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Huntington, West Virginia, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Huntington, W. Va.</p></sidenote> twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Hutchison, Kansas, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hutchison, Kans.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Iowa City, Iowa, ten thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iowa City, Iowa.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Ithaca, New York, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ithaca, N. Y.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Jacksonville, Illinois, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jacksonville, Ill.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Kankakee, Illinois, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kankakee, Ill.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Kingston, New York, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kingston, N. Y.</p></sidenote>
</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kirksville, Mo.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Kirksville, Missouri, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laramie, Wyo.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Laramie, Wyoming, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laredo, Tex.</p></sidenote> For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Laredo, Texas, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawrence, Kans.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Lawrence, Kansas, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lebanon, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Falls, N. Y.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Little Falls, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Logansport, Ind.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Logansport, Indiana, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">McKeesport, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marblehead, Mass.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Marblehead, Massachusetts, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshalltown, Iowa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Marshalltown, Iowa, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Martinsville, Va.</p></sidenote> For post-office and revenue office at Martinsville, Virginia, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maysville, Ky.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Maysville, Kentucky, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Meriden, Conn.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Meriden, Connecticut, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muncie, Ind.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Muncie, Indiana, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nashua, N. H.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Nashua, New Hampshire, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Natchez, Miss.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Natchez, Mississippi, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nevada, Mo.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Nevada, Missouri, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newcastle, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Niagara Falls, N. Y.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Niagara Falks, New York, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norristown, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Norristown, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northampton, Mass.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Northampton, Massachusetts, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oak Park, Ill.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Oak Park, Illinois, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oil City, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Oil City, Pennsylvania, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ottawa, Ill.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Ottawa, Illinois, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pekin, Ill.</p></sidenote> For post-office and revenue office at Pekin, Illinois, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reno, Nev.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Reno, Nevada, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Richmond, Ind.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Richmond, Indiana, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock Hill, S. C.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Rock Hill, South Carolina, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selma, Ala.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Selma, Alabama, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sherman, Tex.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Sherman, Texas, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spartanburg, S. C.</p></sidenote> For post-office and revenue office at Spartanburg, South Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stillwater, Minn.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Stillwater, Minnesota, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superior, Wis.</p></sidenote> For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Superior, Wisconsin, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torrington, Conn.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Torrington, Connecticut, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vincennes, Ind.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Vincennes, Indiana, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warren, Ohio.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Warren, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Washington, Pennsylvania, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waterbury, Conn.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Waterbury, Connecticut, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waterloo, Iowa.</p></sidenote> For post-office and court-house at Waterloo, Iowa, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wausau, Wis.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Wausau, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Westchester, Pa.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Westchester, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Zanesville, Ohio.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Zanesville, Ohio, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of sites.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 320.</p></sidenote> Under the provisions and limitations of section five of said Act, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert Lea, Minn.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Albert Lea, Minnesota, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albuquerque, N. Mex.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Albuquerque, New Mexico, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bar Harbor, Me.</p></sidenote> For post-office at Bar Harbor, Maine, six thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and custom-house at Calais, Maine, six thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calais, Me.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Champaign, Illinois, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Champaign, Ill.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Columbia, Missouri, five thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia, Mo.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and other Government offices at Crookston, Minnesota, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crookston, Minn.</p></sidenote> four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Hamilton, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hamilton, Ohio.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Johnstown, Pa.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Moberly, Missouri, five thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Moberly, Mo.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Muscatine, Iowa, fifteen thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muscatine, Iowa.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and land office at Natchitoches, Louisiana, five thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Natchitoches, La.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and court-house at Pierre, South Dakota, five thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pierre, S. Dak.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and custom-house at Portsmouth, Virginia, fifteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, Va.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and custom-house at Quincy, Massachusetts, twelve <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quincy, Mass.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Saratoga Springs, New York, fifteen thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saratoga Springs, N. Y.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Spokane, Washington, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spokane, Wash.</p></sidenote> one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Yankton, South Dakota, seven thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yankton, S. Dak.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Sterling, Illinois, five thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sterling, Ill.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Tacoma, Washington, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tacoma, Wash.</p></sidenote> one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and custom-house at Traverse City, Michigan, six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traverse City, Mich.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office and custom-house at Burlington, Vermont, under the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Burlington, Vt.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 325.</p></sidenote> provisions and limitations of section eighteen of said Act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Des Moines, Iowa, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Des Moines, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 324.</p></sidenote> under the provisions and limitations of section fifteen of said Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For court-house and post-office at Los Angeles, California, under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Los Angeles, Cal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 324.</p></sidenote> the provisions and limitations of section seventeen of said Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at New Orleans, Louisiana, under the provisions and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans, La.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 322.</p></sidenote> limitations of section nine of said Act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at New York, New York, under the provisions and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N. Y.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 323.</p></sidenote> limitations of section thirteen of said Act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Providence, Rhode <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Providence, R. I.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 322.</p></sidenote> Island, under the provisions and limitations of section ten of said Act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Saint Louis, Missouri, under the provisions and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Louis, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 322.</p></sidenote> limitations of section eight of said Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, two hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For post-office at Toledo, Ohio, under the provisions and limitations <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toledo, Ohio.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 323.</p></sidenote> of section fourteen of said Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, eighty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For municipal building for the joint use of the United States and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, D. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Municipal building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 321.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1206.</p></sidenote> the District of Columbia at Washington, District of Columbia, under the provisions and limitations of section six of said Act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, six hundred thousand dollars. For post-office, court-house, and custom-house at Wheeling, West <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wheeling, W. Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 323.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/430">430</page> Virginia, under the provisions and limitations of said Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inquiry and report.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 326.</p></sidenote> For inquiry and report to Congress concerning public buildings at the cities named in section twenty-two of said Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two, ten thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-houses, beacons, and fog signals.</p></sidenote> LIGHT-HOUSES, BEACONS, AND FOG SIGNALS.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portland, Me.</p></sidenote> Ram Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Maine: For constructing a light-house and fog signal on Ram Island Ledge at the entrance to Portland Harbor, eighty-three thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of said light-house and fog signal at a total cost of one hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Castle Island, Mass., depot.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 853.</p></sidenote> Castle Island light-house depot, Massachusetts: For establishing a light-house depot for the Second light-house district at Castle Island, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston Harbor, Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-station.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1092.</p></sidenote> Broad Sound Channel light station, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: For constructing a first-order light and fog signal at the Northeast Grave, on a granite tower, to mark the entrance to the new Broad Sound Channel in Boston Harbor, seventy-five thousand dollars, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of said light station at a total cost not exceeding one hundred and eighty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lovell’s Island.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Range lights.</p></sidenote> Lovell’s Island range lights, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: For the establishment of two range lights on Lovell’s Island, at the mouth of Boston Harbor, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spectacle Island.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Range lights.</p></sidenote> Spectacle Island range lights, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: For the establishment of two range lights on Spectacle Island, at the mouth of Boston Harbor, thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Orient Point, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Orient Point light station, New York: For construction of a breakwater for the protection of the light-house, eighteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Staten Island, N. Y., depot.</p></sidenote> Staten Island light-house depot, New York: For the erection of a new oil house, forty thousand dollars; for the erection of a new coal shed, twenty thousand dollars; in all, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delaware River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Range lights.</p></sidenote> Port Penn range, Reedy Island range, Finns Point range, Delaware River, New Jersey: For completing the reestablishment of ranges, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schooner Ledge, Pa.</p></sidenote> Schooner Ledge light station, Pennsylvania: For purchase of right of way to the Schooner Ledge rear range light station, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tender, Fifth district.</p></sidenote> Tender for the Fifth light-house district: To complete the steam tender for the Fifth light-house district, said amount to be immediately available, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sapelo, Ga.</p></sidenote> Sapelo light station, Georgia: For the construction of a combined light tower and keeper’s dwelling, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tender, Seventh district.</p></sidenote> Tender for the engineer of the Seventh light-house district: The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of a steam tender for construction and repair service, heretofore authorized for the Seventh light-house district, at a total cost not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hillsboro, Fla.</p></sidenote> Hillsboro Inlet light station, Florida: For constructing a first-order light station at or near Hillsboro Inlet, east coast of Florida, forty-five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of said light station at a total cost not exceeding ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/431">431</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Oyster Bayou light station, Louisiana: For establishing a light-house <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oyster Bayou, La.</p></sidenote> at the mouth of Oyster Bayou, near the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Kewaunee light station, Wisconsin: For the erection of a dwelling <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kewaunee, Wis.</p></sidenote> for the keeper of the light-house at Kewaunee, Wisconsin, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Martin Island light and fog-signal station, Michigan: For completing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Martin, Mich.</p></sidenote> establishment of a light and fog-signal station on Saint Martin Island, Saint Martin Passage, entrance to Green Bay, Lake Michigan, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tender for the inspector Ninth light-house district: For completing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tender, Ninth district.</p></sidenote> a steam tender for buoy, supply, and inspection in the Ninth light-house district, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Tender for the engineer Ninth light-house district: For completing a new steam tender for construction and repair service in the Ninth light-house district, sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Calumet Harbor, Lake Michigan, Illinois: For the construction of a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calument Harbor, Ill.</p></sidenote> keeper’s dwelling, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Peshtigo Reef light-vessel, Wisconsin: For establishing a light-vessel <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Peshtigo Reef, Wis.</p></sidenote> with a fog signal at or near Peshtigo Reef, Green Bay, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Toledo Harbor light and fog-signal station, Ohio: For completing a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toledo Harbor, Ohio.</p></sidenote> light and fog-signal station to mark the outer end of the main channel, entrance to Toledo Harbor, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Crisps Point light and fog-signal station, Michigan: For the establishment <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crisps Point, Mich.</p></sidenote> of a light and fog-signal station on or near Crisps Point, Lake Superior, Michigan, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Grassy Island range light station (Ecorse), Michigan: For building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grassy Island, Mich.</p></sidenote> a dwelling for the keeper of Grassy Island range (Ecorse), Michigan, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Point au Pelee Passage light-ship: For constructing a modern steel <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Point au Pelee Passage, Lake Erie.</p></sidenote> auxiliary steamship with a fog signal, to be established on Southeast Shoal, Point au Pelee Passage, Lake Erie, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury, under the supervision of the Light-House Board, by contract or otherwise, to maintain a light-ship on Southeast Shoal, Point au Pelee Passage, Lake Erie, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Conneaut Harbor light station, Ohio: For constructing a light-house <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conneaut, Ohio.</p></sidenote> on the new pier head for the front light, and to raise the existing structure on the old pier head to a proper height to have it serve with the proposed new front light as a range for vessels approaching Conneaut Harbor, eight thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ashtabula Harbor light station, Ohio: For establishing a light and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ashtabula, Ohio.</p></sidenote> fog-signal station on the new pier head at the end of the west break-water at Ashtabula, Ohio, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fort Winfield Scott fog signal, California: To establish on Fort <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Winfield Scott, Cal.</p></sidenote> Winfield Scott, Fort Point, California, a fog signal, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Oakland light-house and fog-signal station, California: For constructing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oakland, Cal.</p></sidenote> a light-house and fog signal at the entrance of Oakland Harbor, California, nineteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mile Rocks light and fog-signal station, California: For constructing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mile Rocks, Cal.</p></sidenote> a light and fog-signal station on one of the Mile Rocks, San Francisco Bay, California, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Browns Point light-house and fog signal, Washington: For completing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Browns Point, Wash.</p></sidenote> light-house and fog signal at Browns Point, State of Washington, three thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Battery Point fog signal, Washington: For the construction of a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Battery Point, Wash.</p></sidenote> fog signal at Battery Point, Puget Sound, opposite the city of Seattle, State of Washington, six thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/432">432</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands owned by Government other than those held for settlement.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statement required.</p></sidenote> The President is hereby requested to cause to be prepared and submitted to Congress at the commencement of its next session a statement showing what lots or parcels of land, other than public lands held for settlement under the public-land laws, are owned by the United States and held by the several Executive Departments or other branches of the public service, the area of each, the purposes for which each is held or occupied, in what State, Territory, or country, and in or near what town or city each is located.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-House Establishment.</p></sidenote> Light-House Establishment.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Supplies of light-houses</inline>: For supplying fog signals, light-houses, and other lights with illuminating, cleaning, preservative, and such other materials as may be required for annual consumption; for books, boats, and furniture for stations, traveling expenses of civilian member of Light-House Board in attending meetings of board at Washington, 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 for all other necessary incidental expenses, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors and light-house engineers and at light-house depots, four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Repairs of light-houses</inline>: For repairing, protecting, and improving light-houses and buildings; for improvements to grounds connected therewith; for establishing and repairing day marks and pier-head and other beacon lights, including purchase of land for same; for illuminating apparatus and machinery to replace that already in use; construction of necessary outbuildings, at a cost not exceeding two hundred dollars at any one light station in any fiscal year; and for all other necessary incidental expenses relating to these various objects, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors and light-house engineers and at light-house depots, six hundred and seventy thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Keepers’ salaries.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Salaries of keepers of light-houses</inline>: For salaries, fuel, rations, rent of quarters where necessary, and all other necessary incidental expenses of not exceeding one thousand six hundred and fifty light-house and fog-signal keepers and laborers attending other lights, eight hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-vessels.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of light-vessels</inline>: For seamen’s wages, rations, repairs, salaries, supplies, and temporary employment and all other necessary incidental expenses of light-vessels, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors and the light-house engineers and at light-house depots, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buoyage.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of buoyage</inline>: For expenses of establishing, replacing, and maintaining buoys of any and all kinds, and spindles, and for all other necessary incidental expenses relating thereto, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors and light-house engineers and at light-house depots, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fog signals.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of fog signals</inline>: For establishing, replacing, duplicating, and improving fog signals and buildings connected therewith, and for repairs, the purchase of land for sites for fog signals, and for all other necessary incidental expenses of the same, including the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders, and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors and light-house engineers, and at light-house depots, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/433">433</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Lighting of rivers</inline>: For the pay of officers and crews of light-house <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting of rivers.</p></sidenote> tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspectors; and for establishing, supplying, and maintaining 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, Pennsylvania, and Bordentown, New Jersey; the Elk River, Maryland; York River, James 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 are used to point out changeable channels, and which in consequence can not be made permanent, three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Survey of light-house sites</inline>: For preliminary examinations, surveys, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of sites.</p></sidenote> and plans for determining the proper sites and cost of light-houses and structures for which estimates are to be made to Congress, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Oil houses for light-stations</inline>: For establishing isolated oil houses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oil houses.</p></sidenote> for the storage of mineral oil, ten thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no oil house erected hereunder shall exceed five hundred and fifty dollars in cost.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Porto Rican light-house establishment</inline>: For maintaining existing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Porto Rico.</p></sidenote> aids to navigation and to establish and maintain additional day marks and beacon lights and buoys, where required on Porto Rico and adjacent islands, including purchase of land for same and the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspector and light-house engineer and at the light-house depot, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Light-house and fog-signal stations in Alaskan waters</inline>: To <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p></sidenote> enable the Secretary of the Treasury to continue to establish, under the direction and supervision of the Light-House Board, light-house and fog-signal stations in Alaskan waters, one hundred and twenty-six thousand and thirteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of lights on channels of Great Lakes</inline>: To enable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Lakes.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of the Treasury, under the supervision of the Light-House Board, by contract or otherwise, to maintain lights necessary for the safe navigation of those channels in the connecting waterways of the Great Lakes which have been constructed or artificially improved by the Government of the United States, where the same can not properly be lighted from the American side, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter there shall be submitted in the annual Book of Estimates, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees.</p></sidenote> under each item of appropriation under the head of “Light-House Establishment,” notes showing the number of persons employed and the rate of compensation paid to each from each of said appropriations during the fiscal year next preceding the fiscal year for which estimates are submitted.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>life-saving service. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-Saving Service.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of superintendents for the life-saving stations as follows: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendents.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the coast of Massachusetts, one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/434">434</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the coasts of Rhode Island and Fishers Island, one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the coast of Long Island, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the coast of New Jersey, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the life-saving stations and for the houses of refuge on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, one thousand live hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Lakes Ontario and Erie, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coast of Lake Michigan, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">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-two thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Keepers.</p></sidenote> For salaries of two hundred and eighty keepers of life-saving and lifeboat stations and of houses of refuge, two hundred and forty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crews.</p></sidenote> For pay of crews of surf men employed at the life-saving and lifeboat stations, including the old Chicago station, at the uniform rate of sixty-five dollars per month each during the period of actual employment, and three dollars per day for each occasion of service at other times; 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, including use of additional land where necessary; supplies and provisions for houses of refuge and for ship-wrecked persons succored at stations; traveling expenses of officers <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation of quarters.</p></sidenote> under orders from the Treasury Department; commutation of quarters for officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service detailed for duty in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 57.</p></sidenote> Life-Saving Service; 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; for telephone lines and care of same; and contingent expenses, including Height, storage, rent, repairs to apparatus, labor, medals, stationery, newspapers for statistical purposes, advertising, and all other necessary expenses not included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States, one million five hundred and fifteen thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New stations.</p></sidenote> For establishing new life-saving stations and lifeboat stations on the sea and lake coasts of the United States, authorized by law, to be available until expended, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue-Cutter Service.</p></sidenote> revenue-cutter service.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries and expenses.</p></sidenote> For expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service: For pay of captains, lieutenants, captain of engineers, chief engineers and assistant engi-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/435">435</page>neers, for pay of a constructor, Revenue-Cutter Service, cadets, and pilots employed, and for rations for the same; for pay of petty officers, buglers, seamen, oilers, firemen, coal heavers, stewards, cooks, 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; commutation of quarters; for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seal fisheries.</p></sidenote> 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anchorage.</p></sidenote> the anchorage of vessels in the ports of New York and Chicago, approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, February <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 151.</p></sidenote> sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three and March third, eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 431.</p></sidenote> hundred and ninety-nine; and an Act relating to the anchorage and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1081.</p></sidenote> movement of vessels in Saint Marys River, approved March sixth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 54.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and ninety-six; for temporary leases and improvement of property for revenue-cutter purposes; contingent expenses, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, labor, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under special heads, one million two hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For longevity pay authorized by the “Act to promote the efficiency <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 100.</p></sidenote> of the Revenue-Cutter Service,” approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the completion of one revenue cutter of the third class, under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Marys River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue cutter.</p></sidenote> the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for service on the Saint Marys River, Michigan, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To complete the purchase or construction of a suitable launch for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Astoria, Oreg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Launch.</p></sidenote> the customs service, at and in the vicinity of Astoria, Oregon, five thousand dollars in addition to the sum of five thousand dollars heretofore appropriated for this purpose, which sum is hereby reappropriated and made available therefor.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction, under the direction of the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philadelphia, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue cutter.</p></sidenote> Treasury, of a steam revenue cutter for service at the port of Philadelphia, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving and printing.</p></sidenote></heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For labor and expenses of engraving and printing: For salaries of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> all necessary clerks and employees, other than plate printers and plate printers’ assistants, nine hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Large notes.</p></sidenote> 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, except in so far as such printing may be necessary in executing the requirements of the Act “To define and fix the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 45.</p></sidenote> standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes,” approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For wages of plate printers, at piece rates to be fixed by the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wages.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of printers’ assistants, when employed, nine hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no portion of this sum shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Large notes.</p></sidenote> be expended for printing United States notes or Treasury notes of larger denomination than those that may be canceled or retired, except in so far as such printing may be necessary in executing the requirements of the Act “To define and fix the standard of value, to maintain <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 45.</p></sidenote> the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/436">436</page> to refund the public debt, and for other purposes,” approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials.</p></sidenote> For engravers’ and printers’ materials and other materials, except distinctive paper, and for miscellaneous expenses, four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For rent of office now occupied by agent of the Post-Office Department to supervise the distribution of stamps of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, six hundred dollars.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>coast and geodetic survey.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coast and Geodetic Survey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of coasts under the jurisdiction of the United States.</p></sidenote> For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the survey of the coasts of the United States and of coasts under the jurisdiction of the United States, 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 physical hydrography and 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, astronomical and gravity observations; and including compensation, not otherwise appropriated for, of persons employed in the field work, in conformity with the regulations for the government of the Coast and Geodetic Survey adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury; for special examinations that may be required by the Light-House Board or other proper authority; 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: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advances.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no advance of money to chiefs of field parties under this appropriation shall be made unless to a commissioned officer, or to a civilian officer, who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Field expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For field expenses</inline>: For surveys and necessary resurveys of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including the coasts of outlying islands under the jurisdiction of the United States, to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> immediately available and to continue available until expended: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of expenditures.</p></sidenote> That not more than twenty-five thousand dollars of this amount shall be expended on the coasts of the before-mentioned outlying islands, seventy thousand dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pacific coast, etc.</p></sidenote> For surveys and necessary resurveys of the Pacific coast, including the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska and other coasts on the Pacific Ocean under the jurisdiction of the United States, to be immediately available and to continue available until expended, one hundred and seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing researches in physical hydrography relating to harbors and bars, and for tidal and current observations on the coasts of the United States, or other coasts under the jurisdiction of the United States, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For offshore soundings and examination of reported dangers on the coasts of the United States, and of coasts under the jurisdiction of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coast Pilot.</p></sidenote> United States, 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 in the field and office as may be necessary for the same, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/437">437</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing magnetic observations and to establish meridian <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Magnetic observations.</p></sidenote> lines in connection therewith in all parts of the United States, and for making magnetic observations in other regions under the jurisdiction of the United States, including the purchase of additional magnetic instruments, and the lease of sites where necessary and the erection of temporary magnetic buildings; for continuing the line of exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts; for furnishing points <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Points to State surveys.</p></sidenote> to State surveys, to be applied as far as practicable in States where points have not been furnished; for determinations of geographical positions, and for continuing gravity observations, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For any special surveys that may be required by the Light-House <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special surveys.</p></sidenote> Board or other proper authority and contingent expenses incident thereto, to be immediately available and to continue available until expended, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For objects not hereinbefore named that may be deemed urgent, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> including the preparation or purchase of preliminary plans and specifications of vessels and 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, and for the expenses of the attendance of the American delegate at the meetings of the International Geodetic Association, not to exceed five hundred and fifty dollars, four thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That ten per centum <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interchangeable expenditures.</p></sidenote> 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.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for field expenses, two hundred and sixty-four thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For repairs and maintenance of vessels</inline>: For repairs and maintenance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of vessels, etc.</p></sidenote> of the complement of vessels used in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including the traveling expenses of the person inspecting the repairs, twenty-nine thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Officers and men, vessels, Coast and Geodetic Survey</inline>: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vessels.</p></sidenote> all necessary employees to man and equip the vessels of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to execute the work of the Survey herein provided for and authorized by law, one hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Pay and subsistence of professional seamen</inline>: For pay and subsistence <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Professional seamen.</p></sidenote> of professional seamen serving as executive officers and mates on the vessels of the Survey, to be immediately available, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Salaries Coast and Geodetic Survey</inline>: For Superintendent, five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of assistants, to be employed in the field or office, as the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistants.</p></sidenote> Superintendent may direct:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two assistants, at four thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one assistant, three thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five assistants, at three thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five assistants, at two thousand five hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one assistant, two thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eight assistants, at two thousand two hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eight assistants, at two thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For four assistants, at one thousand six hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three assistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eight assistants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For six aids, at nine hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For twenty-three aids, at not to exceed seven hundred and twenty <page identifier="/us/stat/32/438">438</page> dollars each; in all, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office force.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Pay of office force</inline>: For one disbursing agent, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one chief of division of library and archives, one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerical force, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For four, at one thousand four hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For six, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three, at one thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For chart correctors, buoy colorists, stenographers, writers, typewriters, and copyists, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three, at nine hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For nine, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For topographic and hydrographic draftsmen, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at two thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at two thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at two thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand six hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand four hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three, at one thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at nine hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For astronomical, geodetic, tidal, and miscellaneous computers, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at two thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For four, at one thousand six hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at one thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eight, at one thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For copperplate engravers, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three, at two thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand six hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at one thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For four, at nine hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at seven hundred dollars;,</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For electrotypers and photographers, plate printers and their helpers, instrument makers, carpenters, engineer, and other skilled laborers, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one, at one thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ten, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five, at one thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at nine hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For six, at seven hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For watchmen, firemen, messengers, and laborers, packers and folders, and miscellaneous work, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For three, at eight hundred and eighty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For four, at eight hundred and twenty dollars each;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/439">439</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at seven hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at six hundred and forty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For four, at six hundred and thirty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at five hundred and fifty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one laborer, at five hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; in all, one hundred and fifty-five thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Office expenses</inline>: For the purchase of new instruments, for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office expenses.</p></sidenote> materials and supplies required in the instrument shop, carpenter shop, and drawing division, and for books, maps, charts, and subscriptions; for copper plates, chart paper, printer’s ink, copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping and photographing; engraving, printing, photographing, and electrotyping supplies; and for photolithographing charts and printing from stone and copper for immediate use; for stationery for the office and field parties, transportation of instruments and supplies when not charged to party expenses, office wagon and horses, heating, lighting, and power, telephone, telegrams, ice, and washing, office furniture, repairs, other than for buildings, traveling expenses of assistants and others employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office, contingencies of all kinds, and for extra labor not to exceed two thousand dollars; in all, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the discussion and publication of observations, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no part of the money herein appropriated for the Coast and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowances.</p></sidenote> Geodetic Survey shall be available for allowance to civilian or other officers for subsistence while on duty at Washington (except as hereinbefore provided for officers of the field force ordered to Washington for short periods for consultation with the Superintendent), except as now provided by law.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>under smithsonian institution. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smithsonian Institution.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">International exchanges</inline>: For expenses of the system of inter <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">International exchanges.</p></sidenote> national exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, twenty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">American ethnology</inline>: For continuing ethnological researches <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">American ethnology.</p></sidenote> among the American Indians under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, fifty thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be used for rent of building.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Astrophysical Observatory</inline>: For maintenance of Astrophysical <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Astrophysical Observatory.</p></sidenote> Observatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, printing and publishing results of researches, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, repairs and alterations of buildings, and miscellaneous expenses, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">National Museum</inline>: For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Museum.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, etc.</p></sidenote> required for the exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heating, etc.</p></sidenote> service for the National Museum, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preserving collections.</p></sidenote> from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/440">440</page>ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, of which sum live thousand five hundred dollars may be used for necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the National Museum; and all other necessary incidental expenses.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Specimens.</p></sidenote> For purchase of specimens to supply deficiencies in the collections of the National Museum, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books, etc.</p></sidenote> For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in the National Museum, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, including all necessary labor and material, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the National Museum, four thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stamps, etc.</p></sidenote> For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States National Herbarium</p></sidenote> For printing and publishing the contributions from the United States National Herbarium, the editions of which shall not be less than three thousand copies, including the preparation of necessary illustrations, proof reading, bibliographical work, and special editorial work, seven <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of copies.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That one-half of said copies shall be placed on sale at an advance of ten per centum over their cost.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New building authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1102.</p></sidenote> For the preparation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, of preliminary plans for an additional fire-proof steel-frame brick-and-terra-cotta building, to cost not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars, for the United States National Museum, to be erected when appropriated for, on the Mall, between Ninth and Twelfth streets west, said plans when completed to be transmitted by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to Congress, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Zoological Park.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">National Zoological Park</inline>: For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of animals, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees; the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, the printing and publishing of operations, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elephant house.</p></sidenote> For the construction of an elephant house, with bathing pools and other accessories, including labor and materials and all necessary incidental <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Half from District revenues.</p></sidenote> expenses, ten thousand dollars; one-half of which sums for the National Zoological Park shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fish Commission.</p></sidenote> fish commission.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of Commissioner, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Office of Commissioner</inline>: For Commissioner, 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; private secretary, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one engineer, one thousand and eighty dollars; three firemen, at six hundred dollars each; two watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; four 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-six thousand six hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of accounts.</p></sidenote> Office of accounts: Disbursing agent, two thousand two hundred dollars; examiner of accounts, one thousand six hundred dollars; prop-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/441">441</page>erty clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class one; bookkeeper, one thousand and eighty dollars; in all, seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Office of architect and engineer: Architect and engineer, two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of architect and engineer.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; draftsman, nine hundred dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, five thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of fish culture—Office: Assistant in charge, two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of fish culture.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office.</p></sidenote> seven hundred dollars; superintendent of car and messenger service, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, ten thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of fish culture—Station employees: Central Station, Washington, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Station employees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Central station.</p></sidenote> District of Columbia: Clerk, nine hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, two thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Aquaria, Central Station: Superintendent, nine hundred and sixty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aquaria.</p></sidenote> dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fish ponds, Washington, District of Columbia: Superintendent, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fish ponds.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Green Lake (Maine) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Green Lake, Me.</p></sidenote> dollars; foreman, seven hundred and eighty dollars; fish-culturist, six hundred and sixty dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, four thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Craigs Brook (Maine) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Craig’s Brook, Me.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; foreman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one skilled laborer, six hundred dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, three thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Saint Johnsbury (Vermont) Station: Superintendent, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Johnsbury, Vt.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Gloucester (Massachusetts) Station: Superintendent, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gloucester, Mass.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Station: Superintendent, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Woods Hole, Mass.</p></sidenote> 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 six hundred dollars each; one skilled laborer, six hundred dollars; three laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, eight thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cape Vincent (New York) Station: Superintendent, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cape Vincent, N. Y.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, five thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Battery Island (Maryland) Station: Custodian, three hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Battery Island, Md.</p></sidenote> sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Bryans Point (Maryland) Station: Custodian, three hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bryans Point, Md.</p></sidenote> sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Wytheville (Virginia) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wytheville, Va.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; fish-culturist, six hundred and sixty dollars; laborer, five hundred and forty dollars: laborer, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Put in Bay (Ohio) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hun-<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Put in Bay, Ohio.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/442">442</page>dred dollars; foreman, one thousand dollars; skilled laborer, six hundred dollars; machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; laborer, five hundred and forty dollars; in all, four thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Northville, Mich.</p></sidenote> Northville (Michigan) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred and sixty dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; skilled laborer, six hundred dollars; three laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, five thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alpena, Mich.</p></sidenote> Alpena (Michigan) Station: Foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duluth, Minn.</p></sidenote> Duluth (Minnesota) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; fish-culturist, eight hundred and forty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand four hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Neosho, Mo.</p></sidenote> Neosho (Missouri) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leadville, Colo.</p></sidenote> Leadville (Colorado) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two fish-culturists, at nine hundred dollars each; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; cook, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Marcos, Tex.</p></sidenote> San Marcos (Texas) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baird and Fort Gaston, Cal.</p></sidenote> Baird (California) and Fort Gaston (California) stations: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand and eighty dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; laborer, six hundred dollars; laborer, five hundred and forty dollars; in all, four thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clackamas, Oreg.</p></sidenote> Clackamas (Oregon) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manchester, Iowa.</p></sidenote> Manchester (Iowa) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, four thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bozeman, Mont.</p></sidenote> Bozeman (Montana) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erwin, Tenn.</p></sidenote> Erwin (Tennessee) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, four thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nashua, N. H.</p></sidenote> Nashua (New Hampshire) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edenton, N. C.</p></sidenote> Edenton (North Carolina) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Baker Lake, Wash.</p></sidenote> Baker Lake (Washington) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/443">443</page> at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cold Springs (Georgia) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cold Springs, Ga.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Spearfish (South Dakota) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spearfish, S. Dak.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">West Virginia Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Virginia Station.</p></sidenote> dollars; fish-culturist, nine hundred dollars; three laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, four thousand and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Employees at large: Two field-station superintendents, at one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees at large.</p></sidenote> 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; two coxswains, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Distribution employees: Four car captains, at one thousand two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution employees.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars each; five car messengers, at one thousand dollars each; four assistant car messengers, at nine hundred dollars each; four car laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; four car cooks, at six hundred dollars each; in all, eighteen thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of inquiry respecting food-fishes: Assistant in charge, two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of inquiry respecting food-fishes.</p></sidenote> thousand seven hundred dollars; assistant, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant, one thousand six 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, thirteen thousand six hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Biological station, Beaufort, North Carolina: Custodian, seven hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Biological station, N. C.</p></sidenote> and twenty dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Division of statistics and methods of the fisheries: Assistant in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of statistics, etc.</p></sidenote> charge, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class two; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; statistical agent, one thousand four hundred dollars; three statistical agents, at one thousand dollars each; one local agent at Boston, Massachusetts, three hundred dollars; one local agent at Gloucester, Massachusetts, six hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Vessel service: Steamer Albatross: One naturalist, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vessels.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Albatross.”</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Steamer Fish Hawk: One cabin boy, three hundred dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Fish Hawk.”</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Schooner Grampus: Master, one thousand five hundred dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Grampus.”</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Expenses of administration: For contingent expenses of the office <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Administration expenses.</p></sidenote> 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, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Propagation of food-fishes: For maintenance, equipment, and oper-<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Propagation expenses.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/444">444</page>ations of the fish-cultural stations of the Commission, the general propagation of food-fishes and their distribution, including the movement, maintenance, and repairs of cars, purchase of equipment and apparatus, contingent expenses, and temporary labor, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of vessels.</p></sidenote> Maintenance of vessels: For maintenance of the vessels and launches, including the purchase and repair of boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, hire of vessels, and all other necessary expenses in connection therewith, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inquiry respecting food-fishes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Field, etc., expenses.</p></sidenote> Inquiry respecting food-fishes: For field and contingent expenses of the inquiry into the causes of the decrease of food-fishes in the lakes, rivers, and coast waters of the United States, and for the study of the waters of the interior in the interest of fish-culture; for the investigation of the fishing-grounds of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, with the view of determining their food resources, in the development of the commercial fisheries, expenses of necessary travel and preparation of reports, and for all other necessary expenses in connection therewith, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statistical inquiries.</p></sidenote> Statistical inquiry: For necessary traveling and contingent expenses in the collection and compilation of the statistics of the fisheries and the study of their methods and relations, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interchangeable expenditures.</p></sidenote> And ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Marcos, Tex., station.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion.</p></sidenote> For completion of the fish-cultural station at San Marcos, Texas, including the purchase of additional land, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interstate Commerce Commission.</p></sidenote> interstate commerce commission.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 386.</p></sidenote> For salaries of Commissioners, as provided by the “Act to regulate commerce,” thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salary of secretary, as provided by the “Act to regulate commerce,” three thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 379.</p></sidenote> For all other necessary expenditures, to enable the Commission to give effect to the provisions of the “Act to regulate commerce,” and all Acts and amendments supplementary thereto, two hundred and nine thousand dollars; of which sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars may be expended in the employment of counsel, and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be expended for the purchase of necessary books, reports, and periodicals, and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be expended for printing other than that done at the Government Printing Office.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arbitration of railroad differences.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance reappropriated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, pp. 428, 1090.</p></sidenote> The unexpended balance of the sum of ten thousand dollars appropriated for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine by the “Act concerning carriers engaged in interstate commerce and their employees,” approved June first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which was reappropriated by the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby reappropriated and made available for expenses that may be incurred under said Act during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway safety appliances.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 531.</p></sidenote> To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep informed regarding compliance with the ‘‘Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads,” approved March second, eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of enforcing law.</p></sidenote> and ninety-three, including the employment of inspectors to execute and enforce the requirements of the said Act, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/445">445</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous objects, treasury department. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Louisiana Purchase Exposition</inline>: Government exhibit: For the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana Purchase Exposition.</p></sidenote> selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of such articles and materials <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government exhibit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1108.</p></sidenote> as the heads of the several Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum, the United States Fish Commission, the Department of Labor, and the Library of Congress may respectively decide shall be embraced in the Government exhibit, including the exhibit of the Bureau of the American Republics, and such additional articles as the President may designate for said exposition, and for the installation of said exhibit, and for the employment of proper persons as officers and assistants to the United States Government board in the management of the Government exhibit in accordance with the provisions of “An Act to provide for celebrating <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1442.</p></sidenote> the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, eight hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That all expenditures <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment, etc.</p></sidenote> made for the purposes and from the appropriations specified herein, and the number, compensation, and selection of persons not already in the Government service shall be under the direction of the United States Government board and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the appropriations herein made shall be so allotted and distributed among the several Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum, the United States Fish Commission, the Department of Labor, the Bureau of the American Republics, and the Library of Congress as to prevent any deficiency therein.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cause to be assembled <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Representatives of Indian tribes, etc.</p></sidenote> at the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, at such time and for such period as he may designate, and as a part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held at the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, pursuant to an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, such representatives <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1440.</p></sidenote> of the different Indian tribes and such exhibits from Indian agencies, schools, and archives as he may deem advisable or necessary to illustrate the past and present conditions of the Indians and the Indian tribes of the United States, and progress made by such in education, art, and industry, and the methods of education and government, and such other matters and things as will fully illustrate Indian advancement in civilization, the details of which shall be in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. And for the purpose of carrying into effect this provision the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated; but the Secretary of the Interior is prohibited from making, or causing to be made, any expenditure or creating any liability on behalf of the United States in excess of the sum hereby appropriated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That section fifteen of the Act above entitled, approved March third, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-saving station exhibit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1443.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1095.</p></sidenote> nineteen hundred and one, shall be amended so as to read as follows: “<quotedText>That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected in connection with the exhibit of his Department, upon such grounds as shall be allotted for the purpose by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, a building for an exhibit of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/446">446</page> the United States Life-Saving Service, at a cost of not to exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars, the said exposition company to furnish suitable water facilities for exhibition drills with the beach apparatus and boats used in said Life-Saving Service, and the sum of eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the erection of said building and making of said exhibit, is hereby appropriated for said purpose.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government building.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional amount.</p></sidenote> For the erection of a suitable Government building for said Government exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated for said purpose, two hundred thousand dollars; said sum to be immediately available and to be expended <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1443.</p></sidenote> in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> Missouri,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of appropriations.</p></sidenote> That the said appropriations herein made under the heading of “Louisiana Purchase Exposition” shall be in full for all and every expense relating to the collection, installation, safe-keeping, and maintenance of the entire Government exhibit in said exposition, and for the safe return of all of said Government exhibit, and no claim against the United States shall be created or made in addition thereto, and there shall be no deficiency under said appropriation or any part of it:</proviso>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dates of dedication, etc.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That sections eight and twelve of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows:</proviso>
</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dedication.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1441, amended.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said commission shall provide for the dedication of the buildings of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in said city of Saint Louis, not later than the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, pp. 1986, 2011.</p></sidenote> and three, with appropriate ceremonies, and thereafter said exposition shall be opened to visitors at such time as may be designated by said company, subject to the approval of said commission, not later than <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Closing.</p></sidenote> the first day of May, nineteen hundred and four, and shall be closed at such time as the national commission may determine, subject to the approval of said company, but not later than the first day of December thereafter.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 12. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Termination of commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issue of gold dollars authorized.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the national commission hereby authorized shall cease to exist on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and five: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That upon the approval of this Act the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be coined at the mints of the United States two hundred and fifty thousand gold dollars of legal weight and fineness, to be known as the Louisiana Exposition gold dollar, struck in commemoration of said exposition. The exact words, devices, and designs upon said gold dollars shall be determined and prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and all provisions of law relative to the coinage and legal-tender quality of all other gold coin shall be applicable to the coin issued under and in accordance with the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deduction from total appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1444.</p></sidenote> of this Act. And in payment of so much of the five million dollars appropriated by said Act of March third, nineteen hundred and one, to aid in carrying forward said Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay said two hundred and fifty thousand gold dollars so coined as aforesaid to the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, subject to all the provisions of said Act, except that payment of said gold dollars may be made at any time upon the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/447">447</page> request of said exposition company, and upon said company filing with the Secretary of the Treasury a bond in a sum sufficient to protect the Government and satisfy him as to the future performance of all the conditions under which said five million dollars so appropriated is to be paid to the said exposition company:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the proviso of section twenty-one of said Act, approved March <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Operation of branch national bank.</p></sidenote> third, nineteen hundred and one, be amended so as to read as follows:</proviso> ‘<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the branch office authorized hereby, if the same shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1444.</p></sidenote> be a branch of a national bank, shall not be operated for a period longer than three years, beginning not earlier than July first, nineteen hundred and two, and closing not later than July first, nineteen hundred and five:</proviso>’ <proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of Secretary.</p></sidenote> Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission shall hereafter receive a salary of four thousand dollars.</proviso>”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Paper and stamps</inline>: For paper for internal-revenue stamps, including <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal-revenue stamp paper, etc.</p></sidenote> freight, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Punishment for violations of internal-revenue laws</inline>: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishing violations of internal-revenue laws.</p></sidenote> detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violating the internal-revenue laws or conniving at the same, including payments for information and detection of such violations, one hundred 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: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That necessary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of books, etc.</p></sidenote> books of reference and periodicals for the chemical laboratory and law library, at a cost not to exceed five hundred dollars, may be purchased out of the appropriation made for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, for salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Contingent expenses, Independent Treasury</inline>: For contingent <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, Independent Treasury.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3653/p719">R. S., sec. 3653, p. 719</ref>.</p></sidenote> expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of silver coin</inline>: For transportation of silver coin, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transporting silver coin.</p></sidenote> including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, one hundred thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposits.</p></sidenote> deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of minor coin</inline>: For transportation of minor coin, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transporting minor coins.</p></sidenote> fifteen 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, minor coin when requested to do so: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposits.</p></sidenote> deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Recoinage of gold coins</inline>: For recoinage of light-weight gold <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recoining gold coins.</p></sidenote> coins in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, as required by section thirty-five hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3512/p696">R. S., sec. 3512, p. 696</ref>.</p></sidenote> twelve of the Revised Statutes of the United States, three thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/448">448</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Francisco, Cal., mint.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Mint at San Francisco, California</inline>: For new machinery and appliances, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States securities.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paper etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Distinctive paper for United States securities</inline>: For paper, including transportation, salaries of register, assistant register, three counters, five watchmen, one laborer, and expenses of officer detailed from the Treasury as superintendent, one hundred and thirty-one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witness, destruction.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Special witness of destruction of United States securities</inline>: 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sealing and separating.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Sealing and separating United States securities</inline>: For materials required to seal and separate United States notes and certificates, such as ink, printers’ varnish, sperm oil, white printing paper, manila paper, thin muslin, benzine, gutta-percha belting, and other necessary articles and expenses, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National currency expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of national currency</inline>: For distinctive paper, express charges, and other expenses, twenty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canceling, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Canceling United States securities and cutting distinctive paper</inline>: 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Custody of dies, rolls, and plates.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Custody of dies, rolls, and plates</inline>: For pay of custodian of dies, rolls, and plates used at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the printing of Government securities, namely: One custodian, three thousand dollars; two subcustodians, one at two thousand and one at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three distributers of stock, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; in all, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant custodians and janitors.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Pay of assistant custodians and janitors</inline>: For pay of assistant 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, exclusive of marine hospitals, mints, branch mints, assay offices, and immigration stations, one million one hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspector of supplies.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">General inspector of supplies for public buildings</inline>: For one general inspector, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, three thousand dollars; and for actual necessary expenses, not exceeding two thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspector of furniture, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Inspector of furniture and other furnishings for public buildings</inline>: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to employ a suitable person to inspect all public buildings and examine into their requirements for furniture and other furnishings, including fuel, lights, personal services, and other current expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for actual necessary expenses, not exceeding two thousand dollars; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture and repairs.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Furniture and repairs of furniture</inline>: For furniture and repairs of same, carpets, and gas and electric-light fixtures, for all public buildings, exclusive of marine hospitals, mints, branch mints, assay offices, and immigration stations, under the control of the Treasury Department, and for furniture, carpets, gas and electric-light fixtures for new buildings, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings shall be used, so far as practicable, whether it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furniture or not.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/449">449</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings</inline>: For the purchase <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, lights, and water.</p></sidenote> of fuel, steam, light, water, water meters, ice, lighting supplies, electric current for light and power purposes, and miscellaneous items for the use of the custodians’ forces in the care of the buildings, furniture, and heating, hoisting, and ventilating apparatus, and electric-light plants, exclusive of personal service, and for expenses of installing electric-light plants, electric-light wiring, and repairs thereto, in such buildings completed and occupied as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, for all public buildings, exclusive of marine hospitals, mints, branch mints, assay offices, and immigration stations, under the control of the Treasury Department, inclusive of new buildings, eight hundred and ninety thousand dollars. And the appropriation herein made for gas shall include the rental and use of gas governors, when ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury in writing: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gas governors.</p></sidenote> no sum shall be paid as rental for such gas governors greater than thirty-five per centum of the actual value of the gas saved thereby, which saving shall be determined by such tests as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct. No portion of the amount herein appropriated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use for pneumatic mail tubes forbidden.</p></sidenote> shall be used for operating a system of pneumatic tubes for the transmission of postal matter.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Suppressing counter feiting and other crimes</inline>: For expenses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suppressing counterfeiting, etc.</p></sidenote> 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 two thousand dollars to make the necessary investigation of claims for reimbursement of expenses incident to the last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners under the Act of March <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 964.</p></sidenote> second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for no other purpose whatever, one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no part of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses.</p></sidenote> 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 for, “Fees of witnesses, United States courts”:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Investigation of pensioners’ burial expenses.</p></sidenote> the investigation of claims for the reimbursement of expenses of the last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners shall be at the instance and under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and no part <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursements excluded.</p></sidenote> of any accrued pension shall hereafter be used to reimburse any State, county, or municipal corporation for expenses incurred by such State, county, or municipal corporation under State law for expenses of the last sickness or burial of a deceased pensioner.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Compensation in lieu of moieties</inline>: For compensation in lieu of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation in lieu of moieties.</p></sidenote> moieties in certain cases under the customs revenue laws, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of local appraisers’ meetings</inline>: For defraying the necessary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Local appraisers’ meetings.</p></sidenote> expenses of local appraisers at annual meetings for the purpose of securing uniformity in the appraisement of dutiable goods at different ports of entry, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Alaskan seal fisheries</inline>: For salaries and traveling expenses of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaskan seal fisheries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents’ salaries, etc.</p></sidenote> agents at seal fisheries in Alaska, as follows: For one agent, three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant agent, two thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant agents, at two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars each; necessary traveling expenses of agents actually incurred in going to and returning from <page identifier="/us/stat/32/450">450</page> Alaska, not to exceed five hundred dollars each per annum; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Food to natives.</p></sidenote> To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish food, fuel, and clothing to the native inhabitants on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salmon fisheries.</p></sidenote> For the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fur sealing logbooks, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 54.</p></sidenote> To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay necessary expenses of 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 hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chinese exclusion.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Enforcement of the Chinese exclusion Act</inline>: To prevent 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional compensation.</p></sidenote> seaboard for deportation, two hundred thousand dollars, of which sum one thousand dollars per annum shall be paid to the collector of customs at Port Townsend as additional compensation and one thousand dollars per annum shall be paid to the Commissioner-General of Immigration as additional compensation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alien contract-labor laws.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Enforcement of alien contract-lab or laws</inline>: For the enforcement 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 and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Lands and other property of the United States</inline>: For custody, 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rebate on tobacco.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Rebate on tobacco</inline>: For the payment of drawback or rebate on original and unbroken factory packages of smoking and manufactured <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 97.</p></sidenote> tobacco and snuff, as provided in section four of “An Act to repeal war-revenue taxation, and for other purposes,” approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, two million seven hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarantine service.</p></sidenote> quarantine service.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> For the maintenance and ordinary expenses, including pay of officers and employees of quarantine stations at Delaware Breakwater, Reedy Island, Cape Charles and supplemental station, Cape Fear, Savannah, South Atlantic, and Brunswick, Cumberland Sound, Saint Johns River, Biscayne Bay, Key West, Boca Grande, Tampa Bay, Cedar Key, Saint Georges Sound (East and West Pass), Pensacola, Punta Rassa, Gulf, San Diego, San Francisco, Columbia River, Port Townsend and supplemental stations, quarantine system of the Hawaiian Islands, and the quarantine system of Porto Rico, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing.</p></sidenote> An expenditure of not to exceed five hundred dollars may be incurred during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, for printing on account of the quarantine service at times when the exigencies of that service require immediate action, chargeable to the appropriation, Preventing the spread of epidemic diseases.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>prevention of epidemics.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prevention of epidemics.</p></sidenote> The President of the United States is hereby authorized, in case of threatened or actual epidemic of cholera, typhus fever, yellow fever, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/451">451</page> smallpox, bubonic plague, Chinese plague, or black death, to use the unexpended balance of the sums appropriated and reappropriated by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1156.</p></sidenote> the sundry civil appropriation Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, 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.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public buildings. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Repairs of buildings, Interior Department</inline>: For repairs of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> Interior Department and Pension buildings, and of the General Post-Office building occupied by the Interior Department, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For the Capitol</inline>: For work at Capitol, and for general repairs <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> thereof, including wages of mechanics and laborers, and not exceeding fifty dollars for the purchase of technical and necessary books, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To provide flags for the east and west fronts of the center of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flags.</p></sidenote> Capitol, to be hoisted daily under the direction of the Capitol police board, one hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the work of cleaning and repairing works of art in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleaning works of art.</p></sidenote> the Capitol, including the repairing of frames, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Improving the Capitol grounds</inline>: For continuing the work of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol grounds.</p></sidenote> improvement of the Capitol grounds and for care of the grounds, one clerk, and the pay of mechanics, gardeners, and laborers; for repairs to artificial pavement, walls, and roadways, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Lighting the Capitol and grounds</inline>: For lighting the Capitol and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting.</p></sidenote> grounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden, Senate and House stables, and engine house, Maltby Building, and folding and storage rooms of the House of Representatives; for gas and electric lighting; pay of superintendent of meters, at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; lamplighters, gas fitters, and for materials and labor for gas and electric lighting, and for general repairs, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and improvements to steam fire-engine house and Senate <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stables, etc.</p></sidenote> and House stables, and for repairs to and paving of floors and court-yards of same, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For steel shelving for the Senate library, for the principal office <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steel shelving, Senate.</p></sidenote> room and for rooms under the roof, nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. And the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds is hereby authorized to pay, out of the appropriation heretofore <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 719.</p></sidenote> made for the construction of rooms in the old library space, the sum of twenty-five thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars for steel shelving already contracted for and erected in place in the upper rooms of the Senate library.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>expenses of the collection of revenue from sales of public <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p></sidenote> lands.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Salaries and commissions of registers and receivers</inline>: For salaries <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, registers and receivers.</p></sidenote> and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers of public moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars each, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Contingent expenses of land offices</inline>: For clerk hire, rent, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, land offices.</p></sidenote> other incidental expenses of the district land offices, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That this appropriation shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem, etc.</p></sidenote> available for the payment of per diem, in lieu of subsistence, not <page identifier="/us/stat/32/452">452</page> exceeding three dollars per day, of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist in opening new land offices, while on such duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said clerks, including <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction on expenses.</p></sidenote> necessary sleeping-car fares:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That no expenses chargeable to the Government shall be incurred by registers and receivers in the conduct of local land offices, except upon previous specific authorization by the Commissioner of the General Land Office.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depositing moneys.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of depositing public moneys</inline>: For expenses of depositing money received from the disposal of public lands, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Timber depredations, protecting public lands, and swamp-land claims.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Depredations on public timber, protecting public lands, and settlement of claims for swamp land and swamp-land indemnity</inline>: 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 lands, and indemnity for swamp lands, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents’ per diem.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That agents and others employed under this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, and allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forest reserves.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of protecting.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 34.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Protection and administration of forest reserves</inline>: To meet the expenses of executing the provisions of the sundry civil Act approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the care and administration of the forest reserves, to meet the expenses of forest inspectors and assistants, superintendents, supervisors, surveyors, rangers, and for the employment of foresters and other emergency help in the prevention and extinguishment of forest fires, and for advertising dead and matured trees for sale within such reservations: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selection, etc., of employees.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That forest agents, superintendents, and supervisors, and other persons employed under this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior wholly with reference to their fitness and without regard for their political affiliations, and allowed per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional duties.</p></sidenote> car fares, three hundred thousand dollars:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That forest agents, superintendents, supervisors, and all other persons employed in connection with the administration and protection of forest reservations shall, in all ways that are practicable, aid in the enforcement of the laws of the State or Territory in which said forest reservation is situated in relation to the protection of fish and game.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hearings in land entries.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of hearings in land entries</inline>: For expenses of hearings 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, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reproducing plats of surveys.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Reproducing plats of surveys</inline>: To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to continue to reproduce worn and defaced official plats of surveys on file and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, and to furnish local land offices with the same, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Desert lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examination of selections.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Examinations of desert lands</inline>: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to examine, under such regulations and at such compensation as be may prescribe, the desert lands selected by the States under the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 422.</p></sidenote> provisions of section four of the Act of Congress approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That if such examinations be made by detailed clerks or employees of the Department, they shall be entitled to actual neces-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/453">453</page>sary expenses of transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares, and not exceeding three dollars per day in lieu of subsistence.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Preservation of records, General Land Office</inline>: For continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preserving records.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance available.</p></sidenote> the work of rearranging, indexing, and preserving the records of the recorder’s office of the General Land Office, the appropriation for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1159.</p></sidenote> this purpose for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two is hereby made available for expenditure during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three for the purposes indicated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Transcripts of records and plats, General Land Office</inline>: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transcripts from records.</p></sidenote> furnishing transcripts of records and plats, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, ten thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That copyists employed under this appropriation shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Copyists.</p></sidenote> selected by the Secretary of the Interior at a compensation of two dollars per day while actually employed, at such times and for such periods as the exigencies of the work may demand.</proviso>
</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>surveying the public lands. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveying.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveys and resurveys of public lands, three hundred and twenty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys, rates.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars, 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>
<i>Provided</i>, That in expending this appropriation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preferences.</p></sidenote> preference shall be given, first, in favor of surveying townships occupied, in whole or in part, by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States by the Acts approved February twenty-sixth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, pp. 167, 285.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and May eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, the Act approved February twenty-second, eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 676.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-nine, and the Acts approved July third and July <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, pp. 215, 222.</p></sidenote> tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and, second, to surveying under such other Acts as provide for land grants to the several States, except railroad land grants and such indemnity lands as the several States may be entitled to in lieu of lands granted them for educational and other purposes which may have been sold or included in some reservation or otherwise disposed of, and other surveys shall be confined to lands adapted to agriculture and lines of reservations, except forest reservations, and lands within boundaries of forest reservations, except <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra rates for heavily timbered, etc., lands.</p></sidenote> that the Commissioner of the General Land Office may allow, for the survey and resurvey 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 for township, and seven dollars for section lines, and in cases of exceptional difficulties in the surveys, where the work can not be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys and resurveys may be allowed by the said Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, at rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, fifteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That in the States <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands in California, etc.</p></sidenote> of California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the district of Alaska, there may be allowed, in the discretion of the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Discretionary allowance.</p></sidenote> of the Interior, for the survey and resurvey 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, the provisions of section twenty-four hundred and eleven, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2411/p441">R. S., sec. 2411, p. 441</ref>.</p></sidenote> Revised Statutes of the United States, authorizing allowance for surveys in California and Oregon are hereby extended to all of the above-named States and Territories and district. And of the sum hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Resurveys, etc.</p></sidenote> appropriated there may be expended such an amount as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may deem necessary for examina-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/454">454</page>tion of public surveys in the several surveying districts, by such competent surveyors as the Secretary of the Interior may select, or by such competent surveyors as he may authorize the surveyor-general to select, at such compensation, not exceeding six dollars per day, and such per-diem allowance in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding three dollars, while engaged in field examinations, as he may prescribe, said per-diem allowance to be also made to such clerks who are competent surveyors who may be detailed to make field examinations, 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspecting mineral lands, etc.</p></sidenote> or fraudulent, and inspecting mineral deposits, coal fields, and timber districts, and for making by such competent surveyors fragmentary surveys, and 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.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of private land claims.</p></sidenote> For survey of private land claims in the States of Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah, and in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 854.</p></sidenote> 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, ten thousand dollars, said sum to be also available for office work on such surveys and for the examination of the surveys in the field.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abandoned military reservations.</p></sidenote> For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale of abandoned military reservations transferred to the control of the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 23, p. 103.</p></sidenote> Interior under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and any law prior thereto, including a custodian of the ruin of Casa Grande, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Casa Grande.</p></sidenote> For repair and protection of the ruin of Casa Grande, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Sherman.</p></sidenote> For pay of a custodian of Fort Sherman abandoned military reservation, Idaho, four hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geological Survey.</p></sidenote> united states geological survey.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of Director, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Office of the Director of the Geological Survey</inline>: For Director, six thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief disbursing clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; librarian, two thousand dollars; 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; watchman, eight hundred and forty dollars; four watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; janitor, six hundred dollars; four messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, thirty-two thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scientific assistants.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Scientific assistants of the Geological Survey</inline>: For two geologists, at four thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one geologist, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one geologist, two thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two paleontologists, at two thousand dollars each:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one chemist, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one geographer, two thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one geographer, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For two topographers, at two thousand dollars each; in all, twenty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/455">455</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter, in lieu of the specific estimates for personal services now <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notes of employees in estimates.</p></sidenote> required by law, there shall be submitted in the Annual Book of Estimates, under each item of appropriation under “General expenses of the Geological Survey,” notes showing the number of persons employed and the rate of compensation paid to each from each of said appropriations during the fiscal year next preceding the fiscal year for which estimates are submitted.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For general expenses of the Geological Survey</inline>: For the geological <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> survey and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and the products of the national domain, to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United States, gauging streams and determining the water supply, and for surveying forest reserves, including the pay of necessary clerical and scientific force and other employees in the field and in the office at Washington, District of Columbia, and all other necessary expenses, including telegrams, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of skilled laborers and various temporary employees, twenty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laborers.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Topographic surveys.</p></sidenote> three hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For geological surveys in the various portions of the United States, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geological surveys.</p></sidenote> one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paleontologic researches.</p></sidenote> States, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chemical, etc., researches.</p></sidenote> United States, twenty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illustrations.</p></sidenote> eighteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the preparation of the report of the mineral resources of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mineral resources.</p></sidenote> United States, including phosphates, which report shall be published in one octavo volume, and as a distinct publication, the number of copies, printing of separate chapters, and mode of distribution of which shall be the same as of the annual report, fifty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of necessary books for the library, including directories <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books, etc.</p></sidenote> and professional and scientific periodicals needed for statistical purposes, and not exceeding four thousand dollars for the payment for the transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, six thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the purchase of professional <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authority for books.</p></sidenote> and scientific books and periodicals needed for statistical purposes hereafter by the scientific divisions of the United States Geological Survey is hereby authorized to be made and paid for out of appropriations made for the said Survey.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving and printing the geological maps of the United States, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps.</p></sidenote> one hundred thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water supply.</p></sidenote> United States, and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing water resources two hundred thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuation of the survey of the public lands that have been or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of forest reserves.</p></sidenote> may hereafter be designated as forest reserves, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, to be immediately available;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for the United States Geological Survey, one million and sixty-six thousand five hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous objects, department of the interior. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Office of Commissioner of Railroads</inline>: For Commissioner, four <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Railroads.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, six thou-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/456">456</page>sand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Termination of office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1119.</p></sidenote> two hundred and twenty dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the office of Commissioner of Railroads is hereby continued until the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and three, when the same shall terminate, and the duties of the Commissioner shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Interior together with the records and files of the office.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Census Office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance available.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1162.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Census Office</inline>: The unexpended balance of the appropriation made by the sundry civil appropriation Act approved March third, nineteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1059.</p></sidenote> hundred and one, for salaries and necessary expenses for taking and compiling results of the Twelfth Census is hereby reappropriated and made available for continuing the work of taking the Twelfth Census, and for all expenses, including cost of all printing, arising under and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 53.</p></sidenote> authorized by the Act to provide for a permanent Census Office, approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and two, including the purchase of necessary law books, books of reference and periodicals, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimates.</p></sidenote> manuscripts: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That estimates in detail for the expenses of the permanent Census Office for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four and annually thereafter shall be submitted in the regular Book of Estimates.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hot Springs, Ark.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas</inline>: For protection and improvement, as follows: For repairs to roads and drives, fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars; repairs to walks and footpaths, three hundred and sixty dollars; completion of retaining walls, four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; loam and soil, one thousand dollars; repairs to drainage system, one thousand four hundred and two dollars; trees, shrubbery, flowers, and grass seed, three hundred and fifty dollars; United States free bath house, remodeling, enlarging, equipping, and furnishing complete in every respect, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand five hundred and sixty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yellowstone Park.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Protection of Yellowstone National Park</inline>: For the administration and protection of the Yellowstone National Park, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of eastern boundary.</p></sidenote> For the completion of the survey, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, of the eastern boundary of the Yellowstone National Park, estimated at fifty miles, at the rate of fifty dollars per mile, including an examination of the survey in the field, two thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yosemite Park.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Improvement of the Yosemite National Park</inline>: For protection and improvement of the Yosemite National Park, and the construction of bridges, fencing, and trails, and improvement of roads, other than toll roads, to be expended under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sequoia Park.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Improvement of the Sequoia National Park</inline>: For the protection and improvement of the park and the construction and repair of bridges, fences, and trails and extension of roads, to be expended under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General Grant Park.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Improvement of the General Grant National Park</inline>: For protection and improvement of the park, construction of fences and trails, and repairing and extension of roads, to be expended under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme Court Reports.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Supreme Court Reports</inline>: To pay the reporter of decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States for seventy-six copies, each, of volumes one hundred and eighty-seven to one hundred and ninety, inclusive, of the United States Reports, at a rate not exceeding two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 661.</p></sidenote> dollars per volume, under the provisions of section two of the Act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, six hundred and eight dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Reindeer for Alaska</inline>: For support of reindeer stations in Alaska, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reindeer for Alaska.</p></sidenote> for the instruction of Alaskan natives in the care and management of the reindeer, and for the purchase and introduction of reindeer from Siberia for domestic purposes, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Government Hospital for the Insane</inline>: For current expenses of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government Hospital for Insane.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> Government Hospital for the Insane: For support, clothing, and treatment in the Government Hospital for the Insane of the insane of the Army and Navy, Marine Corps, Revenue-Cutter Service, 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 seventy-nine thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars; and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars of this sum may be expended in defraying the expense of the removal of patients to their friends; not exceeding one thousand dollars may be expended in the purchase of such books, periodicals, and papers as may be required for the purposes of the hospital, and not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the apprehension and return to the hospital of escaped patients.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the buildings and grounds of the Government Hospital for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds.</p></sidenote> Insane, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general repairs and improvements, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new gas plant, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For office and administration building, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For central heating and lighting plant for entire hospital, including not exceeding ten thousand dollars for sewers, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlarging kitchen for Toner group of buildings, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Current expenses of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> and Dumb</inline>: For support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, for books and illustrative apparatus, and for general repairs and improvements, fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to the buildings of the institution, including plumbing and steam heating apparatus, and for repairs to pavements within the grounds, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To provide suitable protection against disaster by fire to the buildings of the institution, three thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Howard University</inline>: For maintenance of the Howard University, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Howard University.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> to be used in payment 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, of which sum not less than one thousand five hundred dollars shall be used for normal instruction, thirty thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For tools, materials, fuel, wages of instructors, and other necessary expenses of the industrial department, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For books, shelving, furniture, and fixtures for the law and general libraries, nine hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement of grounds and repairs of buildings, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For material and apparatus for chemical, physical, and natural history studies, and use in laboratories, including cases and shelving, two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and installation of a steam heating system, five thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, forty-two thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/458">458</page>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p></sidenote> UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armories and arsenals.</p></sidenote> armories and arsenals.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock Island, Ill.</p></sidenote> For the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Machinery.</p></sidenote> For machinery and shop fixtures, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care.</p></sidenote> For general care, preservation, and improvements; for painting and care and preservation of permanent buildings; for building fences and sewers, grading grounds, and roads, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge.</p></sidenote> For operating and care and preservation of Rock Island bridge and viaduct, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benicia, Cal.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, California</inline>: For one magazine on the Pacific coast, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Constitution, N. H.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Fort Constitution, Newcastle, New Hampshire</inline>: For acquiring, by purchase or condemnation, the land in the square surrounding Fort Constitution, at Newcastle, New Hampshire, to be used for barracks and quarters for troops, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 624.</p></sidenote> thereof as may be necessary, in addition to the thirty thousand dollars specially appropriated for this purpose by the sundry civil appropriation Act of June sixth, nineteen hundred.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sandy Hook proving ground.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Sandy Hook proving ground, New Jersey</inline>: For building and repairing roads and walks, and for general repairs of shops, storehouses, and quarters, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dover, N. J.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Powder Depot, near Dover, New Jersey</inline>: For one magazine for high explosives, loading houses for explosives, and boiler house for service of same, storehouse for fused projectiles, detonating fuse house, house for fusing high explosive shell, four lathes with fixtures complete, shop fixtures, press for assembling caps on projectiles, sixty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Springfield, Mass.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts</inline>: For general care, repair of quarters, of buildings, and machinery not used for manufacturing purposes, and of grounds and roads, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For putting in new flume and water wheel, five thousand five hundred dollars.,</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schuylkill, Pa.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Schuylkill Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</inline>: For completing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1130.</p></sidenote> construction of an addition to fireproof storehouse at the clothing depot at Schuylkill Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and installing elevators, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Antonio, Tex.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Texas</inline>: For new storehouse for artillery and ordnance supplies, fifteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new sewers, one thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watertown, Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testing machines.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Testing machines, Watertown Arsenal</inline>: For labor and materials in caring for, preserving, and operating the United States testing machines at Watertown Arsenal, including such new tools and appliances as may be required, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts</inline>: For completing barracks for one company of enlisted men, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Repairs of arsenals</inline>: For repairs and improvements at arsenals and powder depots, and to meet such unforeseen expenditures as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds, District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> buildings and grounds in and around washington.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement and care.</p></sidenote> For the improvement and care of public grounds, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement and maintenance of grounds south of Executive Mansion, four thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/459">459</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of greenhouses and nursery, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of Lafayette Park, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordinary care of Franklin Park, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement and ordinary care of Lincoln Park, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and improvement of Monument grounds, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing improvement of reservation numbered seventeen, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Old canal.</p></sidenote> and site of old canal northwest of same, two thousand five hundred dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no part thereof shall be expended upon other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditure.</p></sidenote> than property belonging to the United States.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction and repair of post-and-chain fences, repair of high iron fences, constructing stone coping about reservations, painting watchmen’s lodges, iron fences, vases, lamps, and lamp-posts; manure, and hauling the same, and removing snow and ice; purchase and repair of seats and tools; trees, tree and plant stakes, labels, lime, whitewashing, and stock for nursery, flowerpots, twine, baskets, wire, splints, moss, and lycopodium, to be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine; care, construction, and repair of fountains; abating nuisances, cleaning statues, and repairing pedestals, sixteen thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement, care, and maintenance of various reservations, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement, care, and maintenance of Smithsonian grounds, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement, care, and maintenance of Judiciary Park, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For laying asphalt walks in various reservations, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For grading, resetting street curb, providing park curb, park walks, planting, and for each and every object necessary for improving the grounds of Mount Vernon square around the Free Public Library building, to be expended under the direction of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement of that part of Potomac Park west of and adjacent <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Potomac Park.</p></sidenote> to Monument Park from the intersection of Virginia avenue and B street, northwest, to Maryland avenue, southwest, to be expended under the direction of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, in accordance with existing plans made by him, who is authorized to appoint the necessary employees in connection therewith, to be immediately available, seventy thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bathing beach to be removed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 490.</p></sidenote> authority given the Commissioners of the District of Columbia by Act approved September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, “To construct a beach and dressing houses upon the east shore of the tidal reservoir against the Washington Monument Grounds,” is hereby revoked; and they are directed to remove immediately said bath houses, floats, wharves, pipes, and so forth, either to such other point as may be agreed upon between them and the Secretary of War, or to barges constructed to carry dressing rooms, which may be anchored at such point around an inclosed water space, or along the shore, as may be agreed on between the Secretary of War and the said Commissioners.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For broken-stone road covering for parks, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For curbing and flagging for park roads and walks, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the improvement of Iowa Circle, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One-half of the foregoing sums under “Buildings and grounds in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">One-half from District revenues.</p></sidenote> and around Washington” shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/460">460</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit for concrete pavements.</p></sidenote> That under appropriations herein contained no contract shall be made for making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavements in Washington City at a higher price than one dollar and eighty 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement, care, and maintenance of grounds of Executive Departments, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For improvement and maintenance of Executive Mansion grounds (within iron fence), one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer.</p></sidenote> For the employment of an engineer by the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and repair of machinery and tools for shops at nursery, and for grading around the building, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sherman statue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roadways, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 292.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Sherman statue</inline>: The unexpended balance of the sum of eight thousand dollars appropriated by Act approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, for stone coping around the Sherman statue is hereby made available for construction of roadways and paths and for each and every object connected with improvement of the grounds about said statue, and, in addition thereto, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars is appropriated for the same purpose.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion, etc.</p></sidenote> For completing and unveiling the statue, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grant memorial.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 803.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Grant memorial</inline>: To enable the commission authorized by the Act of February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and one, to commence the erection of a memorial to General Ulysses S. Grant, fifty thousand dollars; and said commission is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the completion of said memorial for a sum not exceeding two hundred and forty thousand dollars, including the amount herein appropriated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive Mansion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repair, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Executive Mansion</inline>: For care, repair, and refurnishing of Executive Mansion, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the President may determine.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Offices for President.</p></sidenote> For a building to accommodate the offices of the President, to be located in the grounds of the Executive Mansion, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including heating apparatus and light fixtures, furniture, and removal of green-houses, all to be done according to plans, the details of which shall be approved by the President, and completed in every respect within the sum hereby appropriated, sixty-five thousand one hundred and ninety-six dollars, to be expended by contract or otherwise in the discretion of, and under the direction of, the President, and to be immediately available; and said building shall be constructed with sufficient foundation and walls suitable for a durable, permanent building, and of sufficient strength for an additional story when needed.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extraordinary repairs, refurnishing, etc.</p></sidenote> For extraordinary repairs and refurnishing of the Executive Mansion and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including all necessary alterations and additions, cabinet work, decoration of rooms, covered ways and approaches, grading, paving, port cochere, gates, and electric wiring and light fixtures for house and grounds, all to be done according to plans, the details of which shall be approved by the President, and completed in every detail within the sum hereby appropriated, four hundred and seventy-five thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars, to be immediately available and to be expended by contract or otherwise in the discretion of, under the direction of, the President.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of temporary offices.</p></sidenote> For rent of temporary offices for the President, to be immediately available, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote> For fuel for the Executive Mansion, greenhouses, and stable, three thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For material and labor for subdraining driveways in south grounds of Executive Mansion, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care and maintenance of conservatory and greenhouses, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to conservatory, and greenhouses, Executive Mansion, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1046.</p></sidenote> three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Lighting the Executive Mansion and public grounds</inline>: For gas, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting Executive Mansion and public grounds.</p></sidenote> pay of lamplighters, gas fitters, and laborers; purchase, erection, and repair of lamps and lamp-posts; purchase of matches, and repairs of all kinds; stoves, fuel, and lights for office and office stable, watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, twelve thousand five hundred dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That for each five-foot burner not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum per lamp.</p></sidenote> connected with a meter in the lamps on the public grounds not more than twenty dollars shall be paid per lamp for gas, including lighting, cleaning, and keeping the lamps in repair, under any expenditure provided for in this Act; and said lamps shall burn every night, on the average, from fifteen minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes before sunrise; and authority is hereby given to substitute other illuminating material for the same or less price, and to use so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That three thousand four hundred dollars of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Part from District revenues.</p></sidenote> foregoing sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and the remainder from the Treasury of the United States.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For lighting six are electric lights in Executive Mansion grounds <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electric lights.</p></sidenote> within the iron fence three hundred and sixty-five nights, at not exceeding seventy-two dollars per light per annum, which shall cover the entire cost to the United States of lighting and maintaining in good order each electric light in said grounds, four hundred and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For introducing, lighting, and maintaining six are electric lights at the propagating gardens, at seventy-two dollars per light per annum, which sum shall cover the entire cost of lighting and maintaining in good order each of said are electric lights, four hundred and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For lighting are electric lights in public grounds as follows: For seven in grounds south of the Executive Mansion, thirty-two in Lafayette, Franklin, Judiciary, and Lincoln parks, and fourteen in grounds south of Executive Mansion and in Monument Park, at not exceeding seventy-two dollars per light per annum, which sums shall cover the entire cost of lighting and maintaining in good order each of said arc electric lights; in all, three thousand eight hundred and sixteen 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Repair of water pipes</inline>: For repairing and extending water pipes, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs to water pipes.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Telegraph to connect the Capitol with the Departments <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government telegraph.</p></sidenote> and Government Printing Office</inline>: For care and repair of existing lines, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Washington Monument</inline>: For the care and maintenance of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Monument.</p></sidenote> Washington Monument, namely: For one custodian, at one hundred dollars per month; one steam engineer, at eighty dollars per month; one assistant steam engineer, at sixty dollars per month; one fireman, at fifty dollars per month; one assistant fireman, at forty-five dollars per month; one conductor of elevator car, at seventy-five dollars per month; one attendant on floor, at sixty dollars per month; one attendant <page identifier="/us/stat/32/462">462</page> on top floor, at sixty dollars per month; three night and day watchmen, at sixty dollars per month each; in all, eight thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> For fuel, lights, oil, waste, packing, tools, matches, paints, brushes, 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, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portrait of William McKinley.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Portrait of William McKinley</inline>.—For purchase for the Executive Mansion of an oil portrait of the late President McKinley, a sum not to exceed (including frame) two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer Department.</p></sidenote> engineer department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rivers and harbors.</p></sidenote> Toward the construction of works on harbors and rivers, under contract and otherwise, and within the limits authorized by law, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charleston, S. C.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Charleston, South Carolina: For continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 202.</p></sidenote> For works authorized by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allegheny River, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks and dams.</p></sidenote> Locks and dams in Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: For continuing construction of locks and dams at Herr Island, above the head of Six-mile Island, and at Springdale, one hundred and eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: For completing improvement, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo, N. Y.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York: For continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleveland, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Cleveland, Ohio: For continuing improvement, one hundred and seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cumberland Sound, Ga. and Fla.</p></sidenote> Improving Cumberland Sound, Georgia and Florida: For continuing improvement, four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin: For completing improvement, four hundred and fifty-nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grays Harbor, Wash.</p></sidenote> Improving Grays Harbor, Washington: For completing improvement of harbor and bar entrance, one hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois and Mississippi Canal.</p></sidenote> Illinois and Mississippi Canal: For completing construction, seven hundred and thirty-three thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky River.</p></sidenote> Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: For continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waterway, Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior.</p></sidenote> Improving waterway from Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior, Michigan: For completing improvement of water communication across Keweenaw Point, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monongahela River W. Va.</p></sidenote> Improving Monongahela River, West Virginia: For continuing improvement by the construction of six locks and dams on the Upper Monongahela River, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Providence River and Narragansett Bay R. I.</p></sidenote> Improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: For continuing improvement, eighty-four thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Pedro, Cal.</p></sidenote> Improving harbor at San Pedro, California: For continuing construction of breakwater, three hundred and eleven thousand and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Winyaw Bay, S. C.</p></sidenote> Improving Winyaw Bay, South Carolina: For continuing improvement of harbor at Winyaw Bay, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30. p. 1121.</p></sidenote> For works authorized by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as follows:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: For continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ashtabula, Ohio.</p></sidenote> two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving channel in Gowanus Bay, New York: For continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gowanus Bay, New York Harbor.</p></sidenote> improvement of Bay Ridge and Red Hook channels, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Black River, Ohio: For continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Black River, Ohio.</p></sidenote> three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Calumet, Illinois: For continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calumet, Ill.</p></sidenote> two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Congaree River, South Carolina: For completing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congaree River, S. C.</p></sidenote> from Gervais street bridge, Columbia, to Granby, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Detroit River, Michigan: For completing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detroit River, Mich.</p></sidenote> one hundred and thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Everett, Washington: For continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Everett, Wash.</p></sidenote> one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Gulfport, Mississippi: For dredging channel <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gulfport, Miss.</p></sidenote> from Gulfport to Ship Island Harbor, including anchorage basin, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Hay Lake Channel, Saint Marys River, Michigan: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hay Lake Channel, Mich.</p></sidenote> completing improvement, one hundred and forty-four thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio to Minneapolis, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Paul to Minneapolis, Minn.</p></sidenote> Minnesota: For continuing improvement between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at New York, New York: For continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Harbor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ambrose Channel.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 751.</p></sidenote> of Ambrose Channel (formerly known as East Channel) across Sandy Hook Bar, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: For continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Haven, Conn.</p></sidenote> improvement, sixty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Ohio River below Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For continuing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio River, Pa.</p></sidenote> construction of Dams Numbered Thirteen and Eighteen, forty-six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dams 13 and 18.</p></sidenote> thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Ocmulgee River, Georgia: For continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ocmulgee River, Ga.</p></sidenote> fifty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Savannah River, Georgia: For continuing improvement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah River, Ga.</p></sidenote> between Augusta and Savannah, eighty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving Tampa Bay, Florida: For continuing improvement of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tampa Bay, Fla.</p></sidenote> channel from the Gulf of Mexico to Port Tampa, eighty-six thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Improving harbor at Toledo, Ohio: For continuing improvement, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toledo, Ohio.</p></sidenote> two hundred and twenty-three thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national cemeteries. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National cemeteries.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For national cemeteries</inline>: For maintaining and improving national <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> cemeteries, including fuel for superintendents of national cemeteries, pay of laborers and other employees, purchase of tools and materials, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For superintendents of national cemeteries</inline>: For pay of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendents.</p></sidenote> seventy-five superintendents of national cemeteries, sixty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Headstones for graves of soldiers</inline>: For continuing the work of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Headstones for soldiers’ graves.</p></sidenote> furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines in national, post, city, town, and village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy-yards and stations of the United States, and other burial places, under the Acts of March third, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 17, p. 545.</p></sidenote> seventy-three, and February third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 20, p. 281.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roadways.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Repairing roadways to national cemeteries</inline>: For repairs to roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Encroachments by railroads forbidden.</p></sidenote> authority of Congress: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no railroad shall be permitted 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, fifteen thousand dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Burial of indigent soldiers.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Burial of indigent soldiers</inline>: For expenses of burying in the Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent ex-Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of the late civil war who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursed by the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding forty-five dollars for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Road to Presidio, Cal.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Road to national cemetery, Presidio of San Francisco, California</inline>: For continuation of stone wall on the boundary line of the reservation of the Presidio of San Francisco, California, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Road to Springfield, Mo.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Road to national cemetery, Springfield, Missouri</inline>: For repairing and improving the Government road from Springfield, Missouri, to the national cemetery near that city, twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Camp Chase, Ohio.</p></sidenote> For reconstruction of stone wall inclosing the Confederate cemetery at Camp Chase, Ohio, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Antietam battlefield, Md.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Antietam battlefield</inline>: For repair and preservation of monuments, tablets, observation tower, roads, and fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States upon public land within the limits of the Antietam battlefield, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent.</p></sidenote> For pay of superintendent of Antietam battlefield, said superintendent to perform his duties under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion, the person selected and appointed to this position to be an honorably discharged Union soldier, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bringing home remains from abroad.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Bringing home the remains of officers and soldiers who die abroad</inline>: To enable the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of officers and soldiers who die at military camps or who are killed in action or who die in the field or hospital in Alaska and at places outside of the limits of the United States, or who die while on voyage at sea, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bringing home remains of civil employees and soldiers dying on transports.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Bringing home the remains of civil employees of the Army who die abroad and soldiers who die on transports</inline>: To enable the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of civilian employees of the Army who have died, or may hereafter die, while in the employ of the War Department in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, China, Alaska, and the Philippines, including the remains of any honorably discharged soldiers who are entitled under the terms of their discharge to return transportation on Government transport, and who die while on said transport, ten thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> miscellaneous objects, war department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military posts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Military posts</inline>: For the construction of buildings at and the enlargement of such military posts as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary, and for the erection of barracks and quarters for the artillery in connection with adopted project for sea-coast defenses, and for the purchase of suitable building sites for said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hawaii.</p></sidenote> barracks and quarters, two million dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secre-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/465">465</page>tary of War is authorized to acquire leases in such lands in Hawaii as have been set aside for purposes of a military post.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That of the amount appropriated for the construction of a military <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manila post.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of land.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 12.</p></sidenote> post in the vicinity of Manila, Philippine Islands, in the Act approved February fourteenth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes,” a sum not to exceed fifty-five thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion the Secretary of War, for the purchase of the necessary land.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of five hundred and twenty-five acres of land near <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Des Moines, Iowa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Target range.</p></sidenote> the proposed site of Fort Des Moines, Iowa, for use as a target range, twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of small tracts of land adjoining the military <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Leavenworth, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, necessary for the maneuvering of the troops, nine thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the improvement and repair of the military cemetery on the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Crawford, Wis.</p></sidenote> Fort Crawford Reservation at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and for the purpose of purchasing a suitable approach to such cemetery, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For constructing a spur from the railway to location of storehouses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Snelling, Minn.</p></sidenote> and such other purposes as the Secretary of War may designate at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase, on such terms as the Secretary of War deems fair <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Myer, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roadway.</p></sidenote> and reasonable, of the land forming the roadway from the Aqueduct Bridge to Fort Myer, in Alexandria County, Virginia, where the said land has not been dedicated to the public and is owned by private parties: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the United States shall acquire said land free <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title.</p></sidenote> from any obligation to keep said road in repair or open to the public, and that the parties from whom the land is purchased shall warrant the same to the United States against all claims of every kind and nature whatsoever, four thousand five hundred dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction of macadamized road thirty feet wide and three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Sheridan, Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roadway.</p></sidenote> thousand four hundred and fifty feet long on Fort Sheridan military reservation, Illinois, for the purpose of connecting present road on reservation with that known as the Sheridan road at the northern boundary of reservation, eight thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Garrison.</p></sidenote> use of said road shall not be permitted to interfere with or obstruct the garrison in any of its military exercises, drills, maneuvers, target practice, and so forth, or to disturb the quiet of the garrison at night.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Fort Monroe, Virginia</inline>: For repair and maintenance of wharf, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Monroe, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p></sidenote> including all necessary labor and material therefor, fuel, oil, and supplies for waiting rooms, and water for flushing closets, six thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars; wharfinger, nine hundred dollars; laborer, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eight thousand two hundred and ninety dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, four thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Repairs and operation of roads, pavements, streets, lights, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roads, etc.</p></sidenote> general police: For rakes, shovels, and brooms; stone and labor for macadamizing streets, brick, cement, terra-cotta drainpipe, and catch basins; electric lights for streets; repairs to roads, pavements, walks, and street crossings, three thousand and forty dollars; driver for police cart, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, one thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Maintenance of sewer system: For coal and wood, waste, oil, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sewers.</p></sidenote> pump repairs, sewer pipe, cement, brick, and supplies, one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; two engineers, at nine hundred dollars each; two firemen, at six hundred dollars each; two laborers, at five <page identifier="/us/stat/32/466">466</page> hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yellowstone National Park.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Improvement of the Yellowstone National Park</inline>: For the improvement of the Yellowstone National Park, in accordance with the approved project, including the maintenance of existing improvements, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>
<proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such labor and materials as may be necessary for the completion of the project, including annual maintenance and repairs, or the work may be done and the materials purchased otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in any one year two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and not to exceed in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That of the amounts so appropriated not to exceed fifty thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forest reserves.</p></sidenote> of War, be expended in the Yellowstone forest reserve east of the park, and not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars may be expended in the Yellowstone and Teton forest reserves south of the park.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military parks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chickamauga and Chattanooga.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park</inline>: For continuing the establishment of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park; for the compensation and expenses of two civilian commissioners and the assistant in historical work; maps, surveys, clerical and other assistance, messenger, office expenses, and all other necessary expenses; foundations for State monuments; mowing; historical tablets, iron and bronze; iron gun carriages; for roads and their maintenance, and for the purchase of land already authorized by law; in all, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shiloh.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Shiloh National Military Park</inline>: For continuing the work of establishing a national military park on the battlefield of Shiloh, Tennessee; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners and the secretary, clerical and other services, labor, land, iron gun carriages and historical tablets, maps and surveys, roads, purchase and transportation of supplies and materials, office and other necessary expenses, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gettysburg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Gettysburg National Park</inline>: For continuing the work of establishing the national park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; for the acquisition of lands, surveys, and maps; constructing, improving, and maintaining avenues, roads, and bridges thereon; making fences and gates; marking the lines of battle with tablets and guns, each tablet bearing a brief legend giving historic facts, and compiled without censure and without praise; preserving the features of the battlefield and the monuments thereon; providing for a suitable office for the commissioners in Gettysburg; compensation of three civilian commissioners, clerical and other services; expenses, and labor; the purchase and preparation of tablets and gun carriages and placing them in position, and all other expenses incidental to the foregoing, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vicksburg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Vicksburg National Military Park</inline>: For continuing the work of establishing the Vicksburg National Military Park; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners, the secretary and historian; for clerical and other services, labor, iron gun carriages, the mounting of siege guns, monuments, markers, and historical tablets giving historical facts, compiled without praise and without censure; maps and surveys; roads, bridges, restoration of earthworks, purchase and transportation of supplies and materials; office and other necessary expenses, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Maps, War Department</inline>: For publication of maps for use of the War Department, inclusive of war maps, five thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/467">467</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Survey of northern and northwestern lakes</inline>: For survey of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey of northern and northwestern lakes.</p></sidenote> northern and northwestern lakes, including all necessary expenses for preparing, correcting, extending, printing, and issuing charts and bulletins, and of investigating lake levels, with a view to their regulation, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries</inline>: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of reports, etc.</p></sidenote> the transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Artificial limbs</inline>: For furnishing artificial limbs and apparatus, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Artificial limbs.</p></sidenote> commutation therefor, and necessary transportation, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, five hundred and fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Appliances for disabled soldiers</inline>: For furnishing surgical appliances <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surgical appliances.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Support and medical treatment of destitute patients</inline>: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Providence Hospital.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Destitute patients.</p></sidenote> 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; for the reconstruction, in part, of the present Providence Hospital building and finishing of nurses’ <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nurses’ home.</p></sidenote> home, fifty thousand dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand dollars, one hair 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Garfield Memorial Hospital</inline>: For maintenance, to enable it to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Garfield Hospital.</p></sidenote> provide medical and surgical treatment to persons unable to pay therefor, under a contract to be made with the Board of Charities of the District of Columbia, nineteen 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of land belonging to heirs of M. H. Schneider, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of additional land.</p></sidenote> adjoining the present Garfield Memorial Hospital land on the west, from the boundary street back to Clifton street, in Washington, District of Columbia, containing about sixty-seven thousand square feet, fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 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: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the land shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grading.</p></sidenote> be graded by present owners to an elevation satisfactory to the trustees of the above hospital:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided further</i>, That the District of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special assessments.</p></sidenote> Columbia assume all special assessments pending against said lands of the heirs of M. H. Schneider.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">California Débris Commission</inline>: For defraying the expenses of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California Débris Commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 507.</p></sidenote> commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act of Congress approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Harbor of New York</inline>: For prevention of obstructive and injurious <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Harbor.</p></sidenote> deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of inspectors and deputy inspectors, office force, and expenses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors, etc.</p></sidenote> of office, ten thousand two hundred and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of crews and maintenance of five steam tugs and three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crews, etc.</p></sidenote> launches, sixty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, seventy thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Establishment of Apache prisoners at Fort Sill, Oklahoma</inline>: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Sill, Okla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apache prisoners.</p></sidenote> For the erection of buildings and repairs to same, purchase of draft animals and live stock for breeding purposes, farm and household utensils, blacksmith and wheelwright tools and repairs to same, and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/468">468</page> all other necessary articles absolutely needed for the support and maintenance of the Apache prisoners of war permanently established at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, under control of the War Department, four thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>national home for disabled volunteer soldiers.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Home for Disabled Volunteers.</p></sidenote> For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dayton, Ohio.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">At the Central Branch, at Dayton, Ohio</inline>: For current expenses, namely: Pay of officers and noncommissioned officers of the Home, with such exceptions as are hereinafter noted, and their clerks and orderlies; also payments for chaplains and religious instruction, printers, bookbinders, librarians, musicians, 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, magazines, papers, pictures, and musical instruments, and for repairs not done by the Home; and for stationery, advertising, legal advice, for payments due heirs of deceased <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effects of dead member.</p></sidenote> members: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That all receipts on account of the effects of deceased members during the fiscal year shall be also available for such payments; and for such other expenditures as can not properly be included under other heads of expenditure, fifty-three thousand dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> For subsistence, namely: Pay of commissary sergeants, commissary clerks, porters, laborers, bakers, cooks, dishwashers, waiters, and others employed in the subsistence department; the cost of all articles purchased for the regular ration, and the subsistence of civilian employees regularly employed and residing at the Branch, their freight, preparation, and serving; aprons, caps, and jackets for kitchen and dining-room employees; 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, two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote> For household, namely: Expenditures for furniture for officers’ quarters; for bedsteads, bedding, bedding material, and all other articles required in the quarters of the members, and of civilian employees permanently employed and residing at the Branch, and for their repair, if they are not repaired by the Home; for fuel, including fuel for cooking, heat, and light; for engineers and firemen, bath-house keepers, hall cleaners, laundrymen, gas and soap makers, and privy watchmen, and for all labor, materials, and appliances required for household use, and for their repairs unless the repairs are made by the Home, one hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> For hospital, namely: Pay of assistant surgeons, matrons, druggists, hospital clerks and stewards, ward masters, nurses, cooks, waiters, readers, hospital carriage drivers, hearse drivers, gravediggers, funeral escort, and for such other services as may be necessary for the care of the sick; 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 bedding materials, and all other articles necessary for the wards, and for the quarters of the assistant surgeons, nurses, and other civilian employees attached to the hospital permanently employed and residing at the Branch; for hospital kitchen and dining-room furniture and appliances, including aprons, caps, and jackets for hospital kitchen and dining-room employees; carriage, hearse, stretchers, coffins; for tools of gravediggers, and for all repairs to hospital furniture and appliances not done by the Home, fifty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/469">469</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation, namely: For transportation of members of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> Home, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs, namely: Pay of chief engineer, builders, blacksmiths, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> carpenters, cabinetmakers, coopers, painters, gas fitters, plumbers, tinsmiths, wire-workers, steam fitters, stone and brick masons, quarrymen, whitewashers, and laborers, and for all appliances and materials used under this head; also for repairs of roads and other improvements of a permanent character, fifty-six thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For increase and betterment of the water supply, six thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water supply.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For farm, namely: Pay of farmer, chief gardener, harness makers, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farm.</p></sidenote> farm hands, gardeners, horseshoers, stablemen, teamsters, dairymen, herders, and laborers, and for all tools, appliances, and materials required for farm, garden, and dairy work; for grain, hay, straw, dressing, seed, carriages, wagons, carts, and other conveyances; for all animals purchased for stock or for work (including animals in the park); for all materials, tools, and labor for flower garden, lawn, and park; for rent of leased lands, and for repairs not done by the Home, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, five hundred and seventy-nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">At the Northwestern Branch, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin</inline>: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Milwaukee, Wis.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses</p></sidenote> current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For household, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, sixty-four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, thirty-two thousand and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of members of the Home, one thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> the Central Branch, twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extension of electric-light plant, fifteen thousand seven hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electric light.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For greenhouse, six thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Greenhouse.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farm.</p></sidenote> the Central Branch, ten thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, three hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">At the Eastern Branch at Togus, Maine</inline>: For current expenses, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Togus, Me.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses</p></sidenote> including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-two thousand three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, one hundred and thirty thousand four hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For household, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, fifty-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, thirty-three thousand and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of members of the Home, one thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> the Central Branch, twenty-four thousand three hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new barrack, thirty thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New barracks.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new boilers, three thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For guard barrack, seven thousand dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/470">470</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farm.</p></sidenote> For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, three hundred and thirty-five thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hampton, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">At the Southern Branch, at Hampton, Virginia</inline>: For current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-two thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, one hundred and eighty-five thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote> For household, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, seventy-three thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-six thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> For transportation of members of the Home, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-eight thousand and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new water-tube boilers, eight thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For new frame barrack, thirteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farm.</p></sidenote> For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, three hundred and eighty-nine thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leavenworth, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">At the Western Branch, at Leavenworth, Kansas</inline>: For current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, forty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, one hundred and forty-eight thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote> For household, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, sixty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-seven thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> For transportation of members of the Home, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chaplain’s quarters.</p></sidenote> For completion of chaplain’s quarters, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electric light.</p></sidenote> For extension of electric-light plant, eleven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extension of boiler house, to be immediately available, seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional boilers, six thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barrack.</p></sidenote> For one combination barrack, forty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extension to laundry, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Headquarters building.</p></sidenote> For headquarters building, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For open feed shed for cattle, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farm.</p></sidenote> For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, fifteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, four hundred and thirty-one thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santa Monica, Cal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">At the Pacific Branch, at Santa Monica, California</inline>: For current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For household, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, fifty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> the Central Branch, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of members of the Home, three thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> the Central Branch, twenty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing and completing attics over north and south wings of hospital, eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing and completing attics in four barracks, with fire escapes, twelve thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For addition to general dining room, twelve thousand one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farm.</p></sidenote> the Central Branch, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, three hundred and twenty-four thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">At the Marion Branch, at Marion, Indiana</inline>: For current expenses, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marion, Ind.</p></sidenote> including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, one hundred and ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For household, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, and for necessary expenses for the procurement, piping, and preservation of natural gas, oil and water, twenty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of members of the Home, one thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> the Central Branch, and for necessary expenses for the procurement, piping, and preservation of natural gas, oil and water, twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That no part of the appropriations for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote> repairs for any of the Branch Homes shall be used for the construction of any new building;</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For heating plant, one hundred thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heating plant.</p></sidenote>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For combination barrack, sixteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farm.</p></sidenote> the Central Branch, and for necessary expenses for the procurement, piping and preservation of natural gas, oil and water, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, three hundred and forty-seven thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">At the Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois</inline>: For current expenses, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Danville, Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p></sidenote> including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, thirty-three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, one hundred and thirty-one thousand three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For household, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, sixty-eight thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> for the Central Branch, thirty-three thousand eight hundred dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/472">472</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> For transportation of members of the Home, three thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Farm.</p></sidenote> For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, three hundred and six thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Johnson City, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">At the Mountain Branch, at Johnson City, Tennessee</inline>: For current expenses, subsistence, household, hospital, transportation, repairs, and farm, including the same objects specified under these heads for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 13.</p></sidenote> For construction, namely: For the objects specified under this head in “Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes,” approved February fourteenth, nineteen hundred and two, three hundred thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing, all branches.</p></sidenote> For clothing for all of the Branches, namely: Expenditures for clothing, underclothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes, socks, and overalls; also all sums expended for labor, materials, machines, tools, and appliances employed, and for use in the tailor shops, knitting shops, and shoe shops, or other Home shops in which any kind of clothing is made or repaired, three hundred and. ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries for officers, etc., of Board of Managers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4827/p936">R. S., sec. 4827, p. 936</ref>.</p></sidenote> For salaries for officers and employees of the Board of Managers, and for outdoor relief and incidental expenses, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For president of the Board of Managers, four thousand dollars; secretary of the Board of Managers, two thousand dollars; general treasurer, who shall not be a member of the Board of Managers, four thousand dollars; inspector-general, three thousand dollars; assistant general treasurer and assistant inspector-general, two thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant inspectors-general, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; clerical services for the offices of the president and general treasurer, ten thousand five hundred dollars; messenger service for president’s office, one hundred and forty-four dollars; clerical services for managers, three thousand nine hundred dollars; agents, one-thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> eight hundred dollars; for traveling expenses of the Board of Managers, their officers and employees, fifteen thousand dollars; for outdoor relief, one thousand dollars; for rent, medical examinations, stationery, telegrams, and other incidental expenses, six thousand dollars; in all, fifty-eight thousand eight hundred and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, three million seven hundred and twenty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of officers.</p></sidenote> Hereafter the officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and officers under the Board of Managers thereof, shall be appointed, so far as may be practicable, from persons whose military or naval service would render them eligible, if disabled and not otherwise provided for, for admission to the Home, and they may be appointed, removed, and transferred, from time to time, as the interests of the institution may require, by the Board of Managers.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">State and Territorial Homes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 450.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">State or Territorial Homes</inline>: For continuing aid to State or Territorial Homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, including all classes of soldiers admissible to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, nine hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions.</p></sidenote> and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, 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.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Back pay and bounty.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Back pay and bounty</inline>: For payment of amounts for arrears of pay of two and three year volunteers, for bounty to volunteers and their <page identifier="/us/stat/32/473">473</page> widows and legal heirs, for bounty under the Act of July twenty-eighth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 322.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for amounts for commutation of rations to prisoners of 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 nineteen hundred and three, three hundred thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That hereafter members of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry.</p></sidenote> Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry and their heirs shall be paid from the appropriation for “Arrears of pay, bounty, and so forth (certified claims),” the pay and allowances due them in accordance with the findings and report made by the referee, appointed under the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 894.</p></sidenote> of the Act approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An Act for the relief of the Fourth Arkansas Mounted Infantry.”</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of amounts for arrears of pay and allowances on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War with Spain.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrears of pay, etc., of officers and men.</p></sidenote> account of service of officers and men of the Army during the war with Spain and in the Philippine Islands that may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, and that are chargeable to the appropriations that have been carried to the surplus fund, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote></heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Court-house, Washington, District of Columbia</inline>: For annual <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court-house, D. C.</p></sidenote> repairs, as per estimate of the Architect of the Capitol, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing construction of the new United States penitentiary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Leavenworth, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penitentiary.</p></sidenote> at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be available immediately and to remain available until expended.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Toward building a stone-cutting shed, barn, carpenter shop, blacksmith <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlanta, Ga.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penitentiary.</p></sidenote> shop, tool house, residence of warden and deputy warden, and purchase of material to keep convicts employed for next fiscal year at United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum shall be so expended as to give the maximum amount of employment to the inmates of said penitentiary.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous objects, department of justice. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Defending suits in claims against the United States</inline>: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defending suits in claims.</p></sidenote> defraying the necessary expenses, including salaries of necessary employees in Washington, District of Columbia, 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 defense for the United States in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Defense of suits before Spanish Treaty Claims Commission</inline>: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spanish Treats Claims Commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defense of suits.</p></sidenote> for salaries and expenses in defense of claims before the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, including salaries of Assistant Attorney-General <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> in charge as fixed by law, and of assistant attorneys and necessary employees in Washington or elsewhere, to be selected and their compensation fixed by the Attorney-General, to be expended under his direction, so much of the provisions of the Act of March <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 877.</p></sidenote> second, nineteen hundred and one, providing for the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission as are in conflict herewith notwithstanding, one hundred and twelve thousand dollars, of which not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be immediately available, may be expended for law <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books.</p></sidenote> books and books of reference.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/474">474</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishing violation of intercourse acts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian service.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Punishing violations of the intercourse Acts and frauds</inline>: 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, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecution of crime.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Prosecution of crimes</inline>: For the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States, preliminary to indictment; the investigation of official acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, clerks of the United States courts, and United States commissioners, for which purpose all the records and dockets of said officers, without exception, shall be examined by the agents of the Attorney-General at any time; the inspection of United States prisoners and prisons; to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, and to include salaries of all necessary agents in Washington, District of Columbia, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling, etc., expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Traveling and miscellaneous expenses</inline>: For traveling and other miscellaneous and emergency expenses authorized and approved by the Attorney-General, to be expended at his discretion, the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3648/p718">R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718</ref>.</p></sidenote> of the first paragraph of section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised Statutes, to the contrary notwithstanding, seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecuting and collecting claims.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Prosecution and collection of claims</inline>: For the prosecution and collection of claims due the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Traveling expenses, Territory of Alaska</inline>: For the actual and necessary expenses of the judges and clerks in the district of Alaska when traveling in the discharge of their official duties, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Incidental expenses, Territory of Alaska</inline>: For furniture, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, for the offices of the marshals and attorneys, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defense in Indian depredation claims.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Defense in Indian depredation claims</inline>: For salaries and expenses in defense of the Indian depredation claims, including salaries of Assistant Attorney-General in charge and necessary employees in Washington, District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, fifty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mission Indians, counsel.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Counsel for Mission Indians</inline>: To enable the Attorney-General to employ a special attorney for the Mission Indians of southern California, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care, etc., of rented buildings, D. C.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Care and maintenance of buildings rented by Department of Justice</inline>: For incidental expenses and for employment of temporary assistance and workmen necessary for the care and custody of the buildings in the District of Columbia rented by the Department of Justice, to be selected and their compensation fixed by the Attorney-General and to be expended under his direction, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insular, etc., affairs.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Insular and territorial affairs</inline>: For defraying the necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of insular and other territorial matters and affairs within the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, including the payment of necessary employees at the seat of government or elsewhere, to be selected and their compensation fixed by the Attorney-General, and to be expended under his direction, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spanish Claims Commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 878.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Salaries and expenses, Spanish Claims Commission</inline>: For general expenses of the Commission for all the purposes mentioned in the Act approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, in addition to the continuing annual appropriation of fifty thousand dollars provided in <page identifier="/us/stat/32/475">475</page> said Act, five thousand dollars. The Commission may pay a fixed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of commissioners to take testimony, in Cuba.</p></sidenote> compensation, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars annually, with allowance for subsistence instead of fees, to commissioners, not exceeding two in number, whom the Commission under existing law may appoint to take testimony in the island of Cuba. The Commission may, in the place of two clerks now in service, employ an assistant clerk at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum and one clerk at the rate of one thousand four hundred dollars per annum.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDICIAL. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial.</p></sidenote></heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>united states courts. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Expenses of the United States courts</inline>: For defraying the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> expenses of the Supreme Court; of the circuit and district courts of the United States, including the district court in the Territory of Hawaii; of the supreme court and court of appeals of the District of Columbia; of the district court of Alaska; of the courts 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:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of salaries, fees, and expenses of United States marshals <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals’ salaries, etc.</p></sidenote> and their deputies, one million two hundred thousand dollars, to include payment for services rendered in behalf of the United States or otherwise. Advances to United States marshals, in accordance with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advances.</p></sidenote> existing law, may be made from the proper appropriations, as herein provided, immediately upon the passage of this Act; but no disbursements shall be made prior to July first, nineteen hundred and two, by said disbursing officers from the funds thus advanced, and no disbursements shall be made therefrom to liquidate expenses for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two or prior years: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That from and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees, etc., in extradition cases.</p></sidenote> after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, all the fees and costs in extradition cases shall be paid out of the appropriations to defray the expenses of the judiciary, and the Attorney-General shall certify to the Secretary of State the amounts to be paid to the United States on account of said fees and costs in extradition cases by the foreign government requesting the extradition, and the Secretary of State shall cause said amounts to be collected and transmitted to the Attorney-General for deposit in the Treasury of the United States.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of United States district attorneys and expenses of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys’ salaries, etc.</p></sidenote> United States district attorneys and their regular assistants, four hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of United States district attorney for the District of Columbia, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorney for District of Columbia</p></sidenote> twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of regular assistants to United States district attorneys, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regular assistants.</p></sidenote> who are appointed by the Attorney-General, at a fixed annual compensation, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of assistants to the Attorney-General and to United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special assistants.</p></sidenote> States district attorneys employed by the Attorney-General to aid in special cases, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of clerks, two hundred and forty thousand dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks’ fees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Returns, etc.</p></sidenote> That each clerk of the district and circuit courts shall, on the first days of January and July of each year, or within thirty days thereafter, make to the Attorney-General, in such form as he may prescribe, written returns for the half year ending on said days, respectively, of all fees and emoluments of his office of every name and character, and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/476">476</page> of all necessary expenses of his office, including necessary clerk hire, together with the vouchers for the payment of the same for such last half year; and the word “emoluments” shall be understood as including all amounts received in connection with the admission of attorneys to practice in the court, all amounts received for services in naturalization proceedings, whether rendered as clerk, as commissioner, or in any other capacity, and all other amounts received for services in any way <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fee of admission to practice.</p></sidenote> connected with the clerk’s office:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>Provided further</i>, That no amount in excess of one dollar shall be received from any attorney in connection with his admission to practice in a circuit or district court.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners’ fees, etc.</p></sidenote> For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace acting under section ten hundred and fourteen, Revised Statutes of the United States, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors’ fees.</p></sidenote> For fees of jurors, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses’ fees.</p></sidenote> For fees of witnesses, nine hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For rent of rooms for the United States courts and judicial officers, one hundred and five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bailiffs, etc.</p></sidenote> For pay of bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> crier in each court, except in the southern district of New York: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Actual attendance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s715/p136">R. S., sec. 715, p. 136</ref>.</p></sidenote> 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:</proviso>
<proviso>
<i>And provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vacation, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of judges, etc.</p></sidenote> further</i>, That no such person shall be employed during vacation: of reasonable expenses for travel and attendance of district judges directed to hold court outside of their districts, not to exceed ten dollars per day each, to be paid on written certificates of the judges, and such payments shall be allowed the marshal in the settlement of his accounts with the United States; expenses of judges of the circuit courts of appeals not to exceed ten dollars per day; 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jury commissioners.</p></sidenote> jury commissioners, five dollars per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> For payment of such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney-General, for the United States courts and their officers, including the furnishing and collecting of evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and moving of records, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> For salaries of clerks, commissioners, and constables, and expenses of commissioners and judges, in the Indian Territory, fifty-three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies.</p></sidenote> For supplies for the United States courts and judicial officers, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, thirty thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That the money heretofore, or that shall hereafter be, appropriated for this purpose shall be expended in payment for such supplies only as have been, or shall hereafter be, purchased by the Department of Justice for distribution.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, southern district, district attorney’s fees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s825/p154">R. S., sec. 825, p. 154</ref>.</p></sidenote> For fees of district attorney for the southern district of New York, under section eight hundred and twenty-five, Revised Statutes, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of prisoners.</p></sidenote> For support of United States prisoners, 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, and not exceeding three thousand dollars for repair of United States jails, seven hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Leavenworth, Kans., Penitentiary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> For the support of the United States Penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as follows: For subsistence, including supplies for <page identifier="/us/stat/32/477">477</page> prisoners, warden, deputy warden, and physician, tobacco for prisoners, kitchen and dining room furniture and utensils; and for farm and garden seeds and implements, and for purchase of ice if necessary, forty-three thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clothing, transportation, and traveling expenses, including such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing, etc.</p></sidenote> clothing as can be made at the penitentiary; for the usual gratuities as provided by law to prisoners at release, including transportation to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States; for expenses of penitentiary officials while traveling on duty; for expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners, and for rewards for their recapture, twenty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenditures in the discretion of the Attorney-General, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> for fuel, forage, hay, light, water, stationery, purchase of fuel for generating steam, heating apparatus, burning bricks and lime; forage for issue to public animals, and hay or straw for bedding; blank books, blank forms, typewriting supplies, pencils and memorandum books for guards, books for use in chapel, paper, envelopes, and postage stamps for issue to prisoners; for labor and materials for repairing steam-heating plant, electric plant and water circulation, and drainage; for labor and materials for construction and repair of buildings; for general supplies, machinery, and tools for use on farm and in shops, brickyard, quarry, limekiln, laundry, bathrooms, printing office, photograph gallery, stables, policing buildings and grounds; for the purchase of horses, mules, wagons, harness, veterinary supplies, lubricating oils, office furniture, stoves, blankets, bedding, iron bunks, paints and oils, library books, newspapers and periodicals, and electrical supplies; for payment of water supply, telegrams, telephone service, notarial and veterinary services; for advertising in newspapers; for fees to consulting physicians called to determine mental condition of supposed insane prisoners, and for other services in cases of emergency; for pay of extra guards when deemed necessary by the Attorney-General, thirty-five thousand five hundred dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That this appropriation and the appropriations heretofore made for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical treatment of guards.</p></sidenote> this purpose shall be available also for the expense of the care and medical treatment of guards who have been or may be injured by prisoners while said guards are endeavoring to prevent escapes or suppressing mutiny, and for the payment of burial expenses of guards killed while so engaged, which have been or which may hereafter be incurred;</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hospital supplies, including purchase of medicines, medical and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> surgical supplies, and all other articles for the care and treatment of sick prisoners; and for expenses of interment of deceased prisoners, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, including pay of officials and employees, as follows: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> Warden, four thousand dollars; deputy warden, two thousand dollars; chaplain, one thousand five hundred dollars; chaplain, three hundred dollars; physician, one thousand six hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper and record clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; stenographer, nine hundred dollars; steward, nine hundred dollars; superintendent of farm and transportation, eight hundred dollars; superintendent of industries and storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; captains of watch, one thousand eight hundred dollars; guards, thirty-nine thousand six hundred dollars; two teamsters, one thousand two hundred dollars; engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant engineer and electrician, nine hundred dollars; in all, sixty thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For foremen, shoemaker, harness maker, carpenter, blacksmith, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foremen, etc.</p></sidenote> tailor, and tinner, when necessary, four thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, one hundred and sixty-six thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/478">478</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Atlanta, Ga., Penitentiary.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">United States penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia</inline>: For support of the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> For subsistence, including supplies for prisoners, warden, and deputy warden, tobacco for prisoners; kitchen and dining-room furniture and utensils; farm and garden seeds and implements, and for purchase of ice if necessary, twenty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing, etc.</p></sidenote> For clothing and transportation, including such clothing as can be made at the penitentiary; for the usual gratuities as provided by law to prisoners at release, including transportation to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States; for expenses of penitentiary officials while traveling on duty; for expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners, and for rewards for their recapture, twelve thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> For miscellaneous expenditures, in the discretion of the Attorney-General, for fuel, forage, hay, light, water, stationery, blank books, blank forms, typewriting supplies, pencils and memorandum books for guards, books for use in chapel, paper, envelopes, and postage stamps for issue to prisoners; for labor and materials for repairing steam heating plant, electric plant, water circulation, and drainage; for labor and materials for construction and repair of buildings; for general supplies, machinery, and tools for use on farm and in shops, brickyard, quarry, limekiln, laundry, bathrooms, printing office, photograph gallery, stables; policing buildings and grounds; for the purchase of horses, mules, wagons, harness, veterinary supplies, lubricating oils, office furniture, stoves, blankets, bedding, iron bunks, paints and oils, library books, newspapers and periodicals; electrical supplies; for payment of water supply; for telegrams, telephone service, notarial and veterinary services; for advertising in newspapers; for fees to consulting physicians called to determine mental condition of supposed insane prisoners, and for other services in cases of emergency; and for pay of extra guards when deemed necessary by the Attorney-General, fifteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote> For hospital supplies, including purchase of medicines, surgical instruments, and supplies, and all other articles required for the care and treatment of sick prisoners, and for expenses of interment of deceased prisoners, one thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> For salaries, including pay of officials and employees, as follows: Warden, four thousand dollars; deputy warden, two thousand dollars; chaplain, one thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; physician, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper and record clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; stenographer, nine hundred dollars; engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant engineer, nine hundred dollars; captains of watch, one thousand eight hundred dollars; steward and storekeeper, nine hundred dollars: superintendent of farm and transportation, one thousand dollars; two teamsters, one thousand two hundred dollars; cook, baker, tailor, and blacksmith, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; guards, twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, forty-four thousand four hundred and eighty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, ninety-seven thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of State.</p></sidenote> DEPARTMENT OF STATE.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mexican boundary line monuments.</p></sidenote> Toward the proper proportional expenses of the United States for inspection and repair of the monuments marking the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative.</p></sidenote> UNDER LEGISLATIVE.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Thomas G. Garrett.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Services.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Senate</inline>: To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Thomas G. Garrett, as provided by Senate resolution of March ninth, nineteen <page identifier="/us/stat/32/479">479</page> hundred and one, for compiling the debates in the Senate and the House of Representatives, the reports of committees, and other papers and documents by the direction of the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, three hundred dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to William B. Turner, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William B. Turner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Services.</p></sidenote> for preparing table of contents for reports of the Isthmian Canal Commission, being Senate Document Numbered Fifty-four, parts one and two, and Senate Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-three, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, as provided by resolution of the Senate of date March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and two, seventy-seven dollars and forty cents, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay William M. Malloy <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William M. Malloy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Services.</p></sidenote> for reporting hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and securing and translating treaties between France and European countries for use of the committee, one hundred dollars, to be immediately available.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent for the storage of public documents of the Senate, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Statement of appropriations</inline>: For preparation, under the direction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statement of appropriations.</p></sidenote> 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, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills passed during the first session of the Fifty seventh Congress, as required by the Act approved October nineteenth, eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 587.</p></sidenote> and eighty-eight, two thousand dollars, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of said committees to do said work.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Capitol police</inline>: The board of Capitol police is hereby authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol police.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. D. Turnure.</p></sidenote> and directed to place on the roll of the Capitol police, as an additional member thereof, E. D. Turnure, formerly belonging to said force, who was injured for life in the discharge of his duties, and pay him at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum, which sum is hereby appropriated; and when appointed under the authority of this Act the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment.</p></sidenote> said E. D. Turnure shall be assigned to duty as a watchman in the Dome of the Capitol.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Botanic Garden</inline>: For painting, glazing, and general repairs to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Botanic Garden.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> buildings, heating apparatus, and foot walks, and for extending store greenhouses, south side of Maryland avenue, under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paper for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public printing and binding.</p></sidenote> the public printing, including the costs 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), for rents, not exceeding fifty dollars for technical books of reference, and for all necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, five million two hundred and fifty-seven 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:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding for Congress, including the proceedings <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment of appropriation.</p></sidenote> and debates, and for rents, two million nine hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars. And printing and binding for Congress chargeable to this appropriation, when recommended to be done by the Committee <page identifier="/us/stat/32/480">480</page> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the State Department, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Treasury Department, including not exceeding twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the War Department, two hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars, of which sum twelve thousand dollars shall be for the index catalogue of the library of the Surgeon-General’s Office.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Navy Department, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars, including not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars for the Hydrographic Office.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Interior Department, including the Civil Service Commission, and excluding the Census Office, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, including not exceeding ten thousand dollars for rebinding tract books for the General Land Office.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and for the “Bulletine” and “Proceedings” of the National Museum, the editions of which shall not be less than three thousand copies, and binding, in half turkey, or material not more expensive, scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library, seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the United States Geological Survey as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For engraving the illustrations necessary for the Annual Report of the Director, and for the monographs, professional papers, bulletins, water-supply papers, and the report on mineral resources, sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and binding the Annual Report of the Director, the monographs, professional papers, bulletins, water-supply papers, and the report on mineral resources, one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars; and said amount shall cover all printing and binding on account of said publications of the Geological Survey.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Department of Justice, thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Post-Office Department, exclusive of the Money-Order Office, three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Department of Agriculture, including twenty thousand dollars for the Weather Bureau, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Department of Labor, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Supreme Court of the United States, ten thousand dollars; and the printing for the Supreme Court shall be done by the printer it may employ, unless it shall otherwise order.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Court of Claims, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Library of Congress, including the copyright department, and the binding, rebinding, and repairing of library books, ninety-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Librarian of Congress is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may desire to buy them, such copies of the card indexes and other publications of the Library as may not be required for its ordinary transactions, and charge for the same a price which will cover their cost and ten per centum added, and all moneys received by him shall be deposited in the Treasury.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Executive Office, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 612.</p></sidenote> For printing and binding the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, as required by the Act approved January twelfth, eight-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/481">481</page>een hundred and ninety-five, three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And no more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appropriated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of appropriations.</p></sidenote> 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: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That so much as may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agricultural Report.</p></sidenote> be necessary for printing and binding the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, as required by the Act approved January <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 612.</p></sidenote> twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall not be included in said allotment.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Public Printer is authorized hereafter to procure and supply, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duplicating and filing devices.</p></sidenote> on the requisition of the head of any Executive Department or other Government establishment, complete manifold blanks, books, and forms, required in duplicating processes; also complete patented devices with which to file money-order statements, or other uniform official papers, and to charge such supplies to the allotment for printing and binding of the Department or Government establishment requiring the same.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leaves of absence.</p></sidenote> law granting thirty days’ annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Office, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That all sums appropriated by this Act for salaries of officers <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sums for salaries to to be in full.</p></sidenote> and employees of the Government shall be in full for such salaries for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, and all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1302: To provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1302.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/183">Public, No. 183</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isthmian canal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of rights, etc., of New Panama Canal Company authorized.</p></sidenote> United States is hereby authorized to acquire, for and on behalf of the United States, at a cost not exceeding forty millions of dollars, the rights, privileges, franchises, concessions, grants of land, right of way, unfinished work, plants, and other property, real, personal, and mixed, of every name and nature, owned by the New Panama Canal Company, of France, on the Isthmus of Panama, and all its maps, plans, drawings, records on the Isthmus of Panama and in Paris, including all the capital stock, not Jess, however, than sixty-eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-three shares of the Panama Railroad Company, owned by or held for the use of said canal company, provided a satisfactory title to all of said property can be obtained.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the President is hereby authorized to acquire from the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of way from Colombia.</p></sidenote> Republic of Colombia, for and on behalf of the United States, upon such terms as he may deem reasonable, perpetual control of a strip of land, the territory of the Republic of Colombia, not less than six miles in width, extending from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, and the right to use and dispose of the waters thereon, and to excavate, construct, and to perpetually maintain, operate, and protect thereon a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote> canal, of such depth and capacity as will afford convenient passage of ships of the greatest tonnage and draft now in use, from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, which control shall include the right to perpetually maintain and operate the Panama Railroad, if the ownership <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Panama Railroad</p></sidenote> thereof, or a controlling interest therein, shall have been acquired by <page identifier="/us/stat/32/482">482</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction over ports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police, etc., regulations.</p></sidenote> the United States, and also jurisdiction over said strip and the ports at the ends thereof to make such police and sanitary rules and regulations as shall be necessary to preserve order and preserve the public <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial tribunals.</p></sidenote> health thereon, and to establish such judicial tribunals as may be agreed upon thereon as may be necessary to enforce such rules and regulations.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional territory.</p></sidenote> The President may acquire such additional territory and rights from Colombia as in his judgment will facilitate the general purpose hereof.</p>
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</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That when the President shall have arranged to secure a satisfactory title to the property of the New Panama Canal Company, as provided in section one hereof, and shall have obtained by treaty control of the necessary territory from the Republic of Colombia, as provided in section two hereof, he is authorized to pay for the property of the New Panama Canal Company forty millions of dollars and to the Republic of Colombia such sum as shall have been agreed upon, and a sum sufficient for both said purposes is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid on warrant or warrants drawn by the President.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote> The President shall then through the Isthmian Canal Commission hereinafter authorized cause to be excavated, constructed, and completed, utilizing to that end as far as practicable the work heretofore done by the New Panama Canal Company, of France, and its predecessor company, a ship canal from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capacity and depth of canal.</p></sidenote> Ocean. Such canal shall be of sufficient capacity and depth as shall afford convenient passage for vessels of the largest tonnage and greatest <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locks, etc.</p></sidenote> draft now in use, and such as may be reasonably anticipated, and shall be supplied with all necessary locks and other appliances to meet the necessities of vessels passing through the same from ocean to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terminal harbors.</p></sidenote> ocean; and he shall also cause to be constructed such safe and commodious <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defense.</p></sidenote> harbors at the termini of said canal, and make such provisions for defense as may be necessary for the safety and protection of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees.</p></sidenote> canal and harbors. That the President is authorized for the purposes aforesaid to employ such persons as he may deem necessary, and to fix their compensation.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nicaragua route.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Concession and rights to be obtained by treaty from Costa Rica and Nicaragua.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That should the President be unable to obtain for the United States a satisfactory title to the property of the New Panama Canal Company and the control of the necessary territory of the Republic of Colombia and the rights mentioned in sections one and two of this Act, within a reasonable time and upon reasonable terms, then the President, having first obtained for the United States perpetual control by treaty of the necessary territory from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, upon terms which he may consider reasonable, for the construction, perpetual maintenance, operation, and protection of a canal connecting the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean by what is commonly known as the Nicaragua route, shall through the said Isthmian Canal Commission <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction of canal.</p></sidenote> cause to be excavated and constructed a ship canal and waterway from a point on the shore of the Caribbean Sea near Greytown, by way of Lake Nicaragua, to a point near Brito on the Pacific Ocean. Said canal shall be of sufficient capacity and depth to afford convenient passage for vessels of the largest tonnage and greatest draft now in use, and such as may be reasonably anticipated, and shall be supplied with ail necessary locks and other appliances to meet the necessities of vessels passing through the same from ocean to ocean; and he shall also construct such safe and commodious harbors at the termini of said canal as shall be necessary for the safe and convenient use thereof, and shall make such provisions for defense as may be necessary for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> the safety and protection of said harbors and canal; and such sum or sums of money as may be agreed upon by such treaty as compensation to be paid to Nicaragua and Costa Rica for the concessions and rights hereunder provided to be acquired by the United States, are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid on warrant or warrants drawn by the President.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/483">483</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The President shall cause the said Isthmian Canal Commission to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys.</p></sidenote> make such surveys as may be necessary for said canal and harbors to be made, and in making such surveys and in the construction of said canal may employ such persons as he may deem necessary, and may fix their compensation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the excavation and construction of said canal the San Juan River <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua.</p></sidenote> and Lake Nicaragua, or such parts of each as may be made available, shall be used.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the sum of ten million dollars is hereby appropriated, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preliminary appropriation.</p></sidenote> out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, toward the project herein contemplated by either route so selected.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And the President is hereby authorized to cause to be entered into <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> such contract or contracts as may be deemed necessary for the proper excavation, construction, completion, and defense of said canal, harbors, and defenses, by the route finally determined upon under the provisions of this Act. Appropriations therefor shall from time to time be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of expenditures.</p></sidenote> hereafter made, not to exceed in the aggregate the additional sum of one hundred and thirty-five millions of dollars should the Panama route be adopted, or one hundred and eighty millions of dollars should the Nicaragua route be adopted.</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That in any agreement with the Republic of Colombia, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of canal, etc., by Colombia, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.</p></sidenote> with the States of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, the President is authorized to guarantee to said Republic or to said States the use of said canal and harbors, upon such terms as may be agreed upon, for all vessels owned by said States or by citizens thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That to enable the President to construct the canal and works <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isthmian Canal Commission created.</p></sidenote> appurtenant thereto as provided in this Act, there is hereby created the Isthmian Canal Commission, the same to be composed of seven members, who shall be nominated and appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall serve until the completion of said canal unless sooner removed by the President, and one of whom shall be named as the chairman of said Commission. Of the seven members of said Commission at least four of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Qualifications.</p></sidenote> them shall be persons learned and skilled in the science of engineering, and of the four at least one shall be an officer of the United States Army, and at least one other shall be an officer of the United States Navy, the said officers respectively being either upon the active or the retired list of the Army or of the Navy. Said commissioners shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> each receive such compensation as the President shall prescribe until the same shall have been otherwise fixed by the Congress. In addition <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineers.</p></sidenote> to the members of said Isthmian Canal Commission, the President is hereby authorized through said Commission to employ in said service any of the engineers of the United States Army at his discretion, and likewise to employ any engineers in civil life, at his discretion, and any other persons necessary for the proper and expeditious prosecution of said work. The compensation of all such engineers and other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> persons employed under this Act shall be fixed by said Commission, subject to the approval of the President. The official salary of any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions.</p></sidenote> officer appointed or employed under this Act shall be deducted from the amount of salary or compensation provided by or which shall be fixed under the terms of this Act. Said Commission shall in all matters <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports.</p></sidenote> be subject to the direction and control of the President, and shall make to the President annually and at such other periods as may be required, either by law or by the order of the President, full and complete reports of all their actings and doings and of all moneys received and expended in the construction of said work and in the performance of their duties in connection therewith, which said reports shall be by the President transmitted to Congress. And the said Commission shall furthermore give to Congress, or either House of Congress, such information as may at any time be required either by Act of Congress or by the order of either House of Congress. The President shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Offices.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/484">484</page> cause to be provided and assigned for the use of the Commission such offices as may, with the suitable equipment of the same, be necessary and proper, in his discretion, for the proper discharge of the duties thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond issue authorized to defray expenses.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of the United States from time to time, as the proceeds may be required to defray expenditures authorized by this Act (such proceeds when received to be used only for the purpose of meeting such expenditures), the sum of one hundred and thirty million dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or registered bonds of the United States in such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denominations.</p></sidenote> form as he may prescribe, and in denominations of twenty dollars or some multiple of that sum, redeemable in gold coin at the pleasure of the United States after ten years from the date of their issue, and payable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> thirty years from such date, and bearing interest payable quarterly <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exempt from taxes.</p></sidenote> in gold coin at the rate of two per centum per annum; and the bonds herein authorized shall be exempt from all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum price.</p></sidenote> or local authority: <proviso>
<i>Provided</i>, That said bonds may be disposed of by the Secretary of the Treasury at not less than par, under such regulations as he may prescribe, giving to all citizens of the United States an equal opportunity to subscribe therefor, but no commissions shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> be allowed or paid thereon; and a sum not exceeding one-tenth of one per centum of the amount of the bonds herein authorized is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the expense of preparing, advertising, and issuing the same.</proviso>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1303: To fix the compensation of district superintendents in the Life-Saving Service.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1303</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 484</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1303.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To fix the compensation of district superintendents in the Life-Saving Service.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/184">Public, No. 184</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Life-saving service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of district superintendents.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 56.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after the passage of this Act the compensation of district superintendents in the Life-Saving Service shall be as follows: For the superintendents of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1037.</p></sidenote> the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth districts, two thousand dollars per annum each; for the superintendents of the third and ninth districts, eighteen hundred dollars per annum each; for the superintendent of the eighth district, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk hire.</p></sidenote> one thousand seven hundred dollars: <proviso>
<i>Provided, however</i>, That in case the Secretary of the Treasury deems it necessary for any superintendent to employ a clerk, he may allow a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum for the compensation of such clerk in addition to the salary paid the superintendent.</proviso>
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</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1304: For the establishment of a subport of entry at Naco, Arizona.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1304</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 484</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1304.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the establishment of a subport of entry at Naco, Arizona.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/185">Public, No. 185</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona customs district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 77.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naco made subport of entry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deputy collector.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That Naco, in the district of Arizona, Territory of Arizona, shall be established a subport of entry, and a deputy collector shall be appointed, who shall reside at said subport of entry and receive such compensation as the Secretary of the Treasury may allow.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1305: Relating to the construction of a dam across Rainy River.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1305</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 485</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/485">485</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1305.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Relating to the construction of a dam across Rainy River.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/186">Public, No. 186</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time for the construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rainy River, Minn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time extended to the Koochiching Company to dam.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 398.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 167.</p></sidenote> of a dam across the Rainy River by the Koochiching Company, its successors and assigns, as provided by chapter two hundred and thirty-eight of volume thirty of the Statutes at Large and chapter three hundred and forty-six of volume thirty-one of the Statutes at Large, is hereby extended to May fourth, nineteen hundred and seven.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the Koochiching Company, its successors and assigns, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 398.</p></sidenote> is hereby authorized to construct and maintain said dam, subject to the terms of said chapter two hundred and thirty-eight of volume thirty of the Statutes at Large, upon the plans now on file with the Secretary of War, or any modification of said plans which the Secretary of War may approve; and the Koochiching Company, its successors <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Height of dam.</p></sidenote> and assigns, is hereby authorized to construct such dam at such height as will raise the waters of Rainy Lake to high-water mark: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That said dam shall be furnished with such openings or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Waste ways.</p></sidenote> gates or waste ways as will carry the waters of the river at flood stage without raising the water higher than it would rise in the natural condition of the stream:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That nothing in this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages.</p></sidenote> Act contained shall be construed as relieving the Koochiching Company, its successors or assigns, from liability for any damage inflicted upon private property by reason of the raising of the waters of the lake as aforesaid.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote> its passage.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1306: Appropriating the sum of three thousand dollars a year for the support and maintenance of the permanent international commission of the congresses of navigation, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1306</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 485</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1306.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Appropriating the sum of three thousand dollars a year for the support and maintenance of the permanent international commission of the congresses of navigation, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/187">Public, No. 187</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the sum of three thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent international commission of congresses of navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for expenses of delegates.</p></sidenote> dollars a year is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support and maintenance of the permanent international commission of the congresses of navigation and for the payment of the actual expenses of the properly accredited national delegates of the United States to the meetings of the congresses and of the commission; and that the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to draw his warrant each year upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sum, not to exceed three thousand dollars, as may in his opinion be proper to apply to the purposes above mentioned, and that the said sum shall be disbursed under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The national delegates aforesaid from the United States shall serve <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No compensation.</p></sidenote> without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred while traveling to and from the meetings, and while in attendance thereon, from the funds herein appropriated and authorized to be expended.</p>
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</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1307: To amend section twenty-five hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes, relating to ports of entry.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1307</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 485</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1307.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section twenty-five hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes, relating to ports of entry.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/188">Public, No. 188</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section twenty-five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Montana and Idaho customs district.</p></sidenote> and ninety-three, Revised Statutes, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:<page identifier="/us/stat/32/486">486</page>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2593">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2593. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Falls, Mont., made port of entry.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2593/p513">R. S., sec. 2593, p. 513, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">There shall be in the States of Montana and Idaho one collection district, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The district of Montana and Idaho to comprise the States of Montana and Idaho, and the port of entry shall be Great Falls, Montana.”</p>
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</section>
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</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1308: To provide a commission to secure plans and designs for a monument or memorial to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1308</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 486</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1308.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide a commission to secure plans and designs for a monument or memorial to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/189">Public, No. 189</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abraham Lincoln.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission created to secure plans, etc., for a monument to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the chairman of the Committee on the Library of the Senate, the chairman of the Committee on the Library of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, Senator George G. Vest, and Representative James D. Richardson, be, and they are hereby, created a commission to secure plans and designs for a monument or memorial to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the sum of twenty-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 out the provisions of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the said commission shall report the result of their action to Congress as soon as practicable after a decision has been reached.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1309: For the allowance of certain claims for property taken for military purposes within the United States during the war with Spain, reported by the Secretary of War in accordance with the requirements of an item contained in the sundry civil appropriation Act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to investigate just claims against the United States for private property taken and used in the military service within the limits of the United States, and so forth.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1309</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 486</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1309.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the allowance of certain claims for property taken for military purposes within the United States during the war with Spain, reported by the Secretary of War in accordance with the requirements of an item contained in the sundry civil appropriation Act, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred, authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to investigate just claims against the United States for private property taken and used in the military service within the limits of the United States, and so forth.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/190">Public, No. 190</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spanish war claims appropriations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 632.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to claimants in this Act named the several sums appropriated herein, the same being in full for and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final release and discharge of their respective claims, namely:</chapeau>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alabama.</p></sidenote> alabama.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. J. Edmondson, fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. Campbell, thirty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James Henry, twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Frank Hemley, two hundred and fifty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Willingham and Company, four thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Holmes Earl, twenty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Agatha Moore, administratrix, four hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-one cents.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delaware.</p></sidenote> delaware.</heading>
<content>To the State of Delaware, six hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-five cents.</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/487">487</page>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">florida. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Florida.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Sisters of Saint Joseph Convent, one hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To C. C. Robertson, agent, eighteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry Kizer, forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary Brickell, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Enoch B. Chamberlain, twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John B. Cuneo, forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. E. C. Beach, three hundred and twenty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To H. W. Beach, three hundred and eighty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. D. Clark, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. H. May, five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">georgia. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgia.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James H. Butner, ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. H. Brown, seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To American National Bank, ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. G. Solomon, ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John W. Smith and R. F. Cowan, deputy sheriff, sixty-nine dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To C. B. Willingham, thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry B. King, eighty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. R. Montgomery, seventeen dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. L. Dodge, one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Chatham Artillery, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. W. Golden, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To August Gerzikouski, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. H. and F. M. Butner, fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To E. P. Lawson, agent of E. L. Mastick, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To M. J. O’Leary, three hundred and thirty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Alfred Miller, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Meyers and Richardson, eighty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary E. Morrison, two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Roderick R. Riley, one hundred and ninety-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles O’Connell, ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Lady, one hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Jerden, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. H. H. Groth, thirty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. L. and W. L. Broom, one hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Andrew Bradley, one hundred and sixty-six dollars</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James C. Gordon, three hundred and eighty dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. A. E. Roesel, four hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. R. Peters, forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. W. and Gordon Lee, one hundred and forty-five dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. B. Dixon, forty-nine dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Lee and Gordon Mill Company, two hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To S. H. Martin, one hundred and forty-nine dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the city of Macon, five thousand three hundred and four dollars and seventy-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. W. Stapp, seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. B. Beaver, three hundred and five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To D. H. Devereaux, five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Georgia, nine hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. N. Woolfolk, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To S. Seisel, ten dollars.</p>
</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/488">488</page>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illinois.</p></sidenote> illinois.</heading>
<content>To the Illinois Board of Agriculture, fifty-one dollars.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iowa.</p></sidenote> iowa.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jesse Hayne, three dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. H. Clark, sixty-four dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mary Watts, one hundred and eighteen dollars and forty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William Gordon, two hundred and fifty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, one hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. N. E. Newans, thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George Spaulding, twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. S. Clark, one hundred and sixty-two dollars.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kentucky.</p></sidenote> kentucky.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. W. Royster, ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. G. Downing, thirty dollars.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louisiana.</p></sidenote> louisiana.</heading>
<content>To the Crescent City Jockey Club, one thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars and thirty-five cents.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Massachusetts.</p></sidenote> massachusetts.</heading>
<content>To Antonio Gregori, sixteen dollars.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Hampshire.</p></sidenote> new hampshire.</heading>
<content>To Justin H. Yeaton, five dollars.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York.</p></sidenote> new york.</heading>
<content>To J. W. Mayhew, four hundred and thirty-five dollars.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North Carolina.</p></sidenote> north carolina.</heading>
<content>To the North Carolina Agricultural Society, four hundred and ninety-two dollars and thirty-eight cents.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania.</p></sidenote> pennsylvania.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To David Stout, six hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Michael Kohr, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the estate of James Young, deceased, five thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and ten cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. Anna E. Mumma, three thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Motter, three thousand three hundred and twenty dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To H. N. Shope, five hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. M. Oglesby, one hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Miss Mary L. Gray, eight hundred and fifty-nine dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To M. A. Frantz, forty-one dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/489">489</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. F. Klugh, two hundred and thirty-five dollars and twelve cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To D. C. Ulrich, fifty-three dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. N. Heicher, agent of Mary Stoner, five hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Ed. Stauffer, ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Abram Kaylor, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. C. Hocker, twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. J. Mumma, junior, nine dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To C. H. Hoffer, sixteen dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. G. Stauffer, seventy-nine dollars and thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. A. Croll, seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To D. B. Keiffer, fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the Conewago Iron Company, one hundred and five dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John W. Rife, forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. H. Diffenderfer, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the Raymond and Campbell Manufacturing Company, one hundred and sixty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Christian L. Swartz, two dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Aaron E. Brandt, twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Jacob Ebersole, fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Samuel Winter, six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Adam Reem, nine dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. L. Fisher, fifty-four dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the estate of Jacob Rife, deceased, one hundred and eight dollars and fifty-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John N. Books, eighty-one dollars and forty-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John Eshleman, ninety-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To C. A. Kunkel, one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Joseph Rupp, sixty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the estate of Samuel Mumma, deceased, fifty-three dollars and five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry J. Roop, twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the American Tube and Iron Company, forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Henry Alleman, forty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Solomon Zimmerman, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Daniel S. Kohr, trustee of the Mennonite Church, one hundred and fifty-two dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To H. R. Strayer, six hundred and one dollars and seventeen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Daniel S. Kohr, five hundred and four dollars and eleven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. W. Fisher, six hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To H. L. Heisey, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Isaac Coble, one thousand and seventy-nine dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Swartz Brothers, one thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars and eighteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. G. Shope, two hundred and sixty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To R. H. and G. W. Springer, thirty-seven dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To D. H. Parthemore, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">south carolina. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Carolina.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James F. Williams, ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. G. Gower, twenty-six dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To E. A. Stone, seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. W. Barr, seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. E. Earle, two hundred and six dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/490">490</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Caroline Fields, six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To H. F. Means, ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. A. M. Wilbur and Miss M. L. Latimer, thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Cely and Brother, one hundred and seventy-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. L. Gassaway, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. W. Duncan, twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. E. L. Jantzon, sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To B. M. Langford, fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. C. Fleming, twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To C. A. Snider, fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. C. Cleveland, thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the estate of W. W. S. Orr, eighty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To O. P. Mills, twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To L. B. Smith, ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles and McBrayer, sixty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Sarah E. Montgomery, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. H. Singleton, four dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To H. C. Mark, one hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Wilkins, Poe and Company, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. Mary J. Card, one hundred and five dollars.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee.</p></sidenote> tennessee.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To M. D. L. Martin, fifty-three dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To F. A. R. Scott, one hundred and fifty dollars and eighty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To S. M. Hawkins, junior, ten dollars.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Texas.</p></sidenote> texas.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Richard G. Scott, one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the Galveston Land and Improvement Company, one thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Virginia.</p></sidenote> virginia.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. F. Dyer, five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Doctor L. W. Ritchie, twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To R. E. Marshall, seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William Pinn, forty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Janies W. Carr, twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. G. Crewe, thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. M. C. Swart, seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. Sarah Yeatman, thirty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Thornton Johnson, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. B. Whedbee, nine dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Franz Peters, seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To R. A. Jones, thirty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William Beverly, three dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To H. G. Thornton, fourteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To James Griffith, thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. Jane R. Foley, thirteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. W. Fletcher, twenty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Patrick Sweeney, thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Shedrick Carter, two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George C. Bleight, two hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. T. Smallwood, five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the Fair Grounds Company, of Richmond, Virginia, two thousand nine hundred and twenty-one dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/491">491</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To R. W. and J. F. Trammell, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Mrs. Emma F. Campbell, two thousand one hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. W. Biggs, ninety-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Richard King, two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William H. Wrenn, one hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To F. L. Brenizer, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To T. T. Taylor, one hundred and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To E. D. Cornell, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To W. P. Poole, sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Belle V. Brant, six dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles Taylor, two hundred and eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To F. L. Birch, two hundred and sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George S. Van de Mark, one hundred and eighty-five dollars and twenty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. J. Wedderburn, one hundred and seventy-three dollars.</p>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1310: To provide for the erection, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, of the monument to the memory of General Hugh Mercer, which was ordered by Congress on the eighth day of April, seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, should be erected.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1310</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1310.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the erection, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, of the monument to the memory of General Hugh Mercer, which was ordered by Congress on the eighth day of April, seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, should be erected.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/191">Public, No. 191</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the Congress of the United States, on the eighth day of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote> April, seventeen hundred and seventy-seven, agreed to the erection of a monument to the memory of General Hugh Mercer, at Fredericksburg, in the State of Virginia, and prescribed an inscription to be placed thereon; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas up to this time nothing has been done toward carrying into effect the action then taken: Therefore,</recital>
</preamble>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the sum of twenty-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General Hugh Mercer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for erection of a monument at Fredericksburg, Va., to.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection, at Fredericksburg, in the State of Virginia, of a monument to the memory of General Hugh Mercer, upon which shall be inscribed these words:</p>
<p class="centered">Sacred to the memory of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inscription.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="centered">HUGH MERCER,</p>
<p class="centered">Brigadier-general in the army of</p>
<p class="centered">The United States;</p>
<p class="centered">He died on the 12th of January, 1777, of the</p>
<p class="centered">Wounds he received on the 3d of the same month,</p>
<p class="centered">Near Princetown, in New-Jersey,</p>
<p class="centered">Bravely defending the</p>
<p class="centered">Liberties of America.</p>
<p class="centered">The Congress of the United States,</p>
<p class="centered">In testimony of his virtues, and their gratitude,</p>
<p class="centered">Have caused this monument to be erected.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent0 fontsize10">which said sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures.</p></sidenote> of War, or such officer as he may designate, and in such sums as the work may require from time to time: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the city of Fredericksburg, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Site.</p></sidenote> or the citizens thereof, shall cede and convey to the United States such suitable site as may, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, be required for said monument.</proviso></p></content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1311: Directing the Secretary of the Treasury to bestow medals upon First Lieutenant David H. Jarvis, Second Lieutenant Ellsworth P. Bertholf, and Samuel J. Call, surgeon, all of the Revenue-Cutter Service.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1311</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 492</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/492">492</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1311.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Directing the Secretary of the Treasury to bestow medals upon First Lieutenant David H. Jarvis, Second Lieutenant Ellsworth P. Bertholf, and Samuel J. Call, surgeon, all of the Revenue-Cutter Service.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/192">Public, No. 192</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue-Cutter Service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medals of honor to rescuers of arctic whaling fleet.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to bestow a gold medal of honor, of such design as he may approve, upon First Lieutenant David EL Jarvis, Second Lieutenant Ellsworth P. Bertholf, and Doctor Samuel J. Call, surgeon, all of the Revenue-Cutter Service and members of the overland expedition of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight for the relief of the whaling fleet in the arctic regions, in recognition of the heroic service rendered by them in connection with said expedition.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purchase or manufacture of said medals, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1312: To amend the internal-revenue laws in regard to storekeepers and gaugers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1312</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 492</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1312.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend the internal-revenue laws in regard to storekeepers and gaugers.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/193">Public, No. 193</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal revenue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Storekeeper-gauger authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties and pay.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the internal-revenue officer holding the combined office of storekeeper and gauger shall hereafter be known and denominated as a storekeeper-gauger, and when performing the combined duties of storekeeper-gauger, or when assigned by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to perform the duties of a storekeeper only at any distillery, or at any general or special bonded warehouse, he shall receive for his services the compensation of storekeeper only; but when assigned by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to perform the duties of gauger only, under the internal-revenue laws, as provided by those laws, he shall receive only the compensation for his services and the traveling expenses which are allowed by law to United States gaugers.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1313: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River, in the State of Tennessee, by the Harriman Southern Railroad Company.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1313</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 492</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1313.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River, in the State of Tennessee, by the Harriman Southern Railroad Company.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/194">Public, No. 194</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee River Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harriman Southern Railroad Company may bridge at mouth of Caney Creek.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Harriman Southern Railroad Company, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Tennessee River, in the State of Tennessee, at or near the mouth of Caney Creek.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be constructed for the passage of railway trains, and 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 leading to the said bridge, and shall enjoy <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> 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 approaches for postal telegraph and telephone purposes.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/493">493</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That said bridge shall be built and located under and subject <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> to such regulations for the security of navigation of such river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the company building the 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 thereof, and until the said plan and location are approved by the Secretary of War the said bridge shall not be commenced or built, and no changes shall be made in said bridge during the progress of construction, or after completion, unless approved by the Secretary of War; and the said company shall, at its own expense, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> make from time to time such changes in said bridge as the Secretary of War may order in the interests of navigation: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote> said bridge shall be built as a drawbridge the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of all water craft; and upon whatever kind of bridge is constructed the said company shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of railroad trains over the same and the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure to agree.</p></sidenote> 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 the use of 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.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within two years from the date of the approval of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1314: To authorize the Charleston, Suburban and Summerville Railway Company to construct and maintain two bridges across Ashley River, in the State of South Carolina.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1314</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 493</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1314.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Charleston, Suburban and Summerville Railway Company to construct and maintain two bridges across Ashley River, in the State of South Carolina.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/195">Public, No. 195</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Charleston, Suburban <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ashley River, S. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charleston, Suburban and Summerville Railway Company may construct two bridges across.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> and Summerville Railway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of South Carolina, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain two bridges and all approaches thereto across Ashley River, in the counties of Charleston and Dorchester, South Carolina, at points suitable to the interests of navigation, and in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Secretary of War, and to lay on or over said bridges a track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite such point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided. Said company, or its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to build, construct, and maintain any and all trestles, roadbeds, tracks, appurtenances, and things that may be necessary for proper approaches to said bridges and for the use of the same as railroad bridges. That said bridges shall not interfere with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote> the free navigation of said river, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river by reason of the construction of the said bridges the said <page identifier="/us/stat/32/494">494</page> cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to navigation.</p></sidenote> or bridges may be: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt the bridges from the operation of the same:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> That said bridges shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> animals, and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed by said company and approved by the Secretary of War.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That if the bridges authorized shall be built as drawbridges, the draws shall be operated by steam or other reliable power, and shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, except when trains are passing over said spans; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening said draws after the passage of trains.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Piers, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all piers shall be built as nearly as may be parallel with the current of the river at that stage of water which is most important for navigation, and the bridges themselves shall be built as nearly as may be at right angles thereto; and the riprapping or other protection for imperfect foundations which will lessen the required waterway shall not be permitted; and also that piers which will produce cross currents or bars dangerous to navigation shall not be constructed; and if after construction any piers or accessory works are found to produce the above-mentioned effects, or if any riprapping or other protection prohibited by this section is found to exist, the nuisance shall be abated or corrected under the direction of the Secretary of War at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating said bridges.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the approaches to said bridges shall be so designed and constructed as not to interfere with the free discharge of said river in seasons of flood; and any encroachment on the high-water cross sections by piers, solid embankments, or otherwise which will result in unduly accelerating the high-water current at the site of the bridges shall not be allowed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Booms, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling, or operating the bridges built under the authority of this Act shall build and maintain at all times as accessory work to such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent channel.</p></sidenote> bridges such booms, piers, dikes, guard fences, and similar devices as may be necessary to insure at all times a permanent channel for a sufficient distance above and below the bridge sites, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other craft safely under or through said bridges; and if at any time after the construction of the bridges and their accessory works the approaches to draw openings, channel spans, or raft passages in said bridges are found to be dangerous or difficult of access by river traffic, the Secretary of War may, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, order the corporation, company, or persons owning, controlling, or operating <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aids to navigation.</p></sidenote> said bridges to construct, under his direction, and to maintain such additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices as will obviate the difficulty mentioned, which additional sheer booms, dikes, and other devices shall be built and maintained at their own expense by said company or persons; and that said company or persons shall maintain, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals on said bridges as may be required by the Light-House Board for the security of navigation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the bridges authorized to be constructed by this Act shall be located and built under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation on said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object said corporation shall submit for <page identifier="/us/stat/32/495">495</page> his examination a design and drawing of the bridges, piers, approaches, and accessory works, and a map of the location, giving for a space of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps.</p></sidenote> one mile above and one mile below the proposed locations the topography of the banks of the river and the shore lines at high and low water. This map shall be accompanied by another, drawn on the scale of one inch to two hundred feet, giving for a space of one-half mile above the line of the proposed bridges and one-fourth mile below an accurate representation of the bottom of the river, by contour lines five feet apart, determined by accurate soundings, and also showing over the whole width of this part of the river the force and direction of the currents at low water, at high water, and at at least one intermediate stage, by triangulated observations on suitable floats. The <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location of other bridges.</p></sidenote> maps shall also show the location of other bridges in the vicinity, and shall give such information as the Secretary of War may require for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and the construction of the proposed bridges shall not be commenced until the location and plans thereof are approved by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That any bridges constructed under the authority of this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> Act shall be built under the general supervision of the Secretary of War, and no changes or alterations in plans shall be made during the construction of said bridges or after their completion unless said changes or alterations are authorized by the Secretary of War. That such alterations and changes as may be required by the Secretary of War in said bridges, before or after completion, so as to preserve free and convenient navigation, shall be made under the direction of the Secretary of War, at the expense of the company or persons owning, controlling, or operating such bridges. That during original construction or carrying out any authorized changes or repairs of said bridges a navigable channel shall be preserved at the site of the bridges at all times, and the waterway of the river shall not be obstructed to a greater extent than is absolutely necessary; and such lights and buoys <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> shall be kept on all cofferdams, piles, and so forth, as may be necessary for the security of navigation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridges <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote> authorized by this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon the payment of a reasonable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> compensation for such use; and in case the owner of said bridges and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> equal privileges in the use of the bridges shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content>That the bridges constructed, maintained, and operated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> under this Act and according to its limitations shall be lawful structures, and shall be recognized and known as post routes, upon which also 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 transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions of war over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridges; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes over said bridges.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 11. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1315: To authorize the construction of a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, in the county of Cass, in the State of Nebraska, and in the county of Mills, in the State of Iowa.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1315</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 496</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/496">496</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1315.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, in the county of Cass, in the State of Nebraska, and in the county of Mills, in the State of Iowa.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/196">Public, No. 196</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River, Nebr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plattsmouth Pontoon Bridge Company may bridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Plattsmouth Pontoon Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, 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 the county of Cass, in the State of Nebraska, and the county of Mills, in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wagon and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> 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, and to provide ways for foot passengers, and to maintain and operate said bridge for the purposes aforesaid and for all other uses and purposes incident to the use of a pontoon wagon bridge not specially <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> enumerated, and to charge, collect, and receive reasonable compensation and tolls for the transit over such bridge of all wagons, carriages, vehicles of all kinds, persons, foot passengers, and animals, and for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations, etc.</p></sidenote> all other uses of said bridge not specially enumerated: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of War may at any time prescribe such rules, regulations, and rates of toll for transit and transportation over said bridge as may be deemed proper and reasonable.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority of this Act which shall at anytime substantially and materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, and the bridge shall be constructed with suitable and proper protections for confining the flow of water to a permanent and easily navigated channel for the carrying of steamboats and other water crafts safely through the draw as the Secretary of War may prescribe to be constructed and maintained at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> expense of the company owning said bridge; and no bridge shall be commenced or built under this Act until the location thereof and the plans for its construction, with such maps as shall be necessary for a full understanding of the regimen of the river for a distance of one mile above and one-half mile below the proposed site of said bridge, shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War, and any subsequent change in the plans, construction, or location of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> said bridge shall be subject to like approval; and any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary and order in the interest of navigation shall be made by the owners thereof at their own expense.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draw.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be constructed with a draw not less than three hundred feet in the clear for the passing of all water crafts through said structure, and said draw shall be located over the main channel of the river, and the bridge itself be maintained at right angles <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote> to the current of the river as nearly as may be: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal and without <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> unnecessary delay:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also</i>, That said company, its successors and assigns, shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any bridge built under this Act and according to its 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 other transportation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> 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, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/497">497</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if the actual construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within six months and completed within one year.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1316: For the purchase of real estate, for revenue and customs purposes, at Wilmington, North Carolina.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1316</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 497</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-28</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1316.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the purchase of real estate, for revenue and customs purposes, at Wilmington, North Carolina.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/197">Public, No. 197</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilmington, N. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of real estate for revenue, etc., purposes, directed.</p></sidenote> Treasury be, and he is hereby, empowered and directed to cause an examination to be made of the wharf in front of the custom-house, and other property, at the port of Wilmington, North Carolina, known <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1037.</p></sidenote> as the O. G. Parsley estate, offered by George D. Parsley and others of said city, namely, the following real estate: Lot five, block one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> hundred and sixty-four, and all that part of lot six, block one hundred and sixty-four, not now owned by the United States, and the two-story brick fireproof storehouse on said lot six, fronting west thirty-nine feet on Water street, running thence east seventy-seven and five-tenths feet on Ewing’s alley, abutting the United States bonded warehouse on the east and the United States custom-house on the south; the wharf front of said lots fronting on the Cape Fear River one hundred and four feet, and also the easement of said Parsleys in the wharf front of lot four, block one hundred and sixty-four, fronting the Cape Fear River thirty-four feet, and abutting said lot five on the north. And on inquiry as to their necessity for use for the Revenue-Cutter Service and other customs purposes at that port, and if it shall be found advantageous and necessary for such purposes, to purchase the same at a reasonable price: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That it shall not exceed sixteen thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> dollars, which amount shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights, easements, etc.</p></sidenote> owners of said property shall accept such sum as may be agreed upon for the same in full of all rights, easements, and so forth, belonging thereto, including any claims and demands, legal or equitable, and all causes of action, legal or equitable, which they may have against the United States growing out of the use by the United States of said wharf or any part thereof, and all claims of every character, whether from tort, trespass, use, and occupation, or otherwise.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1321: To authorize the West Elizabeth and Dravosburg Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1321</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 497</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1321.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the West Elizabeth and Dravosburg Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/198">Public, No. 198</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the West Elizabeth and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monongahela River, Pa.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">West Elizabeth and Dravosburg Bridge Company may bridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote> Dravosburg Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Monongahela River between a point on the eastern side of said river, at or near property of the Glassport Brick Company, in the borough of Port Vue, in the county of Allegheny, and a point on the western side of said river, in the township of Jefferson, in said county, on property of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, fronting on the public road, known as the river road, between Dravos and West Elizabeth. The <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/498">498</page> said bridge, when built in accordance with the requirements of this Act, shall be a legal structure, and may be used for either or both railroad purposes or as a highway for the passage of persons, vehicles, and passenger cars.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act shall be located and built under and subject to such requirements for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the bridge company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing for the bridge and a map of the location, giving for a space of one mile the depth and current of the river at all points, and the location of any other bridge or bridges, together with all other information touching said bridge and river as may be requisite for the Secretary of War to determine whether 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.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, upon receiving said plan and map, and upon being satisfied that a bridge built upon said plan and at said location will conform to the provisions of this Act and cause no serious obstruction to the navigation of the river or injuriously affect the flow of water, to notify the said company that he approves the same, and upon receiving said notification the said company may proceed to the erection of the said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location; and until the Secretary of War shall approve the plan and location of the said bridge and notify the said company, in writing, a bridge shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> not be built or commenced; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge during the progress of the work thereon, or after completion, such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War. And any changes in said bridge which the Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary, and order in the interests of navigation, shall be made by the owners thereof at their own expense.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge, at the option of the said West Elizabeth and Dravosburg Bridge Company, may be so constructed that the same can be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and passenger cars, and for the transit of animals and foot passengers over the same, and also, in addition to these purposes, may be used for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote> railroad purposes; and the company maintaining the same shall have the right to charge such reasonable rates for toll as bridge companies are authorized to collect under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if said bridge shall be constructed for railroad purposes, 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 upon the payment of a reasonable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> compensation for such use, and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure to agree.</p></sidenote> 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.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post route.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any bridge constructed under this Act 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 United States, than the rate per mile charged for their <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> transportation over the public highways leading to said bridge. The United States shall also have the right of way over said bridge for postal-telegraph purposes, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/499">499</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That the said bridge shall be so kept and managed at all times <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> as not to interfere with 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 may prescribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced in one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1322: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Emory River, in the State of Tennessee, by the Tennessee Central Railway or its successors.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1322</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 499</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1322.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Emory River, in the State of Tennessee, by the Tennessee Central Railway or its successors.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/199">Public, No. 199</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Tennessee Central <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emory River, Tenn.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee Central Railway may bridge at Harriman.</p></sidenote> Railway, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, and its successors be, and it and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Emory River, in the State of Tennessee, at such point at or near the city of Harriman as said company or its successors may deem suitable for the passage of its or their railroad over said river.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That said bridge shall be constructed for the passage of railway <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> trains, and 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 leading to the said bridge, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> 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 approaches for postal telegraph and telephone purposes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That said bridge shall be built and located under and subject <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> to such regulations for the security of navigation of such river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the company building the 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 thereof, and until the said plan and location <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Map.</p></sidenote> are approved by the Secretary of War the said bridge shall not be commenced or built, and no changes shall be made in said bridge during <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> the progress of construction, or after completion, unless approved by the Secretary of War; and the said company shall, at its own expense, make from time to time such changes in said bridge as the Secretary of War may order in the interests of navigation: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote> That if said bridge shall be built as a drawbridge the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of all water craft; and upon whatever kind of bridge is constructed the said company <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of railroad trains over the same and the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure to agree.</p></sidenote> 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 the use of said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be <page identifier="/us/stat/32/500">500</page> decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within two years from the date of the approval of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1323: To ratify and confirm a supplemental agreement with the Creek tribe of Indians, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1323</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 500</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1323.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To ratify and confirm a supplemental agreement with the Creek tribe of Indians, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/200">Public, No. 200</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplemental agreement with Creeks ratified.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following supplemental agreement, submitted by certain commissioners of the Creek tribe of Indians, as herein amended, is hereby ratified and confirmed on the part of the United States, and the same shall be of full force and effect if ratified by the Creek tribal council on or before the first day of September, nineteen hundred and two, which said supplemental agreement is as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States commissioners.</p></sidenote> This agreement by and between the United States, entered into in its behalf by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, Henry L. Dawes, Tams Bixby, Thomas B. Needles, and Clifton R. Breckenridge, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian commissioners.</p></sidenote> duly appointed and authorized thereunto, and the Muskogee (or Creek) Tribe of Indians, in Indian Territory, entered into in behalf of the said tribe by Pleasant Porter, principal chief, Roley McIntosh, Thomas W. Perryman, Amos McIntosh, and David M. Hodge, commissioners duly appointed and authorized thereunto, witnesseth, that in consideration of the mutual undertakings herein contained it is agreed as follows:</p>
</chapeau>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">definitions.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Definitions of terms.</p></sidenote> The words “Creek” and “Muskogee” as used in this agreement shall be deemed synonymous, and the words “Nation” and “tribe” shall each be deemed to refer to the Muskogee Nation or Muskogee tribe of Indians in Indian Territory. The words “principal Chief” shall be deemed to refer to the principal chief of the Muskogee Nation. The words “citizen” or “citizens” shall be deemed to refer to a member or members of the Muskogee tribe or nation of Indians. The word “Commissioner” shall be deemed to refer to the United States Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">allotment of lands.</heading>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment of lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 862.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">Section 2 of the agreement ratified by act of Congress approved March, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), is amended and as so amended is reenacted to read as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of appraisement per acre.</p></sidenote> All lands belonging to the Creek tribe of Indians in Indian Territory, except town sites and lands reserved for Creek schools and churches, railroads, and town cemeteries, in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), shall be appraised at not to exceed $6.50 per acre, excluding only lawful improvements on lands in actual cultivation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisements.</p></sidenote> Such appraisement shall be made, under the direction and supervision of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, by such number of committees with necessary assistance as may be deemed necessary to expedite the work, one member of each committee to be appointed <page identifier="/us/stat/32/501">501</page> by the principal chief. Said Commission shall have authority to revise <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revision and approval.</p></sidenote> and adjust the work of said committees; and if the members of any committee fail to agree as to the value of any tract of land, the value thereof shall be fixed by said Commission. The appraisement so made shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior for approval.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">Paragraph 2 of section 3 of the agreement ratified by said act of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 862.</p></sidenote> Congress approved March 1, 1901, is amended and as so amended is reenacted to read as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">If any citizen select lands the appraised value of which is $6.50 per <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equitable allotments.</p></sidenote> acre, he shall not receive any further distribution of property or funds of the tribe until all other citizens have received lands and moneys equal in value to his allotment.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4. </num>
<content>Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Commission <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction of the Commission.</p></sidenote> to the Five Civilized Tribes to determine, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all controversies arising between citizens as to their right to select certain tracts of land.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">5. </num>
<content>Where it is shown to the satisfaction of said Commission that, it <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Correction of errors made in selecting lands.</p></sidenote> was the intention of a citizen to select lands which include his home and improvements, but that through error and mistake he had selected land which did not include said home and improvements, said Commission <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cancellation of allotment certificate.</p></sidenote> is authorized to cancel said selection and the certificate of selection or allotment embracing said lands, and permit said citizen to make a new selection including said home and improvements; and should said land <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contests.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lapse of time nonprejudicial</p></sidenote> including said home and improvements have been selected by any other citizen of said nation, the citizen owning said heme and improvements shall be permitted to file, within ninety days from the ratification of this agreement, a contest against the citizen having previously selected the same and shall not be prejudiced therein by reason of lapse of time or any provision of law or rules and regulations to the contrary.</content>
</paragraph>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">descent and distribution.</heading>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6">6. </num>
<content>The provisions of the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Descent and distribution.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 864.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution, etc., to accord with chapter 49, Mansfield’s Digest.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 258.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inheritors.</p></sidenote> (31 Stat. L., 861), in so far as they provide for descent and distribution according to the laws of the Creek Nation, are hereby repealed and the descent and distribution of land and money provided for by said act shall be in accordance with chapter 49 of Mansfield’s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas now in force in Indian Territory: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That only citizens of the Creek Nation, male and female, and their Creek descendents shall inherit lands of the Creek Nation:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That if there be no person of Creek citizenship to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Noncitizen heirs.</p></sidenote> take the descent and distribution of said estate, then the inheritance shall go to noncitizen heirs in the order named in said chapter 49.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">rolls of citizenship.</heading>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7">7. </num>
<content>All children born to those citizens who are entitled to enrollment <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rolls of citizenship.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 869.</p></sidenote> as provided by the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), subsequent to July 1, 1900, and up to and including May 25, 1901, and living upon the latter date, shall be placed on the rolls made by said commission. And if any such child has died since May 25, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment, etc., to descend to heirs.</p></sidenote> 1901, or may hereafter die before receiving his allotment of lands and distributive share of the funds of the tribe, the lands and moneys to which he would be entitled if living shall descend to his heirs as herein provided and be allotted and distributed to them accordingly.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8">8. </num>
<content>All children who have not heretofore been listed for enrollment <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Children not listed for enrollment, etc.</p></sidenote> living May 25, 1901, born to citizens whose names appear upon the authenticated rolls of 1890 or upon the authenticated rolls of 1895 and entitled to enrollment as provided by the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), shall be placed on the rolls made by said commission. And if any such child has died since May 25, 1901, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Death before allotment.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/502">502</page> or may hereafter die, before receiving his allotment of lands and distributive <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heirs.</p></sidenote> share of the funds of the tribe, the lands and moneys to which he would be entitled if living shall descend to his heirs as herein provided and be allotted and distributed to them accordingly.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9">9. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplemental roll of citizens.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31 p. 869.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">If the rolls of citizenship provided for by the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), shall have been completed by said commission prior to the ratification of this agreement, the names of children entitled to enrollment under the provisions of sections 7 and 8 hereof shall be placed upon a supplemental roll of citizens of the Creek Nation, and said supplemental roll when approved by the Secretary of the Interior shall in all respects be held to be a part of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Names added to roll.</p></sidenote> the final rolls of citizenship of said tribe: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Dawes Commission be, and is hereby, authorized to add the following persons to the Creek roll: Nar-wal-le-pe-se, Mary Washington, Walter Washington and Willie Washington, who are Creek Indians but whose names were left off the roll through neglect on their part.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roads.</p></sidenote> roads.</heading>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10">10. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">On section lines.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Public highways or roads 3 rods in width, being 1 and one-half rods on each side of the section line, may be established along all section lines without any compensation being paid therefor; and all allottees, purchasers, and others shall take the title to such lands <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elsewhere.</p></sidenote> subject to this provision. And public highways or roads may be established elsewhere whenever necessary for the public good, the actual value of the land taken elsewhere than along section lines to be determined under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior while the tribal government continues, and to be paid by the Creek Nation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages.</p></sidenote> during that time; and if buildings or other improvements are damaged in consequence of the establishment of such public highways or roads, whether along section lines or elsewhere, such damages, during the continuance of the tribal government, shall be determined and paid in the same manner.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11">11. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Town sites.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 864.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">In all instances of the establishment of town sites in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved May 31, 1900 (31 Stat. L., 231), or those of section 10 of the agreement ratified by act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), authorizing the Secretary of the Interior, upon the recommendation of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, at any time before allotment, to set aside and reserve from allotment any lands in the Creek Nation not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad stations, reservations.</p></sidenote> exceeding 160 acres in any one tract, at such stations as are or shall be established in conformity with law on the line of any railroad which shall be constructed, or be in process of construction, in or through said nation prior to the allotment of lands therein, any citizen who shall have previously selected such town site, or any portion thereof, for his allotment, or who shall have been by reason of improvements <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay for improvements.</p></sidenote> therein entitled to select the same for his allotment, shall be paid by the Creek Nation the full value of his improvements thereon at the time of the establishment of the town site, under rules and regulations <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to purchase.</p></sidenote> That such citizens may purchase any of said lands in accordance with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 866.</p></sidenote> the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 61):</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit for town sites.</p></sidenote> further</i>, That the lands which may hereafter be set aside and reserved for town sites upon recommendation of the Dawes Commission as herein provided shall embrace such acreage as may be necessary for the present needs and reasonable prospective growth of such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Percentage of net proceeds of sale.</p></sidenote> town sites, and not to exceed 640 acres for each town site, and 10 per cent of the net proceeds arising from the sale of that portion of the land within the town site so selected by him, or which he was so entitled to select; and this shall be in addition to his right to receive from other lands an allotment of 160 acres.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/503">503</page>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">cemeteries. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cemeteries.</p></sidenote></heading>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12">12. </num>
<content>A cemetery other than a town cemetery included within the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Desecrating graves prohibited.</p></sidenote> boundaries of an allotment shall not be desecrated by tillage or otherwise, but no interment shall be made therein except with the consent of the allottee, and any person desecrating by tillage or otherwise a grave or graves in a cemetery included within the boundaries of an allotment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment.</p></sidenote> punished as provided in section 567 of Mansfield’s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13">13. </num>
<content>Whenever the town site surveyors of any town in the Creek <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of cemetery lots.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 867.</p></sidenote> Nation shall have selected and located a cemetery, as provided in section 18 of the act of Congress approved March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), the town authorities shall not be authorized to dispose of lots in such cemetery until payment shall have been made to the Creek Nation for land used for said cemetery, as provided in said act of Congress, and if the town authorities fail or refuse to make payment as aforesaid within one year of the approval of the plat of said cemetery by the Secretary of the Interior, the land so reserved shall revert to the Creek <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reversion of land in case of nonpayment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parks.</p></sidenote> Nation and be subject to allotment. And for lands heretofore or hereafter designated as parks upon any plat or any town site the town shall make payment into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Creek Nation within one year at the rate of $20 per acre, and if such payment be not made within that time the lands so designated as a park shall be platted into lots and sold as other town lots.</content>
</paragraph>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">miscellaneous. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14">14. </num>
<content>All funds of the Creek Nation not needed for equalization of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Funds to be paid per capita to citizens, etc.</p></sidenote> allotments, including the Creek school fund, shall be paid out under direction of the Secretary of the Interior per capita to the citizens of the Creek Nation on the dissolution of the Creek tribal government.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="15">15. </num>
<content>The provisions of section 24 of the act of Congress approved <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal of court-house lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 868.</p></sidenote> March 1, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 861), for the reservation of land for the six established Creek court-houses, is hereby repealed.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="16">16. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">Lands allotted to citizens shall not in any manner whatever or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotted lands not to be encumbered, etc.</p></sidenote> at any time be encumbered, taken, or sold to secure or satisfy any debt or obligation nor be alienated by the allottee or his heirs before the expiration of five years from the date of the approval of this supplemental agreement, except with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. Each citizen shall select from his allotment forty acres of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homesteads inalienable for 21 years.</p></sidenote> land, or a quarter of a quarter section, as a homestead, which shall be and remain nontaxable, inalienable, and free from any incumbrance whatever for twenty-one years from the date of the deed therefor, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deed.</p></sidenote> a separate deed shall be issued to each allottee for his homestead, in which this condition shall appear.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Selections of homesteads for minors, prisoners, convicts, incompetents <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homesteads for minors, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 863.</p></sidenote> and aged and infirm persons, who can not select for themselves, may be made in the manner provided for the selection of their allotments, and if for any reason such selection be not made for any citizen it shall be the duty of said Commission to make selection for him. The homestead of each citizen shall remain, after the death of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposition after death of allottee.</p></sidenote> allottee, for the use and support of children born to him after May 25, 1901, but if he have no such issue then ho may dispose of his homestead by will, free from the limitation herein imposed, and if this be not done the land embraced in his homestead shall descend to his heirs, free from such limitation, according to the laws of descent herein otherwise prescribed. Any agreement or conveyance of any kind or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agreement void.</p></sidenote> character violative of any of the provisions of this paragraph shall be absolutely void and not susceptible of ratification in any manner, and no rule of estoppel shall ever prevent the assertion of its invalidity.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/504">504</page>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="17">17. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 871.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Section 37 of the agreement ratified by said act of March 1, 1901, is amended, and as so amended is reenacted to read as follows:<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grazing leases</p></sidenote> “Creek citizens may rent their allotments, for strictly nonmineral purposes, for a term not to exceed one year for grazing purposes only and for a period not to exceed five years for agricultural purposes, but <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leases to be approved by Secretary of the Interior.</p></sidenote> without any stipulation or obligation to renew the same. Such leases for a period longer than one year for grazing purposes and for a period longer than five years for agricultural purposes, and leases for mineral purposes may also be made with the approval of the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leases, etc., void.</p></sidenote> of the Interior, and not otherwise. Any agreement or lease of any kind or character violative of this paragraph shall be absolutely void and not susceptible of ratification in any manner, and no rule of estoppel <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tribal tax.</p></sidenote> shall ever prevent the assertion of its invalidity. Cattle grazed upon leased allotments shall not be liable to any tribal tax, but when cattle are introduced into the Creek Nation and grazed on lands not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grazing tax.</p></sidenote> selected for allotment by citizens, the Secretary of the Interior shall collect from the owners thereof a reasonable grazing tax for the benefit <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2117/p370">R. S., sec. 2117, p. 370</ref>.</p></sidenote> of the tribe, and section 2117 of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not hereafter apply to Creek lands.”</p>
</quotedContent>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="18">18. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permits to graze.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">When cattle are introduced into the Creek Nation to be grazed upon either lands not selected for allotment or upon lands allotted or selected for allotment the owner thereof, or the party or parties so introducing the same, shall first obtain a permit from the United States Indian Agent, Union Agency, authorizing the introduction of such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Applications.</p></sidenote> cattle. The application for said permit shall state the number of cattle to be introduced, together with a description of the same, and shall specify the lands upon which said cattle are to be grazed, and whether <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restraint of cattle.</p></sidenote> or not said lands have been selected for allotment. Cattle so introduced and all other live stock owned or controlled by noncitizens of the nation shall be kept upon inclosed lands, and if any such cattle or other live stock trespass upon lands allotted to or selected for allotment by any citizen of said nation, the owner thereof shall, for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reparation for trespass.</p></sidenote> first trespass, make reparation to the party injured for the true value of the damages he may have sustained, and for every trespass thereafter double damages to be recovered with costs, whether the land upon which trespass is made is inclosed or not.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment for violation.</p></sidenote> Any person who shall introduce any cattle into the Creek Nation in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than $100, and shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid, such commitment not to exceed one day for every $2 of said fine and costs; and every day said cattle are permitted to remain in said nation without a permit for their introduction having been obtained shall constitute a separate offense.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="19">19. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 864.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Section 8 of the agreement ratified by said act of March 1, 1901, is amended and as so amended is reenacted to read as follows:<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Possession of allotment.</p></sidenote> “The Secretary of the Interior shall, through the United States Indian agent in said Territory, immediately after the ratification of this agreement, put each citizen who has made selection of his allotment in unrestricted possession of his land and remove therefrom all persons objectionable to him; and when any citizen shall thereafter make selection of his allotment as herein provided and receive certificate therefor, he shall be immediately thereupon so placed in possession of his land, and during the continuance of the tribal government <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of allottee.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of the Interior, through such Indian agent, shall protect the allottee in his right to possession against any and all persons claiming under any lease, agreement, or conveyance not obtained in conformity to law.”</p>
</quotedContent>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="20">20. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 861.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">This agreement is intended to modify and supplement the agreement ratified By said act of Congress approved March 1, 1901, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/505">505</page> and shall be held to repeal any provision in that agreement or in any prior agreement, treaty, or law in conflict herewith.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="21">21. </num>
<content>This agreement shall be binding upon the United States and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agreement binding.</p></sidenote> Creek Nation, and upon all persons affected thereby when it shall have been ratified by Congress and the Creek National Council, and the fact of such ratification shall have been proclaimed as hereinafter provided.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="22">22. </num>
<content>The principal chief, as soon as practicable after the ratification <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Submission of agreement to Creek National council for ratification.</p></sidenote> of this agreement by Congress, shall call an extra session of the Creek Nation council and submit this agreement, as ratified by Congress, to such council for its consideration, and if the agreement be ratified by the National council, as provided in the constitution of the tribe, the principal chief shall transmit to the President of the United States a certified copy of the act of the council ratifying the agreement, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote> thereupon the President shall issue his proclamation making public <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 2021.</p></sidenote> announcement of such ratification, thenceforward all the provisions of this agreement shall have the force and effect of law.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1324: To authorize the city of Little Falls, Minnesota, to construct a wagon and foot bridge across the Mississippi River within the limits of said city.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1324</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 505</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1324.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the city of Little Falls, Minnesota, to construct a wagon and foot bridge across the Mississippi River within the limits of said city.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/201">Public, No. 201</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the city of Little Falls, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Little Falls, Minn, may bridge.</p></sidenote> in the State of Minnesota, through its corporate authorities, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain a wagon and foot bridge, with necessary approaches, across the Mississippi River, for the purpose of connecting Broadway street east with Broadway street west, in said city. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wagon and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, animals, foot passengers, and for all road travel.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the said bridge authorized to be constructed under this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote> Act shall be built and constructed upon plans to be approved by the Secretary of War, and shall be subject to the free use of the public under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the city of Little Falls.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That said bridge shall be a lawful structure, and shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> recognized and known as a post route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and 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 the transportation over the road or roads leading to said bridge. Equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph rights.</p></sidenote> all telegraph companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal-telegraph purposes, and all changes in said bridge required by the Secretary of War <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> at any time, or its entire removal, shall be at the expense of the corporation owning or operating said bridge.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void unless the bridge authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval thereof.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1325: To amend section four of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a permanent Census Office,” approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and two.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1325</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/506">506</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1325.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section four of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a permanent Census Office,” approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and two.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/202">Public, No. 202</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Census Office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unskilled laborers authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 51.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section four of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for a permanent Census Office,” approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting, after the word “<quotedText>watchmen,</quotedText>” and before the words “and charwomen,” where the same occur in said section four, the words “unskilled laborers.”</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1326: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of lands, and so forth,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1326</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 506</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1326.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of lands, and so forth,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/203">Public, No. 203</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oklahoma.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction of waterworks, school-houses, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1094, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section one of the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws relating to the disposition of lands, and so forth,” be amended by adding thereto the following:<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<proviso>“<i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, out of the proceeds of the sales of town lots in the towns of Lawton, Comanche County; Anadarko, Caddo County, and Hobart, Kiowa County, in the Territory of Oklahoma, heretofore had pursuant to the authority of the Act aforesaid, to cause to be expended, subject to his control and supervision and upon the recommendation of the legally constituted authorities of each of said towns, for the construction of public waterworks, schoolhouses, and such other municipal improvements as may be advisable and advantageous to the inhabitants of said towns, the following additional sums, to wit: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anadarko.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hobart.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of appropriation for county court-houses.</p></sidenote> the town of Lawton, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; for the town of Anadarko, sixty thousand dollars, and for the town of Hobart, fifty thousand dollars:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the sum of ten thousand dollars, as provided in the Act whereof this is amendatory, for the construction of a county court-house in each of the towns aforesaid, shall be, and hereby is, increased to the sum of thirty thousand dollars each for the construction of such county court-houses in each town.”</proviso>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1327: To amend the Act of May twelfth, nineteen hundred, authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to redeem or make allowance for internal-revenue stamps.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1327</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 506</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1327.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend the Act of May twelfth, nineteen hundred, authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to redeem or make allowance for internal-revenue stamps.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/204">Public, No. 204</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal revenue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption of stamps.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 178, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to redeem or make allowance for internal-revenue stamps,” approved May twelfth, nineteen hundred, be amended by adding to the second proviso the following: “<quotedText>Excepting documentary and proprietary stamps issued <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 451.</p></sidenote> under the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which stamps may be redeemed as hereinbefore authorized, upon presentation prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred and four,</quotedText>” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> so that said proviso shall read as follows: “<proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Documentary, etc., stamps, time extended.</p></sidenote> claim for the redemption of or allowance for stamps shall be allowed unless presented within two years after the purchase of said stamps <page identifier="/us/stat/32/507">507</page> from the Government, excepting documentary and proprietary stamps <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 451.</p></sidenote> issued under the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which stamps may be redeemed as hereinbefore authorized, upon presentation prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred and four.</proviso>”</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1328: Making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1328</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 507</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1328.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/205">Public, No. 205</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the following sums be, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army appropriations.</p></sidenote> 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, nineteen hundred and three:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>commanding general’s office. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commanding General’s Office.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To defray the contingent expenses of the Commanding General’s <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> Office in his discretion, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Contingencies of the Army</inline>: For all contingent expenses of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses of the Army.</p></sidenote> Army not provided for by other estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>adjutant-general’s department. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjutant-General’s Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several military <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses at headquarters.</p></sidenote> 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, professional newspapers and periodicals, and police utensils, seven thousand five hundred dollars, to be allotted by the Secretary of War, and to be expended in the discretion of the several military department commanders.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the military information division, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military information division.</p></sidenote> Adjutant-General’s Office, including the purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals and newspapers, and of the military attachés at the United States embassies and legations abroad, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, six thousand six hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">United States service schools</inline>: To provide means for the theoretical <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States service schools.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Monroe, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Willets Point, N. Y.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Leavenworth, Kans.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Riley, Kans.</p></sidenote> and practical instruction at the artillery school at Fort Monroe, Virginia; the school of submarine defense at Willetts Point, New York; the general service and staff college at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and the cavalry and field artillery school at Fort Riley, Kansas, by the purchase of text-books, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, the purchase of modern instruments and material for theoretical and practical instruction, and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, to be allotted in such proportions as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be for the best interest of the military service, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>office of the chief signal officer. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of chief signal officer.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Signal Service of the Army</inline>: For expenses of the Signal Service <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equipment, and repair of field electric telegraphs, signal equipments and stores, binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including neces-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/508">508</page>sary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; war balloons; telephone apparatus (excluding exchange service) and maintenance of the same; electrical installations and maintenance at military posts; maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines and cables, 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, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electrical communication, etc.</p></sidenote> For the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of the necessary lines and means of electrical communication, including telephones, dial and other telegraphs, wiring, and all special instruments, apparatus, and materials connected with the use of coast artillery, two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military telegraph, etc., Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 206.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty-nine thousand two hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That so much of the appropriation of four hundred and fifty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars, made by the army appropriation Act approved May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, page two hundred and six), for the purpose of connecting headquarters, Department of Alaska, at Saint Michael, by military telegraph and cable lines with other military stations in Alaska, as shall remain unexpended on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, be continued and made available for the same purpose during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pay of officers of the line.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of line officers.</p></sidenote> For pay of officers of the line, five million dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For pay of officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, one million sixty-five thousand four hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leave credits for volunteer service.</p></sidenote> twenty dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That officers appointed to the Regular Army from the volunteer service, whose service has been continuous, shall, in the computation of leaves of absence after their appointment in the Regular Army, be entitled to the leave credits which accrued to them as volunteer officers where such leave credits were not availed of during their volunteer service.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pay of enlisted men.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlisted men.</p></sidenote> For pay of enlisted men of all grades, including recruits, eleven million five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay for length of service for all enlisted men, exclusive of Hospital Corps, nine hundred and sixty-six thousand four hundred and ninety-two dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Three Engineer Battalions.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineers.</p></sidenote> Two hundred and seventy-one thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> Additional pay for length of service, twenty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>ordnance department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance.</p></sidenote> One hundred and seventy-one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> Additional pay for length of service, thirty-five thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>noncommissioned staff (unattached to regiments).</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Noncommissioned staff.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> One hundred and eighty-three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Additional pay for length of service, thirty-five thousand two hundred and ninety-three dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/509">509</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>signal corps.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Two hundred and thirty-one thousand nine hundred and sixty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Corps.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Additional pay for length of service, eleven thousand seven hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> and thirty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter second-class privates of the Signal Corps <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Designation of privates.</p></sidenote> shall be designated as privates, with the same pay and allowances as now allowed by law to second-class privates:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That fifty first-class sergeants may be temporarily added to the Signal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional, Philippine and Alaska service.</p></sidenote> Corps for service in the Philippine Islands and Alaska; such additional force, or part thereof, to be continued only as long as in the opinion of the Secretary of War (or the President) it may be necessary for the efficiency of the Army.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>hospital corps.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nine hundred and forty-five thousand nine hundred and forty-eight <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital Corps.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Additional pay for length of service, fifty-five thousand two hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> and ninety-six dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pay to clerks and messengers at department headquarters and at headquarters of the army.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One chief clerk, at two thousand dollars per annum, at headquarters <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerks and messengers at headquarters.</p></sidenote> of the Army, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Four clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ten clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Twenty-five clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sixty-five clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Eighty-six clerks, at one thousand dollars each per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Sixty-eight messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, two hundred and seventy-three thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And said clerks and messengers shall be employed and assigned by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apportionment.</p></sidenote> the Secretary of War to the offices and positions in which they are to serve.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>for pay of the staff. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General staff.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Adjutant-General’s Department</inline>: For pay of officers in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjutant-General’s Department.</p></sidenote> Adjutant-General’s Department, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, one hundred and eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Inspector-General’s Department</inline>: For pay of officers in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspector-General’s Department.</p></sidenote> Inspector-General’s Department, fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> with their current monthly pay, fifteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, sixty-six thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of staff service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 755.</p></sidenote> That no officer hereafter detailed or appointed under the provisions of section twenty-six of the Act of February second, nineteen hundred and one, who has less than four years to serve from the date of his detail or appointment to the date of his retirement shall serve under <page identifier="/us/stat/32/510">510</page> such detail or appointment or be paid as if on the active list beyond the date of his retirement.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer Corps.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">The Corps of Engineers</inline>: For pay of officers in the Corps of Engineers, three hundred and thirty-one thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, ninety-nine thousand five hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, four hundred and thirty-one thousand four hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance Department.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Ordnance Department</inline>: For pay of officers in the Ordnance Department, one hundred and fifty-six thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, forty-six thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, two hundred and three thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster’s Department.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Quartermaster’s Department</inline>: For pay of officers in the Quartermaster’s Department, two hundred and twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, sixty-seven thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, two hundred and ninety thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence Department.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Subsistence Department</inline>: For pay of officers in the Subsistence Department, one hundred and forty-nine thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, thirty-one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, one hundred and eighty thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical Department.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Medical Department</inline>: For pay of officers in the Medical Department, six hundred and fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, one hundred and ninety-five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, eight hundred and forty-six thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay Department.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Pay Department</inline>: For pay of officers in the Pay Department, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, thirty-eight thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, one hundred and sixty-six thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judge-Advocate-General’s Department.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Judge-Advocate-General’s Department</inline>: For pay of officers in the Judge-Advocate-General’s Department, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, fifty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signal Corps.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Signal Corps</inline>: For pay of the officers of the Signal Corps, seventy-two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twenty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, ninety-four thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Record and Pension Office.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Record and Pension Office</inline>: For pay of officers of the Record and Pension Office, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/511">511</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>retired officers. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retired list.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of officers on the retired list, and for officers who may be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers.</p></sidenote> placed thereon during the current year, one million six hundred and forty-three thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars and seven cents: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the military storekeeper now on duty at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Doorkeeper to the President.</p></sidenote> White House as doorkeeper to the President may be continued in that employment and shall receive the full pay and allowances of his grade from the date of his retirement until relieved by the President; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursing officer to Chief of Ordnance.</p></sidenote> when the ordnance storekeeper with the rank of major now on duty as disbursing officer and assistant to the Chief of Ordnance is retired he shall be retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> with their current monthly pay, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of this sum shall be used for payment <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Further increase limited.</p></sidenote> of further increase of longevity pay to officers now on the retired list and officers hereafter retired from active service shall not be therefrom allowed or paid any increase of longevity pay above the sum allowed and paid to such officers at the date of retirement, unless retired on account of wounds received in battle.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, two million sixty-eight thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars and seven cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>retired enlisted men.</heading>
<content>For pay of the enlisted men of the Army on the retired list, seven <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlisted men.</p></sidenote> hundred thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of not exceeding one hundred hospital matrons, twelve thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital matrons.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of one Superintendent Nurse Corps, one thousand eight <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Superintendent, Nurse Corps.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one hundred and ninety-nine nurses, one hundred and thirteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nurses.</p></sidenote> thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of forty-two veterinarians, at one thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Veterinarians.</p></sidenote> dollars, sixty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of translator and librarian of the military information <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Translator, etc.</p></sidenote> division, Adjutant-General’s Office, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirty dental surgeons, at one hundred and fifty dollars per <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dental surgeons.</p></sidenote> month, fifty-six thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of ninety paymasters’ clerks, one hundred and twenty-six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paymaster’s clerks.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paymasters’ clerks for length of service, eight thousand nine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote> hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of paymasters’ messengers, ten thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messengers.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For traveling expenses of paymasters’ clerks and expert accountant <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> of the Inspector-General’s Department, twenty-five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter actual expenses only shall be paid to paymasters’ <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Actual expenses to island possessions.</p></sidenote> clerks and the expert accountant of the Inspector-General’s Department for sea travel when traveling on duty to, from, or between our island possessions.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of courts-martial, courts of inquiry, military commissions, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Courts-martial, etc.</p></sidenote> and compensation of reporters and witnesses attending the same, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officer, public buildings and grounds, District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> grounds at Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For commutation of quarters to commissioned officers on duty, with-<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation of quarters, officers.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/512">512</page>out troops, at stations where there are no public quarters, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance, enlisted men.</p></sidenote> For travel allowance to enlisted men on discharge, one million dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing.</p></sidenote> For clothing not drawn due to enlisted men on discharge, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest on soldiers’ deposits.</p></sidenote> For interest on soldiers’ deposits, fifty thousand dollars, and so much as may be necessary to pay back such deposits.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expert accountant.</p></sidenote> For pay of expert accountant for the Inspector-General’s Department, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage to officers, etc.</p></sidenote> For mileage to officers and contract surgeons, when authorized by law, four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contract surgeons.</p></sidenote> For three hundred contract surgeons, five hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twenty per cent increase, enlisted men.</p></sidenote> For additional twenty per centum increase on pay of enlisted men, one million seven hundred and seventy-one thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and thirty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ten per cent increase, officers at foreign stations.</p></sidenote> For additional ten per centum increase on pay of commissioned officers serving at foreign stations, four hundred and fifty-one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Service in distant lands.</p></sidenote> four hundred and fifty-six dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter the pay proper of all commissioned officers and enlisted men serving beyond the limits of the States comprising the Union and the Territories of the United States contiguous thereto shall be increased ten per centum for officers and twenty per centum for enlisted men over and above the rates of pay proper as fixed by law for time of peace, and the time of such service shall be counted from the date of departure from said States to the date of return thereto.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army War College.</p></sidenote> For the continuance of the Army War College, having for its object the direction and coordination of the instruction in the various service schools, extension of the opportunities for investigation and study in the Army and militia of the United States, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emergency fund.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1223.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the unexpended balance of the emergency fund appropriated in the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for the erection of the necessary buildings for the Army War College, established at Washington Barracks, District of Columbia, for the instruction of officers of the Army and militia of the United States.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Porto Rico provisional regiment.</p></sidenote> For Porto Rico provisional regiment of infantry, composed of two battalions of four companies each:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers.</p></sidenote> Pay of officers of the line, fifty-three thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlisted men.</p></sidenote> Pay of enlisted men, one hundred and forty-five thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philippine scouts.</p></sidenote> philippine scouts.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers.</p></sidenote> Fifty first lieutenants, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fifty second lieutenants, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlisted men.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuous service pay for enlisted men.</p></sidenote> Noncommissioned officers and privates, fifty companies, five hundred and fifteen thousand one hundred and sixty dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all enlisted men of the Regular Army who served as commissioned officers of United States Volunteers organized in eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, or who have served or may be now serving as such in the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment or in the Philippine Scouts, who, upon their muster out, have returned or may return to the ranks of the Regular Army, shall have such period of service counted as if it had been rendered as enlisted men, and that they be entitled to all continuous-service pay and to count, in computing the time necessary to enable them to retire, as enlisted men.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/513">513</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>officers—volunteers. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Volunteer officers.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Medical Department</inline>: Fifty majors, one hundred and twenty-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical Department.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">One hundred and fifty captains (mounted), three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">All the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the Army and miscellaneous shall be disbursed and accounted for by the Pay Department as pay of the Army, and fOr that purpose shall constitute one fund.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Subsistence of the Army</inline>: Purchase of subsistence supplies: For <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies.</p></sidenote> issue, as rations to troops, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons and nurses, general prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), and to military prisoners at posts; for sales to officers and enlisted men of the Army; for authorized issues of candles; of toilet articles, barbers’, laundry, and tailors’ materials, for use of general prisoners confined at military posts without pay or allowances, and recruits at recruiting stations; of matches for lighting public fires and lights at posts and stations and in the field; of flour used for paste in target practice; of salt and vinegar for public animals; of issues to Indians employed with the Army, without pay, as guides and scouts, and for toilet paper for use by enlisted men at posts, camps, rendezvous, and offices where water-closets are provided with sewer connections. For payments: For meals for recruiting parties and recruits; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments.</p></sidenote> for hot coffee, canned meats, 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 coffee roasters; for commissary chests, complete, and for renewal of their outfits; for field desks of commissaries; for extra pay <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra-duty pay.</p></sidenote> 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civilian employees.</p></sidenote> 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation.</p></sidenote> payment of the regulation allowances of commutation in in lieu of rations: To enlisted men on furlough; to ordnance sergeants on duty at ungarrisoned posts; to enlisted men and male and female nurses when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, and when traveling on detached duty where 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; and to male and female nurses on leaves of absence. For subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the army transport service; for difference <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army transport service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special diet.</p></sidenote> between the cost of the ration at thirty cents per day and the amount of forty cents per day to be expended by commissaries on request of medical officers for special diet to enlisted patients in hospital who are too sick to be subsisted on the army ration; for difference between the cost of the ration at thirty cents and the cost of rations differing in whole or in part from the ordinary ration, to be issued to enlisted men in camp in the United States during periods of recovery from low conditions of health consequent upon service in unhealthy regions or in debilitating climates (to be expended only under special authority of the Secretary of War); and for ice to organizations of enlisted men <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ice.</p></sidenote> stationed in island possessions; in all, eleven million dollars, to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount.</p></sidenote> expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, and accounted <page identifier="/us/stat/32/514">514</page> for as “Subsistence of the Army,” and for that purpose to constitute one fund.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster’s Department.</p></sidenote> quartermaster’s department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Regular supplies</inline>: Regular supplies of the Quartermaster’s <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1045.</p></sidenote> Department, including their care and protection, consisting of stoves and heating apparatus required for heating offices, hospitals, barracks, and quarters, and recruiting stations; also ranges and stoves and appliances for cooking and serving food, and repair and maintenance of such heating and cooking appliances; of fuel and lights for enlisted men, including recruits, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and offices, and for sale to officers; and including also fuel and engine supplies required in the operation of modern batteries at established posts; for post bakeries; for ice machines and their maintenance where required for the health and comfort of the troops in the insular possessions; for the necessary furniture, text-books, paper, and equipment for the post schools and libraries; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men, including recruits; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forage, etc.</p></sidenote> 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, 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 department orders and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing.</p></sidenote> reports, five million five hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of the appropriations for the Quartermaster’s 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 of competition; and in cases where it is impracticable to have the necessary printing done by contract the same may be done, with the approval of the Secretary of War, by the hire of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchases.</p></sidenote> the necessary labor for the purpose:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That hereafter, except in cases of emergency or where it is impracticable to secure competition, the purchase of all supplies for the use of the various departments and posts of the Army and of the branches of the Army service shall only be made after advertisement, and shall be purchased where the same can be purchased the cheapest, quality and cost of transportation and the interests of the Government considered; but every open-market emergency purchase made in the manner common among business men which exceeds in amount two hundred dollars shall be reported for approval to the Secretary of War under such regulations as he may prescribe.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Incidental expenses</inline>: Postage, cost of telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army; extra pay to soldiers employed on extra duty, under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department, in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads, and other constant labor for periods of not less than ten days, and as clerks for post quartermasters at military posts, and for prison overseers at posts designated by the War Department for the confinement of general prisoners; for expenses of expresses to and from 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; and in all cases where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the Govern-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/515">515</page>ment reimbursement may be made of expenses heretofore or hereafter incurred by individuals of burial and transportation of remains of officers, including acting assistant surgeons, not to exceed the amount now allowed in the case of officers, and for the reimbursement in the cases of enlisted men not exceeding the amount now allowed in their cases may be paid out of the proper funds appropriated by this Act, and the disbursing officers shall be credited with such reimbursement heretofore made; but hereafter no reimbursement shall be made of such expenses incurred prior to the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; 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, including escaped military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pursuit, and no greater sum than fifty dollars for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a donation of five dollars to each dishonorably discharged prisoner upon his release from confinement under court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge; for the following <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horse expenditures.</p></sidenote> 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, blacksmiths’ tools and materials, horseshoes and blacksmiths’ 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 operations of the Army and at military posts, and not expressly assigned to any other department, two million three hundred thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Horses for cavalry and artillery</inline>: For the purchase of horses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses, etc.</p></sidenote> for the cavalry and artillery, and for 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, six hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the number of horses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote> purchased under this appropriation, added to the number now on hand, shall be limited to the actual needs of the mounted service, and unless otherwise ordered by the Secretary of War, 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 under the direction and authority of the Secretary of War.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Barracks and quarters</inline>: For barracks and quarters for troops, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks and quarters.</p></sidenote> storehouses for the safe-keeping 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, including the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, three million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and whenever in the opinion of the President <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposal of certain posts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indianapolis, Ind.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbus, Ohio.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buffalo, N. Y.</p></sidenote> the lands and improvements, or any portion of them, of the military posts or reservations at Indianapolis, Indiana, Columbus, Ohio, and Buffalo, New York, have become undesirable for military purposes he may, in his discretion, cause the same to be appraised and sold at public sale at not less than the appraised value, either as a whole or in subdivisions, under such regulations as to public notice and terms and conditions of sale as be may prescribe, and the proceeds to be deposited in the Treasury. And a sum of money not exceeding the proceeds of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of new sites.</p></sidenote> such sale or sales at each of such places respectively is hereby appro-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/516">516</page>priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of such land at or in the vicinity of Indianapolis, Indiana, Columbus, Ohio, and Buffalo, New York, respectively, as may be required for military purposes, and for building barracks or quarters on such lands to be devoted to military purposes; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to make such purchases of lands for the establishment of military posts at or in the vicinity of such places, respectively: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation of fuel, etc.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no part of the moneys so appropriated shall be paid for commutation of fuel or for quarters to officers or enlisted men:</proviso>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civilian employees.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the number of and total sum paid for civilian employees in the Quartermaster’s Department, including those paid from the funds appropriated for regular supplies, incidental expenses, barracks and quarters, army transportation, clothing, camp and garrison equipage, shall be limited to the actual requirements of the service, and that no employee paid therefrom shall receive a salary of more than one hundred and fifty dollars per month, except upon the approval of the Secretary of War.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post exchanges, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Post exchanges</inline>: For the construction, equipment, and maintenance of suitable buildings at military posts and stations for the conduct of the post exchange, school, library, reading, lunch, amusement rooms, and gymnasium, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the Secretary of War, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philippines.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarters.</p></sidenote> For the proper shelter and protection of officers and enlisted men of the Army of the United States lawfully on duty in the Philippine Islands, including the acquisition of title to building sites where necessary, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amount.</p></sidenote> to be expended in the discretion of the President, and to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report on expenditures.</p></sidenote> immediately available, one million five hundred thousand dollars; and the President is directed to report a detailed statement of the expenditure of this sum to each session of Congress until the entire appropriation is expended.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of the Army and its supplies</inline>: Transportation of the Army, including baggage of the troops when moving either by land or water, and including also the transportation of recruits and recruiting parties heretofore paid from the appropriation for “Expenses for 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 vessels and boats required for the transportation of troops and 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 trainmasters 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to land-grant railroads.</p></sidenote> wharves; for the 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/32/517">517</page> cases decided under such land-grant Acts), but in no case shall more <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum.</p></sidenote> than fifty per centum of full amount of service be paid: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Basis of compensation.</p></sidenote> 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:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in expending the money appropriated by this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fifty per cent to railroads not bond aided.</p></sidenote> 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 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 that 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, twenty-five million dollars:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the balance <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance for Alaska roads, etc., available.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 214.</p></sidenote> of the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars made by the Act of May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred, for construction of military roads and bridges in Alaska remaining unexpended on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby reappropriated and made available for such construction:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the number of draft <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Draft animals.</p></sidenote> animals purchased from this appropriation, added to those now on hand, shall be limited to such numbers as are actually required for the service.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Clothing, and camp and garrison equipage</inline>: For cloth, woolens, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing, camp and garrison equipage.</p></sidenote> materials, 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; for a suit of citizen’s outer clothing, to cost not exceeding ten dollars, to be issued upon release from confinement to each prisoner who has been confined under a court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge; for indemnity to officers and men of the Army for clothing and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by order of medical officers of the Army for sanitary reasons, four million dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Construction and repair of hospitals</inline>: For construction and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospitals.</p></sidenote> repair 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hot Springs, Ark.</p></sidenote> required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, except quarters for the officers, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Quarters for hospital stewards</inline>: For construction of quarters <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarters for hospital stewards.</p></sidenote> for hospital stewards at military posts already established and occupied, including the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Shooting galleries and ranges</inline>: For shelter, shooting galleries, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shooting ranges, etc.</p></sidenote> ranges for small-arms target practice, repairs, and expenses incident thereto, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">United States Army general hospitals</inline>: For construction and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General hospitals.</p></sidenote> repair of United States Army general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, to be made immediately available, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/518">518</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Medical Department.</p></sidenote> medical department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Medical and Hospital Department</inline>: For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, including disinfectants for military posts, camps, hospitals, hospital ships, and transports; for the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance office-making plants; for expenses of medical supply depots; for medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the Army on duty, and of prisoners of war and other persons in military custody or confinement, at posts and stations for which no other provision is made, under such regulations as shall have <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Epidemic, etc., diseases.</p></sidenote> been or shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War; for the proper care and treatment of epidemic and contagious diseases in the Army or at military posts or stations, including measures to prevent the spread thereof, and the payment of reasonable damages not otherwise provided for for bedding and clothing injured or destroyed in such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nurses, etc.</p></sidenote> prevention; for the pay of male and female nurses, not including the Nurse Corps (female), and of cooks and other civilians employed for the proper care of sick officers and soldiers, under such regulations fixing their number, qualifications, assignment, pay, and allowances as shall have been or shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War; for the pay of civilian physicians employed to examine physically applicants for enlistment and enlisted men, and to render other professional services from time to time under proper authority; for the pay of other employees of the Medical Department; for the payment of express companies and local transfers employed directly by the Medical Department for the transportation of medical and hospital supplies, including bidders’ samples and water for analysis; for supplies for use in teaching the art of cooking to the Hospital Corps; for the supply of the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; for advertising, laundry, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, one million dollars, or so much thereof <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance reappropriated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 908.</p></sidenote> as may be necessary, from the balance remaining unexpended on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, of the appropriation of two million dollars made by the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby reappropriated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of purchases in open market.</p></sidenote> Purchase of medicines and medical stores, or the engagement of services not personal for the Medical Department of the Army, may be made by the Medical 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 or employment shall be promptly reported to the Secretary of War.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Museum.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Army Medical Museum and library</inline>: For Army Medical Museum, preservation of specimens, and the preparation and purchase of new specimens, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library.</p></sidenote> For the library of the Surgeon-General’s Office, including the purchase of necessary books of reference and periodicals, ten thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer Department.</p></sidenote> engineer department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">United States engineer depot</inline>: Incidental expenses of the depot, including fuel, lights, chemicals, stationery, hardware, machinery, pay of civilian clerks, mechanics, and laborers, 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 the line of their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers, photographers, engine drivers, telegraph operators, teamsters, wheel-wrights, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers; repairs of, and for materials to repair, public buildings, machinery, and unforeseen expenses, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/519">519</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and repair of instruments, to be issued to officers of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase, etc., of instruments.</p></sidenote> the Corps of Engineers and to officers detailed and on duty as acting engineer officers, for use on public works and surveys, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">United States Engineer School</inline>: Equipment and maintenance of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer School, Washington Barracks, D. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipment, etc.</p></sidenote> the United States Engineer School at Washington Barracks, District of Columbia, including purchase of instruments, implements, and materials, for the use of the school and for instruction of engineer troops in their special duties as sappers and miners; for land and submarine mines, pontoniers, torpedo drill, and signaling; for purchase and binding of professional works of recent date treating of military and civil engineering and kindred scientific subjects, for the library of the United States Engineer School; for incidental expenses of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> school, including, fuel, lights, chemicals, stationery, hardware, machinery, and boats; for pay of civilian clerks, mechanics, and laborers; for 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 the line of their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers, photographers, engine drivers, telegraph operators, teamsters, wheelwrights, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers; repairs of, and for materials to repair, public buildings, machinery, and unforeseen expenses, and for travel <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> expenses of officers on journeys approved by the Chief of Engineers and made for the purpose of instruction: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the traveling <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">In lieu of mileage, etc.</p></sidenote> expenses herein provided for shall be in lieu of mileage and other allowances, forty thousand dollars.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Books, etc.</p></sidenote> United States Engineer School, by the purchase of text-books, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, and for other absolutely necessary expenses, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend the sum <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of balance for construction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1070.</p></sidenote> of five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for barracks and quarters for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, which sum is hereby reappropriated for the construction of the necessary buildings for the Engineer School at Washington Barracks, District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pontoon trains, intrenching tools, instruments, and drawing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pontoon trains, etc.</p></sidenote> materials, and for purchase and printing of engineer manuals for use in the engineer equipment of troops, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For services of surveyors, draftsmen, photographers, master laborers, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveyors, etc.</p></sidenote> clerks to enginer officers on the staff of division, corps, and department commanders, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Total for Engineer Department, one hundred and eight thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>ordnance department. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Ordnance service</inline>: Current expenses of the ordnance service <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p></sidenote> 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, tolls, fuel, and light; 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 purchase of publications for ordnance office library and payment for mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, three hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies</inline>: Manufacture or purchase <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ammunition for small arms.</p></sidenote> of metallic ammunition for small arms for current needs and reserve supply, and ammunition for reloading cartridges, including <page identifier="/us/stat/32/520">520</page> the cost of targets and material for target practice, ammunition for burials at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and its several Branches, including National Soldiers’ Home in Washington. District of Columbia, marksmen’s medals and insignia for all arms of the service, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairing and preserving stores, etc.</p></sidenote> For repairing and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of troops and for issue at the arsenals and depots, seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchases for requisition.</p></sidenote> For purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions of troops, six hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipments.</p></sidenote> For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, including horse equipments for cavalry and artillery, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preserving, etc., ordnance.</p></sidenote> For overhauling, cleaning, and preserving new ordnance and ordnance stores on hand at the arsenals, posts, and depots, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Morning and evening gun.</p></sidenote> For firing the morning and evening gun at military posts prescribed by General Orders, Numbered Seventy, Headquarters of the Army, dated July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and its several Branches, including National Soldiers’ Home in Washington, District of Columbia, and at Soldiers and Sailors’ State Homes, including material for cartridges, bags, reworking obsolete powder, and so forth, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Artillery targets.</p></sidenote> For targets for artillery practice and implements for mechanical maneuvers, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manufacturing arms, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight charges on ordnance, etc.</p></sidenote> Manufacture, repairing, procuring, and issuing arms at the national armories, one million seven hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter no part of the appropriations made for the Ordnance Department shall be used in payment of freight charges on ordnance or ordnance stores issued by said Department.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchases in open market limited</p></sidenote> Purchase of ordnance and ordnance stores and supplies may be made 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.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1329: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1329.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/206">Public, No. 206</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Code amendments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1189.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following amendments are hereby made to an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 3 so as to read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Justices of the peace.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1190.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Number reduced.</p></sidenote> Appointment and Qualifications.—</heading><content class="inline">There shall be six justices of the peace in the District, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, for a term of four years, unless sooner <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Qualifications.</p></sidenote> removed as provided by law: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no person shall be appointed to said office unless he shall have been a bona fide resident of said District for the continuous period of at least five years immediately preceding his appointment, and shall either have held the office of justice of the peace in said District for a period of at least two years or shall, have been engaged in the actual practice of law before the supreme court of the District for a period of at least five years prior to his appointment. Each of said justices before entering upon the duties of his office shall take an oath for the faithful and impartial per-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/521">521</page>formance of the duties of his office, and shall give bond in such form, in such penalty, and with such surety or sureties as may be prescribed by the supreme court of the District. And said supreme court shall from time to time divide the said District into subdistricts and prescribe the place in each subdistrict where the justice thereof shall have his office for the transaction of business, and may change the boundaries of such subdistricts and the localities of the offices of the justices therein from time to time as the volume and convenience of the business may require. No justice of the peace during his term of office shall engage <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Practice of law forbidden.</p></sidenote> in the practice of the law, subject to the penalty of removal from his office. When the number of such justices of the peace shall be reduced <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reduction of number after present service.</p></sidenote> by death, resignation, or expiration of term of service, or otherwise, to six, the number of such justices of the peace shall be six only, and if the number shall not be reduced to six until the expiration of the term of the present justices of the peace only six vacancies shall then be filled.</proviso></content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 5 by striking out the word “<quotedText>hold</quotedText>” in the thirteenth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal change.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1190.</p></sidenote> line thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>do;</quotedText>” also by striking out at the end of said section the words, “<quotedText>In any suit brought <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of causes stricken out.</p></sidenote> before a justice of the peace the defendant, his agent or attorney, may have the cause removed to the next nearest justice, upon filing an affidavit with the justice issuing the writ, on the return day or day of trial of the action, that he does not believe said justice will give him a fair and impartial trial.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 9 by striking out the word “<quotedText>place</quotedText>” in the first line <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1191.</p></sidenote> thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>peace.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend the caption of section 12, so that it will read “<inline class="smallCaps">judgments <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments and executions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issue of writs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1192.</p></sidenote> and executions</inline>.” Amend said section 12 by adding at the end thereof the words “justices of the peace are authorized to issue writs of execution in all cases in which they are authorized to render judgment. A judgment entered by a justice of the peace shall remain in force for three years and no more after its rendition, unless the same shall have been docketed in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, as provided by section twenty-nine.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 13 by inserting in the sixteenth line thereof, after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Replevin affidavit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1192.</p></sidenote> the word “<quotedText>replevin,</quotedText>” the words “between the parties.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 26 by inserting in the eighth line thereof, after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nonresident witness, agents’ application.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1194.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>party,</quotedText>” the words “or his agent or attorney.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 27 by inserting in the first line thereof after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inability of justice.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1194.</p></sidenote> phrase “<quotedText>in case of the death,</quotedText>” the words “or inability to act.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 29 by striking out in the ninth line thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Docketed judgments, effect.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1194.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>as to lien and execution.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 31 by inserting in the last line thereof after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Undertakings, notice to attorney.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1194.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>appellant</quotedText>” the words “or his attorney.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 33 by inserting in the second line thereof after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extension of levies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1194.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>execution</quotedText>” the words “or other process.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 35 by striking out in the second line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Costs against claimants extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1195.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>execution</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>such process;</quotedText>” also by striking out in the third line thereof the words “<quotedText>in the execution.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 39 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="39">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 39. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Retiring justices, and removal, resignation, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retiring justices, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1195.</p></sidenote> death.—</heading><content class="inline"><p class="inline">It shall be the duty of every justice of the peace hereafter appointed, upon his resignation or removal from office, or the expiration of his commission, and in case of his death, it shall be the duty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delivery to successor.</p></sidenote> of his executor or administrator, if such dockets, or papers have come to his possession or are within his control, to deliver all dockets and all original papers in cases in the possession of such justice of the peace at the time of his resignation, removal, expiration of commission, or death, to his successor in office.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/522">522</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for failure.</p></sidenote> “Upon failure of any person to deliver such dockets and papers as in this section provided, he shall forfeit to the United States the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered as other penalties are recovered. And every justice of the peace hereafter appointed shall have the same jurisdiction to issue executions and attachments upon all unsatisfied judgments in dockets in his possession, and certify copies thereof and copies of papers on file with him, as in cases brought before and judgments rendered by him. And the successor of a deceased justice of the peace shall have jurisdiction to try causes pending before <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Continuance of actions.</p></sidenote> the deceased at the time of his death:” <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no action pending before a justice of the peace at the time this code went into effect shall abate, but such action shall not be tried or otherwise disposed of by the justice to whom it may be assigned until he has caused at least two days’ notice of the time and place of trial to be served upon each party to the suit, or his attorney, or the parties or their attorneys agree in writing upon a time and place of trial.</proviso></p></content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1196.</p></sidenote> Amend section 42 by substituting for said section the following:</p>
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<num value="42"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 42. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Constitution.</p></sidenote> Constitution.—</heading><content class="inline">There shall continue to be a police court in the District as at present constituted, consisting of two judges learned in the law, appointed by the President, by and with the advice <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Service extended.</p></sidenote> and consent of the Senate, for the term of six years, or until their successors are appointed, who shall each receive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum. The said judges shall hold separate sessions and may carry on the business of said court separately and simultaneously, and are empowered to make rules for the apportionment of the business between them, and the act of each of said judges respecting the business of said court shall be deemed and taken to be the acts of said court. Each judge when appointed shall take the oath prescribed for judges of courts of the United States.</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 51 by substituting for said section the following:</p>
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<num value="51"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 51. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acting judge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Causes for, added.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1198.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay omitted.</p></sidenote> Disability of judge.—</heading><content class="inline">In cases of sickness, absence, disability, expiration of the term of service of or death of either of the judges of said court, any one of the justices of the supreme court of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 609.</p></sidenote> District of Columbia may designate one of the justices of the peace to discharge the duties of said police judge until such disability be removed or vacancy filled. The justice so designated shall take the same oath prescribed for the judge of the police court.</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date of jurisdiction corrected.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1199.</p></sidenote> Amend section 61 by inserting in the fifth line thereof, after the words “<quotedText>District of Columbia,</quotedText>” the words “under the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, creating that court, and.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restatement of power.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1199.</p></sidenote> Amend section 62 by inserting in the second line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>such,</quotedText>” the words “under said Act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and at the date of the adoption of this code.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers of court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1200.</p></sidenote> Amend section 65 by inserting in the fourteenth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>auditor</quotedText>” the words “and also,” and by striking out the comma in said line fourteen after the word “<quotedText>crier;</quotedText>” also by adding <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction over Potomac Flats cases continued</p></sidenote> at the end of said section the words “<quotedText><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this section contained shall affect the jurisdiction of the supreme court of the District of Columbia in special or general term in the case of the United States versus Martin F. Morris and others, now pending therein, but the jurisdiction of the said court, both in special and general term, and the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 335.</p></sidenote> States shall remain and continue as to said cause, under the Act of Congress entitled ‘An Act to provide for protecting the interests of the United States in the Potomac River Flats in the District of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 599.</p></sidenote> Columbia,’ approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and an Act of Congress approved January seventh, eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 434.</p></sidenote> and ninety-five, entitled ‘An Act supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act establishing a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/523">523</page> and for other purposes,” approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,’ and an Act of Congress entitled ‘An Act relative to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 956.</p></sidenote> the suit instituted for the protection of the interests of the United States in the Potomac River Flats,’ approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, as if the Act entitled ‘An Act to establish a Code of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1189.</p></sidenote> Law for the District of Columbia,’ approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, had not been passed.</proviso></quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 72 by striking out at the end thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special panel.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examination of jurors on voir dire.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1201.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>according to existing law</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText><proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That nothing herein contained shall affect the right of the parties to have all or any of the jurors examined on their voir dire before the list is prepared to determine their competency to sit in the particular case.</proviso></quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 73 by striking out in the fourth line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal changes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1201.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>a.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 75 by striking out in the sixth line thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1201.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>the justice in the.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out the whole of sections 81 and 82. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeals stricken out.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1202.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 83 by striking out at the end thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception, criminal court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1202.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>subject to provisions herein elsewhere contained.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 93 by striking out in the fourth line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Partition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1203.</p></sidenote> words “<quotedText>who was such at the date of this code;</quotedText>” also by striking out the last twenty-one lines of said section after the word “<quotedText><proviso><i>Provided</i>,</proviso></quotedText>” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounting to co-tenants.</p></sidenote> and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>That in every case of partition any tenant in common who may have received the rents and profits of the property to his own use may be required to account to his cotenants for their respective shares of said rents and profits, and any amounts found to be due on said accounting may be charged against the share of the party owing the same in the property, or its proceeds in case of sale.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 102 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="102">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 102. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Process against infants.—</heading><content class="inline">Whenever an infant is a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Process against infants.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1205.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extended to suits at law, etc.</p></sidenote> party defendant in any suit, in equity or at law, the subpoena or summons issued in such suit shall be served upon him personally, and also the person with whom he resides if under sixteen years of age, if within the District, and said infant shall in such case be produced in court, unless, for cause shown, the court shall dispense with his appearance; and it shall be the duty of the court to appoint a suitable and competent person guardian ad litem for such infant, to appear for and defend such suit on his behalf, and whenever in the judgment of the court the interests of such infant shall require it the court shall assign a solicitor or attorney to represent such infant, whose compensation shall be paid by the plaintiff, or out of the estate of such infant, at the discretion of the court.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 104 by striking out in the second line thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Non compos persons.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Process at law, added.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1206.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>equity suit, the subpoena</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>suit at law, or in equity, process.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 108 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="108">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 108. </num>
<content>Every such order shall be published at least once a week <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Service by publication.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1206.</p></sidenote> for three successive weeks, or oftener, or for such further time as may be specially ordered; and no order or decree shall be passed against said absent or nonresident defendant upon proof of notice by such publication unless the complainant, plaintiff, his agent, or solicitor, or attorney shall file in the cause an affidavit showing that at least twenty days before applying for such order or decree he mailed, postpaid, a copy of said advertisement, directed to the party therein ordered to appear, at his last known place of residence, or that he has been unable to ascertain the last place of residence of said party after diligent effort to ascertain the same. On failure of the defendant to appear in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Entry of decree, etc.</p></sidenote> obedience to said notice within the time named therein, a decree or <page identifier="/us/stat/32/524">524</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assignment of counsel added.</p></sidenote> judgment by default may be entered: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if the said absent or nonresident defendant be an infant, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to answer and defend for him, and may assign counsel to represent him as provided in section one hundred and two.</proviso>”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unknown parties.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1207.</p></sidenote> Amend the caption of section 110 by striking out the word “<quotedText>heirs</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>parties.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal corrections.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1207.</p></sidenote> Amend section 111 by striking out in the tenth and eleventh lines thereof the word “<quotedText>plaintiff</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>complainant;</quotedText>” also by striking out in the twentieth line thereof the word “<quotedText>nine</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>ten;</quotedText>” also by striking out in the twenty-fifth line thereof the word “<quotedText>claimant</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>complainant.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Change of sections.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1208.</p></sidenote> Following section 115, and between that section and section 116, insert the following sections:</p>
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<num value="115a"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 115a. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equity court, jurisdiction added.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lunacy proceedings.</p></sidenote> Lunacy proceedings.—</heading><content class="inline">All writs du lunatico inquirendo shall issue from said equity court, and the justice holding said court shall preside at all inquisitions of lunacy, and, when necessary, may use a jury from either the circuit or criminal court, or may cause a special jury to be summoned for such inquisitions.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11b"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 115b. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estates of lunatics.</p></sidenote> Estates of lunatics.—</heading><content class="inline">The said court shall have full power and authority to superintend and direct the affairs of persons non compos mentis, and to appoint a committee or trustees for such persons after hearing the nearest relatives of such person or some of them if residing within the jurisdiction of the court, and to make such orders and decrees for the care of their persons and the management and preservation of their estates, including the collection, sale, exchange, and reinvestment of their personal estate, as to the court may seem proper. The court may, upon such terms as under the circumstances of the case it may deem proper, decree the conveyance and release of any right of dower of a person non compos mentis, whether the same be inchoate or otherwise.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="115c"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 115c. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Power of court.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The court shall have the same power in respect of the freehold or leasehold estates of such persons as is provided for in relation to the estates of infants, to be exercised upon the application of the guardian, trustee, or committee of such person; and upon the death of any such person non compos mentis the proceeds of any sale of his estate which may have been invested otherwise than in real estate shall be deemed real estate, and shall descend as the property or estate would if it had not been sold.</content>
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<num value="115d"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 115d. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The said court may order any part of the estate of a person non compos mentis, for whom a committee, guardian, or trustee has been appointed, to be sold, when necessary for his maintenance, upon application of said committee, guardian, or trustee, and full <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of claims.</p></sidenote> proof of the necessity of such sale. Upon the application of any judgment creditor or mortgagee of a person non compos mentis the court may decree a sale of the real or personal estate of such non compos mentis, or such part thereof as may be necessary to pay the claim of such creditor, upon being satisfied that such claim is just and there are no other means of paying the same.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="115e"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 115e. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification of sales.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">No sales of the property of infants or persons non compos mentis made by authority of the aforegoing sections shall be valid and effectual to pass title to the property sold until they have been reported to and ratified by the court.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="115f"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 115f. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incapacitated drunkards.</p></sidenote> Drunkards.—</heading><content class="inline"><p class="inline">Whenever any person residing in said District, and owning any estate, real or personal, situate therein, is unfit from the habitual use of intoxicating liquors, or from the habitual use of opium, cocaine, or any similar substance, or any compound or derivative thereof, to properly manage or control the same, the said court, on the petition of any creditor or relative of such person, or if there be no creditor or relative, upon the petition of any person living <page identifier="/us/stat/32/525">525</page> in said District, and upon summons being regularly served upon such person so alleged to be unlit to manage or control his property as aforesaid, commanding him to appear and answer such petition, may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of committee.</p></sidenote> order a jury to be summoned to ascertain whether such person be an habitual drunkard or addicted to the habitual use of opium, cocaine, or any similar substance or any compound or derivative thereof and unfit from any of these causes to manage and control his property, and if the jury shall find that such person is an habitual drunkard or an habitual user of opium, cocaine, or any similar substance or any compound or derivative thereof and unfit to manage or control his property, such finding, when confirmed by the court, shall be entered of record in said cause, and it shall be the duty of the court thereupon to appoint some fit person to be committee of the person so declared unfit to manage or control his property as aforesaid.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Such committee before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties.</p></sidenote> execute a bond, with surety, to be approved by the said court or one of the justices thereof, to the United States in a penalty equal to the amount of the personal property and the yearly rents to be derived from the real estate of such person, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such committee; and he shall have control of the said estate, real and personal, with power to collect all debts due said drunkard, and to adjust and settle all accounts owing by him, and to sue and be sued in his representative capacity. He shall apply the annual income of the estate of such habitual drunkard to the support of said person, and the maintenance of his family and education of his children; and shall in all other respects perform the same duties and have the same rights as pertain to committees of lunatics and idiots.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">When any person for whom a committee has been appointed under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restoration on reform.</p></sidenote> the provisions of this section shall become competent to manage his property on account of reformation in his habits, he may apply to said court to have said committee discharged and the care and control of his property restored to him; and if it shall appear by the verdict of a jury summoned therefor, or by affidavits, or other evidence to the satisfaction of the court, that said applicant is a fit person to have the care or control of his property, an order shall be entered restoring such person to all the rights and privileges enjoyed before said committee was appointed. And as to the property of any person for whom a committee has been so appointed the court shall have the same powers that are herein given to it in respect of the property of infants.</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 119 by inserting in the tenth line, after the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Probate court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers added.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1209.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>guardians,</quotedText>” the words “to enforce the rendition of inventories and accounts by executors, administrators, collectors, guardians, and trustees required to account to said court;” and by striking out in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of real estate stricken out.</p></sidenote> thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth lines thereof the words “<quotedText>and concurrently with the equity court to direct the sale of real estate of decedents for the payment of their debts and the application of the proceeds thereof;</quotedText>” also by striking out in the twentieth line thereof <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p></sidenote> the word “<quotedText>four</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>five.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 121 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="121">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 121. </num>
<content>The said register of wills may receive inventories and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Register of wills.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1209.</p></sidenote> accounts of sales, examine vouchers, and state accounts of executors, administrators, collectors, and guardians, subject to final passage or ejection of same by the court, may take probate of claims against the estates of deceased persons that are proper to be brought before him, and pass any claims not exceeding three hundred dollars; may take the probate of wills and accept the bonds of executors, administrators, collectors, and guardians, subject to approval by the court. It shall be his duty to make full and fair entries of the proceedings of said court, and also to make a fair record in a strong bound book or books of all wills proved before him or said court, and of all other matters <page identifier="/us/stat/32/526">526</page> by law directed to be recorded in said court, and to lodge every original paper filed with him in such place of safety as the court may appoint. He shall make out and issue every summons, process, and order of the court, and in every respect act under its control and direction in reference to matters coming within the jurisdiction of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two deputies authorized.</p></sidenote> court. He shall be, and hereby is, authorized to appoint two deputies, who may do and perform any and all the acts necessary in the administration of his office and the certification of the records of said court which he himself is authorized to do; also to appoint and fix the number and the compensation of the employees of said probate court and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures.</p></sidenote> office of register of wills: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any expenditures incurred by him in so doing shall not be a charge upon the public Treasury, but shall, together with his own compensation, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum, be paid out of the revenues of the office <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees limited.</p></sidenote> of register of wills:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the employees of said office shall not be in excess of the number actually necessary for the proper conduct of the office of said register of wills.</proviso></content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1211.</p></sidenote> Amend section 129 by striking out in the second line thereof the word “<quotedText>hereinafter</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>herein.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unknown parties.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1211.</p></sidenote> Amend section 130 by striking out from the end thereof, “<quotedText>If the parties in interest, or any of them, be unknown, upon statement of that fact in the petition under oath, they may be described therein, and in the notice by publication, as the unknown heirs and next of kin of the decedent, with like effect as if known and specifically named in the petition, notice, and proceedings,</quotedText>” and insert in lieu thereof the following:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication.</p></sidenote> “In all cases where it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that all or any of the next of kin or heirs at law of the deceased are unknown, such unknown next of kin or heirs at law may be proceeded against and described in the publication of notice hereinbefore provided for as ‘the unknown next of kin,’ or ‘the unknown heirs at law,’ as the case may be, of the deceased, and by such publication of such notice under such designation such unknown next of kin and heirs at law shall be as effectually bound and concluded as if known and their names were specifically set forth in said order of publication.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Further probate.</p></sidenote> “In case any will shall have been heretofore admitted to probate upon publication against unknown heirs or next of kin, any person interested may file a petition for further probate of such will, alleging that the heirs at law or next of kin of the deceased, or some of them, as the case may be, are unknown, and upon satisfactory showing being made to the court publication of notice may be made against the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Confirmation.</p></sidenote> unknown next of kin or heirs at law of the deceased; and upon such publication being made, as required by the court, a decree may be made confirming such previous probate, and such decree so made shall be as effectual as if the said heirs at law or next of kin were named in the order of publication.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substance of issues to be published.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1213</p></sidenote> Amend section 140 by striking out in the sixteenth and seventeenth lines thereof the words “<quotedText>a copy of the issues and notification of trial,</quotedText>” and by inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>the substance of the issues and of the date fixed for the trial thereof.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 142 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="142">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 142. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Trial of other issues.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1214.</p></sidenote> Trial of other issues.—</heading><content class="inline">The trial of other issues pending in said court than such as relate to the execution or validity of wills <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authority of judge.</p></sidenote> shall also be had in said court. For the trial of issues not relating to wills the justice holding said court shall have authority to fix the time of trial and determine the notice thereof to be given.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal changes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1214.</p></sidenote> Amend section 143 by striking out in the second line thereof the word “<quotedText>trial</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>proceeding.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 144 by inserting in the eighth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>unless,</quotedText>” the words “and until.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 146 by striking out in the twelfth and thirteenth lines <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of decedent’s realty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1214.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditor’s report.</p></sidenote> thereof the words “<quotedText>a deficiency of personal assets for such purposes</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>such debts and legacies, the deficiency of personal assets, and the real estate necessary to be sold for the payment of debts and legacies.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 162 by inserting in the third line thereof, after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executory devises.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1216.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>reversion,</quotedText>” the words “or executory devise.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 163 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="163">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 163. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Lease of infant’s estate.—</heading><content class="inline">In cases where it shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lease of infant’s estate.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1216.</p></sidenote> appear to the court that it will be to the advantage of the infant that his real estate shall be demised, the said court shall have the power to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Power of court.</p></sidenote> decree that the same be so demised for a term of years not to exceed the minority of the infant, yielding such rents and on such terms and conditions as the court may direct: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That where the infant <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consent of other interests.</p></sidenote> is entitled to only a part of the estate as tenant in common, joint tenant, tenant of the particular estate, or remainderman, or otherwise, all the owners of the other interests assent to the passing of such decree.”</proviso></content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 164 by striking out in the second line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mortgage of infant’s estate.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance added.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1216.</p></sidenote> words “<quotedText>as provided in the foregoing section;</quotedText>” also by inserting in the fourth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>mortgage</quotedText>,” the words “for his maintenance or.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out the whole of sections 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, and 172. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sections transferred.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 524.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 174 by inserting in the fourth line after the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme Court employees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1219.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>clerks</quotedText>” the words “and other necessary employees.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 175 by striking out the proviso at the end and inserting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Costs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1219.</p></sidenote> in lieu thereof the following:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“<quotedText><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for proceedings in the probate court deposits and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Probate court.</p></sidenote> fees shall be paid to the register of wills, who shall be entitled to demand and may require, upon the presentation for filing of a petition or a caveat to a will, a deposit for his fees to be charged for the proceedings under such petition or such caveat; and upon such deposit becoming exhausted in the liquidation of his fees so charged, he may demand and require a further deposit from the original petitioner or caveator; but such deposits shall not be required in excess of fifteen dollars at any one time.</proviso></quotedText>”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 176 by adding at the end of the first line thereof after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Discretion as to poor suitors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1219.</p></sidenote> the word “<quotedText>persons</quotedText>” the words “in the discretion and.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 177 by striking out in the third and fourth lines thereof <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Costs in advance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1219.</p></sidenote> the words “<quotedText>immediately after the services are performed</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>in advance.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 178 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="178">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 178. </num>
<content>The clerk shall have power to administer oaths in all cases <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees for oaths, etc., omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1219.</p></sidenote> and also to take acknowledgments of deeds.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 182 so it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="182">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 182. </num>
<content>If a balance be found due from the United States to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance due clerk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1220.</p></sidenote> clerk, the same shall be paid (out of the appropriations for fees of clerks of United States courts), upon presenting to the Treasurer a copy of the decree duly certified. The clerk shall, as in other cases to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Returns provision omitted.</p></sidenote> which the United States is a party, furnish the Solicitor of the Treasury a copy of the decree immediately after it is pronounced.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 183 by striking out in the second line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1220.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>for</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>of.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 185 by striking out all after the word “<quotedText>court</quotedText>” where <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice of divorces omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1220.</p></sidenote> it first occurs in the third line thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 190 by substituting for said section the following:</p>
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<num value="190">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 190. </num>
<content>There shall continue to be a coroner of said District, who <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coroner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointed by Commissioners.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1221.</p></sidenote> shall be appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall receive a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Juror’s service 30 days.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1222.</p></sidenote> Amend section 207 by striking out in the second line thereof the word “<quotedText>twenty</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>thirty.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of appeals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crier and messenger.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1224.</p></sidenote> Amend section 224 by adding to the caption thereof the words “<quotedText>crier and messenger;</quotedText>” also by adding at the end of the section the following: “<quotedText>Said court may appoint a crier at a compensation not to exceed seventy-five dollars a month and a messenger at a compensation not to exceed sixty dollars a month, both payable at the Treasury of the United States, who shall perform such duties as may be assigned by that court.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quotation marks omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1225.</p></sidenote> Amend section 226 by striking out the quotation marks in the third and fourth lines thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abatement.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1228.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceeding to judgment permitted.</p></sidenote> Amend section 237 by striking out in the first line thereof the word “<quotedText>the</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>any;</quotedText>” also by inserting in the fifteenth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>abate,</quotedText>” the words “or the cause may proceed to judgment notwithstanding such failure to appear, as the defendant may elect.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditor report.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Basis of exceptions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1231.</p></sidenote> Amend section 254 by inserting in the twentieth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>true,</quotedText>” the words “to the best of his knowledge and belief.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authority to probate court repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1231.</p></sidenote> Strike out the whole of section 259.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lien on decedent’s property.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1231.</p></sidenote> Amend section 260 by inserting in the third line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>real,</quotedText>” the words “and personal;” also by inserting in the seventh line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>decedent,</quotedText>” the words “at his place of domicile or elsewhere.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executor’s bond.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Party interested, may cause increase, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1232.</p></sidenote> Amend section 263 by striking out in the eleventh and twelfth lines thereof the words “<quotedText>creditor, distributee, or legatee entitled to take under the will,</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>party interested.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 275 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="275">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 275. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special bond of administrator.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1234.</p></sidenote> Special bond.—</heading><content class="inline">If the person appointed as administrator shall be entitled to the residue of the estate after the payment of the debts, he may, instead of the bond herein provided for, execute a bond, with security approved by the court, in such penalty as the court may consider sufficient, conditioned for the payment of all the debts and claims against the deceased, and all damages which shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consent of parties interested.</p></sidenote> recovered against him as administrator; and where the administrator shall file the consent in writing of those entitled to the residue and they shall all be of full age, the court may, if it see fit, direct that only such special bond be given, and in such cases the administrator shall not be required to return any inventory or account, but shall be personally answerable for all debts, claims, and damages that may be recovered against him, in like manner as the executor who gives a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liability of surety.</p></sidenote> similar bond: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the surety or sureties in said bond shall not be liable for a greater amount than the penalty thereof.”</proviso></content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice to relatives limited.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1235.</p></sidenote> Amend section 289 by striking out at the end thereof the words “<quotedText>but it shall not be necessary to notify any collateral relatives more remote than brothers and sisters of the intestate.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out the whole of section 290 and insert in lieu thereof the following:</p>
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<num value="290">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 290. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revocation of administration on probate of will.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1235.</p></sidenote> Will proved after letters granted.—</heading><content class="inline"><p class="inline">If administration be granted, and a will disposing of the estate of the deceased shall afterwards be proved according to law, and letters testamentary shall have issued thereon, the same shall be considered a revocation of the letters of administration. But the administrator shall not be held to answer for any acts done by him according to law, in good faith, and in ignorance of such will and before any actual or implied revocation of his letters; and the executor obtaining letters shall be authorized to prosecute any actions at law or in equity commenced by the administrator and obtain judgment in his own name, and likewise to defend any suit commenced against the administrator; and said executor shall have the benefit of all judgments obtained by the administrator and be <page identifier="/us/stat/32/529">529</page> bound by all judgments obtained against him to the extent of assets received by said executor, unless said judgments were obtained by fraud. And it shall be the duty of said administrator to account for and deliver to the executor without delay all goods, chattels, and personal estate and proceeds of any realty sold in his possession, belonging to the deceased, in default of which his bond may be put in suit by the executor or administrator cum testamento annexo.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“And if distribution of the estate, or any part thereof, shall have <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nonliability of administrator for distribution.</p></sidenote> been lawfully made by the administrator, the distributee or distributees, and their personal representatives, and not the administrator so distributing the estate, shall be answerable for the property so distributed, or its value, to the person or persons thereto entitled.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“And if any will be hereafter adjudged invalid in any action begun <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nonliability of executor, if will afterwards held invalid.</p></sidenote> after distribution of the estate, or any part thereof, lawfully made by the executor or executrix, in good faith and without knowledge on his or her part of the invalidity of such will, and without notice that such action was intended, the distributee or distributees of the property, and their personal representatives, and not such executor or executrix, shall be answerable for the property, or its value, to the person or persons thereto entitled.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 293 by striking out in the fifth line thereof the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1235.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>present</quotedText>” and insert in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>presents.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 297 by inserting in the fifteenth line thereof after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Action on bonds, addition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1236.</p></sidenote> the word “<quotedText>until</quotedText>” the words “when practicable.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 312 by striking out in the second line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1239.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>or.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 317 by inserting in the seventh line thereof after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assets, further exclusion.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1240.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>station</quotedText>” the words “and not including the property exempted by section three hundred and fourteen.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 319 by adding at the end thereof the words: “<quotedText><proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liability of executor’s sureties limited.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1240.</p></sidenote> That in such cases the sureties of the executor shall not be liable if the claim against the executor would have been uncollectible if some other person had been executor.</proviso></quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 321 by adding at the end thereof the words “<quotedText>and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Administrator’s sureties liable.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1240.</p></sidenote> the same rule shall apply to his sureties.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 327 by striking out in the fifth line thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Injuries to reputation, exceptions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1241.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>slander and for</quotedText>” and by inserting in the same line after the word “<quotedText>person</quotedText>” the words “or to the reputation.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 337 by adding at the end thereof the words: “<quotedText><proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notaries public.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authority recognized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1244.</p></sidenote> That such additional certificate shall not be required as to notaries public within the United States or any place under the jurisdiction thereof when the seal of such notary is attached.</proviso></quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out the whole of section 340. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Requirement of executors omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1244.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 351 by striking out in the fourth and fifth lines <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1246.</p></sidenote> thereof the word “<quotedText>there</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof in each of said lines the word “<quotedText>its.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 362 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="362">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 362. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Subsequent accounts.—</heading><content class="inline">If the first account shall not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounts of executors, etc., modified.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1247.</p></sidenote> show the estate which was on hand to be fully administered, other accounts shall be rendered from time to time until the estate is fully administered under such rules as the supreme court of the District may establish.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 363 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="363">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 363. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Failure to account.—</heading><content class="inline">If an executor or administrator <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure to account.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Discretionary revoking of letters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1247.</p></sidenote> shall fail to return an account within the time limited by law or fixed by the rules of court, or within such further time as the probate court shall allow, his letters, on application of any person interested, may be revoked and administration granted at the discretion of the court.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 365 by striking out in the fourth line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Funeral expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance modified</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1248.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>six</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>three;</quotedText>” also by <page identifier="/us/stat/32/530">530</page> inserting in the fifth line thereof after the word “<quotedText>dollars</quotedText>” the following words: “<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for special cause shown the court may make such additional allowance not exceeding three hundred dollars as such special circumstances may warrant.</proviso>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists of debts omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1248.</p></sidenote> Strike out sections 367 and 368.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1250.</p></sidenote> Amend section 379 by striking out in the fifteenth line thereof the word “<quotedText>personality</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>personalty.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collateral descent modified.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1250.</p></sidenote> Amend section 383 by striking out at the end thereof the words “<quotedText>and there shall be no distinction between the whole and half blood.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Insert between sections 386 and 387 the following new section:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="386a">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 386a. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest of whole and half blood in personal estate.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">In the distribution of personal estate there shall be no distinction between the whole and half blood.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alien interest in corporations increased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1252.</p></sidenote> Amend section 397 by striking out in the second line thereof the words “<quotedText>more than twenty</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>over fifty.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 399 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="399">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 399. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendments.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">In all judicial proceedings the court, justice or judge, in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Power extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1252.</p></sidenote> which, or before whom, the cause shall be pending shall have power upon such terms as shall seem best, at any stage of the case, to allow amendments of writs, pleadings, or other papers in the cause and to allow supplemental or substituted affidavits to be filed.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arbitration.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1254.</p></sidenote> Amend section 412 by striking out in the fifth line thereof the words “<quotedText>the defendant</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>any party.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suit on bond of defaulting executor of assignee.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1257.</p></sidenote> Amend section 438 by adding at the end thereof the following words: “<quotedText>or upon the bond of such executor or administrator, accordingly as such assignee or trustee, executor or administrator is the party in default.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form of attachment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal, etc., corrections.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1261.</p></sidenote> Amend section 454 by inserting in the fourteenth line after the word “<quotedText>administrators</quotedText>” the words “or successors or assigns;” also by striking out in the eighteenth, nineteenth, thirty ninth, and fortieth lines the word “<quotedText>seal</quotedText>” and the brackets inclosing the same.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Releases, new undertakings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1261.</p></sidenote> Amend section 455 by striking out in the eighth line thereof the words “<quotedText>rule the marshal to file</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>require.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 457 by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Levy on property in hands of executor, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1262.</p></sidenote> “The attachment may also be levied upon money or property of the defendant in the hands of an executor or administrator, and shall bind the same from the time of service; but if the executor or administrator shall make return to the writ that he can not certainly answer whether the defendant’s share of the money or property in his hands will prove sufficient to pay the plaintiff’s debt, no judgment of condemnation shall be rendered as against such executor or administrator until the passage by the orphan’s court of his final or other account showing money or property in his hands to which the defendant is entitled.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Undivided partnership interest stricken out.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1263.</p></sidenote> Amend section 466 by striking from the end thereof the following words: “<quotedText>if the property attached be an undivided interest in a partnership business, judgment of condemnation thereof shall be entered and the same shall be sold in the same manner as last aforesaid.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1265.</p></sidenote> Amend section 481 by striking out in the fourth line thereof the word “<quotedText>persons,</quotedText>” before the word “aggrieved,” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>person.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acceptance of condemnation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1266.</p></sidenote> Amend section 491 by inserting in the second line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>or,</quotedText>” the words “within a reasonable time to be fixed by the court in its order confirming the verdict to.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Change in title.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1267.</p></sidenote> Amend the caption of subchapter one of chapter sixteen so that it will read as follows: “Deeds of real property.”</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/531">531</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 492 by striking out at the end thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Creation of estates by will.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1267.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>and acknowledged in the manner herein provided</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>or by will.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 493 by striking out in the first line thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal change.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1267.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>such acknowledgment</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>acknowledgments of deeds.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out the whole of section 494 and insert in lieu thereof the following:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="494">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 494. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Release of dower.—</heading><content class="inline">If the wife of the party executing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Release of dower.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manner of proceeding.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1267.</p></sidenote> said deed, being not less than eighteen years of age, shall desire to release her dower in the property conveyed, she may do so either by joining in the same deed or by a separate deed, wherever executed, signed, sealed, and acknowledged by her in the same manner as provided in the preceding section, and her acknowledgment shall be certified in like manner.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 495 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="495">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 495. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Acknowledgment out of District.—</heading><content class="inline">When any deed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acknowledgment out of District.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Procedure.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1267.</p></sidenote> or contract under seal is to be acknowledged out of the District of Columbia, but within the United States, the acknowledgment may be made before any judge of a court of record and of law, or any chancellor of a State, any judge or justice of the Supreme, circuit, or Territorial courts of the United States, any justice of the peace or notary public: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the certificate of acknowledgment aforesaid, made by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authenticating certificate.</p></sidenote> any officer of the State or Territory not having a seal, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the register, clerk, or other public officer that the officer taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he professed to be.</proviso>”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 496 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="496">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 496. </num>
<content>Deeds made in a foreign country may be acknowledged <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deeds in foreign countries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modification.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1268.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1674/p293">R. S., sec. 1674, p. 293</ref>.</p></sidenote> before any judge or notary public, or before any secretary of legation or consular officer, or acting consular officer of the United States, as such consular officer is described in section sixteen hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States; and when the acknowledgment is made before any other officer than a secretary of legation or consular officer or acting consular officer of the United States, the official character of the person taking the acknowledgment shall be certified in the manner prescribed in the last preceding section.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 497 by striking out in the third line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corporation deeds, authority.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1268.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>chief</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>other.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 499 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="499">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 499. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">When deeds to take effect.—</heading><content class="inline">Any deed conveying <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deeds to take effect from delivery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1268.</p></sidenote> real property in the District, or interest therein, or declaring or limiting any use or trust thereof, executed and acknowledged and certified as aforesaid and delivered to the person in whose favor the same is executed, shall be held to take effect from the date of the delivery thereof, except that as to creditors and subsequent bona fide purchasers and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception.</p></sidenote> mortgagees without notice of said deed, and others interested in said property, it shall only take effect from the time of its delivery to the recorder of deeds for record.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 501 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="501">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 501. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Bonds and contracts.—</heading><content class="inline">Any title bond or other written <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acknowledgment of bonds, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1268.</p></sidenote> contract in relation to land may be acknowledged, certified, and recorded in the same manner and with like effect as to notice as deeds for the conveyance of land.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 503 by striking out in the third line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest conveyed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1268.</p></sidenote> words “<quotedText>of the grantor.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 505 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="505">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 505. </num>
<content>When, in any deed, the word ‘covenant’ is used, such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal change.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1268.</p></sidenote> word shall have the same effect as if the covenant was expressed to be <page identifier="/us/stat/32/532">532</page> by the covenantor, for himself, his heirs, devisees, and personal representatives, and shall be deemed to be with the grantee or lessee, his heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and assigns.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Implied covenants omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1269.</p></sidenote> Strike out the whole of section 511.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estates conveyed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1269.</p></sidenote> Amend section 512 by striking out in the fourth and fifth lines thereof the words “<quotedText>at common law.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acknowledgments valid.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1269.</p></sidenote> Amend section 514 by striking out in the third and fourth lines thereof the words “<quotedText>to March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>to the adoption of this code.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1270.</p></sidenote> Amend section 515 by adding at the end of the paragraph numbered fifth thereof the words “<quotedText>or other officer.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Married women’s acts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1270.</p></sidenote> Amend section 516 by inserting in the third line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>woman,</quotedText>” the words “made prior to April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dower section repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1270.</p></sidenote> Strike out the whole of section 517.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal changes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1270.</p></sidenote> Amend section 518 by striking out at the end of the second line thereof the word “<quotedText>is</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>was;</quotedText>” also by striking out in the fifth line thereof the words “<quotedText>this chapter</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>section five hundred and sixteen.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 519 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="519">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 519. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect of recorded deeds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1271.</p></sidenote> Record of deeds as evidence.—</heading><content class="inline">The record or a copy thereof of any deed recorded, as mentioned in sections five hundred and fifteen and five hundred and sixteen, shall be evidence thereof, in the same manner and shall have the same effect as if such deed had been originally executed, acknowledged, and recorded according to law.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deeds declared good.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1271.</p></sidenote> Amend section 520 by inserting in the first line thereof before the word “<quotedText>the</quotedText>” the words “in all cases of deeds executed and acknowledged prior to the adoption of this code.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 521 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="521">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 521. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Record of mortgages, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1271.</p></sidenote> To be recorded.—</heading><content class="inline">Mortgages and deeds of trust to secure debts, conveying any estate in land, shall be executed and may be acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as absolute deeds; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote> and they shall take effect both as between the parties thereto and as to others, bona fide purchasers and mortgagees and creditors, in the same manner and under the same conditions as absolute deeds.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 522 by adding at the end thereof the following:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deed by mortgagee, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1271.</p></sidenote> “<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this section contained shall prevent the passing of an absolute and unqualified estate in fee-simple under a deed made by the mortgagee or trustee in pursuance of the powers conferred by the mortgage or deed of trust.</proviso>”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 523 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="523">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 523. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recording.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1271.</p></sidenote> How to be recorded.—</heading><content class="inline">It shall be the duty of the recorder of deeds to record all such mortgages and deeds of trust in the same manner as absolute deeds.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assignments stricken out.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1271–1272.</p></sidenote> Strike out sections 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, and 532.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal additions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1273.</p></sidenote> Amend section 534 by inserting in the eleventh line thereof after the words “<quotedText>heirs-at-law</quotedText>” the words “or devisees.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 537 by inserting in the twelfth line thereof after the word “<quotedText>heirs</quotedText>” the words “or devisees.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New trustees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Modification.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1274.</p></sidenote> Amend section 538 by striking out in the sixth line thereof the words “<quotedText>said trust being executed</quotedText>” and also by striking out at the end of said section the words “<quotedText>well as upon the parties interested in the trust, if he and they can be found within the said District,</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>provided in said sections.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms modified.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1274.</p></sidenote> Amend section 539 by striking out at the end thereof the words “<quotedText>which terms shall be such as to secure to the creditor the payment of his debt in cash as nearly as may be consistent with justice; and the determination of the court in the premises shall be binding on all parties in interest.</quotedText>”</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/533">533</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out sections 540, 541, 542, and 543. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Injunctions, etc., omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31. p. 1274.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 547 by inserting in the fourth line thereof after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit to conditional sales.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1275.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>paid</quotedText>” the words “where the purchase price exceeds one hundred dollars.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 553 by striking out in line 16 “<quotedText>eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recorder of deeds, salary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1276.</p></sidenote> ninety-one</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText>nineteen hundred and one, to take effect with this code.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out section 554. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">List to assessor omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1276.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 555 so that it will read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="555">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 555. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Instruments not executed or acknowledged according <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Instruments not to be recorded.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1276.</p></sidenote> to law.—</heading><content class="inline">The recorder shall not accept for record or record any instrument which shall not be executed and acknowledged agreeably to law by the person or party therein granting or contracting with respect to his right, title, or interest in the land therein described.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In subchapter five of chapter sixteen “Forms of conveyancing,” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal changes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1277.</p></sidenote> amend the heading “Deed of live estate” so that it will read “Deed of life estate;” also amend the same form by striking out in the third line thereof the words “<quotedText>and so forth</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof “<quotedText>(here describe the property).</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the same subchapter amend the form headed “Deed of trust to secure debts, sureties, or for other purposes,” by striking out in the third and fourth lines thereof the words “<quotedText>as trustee</quotedText>” and by inserting in said fourth line after the blank space therein the words “<quotedText>as trustee.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the same subchapter amend the form headed “Executor’s deed” by striking out in the fifth line thereof the words “<quotedText>and so forth</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>(here describe the property).</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the same subchapter amend the form headed “Form of mortgage, with or without power of sale,” by striking out in the fourth and fifth lines thereof the words “<quotedText>promissory notes or bonds, or other instruments,</quotedText>” and by inserting in the fifth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>describe,</quotedText>” the word “obligation.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 568 by striking out in the sixth and seventh lines <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notaries’ powers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1280.</p></sidenote> thereof the words “<quotedText>in all matters incident or belonging to the duties of his office,</quotedText>” and by inserting in the seventh line thereof after the word “<quotedText>and</quotedText>” the word “also.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 571 by striking out in the sixth line thereof the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal corrections.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1280.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>take</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>taking.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 604 by striking out in the first line thereof the syllable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1284.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>sub</quotedText>” and by inserting in the second line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>any,</quotedText>” the word “corporation.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 605 by striking out in the fourth and fifth lines thereof <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corporations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1284.</p></sidenote> the words “<quotedText>corporations to buy, sell, or deal with real property;</quotedText>” also by adding at the end of said section the following words: “<quotedText><proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limitation of real estate business.</p></sidenote> That nothing herein contained shall be held to authorize the organization of corporations to buy, sell, or deal in real estate, except corporations to transact the business ordinarily carried on by real-estate agents or brokers.</proviso></quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 618 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="618">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 618. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Penalty for failure.—</heading><content class="inline">If any company fails to comply <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liability for not making reports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1286.</p></sidenote> with the provisions of the preceding section, any creditor of the corporation or other person interested may by petition for mandamus against the corporation and its proper officers compel such publication to be made, and in such case the court shall require the corporation or the officers at fault to pay all the expenses of the proceeding, including counsel fees.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 621 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="621">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 621. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Loans to stockholders.—</heading><content class="inline">No loan of money shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit on loans to stockholders.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1286.</p></sidenote> made by any company upon the security, in whole or in part, of its own stock; and if any such loan shall be made, the trustee or officer authorizing the same shall be responsible to the corporation therefor: <page identifier="/us/stat/32/534">534</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liability.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing herein contained shall be held to release the borrower in such a case from liability to the corporation.</proviso>”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sales, on order of justice of the peace.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1289.</p></sidenote> Amend section 643 by adding at the end thereof the words “<quotedText>in cases where the value of the property involved does not exceed three hundred dollars.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of insurance, salary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1289.</p></sidenote> Amend section 645, line 5, by substituting the words “<quotedText>three thousand five hundred</quotedText>” for the words “two thousand five hundred.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports, officers of insurance companies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1290.</p></sidenote> Amend section 647 by inserting in the seventh line thereof, before the words “<quotedText>and secretary,</quotedText>” the words “or vice-president,” and by inserting in the same line, after the words “<quotedText>and secretary,</quotedText>” the words “or assistant secretary;” also by striking out in the tenth line thereof the word “<quotedText>detailed</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>classified.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Typographical change.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1291.</p></sidenote> Amend section 650 by striking out the quotation marks therein.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 657 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="657">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 657. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insurance application with policy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1294.</p></sidenote> Copy of application to be delivered with policy.—</heading><content class="inline">Each life insurance company, benefit order and association doing a life insurance business in the District of Columbia shall deliver with each policy issued by it a copy of the application made by the insured so that the whole contract may appear in said application and policy, in default of which no defense shall be allowed to such policy on account of anything contained in, or omitted from, such application.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice to Commissioners of disinterment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1298.</p></sidenote> Amend section 686 by striking out in the fifth line thereof the words “<quotedText>for judicial purposes</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>after due notice to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removing street-railway tracks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1302.</p></sidenote> Amend section 710 by striking out in the fourth line thereof the words “<quotedText>approved by the Commissioners</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>as required by its charter.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 713 so it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="713">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 713. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports of savings banks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1302.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other provisions omitted.</p></sidenote> Report to be made to Comptroller.—</heading><content class="inline">All savings banks or savings companies or institutions organized under authority of any Act of Congress to do business in the District of Columbia shall be, and are hereby, required to make to the Comptroller of the Currency, and publish, all the reports which national banking associations are required to make and publish under the provisions of sections fifty-two hundred and eleven, fifty-two hundred and twelve, and fifty-two hundred and thirteen of the Revised Statutes, and shall be subject to the same penalties for failure to make or publish such reports as are therein provided, which penalties may be collected by suit before the supreme court of the District of Columbia.</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Benefit associations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">False statements.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1315.</p></sidenote> Amend section 761 by inserting in the fourth line thereof after the word “<quotedText>membership</quotedText>” the words “or for restoration to membership.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal from forfeiture omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1320.</p></sidenote> Strike out section 792.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign corporations, injunctions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1320.</p></sidenote> Amend section 793 by inserting in the seventh line thereof after the word “<quotedText>corporation</quotedText>” the words “and said district attorney may file a bill to enjoin any foreign corporation from transacting in the District of Columbia any business not allowed by its charter or certificate of incorporation, or from transacting any business in said district when it has not complied with any provision of this code relating to foreign corporations.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Add after section 826 a new section, as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="826A">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 826 A.</num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electrical property offenses added.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1324.</p></sidenote> Offenses against property.—</heading><content class="inline">Whoever shall knowingly connect or disconnect any electrical conductor belonging to any company using or engaged in the manufacture and supply of electric current for purposes of light, heat, and power, or either of them, or makes any connection with any such electrical conductor for the purpose of using or wasting the electric current, or who in any wise tampers with any meter used to register current consumed, or who interferes with the operating of any dynamo or other electrical appliance of such company, or tampers with or interferes with the poles, wires, conduits, or other apparatus used by such companies, unless such person or persons <page identifier="/us/stat/32/535">535</page> shall be duly authorized by or be in the employ of such company, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 827 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<num value="827">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 827. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Petit larceny.—</heading><content class="inline">Whoever shall feloniously take and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Petit larceny.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1324.</p></sidenote> carry away any property of value of thirty-five dollars or less, including things savoring of the realty, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. And in all convictions for larceny, either grand or petit, the trial justice <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restitution added.</p></sidenote> may, in his sound discretion, order restitution to be made of the value of the money or property shown to have been stolen by the defendant and made way with or otherwise disposed of and not recovered.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 830 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="830">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 830. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Stealing, destroying, mutilating, secreting, or withholding <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wills.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for stealing destroying, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1324.</p></sidenote> will.—</heading><content class="inline"><p class="inline">Whoever, during the life of a testator or after his death, shall, for a fraudulent purpose, take and carry away a will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument, or destroy, mutilate, or secrete the same, whether it relates to personal or real property, shall suffer imprisonment for not more than five years.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“If any person in whose possession or custody a will or codicil shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Neglect to deliver.</p></sidenote> after the death of a testator or testatrix shall willfully neglect to deliver the same to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, holding a special term as a probate court, or to the register of wills, or to some executor named in the will, for the space of three calendar months after the death of testator or testatrix shall be known to him, the person thus offending shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 842 by striking out in the sixteeeth and seventeenth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">False pretenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Period extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1326.</p></sidenote> lines thereof the words “<quotedText>six months</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>one year.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Insert following section 845 the following additional section:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="845a">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 845a. </num>
<content>Whoever having no title or color of title to the land <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recording false deeds, penalty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1327</p></sidenote> affected shall maliciously cause to be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia any deed, contract, or other instrument purporting to convey or to relate to any land in said District with intent to extort money or anything of value from any person owning such land, or having any interest therein, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 849 by inserting in the fifth line thereof, after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stealing, etc., District’s books.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1327.</p></sidenote> words “<quotedText>United States,</quotedText>” the words “or of the District of Columbia.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 863 by striking out in the last line thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lottery penalty extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1330.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>one year</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>three years.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 871 by inserting in the fifth line thereof, after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seduction by teacher, age limit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1331.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>age,</quotedText>” the words “and not under sixteen years of age.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 895 so it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="895">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 895. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Harbor regulations.—</heading><content class="inline"><p class="inline">Every vessel coming to anchor <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor regulations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anchorage.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1335.</p></sidenote> in the Potomac River between the junction of the Washington and Georgetown channels of said river and the extension of the south fine of P street southwest, in the city of Washington, shall anchor as near the flats in said river as possible, so that the channel of sail 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“No vessel shall be permitted to anchor in the Washington channel <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington channel.</p></sidenote> of the Potomac River between a point one thousand feet south of the south line of P street and the north line of K street south extended, each point to be designated by a white buoy; and all vessels coming to anchor above the north line of K street south aforesaid shall come to <page identifier="/us/stat/32/536">536</page> anchor as near the flats 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 harbor master.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canals.</p></sidenote> “No vessel shall be permitted to lie in Seventeenth street canal, New Jersey avenue canal, 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removing sunken Vessels.</p></sidenote> such place as shall be necessary to give room to passing vessels. Any captain or owner of or any one in charge of any barge, sand scow, or any vessel that may sink in said canals shall raise and remove the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of wharves.</p></sidenote> same in five days. Any vessel at the end of wharves or in docks 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 dock, 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. The powers and authority herein conferred upon the harbor master may, in his absence or temporary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> 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 section, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 897 so it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="897">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 897. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Closed season reduced.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1386.</p></sidenote> Bass.—</heading><content class="inline">That no person shall catch or kill in the waters of the Potomac River or its tributaries within the District of Columbia any black bass (otherwise known as green bass and chub), crappie (otherwise known as calico bass and strawberry bass), between the first day of April and the twenty-ninth of May of each year, nor have in possession or expose for sale any of said species of fish at any other time during the year except by angling, nor catch nor kill any of the aforesaid species by what are known as out lines or trot lines, having a succession of hooks or devices.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 903 so it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="903">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 903. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of confiscated nets, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1336.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all nets, boats, or other contrivances, the property of any person or persons convicted under the provisions of this Act, shall be confiscated to the District of Columbia, and the same shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, by the property clerk of said District, and the proceeds therefrom be deposited with the collector of taxes, as are other District revenues.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 918 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="918">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 918. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Peremptory challenges.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1338.</p></sidenote> Peremptory challenges.—</heading><content class="inline">In all trials for capital offenses the accused and the United States shall each be entitled to twenty peremptory challenges. In trials for offenses punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary the accused and the United States shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authority of District added.</p></sidenote> each be entitled to ten peremptory challenges. In all other cases, civil as well as criminal, in which the plaintiff is the United States or the District of Columbia, each party shall be entitled to three peremptory chal-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/537">537</page>lenges; and if there are several defendants, they shall be treated as one person in the allowance of such challenges.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 922 by striking out in the second line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depositions out of District.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1339.</p></sidenote> words “<quotedText>more than a hundred miles from the city of Washington</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>beyond the District of Columbia.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 932 by striking out in the tenth line thereof the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corporation counsel authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1340.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>for</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>of,</quotedText>” and by substituting, in lines 2 and 3, the words “<quotedText>corporation counsel</quotedText>” for the words “city solicitor.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 934 by inserting in the twelfth line thereof, after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police court authority.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1341.</p></sidenote> the word “<quotedText>is,</quotedText>” the words “a fine only or.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 958 by inserting in the fifth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>be,</quotedText>” the following:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such illegitimate child or children, or the issue <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illegitimate children not to inherit from non compos mother.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1344.</p></sidenote> of such illegitimate child or children, shall not take by descent any interest in the real estate of the mother when such mother is mentally incapacitated from making a will, and shall remain so mentally incapacitated until her death.</proviso>”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 959 by striking out in the ninth line thereof the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advancement of personalty.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>unprovided</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>not equally provided.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 962 so it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="962">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 962. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">When lands escheat.—</heading><content class="inline">Any lands in the District of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Escheat of lands modified.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1344.</p></sidenote> Columbia of which any person shall hereafter die seized in fee simple intestate, without any heir capable of inheriting, shall escheat to the United States.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 963 by adding at end of section the following:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“<proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, That all petitions for divorce pending on the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pending divorce petitions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1345.</p></sidenote> thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and one, may be proceeded with and disposed of under the provisions of the statutes in force on said date.</proviso>”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 975 by striking out in the thirteenth line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal change.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1346.</p></sidenote> words “<quotedText>whether the husband or wife</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>who.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 977 by striking out at the end thereof the words <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alimony appeals stricken out.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1346.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>but in such cases the husband may appeal.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend the caption of section 983 so that it will read “Co-respondents.” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal change.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1347.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 984 by inserting in the fourth line thereof, after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ejectment, parties added.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1347.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>tenants,</quotedText>” the words or “against both the claimant and his tenant, or other occupant claiming under him.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out section 987. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pleading stricken out.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1347.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 989 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="989">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 989. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Outstanding legal title.—</heading><content class="inline">It shall be no bar to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Outstanding legal title.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recovery modified.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1347.</p></sidenote> plaintiff’s recovery that the legal title to the property claimed is outstanding in another as mortgagee or trustee under a mortgage or deed of trust to secure a debt unless such mortgagee or trustee, or those claiming under him, has taken possession of the premises; or unless the defendant claims under such mortgagor or grantor in the deed of trust.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out section 991. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Action before default omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1348.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 992 by inserting at the end of the third line thereof, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Discretion as to judgments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1348.</p></sidenote> after the word “<quotedText>may,</quotedText>” the words “in the discretion of the court.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 995 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="995">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 995. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Mesne profits and damages.—</heading><content class="inline">The plaintiff may embody <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mesne profits.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Period extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1348.</p></sidenote> in his declaration, in a separate count, a claim for the mesne profits received by the defendant from the property sued for or for the clear value of the use and occupation thereof extending to the time of the verdict, and also damages for waste or injury to the premises during said period; and if the jury find for the plaintiff they may, at <page identifier="/us/stat/32/538">538</page> the same time, find and assess the said mesne profits, or the value of said use and occupation and the amount of said damages; and, besides a judgment for the recovery of the property, there shall be rendered a judgment against the defendant for the amount so found by the jury, except in the case provided for in section ten hundred and three hereafter.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest of plaintiff inserted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1349.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1000 by inserting in the third line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>property,</quotedText>” the words “or interest.”,</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1003 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1003">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1003. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defendant’s claim for improvements.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1349.</p></sidenote> Improvements.—</heading><chapeau class="inline">If at any time before the trial the defendant shall give notice that if the verdict of the jury shall be in favor of the plaintiff’s title the defendant will claim the benefit of permanent improvements that may have been placed on the property by the defendant or those under whom he claims, and shall offer evidence at the trial tending to show that he or those under whom he claims had peaceably entered into possession of the premises in controversy under a title which he or they had reason to believe and did believe to be good, and had erected valuable and permanent improvements on said property, which were begun in good faith before the commencement of the suit, the jury shall be directed, in case they find in favor of the plaintiff’s title and also find that such permanent improvements were made by the defendant, or those under whom he claims, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessment.</p></sidenote> under the circumstances aforesaid, to assess—</chapeau>
<level>
<num value="1">“First. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plaintiff’s damages.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The damages of the plaintiff, being the clear value over and above taxes and necessary expenses of the use and occupation of the property, exclusive of said improvements, during the whole period of the occupation of the same to the date of the verdict, and also any damage done to the property, by waste or otherwise, by said parties during said occupation.</content>
</level>
<level>
<num value="2">“Second. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvements.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The present value of any permanent improvements which may have been placed on the premises by the defendant or those under whom he claims.</content>
</level>
<level>
<num value="3">“Third. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Value, without improvements.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The present value of the property of the plaintiff without and exclusive of the said improvements.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1004 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1004">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1004. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New jury; view omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1350.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">If either party shall feel aggrieved by said assessment he may, within four days after the verdict, move to set the assessment aside, and the court may, for good cause shown, set the same aside and order another jury to be empaneled in the cause to make a new assessment.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tenancies modified.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1352.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1031 by adding at the end thereof the words “<quotedText>unless otherwise expressed.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal change.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1352.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1034 by striking out in the sixth line thereof the word “<quotedText>hidings</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>hireings.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1036 by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estates at will.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Application to personalty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1352.</p></sidenote> “All the provisions of this subchapter shall apply to personal property generally except where from the nature of the property they are inapplicable.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1058 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1058">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1058. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testimony de bene esse.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1354.</p></sidenote> Testimony de bene esse.—</heading><chapeau class="inline">The testimony of any witness may be taken in any civil cause depending in any court of the District of Columbia, whether the cause be at issue or not, by deposition de bene esse, under any of the following conditions:</chapeau>
<level>
<num value="1">“First. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witness beyond District.</p></sidenote>
<content>Where the witness lives beyond the District of Columbia.</content>
</level>
<level>
<num value="2">“Second. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">About to leave.</p></sidenote>
<content>Where the witness is likely to go out of the United States or beyond the District and not return in time for the trial.</content>
</level>
<level>
<num value="3">“Third. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Infirm, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Where the witness is infirm or aged, or for any other reason the party desiring his testimony fear he may not be able to secure the same at the time of trial, whether said witness resides within the District or not.</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/539">539</page>
<level>
<num value="4">“Fourth. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">If during the trial any witness is unable, by reason of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inability to attend.</p></sidenote> sickness or other cause, to attend the trial, the deposition of such witness may, in the discretion of the court, be taken and read at the trial.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Any such deposition may be taken before any judge of any court <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officer authorized.</p></sidenote> of the United States; before any commissioner or clerk of any court of the United States, or any examiner in chancery of any court of the United States; before any chancellor, justice, or judge or clerk of any court of any State or Territory or other place under the sovereignty of the United States, or any notary public or justice of the peace within any place under the sovereignty of the United States: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ineligibility.</p></sidenote> That no such person shall be eligible to take such deposition who is counsel or attorney for any party to the cause or who is in any wise interested in the event of the cause.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Before proceeding to take the deposition reasonable written notice <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice.</p></sidenote> of the time, place, names, and addresses of the witnesses shall be given by the party or his attorney proposing to take the deposition to the attorney of record, if there be one, of the adverse party, and if not, of the party himself, which notice shall specify the name or names of the witnesses, the time and place of taking the same, and the name and official character of the person before whom the same is to be taken; but it shall not be lawful to require the adverse party to attend the taking of a deposition at more than one place on the same day.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“In all cases in rem the person having the agency or possession of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons in possession.</p></sidenote> the property at the time of seizure shall be deemed the adverse party until a claim shall have been put in, when the claimant and the person having the agency or possession as aforesaid shall both be entitled to the notice.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Summons to any witness to appear and testify shall be issued by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Summons.</p></sidenote> the person or officer before whom the deposition is to be taken, and served by the marshal of the United States or his deputy within the place where the witness resides; and the witness may be compelled to appear and testify by the officer before whom the deposition is to be taken in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify in court; and for the purpose of executing the provisions of this section any of the persons authorized to take such depositions are hereby vested with all the power and authority for compelling the attendance of the witness and the giving of his testimony which by law or usage are vested in any of the judges of the courts of the United States, and shall be entitled, upon summary application, to the aid of the courts of the United States to compel such attendance and giving of testimony.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“Every person deposing as herein provided shall first swear or solemnly <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oath, etc.</p></sidenote> and truly affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in answer to such questions as are propounded to him by the parties or their counsel; and the adverse party or his counsel shall have the right to cross-examine such witness.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The questions propounded to the witness and the answers of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manner of taking.</p></sidenote> witness thereto shall be taken down in writing; and the same may be taken down stenographically by the officer taking the deposition or a competent and disinterested stenographer engaged by him, and after wards transcribed into writing or typewriting, and, in the presence of the officer taking the deposition, read over to the witness, and signed by him. If the witness be unable to write or refuse to sign the deposition, the officer taking the same shall certify the fact and the reason, if any, assigned by the witness.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The deposition of the witness or witnesses, together with the certificate <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transmission.</p></sidenote> of the officer taking the same, shall be by said officer sealed up and indorsed with the title of the cause in which the deposition is taken, and the cost of taking the same and by whom paid, and by him trans-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/540">540</page>mitted to the court in the District of Columbia in which the cause is pending, and by him deposited, postage prepaid, in the United States mail.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Admission if witness not produced.</p></sidenote> “If, at the time of trial, the witness can be produced to testify in open court the deposition shall not be read in evidence; but if the attendance of the witness can not be produced then the said deposition shall be admissible in evidence, subject to such objections to the questions and answers as were noted at the time of taking the deposition, or within ten days after the return thereof, and would be valid were the witness personally present in court.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depositions by common usage or in perpetuam rei memoriam.</p></sidenote> “In any case where the interests of justice may require the supreme court of the District of Columbia may grant a dedimus potestatem to take depositions according to common usage, and may, according o the usages of chancery, direct depositions to be taken in perpetuam rei memoriam if they relate to any matters that might be cognizable in any court of the United States.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Letters rogatory for witnesses abroad.</p></sidenote> “When the testimony of any witness residing in any place not within the sovereignty of the United States is desired in any cause pending in any court of the District of Columbia, the same may be taken upon interrogatories and cross-interrogatories filed in said court, and transmitted by said court under letters rogatory, addressed to some court of record in the foreign State in which said witness is then to be found.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oral deposition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1356.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1060 by inserting in the fifth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>District,</quotedText>” the words “orally or.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1062 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1062">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1062. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissions from out of the District.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1357.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Description extended.</p></sidenote> Commissions from courts out of the District.—</heading><content class="inline">When a commission is issued by any court of the United States or of any State or Territory or of any place under the jurisdiction of the United States, for taking the testimony of witnesses within the District <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s868/869/pp164/165">R. S., secs. 868, 869, pp. 164, 165</ref>.</p></sidenote> of Columbia, the same proceedings shall be had in relation thereto as are directed by sections eight hundred and sixty-eight and eight hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1065 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1065">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1065. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testimony of deceased party, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1357.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Admissibility extended.</p></sidenote> Testimony of deceased or insane party.—</heading><content class="inline">If a party, after having testified at a time when he was competent to do so, shall die or become insane or otherwise incapable of testifying, his testimony may be given in evidence in any trial or hearing in relation to the same subject-matter between the same parties or their legal representatives, as the case may be; and in such case the opposite party may testify in opposition thereto.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Convict’s testimony.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1357.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1067 by striking out in the third line thereof the words “<quotedText>other than perjury.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the end of chapter twenty-five, following section 1073, insert the following additional section:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1073a"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1073a. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credibility of witness testifying different from statements.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1358.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Whenever the court shall be satisfied that the party producing a witness has been taken by surprise by the testimony of such witness, such party may, in the discretion of the court, be allowed to prove, for the purpose only of affecting the credibility of the witness, that the witness has made to such party or to his attorney statements substantially variant from his sworn testimony about material facts in the cause; but before such proof can be given the circumstances of the supposed statement sufficient to designate the particular occasion must be mentioned to the witness, and he must be asked whether or not he made such statements and if so allowed to explain them.</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lien on equitable interests.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1359.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1079 by adding at the end thereof the words “<quotedText>and shall also be a lien upon the equitable interest of the judgment defendant in goods and chattels in his possession.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fieri facias on legal estates.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1359.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1082 by inserting in the eighth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>all,</quotedText>” the word “legal.”</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/541">541</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1084 by adding at the end thereof the words “<quotedText>in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Levy on equitable interests.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1359.</p></sidenote> other cases of equitable interest of the judgment debtor in personal chattels execution may also be levied thereon and the lien thus obtained may be enforced by proceedings in equity.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1085 by inserting in the first line thereof, between <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit on appraisement.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1359.</p></sidenote> the caption and the word “<quotedText>all,</quotedText>” the words “where not herein otherwise provided.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1088 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1088">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1088. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">On what attachment may be levied.—</heading><content class="inline">An attachment <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attachment on patents omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1360.</p></sidenote> may be levied upon the judgment debtor’s goods, chattels, and credits.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1091 by adding thereto the following paragraph:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The attachment may also be levied upon money or property of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Attachment on property in hands of executor, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1360.</p></sidenote> defendant in the hands of an executor or administrator, and shall bind the same from the time of service; but if the executor or administrator shall make return to the writ that he can not certainly answer whether the defendant’s share of the money or property in his hands will prove sufficient to pay the plaintiff’s debt, no judgment of condemnation shall be rendered as against such executor or administrator until the passage by the orphans’ court of his final or other account showing money or property in his hands to which the defendant is entitled.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out sections 1092 and 1099. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents stricken out.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, pp. 1360, 1361.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1101 by inserting in the first line thereof, after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coroner added.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1361.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>marshal,</quotedText>” the words “or coroner.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1111 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1111">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1111. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Fees appertaining to the probate court.—</heading><content class="inline">The <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Probate court fees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1364.</p></sidenote> register of wills, clerk of the probate court, shall be entitled to demand and to receive for services performed by him, in advance of such services, the following fees: For filing petition or caveat, fifty cents; for filing other papers, each, five cents; for making docket and indexes and taxing costs in each case, two dollars and fifty cents; for additional docket entries, each, twenty-five cents; for issuing subpoena to witness and copies, each, twenty-five cents; for issuing subpoena duces tecum, fifty cents; for issuing summons, citation, commission, rule, warrant, notice of trial, process, execution, attachment, or writ, each, one dollar; for issuing notices to creditors, distributees, and legatees, each, fifty cents; for copies of summons, citation, rule, warrant, or other process, order of publication, notices to creditors, legatees, and distributees, attested under seal and delivered for service or publication, each, fifty cents; for taking and recording every bond, one dollar and fifty cents; for every probate of will, inventory, or account, one dollar; for issuing letters testamentary or of administration, collection, or guardianship, one dollar; for issuing certificate of appointment of executor, administrator, collector, or guardian, one dollar; for entering panel of jury and swearing them, fifty cents; for administering an oath or affirmation, fifteen cents; for passing a claim against an estate and entering in docket of claims, thirty cents; for drawing depositions of witnesses, per folio, fifteen cents; for every search of the files or records outside of a regular proceeding, where no other service is performed for which a fee is allowed, one dollar; for examining or stating any account of executor, administrator, collector, guardian, receiver, or trustee, not exceeding one hundred items, five dollars; for each additional item, two cents; for stating the distribution of an estate, for each distributee, one dollar; for copy of an account, not exceeding one hundred items, one dollar and fifty cents; for each additional item, two cents; for recording all papers, per folio, fifteen cents; for copies of all papers not otherwise specified, per folio, twelve cents; for every certificate under seal, not otherwise specified, fifty cents: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Small estates.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in all cases where the estate does not exceed two hun-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/542">542</page>dred dollars in value the register of wills shall receive no fees, and where the estate does not exceed five hundred dollars in value the fees <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other services.</p></sidenote> shall not exceed ten dollars:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the court may allow to the register reasonable fees for any service he may render not specified in the preceding section.</proviso>”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ancillary guardians for lunatics.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1371.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication limited.</p></sidenote> Amend the caption of section 1141 by adding thereto the words “<quotedText>or lunatic.</quotedText>” Amend section 1141 by inserting in the eighth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>copies,</quotedText>” the words “of so much;” also by striking out in the same line the word “<quotedText>showing</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>as shows.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings against wife omitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1376.</p></sidenote> Strike out sections 1167 and 1168.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1180 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1180">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1180. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Usury.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty increased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1377.</p></sidenote> What is usury.—</heading><content class="inline">If any person or corporation shall contract in the District, verbally, to pay a greater rate of interest than six per centum per annum, or shall contract, in writing, to pay a greater rate than six per centum per annum, the creditor shall forfeit <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pawnbrokers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 1006.</p></sidenote> the whole of the interest so contracted to be received: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this chapter contained shall be held to repeal or affect the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, relating to pawnbrokers.</proviso>”</content>
</section>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1182 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1182">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1182. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unlawful interest credited to principal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1378.</p></sidenote> Unlawful interest to be credited.—</heading><content class="inline">In any action brought upon any contract for the payment of money with interest at a rate forbidden by law, as aforesaid, any payments of interest that may have been made on account of said contract shall be deemed and taken to be payments made on account of the principal debt, and judgment shall be rendered for no more than the balance found due after deducting and properly crediting the interest so paid; but no bona fide indorsee of negotiable paper purchased before due shall be affected by any usury exacted by any former holder of said paper unless he had notice of the usury before his purchase.”</content>
</section>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1189 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1189">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1189. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warden’s salary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1378.</p></sidenote> Salary.—</heading><content class="inline">He shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars, which shall include all fees and emoluments.”</content>
</section>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1381.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1212 by inserting in the tenth line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>agreement,</quotedText>” the words “in writing filed in the cause.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liens on equitable interests.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1381.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1214 by inserting in the eleventh line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>contingent,</quotedText>” the words “but such liens on equitable interests shall be enforced by bill in equity.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal correction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1382.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1222 by inserting in the seventh line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>if,</quotedText>” the word “he.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrears of rent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1383.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1226 by striking out in the sixth line thereof the words “<quotedText>for possession.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limitation of real actions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1389.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1265 by inserting in the twenty-seventh line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>representative,</quotedText>” the words “except where otherwise provided herein.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of suits against estates.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1389.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1266 by inserting in the third line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>interval,</quotedText>” the words “not exceeding two years.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign judgments, limit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1389.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1267 by striking out, at the end thereof, the words “<quotedText>and whether so barred or not, no action shall be brought in the District on any such judgment or decree rendered more than ten years before the commencement of such action.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal changes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1389.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1268 by inserting in the first line thereof, between the word “<quotedText>the</quotedText>” and the word “provisions,” the word “foregoing;” also by striking out in the second line thereof the word “<quotedText>aforesaid</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>of this chapter.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1271 by adding, at the end thereof, the following paragraph:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Debts of infants.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acknowledgment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1390.</p></sidenote> “No action shall be maintained whereby to charge any person upon any acknowledgment of, or promise to pay, any debt contracted during <page identifier="/us/stat/32/543">543</page> infancy made after full age, except for necessaries, unless such acknowledgment or promise shall be made by some writing signed by the party to be charged therewith: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing herein <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification.</p></sidenote> contained shall affect ratification by conduct.</proviso>”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1276 by inserting in the fourth line thereof, after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extending mandamus proceedings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1390.</p></sidenote> the word “<quotedText>thereafter,</quotedText>” the words “unless for cause shown, the court shall extend the time.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1285 by adding thereto the following paragraph:</p>
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<level>
<num value="4">“Fourth. </num>
<content>When either of the parties is under the age of consent, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Age of consent, marriage.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1391.</p></sidenote> which is hereby declared to be sixteen years of age for males and fourteen for females.”</content>
</level>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1286 by striking out in the seventh line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal changes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1392.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>contracted</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>contracted.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1290 by inserting in the third line thereof, after the word “<quotedText>therefor,</quotedText>” the words “addressed to him.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1293 by striking out the first five lines thereof and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marriage license.</p></sidenote> inserting in lieu thereof the following:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1293">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1293. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Form of license.—</heading><content class="inline"><p class="inline">Licenses to perform the marriage <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Form.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1392.</p></sidenote> ceremony shall be addressed to some particular minister or magistrate authorized by section twelve hundred and eighty-eight hereof to perform the marriage ceremony and shall be in the following form:</p>
<p class="centered">“Number —.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“To <fillIn style="font-family:monospace">---------- ----------</fillIn>, authorized to celebrate marriages in the District of Columbia, greeting:”</p>
</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1298 so that the same will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1298">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1298. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">Proceeding for change of name.—</heading><content class="inline">Any person, being <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changing name.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1394.</p></sidenote> a resident of the District, desiring a change of name may file a petition in the supreme court holding an equity term setting forth the reasons therefor and also the name desired to be assumed. In case the applicant <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Infants.</p></sidenote> is an infant, such petition shall be filed by the parent, guardian, or next friend to said infant. The court shall have power, in its discretion, to grant the prayer of such petition.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1299 by inserting in the second line thereof, after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1394.</p></sidenote> the word “<quotedText>published,</quotedText>” the words “once a week.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1302 by inserting in the first line thereof, after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal change.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1394.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>every,</quotedText>” the word “such.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1304 by striking out in the last paragraph thereof the word “<quotedText>act</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>chapter;</quotedText>” also by adding to said section the following paragraph:</p>
<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“The provisions of this chapter do not apply to negotiable instruments <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit as to negotiable instruments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1395.</p></sidenote> made and delivered prior to January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1389 by striking out in the eighteenth and nineteenth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect of holidays.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1405.</p></sidenote> lines thereof the words “<quotedText>within the meaning of this section</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>for all purposes.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1406 by striking out in the last line thereof the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal changes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1406.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>Act</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>chapter.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1412 by striking out in the twelfth line thereof the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1407.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>Act</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>chapter.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1450 by striking out in the fifth line thereof the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1411.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>Act</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>chapter.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1453 by striking out in the fourth line thereof the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1411.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>Act</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>chapter.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1532 by striking out in the eighth line thereof the word <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pleading.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uniting torts and contracts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1418.</p></sidenote> “<quotedText>not</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>also,</quotedText>” and by adding at the end of said section the words “<quotedText>when they relate to the same transaction, but not otherwise.</quotedText>”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1535 so that it will read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1535">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1535. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denial of plaintiff’s character.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1419.</p></sidenote> Plaintiff’s official character, how denied.—</heading><content class="inline">If either party wishes to deny the right of any other party to claim as executor, or as trustee, or in other representative capacity, or as a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Without oath.</p></sidenote> corporation, he shall deny the same specially under oath, unless for cause shown he obtain leave of the court to make such denial without oath.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1537 by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign corporations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Service on officer or agent in the District.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1419.</p></sidenote> “When a foreign corporation shall transact business in the District without having any place of business or resident agent therein, service upon any officer or agent of such corporation in the District shall be effectual as to suits growing out of contracts entered into or to be performed, in whole or in part, in the District of Columbia or growing out of any tort heretofore or hereafter committed in the said District.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice in quo warranto.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1420.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1542 by striking out in the second line thereof the word “<quotedText>clerk</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>court.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Replevin, addition to affidavit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1421.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1551 by adding at the end thereof the words “<quotedText>between the parties.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1552 so that it will read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1552">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1552. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Undertaking by plaintiff’s agent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1421.</p></sidenote> Undertaking.—</heading><content class="inline">The plaintiff shall at the same time enter into an undertaking by himself or his agent with surety, approved by the clerk, to abide by and perform the judgment of the court in the premises.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mailing notice of replevin.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1421.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1554 by inserting in the third line thereof after the word “<quotedText>court</quotedText>” the words “subject to the provisions of section one hundred and eight hereof as to mailing notice.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coroner inserted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1422.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1557 by inserting in the second line thereof after the word “<quotedText>marshal</quotedText>” the words “or coroner.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Set-off extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1422.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1563 by inserting in the second line thereof after the word “<quotedText>action</quotedText>” the words “or between any of the several defendants and the plaintiff.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1574 so that it will read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1574">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1574. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveyor’s office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1424.</p></sidenote> Office.—</heading><content class="inline">The office of the surveyor of the District shall be the legal office of record of the plats and subdivisions of all private property in the District of Columbia and of all property belonging to the District of Columbia. And the copies of all records of the division of squares and lots made between the public and the original proprietors and all plats, papers, books, maps, and records now in the office of the surveyor shall remain therein.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out section 1576.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction of Commissioners repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1424.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1582, in line 6, by striking out all after the word “<quotedText>expressed</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the following:</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certification of subdivisions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1425.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Addition.</p></sidenote> “And whether said lots or parcels conform to the general orders of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia made under existing law or under authority of section sixteen hundred and one of this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1427.</p></sidenote> code; and if upon such examination he shall find the plat correct he shall certify the same under his hand and seal to the said Commissioners with such remarks as appear to him necessary; but no such plat or subdivision shall be admitted to record in the office of the surveyor without an order to that effect, indorsed thereon by said Commissioners.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alleys, regulation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1425.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1584, lines 2 and 3, by striking out the words “<quotedText>to the public or subject to the uses declared by the person making such subdivision.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1585 so that it will read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1585">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1585. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of excess or deficiency in number of feet.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1425.</p></sidenote> Deficiency or excess in number of feet.—</heading><content class="inline">Whenever the surveyor shall lay off any lot, or any parts into which a square or lot may be subdivided, as provided in this chapter, he shall measure the whole of that front of the square on which said lot or part lies, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/545">545</page> and if, on such admeasurement, the whole front of the square exceeds or falls short of the aggregate of the fronts of the lots on that side of the square, as the same are recorded, he shall, except in that portion of the city of Washington included within the limits of what formerly constituted the city of Georgetown, apportion such excess or deficiency among the lots or pieces on that front agreeably to their respective dimensions; and in that portion of the city of Washington included within the limits of what formerly constituted the city of Georgetown he shall allow such excess or charge such deficiency to the highest numbered original lot on that front of the square, or apportion such excess or deficiency among any lots into which such highest numbered original lot may have been subdivided: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That wherever in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgetown squares</p></sidenote> the former city of Georgetown a square or block of land is intersected by the division line between two original additions to said city, the excess or deficiency found between the street lines and said division line shall be applied to the highest numbered original lot on each side of said division line, or apportioned among any lots into which such highest numbered original lot may have been subdivided.</proviso>”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1589, line 2, by striking out the words “<quotedText>when <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjusting lines of buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1426.</p></sidenote> requested,</quotedText>” and in lines 3 and 4, by striking out the words “<quotedText>when the same shall be level with the street or surface of the ground.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1600 by inserting in the second line thereof after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal addition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1427.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>plats</quotedText>” the words “books, maps.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1606 by striking out in the second and third lines <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Filing alley plats.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1428.</p></sidenote> thereof the words “<quotedText>delivered to the petitioners, who shall file the same</quotedText>” and insert in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>filed.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1607 by striking out in the fourteenth and fifteenth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recording expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1429.</p></sidenote> lines thereof the words “<quotedText>attached to a plat of said square and delivered to the petitioners, who shall file the same</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>filed;</quotedText>” also by adding at the end of said section the words “<quotedText>the expense of the recording provided for by this and the preceding section shall be advanced by the petitioner to the Commissioners under such regulations as they may prescribe.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1609 by striking out in the eleventh line thereof the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verbal change,</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1430.</p></sidenote> word “<quotedText>kept</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>recorded.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Strike out section 1624. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Perpetuities stricken out.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1433.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1628 so that it will read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1628">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1628. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">After-acquired real estate.—</heading><content class="inline">Any will executed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposal of after-acquired estate by will.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1433.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term defined, and form modified.</p></sidenote> after January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and before the first day of January, nineteen hundred and two, devising real estate, from which it shall appear that it was the intention of the testator to devise property acquired after the execution of the will, shall be deemed, taken, and held to operate as a valid devise of all such property; and any will hereafter executed which shall by words of general import devise all the estate or all the real estate of the testator shall be deemed, taken, and held to operate as a valid devise of any real estate acquired by said testator after the execution of such will, unless it shall appear therefrom that it was not the intention of the testator to devise such after-acquired property.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section 1633 so that it will read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1633">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1633. </num>
<heading class="smallCaps">General devise of all property.—</heading><content class="inline">Every devise <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Devise of all property.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1434.</p></sidenote> and bequest purporting to be of all real or personal property, or both, belonging to the testator shall be construed to include also all property of either or both kinds, respectively, over which he has a general power of appointment, unless the contrary intention shall appear in the will or codicil containing such devise or bequest.”</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Following section 1635 insert the following additional section:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1635a"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1635a. </num>
<content>It shall be lawful for any person in whose possession or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening will before delivery to probate court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1434.</p></sidenote> custody a will or codicil shall be after the death of the testator or testatrix, to open and read the same in the presence of any near rela-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/546">546</page>tives of the deceased, who may conveniently have notice thereof, and of other persons, and immediately thereafter to deliver such will or codicil to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, holding a special term as a probate court, or to the register of wills, until due proceedings may be had for proving the same, or until it be demanded by an executor or other person authorized to demand it, for the purpose of having it proved according to law.</content>
</section>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acts not repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1435.</p></sidenote> Amend section 1636 by adding at the end of the paragraph numbered “<quotedText>Eighth</quotedText>” the following paragraph:</p>
<quotedContent>
<level>
<num value="9">“Ninth. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vestry, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content>Acts and parts of acts relating to the organization and powers of vestries, trustees, or other governing bodies of any religious denomination.”</content>
</level>
</quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">At the end of chapter sixty, entitled “Repeal provisions,” and following section 1642, insert the following section:</p>
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1643"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1643. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of present officers not affected.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1436.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That nothing herein contained shall be held to affect the term of office of any judicial or other officer holding office when this code goes into effect and operation, except when, as in the case of the present justices of the peace and constables, a contrary intention is manifested.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1330: Confirming in the State of South Dakota title to a section of land heretofore granted to said State.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1330</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 546</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1330.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Confirming in the State of South Dakota title to a section of land heretofore granted to said State.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/207">Public, No. 207</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Dakota.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title to State camp and parade ground confirmed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 647.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the title of the State of South Dakota to the section of land described in section three of chapter twelve hundred and fifty-seven of the Act of Congress approved October first, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and is hereby, confirmed and made absolute in the said State freed from the conditions therein imposed; the proceeds thereof, if sold, to be used in aid of the militia of the State of South Dakota.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1331: To prevent any consular officer of the United States from accepting any appointment from any foreign state as administrator, guardian, or to any other office of trust, without first executing a bond, with security, to be approved by the Secretary of State.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1331</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 546</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1331.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To prevent any consular officer of the United States from accepting any appointment from any foreign state as administrator, guardian, or to any other office of trust, without first executing a bond, with security, to be approved by the Secretary of State.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/208">Public, No. 208</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consular Service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consuls accepting from foreign States appointments as administrators, etc., must give bond.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of State to approve bond.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That no consular officer of the United States shall accept an appointment from any foreign state as administrator, guardian, or to any other office of trust for the settlement or conservation of estates of deceased persons or of their heirs or of persons under legal disabilities, without executing a bond, with security, to be approved by the Secretary of State, and in a penal sum to be fixed by him and in such form as he may prescribe, conditioned for the true and faithful performance of all his duties according to law and for the true and faithful accounting for, delivering, and paying over to the persons thereto entitled of all moneys, goods, effects, and other property which shall come to his hands or to the hands of any other person to his use as such administrator, guardian, or in other fiduciary capacity. Said bond shall be deposited with the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings in breach of trust.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury. In case of a breach of any such bond, any person injured by the failure of such officer faithfully to discharge the duties of his said trust according to law, may institute, in his own name and for his sole use, a suit upon said bond and thereupon recover such <page identifier="/us/stat/32/547">547</page> damages as shall be legally assessed, with costs of suit, for which execution may issue in clue form; but if such party fails co recover in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgment.</p></sidenote> the suit, judgment shall be rendered and execution may issue against him for costs in favor of the defendant; and the United States shall in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States not liable.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond continues until penalty is recovered.</p></sidenote> no case be liable for the same. The said bond shall remain, after any judgment rendered thereon, as a security for the benefit of any person injured by a breach of the condition of the same until the whole penalty has been recovered.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That every consular officer who accepts any appointment to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Breach of trust, embezzlement.</p></sidenote> any office of trust mentioned in the preceding section without first having complied with the provisions thereof by due execution of a bond as therein required, or who shall willfully fail or neglect to account for, pay over, and deliver any money, property, or effects so received to any person lawfully entitled thereto, after having been requested by the latter, his representative or agent so to do, shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> deemed guilty of embezzlement and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years and by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1332: Relative to the control of dogs in the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1332</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 547</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1332.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Relative to the control of dogs in the District of Columbia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/209">Public, No. 209</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That sections three, four, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dog tax in.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 20, p. 173, amended.</p></sidenote> nine of the Act of Congress approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An Act to create a revenue in the District of Columbia by levying a tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal property, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows:<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the pound master of the District of Columbia shall, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dogs without tags, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Impounding of.</p></sidenote> during the entire year, seize all dogs found running at large without the tax tag issued by the collector aforesaid attached, and all female dogs in heat found running at large, and shall impound the same; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of redemption.</p></sidenote> if within forty-eight hours the same are not redeemed by the owners thereof by the payment of two dollars they shall be sold or destroyed, as the pound master may deem advisable; and any sale made by virtue <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale valid.</p></sidenote> hereof shall be deemed valid to all intents and purposes in all courts of the District of Columbia.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That any dog wearing the tax tag hereinbefore provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dogs with tags, personal property.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception.</p></sidenote> for, except female dogs in heat, shall be permitted to run at large within the District of Columbia, and any dog wearing the tax tag hereinbefore provided for shall be regarded as personal property in all the courts of said District, and any person injuring or destroying the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil action for damages.</p></sidenote> same shall be liable to a civil action for damages, which, upon proof of said injuring or killing, may be awarded in a sum equal to the value usually put upon such property by persons buying and selling the same, subject to such modifications as the particular circumstances of the case may make proper.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That if any owner or possessor of a fierce or dangerous dog <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dangerous dogs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment of owner.</p></sidenote> shall permit the same to go at large in the District of Columbia, knowing said dog to be fierce or dangerous, to the danger or annoyance of the inhabitants, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars; and if such animal shall attack or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Animal to be killed by poundmaster.</p></sidenote> bite any person, the owner or possessor thereof shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and in addition to such punishment the court shall adjudge and order that such animal be forthwith delivered to the pound master, and said pound master is hereby authorized and directed to kill such animal so delivered to him.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/548">548</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Female dogs.</p></sidenote> “If any owner or possessor of a female dog shall permit her to go <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> at large in the District of Columbia while in heat he shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.”</p>
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</section>
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</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1333: Providing that the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia, on the first Monday in October in each year.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1333</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 548</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1333.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing that the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia, on the first Monday in October in each year.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/210">Public, No. 210</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Circuit court of appeals, fifth circuit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional term, Atlanta, Ga.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States is hereby authorized and required to hold one term of said court annually in the city of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia, on the first Monday in October in each year.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeals, writs of error, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all appeals, writs of error, and other appellate proceedings which may, after the date of this Act, be taken or prosecuted from the circuit or district courts of the United States in the State of Georgia to the court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit shall be heard and disposed of by the said court of appeals at the terms <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> of the court held in Atlanta in pursuance of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Injunctions, etc.</p></sidenote> That nothing herein contained shall prevent the court from hearing appeals or writs of error wherever the said court shall sit in cases of injunctions and in all other cases which under the statutes and the rules, or in the opinion of the court, are entitled to be brought to a speedy hearing.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other terms.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That this Act shall not operate to prevent the said court from holding other terms in the city of Atlanta or in such other places in the said fifth judicial circuit as said court may from time to time designate.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 826, amended.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That chapter five hundred and seventeen of Twenty-sixth United States Statutes at Large is hereby amended in accordance with the provisions of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation expenses.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the clerk of said court is authorized and permitted to pay out of the fees and emoluments of his office, (one) the necessary expenses incurred by him in transporting from his office in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Atlanta, Georgia, and in transporting from Atlanta, Georgia, to New Orleans, Louisiana, the records, books, papers, files, dockets, and supplies necessary for the use of the court <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance for actual expenses of clerk.</p></sidenote> at its terms to be held in Atlanta, Georgia; (two) an allowance for actual expenses not exceeding ten dollars per day, to cover travel and subsistence, for each day he may be required to be present at Atlanta, Georgia, on business connected with his said office, such expenses and allowance to be approved and allowed by the senior circuit judge of the fifth judicial circuit.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1334: Extending the time for making final proof in desert-land entries in Yakima County, State of Washington.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1334</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 548</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1334.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Extending the time for making final proof in desert-land entries in Yakima County, State of Washington.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/211">Public, No. 211</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yakima County, Wash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Desert-land entries extended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time for making final proof on unperfected, uncontested, and uncanceled desert-land entries in Yakima County, Washington, be, and the same is hereby, extended for one year from the date of the passage of this Act, but no other or additional expenditure shall be made than is now required by law.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1335: Amending an Act creating the middle district of Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1335</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 549</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/549">549</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1335.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Amending an Act creating the middle district of Pennsylvania.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/212">Public, No. 212</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the terms of the circuit <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania middle judicial district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of courts.</p></sidenote> and district courts of the middle district of Pennsylvania shall be as follows, to wit: At the city of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna, on the fourth Monday of February and the third Monday of October <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 880, amended.</p></sidenote> in each year; at the city of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin, on the first Monday of May and the first Monday of December in each year, and at the city of Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming, on the second Monday of January and the second Monday of June in each year. The sessions of the said courts shall continue for such time as the judges thereof shall severally direct and determine; and adjourned sittings and sessions may be held from time to time according as the business of the said courts shall, in the opinion of the same, require it.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the records of the circuit and the district courts shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent records to be kept at Scranton.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary records.</p></sidenote> be kept at the city of Scranton; but the said courts may provide by rule for the keeping of provisional or temporary records at Harrisburg and Williamsport of such actions, suits, or proceedings as may be there entered or brought. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed as requiring the removal to Scranton of the records of the late courts of the western district at Williamsport, but the same shall there remain as heretofore, under the control and direction of the courts of the middle district, as provided in the ninth section of the Act, to which this is an amendment, and in the charge and custody of the respective clerks thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the number of traverse or petit jurors summoned to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors.</p></sidenote> attend at any term of the said court shall not be less than twenty-four nor more than forty-eight, as the said courts by their order from time to time shall direct.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1336: To change the terms of the district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1336</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 549</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1336.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To change the terms of the district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/213">Public, No. 213</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the terms of the district <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania eastern district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of district court changed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s572/p100">R. S., sec. 572, p. 100, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote> court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania shall hereafter begin on the second Monday of March, the second Monday of June, the third Monday of September, and the second Monday of December, each term to continue until the succeeding term begins.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That no action, suit, proceeding, or process in the said district <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pending cases not affected.</p></sidenote> court shall abate or be in any respect invalidated by reason of the change of terms made by the foregoing section, but the said actions, suits, proceedings, and processes shall be returnable to, pending, and triable in the term hereby established next after the return day thereof.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1337: Amending the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act to carry into effect the stipulations of article seven of the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1337</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 549</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1337.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Amending the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act to carry into effect the stipulations of article seven of the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.”</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/214">Public, No. 214</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section four of the Act, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spanish Claims Commission.</p></sidenote> entitled “An Act to carry into effect the stipulations of article seven of the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded on the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/550">550</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 878, amended.</p></sidenote> tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,” approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following provisions:<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rules of procedure.</p></sidenote> “Such rules and mode of procedure shall conform, so far as practicable, to the mode of procedure and practice of the circuit courts of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers of Commission.</p></sidenote> the United States. The said Commission created by this Act is vested with the same powers now possessed by the circuit and district courts of the United States to compel the attendance and testimony of parties, claimants and witnesses, to preserve order, and to punish for contempt, and to compel the production of any books or papers deemed material to the consideration of any claim or matter pending before said Commission.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testimony in foreign countries.</p></sidenote> “That the said Commission is also vested with all the powers now possessed by the circuit and district courts of the United States to take or procure testimony in foreign countries. Such testimony may be taken, pursuant to the provisions of existing laws and the rules and practice of the district and circuit courts of the United States, so far as applicable, before the Commission or any Commissioner or Commissioners appointed under the provisions of this Act.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties of marshal, etc., District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Execution of writs outside of District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> “That the marshal of the United States for the District of Columbia, or his deputies, shall serve all processes issued by said Commission, preserve order in the place of sitting, and execute the orders of said Commission; and outside of the District of Columbia the writs of said Commission shall be executed by United States marshals, or their deputies, in their respective districts.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of officer to serve process, etc.</p></sidenote> “That said Commission or any Commissioner appointed by it to take testimony in foreign countries is hereby authorized to appoint an officer to serve any subpoena or process issued by said Commission or Commissioner.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses.</p></sidenote> “When testimony is to be taken before any Commissioner appointed by said Commission within any district or territory, the clerk of any court of the United States for such district or territory shall, on application of either party, or of his agent, issue a subpoena for such witness, commanding him to appear and testify before the Commissioner <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refusal to appear, etc.</p></sidenote> at a time and place stated in the subpoena; and if any witness, after being duly served with such subpoena, refuses or neglects to appear, or after appearing refuses to testify, not being privileged from giving testimony, and such refusal or neglect is proven to the satisfaction of any judge of the court whose clerk issues the subpoena, such judge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment.</p></sidenote> may proceed to enforce obedience to the process, or punish the disobedience, as any court of the United States may proceed in case of disobedience to process of subpoena to testify issued by such court; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Production of documents.</p></sidenote> and the production before such Commissioner of any paper or writing, written instrument, book, or other document, may also be required in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s869/p165">R. S., sec. 869, p. 165</ref>.</p></sidenote> the manner prescribed in section eight hundred and sixty-nine of Revised Statutes of the United States.”</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1338: To provide for circuit and district courts of the United States at Valdosta, Georgia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1338</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 550</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1338.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for circuit and district courts of the United States at Valdosta, Georgia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/215">Public, No. 215</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Southwestern division of southern judicial district of Georgia established.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s535/p90">R. S., sec. 535, p. 90, amended</ref>.</p></sidenote> That the southwestern division of the southern judicial district of Georgia is hereby established, to be composed of the counties of Berrien, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Decatur, Echols, Irwin, Lowndes, Mitchell, Thomas, Ware and Worth of the southern district of Georgia.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Valdosta.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That a term of the circuit court and of the district court for the southern district of Georgia shall be held at Valdosta, in said State, on the second Mondays in June and December in each year: and it shall <page identifier="/us/stat/32/551">551</page> be the duty of the clerk, marshal, and other officers of the southern judicial district to attend said terms of said court and perform all the duties pertaining to their positions, and no additional clerk or marshal shall be appointed in said district. If, in the opinion of the court, it <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deputy clerk.</p></sidenote> shall become necessary, a deputy clerk may be appointed: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free court room.</p></sidenote> however, That suitable rooms and accommodations are furnished for the holding of said courts free of expense to the Government of the United States.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That all suits not of a local nature in the circuit and district <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suits not of a local nature.</p></sidenote> courts against a single defendant, inhabitant of said State, must be brought in the division of the district where he resides; but if there are two or more defendants residing in different divisions of the district such suits may be brought in either division. All issues of fact in said suits shall be tried at a term of the court held in the division where the suit is so brought.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That prosecutions for crime or offenses hereafter committed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecution of crimes.</p></sidenote> in any of the counties of the southwestern division shall be cognizable within such division; and all prosecutions for crime or offenses heretofore committed within either of said counties, taken as aforesaid from the northern district, or committed in the southern district as hitherto constituted, shall be commenced and proceeded with as if this Act had not been passed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That all civil suits and proceedings now pending in the circuit <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of pending civil cases.</p></sidenote> or district courts of either district or division from which the counties constituting this division have been taken, and which would, if instituted after the passage of this Act, be required to be brought in the southwestern division of said district, may be transferred by consent of all parties or by order of the court to said southwestern division of said district and there disposed of in the same manner and with like effect as if the same had been instituted therein; and all processes, writs, and recognizances relating to such suits and proceedings so transferred shall be considered as belonging to the term of the court in the southwestern division of said district in the same manner and with like effect as if they had been issued or taken in reference thereto originally.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That in all cases of removal of suits from the courts of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of suits from State courts.</p></sidenote> State of Georgia to the courts of the United States in the southern district of Georgia such removal shall be to the United States courts in the division in which the county is situated from which the removal is made, and the time within which the removal shall be perfected, in so far as it refers to or is regulated by the terms of the United States courts, shall be deemed to refer to the terms of the United States courts in such division.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That all grand and petit jurors summoned for service in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Process.</p></sidenote> each division shall be residents of such division. All mesne and final process, subject to the provision hereinbefore contained, issued in either of said divisions, may be served and executed in either or all of said divisions.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be in force from and after the first day <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote> of January, anno Domini nineteen hundred and three.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content>All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> repealed.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1339: To establish a regular term of United States district court in Roanoke City, Virginia, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1339</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 551</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1339.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To establish a regular term of United States district court in Roanoke City, Virginia, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/216">Public, No. 216</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Virginia western district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s572/658/pp101/123">R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 101, 123</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That hereafter the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/552">552</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 794,</p></sidenote> Virginia shall be held each year at Danville on the Tuesday after the second Monday in April and November; at Lynchburg on the Tuesday after the second Monday in March and September; at Abingdon on the Tuesday after the first Monday in May and October; at Harrisonburg on the Tuesday after the first Monday in June and December; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roanoke added.</p></sidenote> at Charlottesville on the second Monday in January, and at Roanoke City on the second Monday in February.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deputy clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Residence of.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That in the western district of Virginia the clerk of the circuit and district courts at Lynchburg shall appoint two deputy clerks, each of whom shall be deputy clerk both of the circuit and district courts, and one of whom shall reside and keep his office in the city of Charlottesville, and the other in the city of Roanoke, for the purpose, in said respective cities, of taking charge and custody of the court records and papers, attending the sessions of the said courts, issuing all proper process, and discharging all the clerical duties in connection with the business of said courts.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshal.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the marshal for the western district of Virginia shall discharge all the duties of marshal in connection with the business of said courts at Charlottesville and Roanoke.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That this Act shall be in force from and after its passage.</content>
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<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1351: Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1351</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 552</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1351.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/217">Public, No. 217</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deficiencies appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of State.</p></sidenote> DEPARTMENT OF STATE.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">The Great Seal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1032.</p></sidenote> To enable the Secretary of State to have the Great Seal of the United States recut, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Pious fund of the Californias.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> For the payment of all necessary expenses and disbursements connected with the reference to arbitration of certain contentions arising under what is known as “the pious fund of the Californias,” as provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1916.</p></sidenote> by protocol of date May twenty-second, nineteen hundred and two, and covering one-half of the expenses of the arbitration, including the pay of the arbitrators, printing, and so forth, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same, or so much <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> thereof as may be expended, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of any award that may be made by said arbitration.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of certain claims for seizure of British schooners E. R. Nickerson and Wary.</p></sidenote> To pay certain claims of British and German subjects, growing out of the seizure of the British schooners E. R. Nickerson and Wary, during the late war with Spain, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered Three hundred and ninety-six of the present session, six thousand six hundred and five dollars.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foreign intercourse.</p></sidenote> foreign intercourse.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cuba.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legation expenses.</p></sidenote> For equipment of the legation of the United States in Cuba and for necessary expenses of the legation and for necessary contingent expenses of the legation, including clerk hire, messenger service, janitor, stationery, blank forms, blank books, books for the legation library, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/553">553</page> and all other requisite and necessary expenses of the legation, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State and to continue available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk hire at consulates in Cuba, to be expended under the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consulates.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk hire.</p></sidenote> direction of the Secretary of State, and to continue available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, namely: Al Habana, two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Habana.</p></sidenote> dollars; at Cienfuegos, five hundred dollars; at Santiago, five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cienfuegos.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Santiago.</p></sidenote> dollars; in all, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of consulates in Cuba, to be expended <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the Secretary of State, and to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, consular service.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Salaries, consular service,” fiscal year nineteen hundred, one thousand four hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses, consulates.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, United States consulates,” for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, fourteen thousand five hundred and ninety-nine dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred, three thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional amount for the salary of the United States consul at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Odessa, Russia.</p></sidenote> Odessa, Russia, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the appropriations made in the Act making appropriations for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Austria.</p></sidenote> the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, approved March twenty-second, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 76.</p></sidenote> nineteen hundred and two, for the pay of the envoy extraordinary and. minister plenipotentiary to Austria, and the secretaries of the legations <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legation appropriations available for embassy.</p></sidenote> to Austria, are hereby made applicable and payable to the ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary and secretaries for said embassy for Austria, and may be used for the pay of the ambassador of Austria and the secretaries of said embassy.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay John C. White for services rendered as chargé d’affaires ad <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John C. White.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay as chargé d’affaires.</p></sidenote> interim of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, inclusive, and from April eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, inclusive, two thousand and thirty dollars and sixty-three cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>TREASURY DEPARTMENT. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Treasury Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>contingent expenses.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department: Freight, telegrams, and so forth,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one thousand six hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, grates, grate baskets and fixtures, blowers, coal hods, coal shovels, pokers, and tongs, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of gas, electric current for lighting and power purposes, gas and electric light fixtures, electric-light wiring and material, candles, candlesticks, droplights and tubing, gas burners, gas torches, globes, lanterns, and wicks, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/554">554</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the accounts of the Smithsonian Institution for the transmission of mail matter for the Treasury Department during the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, three hundred and fifteen dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred and ninety dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">File holders, etc.</p></sidenote> For purchase of file holders and file cases, to remain available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote> For purchase of boxes, book rests, chairs, chair caning, chair covers, desks, bookcases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, leather for covering chairs and sofas, locks, lumber, screens, tables, typewriters, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, washstands, water coolers and stands, to remain available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> For washing and hemming towels; for the purchase of awnings and 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; to remain available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal to rented quarters.</p></sidenote> For taking down shelving, building corner Fourteenth and B streets northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, transferring and reerecting same in building numbered nine hundred and twenty and nine hundred and twenty-two E street northwest, and erection of new shelving in same building, to remain available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transferring files from the Treasury building and its annexes in the city of Washington to building numbered nine hundred and twenty and nine hundred and twenty-two E street northwest, and to basement Court of Claims building, to remain available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> For stationery for the Treasury Department and its several bureaus, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For rent of third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors of building numbered seven hundred and nineteen and seven hundred and twenty-one Thirteenth street northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, and two stories in rear building of same, the whole containing between fifteen thousand and sixteen thousand square feet of floor space, including stairways, halls, elevators, toilet rooms, and so forth; heat, light, and elevator service to be included, six thousand five hundred dollars; expense of moving to said building, five hundred dollars; three laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; said sums to be available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three; in all, nine thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Standards.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">National Bureau of Standards</inline>: For rent of additional quarters during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, authority is granted to use not exceeding sixty dollars per month out of the appropriation made for books and other miscellaneous expenses for said Bureau.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/555">555</page>
<inline class="smallCaps">Ellis Island Immigrant Station</inline>: For necessary improvements<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ellis Island Immigrant Station.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvements, etc.</p></sidenote> and alterations at Ellis Island, including walks, grading, leveling, depositing loam, raising grade of cellar in hospital building, reconstruction and replanking of portions of old crib work, new water main, painting and certain sundries, all in accordance with estimates submitted in House Document Numbered six hundred and twenty-five of this session, and to be paid out of the immigrant fund, ninety-eight thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For separate structure of light steel, with copper roof and sides, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steel structure.</p></sidenote> sheathed on interior, to be set between dock basin and restaurant area, to be about seventy-five by one hundred feet, including approaches, to be paid out of the immigrant fund, eighteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of silver coin</inline>: For transportation of silver coin, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of silver coin.</p></sidenote> including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, twelve thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposits.</p></sidenote> deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Enforcement of the Chinese exclusion Act</inline>: To prevent unlawful <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chinese exclusion.</p></sidenote> 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, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Paris Exposition</inline>: Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paris Exposition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of unexpended balance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 106.</p></sidenote> the Treasury to use the balance of three thousand and twenty dollars and thirty-three cents of the appropriation made by the deficiency act of July nineteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the special commissioner to represent the United States at the International Exposition at Paris in nineteen hundred, together with the unexpended balance of one thousand six hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-four cents of the appropriation made for the pay of jurors for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1117.</p></sidenote> exposition made by the sundry civil act of March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, in all, four thousand six hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seventeen cents, in the discharge of such indebtedness of the Paris Exposition as may be found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To complete the unfinished work of the late United States Commission <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion of unfinished work.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of medals, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of expenses.</p></sidenote> to the International Exposition at Paris in nineteen hundred, and to defray the expenses of distributing the medals and diplomas awarded to exhibitors from the United States, to be expended under the direction of the President,’ there is hereby appropriated for such purposes such sums of money as have been covered into the Treasury as proceeds derived from the sale of furniture or other property used by the Commission, and to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, thirteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars and twenty-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Pan-American Exposition</inline>: To John G. Milburn, of Buffalo, New <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pan-American Exposition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to certain creditors.</p></sidenote> York, as trustee, for the payment of certain creditors of the Pan-American Exposition Company, five hundred thousand dollars; the claims against said company to be paid pro rata by said Milburn as trustee aforesaid being for labor, material, services, and other expenses incident thereto and attending the work of said exposition. None <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions.</p></sidenote> of this money shall be paid to any stockholder of said corporation as a dividend upon such stock, nor to pay any claim against said company secured by mortgage, nor to any holder of bonds or securities <page identifier="/us/stat/32/556">556</page> of said company on account of said bonds or securities, nor shall any payment be made for rents of said grounds or for the restoration of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report of John G. Milburn, trustee.</p></sidenote> the same. The said Milburn as trustee shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury a report giving the names of the creditors so paid, and the respective amounts, and on what account, accompanied with a voucher, under oath, showing the furnishing of such labor, material, services, and other expenses as aforesaid, and the payment therefor <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balance.</p></sidenote> by said trustee. The unexpended balance, if any, shall be returned by said trustee to the Treasury with said report, which shall be filed within one year after said appropriation shall be paid to said trustee. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Successor to trustee in case of death.</p></sidenote> In case of the death, resignation, or removal of said trustee, the circuit court of the United States for the western district of New York shall, upon application of any interested party, appoint a successor who shall discharge said trust.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote> The said trustee or his successor may be required by the Secretary of the Treasury to give a bond to be approved by him for the faithful discharge of said trust hereby created.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interstate and West Indian Exposition.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of certain claims.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition</inline>: For the payment of legal claims against the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition Company for labor, articles, and services rendered to said company for the work of said exposition, or for the reimbursement of any officer of said company who has advanced money or paid such claims, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retained bounty fund.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2035/p358">R. S., sec. 2035, p. 358, repealed</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Retained bounty fund</inline>: That section two thousand and thirty-five of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed, and the unexpended balance of the fund formerly in the custody of the Freedmen’s Bureau and referred to in said section is hereby covered into the Treasury as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment.</p></sidenote> “Miscellaneous receipts”: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That upon application by parties entitled to any portion of the moneys so covered in, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay the amount found due in the same manner and from the same appropriation as claims for bounty to volunteer soldiers are now paid.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. G. Brownlow and others.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to legal representatives of W. G. Brownlow and others</inline>: To pay amounts ascertained by the Attorney-General to be due, under the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the legal representatives of W. G. Brownlow, Brownlow and Haws, and Brownlow, Haws and Company, late owners and proprietors, respectively, of the Knoxville Whig, Knoxville, Tennessee, and certified in House Document Numbered Six hundred and eight of the present session, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chamberlain, Delany and Scott.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1426.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to Chamberlain, Delany and Scott</inline>: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Chamberlain, Delany and Scott, of the city of Richmond, State of Virginia, the sum of one thousand seven hundred and four dollars and forty-six cents, the amount provided for by the Act approved June third, nineteen hundred and two, it now appearing that all appropriations for the Marblehead light-house have been exhausted.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit in accounts of certain engineer officers.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Credit in accounts of certain officers, Corps of Engineers</inline>: Authority is hereby granted to the accounting officers of the Treasury to allow and credit in the accounts of certain officers of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, amounts standing against them on the books of the Treasury as follows: Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. H. Benyaurd, twenty-nine dollars and seventy cents; Major F. A. Mahan, fifteen dollars; Captain C. H. McKinstry, nine dollars and twenty-two cents; Lieutenant-Colonel O. H. Ernst, four hundred and thirty-five dollars and four cents; Major Dan C. Kingman, ten dollars and thirty cents; Captain Charles L. Potter, seventy-nine dollars and sixty-five cents; and Captain Henry S. Taber, one thousand and twenty-five <page identifier="/us/stat/32/557">557</page> dollars and eighty-six cents; in all, one thousand six hundred and four dollars and seventy-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Credit in account of Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Jacobs</inline>: The <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lieut. Col. J. W. Jacobs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit in accounts.</p></sidenote> accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to reopen the accounts of Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Jacobs, Deputy Quartermaster-General, and to credit him with the amount, not exceeding six hundred and twenty-nine dollars and sixty-nine cents, expended by him, under orders of the Secretary of War, for the entertainment of the military organizations of foreign governments accompanying the Army of the United States in the military operations before Santiago, Cuba, in eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Relief of estate of George Lea Febiger</inline>: The estate of George <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George Lea Febiger estate.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of.</p></sidenote> Lea Febiger, late first lieutenant, Thirty-third United States Infantry Volunteers, is hereby relieved from accountability for subsistence funds in the sum of one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and thirty-eight cents, that being the amount of such funds with which he was charged and for which he was accountable on October twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred, on which date he was killed in action.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to Chase and Jameson</inline>: To compensate Messrs. Chase <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chase and Jameson.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> and Jameson, Boston, Massachusetts, for damages sustained by the steam tug Minnie and Irvin by collision with the revenue steamer Chandler November twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and one, thirty-nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to William S. Beauchamp</inline>: To pay William S. Beauchamp, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William S. Beauchamp.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> of Baltimore, Maryland, for loss sustained through the sinking of the schooner Alexander Wiley, through collision with the Government steam tug General Hunt, near Fort Carroll, Maryland, on July twenty-first, nineteen hundred, two thousand three hundred and seventy dollars and eighty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Reimbursement to the Independent Line Steamers, of Tampa, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Independent Line Steamers, Tampa, Fla.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> Florida</inline>: To pay to the Independent Line Steamers, of Tampa, Florida, in full settlement of all claims said steamer line may have against the United States for damages to the steamer Manatee, due to a collision with the United States steamer Hillsboro, in Tampa Bay, Florida, on the night of November eighteenth, nineteen hundred and one, six hundred and twenty-four dollars and eighteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company</inline>: To pay <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company balance for transportation, as ascertained by the findings of the Court of Claims rendered on the nineteenth day of February, nineteen hundred and one, fourteen thousand four hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety-three cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>collecting the revenue from customs. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Customs revenue.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, being <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of collecting.</p></sidenote> additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose, on account of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>internal revenue. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal revenue.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents, fees and expenses of gaugers, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, etc.</p></sidenote> salaries and expenses of storekeepers and storekeeper-gaugers, and miscellaneous expenses, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Refunding taxes illegally collected.</p></sidenote> Treasury on account of the appropriation “Refunding taxes illegally collected,” two thousand nine hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption of stamps.</p></sidenote> Treasury on account of the appropriation “Redemption of stamps,” seven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars and sixty-nine cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/558">558</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public buildings.</p></sidenote> public buildings.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Springfield, Ill.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> For rental of temporary quarters for the accommodation of certain Government officials at Springfield, Illinois, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rand, McNally and Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay Rand, McNally and Company for repairs and improvements to the quarters in Chicago, Illinois, occupied as subtreasury and internal-revenue offices, one thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Muncie, Ind.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional appropriation.</p></sidenote> For the continuation of post-office building at Muncie, Indiana, under the present limit, ten thousand dollars in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engraving and printing.</p></sidenote> engraving and printing.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apportionment of unexpended balance.</p></sidenote> The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to transfer the sum of fifty-three thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars and thirteen cents of the unexpended balance to the credit of each of the following appropriations, namely: Compensation of employees, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, nineteen hundred and two, and plate printing, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, nineteen hundred and two, to the appropriation for materials and miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, nineteen hundred and two, and to use the sum so transferred as though it had been originally appropriated for the purposes of said appropriation for materials and miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, nineteen hundred and two.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coast and Geodetic Survey.</p></sidenote> coast and geodetic survey.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electrotyping plant.</p></sidenote> For the purchase and installation of new plant for the electrotyping work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, two thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue-Cutter Service.</p></sidenote> revenue-cutter service.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity, officers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 100.</p></sidenote> For amount necessary to meet the requirements in the matter of longevity pay for officers from April twelfth to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, under the provisions of the Act approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, twenty-five thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and twenty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Winona,” repairs.</p></sidenote> For amount required for new boiler and fittings for the United States ship Winona and for repairs to said vessel, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue steamers, Great Lakes.</p></sidenote> For amount necessary for armament, boats, and equipments for revenue steamer for the Great Lakes, eight thousand eight hundred and fourteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pacific coast.</p></sidenote> For amount necessary for armament, boats, furniture, electric-light plant, and equipments for revenue steamer for Pacific coast, seventeen thousand and sixty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> That officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service detailed for duty in the Life-Saving Service shall not be entitled to mileage when traveling on duty connected with said Life-Saving Service, but shall receive actual necessary traveling expenses.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Guy N. Stockslager.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay Guy N. Stockslager for services performed for the months of August, September, and October, nineteen hundred, at the request of Lieutenant D. H. Jarvis, Revenue-Cutter Service, acting special agent of the Treasury Department, in assisting him in investigating the condition and taking care of the Eskimos who were sick and dying along the coast near Cape Nome, Alaska, at the salary of two hundred dollars per month, six hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/559">559</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>fish commission. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fish Commission.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to the property occupied by the United States Commission <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> of Fish and Fisheries in Washington, District of Columbia, including new boiler for the office building, repairs to car shed and storage sheds, and repairs to concrete pavement and fence, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Maintenance of vessels: For maintenance of the vessels and launches, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of vessels, etc.</p></sidenote> including the purchase and repair of boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, hire of vessels, and all other necessary expenses in connection therewith, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Miscellaneous expenses, Fish Commission,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, twenty-eight dollars and twenty-nine cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>light-house establishment. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Light-House Establishment.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Patapsco River light station, Maryland</inline>: The Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patapsco River light station, Md.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 374.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 329.</p></sidenote> Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of said light station within the sums authorized by the Acts approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and June tenth, nineteen hundred and two, relating to said light station.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For amount of decree of the circuit court of the United States for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Austin Reef station, Mich.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional land.</p></sidenote> the eastern district of Michigan, dated March thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, equity case numbered three thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, George C. Morse, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Patrick M. Gamble, deceased, versus The United States, in the matter of additional land for the Port Austin Reef light station, Michigan, six hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>independent treasury. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Independent Treasury.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses under the requirements of section thirty-six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3653/p719">R. S., sec. 3653, p. 719</ref>.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The appropriation of three thousand dollars, made by the deficiency <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of special agents, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 10.</p></sidenote> Act approved February fourteenth, nineteen hundred and two, for salaries of special agents and for actual expenses of examiners 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3649/p718">R. S., sec. 3649, p. 718</ref>.</p></sidenote> forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, also including examinations of cash accounts at mints, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, is hereby continued and made available for expenditure during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>mints and assay offices. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mints and assay offices.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seattle, Wash.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation, “Wages and contingent expenses, assay office at Seattle,” for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, eighteen dollars and five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred, one hundred dollars and twenty two cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/560">560</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government in Territories.</p></sidenote> government in the territories.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Territory of Alaska</inline>: For salaries of commissioners, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, whose terms of office extended into the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">All appropriations must be specifically made.</p></sidenote> Hereafter no Act of Congress shall be construed to make an appropriation out of the Treasury of the United States unless such Act shall, in specific terms, declare an appropriation to be made for the purpose or purposes specified in the Act.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p></sidenote> DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coroner’s office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of deputy coroner, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Coroner’s office</inline>: To pay the deputy coroner for services during the absence of the coroner, for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, three hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Contingent and miscellaneous expenses</inline>: For general advertising, fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one thousand nine hundred and one dollars and thirty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witness fees, etc.</p></sidenote> For witness fees and additional amounts required to meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for coroner’s office for the service of the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, three hundred and forty dollars and sixty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one dollar.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial expenses.</p></sidenote> For judicial expenses, fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, three hundred and sixty-eight dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of board of survey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 923.</p></sidenote> For amount required to pay a board of survey appointed under the Act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to remove dangerous or unsafe buildings, and so forth, thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States Electric Lighting Company.</p></sidenote> For amount required to pay the United States Electric Lighting Company for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, thirteen dollars and seventy-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Street lighting.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Streets</inline>: For additional amount required for electric lighting, one thousand six hundred and fifty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Public schools</inline>: For contingent expenses, to pay John F. Ellis and Company, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, sixty dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote> For amount required for fuel, for service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, three thousand and fifty-three dollars and ninety-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manual training.</p></sidenote> For amount required for manual training, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, four dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 834.</p></sidenote> That the appropriations. “For furniture for and equipment of Manual Training Schools Number one and Number two” are hereby made available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three for the purchase of books and books of reference for use of teachers, machinery, tools, apparatus, material, and other necessary objects for the equipment of these schools.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Militia.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Militia</inline>: For expenses of camps, instruction, practice marches, and practice cruises, two thousand two hundred and sixty-one dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing, etc.</p></sidenote> For printing and stationery, one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval militia.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Naval Militia</inline>: For amount required for contingent expenses, fiscal year nineteen hundred, twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Metropolitan police.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Metropolitan Police</inline>: For additional amount required for the house of detention, five hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/561">561</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional amounts required to meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for miscellaneous and contingent expenses for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two dollars and eighty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For amount required to pay outstanding bills incurred in providing a place of detention for women and children, fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, fifty-eight dollars and thirteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For amount required for the service of the fiscal year nineteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public order.</p></sidenote> hundred and one to maintain public order, thirty-two dollars and two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Fire Department</inline>: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire department.</p></sidenote> are hereby authorized to pay J. P. Agnew and Company forty-two dollars for fuel purchased without inspection required by law.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional amounts required to meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for contingent expenses for the following fiscal years:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and fifty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For forage, fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forage.</p></sidenote> thirty-eight dollars and forty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to engine houses, fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> three dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Electrical Department</inline>: For an additional amount required to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electrical department.</p></sidenote> meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for general supplies, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall, on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apportionment of appropriations to prevent deficiencies.</p></sidenote> or before the beginning of each fiscal year, so apportion appropriations made for contingent and miscellaneous expenses under the Metropolitan police, fire department, electrical department, and other offices or departments of the government of the District of Columbia as to prevent deficiences in said appropriations.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Telegraph and telephone service</inline>: For amount required for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph and telephone service.</p></sidenote> general supplies for the service of the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, fifty dollars and ninety-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Courts</inline>: For repairs to police court building, fiscal year nineteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police court.</p></sidenote> hundred and one, nine dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For amount required for repairs to police court, service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, three dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurors.</p></sidenote> to pay the jurors who served in the police court during January, nineteen hundred and two.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And hereafter there shall be paid to witnesses in cases in the police <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Witnesses.</p></sidenote> court of the District of Columbia, not exceeding seventy-five cents per diem for each day of attendance, to be allowed only in the discretion of the court.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Indexing Code of the District</inline>: To pay Edwin C. Brandenburg <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edwin C. Brandenburg.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indexing code.</p></sidenote> for indexing the code of laws for the District of Columbia, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Defending Suits in Court of Claims</inline>: Defending suits in claims: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defending suits in Court of Claims.</p></sidenote> For defending suits in the United States Court of Claims, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Support of Prisoners</inline>: For expenses for maintenance of the jail <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of prisoners.</p></sidenote> of the District of Columbia, and for support of prisoners therein, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Judgments</inline>: For payment of the judgments, including costs, against <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments.</p></sidenote>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/562">562</page> the District of Columbia, set forth in House Documents Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight and Six hundred and thirteen, of this session, twenty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty-three dollars and eleven cents, together with a further sum to pay the interest, at not exceeding four per centum, on said judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Writs of lunacy.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Writs of lunacy</inline>: To defray the expenses attending the execution of writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder in all cases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane by order of the executive authority of the District of Columbia for the service of the fiscal years, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred, one thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, three hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Asylum.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Washington Asylum</inline>: For additional amount required for repairs to buildings, sixty-seven dollars and forty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to water-closets and bathrooms in the female ward of the hospital, fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, to continue available during fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum</inline>: For subsistence, service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, five hundred and thirty dollars and fifty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional amounts required for fuel and light and other objects mentioned under this head in the appropriation for the service of the fiscal years, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, eight hundred and fifty-one dollars and two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Howard University.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> For amount required to reimburse the Howard University for repairs to buildings, fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, seven hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Children’s Guardians.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Board of Children’s Guardians</inline>: For additional amount required to meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for administrative expenses, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">S. S. Parkman.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> For amount required to reimburse S. S. Parkman, late disbursing officer of the board, the amount paid by him for a city directory, fiscal year nineteen hundred, five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to sectarian institutions.</p></sidenote> The Board of Children’s Guardians of the District of Columbia shall have authority to pay to institutions adjudged to be under sectarian control not more than one thousand dollars out of the appropriation of nine thousand dollars made for said board in the urgent deficiency <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 119.</p></sidenote> appropriation Act approved April twenty-second, nineteen hundred and two, and one-half of the last-named sum shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Garfield Hospital.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Garfield Hospital</inline>: For maintenance of the isolating wards at Garfield Hospital, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the support of patients treated wholly or partly at public expense.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursing officer.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit in accounts of</p></sidenote> The accounting officers of the United States Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to credit in the settlement of the accounts of the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia the amounts heretofore paid for the purchase of directories-out of appropriations which do not in terms authorize expenditures for books of reference.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Filtration plant.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Filtration plant</inline>: For office expenses and pay of watchmen and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/563">563</page> other necessary employees for the month of June, nineteen hundred and two, two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Increasing the water supply</inline>: For office expenses and pay of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increasing water supply.</p></sidenote> watchmen and other necessary employees for the month of June, nineteen hundred and two, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Except as otherwise provided, one-half of the foregoing amounts to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">One-half from District revenues.</p></sidenote> 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 not otherwise appropriated.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WAR DEPARTMENT. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Contingent expenses</inline>: To pay amounts found due by the accounting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation, “Contingent expenses, War Department,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, twenty dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Statement of receipts and expenditures in Cuba and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cuba and Philippines.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statement of receipts and expenditures.</p></sidenote> Philippine Islands</inline>: To enable the Secretary of War to employ temporary force and to pay all necessary expenses, including rent of rooms not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars, in compiling for the information of Congress a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures by the military government of Cuba since May first, nineteen hundred, in continuation and completion of the statement heretofore furnished of such receipts and expenditures covering the period from the beginning of American occupation to and including April thirtieth, nineteen hundred; and to enable the Secretary of War to pay all necessary expenses in compiling for the information of Congress a similar statement relating to the Philippine Islands of all receipts and expenditures from the date of American occupation, thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be available until expended.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Deposit of certain military stores funds</inline>: All funds received <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposit of military stores funds.</p></sidenote> as the value of military stores transferred by the several staff departments of the Army to the insular government of the Philippines shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and remain available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three for the procurement of like military stores to replace those so transferred.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of accounts for transportation of destitute citizens from <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of destitute citizens, etc.</p></sidenote> Alaska to San Francisco and Seattle, eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Rivers and harbors</inline>: For the improvement of the Ohio River <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement between Cairo and Mound City.</p></sidenote> between Cairo and Mound City, twenty-five thousand dollars, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, and to be expended only if in the opinion of the Secretary of War an emergency exists and such expenditure is required in the interest of navigation.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>military establishment. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military Establishment.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Pay Department</inline>: For pay of officers of the staff and line, six hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army pay.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars; for pay of enlisted men, nine hundred thousand dollars; in all, one million five hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for “Pay, and so forth, of the Army” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, which is hereby reappropriated for said purposes.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mileage to officers traveling without troops, when authorized by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage, officers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 901.</p></sidenote> law, one hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for “Mileage to officers traveling without troops” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, which is hereby reappropriated for said purpose.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/564">564</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subsistence.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civilian cooks, etc., on transports.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Subsistence of the Army</inline>: Authority is hereby granted to the accounting officers of the Treasury to audit and allow certain accounts for services and subsistence of civilian cooks, butchers, and bakers employed on steamships chartered by the Government for the military expedition to Manila in eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, as set forth in Appendix D of House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight of the present session, two thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military Academy.</p></sidenote> military academy.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of general army service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Longevity.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Pay</inline>: For pay of general army service: For sixteen privates, two thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars; for additional pay for length of service, one thousand three hundred and ninety-two dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing.</p></sidenote> for clothing on discharge, one thousand and twenty-four dollars; in all, four thousand nine hundred and twelve dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.</p></sidenote> national home for disabled volunteer soldiers.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dayton, Ohio.</p></sidenote> Central Branch at Dayton, Ohio: To reimburse the post fund of the Central Branch for amount taken from that fund for the purpose of making repairs to the mess hall at the Central Branch damaged by fire, six thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and eighty-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leavenworth, Kans.</p></sidenote> Western Branch, at Leavenworth, Kansas: For household expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hampton, Va.</p></sidenote> At the Southern Branch at Hampton, Virginia: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head in the sundry civil appropriation Act, and for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household expenses.</p></sidenote> For household expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Danville, Ill.</p></sidenote> At the Danville Branch at Danville, Illinois: For commissary’s residence, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of judgments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dayton Branch.</p></sidenote> To enable the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to pay judgments obtained in the court of common pleas for Montgomery County, Ohio, on account of the Dayton Branch of said Home, together with the amount of costs in connection therewith, one thousand two hundred and forty-one dollars and one cent, together with a further sum sufficient to pay interest on each of said judgments at the rate of six per centum per annum from the date of their rendition until paid.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of pension money to widow, etc.</p></sidenote> Hereafter any balance of pension money due a member of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at the time of his death shall be paid to his widow, minor children or dependent mother or father in the order named, and should no widow, minor child, or dependent parent be discovered within one year from the time of the death of the pensioner, said balance shall be paid to the post fund of the Branch of said National Home of which the pensioner was a member at the time of his death, to be used for the common benefit of the members of the Home under the direction of the Board of Managers, subject to future reclamation by the relatives hereinbefore designated, upon application filed with the Board of Managers within five years after the pensioner’s death.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> miscellaneous, war department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Governors Island, N. Y.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlargement.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Governors Island, New York</inline>: For continuing the enlargement of Governors Island by construction of wharf, dredging, bulkhead, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/565">565</page> and filling, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay E. A. McIlhenny in full compensation for rescuing, housing, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. A. McIlhenny.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> feeding, clothing, and caring for shipwrecked sailors in the Arctic Ocean, in the years eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, four thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars and fifty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Credit in accounts of Major J. B. Bellinger</inline>: The accounting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maj. J. B. Bellinger.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit in accounts of.</p></sidenote> officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to reopen the accounts of Major J. B. Bellinger, quartermaster, United States Army, and to credit him with the amount of one hundred and forty-three dollars and twenty cents, expended by him in September, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, under orders of the Quartermaster-General, with the approval of the then Assistant Secretary of War, as a settlement of all claims that were duo or thereafter might be due for restoring the steamship Fanita to the same condition as when she entered the service of the Government, in April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVY DEPARTMENT. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, to enter <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent of additional quarters.</p></sidenote> into a contract for the rent of a suitable fireproof building, containing not less than approximately sixty thousand square feet of floor space in the vicinity of the State, War, and Navy Department building, for the use of the Navy Department for the period of ten years at an annual rental of not exceeding twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum.</p></sidenote> and for the rent of such building during the last half of the fiscal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> year nineteen hundred and three at an annual rate not exceeding that heretofore specified, and for fuel and light, miscellaneous articles, and an assistant engineer at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum; four firemen, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; two elevator conductors, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; ten charwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum each; four laborers, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each; five watchmen, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; one plumber, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; there is hereby appropriated, to be available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, the sum of twenty-two thousand and thirty dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Establishment.</p></sidenote></heading>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>general account of advances. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General account of advances.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse “General account of advances,” created by the Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 20, p. 167.</p></sidenote> 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 year given, found to be due the “general account” on adjustment by the accounting officers, there is appropriated as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For emergency fund, Navy Department, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emergency fund.</p></sidenote> ninety-nine, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and nineteen cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For emergency fund, Navy Department, January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, nine hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty-four cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Navy, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, eighty-four <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay.</p></sidenote> dollars and sixty-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Navy, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, seven dollars and sixty cents;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/566">566</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote> For contingent, Navy, nineteen hundred and one, one thousand and twenty-two dollars and twelve cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Navy, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, two hundred and forty dollars and eight cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Corps.</p></sidenote> For fuel, Marine Corps, nineteen hundred and one, two thousand and sixty-three dollars and twenty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps, nineteen hundred, two thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and forty-four cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Marine Corps, nineteen hundred and one, three thousand nine hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, four dollars and sixteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p></sidenote> For transportation, recruiting, and contingent, Bureau of Navigation, nineteen hundred and one, two thousand four hundred and ten dollars and forty-two cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation, recruiting, and contingent, Bureau of Navigation, nineteen hundred, two thousand and one dollars and three cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation, recruiting, and contingent, Bureau of Navigation, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, fifty-eight dollars and fifty-three cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Ordnance.</p></sidenote> For repairs, Bureau of Ordnance, nineteen hundred and one, eight thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and forty-eight cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Equipment.</p></sidenote> For equipment of vessels, Bureau of Equipment, nineteen hundred, seventeen thousand four hundred and sixty dollars and sixty-six cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For equipment of vessels, Bureau of Equipment, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and ten cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Equipment, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, twenty-four dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p></sidenote> For maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks, nineteen hundred and one, fifteen thousand two hundred and forty-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.</p></sidenote> For Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, twenty dollars and ninety-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, ten dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, nineteen hundred and one, three thousand four hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, nineteen hundred, eight hundred and fifty-five dollars and twenty-seven cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, eighty-three dollars and ninety-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.</p></sidenote> For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, one hundred and seven dollars and fifty-five cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, twenty-seven dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, thirteen dollars and ninety cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Steam Engineering.</p></sidenote> For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, four thousand one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and sixty-one cents;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/567">567</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, eight dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and preservation, Bureau of Yards and Docks, nineteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> hundred and one, thirty-four thousand and forty-six dollars and twenty-two cents; in all, ninety-nine thousand six hundred and forty-one dollars and one cent.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Navigation</inline>: For expenses of recruiting for the naval <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation and recruiting.</p></sidenote> service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad, and of officers accompanying them; 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 apprentices, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation unforeseen and impossible to classify, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 685.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Transportation, recruiting, and contingent, Bureau of Navigation,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, eight hundred and fifty-five dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Equipment</inline>: To pay the following voucher, not received <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Equipment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of certain vouchers.</p></sidenote> at the Department until after the balance under the appropriation “Equipment of vessels,” fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, had been covered into the Treasury, namely, Charles F. Hoser, one dollar.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the following voucher, not received at the Department until after the balance under the appropriation “Equipment of vessels,” fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, had been covered into the Treasury, namely, Western Electric Company, sixteen dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Yards and Docks</inline>: General maintenance of yards and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> docks, namely: For freight, transportation of materials and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of fire engines, fire apparatus, and plants; machinery; 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 and for the Bureau of Yards and Docks; coal and other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; attendance on light and power plants; cleaning and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, and fire apparatus and plants; incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax; tolls and ferriage; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, and advertising for yards and docks and other purposes; and for rent of wharf and storehouse at Erie, Pennsylvania, for use and accommodation of United States steamer Michigan, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay for water supplied to navy-yard, New York, during fourth quarter of fiscal year ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, six thousand two hundred and seven dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 690.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two thousand and seventy dollars and seventy-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, ten thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and preservation.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/568">568</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</inline>: For surgeons’ necessaries for. vessels in commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, and department of instruction, museum of hygiene, and Naval Academy, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For freight, 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, and for minor repairs on buildings and grounds of the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene; for the care, maintenance, and treatment of the insane of the Navy and Marine Corps on the Pacific coast, and all other necessary contingent expenses, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing damage by fire to naval laboratory, Brooklyn, New York, including equipment, ten thousand seven hundred and sixty-one dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commander Richardson Clover.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay Commander Richardson Clover, United States Navy, for reimbursement for medical expenses incurred in accordance with section fifteen hundred and eighty-six, Revised Statutes, being for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one thousand four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ten cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commander W. H. Beehler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay Commander W. H. Beehler, United States Navy, for reimbursement for medical expenses incurred in accordance with section fifteen hundred and eighty-six, Revised Statutes, being for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, six hundred and fourteen dollars and thirteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote> To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for “Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,” fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, five hundred and eighty-two dollars and twenty-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Steam Engineering.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Steam Engineering</inline>: Steam machinery, nineteen hundred: To pay balance due under contract for boilers for the United States steamer Raleigh, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Academy.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Naval Academy</inline>: For building and furnishing additional temporary quarters and recitation rooms for cadets, to be available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Corps.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Marine Corps</inline>: To reimburse Ordnance Department, United States Army, for three hundred thousand rifle-ball cartridges, caliber thirty one-hundredths, delivered to quartermaster, First Regiment United States Marines, at Tientsin, China, in August, nineteen hundred, being for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, seven thousand six hundred and sixty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay account on file for transportation and subsistence of enlisted men, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, sixty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay account on file for telegraphic service, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, ninety-nine cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/569">569</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of the appropriation “Contingent. Marine Corps,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance of credit for commutation of rations, etc.</p></sidenote> directed to allow, in the settlement of the accounts of the disbursing officers of the Navy and Marine Corps involved, credit for commutation of rations and subsistence of marines serving on shore in island possessions prior to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, to relieve the suspensions and disallowances of expenditures for the purpose stated appearing in the accounts of such disbursing officers for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, nineteen hundred, and nineteen hundred and one.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Auditor for the Navy Department be, and is hereby, authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising.</p></sidenote> and directed to credit voucher numbered five hundred and sixty-three, fourth quarter, nineteen hundred and one, in favor of the New York World, amounting to forty-six dollars and eighty cents, for advertising for recruits.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous, naval establishment. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To compensate the owners of barge Export for damages sustained <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Export.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to owners.</p></sidenote> by collision with the United States tug Traffic, three hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse Assistant Paymaster Jonathan Brooks in the sum of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jonathan Brooks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and forty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse Passed Assistant Paymaster Howard P. Ash, twenty-four <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Howard P. Ash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> dollars and fifty-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To compensate the owners of a wherry belonging to the schooner <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Florence Whelan.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to owners.</p></sidenote> Florence Whelan, in collision with the steam launch of the United States steamship Dolphin, thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse Captain W. H. Whiting, United States Navy, amount <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. H. Whiting.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit in accounts.</p></sidenote> checked against his accounts for moneys paid to Chinese injured by falling of a boat of the United States steamship Charleston, two hundred and thirty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse officers of the Navy for amounts checked against their <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit in accounts for officers’ effects.</p></sidenote> accounts and to authorize the disbursing officers to be credited in their accounts for payments, upon the presentation of proper vouchers, of the expenses for transportation of officers’ effects, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of the Interior.</p></sidenote></heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Contingent Expenses</inline>.—To pay amounts found due by the accounting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, four hundred and forty-three dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Electric-Light Plant</inline>.—For electric-light plant for the Department <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electric-light plant.</p></sidenote> of the Interior buildings, for the establishment of an electric-lighting plant for buildings occupied by offices of the Department of the Interior, the Patent Office building, the old Post-Office building now occupied by the General Land and Indian bureaus, and the Pension Office building, and for the improvement in the heating of the Patent Office building, including necessary conduits, the laying and construction of which are hereby authorized, to be immediately available, and to be continued available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Maps Prepared in the General Land Office</inline>: That the fourteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General Land Office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maps.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 121.</p></sidenote> thousand eight hundred and forty dollars appropriated by the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/570">570</page> Act approved April seventeenth, nineteen hundred, for the connected and separate United States and other maps prepared in the General Land Office of the United States, which appropriation was made available for expenditure during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1034.</p></sidenote> by the Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same is hereby, made available for expenditure during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three; and that the fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars appropriated by Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, for the connected and separate United States and other maps prepared in the General Land Office be, and the same is hereby, made available for expenditure during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General repairs.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For the Capitol</inline>: For work at Capitol, and for general repairs thereof, including wages of mechanics and laborers, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For reconstruction of carpenter shop and tool shops on the south side of the Capitol grounds, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, four thousand four hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refitting document room of the House of Representatives, including steel shelving, wooden shelving in space under new roof over the library section of the building, and for document carrier and communication, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For metallic book shelving in Library of House of Representatives, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">S. H. Woodbridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay S. H. Woodbridge for professional services as heating and ventilating expert in connection with House of Representatives Report Numbered Twenty-two hundred and six, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, and for services following, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dallas Jones, Edward Minor, Edward Poindexter, and Joshua W. Barkley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra compensation to.</p></sidenote> For extra compensation to Dallas Jones, Edward Minor, Edward Poindexter, and Joshua W. Barkley for the period from July first, nineteen hundred and one, to December first, nineteen hundred and one, in connection with the reconstruction of the roof, central portion of the Capitol, to be determined by the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting Capitol and grounds.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Lighting the Capitol and grounds</inline>: For lighting the Capitol and grounds about the same, including the Botanic Garden, Senate and House stables, and engine house, Maltby Building, and folding and storage rooms of the House of Representatives; for gas and electric lighting; pay of superintendent of meters, lamplighters, gas fitters, and for materials and labor for gas and electric lighting, and for general repairs, three thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improving Capitol grounds.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Improving the Capitol grounds</inline>: For continuing the work of the improvement of the Capito1 grounds and for care of the grounds, one thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Twelfth Census.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">H. A. Barrows.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Credit in accounts of.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Twelfth Census</inline>: The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of H. A. Barrows, disbursing clerk of the Census Office, the sum of one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents, being amount expended by him for crayon portraits and frames disallowed by the said accounting officers.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Burr index.</p></sidenote> The Director of the Census is hereby authorized to pay the sum of thirty-three dollars and fifty cents for one Burr index purchased through error, and which has been in constant use in the Census Office for over two years.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles W. Parker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> The Director of the Census is hereby authorized to pay to Charles W. Parker the sum of eighty-one dollars for money expended by him <page identifier="/us/stat/32/571">571</page> as acting superintendent of printing in the Census Office in the matter of sale of census proofs.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The repeal of the supplementary Acts amendatory of the Act of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary organization.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1014.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 53.</p></sidenote> March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, enumerated in section twelve of the Act of March sixth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act to provide for a permanent Census Office,” shall not be construed to take effect until the termination of the temporary organization of the office as provided in the last-named Act: <proviso><i>And provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> further</i>, That the disbursing clerk of the Census Office may pay out <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay for leave of absence time.</p></sidenote> of the census fund on or after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, to employees of the office who are not to be reappointed on July first, for whatever leave of absence the Director of the Census may, in his dircretion, allow them, not to exceed, however, the annual leave authorized by existing law; such payment to be in addition to the salary due them for services rendered to that date.</proviso>
</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>government hospital for the insane. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government Hospital for the Insane.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For current expenses of the Government Hospital for the Insane: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Current expenses.</p></sidenote> 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, thirty-five thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public land service. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public land service.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Improvement of the Crater Lake National Park, Oregon</inline>: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crater Lake National Park, Oreg.</p></sidenote> For protection and improvement of the park, and repairing and extension of roads, to be expended under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to Mrs. Alice Gershel</inline>: For payment to Mrs. Alice <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alice Gershel.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> Gershel, for rent of building for United States land office at Circle, Alaska, for months of July and August, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, at fifty dollars per month, and for furnishing ten cords of wood, cut and delivered for use in said office, at thirty dollars per cord, as per account rendered, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to Roland C. Nichols</inline>: For payment to Roland C. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roland C. Nichols.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> Nichols, late receiver of public moneys and special disbursing agent at the land office at Peavey, Alaska, the difference between the amount of salary at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, certified by the Commissioner of the General Land Office as due to him from July first, nineteen hundred, to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred and one, and the amount allowed and paid him in the settlement of his account for said period by the Auditor for the Interior Department, one thousand three hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to Albert E. Rose</inline>: For payment to Albert E. Rose, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert E. Rose.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> late register of the land office at Peavey, Alaska, the difference between the amount of salary at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, certified by the Commissioner of the General Land Office as due him from July first, nineteen hundred, to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred and one, and the amount allowed and paid him in the settlement of his account for said period by the Auditor for the Interior Department, one thousand three hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy-two cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/572">572</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North American Transportation and Trading Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to the North American Transportation and Trading Company</inline>: For payment to the North American Transportation and Trading Company for supplies furnished, and for rent of building for United States land office at Circle, Alaska, per account rendered and set forth on page twenty-one, House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight of this session, one thousand one hundred and twenty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Reimbursement to the State of Washington</inline>: To reimburse the State of Washington as provided in the Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four (Twenty-eighth Statutes, sections three hundred and ninety-four and three hundred and ninety-five), for moneys advanced by said State to the United States, under the provisions of said Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to secure the survey of lands granted to said State, seventeen thousand and thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emma L. Taylor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Payment to Emma L. Taylor</inline>: For payment to Emma L. Taylor, widow and administratrix of Henry L. Taylor, for clerical services rendered by him to the United States land office at Montgomery, Alabama, from May sixth to May twentieth, nineteen hundred and one, fifteen days, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum, thirty-seven dollars and nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments to certain deputy surveyors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Carl R. Caudle</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Payments to Certain Deputy Surveyors</inline>: For payment to Carl R. Caudle, United States deputy surveyor, for resurveys of public lands executed by him within the limits of the grant to the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company, in the Territory of Arizona, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight of this session, ninety-nine dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louis Wolfley.</p></sidenote> For payment to Louis Wolfley, United States deputy surveyor, for surveys of public lands executed by him within the limits of the grant to the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company, in the Territory of Arizona, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight of this session, one thousand five hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frank E. Baxter and David H. Blossom.</p></sidenote> For payment to Frank E. Baxter and David H. Blossom, United States deputy surveyors, for surveys and resurveys of public lands executed by them within the limits of the grant to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, in the State of Utah, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight, of this session, eight hundred and ninety dollars and one cent.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">E. T. Wright.</p></sidenote> For payment to E. T. Wright, United States deputy surveyor, for resurveys of public lands executed by him in sections one and seven, township three north, ranges sixteen and seventeen west, State of California, as set forth in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight, of this session, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philip Contzen.</p></sidenote> For payment to Philip Contzen, United States deputy surveyor, for surveys and resurveys of public lands in the Territory of Arizona, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight, of this session, five hundred and fifty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Bowen.</p></sidenote> For payment to John Bowen, United States deputy surveyor, for surveys and resurveys of public lands in the State of North Dakota, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight, of this session, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John B. David and Harold A. Rands.</p></sidenote> For payment to John B. David and Harold A. Rands, United States deputy surveyors, for surveys and resurveys of public lands in the State of Oregon, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight, of this session, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edward F. Stable.</p></sidenote> For payment to Edward F. Stable, United States deputy surveyor, for surveying and marking the western boundary of the Yellowstone <page identifier="/us/stat/32/573">573</page> National Park, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight, of this session, thirteen dollars and ninety-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to Edward F. Stahle, United States deputy surveyor, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional allowance.</p></sidenote> an additional allowance for surveying and marking a portion of the southern boundary of the Yellowstone National Park, under instructions dated August twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, three hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to Louis A. Ogaard, United States deputy surveyor, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Louis A. Ogaard.</p></sidenote> for surveys and resurveys of public lands executed by him in the State of Minnesota, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight of this session, two hundred and fifty dollars and seventy-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to John E. Mulligan and John Kirwan, United States <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John E. Mulligan and John Kirwan.</p></sidenote> deputy surveyors, for surveys and resurveys of public lands executed by them in the State of Minnesota, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight of this session, three hundred and eighty-four dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to Philip Contzen, United States deputy surveyor, for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philip Contzen.</p></sidenote> surveys and resurveys of public lands executed by him in the Territory of Arizona, as submitted in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight, of this session, fifty-two dollars and four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to Bart A. Nymeyer, United States deputy surveyor, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bart A. Nymeyer.</p></sidenote> for surveys and resurveys of public lands executed by him in the Territory of New Mexico, as submitted in House Document Numbered Six hundred and fifty, of this session, four hundred and ten dollars and ninety-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of balances due from the United States, for making <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">C. Edward Artist.</p></sidenote> land surveys in the State of Wyoming, to C. Edward Artist, for balance due under contract numbered two hundred and seventy-nine, dated May eighth, nineteen hundred, two hundred and forty-two dollars and forty-one cents; to Edward F. Stahle, for balance due under contract <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Edward E. Stahle.</p></sidenote> numbered two hundred and seventy-six, dated June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, one hundred dollars and thirty-six cents, and to Stahle and Artist, for balance due under contract numbered <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stahle and Artist.</p></sidenote> two hundred and sixty-eight, dated March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, fifty-three dollars and eighty-seven cents; in all, three hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay R. F. Pettigrew, administrator of the estate of Frederick <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Frederick W. Pettigrew.</p></sidenote> W. Pettigrew, deceased, balance due on surveying contract numbered one hundred and thirty-six, dated August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, three hundred and twenty dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Office of surveyor-general of Arizona</inline>: For payment of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arizona.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of surveyor-general.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> expenses incident to the removal of the office of the United States surveyor-general of Arizona from Tucson, Arizona, to Phoenix, Arizona, in pursuance of Executive order dated February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two, and for the purchase of such additional furniture and cases as may be necessary for the equipment of the office at Phoenix, this appropriation to be available for expenditure during the fiscal years of nineteen hundred and two and nineteen hundred and three, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Office of surveyor-general of Minnesota</inline>: To pay amounts <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minnesota.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of surveyor-general.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Minnesota,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, ninety-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Salaries and commissions of registers and receivers</inline>: To pay <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Registers and receivers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, etc.</p></sidenote> amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Salaries and commissions of registers <page identifier="/us/stat/32/574">574</page> and receivers” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, three thousand eight hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses of land offices.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Contingent expenses of land offices</inline>: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Contingent expenses of land offices” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred, four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk hire, etc.</p></sidenote> For clerk hire, rent, and other incidental expenses of the district land offices, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mineral lands, Montana and Idaho.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Classification of certain mineral lands in Montana and Idaho</inline>: For publication of reports of lands classified by the board of mineral-land commissioners in the Helena and Missoula land districts, in the State of Montana, and in the Coeur d’Alene land district, in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 683.</p></sidenote> State of Idaho, as authorized by the Act of February twenty-sixth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 615.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the Act of June sixth, nineteen hundred, to meet the payment of the following unsettled bills for publications chargeable to the appropriation for “Classification of certain mineral lands in Montana and Idaho, fiscal year nineteen hundred and one,” namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of certain accounts.</p></sidenote> The Monitor Publishing Company, of Twin Bridges, Montana, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Record Publishing Company, of Helena, Montana, four hundred and eighty-five dollars and sixty-two cents; in all, six hundred and fifty-three dollars and sixty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of forest reserves.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of certain claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3477/p689">R. S., sec. 3477, p. 689</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Protection of forest reserves</inline>: The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby authorized and directed to pay, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-four hundred and seventy-seven of the Revised Statutes, the claims of Charles Grimes, Frank C. Munroe, the Pasadena Board of Trade, and others, the present holders, by assignment or purchase, of the claims of persons employed under authority of the Interior Department in the extinguishment of fires which occurred during the months of July, August, and September, nineteen hundred, in the San Gabriel Forest Reserve, in the State of California, said payments to be made from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for protection of forest reserves, fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, and not to exceed the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found due.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boundary line, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Resurvey, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1117.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Boundary line, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma</inline>: For the resurvey and reestablishment, on the line of the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude, of the boundary line between the State of Colorado and the Territories of New Mexico and Oklahoma, which is coincident with said parallel between the twenty-fifth and thirty-second degrees of west of longitude from Washington, at a rate per mile to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and. for the examination in the field of said resurvey, a calculated distance of three hundred and eighty-seven and one-eighth miles, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Buford abandoned military reservation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Surveying Fort Buford abandoned military reservation</inline>: For the completion of the survey of lands in the Fort Buford abandoned military reservation, in the States of North Dakota and Montana, to be made in the manner as other surveys of public lands are made, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yellowstone National Park.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of buffalo, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Yellowstone National Park</inline>: For the purchase of buffalo for the Yellowstone National Park, construction of a wire fence, and other suitable inclosure therefor, and the purchase of necessary feed for the herd for one year, fifteen thousand dollars, to be expended under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, and to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/575">575</page>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>indian affairs. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian affairs.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Surveys of Indian Reservations</inline>: The Secretary of the Interior <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys of reservations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 997.</p></sidenote> is hereby authorized and directed to cause careful estimates to be made and submitted to Congress at the beginning of its next session for survey of the Walker River Reservation in Nevada, the Uintah Reservation in Utah, and the Spokane Reservation in Washington.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “Traveling expenses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors.</p></sidenote> of Indian inspectors,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation “Traveling expenses of Indian inspectors,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and ninety-five dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of teams, farming implements, seeds, and other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kicking Kickapoos.</p></sidenote> necessary articles for the Mexican Kickapoo Indians, known as the “Kicking Kickapoos,” in Oklahoma Territory, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and nineteen hundred, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flatheads, etc.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Support of Flatheads and other confederated tribes,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, two hundred and thirty-four dollars and sixty-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for “Indian school transportation,” for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars and sixty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schools.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Indian school transportation,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, nine hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Mojave.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Indian school, Fort Mojave, Arizona,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, ninety-four dollars and five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay to Walter McM. Luttrell, late superintendent Mescalero <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Walter McM. Luttrell.</p></sidenote> Indian Training School in New Mexico, for expenses incurred by him while in charge of that school during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, and paid by him from private funds, two hundred and seventy dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Interior to settle an indebtedness, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa.</p></sidenote> amounting to two thousand one hundred and forty-three dollars and five cents, incurred at the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, during the third and fourth quarters, nineteen hundred and one, in the employment of labor and the purchase of supplies for the boarding school at said agency, to be paid from the balance on hand appropriated for said school for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To reimburse Horace M. Rebok, formerly Indian agent for the Sac <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horace M. Rebok.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> and Fox tribe in Iowa, and W. G. Malin, Indian agent for said tribe, for costs and expenses of defending suits brought in the United States circuit court at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on behalf of Y. Ta Tah Wah, a tribal Indian, against said Rebok and Malin, respectively, for damages for false imprisonment, seven hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-four cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/576">576</page>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote> POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> For amount required to meet unpaid bills for telegraphing for the Post-Office Department for the months of March, April, May, and June, nineteen hundred and one, one thousand six hundred and five dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Furniture.</p></sidenote> For furniture, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairing roof.</p></sidenote> For labor and material required in repairing the roof of the Post-Office Department building, to continue available during fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, seven thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Katie A. Nolan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To enable the Postmaster-General to pay Katie A. Nolan balance of salary due her as a stamp clerk in the post-office at San Antonio, Texas, from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eight hundred dollars.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal service.</p></sidenote> out of the postal revenues.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Star routes, transportation.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Mail transportation</inline>: For inland transportation by star routes, year nineteen hundred and two, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts set forth in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight for inland mail transportation by star routes on account of the fiscal year nineteen hundred, one hundred and ninety-three dollars and nineteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steamboat routes.</p></sidenote> For inland transporation by steamboat, thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freight on postal cards, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1104.</p></sidenote> Out of the sum appropriated by the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and one, for inland transportation by railroad routes, twenty-five thousand dollars additional may be employed to pay freight on postal cards, stamped envelopes, stamped paper, mail equipment, and other supplies from the manufactories or depositories to the post-offices and depots of distribution.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free-delivery service.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Free-delivery service</inline>: To pay the amounts set forth in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight of this session for free-delivery service on account of the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, four thousand one hundred and six dollars and ninety-two cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred, two dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rural free delivery.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Rural free-delivery service</inline>: To pay the amounts set forth in House Document Numbered Five hundred and eighty-eight of this session, for rural free-delivery service on account of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, four hundred and eighty-nine dollars and nineteen cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Justice.</p></sidenote> DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs court-house, D. C.</p></sidenote> For annual repairs, court-house, Washington, District of Columbia, per estimate of the Superintendent of the Capitol, nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> For books for law library of the Department, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture and repairs for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> For stationery for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, seven hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> For miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing, fuel, lights, foreign postage, labor, repairs of building and care of grounds, books <page identifier="/us/stat/32/577">577</page> of reference, periodicals, and other necessaries, directly ordered by the Attorney-General, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing, fuel, lights, foreign postage, labor, repairs of building and care of grounds, books of reference, periodicals, and other necessaries, directly ordered by the Attorney-General, fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, three hundred and forty-six dollars and nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> Columbia used by the Department of Justice for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, two thousand and forty dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, twenty thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>miscellaneous, department of justice. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the actual and necessary expenses of the judges and clerks in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alaska.</p></sidenote> district of Alaska when traveling in the discharge of their official duties, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Traveling expenses, Territory of Alaska,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, four thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For defraying the necessary expenses, including salaries of necessary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suits in claims.</p></sidenote> employees in Washington, District of Columbia, 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 defense for the United States in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, for the fiscal year as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, four thousand three hundred and ninety-nine dollars and forty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred, four hundred and twelve dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian depredations.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Defense in Indian depredation claims” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, seventeen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of William T. Paty, of Honolulu, Hawaii, for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William T. Paty.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> services rendered and material furnished during the month of September, nineteen hundred, in fitting up certain rooms in the judiciary building at Honolulu and preparing them for use for United States court purposes, eight hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of Myron E. Wheeler for services rendered during <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Myron E. Wheeler.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> the months of January, February, and March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as stenographer in the office of the United States attorney for the district of Nebraska, two hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of R. L. Manley, of Moran, Kansas, for rent of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. L. Manley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> hall at Moran, Kansas, used from August sixth to September second, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for taking testimony before the special master in chancery in the case of the United States against Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay J. H. Slater, of Saint Augustine, Florida, for making abstract <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. H. Slater.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> of title to the lot of land known as the Hedrick lot, in square forty-four in said city of Saint Augustine, Florida, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, forty-three dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/578">578</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jail at Eagle City, Alaska.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of claims.</p></sidenote> The judge of the United States district court for the third division of the district of Alaska is hereby authorized to order the clerk of said court to pay to the proper claimants, from court funds, the sum of three hundred and eighty-one dollars and eighty-one cents, being the excess beyond the limit prescribed by law in the cost of the construction of the United States-jail at Eagle City, Alaska.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John W. Langley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay John W. Langley for services rendered by him in taking testimony and performing other stenographic work in defense of Indian depredation claims, three hundred and twenty-three dollars and seventy cents.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>judicial.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Private Land Claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant attorneys, etc.</p></sidenote> To enable the Attorney-General to employ such assistant attorneys, agents, stenographers, and experts to aid the United States attorney for said court as may be necessary to conduct the business of the Court of Private Land Claims, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary of additional circuit judge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 106.</p></sidenote> For the payment of the salary of the additional circuit judge, under the Act of April seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, at the rate of six thousand dollars per annum, for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one thousand and five dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries of judges, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judge of southern district of Texas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 65.</p></sidenote> For the payment of the salary of the district judge for the southern district of Texas for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, Act of March eleventh, nineteen hundred and two, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief justice, etc., Oklahoma.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 184.</p></sidenote> For additional salaries as established by the Act of May second, nineteen hundred and two, for the chief justice and associate justices in the Territory of Oklahoma for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, one thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional salaries.</p></sidenote> For additional salaries as established by the Act of May second, nineteen hundred and two, for the chief justice and associate justices in the Territory of Oklahoma for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judges, clerks, etc.</p></sidenote> For salaries and expenses of clerks, deputy clerks, commissioners, and constables, and expenses of judges in the Indian Territory, including the salaries of three deputy clerks, one at Muscogee, one at South McAlester, and one at Ardmore, for the fiscal years as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, fourteen thousand two hundred and forty-six dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Western district.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 275.</p></sidenote> Salaries and expenses, United States courts, Indian Territory: For the payment of the salaries of the clerk, commissioner, and constables authorized by the Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, and of the commissioners and constables authorized by this Act, sixteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional commissioners, western district.</p></sidenote> thousand two hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the judge for the western district of the Indian Territory shall be authorized and required to appoint three additional United States commissioners for said district and a constable for each of said commissioners; and the judge for the northern district of said Territory shall be authorized and required to appoint three additional United States commissioners for said district and a constable for each of said commissioners. Said commissioners and constables shall be located at places designated by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of court.</p></sidenote> said judges, respectively:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That each of such judges may, in his discretion, require any commissioner appointed for his district whose headquarters are not permanently fixed by law to hold terms of court at more than one place, and in that case he shall fix the places <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, duties, and powers of commissioners.</p></sidenote> and times of holding such terms and the length of each term. All laws applicable to the salaries duties, powers, and responsibilities of other United States commissioners and constables in the Indian Terri-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/579">579</page>tory shall be applicable to the commissioners and constables appointed under the provisions of this Act. This proviso shall be in force from and after July first, nineteen hundred and two.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>united states courts.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of salaries, fees, and expenses of United States marshals <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marshals, etc.</p></sidenote> and their deputies, to include payments for services rendered in behalf of the United States or otherwise, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of United States district attorneys and expenses of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District attorneys, etc.</p></sidenote> United States district attorneys and their regular assistants, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of prisoners.</p></sidenote> 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, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> on account of the appropriation “Rent of court rooms, United States courts,” for the fiscal years, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, one thousand six hundred and sixty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the fiscal year nineteen hundred, seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: For clothing, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leavenworth, Kans., penitentiary.</p></sidenote> transportation, and traveling expenses, including such clothing as can be made at the penitentiary; for the usual gratuities as provided by law to prisoners at release, including transportation to place of conviction or place of bona fide residence in the United States; for expenses of penitentiary officials while traveling on duty; for expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners, and for rewards for their recapture, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the construction of sidewalks around the United States jail lot <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Smith, Ark., jail.</p></sidenote> at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and other necessary improvements, including grading of lot, purchase of grass seed or sodding for same, and construction of roadway and walk from entrance to jail to the street, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General and to remain available until expended, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of steam launch for use of the penitentiary at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">McNeil Island, Wash., penitentiary.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam launch.</p></sidenote> McNeil Island, Washington, between said island and the mainland, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Court of Claims</inline>: To pay the account of the United States Electric <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights.</p></sidenote> Lighting Company for electric current furnished during the fiscal year nineteen hundred, fifty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mary E. Parker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> and directed to pay to Mary E. Parker the sum of five thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for extra services rendered to the United States by her husband, I. C. Parker, deceased, late judge of the United States district court for the western district of Arkansas.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>EXECUTIVE. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of William McKinley, late President of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William McKinley.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of balance of salary to widow.</p></sidenote> States, the balance of his salary for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, thirty-nine thousand eight hundred and nine dollars and seventy-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the unpaid expenses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of illness and death of President McKinley.</p></sidenote> incurred on account of the last illness and death of President McKin-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/580">580</page>ley, including compensation of physicians, forty-five thousand dollars, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Just and reasonable expenses to be paid.</p></sidenote> or so much thereof as may be necessary: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall pay only such expenses and services as he shall determine are just and reasonable and were necessary. All accounts shall be presented to him within two months from the date of the approval of this Act, and no payment shall be made to any officer or employee of the Government for personal or professional services.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative.</p></sidenote> LEGISLATIVE.</heading>
<chapeau>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of manuscript index of discussions of United States Congress.</p></sidenote> For the purchase of the manuscript index of discussions of the United States Congress, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine to nineteen hundred and two, in three parts, by William A. Peffer, now in preparation, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Part of appropriation made immediately available.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That one thousand dollars of this amount shall be immediately available, and hereafter proportional payments may be made for the several parts of the index when completed to the satisfaction of the Librarian of Congress, and upon his certificate thereof.</proviso>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate.</p></sidenote> senate.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pages.</p></sidenote> For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the Senate, namely: Sixteen pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session, one thousand two hundred and forty dollars, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official reporters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> To reimburse the official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the Senate for expenses incurred from March fourth, nineteen hundred and one, to March fourth, nineteen hundred and two, for clerk hire and other extra clerical services, three thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paul Cockerille.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay Paul Cockerille for services as a laborer in the Senate Folding Room in November, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, seventeen dollars and sixty-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. G. Proctor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay R. G. Proctor for indexing and for extra services as clerk to the Committee on the Philippines, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. H. Jones.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay J. H. Jones for extra services in the care of the Senate chronometer and for the work in connection therewith, one hundred dollars for the first session of the Fifty-seventh Congress.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indexing Executive Journals.</p></sidenote> To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay the persons who performed the work of arranging and preparing the copy for and indexing the Executive Journals of the Senate from March fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, to March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, four thousand eight hundred dollars, which sum may be expended as additional pay or compensation to any officer or employee of the United States.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. H. Howe.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay to A. H. Howe, for expenses incurred and for services in compiling and indexing the records, briefs, and arguments of counsel, in the insular cases, in the October term of the Supreme Court of the United States, nineteen hundred, including appendices, provided for in House concurrent resolution of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, the sum of one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dennis M. Kerr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay Dennis M. Kerr, for services as assistant clerk, by detail, to the Committee on Pensions, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John H. Walker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay John H. Walker for extra services as clerk to the Committee on Pensions, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Record and index of private claims.</p></sidenote> To enable the Committee on Claims to prepare a record and index of private claims introduced in the Senate during the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses, with a view of reporting the same to the Senate at the beginning of the next session of Congress, one thousand <page identifier="/us/stat/32/581">581</page> two hundred dollars, to be paid upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee; and said sum, or any part thereof, in the discretion of the chairman, may be paid as additional compensation to any officer or employee of the United States and to be available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>house of representatives. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House of Representatives.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Members and Delegates.</p></sidenote> Delegates from Territories, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of expenses incurred by the Sergeant-at-Arms on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Funeral expenses of President McKinley.</p></sidenote> account of attendance of the committee of members of the House of Representatives at the funeral of the late President William McKinley, two hundred and nine dollars and fifty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous items; twenty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous items.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For hire of horses, feed, repair of wagons and harness, office of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Horses, etc.</p></sidenote> Doorkeeper, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for the use of the committees and officers, House of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery.</p></sidenote> Representatives, seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For stationery for members of the House of Representatives, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of M. Brosius, late a Representative in Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">M. Brosius.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote> from the State of Pennsylvania, three thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of R. E. Burke, late a Representative in Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. E. Burke.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote> from the State of Texas, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of R. O. Crump, late a Representative in Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. O. Crump.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote> from the State of Michigan, four thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of A. J. Cummings, late a Representative in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. J. Cummings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote> Congress from the State of New York, four thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of P. J. Otey, late a Representative in Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">P. J. Otey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote> from the State of Virginia, four thousand one hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of R. K. Polk, late a Representative in Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. K. Polk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote> from the State of Pennsylvania, four thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of J. S. Salmon, late a Representative in Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. S. Salmon.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote> from the State of New Jersey, four thousand one hundred and twenty-three dollars and twenty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the widow of J. W. Stokes, late a Representative in Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. W. Stokes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay to widow.</p></sidenote> from the State of South Carolina, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For allowance to the following contestants and contestees for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contested election expenses.</p></sidenote> expenses incurred by them in contested election cases as audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To George H. Higgins, two thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George H. Higgins.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William H. Ryan, two thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William H. Ryan.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To J. William Stokes, one thousand and eight dollars and sixty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. William Stokes.</p></sidenote> cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. F. Lever, nine hundred find five dollars and thirty-five cents; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. F. Lever.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To A. D. Dantzler, two thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">A. D. Dantzler.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John J. Lentz, two thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John J. Lentz.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Emmett Tompkins, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emmett Tompkins.</p></sidenote> dollars and sixty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To John E. Fowler, two thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John E. Fowler.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To Charles R. Thomas, two thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles R. Thomas.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William Jasper Talbert, one thousand five hundred dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William Jasper Talbert.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To N. B. Spears, two thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">N. B. Spears.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To William M. Horton, two thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">William M. Horton.</p></sidenote></p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/582">582</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James A. Walker.</p></sidenote> To James A. Walker, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">W. F. Rhea.</p></sidenote> To W. F. Rhea, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charles W. Thompson.</p></sidenote> To Charles W. Thompson, one thousand eight hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John L. Burnett.</p></sidenote> To John L. Burnett, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James J. Butler.</p></sidenote> To James J. Butler, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John S. Rhea.</p></sidenote> To John S. Rhea, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. McKenzie Moss.</p></sidenote> To J. McKenzie Moss, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">C. E. Wilson.</p></sidenote> To C. E. Wilson, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">F. R. Lassiter</p></sidenote> To F. R. Lassiter, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, thirty-nine thousand two hundred and twenty-three dollars and five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">List of private claims.</p></sidenote> To enable the Clerk of the House to prepare and complete a digested summary and alphabetical list of private claims presented to the House of Representatives from the Fifty-second to the Fifty-seventh Congress, inclusive; three clerks at one thousand six hundred dollars each during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three; in all, four thousand eight hundred dollars. And said work shall be completed and ready to be printed on or before July thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laborer clerk’s office.</p></sidenote> For one laborer during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, under the Clerk of the House of Representatives, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Janitor, reporters’ rooms.</p></sidenote> For a janitor for rooms of official reporters to debates and official stenographers to committees during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minority conference, clerk.</p></sidenote> For clerk to conference minority of the House of Representatives, in lieu of a messenger, at one thousand two hundred dollars heretofore provided for, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, two thousand dollars and to pay the difference between the salary of the said messenger and two thousand dollars per annum, from December first, nineteen hundred and one, to July first, nineteen hundred and two, six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official reporters and stenographers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra services.</p></sidenote> To reimburse the official reporters of the proceedings and debates, and the official stenographers to committees of the House of Representatives, for clerk hire and extra clerical services from March fourth, nineteen hundred and one, to March fourth, nineteen hundred and two, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John J. Cameron.</p></sidenote> at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; and to John J. Cameron, two hundred and forty dollars; in all, six thousand two hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alexander McDowell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contested election digest.</p></sidenote> To pay Alexander McDowell, Clerk of the House of Representatives, the amount due for services in compiling, arranging for the printer, reading of proof, indexing of testimony, supervision of the work, and expenses incurred in the contested elections to the Fifty-seventh Congress, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 445.</p></sidenote> as authorized by an Act entitled “An Act relating to contested elections, approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,” two thousand and twenty-four dollars and eighty-six cents, and an additional sum of one thousand six hundred dollars to such persons as were actually engaged in the work designated by the said Alexander McDowell, and in such proportion as he may deem just for assistance rendered in the work; in all, three thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars and eighty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Herman Gauss.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay Herman Gauss, for services as assistant clerk, by detail, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">D. S. Porter.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay D. S. Porter, for services as assistant clerk, by detail, to the Committee on Pensions, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Elevator conductors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> To pay the four conductors of the elevators in the House wing of the Capitol the difference between the amounts received by them and the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum for the fiscal <page identifier="/us/stat/32/583">583</page> years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two, two hundred dollars each; in all, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay the conductors of the elevators in the House wing of the old library space of the Capitol the difference between the amounts received by them and the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum from March fifth, nineteen hundred and one, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, inclusive, as follows: R. E. Walker, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">R. E. Walker.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> hundred and thirty-two dollars and forty-nine cents; J. K. Duncan, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">J. K. Duncan.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> one hundred and thirty-two dollars and forty-nine cents; in all, two hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay John Douglas for services as laborer in the Doorkeeper’s <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John Douglas.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> department during the second session of the Fifty-sixth Congress, one hundred and sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Albert Scott for services as laborer for eighteen days from <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Albert Scott.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> December second, nineteen hundred and one, to December nineteenth, nineteen hundred and one, thirty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">George W. Nichols.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to.</p></sidenote> George W. Nichols, father of Charles C. Nichols, deceased, the expenses of the last illness and burial of the said Charles C. Nichols in a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and the further sum of three hundred and sixty dollars, being six months’ pay at the rate of compensation received by him at the time of his death as a laborer under the Doorkeeper; in all, six hundred and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers and employees of Senate and House.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra month’s pay.</p></sidenote> 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 June, nineteen hundred and two, including the Capitol police, the official reporters of the Senate and of the House, and W. A. Smith, Congressional Record clerk, for extra services during the Fifty-seventh Congress, a sum equal to one month’s pay at the compensation then paid them by law, the same to be immediately available.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public printing and binding. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public printing and binding.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay Samuel Robinson, William Madden, and Joseph De Fontes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Messengers, night service.</p></sidenote> as messengers on night duty during the first session of the present Congress for extra services, three hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, one thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To pay to John G. Ames the amount found due to him by the Auditor <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">John G. Ames</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to</p></sidenote> for the State and other Departments for preparing an index to the documents of the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, as provided for by the joint resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter all copies of the Congressional Directory delivered to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Congressional Directory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Binding.</p></sidenote> Senators and Representatives for distribution shall be bound in cloth.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDGMENTS, COURT OF CLAIMS.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the payment of the judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments, court of claims.</p></sidenote> reported to Congress at its present session in House Document Numbered Five hundred and ninety-two, and Senate Document Numbered four hundred and twenty-four, two hundred and thirty-six thousand five hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty-seven cents: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p></sidenote> That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote> until the right of appeal shall have expired:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That settlement of the judgment in the case of the State of Pennsylvania <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania claim.</p></sidenote> shall be made by the Auditor for War Department.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To compensate the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wichitas and affiliated bands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment for ceded lands.</p></sidenote> seventy-nine thousand six hundred and eleven and sixty-five one-hundredths acres of land, ceded by the said Indians to the United States <page identifier="/us/stat/32/584">584</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 895.</p></sidenote> by the first article of an agreement with said Indians, concluded the fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and reserved for the use of the common schools, university, agricultural college, normal schools, and public buildings of the Territory and future State of Oklahoma, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, in accordance with the decree of the Court of Claims passed January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and one, ninety-nine thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty-six cents, or so much thereof as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to legal representatives of Luther H. Pike.</p></sidenote> may be necessary: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such amount of said sum, not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars, as the Secretary of the Interior may find due to Luther H. Pike, deceased, late delegate of said Indians, in accordance with his agreement with said Indians, shall be paid to the legal representatives of said Luther H. Pike, deceased:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Settlement of decree.</p></sidenote> further</i>, That settlement of the decree in this case shall be made by the Auditor for the Interior Department on the certificates of the Secretary of the Interior.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>JUDGMENTS, UNITED STATES COURTS.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments, United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 505.</p></sidenote> 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 Documents Numbered Five hundred and ninety-three and Six hundred and sixty and Senate Document Numbered Four hundred and thirty-two of this session, and which have not been appealed, seventeen thousand and sixty-two dollars, 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> the date thereof until the time this appropriation is made: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote> That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For costs taxed in the suit of H. H. Thornton and others versus D. G. Brent, collector, in accordance with the judgment of the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of Florida, thirty-eight dollars and fifty cents.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>judgments in indian depredation claims.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgments, Indian depredation claims.</p></sidenote> For payment of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases, certified to Congress at its present session in Senate Document Numbered Four hundred and twenty-three, except the judgment in favor of Samuel S. Gholson and Jonathan Miles which has been vacated, four hundred and forty-seven thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 853.</p></sidenote> four hundred and eighty dollars; said judgments to be paid after the deductions required to be made under the provisions of section six of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An Act to provide for the adjustment and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations,” shall have been ascertained and duly certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury, which certification shall be made as soon as practicable 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 necessary requirements of the tribe or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> 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: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificate of lack of ground for new trial.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no one of said judgments provided in this paragraph shall be paid until the Attorney-General shall have certified to the Secretary of the Treasury that there exists no grounds sufficient, in <page identifier="/us/stat/32/585">585</page> his opinion, to support a motion for a new trial or an appeal of said cause.</proviso></content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<chapeau>That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims certified by accounting officers.</p></sidenote> due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 18, p. 110.</p></sidenote> appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 23, p. 254.</p></sidenote> under section two of the Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered Five hundred and eighty-nine, Six hundred and fifty-four, and Six hundred and fifty-nine, and Senate Document Numbered Four hundred and twenty-five, Part two, reported to Congress at its present session, there is appropriated as follows:</chapeau>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">claims allowed by the auditor for the treasury department. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Treasury Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, Treasury Department: Freight, telegrams, and so forth, two thousand two hundred and forty-two dollars and thirteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, one hundred and thirty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, eight dollars and five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, seven hundred and ten dollars and thirty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For heating apparatus for public buildings, fourteen dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and preservation of public buildings, forty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes, sixty-three dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For North American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, three dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For National Zoological Park, thirty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenses, Fish Commission, sixty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collecting the revenue from customs, nine dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repayment to importers, excess of deposits, fifty-seven dollars and twenty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of Revenue-Cutter Service, thirteen dollars and forty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Life-Saving Service, five hundred and thirty-three dollars and forty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue, twenty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repayment of taxes on distilled spirits destroyed by casualty, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of judgments against internal-revenue officers, two thousand four hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty-three cents.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">claims allowed by the auditor for the war department. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for War Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For national defense, ninety-six dollars and thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, and so forth, of the Army, one thousand four hundred and twelve dollars and sixty-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For mileage to officers traveling without troops, forty-nine dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence of the Army, two thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars and forty cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/586">586</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, two hundred and forty-four dollars and fourteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, two hundred and forty-five dollars and ninety cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of the Army and its supplies, one hundred and forty-three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clothing, and camp and garrison equipage, one thousand two hundred and fifty-five dollars and sixty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For barracks and quarters, one thousand three hundred and seventy-three dollars and thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For headstones for graves of soldiers, two dollars and forty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For medical and hospital department, three thousand six hundred and thirty-seven dollars and six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For artificial limbs, eleven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordnance service, twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For torpedoes for harbor defense, four dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Indiana, six hundred and thirty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Iowa, four hundred and fifty-six thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and eighty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Michigan, three hundred and eighty-two thousand one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Ohio, four hundred and fifty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Illinois, one million five thousand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and twenty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To the State of Vermont, two hundred and eighty thousand four hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized to reopen and adjust the claims of Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island on the basis of like claims of other States herein provided for.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For horses and other property lost in the military service, claim of William K. Trabue, one hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, two hundred and fifty-three dollars and seventy cents.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Navy Department.</p></sidenote> claims allowed by the auditor for the navy department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For emergency fund. Navy Department, forty-one dollars and three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Navy, one thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen dollars and fifty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, Marine Corps, seventeen dollars and nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps, one hundred and forty-eight dollars and four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, fifteen dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For indemnity for lost property, naval service, Act March second, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/587">587</page> eighteen hundred and ninety-five, ten thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For indemnity for lost clothing, four thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty-one cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, thirty-two dollars and forty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlistment bounties to seamen, nine hundred and four dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">claims allowed by the auditor for the interior department. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Interior Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, office of surveyor-general of Montana, one hundred and fifty-two dollars and nineteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of land offices, one thousand and eighty-eight dollars and eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying the public lands, eighteen thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying private land claims, eight hundred and forty-one dollars and sixty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying lands in the Indian Territory, nineteen dollars and thirty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For resurveying Chickasaw lands, forty-one dollars and seventy-six cents</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Geological Survey, thirty-one dollars and seventy-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of Indian agents, three hundred and seventy-five dollars and eighty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, forty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of Indian supplies, twenty-one dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For buildings at agencies and repairs, two dollars and seventy-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, one dollar and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidentals in Montana, twenty-three dollars and eighty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to estate of Ish tick i you, a Chickasaw Indian, for stock stolen from him by Comanche Indians in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to estate of John Newberry, a Chickasaw Indian, for stock stolen from him by Comanche Indians in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, nine thousand two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Army pensions, one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">claims allowed by the auditor for the state and other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for State, etc., Departments.</p></sidenote> departments.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, foreign missions, one hundred and forty-three dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular service, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars and ninety-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, United States consulates, thirty-two dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of consular officers for services to American vessels and seamen, two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent and incidental expenses, Territory of Alaska, ninety-six dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, one hundred and sixty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of clerks, United States courts, fifty-five dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/588">588</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of witnesses, United States courts, thirteen dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of commissioners, United States courts, fifty dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of prisoners, United States courts, eight dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and ten cents.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote> claims allowed by the auditor for the post-office department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of postmasters, forty-nine dollars and fifteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For inland mail transportation (star), sixteen dollars and seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For limited indemnity for lost registered mail, fourteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">O. J. Salisbury.</p></sidenote> To pay O. J. Salisbury, contractor, route forty-one thousand one hundred and twelve, Utah, for remission of part of deduction ordered August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, remitted per order January twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, with interest at six per centum per annum from January twentieth, eighteen hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 18, p. 481.</p></sidenote> and eighty-five, to date of payment, in accordance with Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same having been audited and certified to Congress for payment in House Document Numbered Two hundred and forty-eight of this session, fifteen thousand four hundred and twenty-nine dollars and three cents.</p>
</content>
</level>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional claims.</p></sidenote>
<chapeau class="inline">That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 18, p. 110.</p></sidenote> 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-nine and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 23, p. 254.</p></sidenote> under section two of the Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered Four hundred and thirty, reported to Congress at its present session, there is appropriated as follows:</chapeau>
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<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Treasury Department.</p></sidenote> claims allowed for the auditor for the treasury department.</heading>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, Treasury Department: Freight, telegrams, and so forth, ninety-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, four dollars and eighty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, ninety-seven dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For materials and miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, two dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For party expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey, twenty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collecting the revenue from customs, twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Life-Saving Service, one hundred and twenty dollars and eighty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment of judgments against internal-revenue officers, seven hundred and ninety-three dollars and eighty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relief of Continental Fire Insurance Company and others, Act February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one, twenty thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty-six cents.</p>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/589">589</page>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">claims allowed by the auditor for the war department. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for War Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, and so forth, of the Army, four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of volunteers, forty-two dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">for subsistence of the Army, two hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, sixteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For transportation of the Army and its supplies, twenty thousand one hundred and ten dollars and nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For barracks and quarters, two hundred and twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For medical and hospital department, five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and sixty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For artificial limbs, thirty dollars and twenty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ordnance stores, repairs, five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Southern Branch, fifteen dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For gunboats on Western rivers, twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, eighty-five dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of volunteers, Mexican war, fourteen dollars and seventy cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty dollars and forty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For claims for quartermaster stores and commissary supplies, Act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
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<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">claims allowed by the auditor for the navy department. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Navy Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For emergency fund, Navy Department, twenty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of the Navy, six hundred and seventy dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay, Marine Corps, two hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, four dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, five dollars and eighty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For indemnity for lost property, naval service, Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, five hundred and sixty-six dollars and forty-eight cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For indemnity for lost clothing, three hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlistment bounties to seamen, six hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-six cents.</p>
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</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">Claims Allowed by the Auditor for the Interior Department <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Interior Department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For investigation of pension cases, Pension Office, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For protecting public lands, timber, and so forth, thirty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For surveying the public lands, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars and thirty-nine cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of Sioux, Medawakanton band, five dollars and twenty-eight cents.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/590">590</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For payment to Edward Leader, a Chickasaw Indian, for stock stolen from him by Comanche Indians in eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousand one hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Army pensions, ninety-seven dollars.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for State, etc., Departments.</p></sidenote> Claims Allowed by the Auditor for the State and Other Departments.</heading>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">state department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries, consular service, three thousand seven hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, United States consulates, one dollar and eighty-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For relief and protection of American seamen, twenty-two dollars and sixty cents.</p>
</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">department of agriculture.</heading>
<content>For general expenses, Weather Bureau, nine dollars and sixty-three cents.</content>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">department of justice.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of clerks, United States courts, five hundred and ten dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of witnesses, United States courts, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of commissioners, United States courts, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees of jurors, United States courts, thirty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of prisoners, United States courts, eighty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts, one hundred and forty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, three hundred and ninety-nine dollars.</p>
</content>
</level>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by Auditor for Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote> Claims Allowed by the Auditor for the Post-Office Department.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, light, and fuel, ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For free-delivery service, thirteen dollars and thirty-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For inland mail transportation (star), twenty-five dollars and forty-four cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For advertising, fifty-four dollars and thirty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For limited indemnity for lost registered mail, sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1352: Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1352.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/218">Public, No. 218</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia appropriations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Half from District revenues.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, in full for the purposes following, being for the expenses of the government of the Dis- <page identifier="/us/stat/32/591">591</page>trict of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, namely:</chapeau>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>GENERAL EXPENSES. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For executive office</inline>: For two Commissioners, at five thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Executive office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries, Commissioners, etc.</p></sidenote> dollars each; Engineer Commissioner, nine hundred and twenty-four dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars); secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two assistant secretaries to Commissioners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, six hundred dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; two messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; stenographer and typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two drivers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; veterinary surgeon for all horses in the departments of the District government, one thousand two hundred dollars; inspector of buildings, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; principal assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand six hundred dollars; four assistant inspectors of buildings, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; five assistant inspectors of buildings, at one thousand dollars each; civil engineer or computer, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; clerk, who shall be a stenographer and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; janitor, one thousand two hundred dollars; steam engineer, nine hundred dollars; three firemen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two elevator operators, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two laborers, one of whom shall also act as messenger and substitute elevator operator, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; deputy property clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; inspector of plumbing, two thousand dollars; seven assistant inspectors of plumbing, one at one thousand two hundred dollars, and six at one thousand dollars each; five members of the plumbing board, at three hundred dollars each; harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That hereafter every person who directly or indirectly takes, receives, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment for obtaining office by money, etc.</p></sidenote> or agrees to receive any money, property, or other valuable consideration whatever from any person for giving, procuring, or aiding to give or procure any office, place, or promotion in office from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or from any officer under them, and every person who, directly or indirectly, offers to give, or gives any money, property, or other valuable consideration whatever for the procuring or aiding to procure any such office, place, or promotion in office shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in the police court shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the jail for not more than twelve months, or both, in the discretion of the court.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter the several provisions of the Act approved February <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">False swearing provisions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extended to investigations, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 10; Vol. 27, p. 28.</p></sidenote> twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to punish false swearing before trial boards of the Metropolitan police force and fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,’ approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,” shall be applicable to and enforceable in any investigation or examination of any municipal matter by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as well as to the proceedings before the trial boards named in said Act; and said Commis-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/592">592</page>sioners are, and each of them is hereby, authorized to administer oaths to witnesses summoned in any such investigation or examination aforesaid.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessor’s office.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For assessor’s office</inline>: For assessor, three thousand five hundred dollars; assistant assessor, two thousand dollars; assistant assessor, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; clerk, arrears division, one thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; assistant or clerk, nine hundred dollars; clerk in charge of records, one thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; license clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; inspector of licenses, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; for temporary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant assessors.</p></sidenote> clerk hire, two thousand five hundred dollars; three assistant assessors, at three thousand dollars each; clerk to board of assistant assessors, one thousand five hundred dollars; messenger and driver, for board of assistant assessors, six hundred dollars; in all, forty-three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Excise board.</p></sidenote> For salaries and expenses of the excise board, five thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liquor license receipts.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars, to be expended as now provided by law: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all receipts from liquor licenses in the District of Columbia shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collector’s office.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For collector’s office</inline>: For collector, four thousand dollars; deputy collector, one thousand eight hundred dollars; cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant cashier, one thousand four 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 bank messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; two coupon clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, nineteen thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tax-sale certificates.</p></sidenote> For extra labor for preparation of tax-sale certificates, and so forth, with authority to employ clerks of this and other offices after office hours, eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auditor’s office.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For auditor’s office</inline>: For auditor, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; disbursing officer, two thousand five hundred dollars; deputy disbursing officer, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand eight <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Decision of suspended accounts.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter when differences arise in the examination of the accounts of the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia, calling for the suspension of any item in said accounts, it shall be the duty of the Auditor for the State and other Departments who settles said accounts, to notify the auditor of the District of Columbia in connection with the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia of the grounds of such objections resulting in said suspensions, in order that said auditor in connection with said disbursing officer may by explanation if possible remove said grounds <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">All checks to be countersigned by auditor.</p></sidenote> of suspension. The auditor of the District of Columbia shall continue to prepare and countersign all checks issued by the disbursing officer, and no check involving disbursement of public moneys by the disbursing officer shall be valid unless countersigned by the auditor of the District of Columbia.</proviso>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">City solicitor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 537.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For city solicitor’s office</inline>: For city solicitor, four thousand five hundred dollars; first assistant city solicitor, two thousand five hun-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/593">593</page>dred dollars; second assistant city solicitor, one thousand six hundred dollars; special assistant city solicitor, one thousand six hundred dollars; law clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; stenographer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For sinking-fund office, under control of the Treasurer of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sinking-fund office.</p></sidenote> the United States</inline>: For clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For coroner’s office</inline>: For coroner, one thousand eight hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coroner.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For market masters</inline>: For two market masters, at one thousand two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Market masters.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars each; one market master, nine hundred dollars; for hire of laborers for cleaning markets, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; in all, four thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For office of sealer of weights and measures</inline>: For sealer of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sealer of weights and measures.</p></sidenote> weights and measures, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant sealers of weights and measures, one thousand two hundred dollars; second assistant sealer of weights and measures, nine hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, five thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For engineer’s office</inline>: Record division: For chief clerk, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineer’s office.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Record division.</p></sidenote> thousand nine hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; two messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; computing engineer, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Engineers, inspectors, etc.</p></sidenote> two thousand seven hundred and fifty 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 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 three hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of parking, one thousand dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; inspector of asphalt and cements, two thousand four hundred dollars; inspector of gas and meters, two thousand dollars; assistant inspector of gas and meters, one thousand dollars; assistant inspector of gas and meters, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; inspector of sewers, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of sewers, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; general inspector of sewers, one thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, atone 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 four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two inspectors of property, at nine hundred and thirty-six dollars each; permit clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant permit clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; index clerk and typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two sewer tappers, at one thousand dollars each; in all, sixty-seven thousand and twelve dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Special assessment office</inline>: For special assessment clerk, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special assessment office.</p></sidenote> seven hundred dollars; seven clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Street-sweeping office</inline>: For superintendent, two thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Street-sweeping office.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; assistant superintendent and clerk, one thousand six <page identifier="/us/stat/32/594">594</page> hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; four inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; ten inspectors, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; three assistant inspectors, at nine hundred dollars each; foreman of public dumps, nine hundred dollars; messenger and driver, six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of examiners, steam engineers.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Board of examiners, steam engineers</inline>: For compensation for board of examiners of steam engineers in the District of Columbia, three, at three hundred dollars each, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary overseers, etc.</p></sidenote> That overseers, inspectors, and other employees temporarily required in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special work authorized by appropriations, including all necessary clerical and other services when specifically and in writing ordered by the Commissioners of the District, and all expenses incidental to or necessary for the proper execution of said work shall be paid from and equitably charged against <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report.</p></sidenote> 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 performing clerical or other services, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detailed statements in estimates.</p></sidenote> It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to submit, in the Book of Estimates for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, and annually thereafter, immediately following estimates for each of the respective offices and departments of the government of the District of Columbia, a statement showing, in detail, the number of persons, other than day laborers, who were employed upon regular and continuous work for thirty days or more during the previous fiscal year in or under such offices or departments under authority of and paid from general appropriations, indicating in the case of every such employment the rate of compensation received and the appropriation from which paid.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insurance department.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Department of insurance</inline>: For superintendent of insurance, tWo thousand five hundred dollars; examiner, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; temporary clerk hire, six hundred dollars; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveyor’s office.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For surveyor’s office</inline>: For surveyor, three thousand dollars; assistant surveyor, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for such additional employees as may be required, in accordance with the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 689.</p></sidenote> of the Act of Congress making the surveyor of the District of Columbia a salaried officer, thirteen thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free public library.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Free public library</inline>: For librarian, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant librarian, one thousand dollars; two assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two assistants, at six hundred dollars each; two assistants, at five hundred and forty dollars each; cataloguer, nine hundred dollars; cataloguer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; cataloguer, six hundred dollars; stenographer and typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two attendants, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two attendants, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; one messenger, three hundred and sixty dollars; two janitors, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; engineer, nine hundred dollars; fireman, five hundred and forty dollars; workman, four hundred and eighty dollars; four charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> For binding, three thousand dollars; rent, fuel, lighting, fitting up building, and other contingent expenses, nine thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/595">595</page>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> namely: For printing, checks, books, law books, books of reference and periodicals, stationery; detection of frauds on the revenue; repairs of market houses; painting; surveying instruments and implements; drawing materials; binding, rebinding, repairing, and preservation of records; maintaining and keeping in good order the laboratory and apparatus in the office of the inspector of asphalt and cement; damages; livery, purchase, and care of horses and carriages or buggies 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, board of charities, harbor master, health department, surveyor’s office, sealer of weights and measures office, police court, and department of insurance, thirty thousand dollars; and the Commissioners shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> That horses and vehicles appropriated for in this Act shall be used <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of horses.</p></sidenote> only for official purposes.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter a report in detail shall be made to Congress, at the beginning <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Detailed report.</p></sidenote> of each regular session, of expenditures from the appropriations for contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the next preceding fiscal year.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">No part of the money appropriated by this Act shall be used for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit on expenditure for horses, etc.</p></sidenote> purchase, livery, or maintenance of horses or for the purchase, maintenance, or repair of buggies or carriages and harness except as provided for in the appropriation for contingent and miscellaneous expenses unless the appropriation from which the same is proposed to be paid shall specifically authorize such purchase, livery, maintenance, and repair; and all horses, buggies, or carriages owned or maintained by the District of Columbia shall, so far as may be practicable, be provided for in stables owned or operated by said District.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses of stables of the engineer department, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stables.</p></sidenote> including forage, livery of horses, shoeing, purchase and repair 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 dollars; and no expenditure on account of the engineer department for the items named in this paragraph shall be made from any other fund.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of District offices, nine thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of old record vault, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of office for department of insurance, five hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of property yards, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of storeroom for property clerk, three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary expenses in the collection of overdue personal taxes <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collecting personal taxes.</p></sidenote> by distraint and sale and otherwise, and for other necessary items, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judicial expenses.</p></sidenote> printing of briefs in the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, and witness fees in District cases before the supreme court of said District, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For livery of horse or horse hire for coroner’s office, jurors’ fees, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coroner’s expenses.</p></sidenote> removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, ice, disinfectants, and other necessary supplies for the morgue, and the necessary expenses of holding inquests, including stenographic services in taking testimony, and photographing unidentified bodies, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/596">596</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advertising.</p></sidenote> For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July first, nineteen hundred and two, as required to be given by Act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, three thousand dollars, to be reimbursed by a charge of fifty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Market houses, repairs.</p></sidenote> For special repairs to market houses, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enforcing game and fish laws.</p></sidenote> For the enforcement of the game and fish laws of the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Register of wills.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">File cases, etc.</p></sidenote> For purchase and erection of additional metallic file cases and book racks in the office of the register of wills of the District of Columbia, similar to those now in use in that office, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the register of wills to complete the work of comparing, correcting, and reproducing certain records, or will books, in his office, including clerical service, purchase of books, and necessary equipments, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveyor’s office.</p></sidenote> For enlargement of fireproof file case (surveyor’s office), six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For photolithographing certain old maps (surveyor’s office), three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For resurvey of Beatty and Hawkins addition to Georgetown (surveyor’s office), two thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Highway system.</p></sidenote> PERMANENT SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 532.</p></sidenote> To pay the expenses of carrying out the 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, two thousand five hundred dollars; to be paid wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvements and repairs.</p></sidenote> IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessment and permit work.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No exemptions.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Assessment and permit work</inline>: For assessment and permit work, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars; and hereafter no property except that of the United States or the District of Columbia shall be exempt from assessments for improvements.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paving.</p></sidenote> For paving roadways under the permit system, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Work on streets and avenues.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Work on streets and avenues</inline>: For work on streets and avenues named in Appendix “Y,” Book of Estimates, nineteen hundred and three, one hundred and fifty 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:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Georgetown schedule</inline>: Nine thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Northwest section schedule</inline>: Forty-three thousand and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Southwest section schedule</inline>: Twenty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Southeast section schedule</inline>: Thirty-six thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Northeast section schedule</inline>: Thirty nine thousand one hundred and fifty dollars:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Order of precedence.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the streets and avenues shall be contracted for in the order in which they appear in said schedules, and be completed in <page identifier="/us/stat/32/597">597</page> such order as nearly as practicable, and shall be paved, in the discretion of the Commissioners, instead of being graded and regulated.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paving South Capitol street and Delaware avenue, from B street <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Capitol street and Delaware avenue.</p></sidenote> to C street south, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paving North Capitol street, from R to T streets, fifteen thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">North Capitol street.</p></sidenote> four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For paving P street northwest, between Twentieth and Twenty-second <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">P street.</p></sidenote> streets, six thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Under appropriations contained in this Act no contract shall be made <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit for asphalt pavements.</p></sidenote> for making or relaying asphalt pavement at a higher price than one dollar and eighty 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 same depth of base: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That these <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase allowed.</p></sidenote> 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 case the limit of price may be increased to two dollars per square yard.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Grading streets, alleys, and roads</inline>: For purchase and repair of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grading.</p></sidenote> 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, and pay of dump men needed to carry out the work, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Condemnation of streets, roads, and alleys</inline>: For purchase or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condemnation.</p></sidenote> condemnation of streets, roads, and alleys, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Opening alleys</inline>: The unexpended balance of the appropriation of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening alleys.</p></sidenote> forty thousand dollars made in the deficiency Act approved March <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 653.</p></sidenote> third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for opening, widening, and extending alleys in the District of Columbia, under the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 255.</p></sidenote> of “An Act to provide for the opening of alleys in the District of Columbia,” approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby made available for opening, extending, widening, and straightening alleys and minor streets under the provisions of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31 pp. 1429–1431.</p></sidenote> sections sixteen hundred and eight to sixteen hundred and sixteen, inclusive, of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia; and all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayments.</p></sidenote> moneys collected for so opening, widening, and straightening alleys and minor streets shall be repaid and credited to this appropriation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Plats of subdivisions outside of Washington</inline>: To pay the expenses <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suburban surveys.</p></sidenote> 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 the District of Columbia,” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 451.</p></sidenote> approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Construction of county roads</inline>: For construction of county roads <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">County roads.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote> and suburban streets as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Columbia road, widening and paving, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Sixteenth street, Columbia road to Park street, widening and macadamizing, eight thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Benning and Anacostia roads, grade and macadamize, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Connecticut avenue, Le Roy place to Wyoming avenue, complete paving, eight thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Bladensburg road, grade and macadamize, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For North Capitol street, T to V street, macadamize, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Joliet street west from Wisconsin avenue, macadamize, seven thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Providence street, Brookland, macadamize, five thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Nebraska avenue grade and regulate, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/598">598</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Zoological Park entrance.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjusting grades.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 963.</p></sidenote> For Kenesaw avenue, entrance to Zoological Park, grading (and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to adjust the lines of the streets at this locality so as to afford an entrance to the Zoological Park upon good and satisfactory grade, with authority to exchange with the owners of the abutting property any land now within the lines of said streets that may be necessary to accomplish <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> said purpose: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no expense is incurred thereby by the United States or the District of Columbia), ten thousand dollars;</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Eleventh street extended, grade and improve, fifteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For New Hampshire avenue, Whitney avenue to Seventh street (Brightwood avenue), grade and macadamize, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Connecticut avenue extended, grade and macadamize, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Thirty-seventh street and other streets in Burleith subdivision, grade and pave, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Wyoming avenue west of Connecticut avenue, pave, four thousand three hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Mintwood place, grade and pave, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Decatur street from Florida avenue to Massachusetts avenue, paving with asphalt, twelve thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quincy street.</p></sidenote> For Quincy street northwest from Twenty-ninth street to Pierce <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dedication.</p></sidenote> Mill road, five thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all the land necessary therefor is conveyed to the District of Columbia and dedicated to public use;</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, one hundred and fifty-one thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Streets, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Repairs streets, avenues, and alleys</inline>: For current work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, including resurfacing and repairs to concrete pavements with the same or other not inferior <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Street railways.</p></sidenote> material, two hundred thousand dollars; and this appropriation shall be available for repairing the pavements of street railways when necessary; the amounts thus expended shall be collected from such railroad <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 20, p. 106.</p></sidenote> 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 of the fiscal year in which they are collected:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sidewalks, etc.</p></sidenote> For replacing and repairing sidewalks and curbs, around public reservations, and municipal buildings, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">County roads.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Repairs county roads</inline>: For current work of repairs of county roads and suburban streets, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridges.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Bridges</inline>: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers, oil, lamps, and matches, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction and repairs of bridges, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Massachusetts avenue bridge.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Massachusetts avenue bridge</inline>: For raising the grade of roadway and wing walls of culvert on the line of Massachusetts avenue across Rock Creek between Belmont road and the United States Naval Observatory grounds, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aqueduct Bridge.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Repairs to Aqueduct Bridge</inline>: For reconstruction of pier numbered five of the Aqueduct Bridge across the Potomac River at Georgetown, District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, sixty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Highway bridge across Potomac River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction and cost limit extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 772, amended.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Highway bridge across Potomac River</inline>: Section twelve of the “Act to provide for eliminating certain grade crossings on the line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railway Company in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and requiring said company to depress and elevate its tracks, and to enable it to relocate parts of its railroad therein, and for other purposes,” approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended by striking out therefrom the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/599">599</page> words “<quotedText>two years</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “<quotedText>four years,</quotedText>” and the limit of cost for the bridge across the Potomac River therein provided for of five hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars is hereby increased to nine hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars. And the Secretary of War is authorized to enter into a contract or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> contracts for the construction of said bridge within the said limit of cost. The cost of maintaining in good condition the asphalt paving between the street railway tracks and two feet outside thereof on said bridge shall be paid by the street railway company or companies using the same under such regulations as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall prescribe: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all street railroads chartered <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by street railways.</p></sidenote> or that may hereafter be chartered by Congress shall have the right to cross said bridge upon terms mutually agreed upon with the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company or in case of disagreement, upon terms determined by the supreme court of the District of Columbia which is authorized and directed to give hearing to the interested parties and to fix the terms of joint trackage.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>ANACOSTIA RIVER FLATS. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anacostia River flats.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For a survey and outline map of land owned by the United States, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey, etc.</p></sidenote> comprised within what is known as the flats of the Anacostia River, from its mouth to the boundary line of the District of Columbia, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, and the Attorney-General is authorized and directed to examine and report upon the nature of the title to lands embraced within said flats.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>SEWERS. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sewers.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins, fifty-eight thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleaning.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For main and pipe sewers and receiving basins, fifty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Main and pipe.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For suburban sewers, fifty thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Suburban.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase or condemnation of rights of way for construction, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights of way.</p></sidenote> maintenance, and repair of public sewers, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For automatic flushing tanks, one thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flushing tanks.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the construction of the extension of the boundary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boundary.</p></sidenote> sewer to the vicinity of Twenty-second and A streets northeast, now under contract, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing the construction of the east side intercepting sewer, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">East side intercepting.</p></sidenote> between Twenty-second and A streets northeast and Twelfth street southeast, now under contract, fifty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing construction of the sewage-disposal system pumping <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pumping station.</p></sidenote> station, and for machinery therefor, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing construction of the low-area trunk sewer, sixty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Low-area trunk,</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For construction in part of trunk sewer to serve the western part of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Georgetown.</p></sidenote> Georgetown, twenty thousand dollars; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to enter into contract for the whole work at a cost not to exceed forty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For constructing in part the B street and New Jersey avenue trunk <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">B street and New Jersey avenue trunk.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> sewer, fifty thousand dollars; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction of said sewer in part at a cost not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to construct said sewers where necessary across lands belonging to the United States, and as soon as practicable <page identifier="/us/stat/32/600">600</page> thereafter the excavated portions of said lands shall be restored to their original condition from the appropriation made for the sewer construction.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of balances.</p></sidenote> Any balances of former appropriations remaining after the execution of contracts for works of the sewage-disposal system may be applied by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in the execution of other portions of said sewage-disposal system.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">James Creek Canal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lease of lands.</p></sidenote> For fencing James Creek Canal, two thousand dollars, to be immediately available; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to lease for periods not exceeding one year the public space bordering on said canal for commercial use; all revenue to be derived from this source to be paid into the United States Treasury, one-half to the credit of the United States and one-half to the credit of the District of Columbia.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Streets.</p></sidenote> STREETS.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cleaning, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning</inline>: For sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, including purchase, maintenance, and livery of horses, purchase, maintenance, and repair of wagons and harness, and necessary incidental expenses, and work done under existing contracts, as well as hand work done under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts permitted.</p></sidenote> the immediate direction of the Commissioners without contract: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That whenever it shall appear to the Commissioners that said latter work can not be done under their immediate direction at nineteen cents or less per thousand square yards, in accordance with the specifications under which the same was last advertised for bids, it shall at once be their duty to advertise to let said work under said specifications to the lowest responsible bidder, and if the same can not be procured to be done at a price not exceeding twenty cents per thousand square yards, they may continue to do said work under their immediate direction, in accordance with said specifications; one hundred and ninety thousand dollars, and the Commissioners shall so apportion this appropriation as to prevent a deficiency therein.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removing ice and snow.</p></sidenote> For cleaning snow and ice from cross walks and gutters, under the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposal of refuse.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Disposal of city refuse</inline>: For the collection and disposal of garbage; miscellaneous refuse and ashes from private residences in the city of Washington and the more densely populated suburbs; for collecting and disposing of dead animals and night soil in the District of Columbia, and for the payment of necessary inspection, livery of horses, and incidental expenses, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parking commission.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For the parking commission</inline>: For contingent expenses, including laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous items, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Harbor and river front.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Harbor and river, front</inline>: For the improvement and protection of the harbor and river front, the enforcement of laws and regulations, construction and maintenance of wharves and buildings, and for other necessary items and services, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bathing beach.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Bathing beach</inline>: For all necessary expenses of removing to and establishing the bathing beach on the inner basin near the present bathing beach site, to be available from the fifteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and two, four thousand dollars; for care, operation, maintenance, and repair of bathing beach, to be expended in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Receipts.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That hereafter all rents, fees, licenses, and other income derived from the bathing beach shall be paid to the collector of taxes and accounted for as other taxes.</proviso>
</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/601">601</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For public scales</inline>: For repair and replacement of public scales, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scales.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and erection of new hay scale for Center Market, and transfer of present scale to Tennallytown, four hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For public pumps</inline>: For the purchase, replacement, and repair of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pumps.</p></sidenote> public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, filling abandoned or condemned public wells, five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electrical department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; inspector of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> lamps, one thousand dollars; electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand dollars; three telegraph operators, at one thousand dollars each; three inspectors, at nine hundred dollars each; expert repairman, nine hundred and sixty dollars; three repairmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; two laborers, at four hundred dollars each; in all, sixteen thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general supplies, repairs, new batteries, and battery supplies, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies.</p></sidenote> telephone rental and purchase, wire for extension of the telegraph and telephone service, repairs of lines and instruments, purchase of poles, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, cross arms, ice, record books, stationery, printing, livery, horses, and harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, new boxes, rent of stable and storeroom, and other necessary items, fourteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For placing wires of fire-alarm telegraph and police telephone service <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Placing wires under ground.</p></sidenote> under ground in existing conduits, including cost of cables, terminal boxes, and posts, connections to and between existing conduits, manholes, hand-holes, posts for fire-alarm and police boxes, extra labor, and other necessary items, nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extension of the fire-alarm telegraph in order to provide for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extending fire alarm.</p></sidenote> additional circuits in connection with new thirty-circuit board, fifty new boxes, six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase and erection of the necessary poles, cross arms, insulators, pins, braces, wire, cable, conduit connections, extra labor, and other necessary items for the extension of fire-alarm telegraph, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For extension of police-patrol system, including purchase of not less <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police patrol.</p></sidenote> than twenty new boxes, purchase and erection of the necessary poles, cross arms, insulators, pins, braces, wire, cable, conduit connections, extra labor, and other necessary items, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For raising roof of building occupied by fire-alarm headquarters, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Headquarters.</p></sidenote> and for remodeling cabinetwork, new floor, and other necessary items, to be supervised by the inspector of buildings, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Lighting</inline>: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lighting.</p></sidenote> and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys; purchasing and expense of erecting and maintaining new lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures; moving lamp-posts, painting lamp-posts and lanterns; replacing and repairing lamp-posts and lanterns damaged or unfit for service; for rent of storeroom, cartage of material, livery, and other necessary items and services, two hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no more than twenty dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum price.</p></sidenote> per annum for each street lamp shall be paid for gas and no more than twenty dollars for oil, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, paintings cleaning, purchasing, and expenses of erecting and maintaining new lamp-posts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures, under any expenditure provided for in this Act:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all of said lamps <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To burn every night.</p></sidenote> shall burn every night, on the average, from fifteen minutes after sun-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/602">602</page>set <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulators.</p></sidenote> to forty-five minutes before sunrise:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriations herein provided for the contracting gas companies shall equip each street lamp with a self-regulating burner and tip, so combined and adjusted as to secure, under all ordinary variations of pressure and density, a consumption of five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High-power lamps.</p></sidenote> cubic feet of gas per hour:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than fifteen thousand dollars of said appropriation may be expended for lighting, extinguishing, repairing, painting, and cleaning public lamps of a higher candlepower than those provided for above, and not less than sixty candlepower, which lamps shall not cost to exceed twenty-five dollars per lamp, and shall otherwise be subject to the restrictions of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Average candle power diminished.</p></sidenote> this paragraph:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three the illuminating power of the gas furnished by any gas-lighting company, person, or persons in the District of Columbia shall be equal to twenty-two candles, notwithstanding the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 252.</p></sidenote> requirements as to candlepower prescribed by section three of the Act regulating the sale of gas in the District of Columbia, approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Electric lighting.</p></sidenote> For electric are lighting, including necessary inspection, and for extensions of such service, not exceeding seventy-six thousand dollars: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum price.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not more than seventy-two dollars per annum shall be paid for any electric are light burning from fifteen minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes before sunrise, and operated wholly by means of underground wire; 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 over any of the streets or avenues of the city of Washington:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Overhead wires permitted outside fire limits.</p></sidenote> That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized, under conditions and regulations to be prescribed by them, to permit the erection of poles and the stringing of overhead wires thereon outside of the fire limits and east of Rock Creek for electric lighting purposes only.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Aqueduct.</p></sidenote> WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> For operation, maintenance, and repair of the aqueduct and its accessories, including Conduit road, the new reservoir, and Washington Aqueduct tunnel, thirty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Filtration plant.</p></sidenote> Toward establishing a slow sand filtration plant, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, including the preparation of plans, and for the purchase of such scientific books and periodicals as may be approved by the Secretary of War, six hundred thousand dollars, to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote> be available immediately and until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such material and work as may be necessary for prosecuting the work to final completion within the shortest practicable time, or the materials may be purchased and work done otherwise than by contract, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote> to exceed in the aggregate two million seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand four hundred and five dollars, including the amount herein and heretofore appropriated.</proviso></p></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increasing water supply.</p></sidenote> INCREASING THE WATER SUPPLY.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">City reservoir.</p></sidenote> For iron fence around reservoir, to cost not exceeding twenty-seven thousand dollars; for fencing, cleaning, grading, and improving the public grounds pertaining to the Washington City reservoir and the shafts of the Washington Aqueduct tunnel; for necessary gatekeepers’ dwellings, and for structures needed to protect the west shaft and the intake and Congressional Spring at the Washington City reservoir; in all, sixty-seven thousand two hundred and forty dollars, to be available immediately and until expended.</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/603">603</page>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>ROCK CREEK PARK. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rock Creek Park.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For care and improvement of Rock Creek Park, to be expended <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care, etc.</p></sidenote> under the direction of the board of control of said park, two thousand five hundred dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>PUBLIC SCHOOLS. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public schools.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For officers</inline>: For seven members of the board of education, at <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of education.</p></sidenote> five hundred dollars each, three thousand five hundred dollars, not more than one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars of which shall be used during the first half of the fiscal year; one superintendent of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers, etc.</p></sidenote> public schools, four thousand dollars; two assistant superintendents, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one secretary, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eighteen thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For teachers</inline>: For one thousand three hundred and one teachers, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Teachers.</p></sidenote> to be assigned as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For director of high schools, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eleven supervising principals, at two thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For director of manual training, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five principals of high schools, at one thousand six hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For principal of Manual Training School Number One and principal of Manual Training School Number Two, two, at one thousand six hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For principal of white Normal School and principal of colored Normal School, two, at one thousand six hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For director of primary instruction, four heads of departments of high schools, and two grammar school principals, seven in all, at one thousand five hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five principals of buildings, and one head of department of English in Manual Training School Number One, six in all, at one thousand three hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For director of music, director of drawing, assistant director of drawing, director of physical culture, two teachers of manual training, two normal training teachers, instructor in shop work, assistant instructor in ironwork, instructor in free-hand drawing, fourteen High School teachers, and ten principals of buildings, thirty-five in all, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For director of primary work, High School teacher, and principal of building, three in all, at one thousand one hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ninety-eight, at one thousand dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eighteen, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For twenty-one, at nine hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For seventeen, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For sixteen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eighty-nine, at eight hundred and twenty-five dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirty-four, at eight hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For ninety-five, at seven hundred and seventy-five dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For seventeen, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one hundred and thirty-five, at seven hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For four, at six hundred and seventy-five dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one hundred and forty-four, at six hundred and fifty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For forty-eight, at six hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For eight, at five hundred and seventy-five dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one hundred and forty-three, at five hundred and fifty dollars each;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/604">604</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For five, at five hundred and twenty-five dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one hundred and thirty-one, at five hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For thirty-nine, at four hundred and seventy-five dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one hundred and sixty-six, at four hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, nine hundred and eighteen thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No sex discrimination.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in assigning salaries to teachers, no discrimination shall be made between male and female teachers employed in the same grade of school and performing a like class of duties; and it shall not be lawful to pay, or authorize or require to be paid, from any of the salaries of teachers herein provided, any portion or percentage thereof for the purpose of adding to salaries of higher or lower grades.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Night schools.</p></sidenote> For night schools for pupils not over twenty-one years of age, and teachers of night schools may also be teachers in the day schools, six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent and other necessary expenses of night schools, five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kindergarten.</p></sidenote> For kindergarten instruction, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Janitors, etc.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For janitors and care of buildings and grounds</inline>: For superintendent of janitors, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care of the Central High School and annex, two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Jefferson Building and the Western High School, at one thousand four hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Eastern High School, Business High School, M Street High School, and Stevens School buildings, four in all, at one thousand two hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Franklin Building, one thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Wallach Building, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Curtis, Dennison, Force, Gales, Garnet, Grant, Henry, Peabody, Seaton, Sumner, Webster, and Manual Training School Number One, and one twelve-room school building, thirteen in all, at nine hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Birney, Lincoln, Miner, Manual Training Number Two, and Mott buildings, five in all, at eight hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Abbott, Berrett, John F. Cook, and Randall buildings, four in all, at seven hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Adams, Addison, Ambush, Amidon, Anthony, Bowen, Arthur, Banneker, Bell, Blair, Blake, Bradley, Brent, Briggs, Brightwood, Brookland, Bruce, Buchanan, Carberry, Congress Heights, Corcoran, Cranch, Dent, Douglass, Fillmore, Garrison, Giddings, Eckington, Greenleaf, Harrison, Hayes, Hilton, Hubbard, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Lenox, Logan, Lovejoy, McCormick, Madison, Magruder, Maury, Monroe, Morse, Patterson, Payne, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Polk, Slater, Smallwood, Taylor, Tenley, Toner, Towers, Twining, Tyler, Van Buren, Webb, Weightman, Wilson, Wormly, building in third division, building in fourth division, building in sixth division (Trinidad), building in seventh division (Washington Heights), building in ninth division, two building in tenth division, building in eleventh division, seventy-one in all, at five hundred and forty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Garfield, Thompson, Van Buren annex, and Woodburn buildings, four in all, at three hundred and sixty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Of the Bennings (white), Bennings (colored), Bunker Hill, Chevy Chase, Good Hope, Grant Road, Hamilton, High Street, Langdon, Kenilworth, Orr, Petworth, Potomac, Reservoir, Takoma Park, and Threlkeld buildings, sixteen in all, at two hundred and forty dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For care of smaller buildings and rented rooms, including cooking and manual training schools wherever located, at a rate not to exceed <page identifier="/us/stat/32/605">605</page> forty-eight dollars per annum for the care of each schoolroom, four thousand six hundred and seventy-six dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one engineer and instructor in steam engineering at Manual Training School Number One, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For one engineer and instructor in steam engineering at Manual Training School Number Two, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, eighty-three thousand three hundred and six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Miscellaneous</inline>: For rent of school buildings and repair shop, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote> seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds, fifty-five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary repairs to and changes in plumbing in existing school buildings, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing and renewing heating and ventilating apparatus, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase and repair of tools, machinery, material, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manual training.</p></sidenote> apparatus to be used in connection with instruction in manual training, and for incidental expenses connected therewith, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, forty-five thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, including furniture, books, books of reference, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> and periodicals, stationery, printing, ice, insurance, purchase and repair of equipments for high-school cadets, and other necessary items not otherwise provided for, including livery of horse for the superintendent, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of pianos for new school buildings at an average cost <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pianos.</p></sidenote> not to exceed two hundred and twenty-five dollars each, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairing school furniture now in use, three thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairing furniture.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For text-books and school supplies for use of pupils of the first <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supplies for pupils.</p></sidenote> eight grades who at the time are not supplied with the same, to be distributed by the superintendent of public schools under regulations to be made by the board of education of the District of Columbia, and for the necessary expenses of the purchase, distribution, and preservation of said text-books and supplies, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the board of education in its discretion is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exchanges.</p></sidenote> authorized to make exchanges of such books and other educational publications now on hand as may not be desirable for use.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of United States flags, one thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Flags.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Buildings and grounds</inline>: For completing eight-room building <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings.</p></sidenote> (Trinidad), sixth division, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing eight-room building, tenth division, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing eight-room building, third division, thirty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completing eight-room building, ninth division, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The appropriation of twenty-five thousand dollars made by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31. p. 835.</p></sidenote> District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two for one four-room building, seventh division, Grant road, is hereby made available for one four-room building and site at or near Fort Reno.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase of a site for the construction of a Business High <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Business High School site.</p></sidenote> School building, seventy-five thousand dollars, and for the preparation of plans and specifications for such building, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; in all, seventy-seven thousand five hundred dollars, the cost of said building not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For four-room addition to Brookland School, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/606">606</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of lot to rear and west of Western High School, seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of part of lot five, square seven hundred and ninety-six, for additional playground for Giddings School, one thousand nine hundred, and forty-four dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deaf and dumb pupils.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb</inline>: For expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb persons admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from the District of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4864/p942">R. S., sec. 4864, p. 942</ref>.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police.</p></sidenote> FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> For major and superintendent, three thousand three hundred dollars; captain and assistant superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four captains, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, who shall also be property clerk, two thousand dollars; clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; four surgeons of the police and fire departments, at five hundred and forty dollars each; additional compensation for fourteen privates detailed for special service in the detection and prevention of crime, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary ten lieutenants, at one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars each; thirty-five sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; three hundred and fifty privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each; two hundred and forty privates, class two, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; twenty-four station keepers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; thirteen laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each, laborer in charge of the morgue, six hundred and eighty dollars; messenger, seven hundred dollars; messenger, five hundred dollars; major and superintendent, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; captain, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; fifty-one lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two hundred and forty dollars each; sixty sergeants and privates, mounted on bicycles, at fifty dollars each; twenty-eight drivers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; and three police matrons, at six hundred dollars each; in all, seven hundred and thirteen thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent, Anacostia.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Miscellaneous</inline>: For rent of substation at Anacostia, three hundred and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel.</p></sidenote> For fuel, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> For repairs to stations, five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including the purchase of new wagons, rewards for fugitives, modern revolvers, installation of card system in the police department, stationery, books, books of reference, and periodicals, telegraphing, photographs, printing, binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs thereto, beds and bedclothing, insignia of office, purchase and care of horses, horse and vehicle for superintendent, bicycles, police equipments and repairs to the same, harness, forage, repairs to vehicles, van, ambulance, and patrol wagons, and expenses incurred in the prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For flags and halyards for station houses, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of police department headquarters and property store-rooms, two thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/607">607</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For erection of station house and stable in Southeast Washington on <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fifth precinct station.</p></sidenote> site of present fifth precinct and furnishing same, thirty thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of building to be occupied temporarily during construction of the new fifth precinct station, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">House of Detention</inline>: To enable the Commissioners of the District <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House of Detention.</p></sidenote> of Columbia to provide transportation and a suitable place for the reception, transportation, and detention of the children under seventeen years of age and in the discretion of the Commissioners of girls and women over seventeen years of age, arrested by the police on charge of offense against any law in force in the District of Columbia, or held as witnesses, or held pending final investigation or examination, or otherwise, eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all such persons held or detained under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of detention.</p></sidenote> public authority prior to the adjudication of cases in which they may be involved shall be held at the place so provided;</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, seventy-nine thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fire department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For chief engineer, two thousand dollars; three assistant chief engineers, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand dollars; fire marshal, one thousand dollars; machinist, one thousand dollars; twenty-five foremen, at one thousand dollars each; fourteen engineers, at one thousand dollars each; fourteen firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; six tillermen, at nine hundred dollars each; twenty-six drivers, at nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and seventy privates, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twenty-five watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; and one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, two hundred and forty-seven thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Miscellaneous</inline>: For repairs to engine houses, seven thousand five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to apparatus and for new appliances, seven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of hose, nine thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, four thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of horses, eleven thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For forage, twelve thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, three hundred and sixty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, fixtures, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas and electric lighting, flags and halyards, and other necessary items, fourteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, sixty-five thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Increase fire department</inline>: For exchange for or purhase of three <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New engines, etc.</p></sidenote> extra first-class steam engines, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase of one chemical engine, two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For exchange for or purchase of one seventy-five-foot aerial truck, three thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For house and furniture for truck company in the southeastern <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New buildings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 973.</p></sidenote> section of the city, to be located on land owned by the District of Columbia, in square nine hundred and twenty-five, twenty-two thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the unexpended balance, amounting to one thousand three hundred dollars, of the appropriations heretofore made for the house, lot, and furniture for a truck company in Columbia Heights is hereby <page identifier="/us/stat/32/608">608</page> authorized to be used for completing the stable in the rear of Number Eight Engine House on North Carolina avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets southeast;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Health department.</p></sidenote> HEALTH DEPARTMENT.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote> For health officer, three thousand five hundred dollars; chief inspector and deputy health officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; thirteen sanitary and food inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; sanitary and food inspector, who shall also inspect dairy products and shall be a practical chemist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; sanitary and food inspector, who shall be a veterinary surgeon and act as inspector of live stock and dairy farms, one thousand two hundred dollars; inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk and deputy health officer, two thousand two hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks, two of whom may act as sanitary and food inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; clerk, six hundred dollars; messenger and janitor, six hundred dollars; pound master, one thousand five hundred dollars; laborers at not exceeding forty dollars per month, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; sanitary and food inspector, who shall be a veterinary surgeon, nine hundred dollars; six sanitary and food inspectors, two of whom shall be veterinary surgeons, to assist in the enforcement of the milk and pure-food laws and the regulations relating thereto, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, forty-six thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Miscellaneous</inline>: For rent of stable, one hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prevention of contagious diseases.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 691.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 635.</p></sidenote> For the enforcement of the provisions of the Act to prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of Columbia, approved December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the Act to prevent the spread of contagious diseases in the District of Columbia, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, under the direction of the health officer of said District, including purchase and maintenance of necessary horses, wagons and harness, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disinfecting service.</p></sidenote> For maintaining the disinfecting service, including purchase and maintenance of necessary horses, wagons and harness, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drainage of lots.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 126.</p></sidenote> For emergency fund for the enforcement of the provisions of section four of an Act to provide for the drainage of lots in the District of Columbia, approved May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Food adulterations.</p></sidenote> For special services in. connection with the detection of the adulteration of drugs and of foods, including candy and milk, one hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Milk inspection.</p></sidenote> For the necessary traveling expenses of sanitary and food inspectors while traveling outside of the District of Columbia for the purpose of inspecting dairy farms, milk, and other dairy products, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Food, etc., inspection.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 709.</p></sidenote> For contingent expenses incident to the enforcement of an Act to regulate the sale of milk in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 246.</p></sidenote> an Act relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 398.</p></sidenote> ninety-eight, and an Act to prevent the adulteration of candy in the District of Columbia, approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for the maintenance of a chemical laboratory, one thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/609">609</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the maintenance of the isolation wards for minor contagious <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Isolation wards in hospitals.</p></sidenote> diseases at Garfield Memorial and Providence hospitals, each four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, eight thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>COURTS. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Courts.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For the police court</inline>: For two judges, at three thousand dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police court.</p></sidenote> each; clerk, two thousand dollars; two deputy clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two deputy clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one deputy clerk, to be known as financial clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; deputy marshal, nine hundred dollars; three bailiffs, at nine hundred dollars each; janitor, five hundred and forty dollars; engineer, nine hundred dollars; assistant janitor, four hundred and fifty dollars; one bailiff, six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Miscellaneous</inline>: For witness fees, four thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs of police-court building, eight hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to police-court furniture and replacing same, two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For meals of jurors and of bailiffs in attendance upon them when ordered by the court, one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of property adjoining police-court building, for police court and other purposes, six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For compensation of jury, eight thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Defending suits in claims</inline>: For defending suits in the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Defending suits in claims.</p></sidenote> States Court of Claims, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Writs of lunacy</inline>: To defray the expenses attending the execution <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lunacy writs.</p></sidenote> of writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder, in all cases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane by order of the executive authority of the District of Columbia under the provisions of the Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 811.</p></sidenote> approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Justices of the peace</inline>: For ten justices of the peace, at two thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Justices of the peace.</p></sidenote> dollars each, and the further sum of two hundred and fifty dollars each for rent, stationery, and other expenses, in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter any justice of the peace designated to serve as judge of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No extra pay for acting in police court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1198.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 522.</p></sidenote> the police court, as provided in section fifty-one of the Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, shall receive no additional compensation while so serving.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter justices of the peace in and for the District of Columbia <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notarial fees to be turned in.</p></sidenote> who are also notaries public shall account for and pay over to the collector of taxes all fees earned as such notaries public, as they are required by law to do as to fees earned by them as justices of the peace.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Hereafter the salary and compensation of the clerk of the supreme <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk of supreme court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary.</p></sidenote> court of the District of Columbia shall not exceed four thousand dollars per annum; and the excess of fees received by him above said salary, after defraying therefrom the necessary expenses of his office, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The permanent indefinite appropriation made by section two hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of appeals reports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indefinite appropriation repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1226.</p></sidenote> and twenty-nine of the Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, to pay the reporter of the court of appeals for volumes of the reports of the opinions of said court, is hereby repealed. And the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Estimates to pay reporter.</p></sidenote> Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall hereafter annually submit estimates for the amounts required to pay said reporter for volumes of the reports authorized to be furnished by him under said section two hundred and twenty-nine.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/610">610</page>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>INTEREST AND SINKING FUND.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest and sinking fund.</p></sidenote> For interest and sinking fund on the funded debt, exclusive of water bonds, one million two hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and forty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rate of interest on judgments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1377.</p></sidenote> That section 1178 of the “Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, shall not be construed to amend, alter, or repeal the rate of interest fixed at four per centum per annum on judgments against the District <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 537.</p></sidenote> of Columbia by the Act approved September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>EMERGENCY FUND.</heading>
<content>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emergency fund.</p></sidenote> 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 cases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchases.</p></sidenote> for, eight thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in the purchase of all articles provided for in this Act no more than the market price shall be paid for any such articles, and all bids for any of such articles above the market price shall be rejected.</proviso></content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Courts and prisons.</p></sidenote> FOR COURTS AND PRISONS.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of convicts out of District.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Support of convicts</inline>: For support, maintenance, and transportation of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court-house.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Court-house, District of Columbia</inline>: For the following force necessary for the care and protection of the court-house in the District of Columbia, under the direction of the United States marshal of the District of Columbia: 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jail.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Warden.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Warden of the jail</inline>: For warden of the jail of the District of Columbia, two thousand dollars, to be paid under the direction of the Attorney-General.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Support of prisoners</inline>: For expenses for maintenance of the jail of the District of Columbia, and for support of prisoners therein, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charities and corrections.</p></sidenote> CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS.</heading>
<chapeau>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Charities.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Board of Charities</inline>: For secretary, three thousand dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; stenographer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; two inspectors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; traveling expenses, four hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reformatories.</p></sidenote> reformatories and correctional institutions.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Asylum.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">For Washington Asylum</inline>: For intendant, one thousand two hundred dollars; visiting physician, one thousand and eighty dollars; resident physician, four hundred and eighty dollars; matron, six hundred dollars; clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; property clerk; eight <page identifier="/us/stat/32/611">611</page> hundred and forty dollars; baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; principal overseer, one thousand two hundred dollars; ten overseers, at six hundred dollars each; engineer, six hundred dollars; assistant engineer, three hundred and fifty dollars; second assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; engineer at hospital for seven and one-half months, at fifty dollars per month; five watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; night watchman, five hundred and forty-eight dollars; blacksmith and woodworker, five hundred dollars; carpenter, five hundred dollars; driver for dead wagon, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; hostler and driver, two hundred and forty dollars; keeper at female workhouse, three hundred dollars; keeper at female workhouse, one hundred and eighty dollars; two female attendants at almshouse, at one hundred and fifty dollars each; hospital cook, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; chief cook for almshouse and workhouse, three hundred and sixty dollars; two assistant cooks, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; three assistant cooks, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; trained nurse, who shall act as superintendent of nursing, six hundred dollars; graduate nurse, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; graduate nurse for receiving ward, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; six orderlies, at three hundred dollars each; pupil nurses, not less than fifteen in number, one thousand one hundred and forty dollars; registered pharmacist, who shall act as hospital clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, including improvements and repairs, provisions, fuel, forage, lumber, gas, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, hardware, medicines, repairs to tools, cars, tracks, steam heating and cooking apparatus, painting, and other necessary items and services, fifty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs to buildings, painting, lumber, hardware, cement, lime, oil, removal of floors, and repairs to plumbing, steam heating and cooking apparatus, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For additional sum for erection of bathrooms and closets for two buildings known as the “Old Men’s Home,” one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For Reform School</inline>: For superintendent, one thousand five hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reform School.</p></sidenote> dollars; assistant superintendent, nine hundred dollars; teachers and assistant teachers, five thousand and forty 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 to exceed six in number, one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars; secretary and treasurer to board of trustees, six hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand four hundred and fifty-two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, feed, meats, dry goods, leather, shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, furniture, tableware, farm implements, seeds, harness and repairs to same, fertilizers, books, stationery, plumbing, painting, 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 live hundred dollars, all under the control of the Commissioners, twenty-six thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/612">612</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reform School for Girls.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Reform School for Girls</inline>: Superintendent, one thousand dollars; treasurer, six hundred dollars; matron, six hundred dollars; two teachers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; overseer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four teachers of industries, at two hundred and fifty dollars each; engineer, four hundred and eighty dollars; assistant engineer, three hundred and sixty dollars; night watchman, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; laborer, three hundred dollars; in all, six thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For groceries, provisions, light, fuel, soap, oil, lamps, candles, clothing, shoes, forage, horseshoeing, medicines, medical attendance, hack hire, transportation, labor, sewing machines, fixtures, books, stationery, horses, vehicles, harness, cows, pigs, fowls, sheds, fences, repairs, and other necessary items, ten thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, sixteen thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transporting prisoners.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of prisoners</inline>: For conveying prisoners to the work house, two thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospitals.</p></sidenote> Medical Charities.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freedmen’s Hospital.</p></sidenote> For the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For subsistence, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries and compensation of the surgeon in chief, not to exceed three thousand dollars; two assistant surgeons, clerk, assistant clerk, pharmacist, assistant pharmacist, steward, engineer, matron, nurses, laundresses, cooks, teamsters, watchmen, and laborers, sixteen thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent of hospital buildings and grounds, four thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel and light, clothing, bedding, forage, transportation, medicine, medical and surgical supplies, surgical instruments, electric lights, repairs, furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, eleven thousand five hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, fifty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia Hospital for Women.</p></sidenote> For the care and treatment of indigent patients, under a contract to be made with the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, by the Board of Charities, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars; and the further sum of six thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for improvements and repairs at the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Children’s Hospital.</p></sidenote> For the care and treatment of indigent patients, under a contract to be made with the Children’s Hospital by the Board of Charities, not to exceed ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homeopathic Hospital.</p></sidenote> For the care and treatment of indigent patients, under a contract to be made with the National Homeopathic Hospital Association by the Board of Charities, not to exceed eight thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emergency Hospital.</p></sidenote> For Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For necessary alterations and improvements required for better protection of building from fire, one thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eastern Dispensary.</p></sidenote> For Eastern Dispensary, maintenance, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Women’s Clinic.</p></sidenote> For the Women’s Clinic, maintenance, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Home for Incurables.</p></sidenote> For the Washington Home for Incurables, maintenance, two thousand dollars.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care of children.</p></sidenote> child-caring institutions.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Children’s Guardians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 268.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Board of Children’s Guardians</inline>: For the Board of Children’s Guardians, created under the Act approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For administrative expenses, including salaries of agents, not to exceed two thousand four hundred dollars, expenses in placing and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/613">613</page> visiting children, rent, and all office and sundry expenses, eight thousand six hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For maintenance of feeble-minded children, eleven thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For board and care of all children committed to the guardianship <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Care of children.</p></sidenote> of said board by the courts of the District, and for the temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, with authority to pay not more than one thousand dollars to institutions adjudged to be under sectarian control and not more than three hundred dollars for burial of children dying while under charge of the board, thirty-five thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To enable the Board of Children’s Guardians to contract for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hart Farm School.</p></sidenote> care and maintenance of sixty wards of the Board at the Hart Farm School, at the rate of two hundred dollars per annum each, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for Board of Children’s Guardians, sixty-six thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">For the Industrial Home School</inline>: For maintenance, thirteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Industrial Home School.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pumping plant to dispose of sewage of Industrial Home School, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars; for cost of operating the same, five hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and two dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For repairs and improvements to buildings, fences, and grounds, two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For enlargement and improvement of plant for industrial training, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For completion of the enlargement of girls’ cottage and dormitories, in addition to the appropriation of five thousand dollars made for the enlargement of girls’ cottage in the “Act making appropriations <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 843.</p></sidenote> for the support of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes,” which is hereby continued and made available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three for this purpose, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Home for Destitute Colored Women.</p></sidenote> Women and Children, maintenance, including repairs, nine thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Newsboys’ and Children’s Aid Society, maintenance, one <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Children’s Aid Society.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, maintenance, six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Foundling Hospital.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, maintenance, five thousand four <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the care and maintenance of children in German Orphan Asylum, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">German Orphan Asylum.</p></sidenote> not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>temporary homes.</heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For municipal lodging house and wood and stone yard, maintenance, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Municipal lodging house.</p></sidenote> including rent, four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For temporary Home for ex-Union Soldiers and Sailors, Grand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Army Soldiers’ Home.</p></sidenote> Army of the Republic, four thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the Women’s Christian Association, maintenance, four thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Women’s Christian Association.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Young Women’s Christian Home, maintenance, one thousand <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Young Women’s Christian Home.</p></sidenote> dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For Hope and Help Mission, maintenance, two thousand dollars. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hope and Help Mission.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<inline class="smallCaps">Hospital for the Insane</inline>: For support of the indigent insane of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Support of indigent insane.</p></sidenote> the District of Columbia in the Government Hospital for the Insane <page identifier="/us/stat/32/614">614</page>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4844/4850/p939/940">R. S. secs. 4844, 4850, pp. 939, 940</ref>.</p></sidenote> in said District as provided in sections forty-eight hundred and forty-four and forty-eight hundred and fifty of the Revised Statutes, two hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deporting indigent insane.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 811.</p></sidenote> For deportation from the District of Columbia of nonresident insane persons, in accordance with the Act of Congress “To change the proceedings for admission to the Government Hospital for the Insane in certain cases, and for other purposes,” approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of the poor.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Relief of the poor</inline>: For relief of the poor, including pay of physicians to the poor, who shall be appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia on the recommendation of the health officer, thirteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation.</p></sidenote>
<inline class="smallCaps">Transportation of paupers</inline>: For transportation of paupers, two thousand dollars.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Militia.</p></sidenote> MILITIA OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the following, to be expended under the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> For rent, fuel, light, heat, care, and repair of armories, practice ships, boats, and machinery, and for telephone service, including three thousand dollars for construction of suitable dock for United States steamship Fern and United States steamship Oneida, to be immediately available, eighteen thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For lockers, furniture, and gymnastic apparatus for armories, four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For printing and stationery, six hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, seven hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For custodian in charge of United States property and storerooms, nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk, office of the Adjutant-General, seven hundred and twenty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of drills and parades, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For expenses of rifle practice and matches, three thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Camp expenses.</p></sidenote> For expenses of camps, instruction, practice marches, and practice cruises, including fuel for cruising purposes, fourteen thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay.</p></sidenote> For pay of troops, other than Government employees, to be disbursed under the direction of the commanding general, seventeen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Official status of members.</p></sidenote> thousand six hundred dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia who receive compensation for their services as such shall not-be held or construed to be officers of the United States, or persons holding any place of trust or profit, or discharging any official function under or in connection with any Executive Department of the Government of the United States within the provision of section fifty-four hundred and ninety-eight of the Revised <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions for lost property.</p></sidenote> Statutes of the United States:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That all moneys collected on account of deductions made from the pay of any officer or enlisted man of the National Guard of the District of Columbia on account of Government property lost or destroyed by such individual shall be repaid into the United States Treasury to the credit of the officer of the militia of the District of Columbia who is accountable to the United States Government for such property lost or destroyed:</proviso>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fines, etc</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That all moneys collected on account of deductions made from the pay of any officer or enlisted man of the National Guard of the District of Columbia for or on account of any violation <page identifier="/us/stat/32/615">615</page> of the regulations governing said National Guard shall be held by the commanding general of the militia of the District of Columbia, who is authorized to expend such moneys so collected for necessary clerical and general incidental expenses of the service or for the pay of troops, other than Government employees; and for all moneys so collected and expended the commanding general shall make an accounting in like manner as for the appropriation disbursed for pay of troops:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That section forty-nine of “An <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Service by Government employees.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 779.</p></sidenote> Act to provide for the organization of the militia of the District of Columbia,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall be construed as covering all days of service which the National Guard, or any portion thereof, may be ordered to perform by the commanding general.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred dollars.</p>
</chapeau>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>extension of high-service system of water distribution. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High-service water distribution.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>For extension of the high-service system of water distribution in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Infra</i>.</p></sidenote> District of Columbia, in addition to the sums herein appropriated from the revenues of the water department, two hundred thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WATER DEPARTMENT. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Water department.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operations <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payable from water revenues.</p></sidenote> of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, namely:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For revenue and inspection branch: For water registrar, who shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue and inspection branch.</p></sidenote> also perform the duties of chief clerk, one thousand 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; eight inspectors, at nine hundred dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For distribution branch: For superintendent, two thousand seven <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution branch.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; timekeeper, nine hundred dollars; assistant foreman, nine hundred dollars; tapper and machinist, nine hundred dollars; three steam engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; hostler, four hundred and eighty dollars; calker, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, thirty thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, forage, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent expenses.</p></sidenote> advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fuel, repairs to boilers, machinery, and pumping stations, pipe <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel, etc.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For continuing the extension of the high-service system of water <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High-service system.</p></sidenote> distribution, to include all necessary land, machinery, buildings, mains, and appurtenances, and labor, so much as may be available in the water fund, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, after providing for the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit on requisitions.</p></sidenote> make requisitions upon the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during the fiscal year nineteen hun-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/616">616</page>dred and three than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District except as otherwise provided herein.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advances from Treasury.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to advance on the requisition of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, made in the manner now prescribed by law, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary from time to time to meet the general expenses of said District, as provided by Congress, and to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote> reimburse the Treasury for the portion of said advances payable by the District of Columbia out of the taxes and revenues collected for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost of street extension to be borne by District.</p></sidenote> the support of the government thereof: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing contained herein shall be so construed as to require the United States to bear any part of the cost of street extensions, and all advances heretofore or hereafter made for this purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repayment of advances.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest on advances until paid.</p></sidenote> shall be repaid in full from the revenues of the District of Columbia:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all advances made under this Act not reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States on or before June thirtieth, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 981.</p></sidenote> nineteen hundred and three, shall be reimbursed to said Treasury from time to time out of the surplus revenues of the District of Columbia, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and three, together with interest thereon at the rate of two per centum per annum until so reimbursed which reimbursement shall be made within three years from said last named date.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arrangement of estimates.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That hereafter the estimates for expenses of the government of the District of Columbia shall be prepared and submitted each year according to the order and arrangement of the appropriation Act for the year preceding, and any changes in such order and arrangement and transfers of salaries from one office or department to another desired by the Commissioners may be submitted by note in the estimates.</content>
</section>
<section>
<heading class="centered">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxation on real estate.</p></sidenote> TAXATION OF REAL ESTATE.</heading>
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rate on real estate and improvements.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That hereafter all real estate in the District of Columbia subject to taxation, including improvements thereon, shall be assessed at not less than two-thirds of the true value thereof, and shall be taxed one and one-half per centum upon the assessed valuation thereof, and whenever a subdivision of any portion of said real estate is made and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reassessment of subdivisions.</p></sidenote> recorded with the surveyor of the said District, the board of assistant assessors of said District are hereby authorized and directed to reassess said property so subdivided, and the tax on said reassessment shall be due and payable at the semiannual payment of taxes next following said reassessment.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemption of educational property.</p></sidenote> That hereafter property used for educational purposes that is not used for private gain shall be exempt from taxation, and all other property used for educational purposes shall be assessed and taxed as other property is assessed and taxed.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Street-extension benefits</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Installments.</p></sidenote> In all cases where the assessments for benefits for street extensions have been or may hereafter be levied, payment of the same shall be made in five equal annual installments with interest at the rate of four per centum per annum from and after sixty days after the confirmation <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior payments.</p></sidenote> of the verdict and award: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the amount of any payment of any installment or installments heretofore made on account of any such assessment shall be credited thereon, and the balance shall be due and payable as if such assessment had been originally payable in the installments and with the interest as herein provided.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deductions for damages.</p></sidenote> In all cases of payments the accounting officers shall take into account the assessment for benefits and the award for damages, and shall pay <page identifier="/us/stat/32/617">617</page> only such part of said award in respect of any lot as may be in excess of the assessment for benefits against the part of such lot not taken, and there shall be credited on said assessment the amount of said award not in excess of said assessment.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section>
<heading class="centered">TAXATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Personal property.</p></sidenote></heading>
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<chapeau class="inline">
<p class="inline">That in order to provide revenues to meet the appropriations <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of five assistant assessors.</p></sidenote> made by this Act and appropriations to be hereafter made to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, it is further enacted: That the Act of Congress, entitled “An Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 282, amended.</p></sidenote> to provide an 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,” approved August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby amended to take effect from and after July first, nineteen hundred and two, as follows: Section two, line two, strike out the word “<quotedText>three,</quotedText>” and insert in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>five;</quotedText>” section two, line five, after the words “assistant assessors, who,” strike out the words “<quotedText>shall hold office for a term of four years, unless sooner removed by said Commissioners for cause satisfactory to them and;</quotedText>” section two, line nine, after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term of office of board.</p></sidenote> words “per annum,” insert the following: “<quotedText>The assessor of the District of Columbia and the members of said permanent board of assistant assessors shall not be removed except for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.</quotedText>”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the assessor of the District of Columbia shall designate three of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Real estate and excise board.</p></sidenote> the members of said permanent board of assistant assessors for the assessment of real estate who shall constitute and compose the excise board, under the provisions of the Act of the Congress, approved August <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 285.</p></sidenote> fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, aforesaid; and the two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of personal tax appraisers.</p></sidenote> other members of said permanent board of assistant assessors shall be designated by said assessor to compose a board of personal tax appraisers, to assess personal property in accordance with the provisions of this section; and all five members of said permanent board of assistant <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of equalization, etc.</p></sidenote> assessors, together with the assessor as chairman, shall constitute the board of equalization and review of real estate assessments and also the board of personal tax appeals: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the assessor of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessor to be chairman.</p></sidenote> District of Columbia shall act as chairman, ex officio, of the several boards aforesaid.</proviso>
</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the two members of the permanent board of assistant assessors <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessment of personal property.</p></sidenote> designated, as aforesaid, by the assessor, to assess personal property, shall, under the direction and supervision of the said assessor, assess personal property in the District of Columbia as follows:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That hereafter the assessor of the District of Columbia, or his successor <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schedules.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preparation.</p></sidenote> in office, shall annually cause to be prepared a printed blank schedule of all tangible personal property and all general merchandise or stock in trade, owned or held in trust or otherwise, subject to taxation under the provisions of this section, and of the classes of corporations and companies to be assessed, together with the rate of tax prescribed, to which shall be appended an affidavit in blank, setting forth that the foregoing presents a full and true statement of all such personal property, taxable capital, or other basis of assessment, or either, as the case may be. When said schedule is ready for delivery, notice <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delivery.</p></sidenote> thereof shall be given by the assessor by advertisement for three successive secular days in one or more of the daily newspapers published in said District, and a copy of said schedule shall be delivered to any citizen applying therefor at the office of the assessor. Every person, association, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Returns.</p></sidenote> corporation, firm, or company in said District liable to taxation hereunder, and every association, company, executor, administrator, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/618">618</page> guardian, or trustee holding personal property in trust liable to taxation hereunder, shall, within thirty days after the last publication of said advertisement, as aforesaid, fill out the proper blanks in said schedule with a full and true statement, as in this section hereinbefore required, and make and sign an affidavit to the truth thereof, as aforesaid, before the assessor or one of the other members of the said board of personal-tax appraisers, and the members of the said board are hereby <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessment.</p></sidenote> authorized to administer such and all oaths in connection with their duties as assessor and appraisers without charge, or before any person authorized by law to administer oaths; and the address in the District of Columbia of the person, corporation, or company making affidavit shall in each case be given below his, its, or their signature, and thereupon said board of personal-tax appraisers, or any one of the members thereof, shall assess said property at its fair cash value, and enter the same in the columns upon said blanks provided for that purpose, and the amount thus ascertained shall be entered upon the books for taxation for the fiscal year beginning July first, nineteen hundred and two, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for failure to make returns.</p></sidenote> and each fiscal year thereafter: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if any person, firm, association, corporation, company, administrator, executor, guardian, or trustee shall fail to make and deliver to the assessor or one of the said appraisers, within thirty days after the date of the last advertisement of the notice hereinbefore required, the schedule of bis or its said personal property, owned, held in trust, or otherwise, as provided for in this section, then the said board of personal-tax appraisers hereinbefore provided for shall without delay, from the best information they can procure, make an assessment against such person, firm, association, corporation, company, administrator, executor, guardian, or trustee, to which they shall add twenty per centum thereof:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reassessment of unsatisfactory returns.</p></sidenote> further</i>, That if the said board of personal-tax appraisers be not satisfied as to the correctness of the return of personal property made by any person, firm, association, corporation, company, administrator, executor, guardian, or trustee, said board may reject said return, and said board, or anyone of the members thereof, may, from the best information he or they can procure, or by making such an examination of the personal property as may be practicable, assess the same in such amount as may to him or them seem just; and notice of the rejection of the sworn return shall be given to the party interested <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote> by leaving the same at the address given in said return, and in all such cases there shall be a right of appeal from the action taken by said appraisers to the board of personal-tax appeals, hereinafter provided for, or to their successors in office, within fifteen days after delivery of said notice of rejection as aforesaid:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for false returns.</p></sidenote> That if any person, firm, association, corporation, company, administrator, executor, guardian, or trustee shall make a false affidavit touching the matters herein provided for, he or they shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1329.</p></sidenote> to the penalties for that offense now provided by section eight hundred and fifty-eight of the Code of the District of Columbia.</proviso>
</p>
</chapeau>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rate on personal property.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">On all tangible personal property, assessed at a fair cash value (over and above the exemptions provided in this section), including vessels, ships, boats, tools, implements, horses, and other animals, carriages, wagons, and other vehicles, there shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia one and one-half per centum on the assessed value thereof.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 3. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dealers in general merchandise.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">Dealers in general merchandise of every description shall pay to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia one and one-half per centum on the average stock in trade for the preceding year.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statement of stock before conducting business.</p></sidenote> After the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons entering the District of Columbia subsequent to June thirtieth in each year, and establishing a place of business for the sale of goods, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/619">619</page> wares, or merchandise, either at private sale or at auction, to conduct such business until a sworn statement of the value of said stock has been filed with the assessor of the District of Columbia, who shall thereupon render a bill for the unexpired portion of the fiscal year at the same rate as other personal taxes are levied. The assessor is hereby authorized to reassess said stock whenever in his judgment it has been undervalued. The goods, wares, and merchandise of any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seizure for unpaid taxes.</p></sidenote> person or persons, who shall fail to pay the tax required by this paragraph within three days after beginning business, shall be subject to distraint, and it shall be the duty of the assessor to place bills therefor in the hands of the collector of taxes, who shall seize sufficient of the goods of the delinquent to satisfy said tax: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That said owner <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption.</p></sidenote> shall have the right of redemption within thirty days on payment of said tax, to which shall be added a penalty of one per centum, together with the costs of seizure. The collector shall sell such goods as are <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale.</p></sidenote> not redeemed, at public auction, after advertisement for the three days preceding said sale.</proviso></p></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>Hotel companies and the proprietors of hotels shall pay to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hotels.</p></sidenote> the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia one and one-half per centum on the assessed value of their furniture.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>Each national bank as the trustee for its stockholders, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incorporated banks, gas, electric lighting, and telephone companies.</p></sidenote> through its president or cashier, and all other incorporated banks, and trust companies, in the District of Columbia, through their presidents or cashiers, and all gas, electric lighting, and telephone companies, through their proper officers, shall make affidavit to the board of personal-tax appraisers on or before the first day of August each year as to the amount of its or their gross earnings for the preceding year ending the thirtieth day of June, and shall pay to the collector of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tax on gross earnings.</p></sidenote> taxes of the District of Columbia per annum on such gross earnings as follows: Each national bank, and all other incorporated banks, and trust companies, respectively, six per centum; each gas company, five per centum; each electric lighting, and telephone company, four per centum. And in addition thereto the real estate owned by each national or other incorporated bank, and each trust, gas, electric lighting and telephone company in the District of Columbia shall be taxed as other real estate in said District: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That street railroad <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Street railroad companies.</p></sidenote> companies shall continue to pay the four per centum per annum on their gross receipts and other taxes as provided by existing law, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insurance companies.</p></sidenote> insurance companies shall continue to pay the one and one-half per centum on premium receipts, as provided by section six hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1291.</p></sidenote> fifty of the Code of the District of Columbia. That so much of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 625.</p></sidenote> Act approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tax on trust, etc., companies, amended.</p></sidenote> “An Act to provide for the incorporation of trust, loan, mortgage, and certain other corporations within the District of Columbia” as is inconsistent with the provisions of this section is hereby repealed.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>All companies who guarantee the fidelity of any individual <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fidelity companies.</p></sidenote> or individuals, such as bonding companies, shall pay to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia one and one-half per centum of their gross receipts in the District of Columbia.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>Savings banks having no capital stock and paying interest <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savings banks.</p></sidenote> to their depositors shall, through their president or cashier, make affidavit to the board of personal-tax appraisers on or before the first day of August in each year as to the amount of their surplus and undivided profits, and shall pay to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia a sum equal to one and one-half per centum on the amount of their surplus and undivided profits on the thirtieth day of June preceding.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>The capital stock of all corporations, other than those herein <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corporations.</p></sidenote> provided for, organized in the District of Columbia or under the laws of any of the States or Territories of the United States chiefly for the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/620">620</page> purpose of and transacting- business within the District of Columbia, except those exempted by the laws relating to the District of Columbia, shall be appraised in bulk at its fair cash value by the board of personal-tax appraisers, and the corporation issuing the same shall be liable for the tax thereon according to such value, and shall pay to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia a sum equal to one and one-half per centum on the assessed valuation thereof; but from the assessed valuation of such capital stock shall first be deducted the value of any and all real estate owned by such corporation in said District, which real estate shall be separately taxed against said corporation: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemptions.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to include newspaper, real estate, and mercantile companies, which by reason of incorporation receive no special franchise or privilege; but all such corporations shall be rated, assessed, and taxed as individuals conducting business in similar lines are rated, assessed, and taxed.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 9. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Building associations.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Building associations shall pay to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia four per centum per annum on their gross earnings for the preceding year ending June thirtieth.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 10. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemptions.</p></sidenote>
<chapeau class="inline">The following personal property shall be exempt from taxation.</chapeau>
<level>
<num value="1">First. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Institutions.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The personal property of all library, benevolent, charitable, and scientific institutions incorporated under the laws of the United States or of the District of Columbia and not conducted for private gain.</content>
</level>
<level>
<num value="2">Second. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Libraries, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Libraries, schoolbooks, wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, all family portraits, and heirlooms.</content>
</level>
<level>
<num value="3">Third. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Household effects.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Household and other belongings, not held for sale, to the value of one thousand dollars, owned by the occupant of any dwelling house or other place of abode, in which such household and other belongings may be located.</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 11. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of personal-tax appeals.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said board of assistant assessors hereinbefore provided for, with the assessor of the District of Columbia as chairman, shall compose a board of personal-tax appeals, and as such board of personal-tax appeals shall convene in a room, to be provided therefor by the said assessor, on the fifteenth day of November in each year, and public notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be given by advertisement for two consecutive secular days in two daily newspapers <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duties and powers.</p></sidenote> published in the District of Columbia. It shall be the duty of the board of personal-tax appeals, between the date of convening and December fifteenth of each year, to hear all appeals made by any person or persons against the assessments made by the board of personal-tax appraisers and to impartially equalize the value of said personal property as a basis for assessment. Any four members of the said board shall constitute a quorum for business, and in the absence of the assessor a temporary chairman shall be selected. They shall be empowered to diminish or increase such assessments as they may believe to have been returned at other than their true value to such amount as, in their opinion, may be the value thereof, and the action of said board in such cases shall be final. Said board of assistant assessors shall also perform such other official duties as may be required of them by the assessor of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extension of time for appraisers’ duties.</p></sidenote> District of Columbia: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in case the personal-tax appraisers shall fail to complete any of the duties in this section to be by them performed within the time provided therefor the taxation provided by this section shall not by reason thereof be invalid; but such appraisers shall proceed with all reasonable diligence to complete such duties, and their acts shall be valid as if performed within the time fixed therefor. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omission.</p></sidenote> If, at any time within any current year, property subject to taxation under the provisions of this section shall have been omitted from assessment, said board of personal-tax appraisers shall immediately proceed to assess the same for the then current year, giving notice in writing <page identifier="/us/stat/32/621">621</page> to the persons or corporations so assessed, who shall have a right of appeal within ten days from date of said notice.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 12. </num>
<content>That when the taxes on personal property due and payable <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distraint if not paid by June first.</p></sidenote> in each year shall not be paid on or before the first day of June, then and in that event the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia, or his deputy, may distrain sufficient goods and chattels found within the District of Columbia and belonging to the person, firm, association, corporation, company, administrator, executor, guardian, or trustee charged with such tax to pay the taxes remaining due, under the provisions of this law, from such person, firm, association, corporation, company, administrator, executor, guardian, or trustee, together with the penalty thereon and the costs that may accrue; and for want of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Levy on real property.</p></sidenote> such goods and chattels said collector of taxes may levy upon and sell at auction the estate and interest of such person, firm, association, corporation, company, administrator, executor, guardian, or trustee in any parcel of land in said District; and in the case of the levy on any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings.</p></sidenote> estate or interest in land the proceedings subsequent to sale thereof shall be the same as now provided by law in the case of sales for arrears of taxes against real estate ; and in the case of distraint of personal property or the levy upon real estate as aforesaid the collector of taxes shall immediately proceed to advertise the same by public notice to be posted in the office of said collector and by advertisement, three times within one week, in one or more of the daily newspapers published in said District, stating the time when and the place where such property shall be sold, the last publication to be at least six days before the date of sale, and if the said taxes and penalty thereon, and the costs and expenses which shall have accrued thereon, shall not be paid before the day fixed for such sale, which shall not be less than ten days after said levy or taking of said property, the collector <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sales.</p></sidenote> shall proceed to sell at public auction in his office, to the highest bidder, such property, or so much thereof as may be needed to pay such taxes, penalty, and accrued costs and expenses of such distraint and sale. Said collector shall report in detail, in writing, every distraint <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report by collector.</p></sidenote> and sale of personal property to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their successors in office, and his accounts in respect to every such distraint or sale shall forthwith be submitted to the auditor of the District of Columbia and be audited by him. Any surplus resulting from such sale over and above such taxes, costs, and expenses shall be paid into the Treasury, and upon being claimed by the owner or owners of the goods and chattels aforesaid shall be paid to him or them upon the certificate of the collector of taxes stating in full the amount of such excess.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 13. </num>
<content>That all taxes levied under the foregoing provisions of this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date of payment.</p></sidenote> section shall be due, payable, and collectible at the same time and times as the general tax on real estate in said District, and shall be subject <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalties.</p></sidenote> to the same penalties for nonpayment thereof until distraint or sale as hereinbefore provided.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 14. </num>
<content>That private banks or bankers not incorporated shall pay a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private banks.</p></sidenote> tax of five hundred dollars per annum. Every person, firm, company, or association not incorporated having a place of business where credits are opened by the deposit or collection of moneys or currency subject to be paid or remitted upon draft, check, or order, or where money is advanced or loaned on stocks, bonds, bullion, bills of exchange, or promissory notes, or where stocks, bonds, bills of exchange, or promissory notes are received for discount or for sale, shall be regarded as a private bank or banker.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 15. </num>
<content>General brokers shall pay a tax of two hundred and fifty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General brokers.</p></sidenote> dollars per annum. Every person, firm, company, or association not incorporated (except insurance and real-estate brokers acting as such) that solicits business from the general public by advertisement or <page identifier="/us/stat/32/622">622</page> otherwise, and that purchases, sells, or negotiates for others securities, shares, stocks, bonds, exchange, bullion, coin, money, bank notes, or promissory notes, or that deals in futures on market quotations of prices or values on merchandise, shares, stocks, bonds, or other securities, or accepts margins on prices or values of said shares, stocks, bonds, merchandise, or securities, shall be deemed a general broker: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Stock Exchange.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Washington Stock Exchange, through its president or treasurer, shall pay to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia a sum equal to five hundred dollars per annum in lieu of tax on the members thereof for business done on said exchange:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Members of other exchanges.</p></sidenote> further</i>, That any broker who is a member of a regularly organized stock exchange located outside of the District of Columbia and transacting a brokerage business therein, shall pay a sum equal to one hundred dollars per annum to the collector of taxes of the District of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception as to banks.</p></sidenote> Columbia:</proviso> <proviso><i>And be it further provided</i>, That if any person or firm shall have paid the tax in this section provided for banks and bankers, such person or firm shall not again be taxed as a broker or brokers.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 16. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Note brokers.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Note brokers shall pay a tax of one hundred dollars per annum. Every person, firm, company, or association not incorporated (except private banks and bankers) that loans money on promissory notes without real estate or collateral security or advances money on personal property as security without possession of said personal property <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cooperative associations.</p></sidenote> shall be deemed a note broker: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That exception shall be made of cooperative associations whose business is restricted to the members of such association.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 17. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of tax on banks, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The taxes for said private banks and bankers, general brokers, and note brokers shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia, and shall date from the first day of July in each <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date.</p></sidenote> year and expire on the thirtieth day of June following. Said taxes shall date from the first day of the month in which the liability begins, and payment shall be made for a proportionate amount.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="18"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 18. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violations.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offense, said penalty to be imposed, upon conviction in the police court of the District of Columbia, as other fines and penalties are imposed, and said court is hereby invested with jurisdiction thereof; and in default of the payment of said penalty the person or persons so convicted shall be imprisoned, in the discretion of the court, not exceeding six months.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="19"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 19. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerical, etc., expenses.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to appoint a clerk and assistant clerk to said board of personal-tax appraisers at annual salaries of one thousand four hundred and one thousand dollars each, and three inspectors at annual salaries of one thousand two hundred dollars each, all of whom shall perform such duties as may be assigned to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> them by the chairman of said board; and to pay the salaries of the two assistant assessors, the clerk and assistant clerk to said board of personal-tax appraisers, and the three inspectors aforesaid for the fiscal year beginning July first, nineteen hundred and two, and six thousand dollars for books, stationery, printing, means of transportation, and other incidental expenses, including the hire of temporary clerks, not to exceed one thousand dollars, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated.</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section>
<heading class="centered">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">License taxes.</p></sidenote> LICENSE TAXES.</heading>
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Required on specified trades, etc.</p></sidenote>
<chapeau class="inline">That no person shall engage in or carry on any business, trade, profession, or calling in the District of Columbia for which a license tax is imposed by the terms of this section without having first <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Application.</p></sidenote> obtained a license so to do. Applications for licenses shall be made to the assessor of the District of Columbia, and no license shall be granted <page identifier="/us/stat/32/623">623</page> until payment for the same shall have been made. Every license shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">License.</p></sidenote> specify by name the person, firm, or corporation to which it shall be issued, the business, trade, profession, or calling for which it is granted, and the location at which such business, trade, profession, or calling is to be carried on. Licenses granted under the terms of this section may be assigned or transferred on application upon the conditions applicable to granting the original licenses, and the assessor shall issue a certificate of such assignment or transfer upon the payment to the District of Columbia of a fee of fifty cents therefor. All licenses and transfers issued or granted shall be signed by the assessor of the District of Columbia and impressed with the seal of his office.</chapeau>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That when more than one business, trade, profession, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Required for each trade, etc.</p></sidenote> calling for which a license is herein prescribed shall be carried on by the same person, the license tax shall be paid for each such business, trade, profession, or calling: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That licenses issued under any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote> of the provisions of this Act shall be good only for the location designated thereon, and no license shall be issued for more than one place of business, profession, or calling, without the payment of a separate tax for each:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no license shall be granted under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hotels and theaters.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificate required as to safety.</p></sidenote> the provisions of this section, relating to hotels and theaters, until the Inspector of Buildings and the chief officer of the Fire Department have certified in writing to the Assessor that the applicant for license has complied with the laws enacted and the regulations made and promulgated for the protection of life and property.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That all licenses issued shall date from the first day of November <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term of licenses.</p></sidenote> in each year and expire on the thirty-first day of October following, except as hereinafter provided. Licenses issued at any time after the beginning of the license year shall date from the first day of the month in which the license was issued and end on the last day of the license year above prescribed, and payment shall be made of the proportionate amount of the annual license tax: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in cases where the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minor licenses.</p></sidenote> tax is less than five dollars per annum the license shall terminate one year from the first day of the month in which the license was issued.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That no person holding a license under the terms of this <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illegal use.</p></sidenote> section shall willfully suffer or allow any other person chargeable with a separate license to operate under his license.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That all licenses granted under the terms of this section <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exhibition of licenses.</p></sidenote> must be conspicuously posted on the premises of the licensee. Said licenses shall be accessible at all times for inspection by the police or other officers duly authorized to make such inspections. Licensees having no located place of business shall exhibit their licenses when requested to do so by any of the officers above named.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That no person shall set up, operate, or conduct any business <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Living target devices prohibited.</p></sidenote> or device by or in which any person, animal, or living object shall act or be exposed as a target for any ball, projectile, missile, or thing thrown or projected, for or in consideration of profit or gain, directly or indirectly.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That apothecaries or druggists shall pay a license tax of six <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apothecaries.</p></sidenote> dollars per annum. Every person who sells patent medicines, or manufactures, compounds, sells, or dispenses medicines by prescription or otherwise from a located place of business shall be regarded as an apothecary or druggist.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That auctioneers shall pay a license tax of one hundred dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auctioneers.</p></sidenote> per annum. Hereafter the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Returns.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 10.</p></sidenote> “An Act to prevent fraudulent transactions on the part of commission merchants,” approved March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, shall be applicable to all licensed auctioneers, their agents, and employees.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 9. </num>
<content>That commission merchants shall pay a license tax of forty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission merchants.</p></sidenote> dollars per annum. Every person, firm, or corporation that acts as agent for others in negotiating sales or purchases of goods, wares, or <page identifier="/us/stat/32/624">624</page> merchandise, live stock, produce, and so forth, or negotiates freights for railroads, ships, or vessels, or for the shippers or consignees of freights carried by railroads, ships, or vessels, shall be regarded as a commission merchant.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 10. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cattle dealers.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That cattle dealers shall pay a license tax of fifteen dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction.</p></sidenote> per annum: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That one person only shall be entitled to do business under each license. Every person who makes a business of trading, buying, or selling horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs shall be regarded as a cattle dealer.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 11. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Passenger vehicles for hire.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That proprietors or owners of hacks, coaches, omnibuses, carriages, wagons, and other passenger vehicles for hire shall pay license taxes as follows: Vehicles drawn by one animal, six dollars per annum; auto vehicles, automobiles, electromobiles, or other horseless vehicles by whatever name called, and vehicles drawn by more than one animal, nine dollars per annum. Licenses issued under this section <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Badges.</p></sidenote> shall date from July first in each year. The driver of every licensed passenger vehicle, while transacting business as such driver, shall wear conspicuously upon his breast a badge numbered to correspond with the license of his vehicle. The badge shall be furnished by the District of Columbia and a tax of fifty cents shall be charged therefor in addition to the amount of the vehicle license.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 12. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Livery stables.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That proprietors or owners of livery stables shall pay license taxes as follows: For stables containing ten stalls or less, twenty-five dollars per annum, and two dollars per annum additional for each stall in addition to ten: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this paragraph shall be so construed as to exempt livery-stable keepers from paying additional license taxes for operating any description of vehicles occupying the public stands.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 13. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Autovehicle proprietors.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That proprietors or owners of establishments where auto-vehicles of any pattern, description, or motor power whatsoever are kept for hire or are kept or stored for others, for profit or gain, shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars per annum for ten vehicles or less and two dollars additional for each vehicle in addition to ten: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional tax.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this paragraph shall be so construed as to exempt the owner of any vehicle using the public stands from paying the additional license tax provided in paragraph eleven of this section.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 14. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coach lines.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That persons, firms, or corporations operating vehicles for hire or for the transportation of passengers in the District of Columbia with sufficient regularity to enable the public to take passage therein at any point intermediate to the stable or stand of such vehicle, or operate such vehicle over a route sufficiently definite to enable the public to ascertain the streets and avenues on which such vehicle can be found en route, shall pay license taxes as follows: For each vehicle with a seating capacity not to exceed ten passengers, six dollars per annum; for each vehicle with a seating capacity exceeding ten passengers, twelve dollars per annum. No license shall be issued under the terms of this paragraph without the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 15. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Real estate brokers or agents.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That real estate brokers or agents shall pay a license tax of fifty dollars per annum. Every person who sells, or offers for sale, as the agent for others, real estate, wherever located, including mining and quarry property, or who makes or negotiates loans thereon, or who rents houses, buildings, stores, or real estate, or who collects rents <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other professions.</p></sidenote> for others, shall be regarded as a real estate broker or agent: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the practice of a profession in connection with the real estate business shall not exempt any person from the requirements of this paragraph who would otherwise be liable hereunder.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 16. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Guarantee companies.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That persons, firms, corporations, or associations transacting the business of the purchase or sale of securities, stocks, shares, or certificates, based upon an estimated value after a lapse of a certain <page identifier="/us/stat/32/625">625</page> period of time, or who undertake to guarantee the holder of said securities, stocks, shares, or certificates certain sums of money based upon investments after the lapse of a certain time, or who promise to divide with the holders or investors of said securities, stocks, shares, or certificates, or with the heirs or assigns of such holders or investors, any profit which may accrue from their investments at maturity, shall pay a license tax of one hundred dollars per annum: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Insurance companies and building associations.</p></sidenote> this paragraph shall not apply to any tire or life insurance company or building association allowed to transact business as such in the District of Columbia.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 17. </num>
<content>That railroad ticket brokers shall pay a license tax of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ticket brokers.</p></sidenote> twenty-five dollars per annum.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="18"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 18. </num>
<content>Proprietors of hotels shall pay annually one dollar for each <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hotels.</p></sidenote> room provided for the accommodation of guests: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum.</p></sidenote> license shall be issued for less than thirty dollars per annum, dating from November first. Every place where food and lodging are provided for transient guests shall be regarded as a hotel.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="19"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 19. </num>
<content>That victualers, owners of restaurants, oyster houses, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restaurants, etc.</p></sidenote> cookshops, ice-cream parlors, dairy lunches, or eating houses, by whatsoever name designated, where food, meals, or refreshments are served to transient customers, to be eaten on the premises where sold, shall pay a license tax of eighteen dollars per annum: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemptions.</p></sidenote> this paragraph shall not apply to the proprietors of hotels nor to private boarding houses where board and lodging are provided by the week or month.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="20"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 20. </num>
<content>That owners, lessees, or managers of theaters having a stage <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Theaters.</p></sidenote> and movable scenery used for the purpose of acting, performing, or playing any play, farce, interlude, opera, or other theatrical or dramatic performance, or any scene, section, or portion of any play, farce, burlesque, or drama of any description, for gain, shall pay a license tax of one hundred dollars per annum: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That licenses may <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary engagements.</p></sidenote> be granted for theatrical performances for one week on the payment of twenty dollars, and for less than one week on the payment of ten dollars:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the proprietors of buildings, other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Halls, etc.</p></sidenote> than theaters, where exhibitions, lectures, or entertainments of any description are conducted for gain shall pay a license tax of one hundred dollars per annum; or for lesser periods as follows: Three dollars per day, or ten dollars for the first week, and five dollars for each subsequent consecutive week:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That for entertainments, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Church entertainments, etc., free.</p></sidenote> concerts, or performances of any kind given in church premises or private residences where the proceeds are intended for church or charitable purposes, and where no rental is charged, no license tax shall be required.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="21"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 21. </num>
<content>That every person who exhibits paintings, pictures, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exhibitions.</p></sidenote> works of art, or makes industrial, mechanical, agricultural, food, or floral exhibitions, including cattle and poultry shows, freaks and museum attractions, side shows, and all other lawful exhibitions not otherwise provided for, shall pay a license tax of three dollars per day, or ten dollars for the first week and five dollars additional for each subsequent consecutive week, and for an annual license the tax shall be one hundred dollars.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="22"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 22. </num>
<content>That persons conducting concerts, entertainments, or balls <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conductors of concerts, etc.</p></sidenote> to which an admission fee is charged, directly or indirectly, shall pay a license tax of three dollars for each day or night.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="23"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 23. </num>
<content>That proprietors or owners of any circus shall pay a license <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Circuses.</p></sidenote> tax of two hundred dollars per day.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="24"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 24. </num>
<content>That owners or lessees of grounds used for horse racing, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Athletic grounds.</p></sidenote> tournaments, athletic sports, baseball, football, polo, golf, and kindred games, or where feats of horsemanship are performed, to which admission fees are charged or which are used for profit or gain, directly or <page identifier="/us/stat/32/626">626</page> indirectly, shall pay a license tax of twenty dollars per week or five dollars per day.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="25"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 25. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Picnic, etc., resorts.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That owners or lessees of grounds or premises used for picnics or lawn fetes, or resorts where theatrical or musical attractions or other amusements are presented, to which admission fees are charged or which are used for profit or gain, directly or indirectly, and which are not taxed under any other paragraph of this section, shall pay a license tax of three dollars per day or ten dollars per week and five dollars additional for each subsequent consecutive week, or for an annual license a tax of one hundred dollars.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="26"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 26. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Skating rinks, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That owners or lessees of buildings used for skating rinks, fairs, carnivals, or amusements not otherwise provided for in this section shall pay a license tax of three dollars per day, or ten dollars for the first week and five dollars additional for each subsequent consecutive week, or for an annual license a tax of one hundred dollars.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="27"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 27. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shooting galleries, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That owners or lessees of shooting galleries, fencing schools, public gymnasiums, places where firearms of any description are used, or schools where the art of self-defense is taught shall pay a license <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Precautions.</p></sidenote> tax of twelve dollars per annum: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no place of business or shooting gallery where firearms are to be used shall be licensed until the inspector of buildings for the District of Columbia shall furnish a certificate that suitable precautions have been taken for the public safety by the erection of iron shields and such appliances as in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consent of neighbors.</p></sidenote> his judgment may be necessary:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That before such license shall be issued the proprietor shall furnish to the assessor of the District of Columbia the written consent of a majority of the occupants and residents on the same side of the square or block in which the proposed gallery is to be located and also on the confronting side <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police regulations.</p></sidenote> of the square fronting opposite to the same. The major and superintendent of police is hereby authorized to prescribe the caliber of firearms and kind of cartridges to be used in such licensed places.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="28"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 28. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Merry-go-rounds.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That proprietors or owners of apparatus or machines known as merry-go-rounds, Hying horses, or similar devices for amusement shall pay a license tax of twelve dollars for the first week and ten dollars for each subsequent consecutive week, or three dollars per diem: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Discretion to issue.</p></sidenote>
<proviso><i>Provided</i>, That license therefor may be refused in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="29"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 29. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Slot machines.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That proprietors or owners of slot or automatic machines, so called (telephones excepted), by which objects, pictures, or figures are presented to public view or musical or vocal exhibitions are automatically given on the deposit of money or metal, or where a pecuniary consideration is received for the use of said apparatus or machines, shall pay a license tax of two dollars per annum for each machine or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum.</p></sidenote> apparatus: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That on the payment of a license tax of fifty dollars per annum the number of machines at any one location shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum.</p></sidenote> not be limited:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That no license shall be issued for less than two dollars.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="30"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 30. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Turkish, etc., baths.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That owners or managers of Turkish, Russian, or medicated baths shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars per annum.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="31"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 31. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Massage establishments.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police approval.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That owners or managers of massage establishments shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars per annum: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no license shall be issued under this paragraph without the approval of the major and superintendent of police.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="32"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 32. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fortune tellers, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That mediums, clairvoyants, soothsayers, fortune tellers, or palmists, by whatsoever name called, conducting business for profit or gain, directly or indirectly, when permitted to practice their calling in the District of Columbia, shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police approval.</p></sidenote> per annum: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no license shall be issued without the approval of the major and superintendent of police.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="33"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 33. </num>
<content>That hucksters or produce dealers at large shall pay a <page identifier="/us/stat/32/627">627</page> license tax of twelve dollars per annum for each vehicle used in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hucksters.</p></sidenote> conduct of their business. Licenses issued under this paragraph shall date from April first in each year. Every person who vends or sells fresh, smoked, or salt fish, meats, oysters, clams, shellfish, poultry, game, butter, eggs, vegetables, fruits, berries, candies, nuts, groceries, or produce of any kind from a vehicle of any description shall be regarded as a huckster. Every driver shall be furnished with a badge corresponding to the number of his license, which shall be worn conspicuously while transacting business, and a similar number on metal shall also be furnished him which shall be attached to his vehicle: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no license shall be required of any person bringing to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemption.</p></sidenote> and selling at the several markets produce of his own raising:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That raisers of produce shall not be exempt from <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limitation.</p></sidenote> the license tax imposed unless they sell such produce at the several markets or by the wholesale in cart, wagon, or carload lots.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="34"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 34. </num>
<content>That fuel hucksters shall pay a license tax of five dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel hucksters.</p></sidenote> per annum for each vehicle used in the conduct of their business. Every person who vends or sells fuel, oils, gasoline, wood, coal, and so forth, from house to house from vehicles of any description shall be regarded as a fuel huckster.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="35"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 35. </num>
<content>That peddlers shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Peddlers.</p></sidenote> per annum. Licenses issued under this paragraph shall date from April first of each year, and one person only shall be entitled to operate thereunder. Every person who vends or sells from house to house miscellaneous articles of merchandise or personal property of any description, either as a foot peddler or selling from a vehicle, shall be regarded as a peddler.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="36"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 36. </num>
<content>That brewers or manufacturers of fermented liquors of any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Brewers, and brewers’ agents.</p></sidenote> description for sale, and brewers’ agents, shall pay a license tax of two hundred and fifty dollars per annum: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That agent’s <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limitation.</p></sidenote> license under this paragraph shall only authorize the licensee to conduct bis business with the goods of the brewer represented by such agent:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That a licensed brewer’s solicitor, whose <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Solicitors not liable.</p></sidenote> business is confined to soliciting orders for his principal, shall not be liable for the license tax provided for in this paragraph.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="37"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 37. </num>
<content>That distillers or rectifiers shall pay a license tax of two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distillers.</p></sidenote> hundred and fifty dollars per annum.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="38"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 38. </num>
<content>Section eight of “An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Liquor dealers and barrooms.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 566, amended.</p></sidenote> liquors in the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is hereby amended by striking out therefrom the words “<quotedText>The fee for a wholesale license shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and for a barroom license four hundred dollars per annum.</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the words: The fee for a wholesale license shall be three hundred dollars per annum, and for a barroom license eight hundred dollars per annum.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="39"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 39. </num>
<content>That billposters and persons engaged in the business of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Billposters.</p></sidenote> painting or placing signs or advertisements on land, buildings, billboards, fences, or other structures in the District of Columbia visible from a street or other public space shall pay an annual tax of twenty dollars before engaging in said business. No person shall place, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permission.</p></sidenote> exhibit, maintain, or continue any advertisement or poster except upon such land, houses, buildings, billboards, fences, or other structures as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, in their discretion, authorize in writing for that purpose. The said written authority shall only be granted in resident streets upon application made in writing and signed by a majority of the residents on the side of the square in which said display is to be made and also the side of the confronting square: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this paragraph shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Signs on premises.</p></sidenote> apply to persons who advertise a business, exhibition, or entertainment on the premises where the same is conducted, nor to signs relat-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/628">628</page>ing to the sale, rent, or lease of lands when the sign or advertisement <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation.</p></sidenote> is on the land referred to in the said sign or advertisement. Any person violating any of the provisions of this paragraph shall, upon conviction thereof in the police court of the District of Columbia, be punished by a tine of not more than two hundred dollars, and after conviction of any such violation the offender shall be liable to a further fine of not more than ten dollars for each and every day thereafter that said violation of law shall continue.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="40"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 40. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inflammable oil tanks, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That owners or lessees of any buildings, structures, or tanks used for the storage of any description of inflammable oils in quantities exceeding five barrels shall pay a license tax of ten dollars per annum and shall have the approval of the fire marshal before license is granted.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="41"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 41. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laundries.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That owners or lessees of laundries operated otherwise than by hand power shall pay a license tax of twenty dollars per annum. Owners or lessees of laundries operated by hand labor shall pay a license tax of ten dollars per annum.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="42"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 42. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employment offices.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That proprietors or owners of intelligence offices, information bureaus, registries, or employment offices, by whatsoever name called, shall pay a license tax of ten dollars per annum.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="43"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 43. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Second-hand dealers.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That dealers in second-hand personal property shall pay a license tax of forty dollars per annum. Every person who buys, sells, trades, exchanges, or deals in old gold, silver, jewelry, precious stones, iron, metals of all kinds, cordage, tentage, hides, pelts, glass, rags, paper, ordnance, ship chandler’s stores, junk, furniture, clothing, or second-hand personal property of any description shall be regarded as a second-hand dealer.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="44"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 44. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pawnbrokers.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Pawnbrokers shall continue to pay to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia one hundred dollars for license, and be subject to the regulations prescribed by existing law.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="45"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 45. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Billiard, etc., tables.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Keepers of billiard, bagatelle, jenny lind, and pool tables, shuffleboards, or any table upon which legitimate games are played within the District of Columbia for public use, or for profit or gain, shall continue to pay to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia twelve dollars per annum license for each table and be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 594.</p></sidenote> subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February twenty-five, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to license billiard and pool tables in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.”</content>
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<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="46"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 46. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special trades, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">An annual license tax is hereby imposed upon the following classes of business, trades, and professions, namely: Boarding houses (public), one dollar per room; claim agents, twenty-five dollars; building and other contractors, twenty-five dollars; carriage or wagon making establishments, twenty-five dollars; cigar dealers, twelve dollars; confectionery establishments, twelve dollars; dealers of every description in the several markets, except farmers and producers, five dollars; florists, fifteen dollars; land and improvement companies, fifty dollars; undertaking establishments, twenty-five dollars.</content>
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<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="47"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 47. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violations.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, on conviction thereof in the police court of the District of Columbia, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each offense, and in default of payment by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, in the discretion of the court, except as otherwise provided in this section.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="48"><inline class="smallCaps">Par</inline>. 48. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Definition of words.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That for the purposes of this section the word “person” shall signify and include firms, corporations, companies, associations, executors, administrators, guardians, or trustees; the word “agent” shall signify and include every person acting for another; the word “merchandise” shall signify and include every article of commerce, whether sold in bulk or otherwise; the word “dealers” shall signify <page identifier="/us/stat/32/629">629</page> and include every person engaged in selling or offering for sale any description of merchandise or property. Words of one number shall signify and include words of both numbers, respectively, and words of one gender shall signify and include words of every gender, respectively: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing in this section shall be interpreted as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Police and building regulations not affected.</p></sidenote> repealing any of the police or building regulations of the District of Columbia regarding the establishment or conduct of the businesses, trades, professions, or callings herein named.</proviso></content>
</paragraph>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> are repealed.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1353: To authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certificates in lieu of lost or destroyed discharges.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>1353</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1353.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certificates in lieu of lost or destroyed discharges.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/219">Public, No. 219</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That whenever satisfactory <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Army.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lost discharges.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificates issued in lieu of.</p></sidenote> proof shall be furnished to the War Department that any officer or enlisted man who has been or shall hereafter be honorably discharged from the military service of the United States has lost his certificate of discharge, or the same has been destroyed without his privity or procurement, the Secretary of War shall be authorized to furnish to such officer or enlisted man, or to the widow of such officer or enlisted man, a certificate of such discharge, to be indelibly marked, so that it may be known as a certificate in lieu of a lost or destroyed discharge: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such certificate shall not be accepted as a voucher for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to be accepted as vouchers.</p></sidenote> the payment of any claim against the United States for pay, bounty, or other allowance, or as evidence in any other case.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1354: For the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1354</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 629</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1354.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/220">Public, No. 220</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<chapeau class="inline">That the Secretary of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fourth July claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims allowed by accounting officers.</p></sidenote> Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, upon the requisition of the Secretary of War, without further audit, allowance, or restatement of the claims by the accounting officers, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the several persons in this Act named, or to their legal representatives in case of their death since the allowance of their claims by the accounting officers, the several sums mentioned herein, the same being in full for, and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted in each case as a full and final discharge of, the several claims examined and allowed by the proper accounting officers, under the provisions of the Act of July <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 13, p. 381.</p></sidenote> fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, since February second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, namely:</chapeau>
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<heading class="centered smallCaps">ohio. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ohio.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>To John C. and Lushion I. H. Goings, sons of John A. Goings, deceased, late of Green County, eighty dollars.</content>
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<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">tennessee. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tennessee.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>To Robert Stewart, administrator of Thomas Stewart, deceased, late of Shelby County, two hundred and seventy dollars.</content>
</level>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/630">630</page>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nebraska.</p></sidenote> nebraska.</heading>
<content>To A. W. Campbell, of Boxelder, formerly of Roane County, Tennessee, one hundred dollars.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1355: For the further distribution of the reports of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1355</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 630</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1355.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the further distribution of the reports of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/221">Public, No. 221</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme Court Reports.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Further distribution of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s683/p126">R. S., sec. 683, p. 126, amended</ref>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1120.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to distribute to each of the following-named officers of the United States, additional to those named in section six hundred and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes, namely: Each assistant Attorney-General; the Solicitor of the Department of State; the Comptroller of the Currency; the Judge-Advocate-General, Navy Department; the Interstate Commerce Commission; the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States; the marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the attorney for the District of Columbia, one copy of each volume of the Official Reports of the Supreme Court of the United States, including those already published and those hereafter to be published, or a reprint of the same, or so many of said volumes as with those already in the possession of any of those officers will make a complete set; and he shall also distribute of the same reports to the law library of the Department of the Interior and the library of the Department of Justice each two sets, and to the marshal of said court, as custodian of public property used by same, three copies of said reports hereafter printed, for use in the conference room, the robing room, and the court room of said court for the use of the justices thereof, and to each United States circuit and district judge and to each judge of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia who has not already been supplied, one set; and he shall also distribute to each additional United States judge hereafter appointed one complete set of said reports, which shall in all cases be transmitted to their successors in office, and to the Secretary of the Senate for the use of the committees of the Senate ten complete sets of said reports, and to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, to be distributed to and for the use of the committees of said House, ten complete sets of said reports.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To circuit and district courts.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior shall likewise distribute to each of the places where circuit and district courts of the United States are now holden, including the Indian Territory, islands of Hawaii and Porto Rico, to which they have not already been supplied <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 661.</p></sidenote> under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other places.</p></sidenote> twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and to the Naval Academy at Annapolis and to the Military Academy at West Point, one complete set of the Reports of the Supreme Court, including those already published and those hereafter to be published, or a reprint of the same, or such volumes as with those already furnished will make one complete set, the judges holding such courts to select the edition of such reports to be supplied for such courts; and he shall also distribute to the Secretary of War twelve complete sets for the use of the proper courts and offices of the Philippine Islands and of the headquarters of military departments in the United States, in his discretion, and to each and every place where a new circuit and district court may be hereafter established one complete set of said reports; and the clerks of said courts shall, in all cases, keep these reports for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p></sidenote> the use of the courts and the officers thereof: <proviso><i>Provided, however</i>, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/631">631</page> That no distribution of reports under this section shall be made to any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction.</p></sidenote> place where the court is not held in a building owned by the United States, or where there is no United States officer to whose responsible custody they can be committed.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That, beginning with volume one hundred and eighty-three, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional copies from publishers.</p></sidenote> the publishers of the decisions of the Supreme Court shall deliver to the Secretary of the Interior, in addition to the number heretofore supplied by law, one hundred and four copies of each and every volume of such decisions, and they shall also deliver the seventy-six additional copies provided for in the Act of February twelfth, eighteen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 661.</p></sidenote> hundred and eighty-nine, heretofore delivered by the reporter of the Supreme Court, twenty-five copies of which shall be deposited in the law library of the Supreme Court.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the Secretary of the Interior shall likewise distribute <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of digest.</p></sidenote> to each United States judge to whom and to each place to which the Decisions of the Supreme Court are sent under the provisions of this Act or of prior laws, a copy of such digest now published, or in course of publication, of the Supreme Court Reports in four volumes covering the decisions of said court to the end of the October Term, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, or a later period, and to cost not more than twenty-six dollars, as the several Judges and officials shall select respectively.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the Secretary of the Interior shall, at the beginning of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revised Statutes and supplements.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution to Members of Congress.</p></sidenote> the first session of each Congress, distribute to each Senator and Representative in such Congress who may in writing apply for the same, one copy of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the supplements thereto: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such applicant shall certify in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Personal use.</p></sidenote> his written application for the same that the volumes for which he applies are intended for his personal use exclusively:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That no Senator or Representative during his term of service <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote> shall receive more than one copy of such Revised Statutes and supplements thereto.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That such sum of money as is required to pay for the reports <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> of the Supreme Court and for the digest, and for the Revised Statutes and supplements thereto, the delivery and distribution of which are provided for in this Act, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not to exceed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum price.</p></sidenote> two dollars per volume shall be paid for such reports and twenty-six dollars per set for such digest, the said moneys to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of the Interior shall include in his annual estimates submitted to Congress an estimate for both the current volumes of reports and the additional sets of reports and digest, the distribution of which is provided for in this Act.</proviso></content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1356: To amend an Act entitled “An Act for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1356</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 631</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1356.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories.”</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/222">Public, No. 222</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section six of the Act <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miners in Territories.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of lives of.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 1105.</p></sidenote> entitled “An Act for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories” be amended by striking out “<quotedText>thirty-three hundred</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText>five thousand,</quotedText>” so as to read;<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content class="inline">That the owners or managers of every coal mine shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ventilation to be provided.</p></sidenote> provide an adequate amount of ventilation of not less than eighty-three and one-third cubic feet of pure air per second, or five thousand cubic feet per minute for every fifty men at work in said mine, and in like <page identifier="/us/stat/32/632">632</page> proportion for a greater number, which air shall by proper appliances or machinery be forced through such mine to the face of each and every working place, so as to dilute and render harmless and expel <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coal dust.</p></sidenote> therefrom the noxious or poisonous gases. Wherever it is practicable to do so the entries, rooms, and all openings being operated in coal mines shall be kept well dampened with water to cause the coal dust to settle, and that when water is not obtainable at reasonable cost for this purpose accumulations of dust shall be taken out of the mine, and shall not be deposited in way places in the mine where it would be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employment of shot firers in Indian Territory.</p></sidenote> again distributed in the atmosphere by the ventilating currents: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all owners, lessees, operators of, or any other person having the control or management of any coal shaft, drift, slope or pit in the Indian Territory, employing twenty or more miners to work <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of firing shots.</p></sidenote> in the same, shall employ shot firers to fire the shots therein. Said shots shall not be fired to exceed one per day; at twelve o’clock noon in cases where the miners work but half a day, and at five o’clock in the evening when the mine is working three-quarters or full time, and they shall not be fired until after all miners and other employees working <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation.</p></sidenote> in said shafts, drifts, slopes or pits, shall be out of same. The violation of this Act shall constitute a misdemeanor and any person convicted of such violation shall pay a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars.</proviso>”</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1357: To prevent a false branding or marking of food and dairy products as to the State or Territory in which they are made or produced.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1357</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 632</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1357.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To prevent a false branding or marking of food and dairy products as to the State or Territory in which they are made or produced.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/223">Public, No. 223</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dairy and food products.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">False labeling of place of origin forbidden.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That no person or persons, company or corporation, shall introduce into any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or sell in the District of Columbia or in any Territory any dairy or food products which shall be falsely labeled or branded as to the State or Territory in which they are made, produced, or grown, or cause or procure the same to be done by others.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That if any person or persons violate the provisions of this Act, either in person or through another, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars; and that the jurisdiction for the prosecution of said misdemeanor shall be within the district of the United States court in which it is committed.</content>
</section>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1358: To amend an Act entitled “An Act in relation to taxes and tax sales in the District of Columbia,” approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1358</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 632</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1358.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act in relation to taxes and tax sales in the District of Columbia,” approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/224">Public, No. 224</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of land for taxes in arrears.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 250, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That an Act entitled “An Act in relation to taxes and tax sales in the District of Columbia,” approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">List of property in arrears.</p></sidenote> “That the assessor of the District of Columbia shall prepare a list of all taxes on real property in said District subject to taxation on which said taxes are levied and in arrears on the first day of July of each year hereafter; and the Commissioners of said District shall fix <page identifier="/us/stat/32/633">633</page> date of sale and publish the said list, with notice of sale, in a pamphlet, of which not less than two thousand copies shall be printed for distribution to taxpayers applying therefor. That the said Commissioners <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of notice.</p></sidenote> shall give notice, by advertising twice a week for three successive weeks, beginning on the third Monday in February of each year hereafter, in the regular issue of three daily newspapers published in said District, that the said pamphlet has been printed and that a copy thereof will be delivered to any taxpayer applying therefor at the office of the collector of taxes of said District; and if the taxes due, together with the penalties and costs that may have accrued thereon, shall not be paid prior to the day fixed for sale, the property will be sold, under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, at public auction at the office of the said collector of taxes, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auction sale.</p></sidenote> commencing at least three weeks after the first publication of said notice and continuing on each following day, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, until all said delinquent property is sold; a description sufficient to identify the property shall be considered a proper description.</p>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That upon the day specified aforesaid the Commissioners <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale.</p></sidenote> shall proceed to sell or cause to be sold any and all property upon which such taxes remain unpaid, and continue to sell the same every secular day until all the real property as aforesaid shall have been brought to auction and sold. In case no other person bids the amount <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bid for District.</p></sidenote> due, together with penalties and costs, on any lot, the said collector of taxes shall bid the amount due, together with penalties and costs, on the same and purchase it for the District.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the collector of taxes shall require from every purchaser <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposit by purchaser.</p></sidenote> of property sold as aforesaid a deposit sufficient, in his judgment, to guarantee a full and final settlement for such purchase. Every purchaser other than the District of Columbia at any sale of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date of full payment.</p></sidenote> property as aforesaid shall pay the full amount of his bid, including surplus, if any, to the collector of taxes within five days after the last day of sale, and in case such payment is not made within the time <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forfeit of deposit.</p></sidenote> specified the deposit of the person so failing to make payment shall be forfeited to the District of Columbia, and said collector of taxes shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificate of sale.</p></sidenote> then issue the certificate of sale for such property to the next highest bidder, and if payment of the amount of the bid of said next highest bidder be not made within two days thereafter, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall set aside both sales for which the bids were made; and the said collector of taxes shall thereupon be held to have bid the amount due on the said lot and to have purchased it for the District. Immediately after the close of the sale, upon payment of the purchase money, the said collector of taxes shall issue to the purchaser a certificate of sale, and if the property shall not be redeemed by the owner or owners thereof within two years from the last day of sale, by payment to the collector of taxes of said District, for the use of the legal holder of the certificate, the amount for which it was sold at such sale, exclusive of surplus, and twelve per centum per annum thereon, a deed shall be given by the Commissioners of the District, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deed.</p></sidenote> or their successors in office, to the purchaser at such tax sale, his heirs or devisees, or to the assignee of such certificates, which deed shall be admitted and held to be prima facie evidence of a good and perfect title in fee simple to any property bought at said sale herein authorized: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no deed shall be issued until all taxes and assessments <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment before deed issues.</p></sidenote> appearing upon the tax books against the property are paid, with penalties, interests, and costs, including taxes for the years for which the District purchased the property at tax sale:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Property not to be sold for less than tax, etc.</p></sidenote> no property advertised as aforesaid shall be sold upon any bid not sufficient to meet the amount of tax, penalty, and costs; but in case <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bids by the District.</p></sidenote> the highest bid upon any property is not sufficient to meet the taxes, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/634">634</page> penalties, and costs thereon said property shall thereupon be bid off by the said collector of taxes, in the name of the District of Columbia; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Property still taxable.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Property unredeemable after two years.</p></sidenote> but the property so bid off shall not be exempted from assessment and taxation, but shall be assessed and taxed as other property; and if within two years thereafter such property is not redeemed by the owner or owners thereof, or their legal representatives, by the payment of the taxes, penalties, and costs due at the time of the sale and that may have accrued after that date, and eight per centum per annum thereon, or if any property two years after having been so bid off at any sale in the name of said District under this Act or any other law in force is not or has not been so redeemed as aforesaid (unless it shall be shown that the sale for taxes was irregular and void), then the Commissioners of the District, or their successors, shall, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of unredeemed property.</p></sidenote> in the name of and on behalf of the District of Columbia, sell said property at public or private sale and issue to any purchaser of such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deed.</p></sidenote> property a deed, which deed shall have the same force and effect as the deed hereinbefore provided for in this section for property sold at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deeds not to issue until taxes, etc., are paid.</p></sidenote> regular annual sale:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, however, That no such deed shall be issued until all assessments, taxes, costs, and charges due the District, of whatsoever nature, shall have been paid in full:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also</i>, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption by minors, etc.</p></sidenote> That minors or other persons under legal disability be allowed one year after attaining full age or after the removal of such legal disability to redeem the property so sold, or bid off by the collector of taxes in the name of the District of Columbia as aforesaid, from the purchaser or purchasers, his, her, or their assigns, or from the District of Columbia, on payment of the amount of purchase money so paid therefor, with eight per centum per annum interest thereon as aforesaid, together with all taxes and assessments that have been paid thereon by the purchaser or his assigns between the day of sale and the period of redemption, with eight per centum per annum interest on the amount <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redeemed property.</p></sidenote> of such taxes and assessments. When such property is redeemed from a purchaser other than the District of Columbia, and when such property shall be redeemed from the District of Columbia, it shall, except as to the period of redemption, be upon the terms and conditions hereinabove provided for in the case of redemption by persons not under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure to enforce liens, etc., no release.</p></sidenote> legal disability:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, however, That failure on the part of the District, from any cause whatsoever, to enforce the liens acquired aforesaid shall not release the property from any tax whatsoever that may be due <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certificate of sale.</p></sidenote> the District:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That at any time after any property shall have been bid off as aforesaid by the collector of taxes, and before the expiration of the time allowed for the redemption thereof, the collector of taxes of said District, may issue to any person or persons, upon the payment of a sum not less than the aggregate amount of the taxes, penalties, and costs due at the time the property was bid off by the collector and that may have accrued after that date, a certificate of sale, and if the property shall not be redeemed by the owner or owners thereof within two years from the date of said certificate, by payment to the collector of taxes of said District, for the use of the legal holder of the certificate, the amount exclusive of surplus paid by the person or persons to whom such certificate was issued and twelve per <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deed.</p></sidenote> centum per annum thereon, a deed shall be given by the Commissioners of the District cf Columbia, or their successors in office, to the legal holder of such certificate, which deed shall have the same force and effect as the deed hereinbefore provided for in this section for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect of prior sales.</p></sidenote> property sold at the regular annual sale; and that the foregoing provisions in this section in reference to the sale at public or private sale of property in the District of Columbia advertised for sale for taxes and bid off by the collector of taxes be, and the same are also hereby, made applicable to all property in the District of Columbia subject to <page identifier="/us/stat/32/635">635</page> taxation whereon taxes levied and in arrears on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, or at any time prior thereto, have not been paid, and which at any sale held previous to said date were bid off in the name of the District of Columbia; that when for any reason any tax sale of real property in the District of Columbia may be set aside or canceled, such property may be readvertised and sold at the next ensuing annual sale.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the owner of any property sold as aforesaid, or any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption.</p></sidenote> other person having an interest therein at the time of redemption, may redeem the same from such sale at any time within two years after the last day of sale by paying to the collector of taxes, for the use of the purchaser, his heirs and assigns, the sum mentioned in the certificate of sale therefor, exclusive of surplus with interest thereon at the rate of twelve per centum per annum after the date of such certificate of sale.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the collector of taxes shall, within twenty days, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collector to file report of property sold, etc.</p></sidenote> exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, after the last day of the sale hereinbefore provided for as aforesaid, file with the recorder of deeds a written report, in which he shall give a statement of the property sold, other than that sold to the District of Columbia, to whom it was assessed, the taxes due, to whom sold, the amount paid, the date of sale, the cost thereof, and the surplus, if any. Any surplus remaining <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surplus.</p></sidenote> after the collection of taxes, penalties, and costs on any real estate shall be collected as hereinbefore provided for, and shall be deposited by the collector of taxes to the credit of the surplus fund, to be paid to the owner or owners, or their legal representatives, in the same manner as other payments made by the District: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surplus to be paid to legal holder of certificate of sale.</p></sidenote> property sold for taxes, as herein provided, is redeemed from such sale within two years from last day of sale, any surplus paid at time of sale shall be paid by the District of Columbia to the legal holder of certificate of sale.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That the said Commissioners shall not convey any property <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Invalid sales to be canceled.</p></sidenote> sold for taxes if they shall discover, before the conveyance, that the sale was for any cause invalid and ineffectual to give title to the property sold; but they shall cancel the sale and cause the purchase money, together with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, and the surplus, if any, to be refunded to the purchaser, his representatives or assigns: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if any conveyance made by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sales set aside by decree of court.</p></sidenote> said Commissioners, of property sold for taxes, shall at any time be set aside by decree of any court as invalid, the party in whose favor the decree is rendered shall pay to the party holding such conveyance, his heirs or assigns, the amount paid for such taxes and conveyances, together with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That the expenses of advertising and the printing of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of advertising.</p></sidenote> pamphlet shall be paid by a charge of fifty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That hereafter the assessor of the District of Columbia <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Free inspection of records.</p></sidenote> shall have the records of his office open to inspection of the public, free of charge, at such time or times as the public interest will permit.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content>That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote> and that all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith be, and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> same are hereby, repealed: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing herein contained <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Present rate of interest.</p></sidenote> shall be construed as reducing the present rate of interest to be paid in redemption of any tax certificate issued to any purchaser other than the District of Columbia upon any sale held prior to the first day of July hereafter.”</proviso></content>
</section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1359: Relating to transportation of dutiable merchandise at subports of Tacoma and Seattle, State of Washington.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1359</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 636</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/636">636</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1359.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Relating to transportation of dutiable merchandise at subports of Tacoma and Seattle, State of Washington.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/225">Public, No. 225</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tacoma and Seattle, Wash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Immediate transportation privileges granted to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 21, p. 173.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That, the privileges of the first section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, relating to the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to Tacoma and Seattle, subports of entry in the customs collection district of Puget Sound, State of Washington.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1360: To extend the time for the construction of the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1360</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 636</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1360.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To extend the time for the construction of the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/226">Public, No. 226</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">East Washington Heights Railroad Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction time extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Track across Pennsylvania avenue bridge.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the time within which the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company is required to complete anti put in operation its railway be, and the same is hereby, extended for the term of twelve months from the eighteenth day of June, nineteen hundred and two: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the said railroad company is authorized and empowered to extend its lines by single track across the Pennsylvania avenue bridge to connect with the eastern terminus of the Capital Traction Company, under such conditions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approval of plans.</p></sidenote>as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may prescribe, the plans and specifications to be approved by and the construction to be under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bridge repairs.</p></sidenote> and the said railway company shall bear one-half of the cost of maintenance and repair of said bridge in like manner and under the same conditions as are now provided by law as to bridges across Rock Creek occupied by the tracks of street railways.</proviso></content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1361: To accept, ratify, and confirm a proposed agreement submitted by the Kansas or Kaw Indians of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1361</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 636</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1361.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To accept, ratify, and confirm a proposed agreement submitted by the Kansas or Kaw Indians of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/227">Public, No. 227</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<recital class="indent1 firstIndent-1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas Indians, Oklahoma.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification, etc., of agreement submitted by.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote>Whereas the Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Territory has submitted the following proposed agreement to Congress, with the request that the same be accepted, ratified, and confirmed, to wit:
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<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">agreement of the kansas or kaw indians of oklahoma territory among themselves relative to their tribal lands and funds, and memorial to congress.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agreement.</p></sidenote>
<chapeau><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian representatives.</p></sidenote>This agreement and memorial of the Kansas or Kaw Indians, entered into on behalf of said Indians by Wahshun-gah, Wahmoh-o-e-ke, Forrest Chouteau, Mitchel Fronkier. William Hardy, Akan Papuan, and Gen. W. E. Hardy, duly authorized to represent said tribe by a vote of a majority of the adult members thereof, at a general council held for the purpose of selecting representatives to enter into this agreement and memorial, witnesseth:</chapeau>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps">Section</inline>. 1. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agreement.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roll of the tribe.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The roll of the Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians, as shown by the records of the United States in the office of the United States Indian agent at the Osage Indian Agency. Oklahoma Territory, now in charge of said tribe, as it existed on the first day of December. 1901, and all descendants born between December first, 1901, and December <page identifier="/us/stat/32/637">637</page>first, 1902, to persons whose names were on said roll on December first, 1901, is hereby declared to be the roll of said tribe, and to constitute the legal membership of said tribe, and the lands and money of said tribe shall be divided among the members of said tribe, as shown by the roll made up, as directed herein, and the lands and moneys of said tribe shall be divided among said members as hereinafter provided.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<chapeau class="inline">All lands belonging to said Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians located in the Territory of Oklahoma, except as herein provided, shall be divided among the members of said tribe, giving to each his or her fair share thereof, in acres, as follows:</chapeau>
<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">First. </num>
<content class="inline">There shall be set aside to each member of said tribe, as shown<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments, nontaxable and inalienable.</p></sidenote> by the roll of membership December first, 1901, and their descendants born between that date and December first, 1902, one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land for an homestead, which shall be nontaxable<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Period.</p></sidenote> and inalienable for the period of twenty-five years from the first day of January, 1903, except as hereinafter provided. Where the members<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selection of homesteads.</p></sidenote> of said tribe have already selected their homesteads of one hundred and sixty acres, the same are hereby confirmed, and the members who have not selected their homesteads shall do so within thirty days after the ratification of this agreement; and if any member fails to make such selection within said time, then it shall be the duty of the United States Indian agent in charge of said tribe to make the selection for such member or members: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That selections of homesteads<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minors, etc.</p></sidenote> for minors shall be made by his or her parents, and the selections of homesteads for others than minors, who are unable for any reason to make their selections, shall be made by the United States Indian agent in charge of said tribes:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That in case<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Children born after ratification.</p></sidenote> there are any children born to members of said tribe between the ratification of this agreement and the first day of December, 1902, selection shall be made for them within thirty days after their birth, and all selections must be made on or before January first, 1903.</proviso></content>
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<level class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">Second. </num>
<content class="inline">After each member has selected his or her homestead the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment of remaining lands.</p></sidenote> remaining lands in Oklahoma Territory belonging to said tribe, except as heroin provided, shall be divided equally, in acres, among said members, giving to each, as nearly as practicable, the same number of acres of farming and grazing lands, and the share of each member shall be given to him or her as near as possible to his or her homestead selections. The lands, other than the homestead, set aside to each member shall be free from taxation as long as the title remains in said member, but in no event to exceed twenty-five years, and the same shall not be sold or encumbered in any way before the expiration of ten years from the date of the deed to said member, except as herein provided and with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and it shall be his duty to carefully investigate each sale or transaction before he approves the same: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the lands of minors shall be inalienable during<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands of minors.</p></sidenote> their minority:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further.</i> That all selections and allotments made under this agreement shall conform to existing surveys of said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existing surveys.</p></sidenote> reservation in tracts of not less than eighty (80) acres.</proviso></content>
</level>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>It shall be the duty of the United States Indian agent, the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of surplus lands.</p></sidenote> clerk tn charge of the Kaw subagency, together with a committee, of three members of the tribe, to be selected jointly by the agent, clerk in charge, and the council of the tribe, to divide the surplus lands among the members of the tribe, in accordance with this agreement.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>In selecting his or her homestead, a member shall not be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior selections.</p></sidenote> permitted to select lands already selected by another member of said tribe, unless such other member is in possession of more lands than he and his family are entitled to under this agreement; in such case, the member in possession shall have the right to make the first selection.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>The Secretary of the Interior shall furnish the head chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deeds.</p></sidenote> of said tribe deeds, properly tilled out, for the conveyances herein <page identifier="/us/stat/32/638">638</page>provided for, and said head chief shall thereupon, and in the presence of the agent in charge of said tribe, proceed to execute said deeds, and when the same are executed they shall be delivered to the United States Indian agent in charge of said tribe, and it shall be his duty to see that said deeds are properly delivered to the members entitled to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Separate deeds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recording deeds.</p></sidenote>the same: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That a separate deed shall be given to each member for the lands conveyed as a homestead:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if, for any cause, any member of said tribe is unable to receive his or her deed, then it shall be the duty of such United States Indian agent to see that such deed is properly recorded with the register of deeds for the county in Oklahoma Territory to which the Kansas Reservation is attached.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of Interior to approve deeds.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All deeds shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, which approval, and the signing of the same by the head chief, shall operate as a relinquishment to the individual member of all the right, title, and interest of the United States and of the Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians (as a tribe) in and to the lands embraced in his or her deed. All disputes between the members of said tribe as to the right of possession in the selection of homesteads shall be adjudicated and settled by the United States Indian agent in charge of said tribe, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">School lands.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">There shall be set aside and reserved from selection or allotment one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land, including the school and agency buildings, to conform to the public survey, which said one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land said tribe cedes to the United States, including the improvements; and the United States agrees to maintain a school for the education of children of Indian blood at said place for the period of ten (10) years, and as much longer as it deems necessary, the land and improvements to be subject to final disposition <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cemetery.</p></sidenote>by Congress. Said land shall be exempt from taxation. There shall be reserved from allotment twenty (20) acres of land, including the present cemetery, to be used as a cemetery, and the same shall be exempt from taxation. There shall be reserved from allotment eighty (80) acres, including the dwellings now used by agency trader, and other buildings at said agency not used by the employees of the Government, which said eighty (80) acres shall be set aside as a town site, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Town site.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of lots.</p></sidenote>which shall be surveyed and laid off into town lots. The lots in said town site are to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and the proceeds of said sale, after deducting the cost of the survey and sale, shall be placed in the Treasury to the credit of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rejection of bids.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of improved lots.</p></sidenote>Indians; <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the Interior may reject any and all bids for such town lots:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further.</i> That if any member of said tribe is in possession of any town lot or lots, and has any building and other improvements thereon, he shall have the right to purchase one lot seventy-five (75) feet wide by one hundred and sixty (160) feet deep, including his or her improvements, at such price as the council of said tribe may fix on the lots, exclusive of improvements:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tax exemption.</p></sidenote> That the lots unsold shall be exempt from taxation as long as the title remains in the tribe.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pro rata division of tribal funds.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The funds of said tribe, including the one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars ($135,000) due said tribe under the treaty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 9. p. 842.</p></sidenote>of June 14, 1846 (see Ninth U. S. S., page 842); the Kansas school fund, amounting to twenty-seven thousand one hundred seventy-four <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 21. p. 70.</p></sidenote>dollars and forty-one cents ($27,174.41) (see 21st U. S. S., page 70), and the Kansas general fund, amounting to twenty-six thousand nine hundred seventy-eight dollars and eighty-nine cents ($26,978.89), derived from the sale of lands in Kansas and all other moneys now due, or that may be found to he due said Indians; all money that may be received from the sale of their lands in Kansas, the money received <page identifier="/us/stat/32/639">639</page>from the sale of town lots in Oklahoma Territory, as hereinbefore provided, and all money found to be due to said tribe on claims against the United States, shall be segregated and placed to the credit of the individual members of said Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians on a basis of a pro rata division among the members of said tribe, as shown by the roll of membership of said tribe, as provided, on the first day of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date of division.</p></sidenote> December, 1902, said credits to draw interest, as now authorized by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> law, at the rate of five (5) per centum per annum, and the interest that may accrue thereon shall be paid annually to the members entitled thereto, except in cases of minors, in which cases the interest shall be paid annually to the parent until the child for whom the interest is so paid arrives at the age of twenty-one (21) years: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minors.</p></sidenote> if the Commissioner of Indian Affairs becomes satisfied that the interest and payment of any minor is being misused or squandered, he may withhold the payment of such interest. In case of minors whose parents have died the interest shall be paid to the legal guardian, as above provided:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the amount placed to the credit (together<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments.</p></sidenote> with the accrued interest) of each member of the tribe of the age of twenty-one (21) years may be paid to such member in ten (10) equal payments, one payment each year:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That if the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adults may be paid in full.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Interior deems it advisable, he may pay to any member of said tribe, over the age of twenty-one years, the full amount of the principal and interest that may be credited to such member:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the sum ascertained to be due said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Segregation.</p></sidenote> tribe shall be segregated as soon as possible after December 1, 1902:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That when the children whose shares have been<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Children 21 years of age.</p></sidenote> placed to their credit shall arrive at the age of twenty-one (21) years, before the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of the ratification of this agreement, then the share due such member or members may be paid to them at the annual payments after they arrive at the age of (21) years in equal amounts, so that such share will be fully paid at the expiration of said ten years: and where such children arrive at the age of twenty-one (21) years at or after the expiration of said ten years, then the full amount due such member may be paid to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of full amount.</p></sidenote> them at the next annual payment after they arrive at the age of twenty-one (21) year’s:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided farther,</i> That the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Withholding payments.</p></sidenote> Interior may withhold any of the payments provided for in this section if, in his judgment, it would be to the best interest of the member entitled to said payment to do so:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of tribal lands in Kansas.</p></sidenote> Interior shall offer at public sale all tracts or parcels of the Kansas trust and diminished reserve lands, within the State of Kansas, belonging to said Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians, for which no application has been filed under the provisions of existing laws in relation thereto. Such lands shall be offered for sale by advertisement for not less than<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice of sale.</p></sidenote> thirty (30) days, in two newspapers in the proper land district, one of which shall be published in Morris County, Kansas, and by posting in the local land office notice for the same period, and, upon the day named in such notice, such lands shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder at not less than the price fixed by law.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content>That all funds remaining to the credit of or found to be due<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to heirs, etc.</p></sidenote> from the United States to any member of said tribe, at his or her death, shall be paid to his or her heirs under the laws of the Territory or State in which such member resides at the date of his or her death.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<content>The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, at the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permission to sell, etc.</p></sidenote> request of any adult member of said tribe, issue a certificate to such member authorizing him to sell and convey any or all lands deeded him by reason of this agreement, and may pay such member at the next annual payment his or her pro rata share of the funds of said tribe, if, upon consideration and examination of the request, the said Secretary shall find said member to be fully competent and capable of managing <page identifier="/us/stat/32/640">640</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxation.</p></sidenote>and caring for his or her individual affairs: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That upon the issuance of said certificate, the lands of such member, both homestead and surplus, shall become subject to taxation, and such member shell have the right to manage and dispose of such property the same as any <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dropped from the rolls.</p></sidenote>other citizen of the United States, and upon the issuance of said certificate and the payment of the funds due him or her such member shall be dropped from the rolls of said tribe.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 11. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adult heirs.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the adult heirs of any deceased Kansas or Kaw Indian, whose selection has been made or to whom a deed has been issued for his or her share of the lands of said tribe in Oklahoma Territory, may sell and convey the lands inherited from such decedent; and, if there be both adult and minor heirs of such inherited lands, then such minors may join in a sale thereof by a guardian duly appointed by the proper court of the county in which said minor or minors may reside, upon an order of such court made upon petition filed by such guardian; all conveyances made under this provision to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 12. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission to adjust claims against the United States.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All claims, of whatever nature, which said Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians may have or claim to have against the United States shall be submitted to a commission to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior from the officers or employees of his Department for investigation, consideration, and settlement; and the United States shall, without delay, render to said tribe of Indians a complete accounting of all moneys agreed to be paid to said tribe to which said tribe may be entitled under any treaty or Act of Congress. If the settlement of the claims of said tribe, submitted to said commission (and the accounting) is satisfactory to said tribe, the amount found due shall be placed to the credit of the members of said tribe, according to the terms of this agreement, within one year after the report of said commission is made. But if the settlement of the claims of said tribe or the accounting is not satisfactory to said tribe, or if they are satisfactory and Congress fails to appropriate the money to pay the same within one year after the report of said commission and the accounting, then the said tribe of Indians shall have two years from the date of the report and accounting in which to enter a suit in the Court of Claims, with the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, by either party, for the amount due or claimed to be due said tribe from the United States under any treaties or laws of Congress, or for the misappropriation of any of the funds of said tribe or the failure <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Determination by United States Court of Claims.</p></sidenote>of the United States to pay the money due the tribe. And jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said United States Court of Claims to hear and determine, all claims of said tribe against the United States and to enter judgment thereon. If the question is submitted to said court, it shall settle all the rights, both legal and equitable, of both the said Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians and of the United States. The claims submitted to the commission may be submitted by one or more petitions, to be filed by said tribe with said commission. If an action is brought in the Court of Claims, it shall be presented by a single petition, making the United States party defendant, and shall set forth all the facts on which the said Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians bases its claim or claims against the United States, and the said petition may be verified by the agent or attorney of said tribe, upon information or belief as to the existence of such facts, and no <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Evidence.</p></sidenote>other statements or verification shall be necessary. Official letters, papers, reports, and public records, or certified copies thereof, may be used as evidence.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 13. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification, etc., requested.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The said Kansas or Kaw Indians hereby memorialize Congress to ratify and confirm this agreement and to make provision for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendments.</p></sidenote>carrying it into effect; <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if any material amendments are made in this agreement by Congress the same shall not become effect-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/641">641</page>ive until such amendments are approved by a majority of the adult members of the Kansas or Kaw tribe of Indians.</proviso></content>
</section>
</level>
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</recital>
</preamble>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the said agreement be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendments.</p></sidenote> and the same hereby is, accepted, ratified, and confirmed with the following amendments: Strike out section thirteen and change section fourteen so as to read section thirteen.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1362: To ratify and confirm an agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>1362</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 641</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1362.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To ratify and confirm an agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/228">Public, No. 228</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following agreement,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission tn the Five Civilized Tribes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification of agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.</p></sidenote> made by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes with the commissions representing the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians on the twenty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and two, be and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed, to wit:</content>
</section>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">Agreement between the United States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws.</heading>
<chapeau>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">This agreement, by and between the United States, entered into in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners.</p></sidenote> its behalf by Henry L. Dawes, Tams Bixby, Thomas B. Needles, and Clifton R. Breckinridge, commissioners duly appointed and authorized thereunto, and the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians in Indian Territory, respectively, entered into in behalf of such Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, by Gilbert W. Dukes, Green McCurtain, Thomas E. Sanguin, and Simon E. Lewis in behalf of the Choctaw tribe of Indians; and Douglas H. Johnson, Calvin J. Grant, Holmes Willis, Edward B. Johnson, and Benjamin H. Colbert in behalf of the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, commissioners duly appointed and authorized thereunto—</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Witnesseth that, in consideration of the mutual undertakings herein contained, it is agreed as follows:</p>
</chapeau>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">definitions.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1">1. </num>
<content>Wherever used in this agreement the words “nations” and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Definitions.</p></sidenote> “tribes” shall each be held to mean the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations or tribes of Indians in Indian Territory.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2">2. </num>
<content class="inline">The words “chief executives” shall be held to mean the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation and the governor of the Chickasaw Nation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3">3. </num>
<content class="inline">The words “member” or “members” and “citizen” or “citizens” shall be held to mean members or citizens of the Choctaw or Chickasaw tribe of Indians in Indian Territory, not including freedmen.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4">4. </num>
<content class="inline">The term “Atoka agreement” Shall be held to mean the agreement made by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes with the commissioners representing the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians at Atoka, Indian Territory, and embodied in the Act of Congress<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 496.</p></sidenote> approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety eight. (30 Stats.. 495.)</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">5. </num>
<content class="inline">The word “minor” shall be held to mean males under the age of twenty-one years and females under the age of eighteen years.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6">6. </num>
<content class="inline">The word “select” and its various modifications, as applied to allotments and homesteads, shall be held to mean the formal application at the land office, to be established by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes for the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, for particular tracts of land.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/642">642</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7">7. </num>
<content class="inline">Every word in this agreement importing the masculine, gender may extend and be applied to females as well as males, and the use of the plural may include also the singular, and vice versa.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8">8. </num>
<content class="inline">The terms “allottable lands” or “lands allowable” shall be deemed to mean all the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes not herein reserved from allotment.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">appraisement of lands.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9">9. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisement of lands.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All lands belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in the Indian Territory, except such as are herein reserved from allotment, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mineral, timber lands, etc.</p></sidenote>shall be appraised at their true value: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in determining such value consideration shall not be given to the location thereof, to any mineral deposits, or to any timber except such pine timber as may have been heretofore estimated by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, and without reference to improvements which may be located thereon.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10">10. </num>
<content class="inline">The appraisement, as herein provided shall be made by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, and the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes shall each have a representative to be appointed by the respective executives to cooperate with the said Commission.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">allotment of lands.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11">11. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment of lands.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">There shall be allotted to each member of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, as soon as practicable after the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of his enrollment as herein provided, land equal in value to three hundred and twenty acres of the average allottable land of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, and to each Choctaw and Chickasaw freedman, as soon as practicable after the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of his enrollment, land equal in value to forty acres of the average allottable land of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations; to conform, as nearly as may be, to the areas and boundaries established by the Government survey, which land may be selected by each allottee so as to include his improvements. For the purpose of making allotments and designating homesteads hereunder, the forty-acre or quarter-quarter subdivisions established by the Government survey may be dealt with as if further subdivided into four equal parts in the usual manner, thus making the smallest legal subdivision ten acres, or a quarter of a quarter of a quarter of a section.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12">12. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homesteads inalienable, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Each member of said tribes shall, at the time of the selection of his allotment, designate as a homestead out of said allotment, land equal in value to one hundred and sixty acres of the average allottable land of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, as nearly as may be, which shall be inalienable during the lifetime of the allottee, not exceeding twenty-one years from the date of certificate of allotment, and separate certificate and patent shall issue for said homestead.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13">13. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments to freedmen.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The allotment of each Choctaw and Chickasaw freedman shall be inalienable during the lifetime of the allottee, not exceeding twenty-one years from the date of certificate of allotment.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14">14. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of remaining lands at public auction.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">When allotments as herein provided have been made to all citizens and freedmen, the residue of lands not herein reserved or other-wise disposed of, if any there be, shall be sold at public auction under rides and regulations and on terms to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and so much of the proceeds as may be necessary for equalizing allotments shall be used for that purpose, and the balance shall be, paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Choctaws and Chickasaws and distributed per capita as other funds of the tribes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="15">15. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incumbrances.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Lands allotted to members and freedmen shall not be affected or <page identifier="/us/stat/32/643">643</page>encumbered by any deed, debt, or obligation of any character contracted prior to the time at which said land may be alienated under this Act, nor shall said lands be sold except as herein provided.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="16">16. </num>
<content class="inline">All lands allotted to the members of said tribes, except such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alienable lands.</p></sidenote> hind as is set aside to each for a homestead as herein provided, shall be alienable after issuance of patent as follows: One-fourth in acreage in one year, one-fourth in acreage in three years, and the balance in five years; in each case from date of patent: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such land<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraised value.</p></sidenote> shall not be alienable by the allotee or his heirs at any time before the expiration of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal governments for less than its appraised value.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="17">17. </num>
<content class="inline">If, for any reason, an allotment should not be selected or a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selection by Commission.</p></sidenote> homestead designated by, or on behalf of, any member or freedman, it shall be the duty of said Commission to make said selection and designation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="18">18. </num>
<content class="inline">In the making of allotments and in the designation of homesteads<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Division of lands.</p></sidenote> for members of said tribes, under the provisions of this agreement, said Commission shall not be required to divide lands into tracts of less than the smallest legal subdivision provided for in paragraph eleven hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="19">19. </num>
<content class="inline">It shall be unlawful after ninety days after the date of the final<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limited holdings By Indians.</p></sidenote> ratification of this agreement for any member of the Choctaw or Chickasaw tribes to enclose or hold possession of in any manner, by himself or through another, directly or indirectly, more lands in value than that of three hundred and twenty acres of average allottable lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, as provided by the terms of this agreement, either for himself or for bis wife, or for each of bis minor children if members of said tribes; and any member of said tribes found in such possession of lands, or having the same in any manner enclosed after the expiration of ninety days after the date of the final ratification of this agreement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="20">20. </num>
<content class="inline">It shall be unlawful after ninety days after the date of the final<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">By freedmen.</p></sidenote> ratification of this agreement for any Choctaw or Chickasaw freedman to enclose or bold possession of in any manner, by himself or through another, directly or indirectly, more than so much land as shall be equal in value to forty acres of the average allotable lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes as provided by the terms of this agreement, either for himself or for his wife, or for each of his minor children, if they be Choctaw or Chickasaw freedmen: and any freedman found in such possession of lands, or having the same in any manner enclosed after the expiration of ninety days after the date of the final ratification of this agreement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="21">21. </num>
<content class="inline">Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of sections<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violations.</p></sidenote> 19 and 20 of this agreement shall be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars, and shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid (such commitment not to exceed one day for every two dollars of said fine and costs) and shall forfeit possession of any property in question, and each day on which such offense is committed or continues to exist, shall be deemed a separate offense. And the United States district attorneys for the districts in which said nations are situated, are required to see that the provisions of said sections are strictly enforced, and they shall immediately after the expiration of ninety days after the date of the final ratification of this agreement proceed to dispossess all persons of such excessive holdings of lands, and to prosecute them for so unlawfully holding the same. And the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes shall have authority to make investigation of all violations of sections 19 and 20 of this agreement, and make report thereon to the United States district attorneys.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="22">22. </num>
<content class="inline">If any person whose name appears upon the rolls, prepared as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heirs.</p></sidenote> <page identifier="/us/stat/32/644">644</page>herein provided, shall have died subsequent to the ratification of this agreement and before receiving his allotment of land the lands to which such person would have been entitled if living shall be allotted in his name, and shall, together with his proportionate share of other tribal property, descend to his heirs according to the laws of descent and distribution as provided in chapter forty-nine of Mansfield’s Digest <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selection of allotment.</p></sidenote>of the Statutes of Arkansas: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the allotment thus to be made shall be selected by a duly appointed administrator or executor. If, however, such administrator or executor be not duly and expeditiously appointed, or fails to act promptly when appointed, or for any other cause such selection be not so made within a reasonable and practicable time, the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes shall designate the lands thus to be allotted.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="23">23. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment certificates.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Allotment certificates issued by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes shall be conclusive evidence of the right of any allottee to the tract of land described therein; and the United States Indian agent at the Union Agency shall, upon the application of the allottee, place him in possession of his allotment, and shall remove therefrom all persons objectionable to such allottee and the acts of the Indian agent hereunder shall not be controlled by the writ or process of any court.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="24">24. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction of Commission.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes to determine, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all matters relating to the allotment of land.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">excessive holdings.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="25">25. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Excessive holdings.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">After the opening of a land office for allotment purposes in both the Choctaw and the Chickasaw nations any citizen or freedman of either of said nations may appear before the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes at the land office in the nation in which his land is located and make application for his allotment and for allotments for members of his family and for other persons for whom he is lawfully authorized to apply for allotments, including homesteads, and after the expiration of ninety days following the opening of such land offices any such applicant may make allegation that the land or any part of the land that he desires to have allotted is held by another citizen or person in excess of the amount of land to which said citizen or person is lawfully entitled, and that he desires to have said land <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice.</p></sidenote>allotted to him or members of his family as herein provided; and thereupon said Commission shall serve notice upon the person so alleged to be holding land in excess of the lawful amount to which he may be entitled, said notice to set forth the facts alleged and the name and post-office address of the person alleging the same, and the rights and consequences herein provided, and the person so alleged to be holding land contrary to law shall be allowed thirty days from the date of the service of said notice in which to appear at one of said land offices and to select his allotment and the allotments he may be lawfully authorized to select, including homesteads; and if at, the end of the thirty days last provided for the person upon whom said notice has been served has not selected his allotment and allotments as provided, then the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes shall immediately make or reserve said allotments for the person or persons who have failed to act in accordance with the notice aforesaid, having due regard for the best interest of said allottees; and after such allotments have been made or reserved by said Commission, then all other lands held or claimed, or previously held or claimed by said person or persons, shall be deemed a part of the public domain of the Choctaw and Chickasaw<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior right of allotment.</p></sidenote> nations and be subject to disposition as such: <i>Provided,</i> That any persons who have previously applied for any part of said lands shall <page identifier="/us/stat/32/645">645</page>have a prior right of allotment of the same in the order of their applications and as their lawful rights may appear.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">If any citizen or freedman of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission authorised to select allotments.</p></sidenote> shall not have selected his allotment within twelve months after the date of the opening of said land offices in said nations, if not herein otherwise provided, and provided that twelve months shall have elapsed from the date of the approval of bis enrollment by, the Secretary of the Interior, then the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes may immediately proceed to select an allotment, including a homestead for such person, said allotment, and homestead to be selected as the Com-mission may deem for the best interest of said person, and the same shall he of the same force and effect as if such selection had been made by such citizen or freedman in person, and all lands held or claimed by persons for whom allotments have been selected by the Commission as provided, and in excess of the amount included in said allotments, shall be a part of the public domain of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations and be subject to disposition as such.</p>
</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">reservations.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="26">26. </num>
<chapeau class="inline">The following lands shall be reserved from the allotment of lands<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reservations.</p></sidenote> herein provided for:</chapeau>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="a">(a) </num>
<content class="inline">All lands set apart for town sites either by the terms of the Atoka<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Town sites.</p></sidenote> agreement, the Act of Congress of May 31, 1900, (31 Stats., 221), as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote> herein assented to, or by the terms of this agreement.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="b">(b) </num>
<content class="inline">All lands to which, at the date of the final ratification of this agreement, any railroad company may under any treaty or Act of Congress, have a vested right for right of way, depots, station grounds, water stations, stock yards, or similar uses connected with the maintenance and operation of the railroad.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="c">(c) </num>
<content class="inline">The strip of land lying between the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the Arkansas and Poteau rivers, extending up the said Poteau River to the mouth of Mill Creek.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="d">(d) </num>
<content class="inline">All lands which shall be segregated and reserved by the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coal and asphalt deposits.</p></sidenote> of the Interior on account of their coal or asphalt deposits, as hereinafter provided. And the lands selected by the Secretary of the Interior at and in the vicinity of Sulphur in the Chickasaw Nation, under the cession to the United States hereunder made by said tribes.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="e">(e) </num>
<content class="inline">One hundred and sixty acres for Jones’ Academy.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="f">(f) </num>
<content class="inline">One hundred and sixty acres for Tuskahoma Female Seminary.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="g">(g) </num>
<content class="inline">one hundred and sixty acres for Wheelock Orphan Seminary.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="h">(h) </num>
<content class="inline">One hundred and sixty acres for Armstrong Orphan Academy.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="i">(i) </num>
<content class="inline">Five acres for capitol building of the Choctaw Nation.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="j">(j) </num>
<content class="inline">One hundred and sixty acres for Bloomfield Academy.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="k">(k) </num>
<content class="inline">One hundred and sixty acres for Lebanon Orphan Home.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="l">(l) </num>
<content class="inline">One hundred and sixty acres for Harley Institute.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="m">(m) </num>
<content class="inline">One hundred and sixty acres for Rock Academy.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="n">(n) </num>
<content class="inline">One hundred and sixty acres for Collins Institute.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="o">(o) </num>
<content class="inline">Five acres for the capitol building of the Chickasaw Nation.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="p">(p) </num>
<content class="inline">Eighty acres for J. S. Murrow.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="q">(q) </num>
<content class="inline">Eighty acres for H. R. Schermerhorn.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="r">(r) </num>
<content class="inline">Eighty acres for the widow of R. S. Bell.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="s">(s) </num>
<content class="inline">A reasonable amount, of land, to be determined by the town-site commissioners, to include all tribal court-houses and jails and other tribal public buildings.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="t">(t) </num>
<content class="inline">Five acres for any cemetery located by the town-site commissioners prior to the date of the final ratification of this agreement.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="u">(u) </num>
<content class="inline">One acre for any church under the control of and used exclusively by the Choctaw or Chickasaw citizens at the date of the final ratification of this agreement.</content>
</subsection>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/646">646</page>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="v">(v) </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">One acre each for all Choctaw or Chickasaw schools under the supervision of the authorities of the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations and officials of the United States.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">And the acre so reserved for any church or school in any quarter section of land shall be located when practicable in a corner of such quarter section lying adjacent to the section line thereof.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">rolls of citizenship.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="27">27. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rolls of citizenship.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The rolls of the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizens and Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen shall be made by the Commission to the Five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 502.</p></sidenote>Civilized Tribes, in strict compliance with the act of Congress approved <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 236.</p></sidenote>June 28, 1898 (30 Stats., 495), and the act of Congress approved May <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contested rights.</p></sidenote>31, 1900 (31 Stats., 221), except as herein otherwise provided: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no person claiming right to enrollment and allotment and distribution of tribal property, by virtue of a judgment of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 339.</p></sidenote>States court in the Indian Territory under the act of June 10, 1896 (29 Stats., 321), and which right is contested by legal proceedings instituted under the provisions of this agreement, shall be enrolled or receive allotment of lands or distribution of tribal property until his right thereto has been dually determined.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="28">28. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons entitled.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The names of all persons living on the date of the final ratification of this agreement entitled to be enrolled as provided in section 27 hereof shall be placed upon the rolls made by said Commission; and no child born thereafter to a citizen or freedman and no person intermarried thereafter to a citizen shall be entitled to enrollment or to participate in the distribution of the tribal property of the Choctaws and Chickasaws.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="29">29. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Citizens, etc., of other tribes excluded.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">No person whose name appears upon the rolls made by the, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes as a citizen or freedman of any other tribe shall be enrolled as a citizen or freedman of the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="30">30. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">For the purpose of expediting the enrollment of the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizens and Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen, the said Commission shall, from time to time, and as early as practicable, forward to the Secretary of the Interior lists upon which shall be placed the names of those persons found by the Commission to be entitled to enrollment. The lists thus prepared, when approved by the Secretary of the, Interior, shall constitute a part and parcel of the final rolls of citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes and of Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen, upon which allotment of land and distribution of other tribal property shall be made as herein provided. Lists shall be made up and forwarded when contests of whatever character shall have been determined, and when there shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of the Interior lists embracing names of all those lawfully entitled to enrollment, the rolls shall be deemed complete. The rolls so prepared shall be made in quintuplicate, one to be deposited with the, Secretary of the Interior, one with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one, with the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation, one with the governor of the Chickasaw Nation, and one to remain with the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="31"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 31. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Admission to citizenship without notice of proceedings.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 339.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 995.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">It being claimed and insisted by the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations that the United States courts in the Indian Territory, acting under the Act of Congress approved June 10, 1896, have admitted persons to citizenship or to enrollment as such citizens in the, Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, respectively, without notice of the proceedings in such courts being given to each of said nations: and it being insisted by said nations that, in such proceedings, notice to each of said nations was indispensable, and it being claimed and insisted by said nations that the proceedings in the United States <page identifier="/us/stat/32/647">647</page>courts in the Indian Territory, under the said Act of June 10, 1896, should have been confined to a review of the action of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, upon the papers and evidence submitted to such commission, and should not have extended to a trial de novo of the question of citizenship: and it being desirable, to finally determine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bill in equity to annul, etc,, court decisions.</p></sidenote> these questions, the two nations, jointly, or either of said nations acting separately and making the other a party defendant, may, within 96 days after this agreement becomes effective, by a hill in equity filed in the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court hereinafter named, seek<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 648.</p></sidenote> the annulment and vacation of all such decisions by said courts. Ten persons<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings in citizen court.</p></sidenote> so admitted to citizenship or enrollment by said courts, with notice to one but not to both of said nations, shall be made defendants to said suit as representatives of the entire class of persons similarly situated, the number of such persons being too numerous to require all of them to be made individual parties to the suit: but any person so situated may, upon his application, be made a party defendant to the suit. Notice of the institution of said suit shall be personally served upon<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice.</p></sidenote> the chief executive of the defendant nation, if either nation be made a party defendant as aforesaid, and upon each of said ten representative defendants, and shall also be published for a period of four weeks in at least two weekly newspapers having general circulation in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Such notice shall set forth the nature and prayer of the bill, with the time for answering the same, which shall not be less than thirty days after the last publication. Said suit shall be determined at the earliest practicable time, shall be confined to a final determination of the questions of law here named, and shall he without prejudice to the determination of any charge or claim that the admission of such persons to citizenship or enrollment by said United States courts in the Indian Territory was wrongfully obtained as provided in the next section. In the event said citizenship judgments or decisions are annulled or vacated in the test suit hereinbefore authorized, because of either or both of the irregularities claimed and insisted upon by-said nations as aforesaid, then the files, papers and proceedings in any citizenship case in which the judgment or decision is so annulled or vacated, shall, upon written application therefor, made within ninety-days thereafter by any party thereto, who is thus deprived of a favor-able judgment upon his claimed citizenship, be transferred and certified to said citizenship court by the court having custody and control of such files, papers and proceedings, and, upon the filing in such citizenship court of the files, papers and proceedings in any such citizenship case, accompanied by due proof that notice in writing of the transfer and certification thereof has been given to the chief executive officer of each of said nations, said citizenship ease shall be docketed in said citizenship court, and such further proceedings shall be had therein in that court as ought to have been had in the court to which the same was taken on appeal from the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, and as if no judgment or decision bad been rendered therein.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="32">32. </num>
<content class="inline">Said citizenship court shall also have appellate jurisdiction over<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 995.</p></sidenote> all judgments of the courts in Indian Territory rendered under said Act of Congress of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, admitting persons to citizenship or to enrollment as citizens in either of said nations. The right of appeal may be exercised by the said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote> nations jointly or by either of them acting separately at any time within six months after this agreement is finally ratified. In the exercise of such appellate jurisdiction said citizenship court shall be authorized to consider, review, and revise all such judgments, both as to findings of fact and conclusions of law, and may, wherever in its judgment substantial justice will thereby be subserved, permit either party to any such appeal to take and present such further evidence as may <page identifier="/us/stat/32/648">648</page>be necessary to enable said court to determine the very right of the controversy. And said court shall have power to make all needful rules and regulations prescribing the manner of Inking and conducting said appeals and of taking additional evidence therein. Such citizenship court shall also have like appellate jurisdiction and authority over judgments rendered by such courts under the said act denying claims to citizenship or to enrollment as citizens in either of said nations. Such appeals shall be taken within the time hereinbefore specified and shall be taken, conducted and disposed of in the same manner as appeals by the said nations, save that notice of appeals by citizenship claimants shall he served upon the chief executive officer <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect.</p></sidenote>of both nations: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That paragraphs thirty-one, thirty-two and thirty-three hereof shall go into effect immediately after the passage of this Act by Congress.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="33">33. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court created.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">A court is hereby created to be known as the Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizenship Court, the existence of which shall terminate upon the final determination of the suits and proceedings mimed in the last two preceding sections, but in no event later than the thirty-first<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 990.</p></sidenote> day of December, nineteen hundred and three. Said court shall have all authority and power necessary to the hearing and determination of the suits and proceedings so committed to its jurisdiction, including the authority to issue and enforce all requisite writs, process and orders, and to prescribe rules and regulations for the transaction of its business. It shall also have all the powers of a Circuit Court of the United States in compelling the production of books, papers and documents, the attendance of witnesses, and in punishing contempt. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pleadings, etc.</p></sidenote>Except where herein otherwise expressly provided, the pleadings, practice and proceedings in said court shall conform, as near as may be, to the pleadings, practice and proceedings in equity causes in the Circuit. Courts of the United States. The testimony shall be taken in court or before one of the judges, so far as practicable. Each judge, shall be authorized to grant, in vacation or recess, interlocutory orders and to hear and dispose of interlocutory motions not affecting <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judges, etc.</p></sidenote>the substantial merits of the ease. Said court shall have a chief judge and two associate judges, a clerk, a stenographer, who shall be, deputy clerk, and a bailiff. The judges shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall each receive a compensation of five thousand dollars per annum, and his necessary and actual traveling and personal expenses while engaged in the performance of his duties. The clerk, stenographer, and bailiff shall be appointed by the judges, or a majority of them, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation of clerk, etc.</p></sidenote>and shall receive the following yearly compensation: Clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; stenographer, twelve hundred dollars; bailiff, nine hundred dollars. The compensation of all these officer <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>shall be paid by the United States in monthly installments. The moneys to pay said compensation are hereby appropriated, and there is also hereby appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary, to he expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to pay such contingent expenses of said court and its officers as to such Secretary may seem proper. Said court shall have a seal, shall sit at such place or places in the Choctaw and Chickasaw-nations as the judges may designate, and shall hold public sessions, beginning the first Monday in each moot Insofar as may be practicable<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oaths.</p></sidenote> or necessary. Each judge and the clerk and deputy clerk shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Writs.</p></sidenote>be authorized to administer oaths. AH writs and process issued by said court shall be served by the United States marshal for the district in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees.</p></sidenote>which the service is to be had. The fees for serving process and the fees of witnesses shall be paid by the party at whose instance such process is issued or such witnesses are subpoenaed, and the rate or amount of such fees shall be the same as is allowed in civil causes in <page identifier="/us/stat/32/649">649</page>the circuit court of the United States for the western district of Arkansas. No fees shall be charged by the clerk or other officers of said court. The clerk of the United States court in Indian Territory, having custody and control of the files, papers, and proceedings in the original citizenship cases, shall receive a fee of two dollars and fifty cents for transferring and certifying to the citizenship court the files, papers, and proceedings in each ease, without regard to the number of persons whose citizenship is involved therein, and said fee shall be paid by the person applying for such transfer and certification. The<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Judgment of court to be final.</p></sidenote> judgment of the citizenship court in any or all of the suits or proceedings so committed to its jurisdiction shall be final. All expenses necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> to the proper conduct, on behalf of the nations, of the suits and proceedings provided for in this and the two preceding sections shall be incurred under the direction of the executives of the two nations, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, upon certificate of said executives, to pay such expenses as in his judgment arc, reasonable and necessary out of any of the joint funds of said nations in the Treasury of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="34">34. </num>
<content class="inline">During the ninety days first following the date of the final<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Applications for enrollment.</p></sidenote> ratification of this agreement, the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes may receive applications for enrollment only of persons whose names are on the tribal rolls, but who have not heretofore been enrolled by said Commission, commonly known as “delinquents,” and such intermarried white persons as may have married recognized citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in accordance with the tribal laws, customs and usages on or before the date of the passage of this Act by Congress, and such infant children as may have been born to recognized and enrolled citizens on or before the date of the final ratification of this agreement; but the application of no person whomsoever for enrollment shall be received after the expiration of the said ninety days; <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That nothing in this section shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi Choctaws.</p></sidenote> apply to any person or persons making application for enrollment as Mississippi Choctaws, for whom provision has herein otherwise been made.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="35">35. </num>
<content class="inline">No person whose name does not appear upon the rolls prepared<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of common property.</p></sidenote> as herein provided shall be entitled to in any manner participate in the distribution of the common property of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, and those whose names appear thereon shall participate in the manner set forth in this agreement: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no allotment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extinguishment of rights.</p></sidenote> of land or other tribal property shall be made to any person, or to the heirs of any person whose name is on the said rolls, and who died prior to the date of the final ratification of this agreement. The right of such person to any interest in the lands or other tribal property shall be deemed to have become extinguished and to have passed to the tribe in general upon his death before the date of the final ratification of this agreement, and any person or persons who may conceal the death of anyone on said rolls as aforesaid, for the purpose of profiting by the said concealment, and who shall knowingly receive any portion of any land or other tribal property, or of the proceeds so arising from any allotment prohibited by this section, shall be deemed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Felony.</p></sidenote> guilty of a felony, and shall be proceeded against as may be provided in other cases of felony, and the penalty for this offense shall be confinement at hard labor for a period of not less than one year nor more than five years, and in addition thereto, a forfeiture to the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of the lands, other tribal property, and proceeds so obtained.</proviso></content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">chickasaw freedmen.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chickasaw Freedmen.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="36">36. </num>
<content class="inline">Authority is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Court of Claims to determine rights of, etc.</p></sidenote> determine the existing controversy respecting the relations of the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/650">650</page>Chickasaw freedmen to the Chickasaw Nation and the rights of such freedmen in the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 14, p. 769.</p></sidenote>the third article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, and under any and all laws subsequently enacted by the Chickasaw legislature or by Congress.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="37">37. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bill of interpleader.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">To that end the Attorney-General of the United States is hereby directed, on behalf of the United States, to file in said Court of Claims, within sixty days after this agreement becomes effective, a bill of interpleader against the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations and the Chickasaw freedmen, setting forth the existing controversy between the Chickasaw Nation and the Chickasaw freedmen and praying that the defendants thereto be required to interplead and settle their respective rights in such suit.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="38">38. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Serving of process.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Service of process in the suit may be had on the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, respectively, by serving upon the principal chief of the former and the governor of the latter a certified copy of the bill, with a notice of the time for answering the same, which shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days after such service, and may be had upon the Chickasaw freedmen by serving upon each of three known and recognized Chickasaw freedmen a certified copy of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication of notice.</p></sidenote>the bill, with a like notice of the time for answering the same, and by publishing a notice of the commencement, of the suit, setting forth the nature and prayer of the bill, with the time for answering the same, for a period of three weeks in at least two weekly newspapers having general circulation in the Chickasaw Nation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="39">39. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employment of counsel.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2103–2106/pp367/368">R. S., secs. 2103–2106, pp. 367, 368</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, respectively, may in the manner prescribed in sections twenty-one hundred and three to twenty-one hundred and six, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, employ counsel to represent them in such suit and protect, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>their interests therein; and the Secretary of the Interior shall employ competent counsel to represent the Chickasaw freedmen in said suit and to protect their interests therein: and the compensation of counsel so employed for the Chickasaw freedmen, including all costs of printing their briefs and other incidental expenses on their part, not exceeding six thousand dollars, shall be paid out of the Treasury of the United States upon certificate of the Secretary of the Interior setting forth the employment and the terms thereof, and stating that the required services<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal.</p></sidenote> have been duly rendered; and any party feeling aggrieved at the decree of the Court of Claims, or any part thereof, may, within sixty days after the rendition thereof, appeal to the Supreme Court, and in each of said courts the suit shall be advanced for hearing and decision at the earliest practicable time.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="40">40. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Final allotments to Chickasaw freedmen, etc</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 503.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">In the meantime the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes shall make a roll of the Chickasaw freedmen and their descendants, as provided in the Atoka agreement, and shall make allotments to them as provided in this agreement, which said allotments shall be held by the said Chickasaw freedmen, not as temporary allotments, but as final allotments, and in the event that it shall be finally determined in said suit that the Chickasaw freedmen are not independently of this agreement, entitled to allotments in the Choctaw and Chickasaw lands, the Court of Claims shall render a decree in favor of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations according to their respective interests, and against the United States, for the value of the lands so allotted to the Chickasaw freedmen as ascertained by the appraisal thereof made by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes for the purpose of allotment, which decree shall take the place of the said lands and shall be in full satisfaction of all claims by the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations against the United States or the said freedmen on account of the taking of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existing lights not affected.</p></sidenote>said lands for allotment to said freedmen: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That nothing <page identifier="/us/stat/32/651">651</page>contained in this paragraph shall be construed to affect or change the existing status or rights of the two tribes as between themselves respecting the Sands taken for allotment to freedmen, or the money, if any recovered as compensation therefor, as aforesaid.</proviso></content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">misssippi choctaws.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mississippi Choctaws.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="41">41. </num>
<content class="inline">All persons duly identified by the Commission to the Five Civilized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Citizenship and allotments.</p></sidenote> Tribes under the provisions of section 21 of the act of Congress approved June 28, 1898 (30 Stats., 495), as Mississippi Choctaws<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 503.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 335.</p></sidenote> entitled to benefits under article 14 of the treaty between the United States and the Choctaw Nation concluded September 27, 1830, may, at any time within six months after the date of their identification as Mississippi Choctaws by the said Commission, make bona fide settlement within the Choctaw-Chickasaw country, and upon proof of such settlement to such Commission within one year after the date of their said identification as Mississippi Choctaws shall be enrolled by such Commission as Mississippi Choctaws entitled to allotment as herein provided for citizens of the tribes, subject to the special provisions herein provided as to Mississippi Choctaws, and said enrollment shall be final when approved by the Secretary of the Interior. The application<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Applications for identification.</p></sidenote> of no person for identification as a Mississippi Choctaw shall be received by said Commission after six months subsequent to the date of the final ratification of this agreement and in the disposition of such applications all full-blood Mississippi Choctaw Indians and the descendants of any Mississippi Choctaw Indians whether of full or mixed blood who received a patent to land under the said fourteenth article of the said treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty who had not moved to and made bona fide settlement in the Choctaw-Chickasaw country prior to June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be deemed to be Mississippi Choctaws, entitled to benefits under article fourteen of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 7, p. 335.</p></sidenote> the said treaty of September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty, and to identification as such by said Commission, but this direction or provision shall be deemed to be only a rule of evidence and shall not be invoked by or operate to the advantage of any applicant who is not a Mississippi Choctaw of the full blood, or who is not the descendant of a Mississippi Choctaw who received a patent to land under said treaty, or who is otherwise barred from the right of citizenship in the Choctaw Nation, all of said Mississippi Choctaws so enrolled by said Commission shall be upon a separate roll.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="42">42. </num>
<content class="inline">When any such Mississippi Choctaw shall have in good faith<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents granted after residence of three years.</p></sidenote> continuously resided upon the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for a period of three years, including his residence thereon before and after such enrollment, he shall, upon due proof of such continuous, bona tide residence, made in such manner and before such officer as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, receive a patent for his allotment, as provided in the Atoka agreement, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 507.</p></sidenote> he shall hold the lands allotted to him as provided in this agreement for citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="43">43. </num>
<content class="inline">Applications for enrollment as Mississippi Choctaws, and applications<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Applications for enrollment, etc.</p></sidenote> to have land set apart to them as such, must be made personally before, the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Fathers may apply for their minor children: and if the father be dead, the mother may apply; husbands may apply for wives. Applications for orphans, insane persons, and persons of unsound mind may be made by duly appointed guardian or curator, and for aged and infirm persons and prisoners by agents duly authorized thereunto by power of attorney, in the discretion of said Commission.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="44">44. </num>
<content class="inline">If within four years after such enrollment any such Mississippi<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heirs, etc.</p></sidenote> Choctaw, or bis heirs or representatives if he be dead, fails to make <page identifier="/us/stat/32/652">652</page>proof of such continuous bona tide residence for the period so prescribed, or up to the time of the death of such Mississippi Choctaw, in case of his death after enrollment, be, and his heirs and representatives if he be dead, shall be deemed to have acquired no interest in the lands set apart to him, and the same shall be sold at public auction for cash, under rides and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and the proceeds paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, and distributed per capita with other funds of the tribes. Such lands shall not be sold for less than their appraised value. Upon payment of the full purchase price patent shall issue to the purchaser.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">town sites.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Town sites.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="45">45. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assent of tribes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31. p. 237.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes hereby assent to the act of Congress approved May 31, 1900 (31 Stats., 221), in so far as it pertains to town sites in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, ratifying and confirming all acts of the Government of the United States thereunder, and consent to a continuance of the provisions of said act not in conflict with the terms of this agreement.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="46">46. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional acreage.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">As to those town sites heretofore set aside by the Secretary of the Interior on the recommendation of the Commission to the Five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote>Civilized Tribes, as provided in said act of Congress of May 31, 1900, such additional acreage may be added thereto, in like manner as the original town site was set apart, as may be necessary for the present needs and reasonable prospective growth of said town sites, the total acreage not to exceed six hundred and forty acres for each town site.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="47">47. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The lands which may hereafter be set aside and reserved for town sites upon the recommendation of the Commission to the Five <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote>Civilized Tribes, under the provisions of said act of May 31, 1900, shall embrace, such acreage as may be necessary for the present needs and reasonable prospective growth of such town sites, not to exceed six hundred and forty acres for each town site.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="48">48. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation for improvements.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Whenever any tract of land shall be set aside for town-site purposes, as provided in said act of May 31, 1900, or by the terms of this agreement, which is occupied by any member of the Choctaw or Chickasaw nations, such occupant shall be fully compensated for his improvements thereon, out of the funds of the tribes arising from the sale of town sites, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of appraisers.</p></sidenote>Secretary of the Interior, the value of such improvements to be determined by a hoard of appraisers, one member of which shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, one by the chief executive of the tribe in which the town site is located, and one by the occupant of the land, said board of appraisers to be paid such compensation for their services as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior out of any appropriation for surveying, laying out, platting, and selling town sites.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="49">49. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vacancies.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Whenever the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation fails or refuses to appoint a town-site commissioner for any town, or to till any vacancy caused by the neglect or refusal of the town-site commissioner appointed by the chief executive of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation to qualify or act, or otherwise, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may appoint a commissioner to fill the vacancy thus created.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="50">50. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional town-site commissions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 508.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">There shall be appointed, in the manner provided in the Atoka agreement, such additional town-site commissions as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary, for the speedy disposal of all town <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction.</p></sidenote>sites in said nations: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the jurisdiction of said additional town-site commissions shall extend to such town sites only as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior.</proviso></content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/653">653</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="51">51. </num>
<content class="inline">Upon the payment of the full amount of the purchase price of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conveyance of patent</p></sidenote> any lot in any town site in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, appraised and sold as herein provided, or sold as herein provided, the chief executives of said nations shall jointly execute, under their hands and the seals of the respective nations and deliver to the purchaser of the said lot, a patent conveying to him all right, title, and interest of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in and to said lot.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="52">52. </num>
<content class="inline">All town lots in any one town site to be conveyed to one person<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contents, etc., of patents.</p></sidenote> shall, as far as practicable, he included in one patent, and all patents shall be executed free of charge to the grantee.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="53">53. </num>
<content class="inline">Such towns in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations as may have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Towns of less than 200 inhabitants.</p></sidenote> a population of less than two hundred people, not otherwise provided for, and which in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior should be set aside as town sites, shall have their limits defined not later than ninety days after the final ratification of this agreement, in the same manner as herein provided for other town sites; but in no such case shall more than forty acres of land be set aside for any such town site.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="54">54. </num>
<content class="inline">All town sites heretofore set aside by the Secretary of the Interior<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys, etc.</p></sidenote> on the recommendation of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved May 31, 1900<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote> (31 Stat., 221), with the additional acreage added thereto, and all town sites which may hereafter be set aside, as well as all town sites set aside under the provisions of this agreement having a population of less than two hundred, shall be surveyed, laid out, platted, appraised, and disposed of in a like manner, and with like preference rights accorded to owners of improvements as other town sites in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations are surveyed, laid out, platted, appraised, and disposed of under the Atoka agreement, as modified or supplemented by the said act of May 31, 1900: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That occupants or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraised value to be paid.</p></sidenote> purchasers of lots in town sites in said Choctaw and Chickasaw nations upon which no improvements have been made prior to the passage of this Act by Congress shall pay the full appraised value of said lots instead of the percentage named in the Atoka agreement.</proviso></content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">municipal corporations.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Municipal corporations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="55">55. </num>
<content class="inline">Authority is hereby conferred upon municipal corporations in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bonds for improvement.</p></sidenote> the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to issue bonds and borrow money thereon for sanitary purposes and for the construction of sewers, lighting plants, water-works, and schoolhouses, subject to all the provisions of laws of the United States in force in the organized Territories of the United States in reference to municipal indebtedness and issuance of bonds for public purposes; and said provisions of law are hereby put in force in said nations and made applicable to the cities and towns therein the same as if specially enacted in reference thereto: and said municipal corporations are hereby authorized to vacate streets and alleys, or parts thereof, and said streets and alleys, when so vacated, shall become the property of the adjacent property holders.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">coal and asphalt.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="53">53. </num>
<content class="inline">At the expiration of two years after the final ratification of this<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coal and asphalt lands.</p></sidenote> agreement all deposits of coal and asphalt which are in lands within the limits of any town site established under the Atoka agreement, or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p, 508.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote> the act of Congress of May 31, 1900, or this agreement, and which are within the exterior limits of any lands reserved from allotment on account of their coal or asphalt deposits, as herein provided, and which are not at the time of the final ratification of this agreement embraced in any then existing coal or asphalt lease, shall be sold at public auc-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/654">654</page>tion for cash under the direction of the President as hereinafter provided, and the proceeds thereof disposed of as herein provided respecting the proceeds of the sale of coal and asphalt lands.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="57">57. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of coal and asphalt deposits.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All coal and asphalt deposits which are within the limits of any town site so established, which are at the date of the final ratification of this agreement covered by any existing lease, shall, at the expiration of two years after the final ratification of this agreement, be sold at public auction under the direction of the President as hereinafter provided, and the proceeds thereof disposed of as provided in the last preceding section. The coal or asphalt covered by each lease shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Existing leases.</p></sidenote>separately sold. The purchaser shall take such coal or asphalt deposits subject to the existing lease, and shall by the purchase succeed to all the rights of the two tribes of every kind and character, under the lease, but all advanced royalties received by the tribe shall be retained by them.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="58">58. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To be reserved from allotment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Within six months after the final ratification of this agreement the Secretary of the Interior shall ascertain, so far as may be practicable, what lands tire principally valuable because of their deposits of coal or asphalt, including therein all lands which at the time of the final ratification of this agreement shall be covered by then existing coal or asphalt leases, and within that time he shall, by a written order, segregate and reserve from allotment all of said lands. Such segregation and reservation shall conform to the subdivisions of the Government survey as nearly as may be and the total segregation and reservation shall not exceed five hundred thousand acres. No lands so reserved shall be allotted to any member or freedman, and the improvements of any member or freedman existing upon any of the lands so segregated and reserved at the time of their segregation and reservation shall be appraised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall be paid for out of any common funds of the two tribes in the Treasury of the United States, upon the order of the Secretary of the Interior. All coal and asphalt deposits, as well as other minerals which may be found in any lands not so segregated and reserved, shall be deemed a part of the land and shall pass to the allottee or other person who may lawfully acquire title to such lands,</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="59">59. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sales at public auction.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All lands segregated and reserved under the last preceding section, excepting those embraced within the limits of a town site, established as Hereinbefore provided, shall, within three years from the final ratification of this agreement and before the dissolution of the tribal governments, be sold at public auction for cash, under the direction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission created to sell coal and asphalt deposits.</p></sidenote> of the President. In a commission composed of three persons, which shall be appointed by the President, one on the recommendation of the Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation, who shall be a Choctaw by blood, and one on the recommendation of the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, who shall be a Chickasaw by blood. Either of said commissioners may, at any time, be removed by the President for good <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>cause shown. Each of said commissioners shall be paid at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum, the Choctaw commissioner to be paid by the Choctaw Nation, the Chickasaw commissioner to be paid by the Chickasaw Nation, and the third commissioner to he paid by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bids.</p></sidenote>United States, in the sale of coal and asphalt lands and coal and asphalt deposits hereunder, the commission shall have the right to reject any or all bids which it considers below the value of any such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of proceeds.</p></sidenote>lands or deposits. The proceeds arising from the sale of coal and asphalt lands and coal and asphalt deposits shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said tribes and paid out per capita to the members of said tribes (freedmen excepted) with the other moneys belonging to said tribes in the maimer provided by law. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Separate sales.</p></sidenote>The lands embraced within any coal or asphalt lease snail be separately sold, subject to such lease, and the purchaser shall succeed to all the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/655">655</page>rights of the two tribes of every kind and character, under the lease, hut all advanced royalties received by the tribes shall be retained by them. The lands so segregated and reserved, and not included within<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limitation.</p></sidenote> any existing coal or asphalt lease, shall be sold in tracts not exceeding in area a section under the Government survey.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="60">60. </num>
<content class="inline">Upon the recommendation of the chief executive of each of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of sale.</p></sidenote> two tribes, and where in the judgment of the President it is advantageous to the tribes so to do, the sale of any coal or asphalt lands which are herein directed to be sold may be made at any time after the expiration of six months from the final ratification of this agreement, without awaiting the expiration of the period of two years, as hereinbefore provided.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="61">61. </num>
<content class="inline">No lease of any coal or asphalt lands shall be made after the final<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leases prohibited.</p></sidenote> ratification of this agreement, the provisions of the Atoka agreement to the contrary notwithstanding.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="62">62. </num>
<content class="inline">Where any lands so as aforesaid segregated and reserved on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Specific reservations.</p></sidenote> account of their coal of asphalt deposits are in this agreement specifically reserved from allotment for any other reason, the sale to be made hereunder shall be only of the coal and asphalt deposits contained therein, and in all other respects the other specified reservation of such lands herein provided for shall be fully respected.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="63">63. </num>
<content class="inline">The chief executives of the two tribes shall execute and deliver,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents, etc.</p></sidenote> with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to each purchaser of any coal or asphalt lands so sold, and to each purchaser of any coal or asphalt deposits so sold, an appropriate patent or instrument of conveyance, conveying to the purchaser the property so sold.</content>
</section>
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<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">sulphub springs.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sulphur springs.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="64">64. </num>
<content class="inline">The two tribes hereby absolutely and unqualifiedly relinquish,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cession of adjacent lands.</p></sidenote> cede, and convey unto the United States a tract or tracts of land at and in the vicinity of the village of Sulphur, in the Chickasaw Nation, of not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, to be selected, under<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of acreage.</p></sidenote> the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, within four months after the final ratification of this agreement, and to embrace all the natural springs in and about said village, and so much of Sulphur Creek, Rock Creek. Buckhorn Creek, and the lands adjacent to said natural springs and creeks as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior for the, proper utilization and control of said springs and the waters of said creeks, which lands shall be so selected as to cause the least interference with the contemplated town site at that place consistent with the purposes for which said cession is made, and when selected the ceded lands shall be held, owned, and controlled by the United States absolutely and without any restriction, save that no part thereof shall he platted or disposed of for town-site purposes<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30. p. 508.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote> during the existence of the two tribal governments. Such other lands as may be embraced in a town site at that point shall be disposed of in the, manner provided in the Atoka agreement for the disposition of town sites. Within ninety days after the selection of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Price to credit of tribes.</p></sidenote> the lands so ceded there shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the two tribes, from the unappropriated public moneys of the United States, twenty dollars per acre for each acre so selected, which shall be in full compensation for the lands so ceded, and such moneys shall, upon the dissolution of the tribal governments, be divided per capita among the members of the tribes, freedmen excepted, as are other funds of the tribes. All<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvements.</p></sidenote> improvements upon the lands so selected which were lawfully there, at the time of the ratification of this agreement by Congress shall be appraised, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, at the true value thereof at the time of the selection of said lands, and shall be paid for by warrants drawn by the Secretary of the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/656">656</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of water, etc.</p></sidenote>Interior upon the Treasurer of the United States. Until otherwise provided by law, the Secretary of the Interior may, under rules prescribed for that purpose, regulate and control the use of the water of said springs and creeks and the temporary use mid occupation of the lands so ceded. No person shall occupy any portion of the lands so ceded, or carry on any business thereon, except as provided in said rules, and until otherwise provided by Congress the laws of the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale, etc., of intoxicants forbidden.</p></sidenote>States relating to the introduction, possession, sale, and giving away of liquors or intoxicants of any kind within the Indian country or Indian reservations shall be applicable to the lands so ceded, and said lands shall remain within the jurisdiction of the United States court <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proviso.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures.</p></sidenote>for the southern district of Indian Territory: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That nothing contained in this section shall be construed or held to commit the Government of the United States to any expenditure of money upon said lands or the improvements thereof, except as provided herein, it being the intention of this provision that in the future the lands and improvements herein mentioned shall be conveyed by the United States to such Territorial or State organization as may exist at the time when such conveyance is made.</proviso></content>
</section>
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<level>
<heading>miscellaneous.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="65">65. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents for minors, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The acceptance of patents for minors, prisoners, convicts, and incompetents by persons authorized to select their allotments for them shall be sufficient to bind such minors, prisoners, convicts, and incompetents as to the conveyance of all other lands of the tribes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="66">66. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recording patents.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All patents to allotments of land, when executed, shall be recorded in the office of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes within said nations in books appropriate for the purpose, until such <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 508.</p></sidenote>time as Congress shall make other suitable provision for record of land titles as provided in the Atoka agreement, without expense to the grantee; and such records shall have like effect as other public records.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="67">67. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No jurisdiction of United suites court.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30. p. 496.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The provisions of section three of the act of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (30 Stats., 495), shall not apply to or in any manner affect the lands or other property of the Choctaws and Chickasaws or Choctaw and Chickasaw freedmen.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="68">68. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inconsistent laws.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">No act of Congress or treaty provision, nor any provision of the Atoka agreement, inconsistent with this agreement, shall be in force in said Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="69">69. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Controversies.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All controversies arising between members as to their right to select particular tracts of land shall he determined by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="70">70. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selection of allotments for minors.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Allotments may be selected and homesteads designated for minors by the father or mother, if members, or by a guardian or curator, or the administrator having charge of their estate, in the order named; and for prisoners, convicts aged and infirm persons by duly appointed agents under power of attorney; and for incompetents by guardians, curators, or other suitable person akin to them: but it shall be the duty of said Commission to see that said selections are made for the best interests of such parties.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="71">71. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contests.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">After the expiration of nine months after the date of the original selection of an allotment, by or for any citizen or freedmen of the Choctaw or Chickasaw tribes, as provided in this agreement, no contest shall be instituted against such selection.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="72">72. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments out of “arrears of interest.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1058.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">There shall be paid to each citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, immediately after the approval of his enrollment and right to participate in distribution of tribal property, as herein provided, the sum of forty dollars. Such payment shall be made under the direction of the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/657">657</page>Secretary of the Interior, and out of the balance of the “arrears of interest” of tire hundred and fifty-eight thousand five hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-four cents appropriated by the act of Congress<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 513.</p></sidenote> approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.” yet due to the Chickasaws and remaining to their credit in the Treasury of the United States: and so much of such moneys as may be necessary for such payment are hereby appropriated and made available for that purpose, and the balance, if any there be, shall remain in the Treasury of the United States, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> be distributed per capita with the other funds of the tribes. And all acts of Congress or other treaty provisions in conflict with this provision are hereby repealed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="73">73. </num>
<content class="inline">This agreement shall be binding upon the United States and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agreement binding after ratification.</p></sidenote> upon the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations and all Choctaws and Chiekasaws, when ratified by Congress and by a majority of the whole<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special election.</p></sidenote> number of votes cast by the legal voters of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in the manner following: The principal chief of the Choctaw Nation and the governor of the Chickasaw Nation shall, within one hundred and twenty days after the ratification of this agreement by Congress, make public proclamation that the same shall be voted upon at any special election to be held for that purpose within thirty days thereafter, on a certain day therein named; and all male citizens of each of the said tribes qualified to vote under the tribal laws shall have a right to vote at the election precinct most convenient to his residence, whether the same be within the bounds of his tribe or not.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date of final ratification.</p></sidenote> And if this agreement be ratified by said tribes as aforesaid, the; date upon which said election is held shall he deemed to be the date of final ratification.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="74">74. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">The votes cast in both the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote> be forthwith returned and duly certified by the precinct officers to the national secretaries of said tribes, and shall be presented by said national secretaries to a board of commissioners consisting of the principal chief and the national secretary of the Choctaw Nation and the governor and national secretary of the Chickasaw Nation and two members of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes; and said board shall meet without delay at Atoka, Indian Territory, and canvass and count said votes, and make proclamation of the result.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In witness whereof the said commissioners do hereby affix their names at Washington. District of Columbia, this twenty-first day of March. 1902.</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1363: Authorizing the adjustment of rights of settlers on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Territory of Arizona.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1363</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1363.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the adjustment of rights of settlers on the Navajo Indian Reservation, Territory of Arizona.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/229">Public, No. 229</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all lands claimed by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights of settlers on extended Navajo Reservation, Ariz., confirmed.</p></sidenote> actual settlers or persons to whom valid rights attach, who settled upon or occupied any part of the public lands of the United States prior to the date of the Executive order of January sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty, extending the boundaries of the Navajo Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Arizona, and which were included in said Executive order, are hereby excepted from the operations thereof, and said settlers are hereby granted authority to establish their rights and secure patents for any of said lands to which they have a valid title under the public-land laws of the United States.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1364: To provide for the construction of a bridge by the Duluth, Pierre and Black Hills Railroad Company across the Missouri River at Pierre, South Dakota.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1364</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 658</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/658">658</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1364.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the construction of a bridge by the Duluth, Pierre and Black Hills Railroad Company across the Missouri River at Pierre, South Dakota.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/230">Public, No. 230</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Duluth. Pierre and Black Hills Railroad Company may bridge, at Pierre, S. Dak.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Duluth, Pierre and Black Hills Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized under the general incorporation laws of the State of South Dakota, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, and also to lay on and over said bridge a railway<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote> track or tracks for the passage of railway trains; and said corporation may construct and maintain ways for wagons, carriages, and foot passengers, charging and receiving such reasonable tolls therefor as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said bridge shall be constructed and built without interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in order to secure that object the said corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>not be built: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans it shall not be of less elevation in any ease than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark as understood at the point of location to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in length in the clear; and the piers of said badge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the bridge itself at right angles thereto, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river and not less than three hundred feet in length in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pivot draw.</p></sidenote>the clear:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also.</i> That if any bridge built under this Act shall he constructed as a drawbridge the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point and with spans of not less than two hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining span or spans to the draw shall not be less than three hundred feet, and the headroom under all river spans shall not be less than ten feet above local high-water mark, and the piers of said bridge shall be built with the current of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote>river and the bridge itself at right angles thereto:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also.</i> That said draw shall be opened promptly upon the reasonable signal for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>passing of boats; and said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel.</p></sidenote>That said company shall, at its own expense, build and maintain, under direction and supervision of the Secretary of War, such wing dams and booms or other works necessary to maintain the channel within the draw spans of said bridge, and shall, at their own expense, maintain a depth of water through said draw spans not less than that now existing, as shown by the report of the War Department, at the point <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>where said bridge may be located:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided also,</i> That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to <page identifier="/us/stat/32/659">659</page>equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof and of all the approaches thereto under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in case they shall not agree.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> upon receiving such plan and map and other information, and upon being satisfied that the bridge built upon such plan, with such accessory works, and at such locality, will conform to the prescribed conditions of this Act, to notify the company that he approves the same; and upon receiving such notification the said company may proceed to the erection of said bridge, conforming strictly to the approved plan and location; and should any change be made in the plan of the bridge or accessory works during the progress of the work thereon such change shall be subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War; and if any bridge erected under said authority shall, in the opinion<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote> 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 said corporation; and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the free navigation of said river, caused, or alleged to he caused, by said bridge, the case may be brought in any court of the United States of the State of South Dakota in which any portion of said bridge may be located: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to navigation.</p></sidenote> nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt this bridge from the operation of the same:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That this bridge shall not be opened to traffic until all piling and other false work used in constructing the bridge shall have been wholly removed to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the said bridge and accessory works, when built and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> constructed under this Act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be lawful structures, and said bridge shall be recognized end 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 such bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post routes of the United States, and Congress reserves the right at any time to regulate by appropriate legislation the charges for freight and passengers over said bridge. </content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content class="inline">That the United States shall have the right of way for such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph rights.</p></sidenote> postal telegraph lines across said bridge as the Government may construct or control.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of approval thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> this Act at any time.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1365: To authorize the construction of a bridge by the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company and the Chicago and Erie Railroad Company across the Calumet River at or near the city of Hammond, Indiana, at a point about one thousand two hundred feet east of the Indiana and Illinois State line and about one hundred feet east of the location of the present bridge of the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company across said river; also to authorize the construction of a bridge by the Chicago and State Line Railroad Company across said river at the point where said company’s railroad crosses said river in Hyde Park Township, Chicago, Illinois, being at the location of the present bridge of said company across said river in said township.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1365</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 660</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/660">660</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1365.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge by the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company and the Chicago and Erie Railroad Company across the Calumet River at or near the city of Hammond, Indiana, at a point about one thousand two hundred feet east of the Indiana and Illinois State line and about one hundred feet east of the location of the present bridge of the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company across said river; also to authorize the construction of a bridge by the Chicago and State Line Railroad Company across said river at the point where said company’s railroad crosses said river in Hyde Park Township, Chicago, Illinois, being at the location of the present bridge of said company across said river in said township.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/231">Public, No. 231</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Calumet River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Rail-road Company and Chicago and Erie Railroad Company may bridge at Hammond, Ind.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, a consolidated railroad company organized under the laws of the States of New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, and the Chicago and Erie Railroad Company, a railroad company organized under the laws of the State of Indiana, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote>their successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a drawbridge across the Calumet River at or near the city of Hammond, Indiana, at a point about one thousand two hundred feet east of the Indiana and Illinois State line and about one hundred feet east of the location of the, present bridge of the New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company over said river. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substitute for two bridges.</p></sidenote>Said bridge shall be a substitute for the two bridges across said river now maintained by said companies, and said two bridges shall be removed when the bridge hereby authorized shall he completed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chicago and State Line Railroad Company may bridge at Cummings, Ill.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Chicago and State Line Railroad Company, a rail-road company organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, is also hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a drawbridge across said Calumet River, at or near a station on said company’s railroad known as Cummings, Illinois, at the point where said company’s railroad crosses said river in Hyde Park Township, Chicago, Illinois, being at the location of the present bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substitute for old bridge.</p></sidenote>of said company across said river in said township. The bridge by this section authorized shall be a substitute for the bridge now maintained across said river by said railroad company, at the place designated, and said bridge shall be removed when the one authorized by this section shall be completed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the draws provided for the bridges hereby authorized, when the same is ordered by the Secretary of War, shall be opened <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats, and said companies or corporations shall maintain at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridges as the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>Light-House Board shall prescribe. Neither of said bridges shall be constructed except in accordance with plans and specifications to be approved by the Secretary of War, and said companies shall submit to the Secretary of War for his approval designs and drawings of each of said bridges and maps of the location thereof, giving sufficient information to enable him to fully and satisfactorily understand the subject.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all railroad companies desiring the use of the bridges authorized by this Act shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or ears over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridges 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 bridges, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structures and post routes.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the bridges constructed, maintained, and operated under this Act and according to its limitations shall be lawful structures and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/661">661</page>shall be recognized and known as post routes, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for transportation of said mails, troops, and munitions over the railroads and public highways leading to said bridges; and the United<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> States shall have the right of way for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes over said bridges: and all telephone and telegraph companies shall be granted equal rights and privileges in the construction and operation of their lines across said bridges.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within two years from the date hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1366: To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings ship channel, in Aransas County, Texas.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1366</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 661</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1366.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings ship channel, in Aransas County, Texas.”</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/232">Public, No. 232</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Act entitled “An<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corpus Christi Channel, Tex.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extension of time for the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to bridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 112, amended.</p></sidenote> Act authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings ship channel, in Aransas County, Texas,” approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, is hereby reenacted, and section five of the said Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
<quotedContent>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from May fourth, nineteen hundred and two.”</content>
</section>
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1367: To incorporate The Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1367</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 661</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1367.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To incorporate The Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/233">Public, No. 233</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That William R. Shafter,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba, incorporated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incorporators.</p></sidenote> J. Ford Kent, and John C. Bates, of the United States Army; G. Creighton Webb, of New York, in the State of New York; Leman W. V. Kennon, Charles Morton. Samuel B. M. Young, Samuel S. Sumner, Wallace F. Randolph, Joseph Wheeler, Adna R. Chaifee, Alfred C. Sharpe. Philip Reade, and Janies T. Kerr, of the United States Army: John Jacob Astor, of New York, in the State of New York; Hamilton S. Hawkins, of the United States Army; Adelbert Ames, of Lowell, in the State of Massachusetts; Chambers McKibbin and Eugene D. Dimmick, of the United States Army, and Charles Dick, of Akron, in the State of Ohio, officers and members of the council of The Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and incorporate in the District of Columbia by the name of “The Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba,” for patriotic,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purposes.</p></sidenote> historical, and educational purposes, to record the history and conserve the memory of events of the campaign of the Army and Navy of the United States which resulted in the surrender on the seventeenth day of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/662">662</page>July, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, of the Spanish army, the city of Santiago de Cuba, and the military province to which it pertained; 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.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Property limit.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the said corporation shall have the power to take and hold personal estate and such real estate, to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, as shall be necessary and proper for the promotion of the purposes of said corporation, which shall not be divided among the members of said corporation, but shall descend to their successors for the promotion of the objects aforesaid.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Constitution and by-laws.</p></sidenote>
<content>That said corporation shall have a constitution and regulations or by-laws, and shall have the power to amend the same at pleasure: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not to conflict with United States laws, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Meetings.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such constitution and regulations or by-laws do not conflict with the laws of the United States or of any State.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That said corporation may hold its meetings in such places as said incorporators or their successors shall determine.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1368: Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1368</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 662</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1368.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval service appropriations.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</content>
</section>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pay of the navy.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of the Navy.</p></sidenote>Pay and allowances prescribed by law 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; commutation of quarters for officers on shore not occupying public quarters, including boatswains, gunners, carpenters, sailmakers, warrant machinists, pharmacists, and mates; pay of enlisted men on the retired list; extra pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposits by men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and apprentice boys, including men in the engineers’ force, and for the Fish Commission, twenty-five thousand five hundred men and two thousand five hundred apprentices under training at training stations and on board training ships, and for men detailed for duty with naval militia, at the pay prescribed by law, sixteen million one hundred and thirty-eight thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>pay, miscellaneous.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay, miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>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 civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of midshipmen while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment as midshipmen: for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards: expenses of courts-martial, prisoners and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/663">663</page>prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, 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 the 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 dis-tress; 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 and incidental expenses, six hundred thousand dollars; <proviso><i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p></sidenote> That hereafter in cases where orders are given to officers of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Actual expenses of travel.</p></sidenote> Navy or Marine Corps for travel to be performed repeatedly between two or more places in such vicinity as in the, discretion of the Secretary of the Navy is appropriate, he may direct that actual and necessary expenses only be allowed.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent. Navy</inline>: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote> 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, ten thousand dollars. And that the unexpended balance of the appropriation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bringing home remains from abroad.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31. p. 685.</p></sidenote> of ten thousand dollars made in the Act approved June seventh, nineteen hundred, to enable the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who die or are killed in action, ashore or afloat, outside of the continental limits of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, made available until used.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>emergency fund, navy department.</heading>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">To meet unforeseen contingencies for the maintenance of the Navy<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Emergency fund.</p></sidenote> constantly arising, to be expended at the discretion of the President, one hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the accounting officers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civilians employed in island posessions.</p></sidenote> of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow, in the settlement of the accounts of disbursing officers involved, payments made under the appropriation “Emergency fund” to civilian employees appointed by the Navy Department for duty in and serving at naval stations maintained in the island possessions during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, and until such time as Congress shall make specific appropriation for the pay of such employees.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, is authorized to pay<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transit pay.</p></sidenote> all civilian employees appointed for duty in the Philippine, Hawaiian, and Samoan islands, the island of Guam, and the island of Porto Rico, from the date of their sailing from the United States until they report for duty to the officer under whom they are to serve, and while returning to the United States by the most direct route and with due expedition, a per diem compensation corresponding to their pay while actually employed; and in cases where the appointee is not to fill an existing vacancy his pay while traveling may be charged to the annual appropriation of the bureau concerned.</p>
</content>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of navigation.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Transportation, recruiting, and contingent</inline>: Expenses of recruiting<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation, recruiting, and contingent.</p></sidenote> 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 transporta-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/664">664</page>tion of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad; transportation and subsistence en route to their homes, if residents of the United States, of enlisted men and apprentices discharged on medical survey; transportation and subsistence en route to the places of enlistment, if residents of the United States, of enlisted men and apprentices discharged on account of expiration of enlistment; 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 men and boys, schoolbooks for training apprentices and landsmen, maintenance of gunnery class, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen and impossible to classify, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gunnery exercises.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Gunnery exercises</inline>: Prizes for excellence in 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, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Outfits.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apprentices.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Outfits for naval apprentices</inline>: Outfits for two thousand five hundred naval apprentices and one hundred hospital apprentices, at forty-five dollars each, one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Landsmen.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Outfits for landsmen</inline>: Outfits for five thousand landsmen under training for seamen, at forty-five dollars each, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlisted men, first enlistment.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Outfits on first enlistment</inline>: Outfits for all enlisted men of the Navy on first enlistment, other than naval apprentices, hospital apprentices, and landsmen under training for seamen, three thousand men, at forty-five dollars each, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance of colliers.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of colliers</inline>: Pay, transportation, shipping, and subsistence of civilian officers and crews of naval colliers, and all expenses connected with naval colliers employed in emergencies which can not be paid from other appropriations, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval training stations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Yerba Buena Island, Cal.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Naval training station, California</inline>: Maintenance of naval apprentice training station. Yerba Buena Island, California, namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves: general care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live, stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and mate-rials: postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contingent expenses, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coasters Harbor Island, R. I.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Naval training station, Rhode Island</inline>: Maintenance of naval apprentice training station. Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island, namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; dredging channels; extending sea wall: repairs to causeway and sea wall; general care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and attendance on same: wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs to same: fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and furniture; books, tools, and necessary appliances for petty officers’ school: stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and <page identifier="/us/stat/32/665">665</page>materials; postage and telegraphing: telephones, and all other contingent expenses, fifty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval training station, Great Lakes</inline>: The Secretary of the Navy<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Great Lakes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional station.</p></sidenote> is hereby directed to appoint aboard, composed of naval officers, whose duty it shall be to select on the Great Lakes a suitable site for an additional naval training station, and, having selected such site, if upon private lands, to estimate its value and ascertain, as nearly as practicable, the cost for which it can be purchased or acquired, and of their proceedings and action to make full and detailed report to the Secretary, who shall transmit such report with his recommendations thereon to Congress for its action And to defray the expenses of said board the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval War College, Rhode Island</inline>: For maintenance of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval War College.</p></sidenote> Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of grounds for same, eight thousand dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand two hundred dollars per year; general repairs to woodwork, and so forth, minor alterations in quarters, and necessary renewals of furniture, two thousand six hundred dollars; installing lightning protection for college building, four hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-five cents; services of a lecturer on international law, to be immediately available, one thousand dollars; services of civilian lecturers rendered at the War College, to be immediately available, six hundred dollars; purchase of books of reference, four hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand two hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</inline>: One superintendent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa.</p></sidenote> of grounds at seven hundred and twenty 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 assist-ant 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; one head waitress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; eight waitresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one kitchen servant, at two hundred dollars; 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 eight hundred and forty-five dollars; one engineer for elevator and machinery, six hundred dollars; three laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; three laborers, at three hundred dollars each; total for employees, thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars. Miscellaneous: Water rent and lighting, two thousand one hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses, and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, seven hundred and eighty dollars; repairs to buildings, boilers, furnaces, furniture, eight thousand dollars: music in chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval Home, one hundred dollars: support of beneficiaries, fifty thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars; in all, for Naval Home, seventy-six thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars, which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of ordnance.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Ordnance.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Ordnance and ordnance stores; For procuring, producing, preserving,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ordnance and ordnance stores.</p></sidenote> and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ord-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/666">666</page>nance Department: for watchmen at magazines, powder factories, and powder depots; for furniture in ordnance buildings at navy-yards and stations; for maintenance of the proving ground and powder factory; and for target practice, eight hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reserve supply of ammunition.</p></sidenote>Reserve supply of ammunition, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Converting guns.</p></sidenote>Conversion of ordinary six-inch guns to rapid fire, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smokeless powder.</p></sidenote>Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improved batteries.</p></sidenote>New and improved battery for the Newark, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">New and improved batteries for the New Orleans and Albany, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Navy-Yard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipment of store-house.</p></sidenote>Equipment of new storehouse already authorized on the ordnance dock at the New York Navy-Yard, including crane supports and run-ways, traveling crane, freight elevators, gun skids and appliances for handling guns, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steel-casting plant, Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote>Erection of a steel-casting plant at the naval gun factory, Washington. District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Laboratory.</p></sidenote>Equipments for the chemical and physical laboratory at the naval gun factory Washington. District of Columbia, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Machine tools, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensacola, Fla.</p></sidenote>Purchase and installation of machine tools for ordnance purposes at the navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida, twelve thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bremerton, Wash.</p></sidenote>Purchase and installation of machine tools and motive power in ordnance workshops already authorized at navy-yard, Puget Sound, Bremerton, Washington, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improved machinery, Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote>Purchase of new and improved machinery for existing shops of the naval gun factory at the Washington Navy-Yard, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 814.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 27, p. 28.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers</inline>: Toward the armament of modern guns for auxiliary cruisers mentioned in the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and in section four of the Act approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase by contract.</p></sidenote>hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, purchase by contract all or any part of such guns.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reserve guns for ships.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Reserve guns for ships of the Navy</inline>: The purchase and manufacture of reserve guns for ships of the Navy, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unexpended balance reappropriated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1027.</p></sidenote>That, the unexpended balance remaining in the Treasury on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, from the appropriation “Ordnance and ordnance stores,” nineteen hundred, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reappropriated and made available during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, for expenditure in fulfillment of contracts heretofore made and properly chargeable to said appropriation.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torpedo station, Newport, R. I.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island</inline>: 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-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arming, etc., Naval Militia.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Arming and equipping Naval Militia</inline>: For arms, accouterments, signal outfits, boats and their equipment, repairs to vessels loaned to States in accordance with law, and the printing or purchase of the necessary books of instruction for the Naval Militia of the various States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance</inline>: For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other items of like character, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Miscellaneous, Bureau of Ordnance</inline>: For miscellaneous items, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/667">667</page>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 inspection of ordnance material, seventy-live thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Civil establishment. Bureau of Ordnance</inline>: Navy-yard, Portsmouth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, N. H.</p></sidenote> New Hampshire: For one writer, at one thousand dollars:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Boston. Massachusetts: For one writer, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N. Y.</p></sidenote> four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, League Island. Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">League Island, Pa.</p></sidenote> thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one chemist, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote> two thousand five hundred dollars: two foremen of gun factory, at two thousand two hundred dollars each: one chief clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars: one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, atone thousand two hundred dollars: one clerk, at one thousand one hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three draftsmen, atone thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and copyist, at one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand five hundred and six dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Smokeless-powder factory: For one chemist, at two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Smokeless-powder factory.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Maryland: For one writer, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Head proving ground, Md.</p></sidenote> one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport, R. I.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torpedo station.</p></sidenote> 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;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, forty-one thousand and six dollars and seventy-five cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of equipment.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Equipment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Coal and transportation</inline>: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coal, etc.</p></sidenote> ships’ use, and other equipment purposes, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling the same, two million five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Equipment of vessels</inline>: For hemp, wire, iron, and other materials<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipment of vessels.</p></sidenote> for the manufacture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for all purposes on board naval vessels, including the expenses of transportation and storage of the same; stationery for commanding and navigating officers of ships, equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial on hoard ship; the removal and transportation of ashes from ships of war; interior appliances and tools for equipment buildings in navy-yards and naval stations, and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment at home <page identifier="/us/stat/32/668">668</page>and abroad, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards; all pilot-age and towage of ships of war; canal tolls, wharfage, dock and port charges, and other necessary incidental expenses of a similar nature; 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, and 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; photographs, photographic instruments, and materials; musical instruments and music; installing, maintaining, and repairing interior and exterior signal communications and all electrical appliances of whatsoever nature on board naval vessels, except, range finders, battle order and range transmitters and indicators, and motors and their controlling apparatus used to operate the machinery belonging to other bureaus, two million dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ocean and lake surveys.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Ocean and lake surveys</inline>: For hydrographic surveys, and for the purchase of nautical books, charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on the same, one hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depots for coal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1552/p364">R. S., sec. 1552, p. 364</ref>.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Depots for coal</inline>: To enable the Secretary of the Navy to execute the provisions of section fifteen hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to establish, at such places as he may deem necessary, suitable depots for coal and other fuel, for the supply of steamships of war, including the purchase of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures for land purchase.</p></sidenote>necessary land, six hundred and forty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby authorized and directed to allow, in the settlement of the accounts of disbursing officers of the Government, all expenditures heretofore made for land purchased for use as naval coal depots.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent, Bureau of Equipment</inline>: For freight and transportation of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, advertising, telegraphing, books, and models; stationery; furniture for equipment offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sent abroad; ferriage, ice, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossible to classify, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Civil Establishment.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil Establishment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, N. H.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Bureau of Equipment</inline>: Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope-walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand three hundred dollars; two writers, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, six thousand four hundred and seventy five dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N. Y.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two writers, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; one clerk in charge of distribution of books at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand seven hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">League Island, Pa.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/669">669</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Norfolk. Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars each: one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars: in all, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal,</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars: one clerk, at one thousand dollars: one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars: in all, three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, who<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote> shall also perform the clerical duties for the board of labor employment at said navy-yard, one thousand six hundred dollars:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Cavite, Philippine Islands: For one electrician, at five dollars and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cavite, P. I.</p></sidenote> four cents per diem: one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-two cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One clerk, one thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensacola, Fla.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Royal, S, C.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval station, Key West, Florida: One clerk, one thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Key West, Fla.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, Wash.</p></sidenote> dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, thirty-one thousand four hundred and two dollars and fifty-two cents.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of yards and docks.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Yards and Docks.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Maintenance of yards and docks</inline>: For general maintenance of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maintenance.</p></sidenote> yards and docks, namely: For freight, transportation of materials and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of fire engines; fire apparatus and plants; machinery; 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: attendance on light and power plants: cleaning and clearing up yards and care of buildings: attendance on tires, lights, fire engines, and fire apparatus and plants: incidental labor at navy-yards; water-tax, tolls, and ferriage; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, and advertising for yards and docks and other purposes: and for rent of wharf and storehouse at Erie. Pennsylvania, for use and accommodation of United States steamer Michigan, six hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks</inline>: For contingent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote> expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks</inline>: Navy-yard,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, N. H.</p></sidenote> 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 draftsman, at four dollars per diem: one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand three hundred and thirty-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts</inline>: For one clerk, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote> four hundred dollars: one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at two dollars per diem; one messenger, at two dollars per diem: one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents: one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars: one electrician, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/670">670</page>at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, rune thousand eight hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-rive cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N. Y.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one yard pilot, two thousand dollars; two masters of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two writers, at nine hundred dollars each; one foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem each; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one quarterman, at three dollars per diem; one superintendent of teams, or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at two dollars and twenty-rive cents per diem, including Sundays; one messenger, yards and docks, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one stenographer and typewriter, at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem: one electrician, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, or accountant, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirteen cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sacketts Harbor, N. Y.</p></sidenote>Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">League Island, Pa.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 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; one master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one master of tugs, at one thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand nine hundred and seventyth rec dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seven-teen dollars and twenty-rive cents: in all, five thousand six hundred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one fore-man laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, at 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; one master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand rive hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensacola, Fla.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Royal, S. C.</p></sidenote>Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, three dollars per diem; one messenger and janitor, one dollar and fifty cents per diem; one master of tugs, one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, including Sundays, two dollars per diem: one telegraph operator, including Sundays, two dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Key West, Fla.</p></sidenote>Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six hundred dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/671">671</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, New Orleans. Louisiana: For one clerk, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans, La.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, at three dollars per diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem, including Sundays; in all, two thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal.</p></sidenote> 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 one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; 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 electrician, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one quarterman joiner, at four dollars and fifty-six cents per diem: one telegraph operator, at three dollars and twenty-eight cents per diem; in all, fourteen thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, Wash.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem, including Sundays; one master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist, at nine hundred dollars; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, nine hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand six hundred and seven dollars and forty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico: One clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval stations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Juan, P. R.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars; one writer, commandant’s office, nine hundred and sixty dollars: one mail messenger, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval station, Hawaii: One writer, at three dollars and twenty-five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hawaii.</p></sidenote> cents per diem; one messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; in all, one thousand seven hundred and forty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: One clerk, one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cavite, P. I.</p></sidenote> two hundred dollars; one time clerk, four hundred and eighty dollars; one writer, three hundred and sixty dollars; one messenger, two hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, one hundred and eighty dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, one hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-eight cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the appointment of six additional civil engineers is hereby authorized,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional civil engineers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1197.</p></sidenote> three to be appointed during the present calendar year, and the other three in the calendar year of nineteen hundred and three.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public works, bureau of yards and docks, navy-yards and stations, naval academy, and new naval observatory.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public works.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire</inline>: Quay wall, to extend,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, N. H.</p></sidenote> seventy-five thousand dollars; grading, to continue, fifty thousand dollars; railroad and rolling stock, additions, ten thousand dollars; sewer systems, extensions, four thousand dollars; water systems, extensions, four thousand dollars; latrines, six thousand dollars; storehouse for general supplies, to complete, seventy-five thousand dollars; tools for yards and docks, four thousand dollars; locomotive crane and track, thirty-five thousand dollars; electric plant, extensions, twenty-five thousand dollars; telephone system, extensions, one thousand five hundred dollars; central heating plant, twenty-two thousand dollars; piers and slips, fifty thousand dollars; landing floats, one thousand eight hundred dollars: underground <page identifier="/us/stat/32/672">672</page>conduit system, to continue, twenty thousand dollars; office, drafting, and testing rooms for yards and docks, four thousand dollars; machine shop for equipment, extension of, thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars; chain shed and rigging loft for equipment, fifty thousand dollars; machine shop for steam engineering, extension of, fifty thousand dollars; power house and stack for steam engineering, thirty-five thousand dollars; steel-plant building for construction and repair (to cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars), fifty thousand dollars; new floor in building numbered seven, thirty thousand dollars: elevator and fittings, machine shop for equipment, six thousand dollars: fire-protection system, to complete, fifty thousand dollars; to enable the Secretary of the Navy to make an examination concerning the fresh-water supply at the Portsmouth Navy-Yard, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed, said examination to include a survey of the ponds which constitute the sources of the aqueduct, an ascertainment of the quality of the water, an inquiry as to its sufficiency for all future needs, and an estimate of the value of the aqueduct, dams, and ponds; and said Secretary shall consider the desirability of controlling, by purchase or otherwise, solely for the use of the Government, the whole water sup-ply, and he shall make such recommendations on the subject as he may deem expedient to Congress at its next session; for the removal of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Henderson Point, removal of.</p></sidenote>Hendersons Point, near the navy-yard. Portsmouth. New Hampshire, in accordance with the project recommended in House Document Numbered Two hundred and forty-three. Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, two hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>of the Secretary of the Navy: <i>Provided,</i> That a contract or contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of the Navy for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time he made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate five hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated; in all, eight hundred and seventy-two thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts</inline>: Ship-fitters’ shop, to complete, fifty thousand dollars; metal workers’ shop, to complete, fifty thousand dollars: piers and wharves, extensions, seventy-five thousand dollars; smithery for construction and repair, to complete, fifty thousand dollars; sawmill and spar shed, to complete, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: water-closets for building numbered forty-two, additional, two thousand five hundred dollars: water system, extensions, ten thousand dollars; sewer system, extensions, ten thousand dollars; electric-light plant, extensions, ten thousand dollars; <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1185.</p></sidenote>extension of naval prison, sixty thousand dollars; electric crane, steam engineering brass foundry, ten thousand dollars; culvert between dry docks, forty-one thousand two hundred dollars; forty-ton locomotive crime, forty thousand dollars: track for traveling crane, fifty-five thousand dollars: water-closets, additional, two thousand five hundred dollars; underground conduit system, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars; crane for yards and docks power house, seven thousand dollars; dispensary, twelve thousand dollars; fireproof floor in anchor and chain shed, twenty thousand dollars; forge shop, interior fittings for, five thousand dollars; erecting one-hundred-ton shears, five thousand dollars: paving, to continue, twenty thousand dollars: in all, navy-yard. Boston, seven hundred and two thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New London, Conn.</p></sidenote>Naval Station, New London, Connecticut: Sea wall, sixteen thousand dollars; coaling plant, extensions, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, forty-one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N. Y.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, New York, New York</inline>: Paving and grading, to continue, twenty thousand dollars; dredging, to continue, twenty-five <page identifier="/us/stat/32/673">673</page>thousand dollars; coal-storage and coal-handling plant, extensions, one hundred thousand dollars; railroad system, extensions, fifteen thousand dollars; extending building numbered forty-one, sixty thousand dollars; locomotive and car shed, twenty-five thousand dollars; improvements to building numbered one hundred and twenty, twenty-two thousand dollars; fittings for building numbered thirty-three, six thousand dollars; fittings and electric tower, building numbered twenty-two, twenty-seven thousand dollars; extending locomotive-crane track, twenty thousand dollars; electric plant, extensions, forty” thousand dollars; electric-light system, extensions on cob dock, twenty-eight thousand dollars: rebuilding crane track, dry dock numbered three, seventeen thousand dollars: extending building numbered one hundred and sixteen, ten thousand dollars; coal pocket and machinery” for construction and repair, six thousand dollars; electric wiring, building numbered twenty-eight, six thousand dollars; storehouse for naval supply fund stores, to complete, fifty thousand dollars: new roof for steam-engineering foundry, twenty-two thousand dollars; to complete building numbered nineteen, sixty thousand dollars; extension to dispensary building, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, navy-yard. New York. New York, five hundred and sixty thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania</inline>: To continue retaining<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">League Island. Pa.</p></sidenote> wall about reserve basin, fifty thousand dollars; grading and paving, to continue, twenty-five thousand dollars; sewer system, extensions, five thousand dollars; electric plant, extensions, forty thousand dollars; railroad system, extensions, fifteen thousand dollars; officers’ quarters, additional, eight, thousand dollars; power house for construction and repair, fifty thousand dollars; angle smithery for construction and repair, to complete, fifteen thousand dollars; plate-bending shop for construction and repair, to complete, twenty-five thousand dollars; piers, extensions, sixty thousand dollars: locomotive-crane track, extensions, thirty thousand dollars; machinery foundations, steam engineering buildings, thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars; power house for steam engineering, forty-six thousand dollars; dredging, to continue, twenty-five thousand dollars; water-closets, additional, two thousand five hundred dollars; water system, extension, twelve thousand dollars: towards storehouse for naval supplies, seventy-five thousand dollars, in all, navy-yard, League Island, five hundred and twenty-two thousand three hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia</inline>: Gunners’ store-house,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington. D. C.</p></sidenote> eighty-eight thousand dollars; coppersmith shop, thirty-two thousand dollars; bronzing and plating house, twenty’ thousand dollars; purchase of land, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Washington, two hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia</inline>: Paving and grading, to continue,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote> fifteen thousand dollars; sewers, extensions, five thousand dollars; Stay wall for fitting-out basin, to continue, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; locomotive-crane track, to renew, fifteen thousand dollars; railroad tracks, extensions, six thousand dollars; machinery and tools for yards and docks, additional, three thousand dollars; rail-road rolling stock, three thousand dollars; telephone system, extensions, one thousand five hundred dollars; locomotive crane, five thousand dollars; fittings for ordnance storehouse, thirty-five thousand dollars: fire-protection system, fifteen thousand dollars; fittings for yard dispensary, five hundred dollars; heating system, additions, rive thousand dollars; electric plant, extensions, ten thousand dollars; remodeling machine shop for steam engineering, to complete, twenty-five thousand dollars; electric capstans for dry docks, five thousand dollars; electric drainage pump for dry docks, ten thousand dollars; steel storage building, thirty thousand dollars; construction of a bridge <page identifier="/us/stat/32/674">674</page>for naval hospital, five thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, three hundred and forty-four thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condemnation of additional land.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Condemnation of land adjacent to the Norfolk Navy-Yard</inline>.—The Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to cause to be commenced, within three months after the passage of this Act, proceedings for the condemnation of the following tract of land, or so much thereof as he may deem necessary, for the use of the United States for the Norfolk Navy-Yard, and for other naval purposes, namely, a tract of land known as the Schmolles property, containing some two hundred and seventy-two and four-tenths acres, more or less, in Norfolk County, Virginia, and adjacent to the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 357.</p></sidenote>Norfolk Navy-Yard, under the Act of Congress approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act to authorize the condemnation of lands for sites of public buildings, and for other purposes,” and other laws of the United States, so as to completely vest in the United States the title of said land. And all such proceedings shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report.</p></sidenote>be reported to Congress at its next session by the Secretary of the Navy.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Key West, Fla.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Naval station, Key West, Florida</inline>: Quay wall, to continue, fifty thousand dollars; coaling pier, to complete, twenty-three thousand dollars; concrete cisterns, twenty thousand dollars; to complete purchase of land heretofore condemned and partially appropriated for, twenty-five thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars: in all, naval station, Key West, one hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, Mare Island, California</inline>: To continue quay wall, fifty thousand dollars; paving and grading, to continue, twenty-five thousand dollars; sewers and closets, additional, eight thousand dollars; railroad system, extensions, five thousand dollars; heating system, extension, six thousand dollars; machine shop numbered two, construction and repair, to complete, fifty thousand dollars; auxiliary machine shop, steam engineering, five thousand dollars; naval prison, extension, ten thousand dollars; dry dock water-closets and bath house, five thousand dollars; coal-handling machinery, thirty-two thousand dollars; improvements to building numbered forty-live, two thousand dollars; electric plant, extension, fifteen thousand dollars; telephone system, extension, one thousand dollars; boiler and pump for new caisson, three thousand five hundred dollars; improvements to building for storing and handling guns, six thousand dollars; to complete sawmill, boiler house, and steel chimney, two thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Mare Island, two hundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, Wash.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington</inline>: Sewers, extensions, five thousand dollars; to continue, grading, thirty thousand dollars; coal shed and appliances, including pier extensions, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; fire-protection system, extensions, three thousand five hundred dollars; electric-light plant, extensions, twenty thousand dollars; telephone system, extensions, two thousand dollars; railroad and equipment, extensions, twenty thousand dollars; purchase of land, four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; smithery for construction and repair, extension, forty thousand dollars; plate metal shop for construe ion and repair, fifty thousand dollars; addition to storehouse, for supplies and accounts, fifty thousand dollars; boat shop for construction and repair (to cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized), fifty thousand dollars; water-closets, two thousand five hundred dollars; power house for construction and repair, seventy thousand dollars; storehouse for steel, thirty-six thousand dollars; piers, seventy-five thousand dollars; roads and walks, fifteen thousand dollars; water system, extensions, five thousand dollars; locomotive crane, eight <page identifier="/us/stat/32/675">675</page>thousand five hundred dollars; foundry and coppersmith’s shop (to cost not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized), fifty thousand dollars; boiler and blacksmith shop (to cost not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized), fifty thousand dollars; heating-system extensions, four thousand dollars; boiler stack and fittings for equipment shop, ten thousand dollars; quay wall, sixty thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Puget Sound. Washington, eight hundred and ten thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico</inline>: Coaling facilities, extensions,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Juan, P. R.</p></sidenote> fifty thousand dollars; in all, San Juan, Porto Rico, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida</inline>: Track scales, two thousand five<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensacola, Fla.</p></sidenote> hundred dollars; in all, navy-yard, Pensacola, two thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana</inline>: Shops and offices for<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans, La.</p></sidenote> yards and docks, eighty thousand dollars; power house and plant, seventy-five thousand dollars; office building, thirty-five thousand dollars; quarters for commandant, ten thousand dollars; two officers’ quarters, fourteen thousand dollars; storehouse, one hundred thousand dollars; sewer system, fifteen thousand dollars; water system, ten thousand dollars; in all, naval station. New Orleans. Louisiana, three hundred and thirty-nine thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Four dry docks</inline>: To complete dry docks at navy-yards: Portsmouth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dry docks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Completion.</p></sidenote> New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; League Island, Pennsylvania, and Mare Island, California, one million and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval station, Tutuila</inline>: One officers’ quarters, five thousand dollars;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tutuila, Samoa.</p></sidenote> office building, ten thousand dollars; roads and walks, five thousand dollars; grading and filling, thirty thousand dollars; telephone system, two thousand dollars; light-house, Aunuu Island, one thousand dollars; waterworks and accessories, five thousand dollars; purchase of additional land at Samoa, thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, naval station, Tutuila, ninety-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Port Royal naval station, South Carolina</inline>: The Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Royal, S. C.</p></sidenote> the Navy is directed to investigate and report to the next session of Congress the state and condition of the Government property at Port Royal, South Carolina; its value and the practicability of its removal to another navy-yard; also to what uses, if any, said buildings and property can be devoted; what changes would be necessary for such purpose, and an estimate of cost therefor; also upon the advisability of selling and finally disposing of said property, and what price could probably be realized from such sale.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Navy-yard, Charleston, South Carolina</inline>: Stone and concrete<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charleston, S. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dry dock.</p></sidenote> dry dock (toward completion), two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the amount authorized in the Act of Juno seventh,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval station.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 695.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of cost.</p></sidenote> nineteen hundred, to be expended for the purchase of a site for a naval station at or in the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, from the appropriation for a new naval station and a dock be increased from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and six thousand dollars, and six thousand dollars are hereby appropriated; office building for the commandant, thirty-five thousand dollars; quarters for the commandant, twelve thousand dollars: quarters for civil engineer, seven thousand five hundred dollars; landing and wharves, fifty thousand dollars; grading and drainage, ten thousand dollars; workshop (to cost eighty thousand dollars), fifty thousand dollars; storehouse and storekeepers’ office, fifty thousand dollars; equipment building (to cost one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars), sixty-two thousand, five hundred dollars; machine shop for steam engineering (to cost one hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars), eighty thousand dollars; <page identifier="/us/stat/32/676">676</page>foundry and copper shop for steam engineering (to cost one hundred and eighteen thousand dollars), sixty thousand dollars: power house (to cost fifty thousand dollars), twenty-five thousand dollars; work-shop for ordnance, forty thousand throe hundred dollars; ship titters’ shop with mold loft and furnace shed for construction and repair (to cost two hundred thousand dollars), fifty thousand dollars; power house and fuel storage for construction and repair (to cost eighty thousand dollars), thirty-five thousand dollars; machine shop for construction and repair (to cost one hundred and twenty thousand dollars), forty thousand dollars; joiner shop for construction and repair (to cost one hundred and twenty thousand dollars), thirty thousand dollars; foundry for construction and repair (to cost seventy-five thousand dollars), twenty thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Charleston, nine hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred dollars.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>In all cases where buildings and structures are provided for in this Act and whore appropriations in full are not made for the same, authority is hereby given to the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to enter into contracts for the entire construction of such buildings and structures, with the limit of cost as fixed in this Act.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs and preservation.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations</inline>: For repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cavite, P. I.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands</inline>: Tools and appliances for yards and docks, five thousand dollars; fire-protection system and apparatus, twelve thousand dollars; railroad system, improvements and extensions, nine thousand dollars; fitting up coal sheds, seven thousand five hundred dollars; toward the purchase or construction of a floating steel dry dock (of American manufacture) (to cost not to exceed one million two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars), two hundred thousand dollars: in all, two hundred and thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans and specifications.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Plans and specifications for public works</inline>: For the preparation of plans and specifications for public works, including such expert aids, draftsmen, writers, and copyists as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, public works, seven million six hundred and forty-nine thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public works—bureau of navigation.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public works.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Academy.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New buildings, etc.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval Academy</inline>: Buildings and grounds, Naval Academy: Toward the construction of buildings, and for other necessary improvements, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 696.</p></sidenote>at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, as authorized by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1188.</p></sidenote>Act of Congress approved June seventh, nineteen hundred, and in accordance with the plans approved by the Secretary of the Navy, October third, nineteen hundred, and toward the construction of a <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital.</p></sidenote>hospital (to cost not more than one hundred thousand dollars), to be built upon plans approved by the Secretary of the Navy, three hundred <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dredging.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars; for dredging up to and in front of the Naval Academy, two hundred thousand dollars; in all, five hundred thousand dollars, the amount hereby appropriated to constitute a part of the eight million dollars’ limit fixed for the total cost of said buildings <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts, etc.</p></sidenote>and improvements: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, continue the said improvements at the Naval Academy, either by contract or day labor, or both, as he may deem necessary or for the best interests of the Government.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Training stations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">California.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Naval training station, California (buildings)</inline>: Two officers’ quarters, twelve thousand dollars; sinking artesian wells and water supply, seven thousand five hundred dollars; roads and grounds, three thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of tools and fitting up <page identifier="/us/stat/32/677">677</page>machine shop, two thousand five hundred dollars: installation of cold-storage room, originally planned, three thousand five hundred dollars; building boathouse and carpenter shop on wharf, two thousand five hundred dollars: in all, thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval training station, Rhode Island (buildings)</inline>: Completing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rhode Island.</p></sidenote> breakwater and extending sea wall, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; completing roads and sidewalks, and paving approaches to new barracks, seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; assembly, lecture, and reading room, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; three double sets officers’ quarters, thirty-six thousand dollars; carpenter shop and boathouse for repairs, storage, and preservation of steam launches and boats, eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars; retaining wall on causeway leading from mainland to station, with guardhouses, iron-picket fence, gates, gatehouse, and appurtenances and for filling and macadamizing road, and repairs to bridge, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars; for constructing fifteen-foot mole at storehouse for discharging and loading boats and lighters, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, naval training station, Rhode Island, one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval War College, Rhode Island; Buildings</inline>: Building and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval War College.</p></sidenote> furnishing a fireproof annex to the college, with a covered connecting bridge, sixty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, “Public works, Bureau of Navigation,” seven hundred and five thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public works—bureau of ordnance.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public works.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Ordnance.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval magazine, Iona Island, New York: Roads and walks;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval magazines.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Iona Island, N. Y.</p></sidenote> grading and filling in; wall on west side of reservation; ice house; extension of railroad tracks; magnetic-clock system for watch service, and general improvements, forty-nine thousand five, hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval magazine, Dover, Lake Denmark, New Jersey: For the purchase<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dover, N. J.</p></sidenote> of additional land (about seventy-five acres) to secure control of a water supply, and expenses incident to said purchase: two powder magazines; pump house; two magazines for high explosives; carpenter’s shop, and equipments therefor; coal sheds: extension of railroad tracks; rolling stock for local service; grading; road making; walls; fences, and general improvements; quarters for gunner, and quarters for watchmen and principal employees, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval magazine, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania: Storehouse for ammunition,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Mifflin, Pa.</p></sidenote> five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval magazine, Norfolk, Virginia: Fireproof building, and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote> equipment thereof, for magazine workshop: one filling house; extension of railroad tracks; extension of fire and water service; for the purchase of additional land and expenses attending such purchase; or quarters for watchmen and principal employees; in all, forty-six thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: Renewing sea wall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport. R. I.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Torpedo station.</p></sidenote> on east side of Goat Island, filling in and grading; erection and equipment of a carpenter’s shop and one set of quarters, twenty-eight thousand dollars; in all, naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island, twenty-eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Maryland: Powder magazine,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian Head proving ground.</p></sidenote> roads, walks, walls, fences, grading, draining, filling in, and two sets of quarters for officers: in all, naval proving ground, Indian Head, twenty-three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Quarters, Rose Island, Narragansett Bay: Quarters for watchmen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rose Island, Narragansett Bay.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quarters.</p></sidenote> and gunners, five thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval magazine, Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor: Enlargement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor.</p></sidenote> <page identifier="/us/stat/32/678">678</page>of shipping house; office building; dredging channel; repairs to sea wall, and general improvements, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal.</p></sidenote>Naval magazine, Mare Island, California: For new water mains and tire service at magazines; repairs to magazine wharf; steel shed for storage purposes; carpenters’ shop; extension of shell house numbered four; repairs to magazine numbered one, injured by fire; three magazines for smokeless powder; one magazine for black powder, and one magazine for small-arm ammunition, eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, Wash.</p></sidenote>Naval magazine, Puget Sound, Washington: For the purchase of land for a site for a naval magazine at or near Bremerton, Washington, and toward the erection thereon of the necessary buildings; for clearing said grounds; for grading and filling in: for building roads and walks; for the necessary wharves and cranes; for railroad tracks and rolling stock for local service: for fire and water service, and for the equipment, of the establishment, fifty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary; and the Secretary of the Navy may employ and pay, out of the appropriation hereby authorized, such additional expert aids, architects, superintendents of construction, or draftsmen as may be necessary for the preparation of the plans and specifications and prosecution of the work authorized to an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars; in all, naval magazine, Bremerton, Washington, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, public works, Bureau of Ordnance, three hundred and ninety-two thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>naval observatory.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Observatory.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grounds and roads.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Naval Observatory</inline>: For grounds and roads; continuing grading, extending roads and paths, chairing and improving grounds, five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 740.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Publication of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac</inline>: Hereafter there, shall be published of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac two thousand five hundred copies, five hundred of which shall be for the use of the Senate, one thousand for the use of the Mouse of Representatives, and one thousand for distribution or sale by the Navy Department.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of medicine and surgery.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surgeon’s necessaries.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Medical Department</inline>: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in commission, navy-yards, naval stations. Marine Corps, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, and department of instruction, museum of hygiene, and Naval Academy, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hospital fund.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Naval hospital fund</inline>: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</inline>: For freight, expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick enlisted persons 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 <page identifier="/us/stat/32/679">679</page>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, and for minor repairs on buildings and grounds of the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene; for the care, maintenance, and treatment of the insane of the Navy and Marine Corps on the Pacific coast, and all other necessary contingent expenses, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</inline>: For necessary repairs<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs,</p></sidenote> of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hospitals and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval hospital, Mare Island, California</inline>: Repairs and improvements<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval hospitals.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal</p></sidenote> in fitting up old buildings and building new; for changing officers’ quarters into wards for enlisted men and building quarters for officers outside naval hospital, twenty thousand dollars; for construction of a contagious-disease hospital, ten thousand dollars: in all, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Naval hospital, Canacao, Philippine Islands</inline>: Repairs and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Canacao, P. I.</p></sidenote> improvements in fitting up old buildings and building new; building wharf, roads, and preparing grounds, and establishing a naval hospital at Canacao, Philippine Islands, to take the place of the present temporary hospital at Cavite, and for the transfer of public property from the old buildings to the new, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>supplies and accounts.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Provisions, Navy</inline>: For provisions and commuted rations for the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions, etc.</p></sidenote> 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 (other than commissioned officers of the line, medical and pay corps and chief boatswains, chief gunners, chief sailmakers, chief carpenters) and midshipmen, 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); labor in general storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including naval stations maintained in island possessions under the control of the United States, and expenses in handling stores purchased under the naval-supply fund; one chemist, at two thousand five hundred dollars<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chemists.</p></sidenote> per annum, and two chemists, at two thousand dollars each per annum, three million five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That section fifteen hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1580/p270">R. S., sec. 1580, p. 270</ref>, amended.</p></sidenote> the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:</p>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1580">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1580. </num>
<content class="inline">The Navy ration shall consist of the following daily<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy ration, constituents of.</p></sidenote> allowance of provisions to each person: One pound and a quarter salt or smoked meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces of canned fruit, and three gills of beans or peas, or twelve ounces of flour; or one pound of preserved meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces of canned fruit, and twelve ounces of rice or eight ounces of canned vegetables or four ounces of desiccated vegetables; together with one pound of biscuit, two ounces of butter, four ounces of sugar, two ounces of coffee or cocoa or one-half ounce of tea and one ounce of condensed milk or evaporated cream; and a weekly allowance of one-half pound of macaroni, four ounces of cheese, four ounces of toma-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/680">680</page>toes, one-half pint of vinegar, one-half pint of pickles, one-half pint of molasses, four ounces of salt, one-quarter ounce of pepper, and one-half ounce of dry mustard. Five pounds of lard or a suitable substitute shall be allowed for every hundred pounds of flour issued as bread, and such quantities of yeast as may be necessary.”</content>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1581/p270">R. S., sec. 1581, p. 270</ref>, amended.</p></sidenote>That section fifteen hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:</p>
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<num value="1581">“<inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 1581. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substitute ration.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="inline">The following substitution for the components of the ration may be made when deemed necessary by the senior officer present in command:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“For one and one-quarter pounds of salt or smoked meat or one pound of preserved meat, one and three-quarters pounds of fresh meat; in lieu of the article usually issued with salt, smoked, or preserved meat, fresh vegetables of equal value; for one pound of biscuit, one and one-quarter pounds of soft bread, or eighteen ounces of flour; for three gills of beans or peas, twelve ounces of flour or rice or eight ounces of canned vegetables, and for twelve ounces of flour or rice or eight ounces of canned vegetables, three gills of beans or peas.”</p>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra allowance.</p></sidenote>That an extra allowance of one ounce of coffee or cocoa, two ounces of sugar, four ounces of bard bread or its equivalent, and four ounces of preserved meat or its equivalent shall be allowed to enlisted men of the engineer and dynamo force when standing night watches between eight o’clock postmeridian and eight o’clock antemeridian under steam.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Substitution of tomatoes for potatoes repealed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1584/p271">R. S., sec. 1584, p. 271</ref>, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 21, p. 86.</p></sidenote>That section fifteen hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and so much of the Act of May third, eighteen hundred and eighty, “making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for other purposes,” as authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to substitute desiccated tomatoes for desiccated potatoes, are hereby repealed.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commuted funds, enlisted men.</p></sidenote>That money accruing from the rations of enlisted men commuted for the benefit of any mess may be paid on public bills to the commissary officer by the pay officer having their accounts.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts</inline>: For freight and express charges, 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, safes, newspapers, ice, transportation of stores purchased under the naval-supply fund, and other incidental expenses, two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, N, H.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts</inline>: 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one shipping clerk, atone thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; one bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seven-teen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, five thousand two hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N., Y.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, New York, New York: In office of board of inspection: One writer, 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: two receiving clerks, at four dollars <page identifier="/us/stat/32/681">681</page>each per diem; 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 each per diem; five, pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents each 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; one writer, one thousand dollars; one storeman, nine hundred dollars; one principal clerk, provisions and clothing section, one thousand four hundred dollars; one principal clerk, supply fund section, one thousand four hundred dollars; one cloth inspector, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; in all, thirty-two thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars and three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">League Island, Pa,</p></sidenote> 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 receiving 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, seven thousand one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store-house:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote> 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 ship-ping 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Academy.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse (training<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Newport, R. I.</p></sidenote> station): One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. In general storehouse (torpedo station): One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two bookkeepers<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal.</p></sidenote> 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 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, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard. Norfolk. Virginia: In general storehouses: Two bookkeepers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote> 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; two receiving clerks, at nine hundred and forty-two dollars each. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, nine thousand and fifty-five dollars and seventy-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: In general storehouses:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cavite, P. I.</p></sidenote> One clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, at <page identifier="/us/stat/32/682">682</page>one thousand four hundred dollars; three assistant bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; one shipping and bill clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; three storekeepers, at one thousand dollars each, three thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars: one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars; two storemen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, Wash.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: In general storehouses: One principal clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars; one bill clerk, one, thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Key West, Fla.</p></sidenote>Naval station, Key West, Florida: One clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars: in all, one thousand two hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, one hundred and three thousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars and twenty-eight cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of construction and repair.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Construction and Repair.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preservation, repairs, etc., of vessels.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Construction and repair of vessels</inline>: For preservation and 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 all other auxiliaries; labor in navy-yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use in shops; carrying on work of experimental model tank; designing naval vessels; construction and repair of yard craft, lighters and barges for use at home stations; 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, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wooden ships.</p></sidenote>eight million dollars: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repair 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.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction plants.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, N. H.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Improvement of construction plants</inline>: Repairs to and improvement of plant at navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote>Construction plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Repair to and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard. Boston, Massachusetts, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N. Y.</p></sidenote>Construction plant, navy-yard, New York, New York; Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, New York, New York, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">League Island, Pa.</p></sidenote>Construction plant, navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard. League Island, Pennsylvania, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote>Construction plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal.</p></sidenote>Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Mare Island, California, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, Wash.</p></sidenote>Construction plant, navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at Puget Sound Navy-Yard, Washington, seventy five thousand dollars.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/683">683</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Construction plant, naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana: Construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New Orleans, La.</p></sidenote> plant at naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Construction plant, naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: Construction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cavite, P. I.</p></sidenote> plant at naval station, Philippine Islands, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Steel tugs, general service: Two steel tugs for general service, each<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steel tugs.</p></sidenote> seventy thousand dollars, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, N, H.</p></sidenote> Navy-yard, Portsmouth, Now Hampshire: 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: One clerk to naval constructor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, New York, New York: One clerk to naval constructor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N. Y.</p></sidenote> 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-rive cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard. League Island, Pennsylvania: One clerk to naval constructor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">League Island, Pa.</p></sidenote> at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-rive cents; in all, two thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: One clerk to naval<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington. D. C.</p></sidenote> constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: One clerk to naval constructor, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One writer, at one thousand and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensacola, Fla.</p></sidenote> seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk to naval<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Royal, S. C.</p></sidenote> constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Marc Island, California: One clerk to naval constructor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal.</p></sidenote> 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.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Puget Sound Navy-Yard, Washington: One clerk to naval constructor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, Wash.</p></sidenote> one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, civil establishment. Bureau of Construction and Repair, twenty-five thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-five cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That, in addition to the number of naval constructors and assistant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional assistant naval constructors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1007.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 1197.</p></sidenote> naval constructors now authorized, the appointment of six assistant naval constructors is hereby authorized, two to be appointed during the present calendar year and the remaining four in the calendar year of nineteen hundred and three.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>steam engineering.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Steam Engineering.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Steam machinery</inline>: For completion, repairing, and preservation of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Steam machinery.</p></sidenote> 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, two million one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores;<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials.</p></sidenote> <page identifier="/us/stat/32/684">684</page>purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, one million two hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidentals.</p></sidenote>For incidental expenses for navy vessels, yards, and the bureau, such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, books, stationery, office furnishings, and instruments, fifteen thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, steam machinery, three million four hundred and five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tests of liquid fuel.</p></sidenote>Tests of liquid fuel for naval purposes: For extended tests of liquid fuel from the California and Texas oil fields, under the direction of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Machinery plants.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">League Island, Pa.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Machinery plant</inline>: Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: To complete equipment of the entire new system of steam engineering shops being constructed under appropriation made to the Bureau of Yards and Docks for building and repairing modern marine machinery, including the power plant and necessary machine tools, cranes, and appliances for handling work, to cost not more than two hundred and thirty thousand dollars, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Machinery plant</inline>: Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For some necessary modern machine tools, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal,</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Machinery plant</inline>: Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: To complete equipment of the entire new system of steam engineering shops icing constructed under appropriation made to the Bureau of Yards and Docks for building and repairing modern marine machinery, including the power plant and necessary machine tools, cranes, and appliances for handling work (to cost not more than one hundred and eighty thousand dollars), eighty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, Wash.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Machinery plant</inline>: Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: To continue the equipment of the steam engineering shops being constructed under appropriation made to Bureau of Yards and Docks for building and repairing modern marine machinery, including the power plant and necessary machine tools, cranes, and appliances for handling work, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil establishment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Portsmouth, N. H.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering</inline>: Navy-yard. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: One clerk to department, at one thousand two hundred dollars: one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in ail, one thousand eight hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Boston, Mass.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: One clerk to department, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, one thousand four hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York, N. Y.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, New York, New York: One clerk to department, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">League Island, Pa.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: One clerk to department, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Norfolk, Va.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: One clerk to department, at one thousand three hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, one thousand nine hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensacola, Fla.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One writer, one thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mare Island, Cal.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: One clerk to department, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars: one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Port Royal, S. C.</p></sidenote>Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk to department, one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Puget Sound, Wash.</p></sidenote>Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk to department, one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/685">685</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: One clerk to department,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington, D. C.</p></sidenote> one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, civil establishment. Bureau of Steam Engineering, seventeen thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service.</p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>naval academy.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Naval Academy.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy</inline>: One professor<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay of professors, etc.</p></sidenote> of mathematics, one of chemistry, one of physics, and one of English, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; four professors, namely, one of English, two of French, and one of drawing, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant professor of Spanish, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one sword master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; one instructor in gymnastics, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks to the Superintendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk to the, commandant of midshipmen, 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, 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 coxswain, 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 navigation and one in the department of physics, at three hundred dollars each; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars each; one bandmaster, at one thousand and eighty dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at four hundred and twenty dollars each; seven second class musicians, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; services of organist at chapel, three hundred dollars; in all, fifty-live thousand one hundred and ninety-one dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others. Naval Academy</inline>:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Watchmen, mechanics, etc.</p></sidenote> Captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; seven watchmen, at two dollars each per diem; foreman of steam heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; labor at power house, for masons, carpenters, and other mechanics and laborers; and for care of buildings, grounds, wharves, and boats, thirty-eight thousand four hundred and twelve dollars and forty-five cents; in all, forty-six thousand two hundred and fifty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy</inline>: Pay of mechanics<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Employees, steam engineering.</p></sidenote> and others in department of steam engineering, eleven thousand one hundred and fifty-four dollars and eighty-two cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For special course of study and training of midshipmen, as authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional training.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 285.</p></sidenote> by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, three thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For the purchase or construction of catboats for the special instruction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of cat-boats.</p></sidenote> of midshipmen, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Repairs, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs of public buildings,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs, etc.</p></sidenote> wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/686">686</page>improvements, repairs, furniture and fixtures, thirty-one thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Heating, etc.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Heating and lighting, Naval Academy</inline>: Fuel, oil, waste, and other materials for the operation, repair, and maintenance of the plant; heating and lighting apparatus and tools; for heating and lighting the Academy and bandsmen’s quarters, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent, Naval Academy</inline>: Purchase of books for the library (to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superintendent), two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, and text-books, for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, being mileage and five dollars per diem for each member for expenses during actual attendance at the Academy and for supplying necessary outfit for the board house, and for clerk hire, carriages, and other incidental and necessary expenses of the Board, three, thousand dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the department of physics, 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, forty-two thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam engineering, eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam machinery, one thousand dollars; for contingencies for the, Superintendent of the Academy, to be expended in his discretion, one thousand dollars; apparatus for the instruction of midshipmen in the department of marine engineering and naval construction, five thousand dollars; purchase of sextants for the instruction of midshipmen <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment to Walter L. Steward.</p></sidenote>in the department of navigation, three thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That the Superintendent of the Naval Academy is authorized to pay Mr. Walter L. Steward, from the appropriation “Contingent, Naval Academy,” the sum of forty dollars to reimburse him for damage done to his crops during a battalion drill of the midshipmen: in all, sixty-one thousand eight hundred dollars.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title “naval cadet” changed to “midshipman.”</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of midshipmen.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1513/p260">R. S., sec. 1513, p. 260</ref>, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p, 1197.</p></sidenote>The title “naval cadet” is hereby changed to “midshipman.”</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That until the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, in addition to the naval cadets now authorized by law (the title having been changed by this Act to midshipmen), the President shall appoint five midshipmen, and there shall be appointed from the States at large, upon the recommendation of Senators, two midshipmen for each State.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Total appropriation.</p></sidenote>In all, Naval Academy, two hundred and twenty-nine thousand nine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction.</p></sidenote>hundred and five dollars and seventy-seven cents: <proviso><i>Provided, however, </i>That no part of the money appropriated in this paragraph or elsewhere in this bill shall be expended in the purchase of any history of the Spanish-American war written by Edgar Stanton Maclay, for use at the Naval Academy, in ships’ libraries, or in any other part of the naval establishment of the United States.</proviso></p>
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</appropriations>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>marine corps.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine Corps.</p></sidenote>
<content class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Pay, Marine Corps</inline>: For pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on the active list, four hundred and sixteen thousand nine hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rank, pay, etc., of present commandant.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1001/p273">R. S., sec. 1001, p. 273</ref>.</p></sidenote>That from and after the date of the approval of this Act, the commandant of the Marine Corps shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major-general in the Army, and when a vacancy shall occur in the office of commandant of the corps, on the expiration of the service of the present incumbent, by retirement or otherwise, the commandant of the Marine Corps shall thereafter have the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier-general.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/687">687</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay of officers on the retired list: For three colonels, three lieutenant-colonels,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retired list.</p></sidenote> one adjutant and inspector, one quartermaster, three majors, nine captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-live dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, as prescribed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enlisted men.</p></sidenote> by law, and the number of enlisted men shall be exclusive of those undergoing imprisonment with sentence of dishonorable discharge from the service at expiration of such confinement, and for the expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under orders, one million two hundred and thirty-six thousand and twenty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In addition to the enlisted force of the Marine Corps now authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional force.</p></sidenote> by law there may be enlisted ten gunnery-sergeants, forty sergeants, sixty corporals, ten drummers, ten trumpeters, and six hundred and twenty privates.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay and allowance of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Retired enlisted men.</p></sidenote> one drum-major, four gunnery-sergeants, eight first-class musicians, eleven first sergeants, twenty-nine sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, two fifers, and forty-two privates, and for those who may be retired during the year, thirty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Undrawn clothing.</p></sidenote> undrawn, thirty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mileage.</p></sidenote> troops, twenty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">For commutation of quarters to officers on duty without troops<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commutation of quarters.</p></sidenote> where there are no public quarters, eight thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Pay of civil force: In the office of the brigadier-general commandant:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civil force.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Office of commandant.</p></sidenote> One chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and twenty-eight cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the office of the, paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Paymaster’s office.</p></sidenote> 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; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the office of the assistant paymaster: One clerk, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant paymaster’s office.</p></sidenote> four hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adjutant and inspector’s office.</p></sidenote> thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the office of the assistant adjutant and inspector: One clerk, at<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant adjutant and inspector’s office.</p></sidenote> one thousand two hundred dollars;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Quartermaster’s office.</p></sidenote> 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;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant quarter-master’s office.</p></sidenote> Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, additional, for duty in the Philippines—one in Pay and one in Quartermaster’s Department, at one thousand four hundred dollars each;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">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;</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, for pay of civil force, twenty-five thousand four hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursements.</p></sidenote> 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;</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/688">688</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">In all, pay Marine Corps, one million eight hundred and thirty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and twenty-three cents.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisions, etc.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Provisions, Marine Corps</inline>: For noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates serving ashore, for commutation of rations to enlisted men regularly detailed as clerks and messengers, for payment of hoard and lodging of recruiting parties, transportation of provisions and for ice for preservation thereof, four hundred and forty-five thousand and seventy-one dollars and fifty cents; and no law shall be construed to entitle marines on shore duty to any rations, or commutation thereof, other than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy ration or com-mutation.</p></sidenote>enlisted men in the Army; <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That when it is impracticable or the expense is found greater to supply marines serving on shore duty in the island possessions and on foreign stations with the army ration, such marines may be allowed the navy ration or commutation therefor.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clothing.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Clothing, Marine Corps</inline>: For noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates authorized by law, three hundred and eighty-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fuel.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Fuel, Marine Corps</inline>: For heating barracks and quarters, for ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to officers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military stores.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Military stores, Marine Corps</inline>: For pay of chief armorer, at three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents each per day; for purchase of military equipments, such as rifles, revolvers, cartridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, Hags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the day, spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase and repair of tents and field ovens, purchase and repair of instruments for band, purchase of music and musical accessories, purchase and marking of medals for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct badges: for incidental expenses of the school of application, purchase of signal equipment and stores, for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, and renting ranges, and for procuring, preserving, and handling ammunition and other necessary military sup-plies. fifty thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation and recruiting.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps</inline>: For transportation of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of the recruiting service, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs of barracks.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps</inline>: Repairs and improvements to barracks and quarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston. Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; New York. New York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard. District of Columbia: Norfolk. Virginia; Port Royal. South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; Dry Tortugas. Florida; Mare Island, California: Bremerton, Washington; and Sitka, Alaska; for the renting, leasing, improvement, and erection of buildings in Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, at Guam, and at such other places as the public exigencies require; and for per diem to enlisted men employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of liar-racks, quarters, and other public buildings, forty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philadelphia, Pa.</p></sidenote>For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing of supplies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, five thousand five hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forage.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Forage, Marine Corps</inline>: For forage in kind for horses of the quartermasters’ department, and the authorized number of officers’ horses, eleven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hire of quarters.</p></sidenote><inline class="smallCaps">Hire of quarters, Marine Corps</inline>: For hire of quarters for officers<page identifier="/us/stat/32/689">689</page>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; for hire of quarters for enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in the offices of the commandant, adjutant and inspector, paymaster, and quartermaster, and the offices of the assistant adjutant and inspector, the assistant paymaster, and the assistant quartermasters, at twenty-one dollars each per month, and for enlisted men employed as messengers in said offices, at ten dollars each per month, twenty thousand seven hundred and forty-eight dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Contingent, Marine Corps</inline>: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertising,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contingent.</p></sidenote> washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillowcases, 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 of not less than ten days, employment of civilian labor, repair of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture, camp and garrison equipage and implements, mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, and forks, tin cups, pans, and pots, and so forth; packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, quarantine fees, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of public harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, purchase and 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, soap, combs, and brushes for offices; postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, news-papers, 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 introduction and maintenance of electric lights; straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, sheets; wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at various posts; furniture for Government quarters and repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify, one hundred and three thousand seven hundred dollars.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public works—marine corps.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public works.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Barracks and Quarters, Marine Corps: Construction of a fireproof<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Barracks and quarters.</p></sidenote> marine barracks, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, and necessary sewer-age and grading, one hundred thousand dollars; construction of a veranda on enlisted men’s quarters, navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida, three thousand five hundred dollars; installation of an electric lighting plant, marine barracks, navy-yard, New York, New York, three thousand five hundred dollars; installation of electric lights, marine bar-racks. navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, one thousand dollars; improvements, sewers, plumbing, and so forth, marine barracks, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts, one thousand five hundred dollars; construction of a marine barracks, naval training station, San Francisco, California, thirty thousand dollars; officers’ quarters, Sitka, Alaska, erection of officers’ quarters at Sitka, Alaska, two thousand five hundred dollars, and the unexpended appropriations of two thousand five hundred dollars authorized in Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 377.</p></sidenote> and ninety-six, and one thousand dollars authorized in Act of June<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 705.</p></sidenote> seventh, nineteen hundred, respectively, are hereby reappropriated for the erection of officers’ quarters at Sitka. Alaska, two thousand five <page identifier="/us/stat/32/690">690</page>hundred dollars; for the erection of light frame buildings for the accommodation and protection of officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps stationed on the island of Culebra, Porto Rico, five thousand dollars; in all, public works under Marine Corps, one hundred and forty-seven thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts with Carnegie Steel Company.</p></sidenote>All contracts of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, heretofore made between it and the United States, shall be completed by its successor, the Carnegie Steel Company, or its lawful successor, which has acquired and assumed, or may acquire and assume, all of its assets and all of its liabilities under the said contracts. And the said Carnegie Steel Company, or its lawful successor, upon giving security in proper form and amount, conditioned for the performance by it of the said contracts according to the true intent and meaning thereof, shall be substituted therein for the said Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, and be entitled to exercise all rights thereunder which the said Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, had or would have had if it had continued in existence.</p>
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<appropriations level="small">
<heading>increase of the navy.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Increase of the Navy.</p></sidenote>
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<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two first-class battle ships.</p></sidenote>That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed by contract two first-class battle ships carrying the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance for vessels of their class upon a trial displacement of not more than sixteen thousand tons, and to have the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two first-class armored cruisers.</p></sidenote>highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding four million two hundred and twelve thousand dollars each; two first-class armored cruisers of not more than fourteen thousand five hundred tons trial displacement, carrying the heaviest armor and most powerful armament for vessels of their class, and to have the highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Two gunboats.</p></sidenote>exceeding four million six hundred and fifty-nine thousand dollars each; two gunboats of about one thousand tons trial displacement, to cost, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>when built, exclusive of armament, not exceeding three hundred and eighty-two thousand dollars each, and the contract for the construction of each of said vessels shall be awarded, by the Secretary of the Navy, to the lowest best responsible bidder, having in view <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 215.</p></sidenote>the best results and most expeditious delivery; and in the construction of all of said vessels the provisions 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, the notice of any proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts shall be observed and followed, and, subject to the provisions of this Act, all said vessels shall be built in compliance with the terms of said Act, and in all their parts shall be of domestic machinery; and the steel material shall be of domestic manufacture, and of the quality and characteristics best adapted to the various purposes for which it may be used, in accordance with specifications approved by the Secretary of the Navy; and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit for one builder.</p></sidenote>not more than two of the six battle ships, armored cruisers, and gun boats provided for in this Act shall be built by one contracting party.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Place of construction.</p></sidenote>One battle ship or one armored cruiser herein provided for shall be built on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean or the waters connecting therewith; but if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President from the bidding for such contracts that said vessel can not be constructed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Decision as to Pacific coast.</p></sidenote> on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean at a cost not exceeding four per centum above the owest accepted bid for the corresponding vessel provided for in this Ac , he shall authorize the construction of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/691">691</page>said vessel elsewhere in the United States, subject to the limitations as to cost hereinbefore provided: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">One battle ship at a navy-yard.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction at navy-yards in case of combination, etc., of builders.</p></sidenote> Navy shall build one of the battle ships authorized by this Act in such navy-yard as he may designate:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided, further.</i> That the Secretary of the Navy shall build all the vessels herein authorized in such navy-yards as he may designate, should it reasonably appear that the persons, firms or corporations or the agents thereof, bidding for the construction of any of said vessels, have entered into any combination, agreement or understanding, the effect, object or purpose of which is to deprive the Government of fair, open and unrestricted competition in letting contracts for the construction of any of said vessels.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The Secretary of the Navy is hereby instructed to keep an accurate<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report, etc.</p></sidenote> account of the cost of inspection and construction of vessels provided for in this Act, whether built in Government yards or by contract, and report thereon to Congress, at each session, the progress of work and cost thereof, including the inspection of all the material going into the construction of said vessels, and, upon the completion thereof, to report a full and detailed statement showing the relative cost of inspection and construction in Government yards and by contract. And for the purpose of preparing and equipping such navy-yard or navy-yards as may be so designated for the construction of any such vessels, the sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for each of the navy-yards in which the Secretary of the Navy may direct any such vessels to be built.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Construction and machinery</inline>: On account of the hulls and outfits<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction and machinery.</p></sidenote> of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, thirteen million three hundred and three thousand and ten dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Armor and armament</inline>: Toward the armament and armor of domestic<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Armor and armament.</p></sidenote> manufacture for the vessels heretofore authorized, nine million dollars.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Equipment</inline>: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equipment.</p></sidenote> new vessels authorized, four hundred thousand dollars.</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1369: Temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<docNumber>1369</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1369.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/235">Public, No. 235</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the action of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philippine Islands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary civil government established in, ratified.</p></sidenote> President of the United States in creating the Philippine Commission and authorizing said Commission to exercise the powers of government to the extent and in the manner and form and subject to the regulation and control set forth in the instructions of the President to the Philippine Commission, dated April seventh, nineteen hundred, and in creating the offices of civil governor and vice-governor of the Philippine Islands, and authorizing said civil governor and vice-governor to exercise the powers of government to the extent and in the manner and form set forth in the Executive order dated June twenty-fir st, nineteen hundred and one, and in establishing four executive departments of government in said Islands as set forth in the Act of the Philippine Commission, entitled “An Act providing an organization for the departments of the interior, of commerce and police, of finance and justice, and of public instruction,” enacted September sixth, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed, and until otherwise provided by law the said Islands shall continue to be governed as thereby and herein provided, and all laws passed hereafter by the Philippine Commission shall have an <page identifier="/us/stat/32/692">692</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Constitution and laws of the United States not applicable.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1891/p333">R. S., sec. 1891, p. 333</ref>.</p></sidenote>enacting clause as follows: By authority of the United States be it enacted by the Philippine Commission.” The provisions of section eighteen hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight shall not apply to the Philippine Islands.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Future civil appointments in.</p></sidenote>Future appointments of civil governor, vice-governor, members of said Commission and heads of executive departments shall be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</p>
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</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tariff duties and taxes.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the action of the President of the United States heretofore taken by virtue of the authority vested in him as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, as set forth in his order of duly twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, whereby a tariff of duties and taxes as set forth by said order was to be levied and collected at all ports and places in the Philippine Islands upon passing into the occupation and possession of the forces of the United States, together with the subsequent amendments of said order, are hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed, and the actions of the authorities of the government of the Philippine Islands, taken in accordance with the provisions of said order and subsequent amendments, are hereby approved: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenue law not affected.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 54.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That nothing contained in this section shall beheld to amend or repeal an Act entitled “An Act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” approved March eighth, nineteen hundred and two.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commercial intercourse during hostilities.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the President of the United States, during such time as and whenever the sovereignty and authority of the United States encounter armed resistance in the Philippine Islands, until otherwise provided by Congress, shall continue to regulate and control commercial intercourse with and within said Islands by such general rules and regulations as he, in his discretion, may deem most conducive to the public interests and the general welfare.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Philippine citizenship.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all inhabitants of the Philippine Islands continuing to reside therein who were Spanish subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said Islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such its shall have elected to preserve<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1759.</p></sidenote> their allegiance to the Crown of Spain in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain signed at Paris December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declaration of rights.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to life, liberty, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That no law shall be enacted in said islands which shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or deny to any person therein the equal protection of the laws.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Criminal prosecutions.</p></sidenote>That in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to be heard by himself and counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to have a speedy and public trial, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Trial.</p></sidenote>That no person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense with-out due process of law; and no person for the same offense shall be twice put in jeopardy of punishment, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bail, exception.</p></sidenote>That all persons shall before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contracts.</p></sidenote>That no law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be enacted.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Imprisonment for debt.</p></sidenote>That no person shall be imprisoned for debt.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Writs of habeas corpus.</p></sidenote>That the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion, insurrection, or invasion the public safety may require it, in either of which events the same may be suspended by the President, or by the governor, with the approval of the Philippine Commission, wherever during such period the necessity for such suspension shall exist.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ex post facto laws, etc.</p></sidenote>That no ex post facto law or bill of attainder shall be enacted.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/693">693</page>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no law granting a title of nobility shall be enacted, and no person<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Title of mobility, etc.</p></sidenote> holding any office of profit or trust in said islands, shall, without the consent of the Congress of the United States, accept any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any king, queen, prince, or foreign State.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Excessive bail, etc.</p></sidenote> imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seizures, etc.</p></sidenote> seizures shall not be violated.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Slavery.</p></sidenote> for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in said islands.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Freedom of speech.</p></sidenote> the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for redress of grievances.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Religions freedom.</p></sidenote> prohibiting the free exercise thereof, arid that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no money shall be paid out of the treasury except in pursuance<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriations.</p></sidenote> of an appropriation by law.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the rule of taxation in said islands shall he uniform.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxation.</p></sidenote></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no private or local bill which may be enacted into law shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private bills.</p></sidenote> embrace more than one subject, and that subject shall be expressed in the title of the bill.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Search warrants.</p></sidenote> oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That all money collected on any tax levied or assessed for a special<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special taxes.</p></sidenote> purpose shall be treated as a special fund in the treasury and paid out tor such purpose only.</p>
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</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That whenever the existing insurrection in the Philippine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Census to be taken.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1059.</p></sidenote> Islands shall have ceased and a condition of general and complete peace shall have been established therein and the fact shall be certified to the President by the Philippine Commission, the President, upon being satisfied thereof, shall order a census of the Philippine Islands to be taken by said Philippine Commission; such census in its inquiries relating to the population shall take and make so far as practicable full report for all the inhabitants, of name, age, sex, race, or tribe, whether native or foreign born, literacy in Spanish, native dialect or language, or in English, school attendance, ownership of homes, industrial and social statistics, and such other information separately for each island, each province, and municipality, or other civil division, as the President and said Commission may deem necessary: <proviso><i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aid of Census Bureau.</p></sidenote>That the President may, upon the request of said Commission, in his discretion, employ the service of the Census Bureau in compiling and promulgating the statistical information above provided for, and may commit to such Bureau any part or portion of such labor as to him may seem wise.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That two years after the completion and publication of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General election, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Moros and non-Christian tribes excluded.</p></sidenote> census, in ease such condition of general and complete peace with recognition of the authority of the United States shall have continued in the territory of said Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes and such facts shall have been certified to the President by the Philippine Commission, the President upon being satisfied thereof shall direct said Commission to call, and the Commission shall call, a general election for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly of the people of said territory in the Philippine Islands, which shall be known as the Philippine assembly. After said assembly<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legislative assembly established.</p></sidenote> shall have convened and organized, all the legislative power heretofore conferred on the Philippine Commission in all that part of said Islands <page identifier="/us/stat/32/694">694</page>not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes shall be vested in a legislature consisting of two houses—The Philippine Commission and the Philippine assembly. Said assembly shall consist of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred members to Lie apportioned by said Commission among the provinces as nearly as practicable according<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum representation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Election districts.</p></sidenote> to population: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no province shall have less than one member:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That provinces entitled by population to more than one member may be divided into such convenient districts as the said Commission may deem best.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public notice.</p></sidenote>Public notice of such division shall be given at least ninety days prior to such election, and the election shall be held under rules and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Qualification of electors.</p></sidenote>regulations to be prescribed by law. The qualification of electors in such election shall be the same as is now provided by law in ease of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of office.</p></sidenote>electors in municipal elections. The members of assembly shall hold office for two years from the first day of January next following their election, and their successors shall be chosen by the people every <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eligibility.</p></sidenote>second year thereafter. No person shall be eligible to such election who is not a qualified elector of the election district in which he may be chosen, owing allegiance to the United States, and twenty-five years of age.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual sessions.</p></sidenote>The legislature shall hold annual sessions, commencing on the first Monday of February in each year and continuing not exceeding ninety <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First meeting.</p></sidenote>days thereafter (Sundays and holidays not included): <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the first meeting of the legislature shall be held upon the call of the governor within ninety days after the first election:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provision for government expenses.</p></sidenote> That if at the termination of any session the appropriations necessary for the support, of government shall not have been made, an amount equal to the sums appropriated in the last appropriation bills for such purposes shall be deemed to be appropriated; and until the legislature shall act in such behalf the treasurer may, with the advice of the governor, make the payments necessary for the purposed aforesaid.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special sessions.</p></sidenote>The legislature may be called in special session at any time by the civil governor for general legislation, or for action on such specific subjects as he may designate. No special session shall continue longer than thirty days, exclusive of Sundays.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers and duties.</p></sidenote>The assembly shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its members. A majority shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members. It shall choose its speaker and other officers, and the salaries of its member’s and officers shall be fixed by law. It may determine the rule of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds expel a member. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which shall be published, and the yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, on the demand of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.</p>
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</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Resident commissioners to the United States.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That at the same time with the first meeting of the Philippine legislature, and biennially thereafter, there shall be chosen by said legislature, each house voting separately, two resident commissioners to the United States, who shall be entitled to an official recognition as such by all departments upon presentation to the President <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>of a certificate of election by the civil governor of said islands, and each of whom shall be entitled to a salary payable monthly by the United States at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, and two <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eligibility.</p></sidenote>thousand dollars additional to cover all expenses: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no person shall be eligible to such election who is not a qualified elector of said islands, owing allegiance to the United States, and who is not thirty years of age.</proviso></content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/695">695</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content>That the Supreme Court and the courts of first instance of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Supreme Court, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction.</p></sidenote> the Philippine Islands shall possess and exercise jurisdiction as heretofore provided and such additional jurisdiction as shall hereafter be prescribed by the government of said Islands, subject to the power of said Government to change the practice and method of procedure. The municipal courts of said Islands shall possess and exercise jurisdiction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Municipal courts.</p></sidenote> as heretofore provided by the Philippine Commission, subject in all matters to such alteration and amendment as may be hereafter enacted by law; and the chief justice and associate justices of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of judges.</p></sidenote> supreme court shall hereafter be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive the compensation heretofore prescribed by the Commission until otherwise provided by Congress. The judges of the court of first instance shall be appointed by the civil governor, by and with the advice and con-sent of the Philippine Commission: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the admiralty jurisdiction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Admiralty jurisdiction.</p></sidenote> of the supreme court and courts of first instance shall not be changed except by Act of Congress.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<content>That the Supreme Court of the United States shall have<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeal, etc., to United States Supreme Court.</p></sidenote> jurisdiction to review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm the final judgments and decrees of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands in all actions, cases, causes, and proceedings now pending therein or here-after determined thereby in which the Constitution or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege of the United States is involved, or in causes in which the value in controversy exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars, or in which the title or possession of real estate exceeding in value the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be ascertained by the oath of either party or of other competent witnesses, is involved or brought in question; and such final judgments or decrees may and can be reviewed, revised, reversed, modified, or affirmed by said Supreme Court of the United States on appeal or writ of error by the party aggrieved, in the same manner, under the same regulations, and by the same procedure, as far as applicable, as the final judgments and decrees of the circuit courts of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 11. </num>
<content>That the government of the Philippine Islands is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvements of rivers and harbors.</p></sidenote> authorized to provide for the needs of commerce by improving the harbors and navigable waters of said islands and to construct and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to navigation etc.</p></sidenote> maintain in said navigable waters and upon the shore adjacent thereto bonded warehouses, wharves, piers, light-houses signal and life-saving stations, buoys, and like instruments of commerce, and to adopt and enforce regulations in regard thereto, including bonded warehouses wherein articles not intended to be imported into said islands nor mingled with the property therein, but brought into a port of said islands for reshipment to another country, may be deposited in bond and reshipped to another country without the payment of customs duties or charges.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 12. </num>
<content>That all the property and rights which may have been<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of property, etc., to Philippine government.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 1765.</p></sidenote> acquired in the Philippine Islands by the United States under the treaty of peace with Spain, signed December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, except such land or other property as shall be designated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military and other reservations excepted.</p></sidenote> by the President of the United States for military and other reservations of the Government of the United States, are hereby placed under the control of the government of said islands to be administered for the benefit of the inhabitants thereof, except as provided in this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 13. </num>
<content>That the government of the Philippine Islands, subject to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p></sidenote> the provisions of this Act and except as herein provided, shall classify according to its agricultural character and productiveness, and shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposal of.</p></sidenote> immediately make rules and regulations for the lease, sale, or other disposition of the public lands other than timber or mineral lands, but<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exception.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations.</p></sidenote> such rules and regulations shall not go into effect or have the force of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/696">696</page>law until they have received the approval of the President and when approved by the President they shall be submitted by him to Congress at the beginning of the next ensuing session thereof and unless dis-approved or amended by Congress at said session they shall at the close of such period have the force and effect of law in the Philippine <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homesteads.</p></sidenote>Islands: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That a single homestead entry shall not exceed sixteen hectares in extent.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 14. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Perfecting titles by present owners.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized and empowered to enact rules and regulations and to prescribe terms and conditions to enable persons to perfect their title to public lands in said Islands, who, prior to the transfer of sovereignty from Spain to the United States, had fulfilled all or some of the conditions required by the Spanish laws and royal decrees of the Kingdom of Spain for the acquisition of legal title thereto yet failed to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issuance of patents.</p></sidenote>secure conveyance of title; and the Philippine Commission is authorized to issue patents, without compensation, to any native of said Islands, conveying title to any tract of land not more than sixteen hectares in extent, which were public lands and had been actually occupied by such native or bis ancestors prior to and on the thirteenth of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 15. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of sales to settlers.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized and empowered, on such terms as it may prescribe, by general legislation, to provide for the granting or sale and conveyance to actual occupants and settlers and other citizens of said islands such parts and portions of the public domain, other than timber and mineral lands, of the United States in said islands as it may deem wise, not exceeding sixteen hectares to any one person and for the sale and conveyance of not more than one thousand and twenty-four hectares <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Occupancy Improvement, etc.</p></sidenote>to any corporation or association of persons: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the grant or sale of such lands, whether the purchase price be paid at once or in partial payments, shall be conditioned upon actual and continued occupancy, improvement, and cultivation of the premises sold for a period of not less than five years, during which time the purchaser or grantee can not alienate or encumber said land or the title thereto; but such restriction shall not apply to transfers of rights and title of inheritance under the laws for the distribution of the estates of decedents.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 16. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preference to actual occupants.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That in granting or selling any part of the public domain under the provisions of the last preceding section, preference in all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Natives.</p></sidenote>cases shall be given to actual occupants and settlers; and such public lands of the United States in the actual possession or occupancy of any native of the Philippine Islands shall not be sold by said government to any other person without the consent thereto of said prior <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of area.</p></sidenote>occupant or settler first had and obtained: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the prior right hereby secured to an occupant of land, who can show no other proof of title than possession, shall not apply to more than sixteen lectures in any one tract.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 17. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection of forests.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That timber, trees, forests, and forest products on lands leased or demised by the government of the Philippine Islands under the provisions of this Act shall not be cut, destroyed, removed, or appropriated except by special permission of said government and under such regulations as it may prescribe.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of receipts.</p></sidenote>All moneys obtained from lease or sale of any portion of the public domain or from licenses to cut timber by the government of the Philippine Islands shall be covered into the insular treasury and be subject only to appropriation for insular purposes according to law.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="18"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 18. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Forest laws, etc., continued.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the forest laws and regulations now in force in the Philippine Islands, with such modifications and amendments as may be made by the government of said islands, are hereby continued in force, and no timber lands forming part of the public domain shall be sold, leased, or entered until the government of said islands, upon the cer-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/697">697</page>tification of the forestry bureau that said lands are more valuable for agriculture than for forest uses, shall declare such lands so certified to he agricultural in character: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the said government shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Timber licenses.</p></sidenote> have the right and is hereby empowered to issue licenses to cut, harvest, or collect timber or other forest products on reserved or unreserved public lands in said islands in accordance with the forest laws and regulations hereinbefore mentioned and under the provisions of this Act, and the said government may lease land to any person or persons holding such licenses, sufficient for a mill site, not to exceed four hectares in extent, and may grant rights of way to enable such person or persons to get access to the lands to which such licenses apply.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="19"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 19. </num>
<content>That the beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Basis of water privileges.</p></sidenote> the limit of all rights to water in said islands, and the government of said islands is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations for the use of water, and to make such reservations of public lands for the protection of the water supply, and for other public purposes not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, as it may deem best for the public good.</content>
</section>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">mineral lands.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mineral lands.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="20"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 20. </num>
<content>That in all cases public lands in the Philippine Islands valuable<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposal,</p></sidenote> for minerals shall be reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by law.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="21"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 21. </num>
<content>That all valuable mineral deposits in public lands in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase, etc., by citizens.</p></sidenote> Philippine Islands, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration, occupation, and purchase, and the land in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States, or of said Islands: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That when on any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minerals on unpatented agricultural lands.</p></sidenote> lands in said islands entered and occupied as agricultural lands under the provisions of this Act, but not patented, mineral deposits have been found, the working of such mineral deposits is hereby forbidden until the person, association, or corporation who or which has entered and is occupying such lands shall have paid to the government of said islands such additional sum or sums as will make the total amount paid for the mineral claim or claims in which said deposits are located equal to the amount charged by the government for the same as mineral claims.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="22"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 22. </num>
<content>That mining claims upon land containing veins or lodes of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Locating of mineral claims.</p></sidenote> quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits, located after the passage of this Act, whether located by one or more persons qualified to locate the same under the preceding section, shall be located in the following manner and under the following conditions: Any person so qualified<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulations.</p></sidenote> desiring to locate a mineral claim shall, subject to the provisions of this Act with respect to land which may be used for mining, enter upon the same and locate a plot of ground measuring, where possible, but not exceeding, one thousand feet in length by one thousand feet in breadth, in as nearly as possible a rectangular form: that is to say: All angles shall be right angles, except in cases where a boundary line of a previously surveyed claim is adopted as common to both claims, but the lines need not necessarily be meridional. In defining the size of a mineral claim, it shall be measured horizontally, irrespective of inequalities of the surface of the ground.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="23"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 23. </num>
<content>That a mineral claim shall be marked by two posts placed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Demarcation of claims.</p></sidenote> as nearly as possible on the line of the ledge or vein, and the posts shall be numbered one and two, and the distance between posts numbered one and two shall not exceed one thousand feet, the line between posts numbered one and two to be known as the location line; and upon posts numbered one and two shall be written the name given to <page identifier="/us/stat/32/698">698</page>the mineral claim, the name of the locator, and the date of the location. Upon post numbered one there shall be written, in addition to the foregoing, “Initial post,” the approximate compass bearing of post numbered two, and a statement of the number of feet lying to the right and to the left of the line from post numbered one to post numbered two, thus: “Initial post. Direction of post numbered two. <fillIn style="font-family:monospace">__</fillIn> <fillIn style="font-family:monospace">____</fillIn> feet of this claim be on the right and <fillIn style="font-family:monospace">_____</fillIn> feet on the left of the line from number one to number two post.” All the particular’s required to be put on number one and number two posts shall be furnished by the locator to the provincial secretary, or such other officer as by the Philippine government may be described as mining recorder, in writing, at tire time the claim is recorded, and shall form a part of the record of such claim.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="24"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 24. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marking linen of claims.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That when a claim has been located the holder shall immediately mark the line between posts numbered one and two so that it can be distinctly seen. The locator shall also place a post at the point where he has found minerals in place, on which shall be written “Discovery<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Surveys.</p></sidenote> post:” <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That when the claim is surveyed the surveyor shall be guided by the records of the claim, the sketch plan on the back of the declaration made by the owner when the claim was recorded, posts numbered one and two, and the notice on number one, the initial post.</proviso></content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">examples or various modes of laying out claims.<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examples of laying out claims.</p></sidenote></heading>
<content>
<figure>
<img src="STATUTE-032-1-00698-0001.jpg"/>
</figure>
</content>
</level>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="25"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 25. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of posts unlawful.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That it shall not be lawful to move number one post, but number two post may be moved by the deputy mineral surveyor when the distance between posts numbered one and two exceeds one thousand feet, in order to place number two post one thousand feet from number one post on the line of location. When the distance between posts numbered one and two is less than one thousand feet the deputy mineral surveyor shall have no authority to extend the claim beyond number two.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="26"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 26. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">“Location lines.”</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the “location line” shall govern the direction of one side of the claim, upon which the survey shall be extended according to this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="27"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 27. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restrictions.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the bolder of a mineral claim shall be entitled to all minerals which may be within his claim, but he shall not be entitled to mine outside the boundary lines of his claim continued vertically <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior claims not prejudiced.</p></sidenote>downward: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That this Act shall not prejudice the rights of claim owners nor claim holders whose claims have been located under existing laws prior to this Act.</proviso></content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/699">699</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="28"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 28. </num>
<content>That no mineral claim of the full size shall be recorded<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims of full size.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Application and affidavit.</p></sidenote> without the application being accompanied by an affidavit made by the applicant or some person on his behalf cognizant of the facts—that the legal notices and posts have been put up; that mineral has been found in place on the claim proposed to be recorded; that the ground applied for is unoccupied by any other person. In the said declaration shall be set out the name of the applicant and the date of the location of the claim. The words written on the number one and number two posts shall be set out in full, and as accurate a description as possible of the position of the claim given with reference to some natural object or permanent monuments.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="29"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 29. </num>
<content class="inline">That no mineral claim which at the date of its record is<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fractional claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declaration.</p></sidenote> known by the locator to be less than a full-sized mineral claim shall be recorded without the word “fraction” being added to the name of the claim, and the application being accompanied by an affidavit or solemn declaration made by the applicant or some person on his behalf cognizant of the facts: That the legal posts and notices have been put up; that mineral has been four in place on the fractional claim proposed to be recorded; that the ground applied for is unoccupied by any other person. In the said declaration shall be set out the name of the applicant and the date of the location of the claim. The<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Description.</p></sidenote> words written on the posts numbered one and two shall be set out in full, and as accurate a description as possible of the position of the claim given. A sketch plan shall be drawn by the applicant on the back<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sketch plan.</p></sidenote> of the declaration, showing as near as may be the position of the adjoining mineral claims and the shape and size, expressed in feet, of the claim or fraction desired to be recorded: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Innocent noncompliance with regulations.</p></sidenote> failure on the part of the locator of a mineral claim to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of this section shall not be deemed to invalidate such location, if upon the facts it shall appear that such locator has actually discovered mineral in place on said location, and that there has been on his part a bona fide attempt to comply with the provisions of this Act, and that the nonobservance of the formalities hereinbefore referred to is not of a character calculated to mislead other persons desiring to locate claims in the vicinity.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="30"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 30. </num>
<content>That in cases where, from the nature or shape of the ground,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Difficult demarcations.</p></sidenote> it is impossible to mark the location line of the claim as provided by this Act then the claim may be marked by placing posts as nearly as possible to the location line, and noting the distance and direction such posts may be from such location line, which distance and direction shall be set out in the record of the claim.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="31"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 31. </num>
<content>That every person locating a mineral claim shall record the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recording claims.</p></sidenote> same with the provincial secretary or such other officer as by the government of the Philippine Islands may be described as mining recorder of the district within which the same is situate, within thirty days after the location thereof. Such record shall be made in a book to be kept for the purpose in the office of the said provincial secretary or such other officer as by said government described as mining recorder, in which shall he inserted the name of the claim, the name of each locator, the locality of the mine, the direction of the location line, the length in feet, the date of location, and the date of the record. A claim which shall not have been recorded within the prescribed period shall be deemed to have been abandoned.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="32"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 32. </num>
<content>That in ease of any dispute as to the location of a mineral<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disputes.</p></sidenote> claim the title to the claim shall be recognized according to the priority of such location, subject to any question as to the validity of the record itself and subject to the holder having complied with all the terms and conditions of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="33"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 33. </num>
<content>That no holder shall be entitled to hold in his, its, or their<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote> <page identifier="/us/stat/32/700">700</page>own name or in the name of any other person, corporation, or association more than one mineral claim on the same vein or lode.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="34"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 34. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Abandonment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That a holder may at any time abandon any mineral claim by giving notice, in writing, of such intention to abandon, to the provincial secretary or such other officer as by the government of the Philippine Islands may be described as mining recorder; and from the date of the record of such notice all his interest in such claim shall cease.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="35"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 35. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proofs of citizenship.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That proof of citizenship under the clauses of this Act relating to mineral lands may consist, in the case of an individual, of his own affidavit thereof; in the case of an association of persons unincorporated, of the affidavit of their authorized agent, made on his own Knowledge or upon information and belief: and in the case of a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory thereof, or of the Philippine Islands, by the tiling of a certified copy of their charter or certificate of incorporation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="36"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 36. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mining regulations.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Requirements.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the United States Philippine Commission or its successors may make regulations, not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, governing the location, manner of recording, and amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim, subject to the following requirements:</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessments.</p></sidenote>On each claim located after the passage of this Act, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars’ worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relocation on non-compliance with regulations.</p></sidenote>year: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That upon a failure to comply with these conditions the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be, open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives have not resumed work upon the claim after failure<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delinquent part owners.</p></sidenote> and before such location. Upon the failure of any one of several co-owners to contribute his proportion of the expenditures required thereby, the co-owners who nave performed the labor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of the year, give such delinquent co-owner personal notice in writing, or notice by publication in the newspaper published nearest the claim, and in two newspapers published at Manila, one in the English language and the other in the Spanish language, to be designated by the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands, for at least once a week for ninety days, and if, at the expiration of ninety days after such notice in writing or by publication such delinquent shall fail or refuse to contribute his proportion of the expenditure required by this section his interest in the claim shall become the property of his co-owners who have made <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assessment period.</p></sidenote>the required expenditures. The period within which the work required to be done annually on all unpatented mineral claims shall commence on the first day of January succeeding the date of location of such claim.</proviso></p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="37"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 37. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Applications.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That a patent for any land claimed and located for valuable mineral deposits may be obtained in the following manner: Any person, association, or corporation authorized to locate a claim under this Act, having claimed and located a piece of land for such purposes, who has or have complied with the terms of this Act, may file in the office of the provincial secretary, or such other officer as by the government of said Islands may be described as mining recorder of the province, wherein the land claimed is located, an application for a patent, under oath, showing such compliance, together with a plat and field notes of the claim or claims in common, made by or under the direction of the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands, showing accurately the boundaries of the claim, which shall be distinctly marked by monuments on the ground, and shall post a copy <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Notice.</p></sidenote>of such plat, together with a notice of such application for a patent, in a conspicuous place on the land embraced in such plat previous to <page identifier="/us/stat/32/701">701</page>the filing of the application for a patent, and shall file an affidavit of at least two person, that such notice has been duly posted, and shall file a copy of the notice in such office, and shall thereupon be entitled to a patent for the land, in the manner following: The provincial secretary,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication by mining recorder.</p></sidenote> or such other officer as by the Philippine government may be described as mining recorder, upon the filing of such application, plat, field notes, notices, and affidavits, shall publish a notice that, such an application has been made, once a week for the period of sixty days, in a newspaper to be by him designated as nearest to such claim and in two newspapers published at Manila, one in the English language and one in the Spanish language, to be designated by the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands; and he shall also post such notice in his office for the same period. The claimant at the time of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Filing of affidavit, etc.</p></sidenote> filing this application, or at any time thereafter within the sixty days of publication, shall tile with the provincial secretary or such other officer ashy the Philippine government may be described as mining recorder a certificate of the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands that five hundred dollars’ worth of labor has been expended or improvements made upon the claim by himself or grantors; that the plat is correct, with such further description by such reference to natural objects or permanent monuments as shall identify the claim, and furnish an accurate description to be incorporated in the patent. At the expiration of the sixty days of publication the claimant shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issue of patent in non-contested claims.</p></sidenote> file his affidavit, showing that the plat and notice have been posted in a conspicuous place on the claim during such period of publication. If no adverse claim shall have been filed with the provincial secretary or such other officer as by the government of said islands may be described as mining recorder at the expiration of the sixty days of publication, it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent upon the payment to the provincial treasurer or the collector of internal revenue of five dollars per acre and that no adverse claim exists, and thereafter no objection from third parties to the issuance of a patent shall be heard, except it be shown that the applicant has failed to comply with the terms of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That where the claimant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Non-residents.</p></sidenote> for a patent is not a resident of or within the province wherein the land containing the vein, ledge, or deposit sought to be patented is located, the application for patent and the affidavits required to be made in this section by the claimant for such patent may be made by his, her, or its authorized agent where said agent is conversant with the facts sought to be established by said affidavits.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="38"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 38. </num>
<content>That applicants for mineral patents, if residing beyond the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oath, etc., of non-resident applicants.</p></sidenote> limits of the province or military department wherein the claim is situated. may make the oath or affidavit required for proof of citizenship before the clerk of any court of record, or before any notary public of any province of the Philippine Islands, or any other official in said islands authorized by law to administer oaths.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="39"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 39. </num>
<content>That where an adverse claim is tiled during the period of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Adverse claims.</p></sidenote> publication it shall be upon oath of the person or persons making the same, and shall show the nature, boundaries, and extent of such adverse claim, and all proceedings, except the publication of notice and making and filing of the affidavits thereof, shall be stayed until the controversy shall have been settled or decided by a court of competent jurisdiction or the adverse claim waived. It shall be the duty of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings by adverse claimants.</p></sidenote> adverse claimant, within thirty days after filing his claim, to commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to determine the question of the right of possession, and prosecute the same with reasonable diligence to final judgment, and a failure so to do shall be a waiver of his adverse claim. After such judgment shall have been rendered the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Certified copy of judgment.</p></sidenote> party entitled to the possession of the claim, or any portion thereof, may, without giving further notice, file a certified copy of the judg-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/702">702</page>ment roll with the provincial secretary or such other officer as by the government of the Philippine Islands may be described as mining recorder, together with the certificate of the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands that the requisite amount of labor has been expended or improvements made thereon, and the description <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment.</p></sidenote>required in other cases, and shall pay to the provincial treasurer or the collector of internal revenue of the province in which the claim is situated, as the case may lie, five dollars per acre for his claim, together with the proper fees, whereupon the whole proceedings and the judgment roll shall be certified by the provincial secretary or such other officer as by said government may be described as mining recorder <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issuance of patent.</p></sidenote>to the secretary of the interior of the Philippine Islands, and a patent shall issue thereon for the claim, or such portion thereof as the applicant shall appear, from the decision of the court, rightly to possess. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oaths.</p></sidenote>The adverse claim may be verified by the oath of any duly authorized agent or attorney in fact of the adverse claimant cognizant of the facts stated; and the adverse claimant, if residing or at the time being beyond the limits of the province wherein the claim is situated, may make oath to the adverse claim before the clerk of any court of record, or any notary public of any province or military department of the Philippine Islands, or any other officer authorized to administer oaths where <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interests of several persons in one claim.</p></sidenote>the adverse claimant may then be. If it appears from the decision of the court that several parties are entitled to separate and different portions of the claim, each party may pay for his portion of the claim, with the proper fees, and file the certificate and description by the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands, whereupon the provincial secretary or such other officer as by the government of said islands may be described as mining recorder shall certify the proceedings and judgment roll to the secretary of the interior for the Philippine Islands, as in the preceding ease, and patents shall issue to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tide.</p></sidenote>the several parties according to their respective rights. If in any action brought pursuant to this section title to the ground in controversy shall not be established by either party, the court shall so find, and judgment shall be entered accordingly. In such case costs shall not be allowed to either party, and the claimant shall not proceed in the office of the provincial secretary or such other officer as by the government of said islands may be described as mining recorder or be entitled to a patent for the ground in controversy until he shall have <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alienation of title.</p></sidenote>perfected his title. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the alienation of a title conveyed by a patent for a mining claim to any person whatever.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="40"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 40. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims upon surveyed lands.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the description of mineral claims upon surveyed lands shall designate the location of the claim with reference to the lines of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">On unsurveyed lands.</p></sidenote>the public surveys, but need not conform therewith; but where a patent shall be issued for claims upon unsurveyed lands the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands in extending the survey’s shall adjust the same to the boundaries of such patented claim according to the plat or description thereof, but so as in no case to interfere with or change the location of any such patented claim.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="41"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 41. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Building stone entries.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any person authorized to enter lands under this Act may enter and obtain patent to lands that are chiefly valuable for building stone under the provisions of this Act relative to placer mineral claims.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="42"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 42. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Petroleum, etc,, entries.</p></sidenote>
<content>That any person authorized to enter lands under this Act may enter and obtain patent to lands containing petroleum or other mineral oils and chiefly valuable therefor under the provisions of this Act relative to placer mineral claims.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="43"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 43. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Placer claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That no location of a placer claim shall exceed sixty-four hectares for any association of persons, irrespective of the number of persons composing such association, and no such location shall include <page identifier="/us/stat/32/703">703</page>more than eight hectares for an individual claimant. Such locations shall conform to the laws of the United States Philippine Commission, or its successors, with reference to public surveys, and nothing in this section contained shall defeat or impair any bona tide ownership of land for agricultural purposes or authorize the sale of the improvements of any bona fide settler to any purchaser.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="44"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 44. </num>
<content>That where placer claims are located upon surveyed lands<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">On surveyed land.</p></sidenote> and conform to legal subdivisions, no further survey or plat shall be required, and all placer mining claims located after the date of passage of this Act shall conform as nearly as practicable to the Philippine system of public-land surveys and the regular subdivisions of such surveys; but where placer claims can not be conformed to legal sub-divisions, survey and plat shall be made as on unsurveyed lands; and where by the segregation of mineral lands in any legal subdivision a quantity of agricultural land less than sixteen hectares shall remain, such fractional portion of agricultural land may be entered by any party qualified by law for homestead purposes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="45"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 45. </num>
<content>That where such person or association, they and their<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Establishment of right to patent.</p></sidenote> grantors have held and worked their claims for a period equal to the time prescribed by the statute of limitations of the Philippine Islands, evidence of such possession and working of the claims for such period shall be sufficient to establish a light to a patent thereto under this Act, in the absence of any adverse claim; but nothing in this Act shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior liens not affected.</p></sidenote> be deemed to impair any lien which may have attached in any way whatever prior to the issuance of a patent.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="46"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 46. </num>
<content>That the chief of the Philippine, insular bureau of public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appointment of deputy surveyors.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote> lands may appoint competent deputy mineral surveyors to survey mining claims. The expenses of the survey of vein or lode claims and of the survey of placer claims, together with the cost of publication of notices, shall be paid by the applicants, and they shall be at liberty to obtain the same at the most reasonable rates, and they shall also be at liberty to employ any such deputy mineral surveyor to make the survey. The chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charges for surveys.</p></sidenote> also have power to establish the maximum charges for surveys and publication of notices under this Act; and in case of excessive charges or publication he may designate any newspaper published in a province where mines are situated, or in Manila, for the publication of mining notices and fix the rates to be charged by such paper; and to the end that the chief of the bureau of public lands may be fully informed on the subject such applicant shall file with the provincial secretary, or such other officer as by the government of the Philippine Islands may be described as mining recorder, a sworn statement of all charges and fees paid by such applicant for publication and surveys, and of all fees and money paid the provincial treasurer or the collector of internal revenue, as the case may be, which statement shall be transmitted, with the other papers in the case, to the secretary of the interior for the Philippine islands.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="47"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 47. </num>
<content>That all affidavits required to be made under this Act may<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Verification of affidavits.</p></sidenote> be verified before any officer authorized to administer oaths within the province or military department where the claims may be situated, and all testimony and proofs may be taken before any such officer, and,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Testimony, etc.</p></sidenote> when duly certified by the officer taking the same, shall have the same force and effect as if taken before the proper provincial secretary or such other officer as by the government of the Philippine Islands may be described as mining recorder. In cases of contest as to the mineral<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contests.</p></sidenote> or agricultural character of land the testimony and proofs may be taken as herein provided on personal notice of at least ten days to the opposing party; or if such party can not be found, then by publication at least once a week for thirty days in a newspaper to tie designated by the provincial secretary or such other officer as by said <page identifier="/us/stat/32/704">704</page>government may be described as mining recorder published nearest to the location of such land and in two newspapers published in Manila, one in the English language and one in the Spanish language, to be designated by the chief of the Philippine insular bureau of public lands; and the provincial secretary or such other officer as by said government may be described as mining recorder shall require proofs that such notice has been given.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="48"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 48. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents of nonmineral lands, etc., for milling, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That where nonmineral land not contiguous to the vein or lode is used or occupied by the proprietor of such vein or lode for tinning or milling purposes, such nonadjacent surface ground may be embraced and included in an application for a patent for such vein or lode, and the same may be patented therewith, subject, to the same preliminary requirements as to survey and notice as are applicable to veins or lodes; but no location of such nonadjacent land shall exceed two hectares, and payment for the same must be made at the same rate <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mill site patents.</p></sidenote>as fixed by this Act for the superficies of the lode. The owner of a quartz mill or reduction works not owning a mine in connection there-with may also receive a patent for his mill site as provided in this section.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="49"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 49. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rules for mines, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That as a condition of sale the Government of the Philippine Islands may provide rules for working, policing, and sanitation of mines, and rules concerning easements, drainage, water rights, right of way, right of Government survey and inspection, and other necessary means to their complete development not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and those conditions shall be fully expressed <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bonds of deputy mineral surveyors.</p></sidenote>in the patent. The Philippine Commission or its successors are hereby further empowered to fix the bonds of deputy mineral surveyors.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="50"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 50. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to vested water rights.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same, and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damages.</p></sidenote>but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="51"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 51. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">All patents subject to vested water rights, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all patents granted shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="52"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 52. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Establishment o land districts, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Government of the Philippine Islands is authorized to establish land districts and provide for the appointment of the necessary officers wherever they may deem the same necessary for the public convenience, and to further provide that in districts where land offices are established proceedings required by this Act to be had before provincial officers shall be had before the proper officers of such land offices.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="53"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 53. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coal-land entries.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States, or of the Philippine Islands, or who has acquired the rights of a native of said islands under and by virtue of the treaty of Paris, or any association of persons severally qualified as above, shall, upon application to the proper provincial treasurer, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit</p></sidenote>have the right to enter any quality of vacant coal lands of said Islands not otherwise appropriated or reserved by competent authority, not exceeding sixty-four hectares to such individual person, or one hundred and twenty-eight hectares to such association, upon payment to the provincial treasurer or the collector of internal revenue, as the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum price.</p></sidenote>case may be, of not less than twenty-five dollars per hectare for such <page identifier="/us/stat/32/705">705</page>lands, where the same shall be situated more than fifteen miles from any completed railroad or available harbor or navigable stream, and not less than fifty dollars per hectare for such lands as shall be within fifteen miles of such road, harbor, or stream: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Entries.</p></sidenote> entries shall be taken in squares of sixteen or sixty-four hectares, in conformity with the rules and regulations governing the public-land surveys of the said Islands in plotting legal subdivisions.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="54"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 54. </num>
<content>That any person or association of persons, severally qualified<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preference right of entry.</p></sidenote> as above provided, who have opened and improved, or shall here-after open and improve, any coal mine or mines upon the public lands, and shall be in actual possession of the same, shall be entitled to a preference right of entry under the preceding section of the mines so opened and improved.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="55"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 55. </num>
<content>That all claims under the preceding section must be presented<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Declaratory statement.</p></sidenote> to the proper provincial secretary within sixty days after the date of actual possession and the commencement of improvements on the land by the filing of a declaratory statement therefor; and where the improvements shall have been made prior to the expiration of three months from the date of the passage of this Act, sixty days from the expiration of such three months shall be allowed for the filing of a declaratory statement; and no sale under the provisions of this Act shall be allowed until the expiration of six months from the date of the passage of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="53"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 53. </num>
<content>That the three preceding sections shall be held to authorize<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit to entries.</p></sidenote> only one entry by the same person or association of persons; and no association of persons, any member of which shall have taken the benefit of such sections, either as an individual or as a member of any other association, shall enter or hold any other lands under the provisions thereof; and no member of any association which shall have taken the benefit of such section shall enter or hold any other lands under their provisions; and all persons claiming under section fifty-eight shall be<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saline lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Infra.</i></p></sidenote> required to prove their respective rights and pay for the lands filed upon within one year from the time prescribed for filing their respective claims; and upon failure to file the proper notice or to pay for the land within the required period, the same shall be subject to entry by any other qualified applicant.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="57"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 57. </num>
<content>That in case of conflicting claims upon coal lands where<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conflicting claims.</p></sidenote> the improvements shall be commenced after the date of the passage of this Act, priority of possession and improvement, followed by proper filing and continued good faith, shall determine the preference, right to purchase. And also where improvements have already been made prior to the passage of this Act, division of the land claimed may be made by legal subdivisions, which shall conform as nearly as practicable with the suit divisions of land provided for in this Act, to include as near as may be the valuable improvements of the respective parties. The Government of the Philippine Islands is authorized to issue all needful rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this and preceding sections relating to mineral lands.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="58"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 58. </num>
<content>That whenever it shall be made to appear to the secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Saline lands.</p></sidenote> of any province or the commander of any military department in the Philippine Islands that any lands within the province are saline in character, it shall be the duty of said provincial secretary or commander, under the regulations of the Government of the Philippine Islands, to take testimony in reference to such lands, to ascertain their true character, and to report the same to the secretary of the interior for the Philippine Islands; and if, upon such testimony, the secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Auction sales.</p></sidenote> of the interior shall find that such lands are saline and incapable of being purchased under any of the laws relative to the public domain, then and in such case said lands shall be offered for sale at the office of the provincial secretary or such other officer as by the said govern-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/706">706</page>ment may be described as mining recorder of the province or department in which the same shall be situated, as the case may be, under such regulations as maybe prescribed by said Government and sold to the highest bidder, for cash, at a price of not less than three dollars <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private soles.</p></sidenote>per hectare; and in case such lands fail to sell when so offered, then the same shall be subject to private sale at such office, for cash, at a price not less than three dollars per hectare, in the same manner as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamations of soles.</p></sidenote>other lands in the said Islands are sold. All executive proclamations relating to the sales of public saline lands shall be published in only two newspapers, one printed in the English language and one, in the Spanish language, at Manila, which shall be designated by said secretary of the interior.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="59"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 59. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mineral lands reserved from grants for public works.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That no Act granting lands to provinces, districts, or municipalities to aid in the construction of roads, or for other public purposes, shall be so construed as to embrace mineral lands, which, in all eases, are resented exclusively, unless otherwise specially provided in the Act or Acts making the grant.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="60"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 60. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prior mining commissions not affected.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the rights of any person, partnership, or corporation having a valid, perfected mining concession granted prior to April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, but all such concessions shall be conducted under the provisions of the law in force at the time they were granted, subject at all times to cancellation by reason of illegality in the procedure by which they were obtained, or for failure to comply with the conditions prescribed as requisite to their retention in the laws under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marking boundary lines.</p></sidenote>which they were granted: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the owner or owners of every such concession shall cause the corners made by its boundaries to be distinctly marked with permanent monuments within six months after this Act has been promulgated in the Philippine Islands, and that any concessions the boundaries of which are not so marked within this period shall be free and open to explorations and purchase under the provisions of this Act.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="61"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 61. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Future mining rights.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That mining rights on public lands in the Philippine Islands shall, after the passage of this Act, be acquired only in accordance with its provisions.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="62"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 62. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cancellation of perfected Spanish concessions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all proceedings for the cancellation of perfected Spanish concessions shall be conducted in the courts of the Philippine Islands having jurisdiction of the subject-matter and of the parties, unless the United States Philippine Commission, or its successors, shall create special tribunals for the determination of such controversies.</content>
</section>
<level>
<heading class="smallCaps">authority for the philippine islands government to purchase lands of religious orders and others and issue bonds for purchase price.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acquiring lands from religious orders, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="63"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 63. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Authority conferred to acquire, etc., real and personal property.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized, subject to the limitations and conditions prescribed in this Act, to acquire, receive, hold, maintain, and convey title to real and personal property, and may acquire real estate for public uses by the exercise of the right of eminent domain.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="64"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 64. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acquisition of property of religious orders, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the powers hereinbefore conferred in section sixty-three may also be exercised in respect of any lands, easements, appurtenances, and hereditaments which, on the thirteenth of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, were owned or held by associations, corporations, communities, religious orders, or private individuals in such large tracts or parcels and in such manner as in the opinion of the Commission injuriously to affect the peace and welfare of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issue of bonds authorized.</p></sidenote>people of the Philippine Islands. And for the purpose of providing tunas to acquire the lands mentioned in this section said government of the Philippine Islands is hereby empowered to incur indebtedness, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/707">707</page>to borrow money, and to issue, and to sell at not less than par value, in gold coin of the United States of the present standard value or the equivalent in value in money of said Islands, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem best, registered or coupon bonds<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denomination.</p></sidenote> of said government for such amount as may be necessary, said bonds to be in denominations of fifty dollars or any multiple thereof,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four and a half per centum per annum, payable quarterly, and to be payable at the pleasure of said government after dates named in said bonds not less than five nor more than thirty years from the date of their issue, together with interest thereon, in gold coin of the United States of the present standard<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exempt from taxes, etc.</p></sidenote> value or the equivalent in value in money of said Islands; and said bonds shall be exempt from the payment of all taxes or duties of said government, or any local authority therein, or of the Government of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority in the United States or the Philippine Islands. The moneys which may be realized or received from the issue and sale of said bonds shall be applied by the government of the Philippine, Islands to the acquisition of the property authorized by this section, and to no other purposes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="65"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 65. </num>
<content>That all lands acquired by virtue of the preceding section<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposition of property acquired.</p></sidenote> shall constitute a part and portion of the public property of the government of the Philippine Islands, and may he held, sold, and conveyed, or leased temporarily for a period not exceeding three years after their acquisition by said government on such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, subject to the limitations and conditions provided for in this Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all deferred payments and the interest thereon shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deferred payments, etc.</p></sidenote> be payable in the money prescribed for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds authorized to be issued in payment of said lands by the preceding section and said deferred payments shall bear interest at the rate borne by the bonds. All moneys realized or received<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of proceeds.</p></sidenote> from sales or other disposition of said lands or by reason thereof shall constitute, a trust fund for the payment of principal and interest of said bonds, and also constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds at their maturity. Actual settlers and occupants at the time<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preference rights of settlers, etc.</p></sidenote> said lands are acquired by the government shall have, the preference over all others to lease, purchase, or acquire their holdings within such reasonable time as may be determined by said government.</proviso></content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">municipal bonds for public improvements.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="66"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 66. </num>
<content>That for the purpose of providing funds to construct sewers,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Municipal bonds for public improvements.</p></sidenote> to furnish adequate sewer and drainage facilities, to secure a sufficient supply of water, and to provide all kinds of municipal betterments and improvements in municipalities, the government of the Philippine Islands, under such limitations, terms, and conditions as it may prescribe, with the consent and approval of the President and the Congress of the United States, may permit any municipality of said islands to incur indebtedness, borrow money, and to issue arid sell (at not less than par value in gold coin of the United States) registered or coupon bonds in such amount and payable at such time as may be determined by the government of said islands, with interest thereon not to exceed five per centum per annum: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the entire<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso,</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of indebtedness.</p></sidenote> indebtedness of any municipality under this section shall not exceed five per centum of the assessed valuation of the property in said municipality, and any obligation in excess of such limit shall be null and void.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="67"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 67. </num>
<content>That all municipal bonds shall be in denominations of fifty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denomination of bonds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote> dollars, or any multiple thereof, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum, payable quarterly, such bonds to be <page identifier="/us/stat/32/708">708</page>payable at the pleasure of the government of the Philippine Islands, after dates named in said bonds not less than five nor more than thirty years from the date of their issue, together with the interest thereon, in gold coin of the United States of the present standard value, or its <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exempt from taxes, etc.</p></sidenote>equivalent in value in money of the said Islands; and said bonds shall be exempt from the payment of all taxes or duties of the government of the Philippine Islands, or any local authority therein, or the Government of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="68"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 68. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of funds received from sole of bonds.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all moneys which may be realized or received from the issue and sale of said bonds shall be utilized under authorization of the government of the Philippine Islands in providing the municipal improvements and betterment which induced the issue and sale of said bonds, and for no other purpose.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="69"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 69. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Municipal taxes to pay bond obligations.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the government of the Philippine Islands shall, by the levy and collection of taxes on the municipality, its inhabitants and their property, or by other means, make adequate provision to meet the obligation of the bonds of such municipality, and shall create a sinking fund sufficient to retire them and pay the interest thereon in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote>accordance with the terms of issue: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if said bonds or any portion thereof shall be paid out of the funds of the government of said islands, such municipality shall reimburse said government for the sum thus paid, and said government is hereby empowered to collect said sum by the levy and collection of taxes on such municipality.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="70"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 70. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Manila.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issue of bonds for sewers, water supply, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That for the purpose of providing funds to construct sewers in the city of Manila and to furnish it with an adequate sewer and drainage-system and supply of water the government of the Philippine Islands, with the approval of the President of the United States <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit.</p></sidenote>first had, is hereby authorized to permit the city of Manila to incur indebtedness, to borrow money, and to issue and sell (at not less than par value in gold coin of the United States), upon such terms and conditions as it may deem best, registered or coupon bonds of the city of Manila to an amount not exceeding four million dollars lawful money of the United States, payable at such time or times as may be determined by said government, with interest thereon not to exceed five per centum per annum.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="71"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 71. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Denomination of bonds.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That said coupon or registered bonds shall be in denominations of fifty dollars or any multiple thereof,, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum, payable quarterly such bonds to be payable at the pleasure of the government of the Philippine Islands, after dates named in said bonds not less than five nor more than thirty years from the date of their issue, together with the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exempt from taxes, etc.</p></sidenote>interest thereon in gold coin of the United States of the present standard value, or the equivalent in value in money of the said Islands; and said bonds shall be exempt from the payment of all taxes or duties of the government of the said Islands, or of any local authority therein, or of the Government of the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="72"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 72. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of funds.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all moneys which may be realized or received from the issue and sale of said bonds shall be utilized under authorization of said government of the Philippine Islands in providing a suitable sewer and drainage system and adequate supply of water for the city of Manila and for no other purpose.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="73"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 73. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxes to meet bond obligations.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the government of the Philippine Islands shall, by the levy and collection of taxes on the city of Manila, its inhabitants and their property, or by other means, make adequate provision to meet the obligation of said bonds and shall create a sinking fund sufficient to retire them and pay the interest thereon in accordance with <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement.</p></sidenote>the terms of issue: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if said bonds or any portion thereof shall be paid out of the funds of the government of said islands, said city shall reimburse said government for the sum thus paid, and said <page identifier="/us/stat/32/709">709</page>government is hereby empowered to collect said sum by the levy and collection of taxes on said city.</proviso></content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">franchises.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Franchises, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="74"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 74. </num>
<content>That the government of the Philippine Islands may grant<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Government authorized to grant.</p></sidenote> franchises, privileges, and concessions, including the authority to exercise the right of eminent domain for the construction and operation of works of public utility and service, and may authorize said works to be constructed and maintained over and across the public property of the United States, including streets, highways, squares, and reservations, and over similar property of the government of said Islands, and may adopt rules and regulations under which the provincial and municipal governments of the islands may grant the right to use and occupy such public property belonging to said provinces or municipalities: <proviso><i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private property, etc.</p></sidenote> That no private property shall be taken for any purpose under this section without just compensation paid or tendered therefor, and that such authority to take and occupy land shall not authorize the taking use, or occupation of any land except such as is required for the actual necessary purposes for which the franchise is granted, and that no franchise,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Franchises subject to amendment, etc,, by Congress.</p></sidenote> privilege, or concession shall be granted to any corporation except under the conditions that it shall be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the United States, and that lands or rights of use and occupation of lands thus granted shall revert to the governments by which they were respectively granted upon the termination of the franchises and concessions under which they were granted or upon their revocation or repeal. That all franchises, privileges,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Issuance of stock, etc., restricted.</p></sidenote> or concessions granted under this Act shall forbid the issue of stock or bonds except in exchange for actual cash, or for property at a fair valuation, equal to the par value of the stock or bonds so issued; shall forbid the declaring of stock or bond dividends, and, in the case<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dividends.</p></sidenote> of public-service corporations, shall provide for the effective regulation of the charges thereof, for the official inspection and regulation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection of books, etc.</p></sidenote> of the books and accounts of such corporations, and for the payment of a reasonable percentage of gross earnings into the treasury of the Philippine Islands or of the province or municipality within which such franchises are granted and exercised:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That it<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Slave labor prohibited.</p></sidenote> shall be unlawful for any corporation organized under this Act, or for any person, company, or corporation receiving any grant, franchise, or concession from the government of said Islands, to use, employ, or contract for the labor of persons claimed or alleged to be held in involuntary servitude; and any person, company, or corporation so<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty.</p></sidenote> violating the provisions of this Act shall forfeit all charters, grants, franchises, and concessions for doing business in said Islands, and in addition shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and shall be punished by a tine of not less than ten thousand dollars.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="75"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 75. </num>
<content>That no corporation shall be authorized to conduct the business<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Real estate holdings of corporations.</p></sidenote> of buying and selling real estate or be permitted to hold or own real estate except such as may be reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out the purposes for which it is created, and every corporation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Maximum.</p></sidenote> authorized to engage in agriculture shall by its charter be restricted to the ownership and control of not to exceed one thousand and twenty-four hectares of land; and it shall be unlawful for any member of a corporation engaged in agriculture or mining and for any corporation organized for any purpose except irrigation to be in any wise interested in any other corporation engaged in agriculture or in mining. Corporations, however, may loan funds upon real-estate security and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loans.</p></sidenote> purchase real estate when necessary for the collection of loans, but they shall dispose of real estate so obtained within five years after <page identifier="/us/stat/32/710">710</page>receiving the title. Corporations not organized in the Philippine Islands, and doing business therein, shall be bound by the provisions of this section so far as they are applicable.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading>coinage.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coinage.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="76"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 76. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Establishment of a mint at Manila authorized.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 952.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized to establish a mint at the city of Manila, in said islands, for coinage purposes, and the coins hereinafter authorized may be coined at said mint. And the said government is hereby authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States laws applicable.</p></sidenote>to enact laws necessary for such establishment: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the laws of the United States relating to mints and coinage, so far as applicable, are hereby extended to the coinage of said islands.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="77"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 77. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Coinage of subsidiary silver coins.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 953.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the government of the Philippine Islands is authorized to coin, for use in said islands, a coin of the denomination of fifty centavos and of the weight of one hundred and ninety-two and nineteenth grains, a coin of the denomination of twenty centavos and of the weight of seventy-seven and sixteen one-hundredths grains, and a coin of the denomination of ten centavos and of the weight of thirty-eight and fifty-eight one-hundredths grains, and the standard of said silver coins shall be such that of one thousand parts by weight nine hundred shall be of pure metal and one hundred of alloy, and the alloy shall be of copper.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="78"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 78. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of bullion.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the subsidiary silver coins authorized by the preceding <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post.</i> p. 955.</p></sidenote>section shall be coined under the authority of the government of the Philippine Islands in such amounts as it may determine, with the approval of the Secretary of War of the United States, from silver bullion purchased by said government, with the approval of the Secretary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Recoining Spanish Filipino dollars, etc.</p></sidenote> of War of the United States: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That said government may in addition and in its discretion recoin the Spanish Filipino dollars and subsidiary silver coins issued under the authority of the Spanish Government for use in said islands into the subsidiary coins provided for in the preceding section at such rate and under such regulations as it may prescribe, and the subsidiary silver coins authorized by this section shall be legal tender in said islands to the amount of ten dollars.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="79"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 79. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minor coins.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the government of the Philippine Islands is also authorized to issue minor coins of the denominations of one-half centavo, one centavo, and five centavos, and such minor coins shall be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alloy.</p></sidenote>legal tender in said islands for amounts not exceeding one dollar. The alloy of the five-centavo piece shall be of copper and nickel, to be com-posed of three-fourths copper and one-fourth nickel. The alloy of the one-centavo and one-half-centavo pieces shall be ninety-five per centum of copper and five per centum of tin and zinc, in such proportions as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Weight</p></sidenote>shall be determined by said government. The weight of the five-centavo piece shall be seventy-seven and sixteen-hundredths grains troy, and of the one-centavo piece eighty grains troy, and of the one-half-centavo piece forty grains troy.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="80"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 80. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Purchase of metal.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That for the purchase of metal for the subsidiary and minor coinage, authorized by the preceding sections, an appropriation may be made by the government of the Philippine Islands from its current funds, which shall be reimbursed from the coinage under said sections; and the gain or seigniorage arising therefrom shall be paid into the treasury of said Islands.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="81"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 81. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Place of coinage optional.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the subsidiary and minor coinage hereinbefore authorized may be coined at the mint of the government of the Philippine Islands at Manila, or arrangements may be. made by the said government with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States for their coinage at any of the mints of the United States, at a charge covering the reasonable cost of the work.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/711">711</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="82"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 82. </num>
<content>That the subsidiary and minor coinage hereinbefore authorized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Devices and inscriptions.</p></sidenote> shall bear devices and inscriptions to be prescribed by the government of the Philippine Islands and such devices and inscriptions shall express the sovereignty of the United States, that it is a coin of the Philippine Islands, the denomination of the coin, and the year of the coinage.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="83"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 83. </num>
<content>That the government of the Philippine Islands shall have the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Redemption and re-issue of defective coins, etc.</p></sidenote> power to make all necessary appropriations and all proper regulations for the redemption and reissue of worn or defective coins and for carrying out all other provisions of this Act relating to coinage.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="84"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 84. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the laws relating to entry, clearance, and manifests<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States shipping, customs, etc,, laws made applicable.</p></sidenote> of steamships and other vessels arriving from or going to foreign ports shall apply to voyages each way between the Philippine Islands and the United States and the possessions thereof, and all laws<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Customs duties.</p></sidenote> relating to the collection and protection of customs duties not inconsistent with the Act of Congress of March eighth, nineteen hundred and two,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 54.</p></sidenote> “temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands,” shall apply in the case of vessels and goods arriving from said Islands in the United States and its aforesaid possessions.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The laws relating to seamen on foreign voyages shall apply to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seamen on foreign voyages.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Customs officers substituted for consular officers.</p></sidenote> sea-men on vessels going from the United States audits possessions aforesaid to said Islands, the customs officers there being for this purpose substituted for consular officers in foreign ports.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The provisions of chapters six and seven, title forty-eight, Revised<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation of passengers and merchandise.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Log book entries.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4252–4292/pp820–828">R. S., secs. 4252–4292, pp. 820–828</ref>.</p></sidenote> Statutes, so far as now in force, and any amendments thereof, shall apply to vessels making voyages either way between ports of the United States or its aforesaid possessions and ports in said Islands; and the provisions or law relating to the public health and quarantine shall apply in the case of all vessels entering a port of the United States or its aforesaid possessions from said Islands, where the customs officers at the port of departure shall perform the duties required by such law of consular officers in foreign ports.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Section three thousand and five, Revised Statutes, as amended, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transit of merchandise.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3005/p579">R. S., sec. 3005, p. 579</ref>.</p></sidenote> other existing laws concerning the transit of merchandise through the United States, shall apply to merchandise arriving at any port of the United States destined for any of its insular and continental possessions, or destined from any of them to foreign countries.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Nothing in this Act shall be held to repeal or alter any part of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Former laws continued.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 55.</p></sidenote> Act of March eighth, nineteen hundred and two, aforesaid, or to apply to Guam, Tutuila, or Manua, except that section eight of an Act entitled “An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Equivalent rates of money.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 54.</p></sidenote> Archipelago,” enacted by the Philippine Commission on the seventeenth of September, nineteen hundred and one, and approved by an Act entitled “An Act temporarily to provide revenues for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.” approved March eighth, nine-teen hundred and two, is hereby amended sous to authorize the Civil Governor thereof in bis discretion to establish the equivalent rates of the money in circulation in said Islands with the money of the United States as often as once in ten days.</p>
</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="85"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 85. </num>
<content>That the treasury of the Philippine Islands and such banking<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Depositories of public money.</p></sidenote> associations in said islands with a paid up capital of not less than two million dollars and chartered by the United States or any State thereof as may be designated by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States shall be depositories of public money of the “United States, subject to the provisions of existing law governing such depositories in the United States: <proviso><i>Provided, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposit of bonds, etc., not required.</p></sidenote>That the treasury of the government of said islands shall not be required to deposit bonds in the Treasury of the United States, or to give other specific securities for the safe-keeping of public money except as prescribed, in his discretion, by the Secretary of War.</proviso></content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/712">712</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="86"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 86. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to annul all laws reserved by Congress.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all laws passed by the government of the Philippine Islands shall be reported to Congress, which hereby reserves the power and authority to annul the same, and the Philippine Commission is hereby directed to make annual report of all its receipts and expenditures to the Secretary of War.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading>bureau of insular affairs.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Insular Affairs.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="87"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 87. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Business subject to jurisdiction of War Department.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the Division of Insular Affairs of the War Department, organized by the Secretary of War, is hereby continued until otherwise provided, and shall hereafter be known as the Bureau of Insular Affairs<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chief of Bureau.</p></sidenote> of the War Department. The business assigned to said Bureau shall embrace all matters pertaining to civil government in the island possessions of the United States subject to the jurisdiction of the War Department; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail an officer of the Army whom he may consider especially well qualified, to act under the authority of the Secretary <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rank.</p></sidenote>of War as the chief of said Bureau; and said officer while acting under said detail shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="88"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 88. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.</content>
</section>
</level>
<action>
<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1370.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To increase the efficiency and change the name of the United States Marine-Hospital Service.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/236">Public, No. 236</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marine-Hospital Service changed to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 639.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Change of officers’ titles.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the United States Marine-Hospital Service shall hereafter be known and designated as the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States, and the Supervising Surgeon-General and the officers now or hereafter commissioned under the Act of January fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An Act to regulate appointments in the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States,” and Acts amendatory thereof, shall hereafter he known as the Surgeon-General, surgeons, passed assistant surgeons, and assistant surgeons of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. Nothing in this Act contained shall be held or construed to discharge any of the officers above named, or any of the acting assistant surgeons, pharmacists, and other employees of the Marine-Hospital Service, or to deprive any officer of his commission or the benefits derived by longevity of service. <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">All duties, transferred.</p></sidenote>The care of sick and disabled seamen and all other duties now required by law to be performed by the Marine-Hospital Service shall, hereafter be performed by the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, and all funds and appropriations now provided by law for use by the Marine-Hospital Service and all properties and rights pertaining to said service shall be available for use for like purposes and in like manner, under the Treasury Department, by the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salaries.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the salary of the Surgeon-General of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service shall be five thousand dollars per annum, and the salaries and allowances of the commissioned medical officers of said service shall be the same as now provided by regulations of the Marine-Hospital Service.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant surgeons-general.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That commissioned medical officers, when detailed by the Surgeon-General for duty in the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Bureau at Washington. District of Columbia, in charge of the administrative divisions thereof, namely, marine hospitals and relief, domestic quarantine, foreign and insular quarantine, personnel and accounts, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/713">713</page>sanitary reports and statistics, and scientific research, shall, while thus serving, be assistant surgeons-general of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, but their pay and allowances shall be the same as<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay and allowances.</p></sidenote> now provided by regulations of the Marine-Hospital Service for officers in charge of said divisions; and the senior officer thus serving<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assistant.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s178/p28">R. S. sec. 178, p. 28</ref>.</p></sidenote> shall be the assistant within the meaning of section one hundred and seventy-eight, Revised Statutes of the United States: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rank.</p></sidenote> That no such officer shall be detailed in charge of said divisions who is below the rank of passed assistant surgeon.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the President is authorized, in his discretion, to utilize<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of Service in time of war.</p></sidenote> the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service in times of threatened or actual war to such extent and in such manner as shall in his judgment promote the public interest without, however, in any wise impairing the efficiency of the service for the purposes for winch the same was created and is maintained.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That there shall be an advisory board for the hygienic<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Hygienic laboratory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Advisory board created.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1137.</p></sidenote> laboratory provided by the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, for consultation with the Surgeon-General of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service relative to the investigations to be inaugurated, and the methods of conducting the same, in said laboratory. Said board shall consist of three competent experts,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Members.</p></sidenote> to be detailed from the Army, the Navy, and the Bureau of Animal Industry by the Surgeon-General of the Army, the Surgeon-General of the Navy, and the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively, which experts, with the director of the said laboratory, shall be ex officio members of the board, and serve without additional compensation. Five other members of said board shall be appointed by the Surgeon-General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Civilian members.</p></sidenote> of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall be skilled in laboratory work in its relation to the public health, and not in the regular employment of the Government. The said five members shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem compensation.</p></sidenote> each receive compensation of ten dollars per diem while serving in conference, as aforesaid, together with allowance for actual and necessary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p></sidenote> traveling expenses and hotel expenses while in conference. Said conference is not to exceed ten days in any one fiscal year. The term of service of the five members of said hoard, not in the, regular employment of the Government, first appointed shall be so arranged that one of said members shall retire each year, the subsequent appointments to be for a period of five years. Appointments to fill vacancies<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vacancies.</p></sidenote> occurring in a manner other than as above provided shall be made for the unexpired term of the member whose place has become vacant.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That there shall be appointed by the Surgeon-General, with<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Chiefs of divisions.</p></sidenote> the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever, in the opinion of the Surgeon-General, commissioned medical officers of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service are not available for this duty by detail, competent persons to take charge of the divisions, respectively, of chemistry, zoology, and pharmacology of the hygienic laboratory, who shall each receive such pay as shall be fixed by the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pay.</p></sidenote> Surgeon-General, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The director of the said laboratory shall be an officer detailed from the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Director of laboratory.</p></sidenote> corps of commissioned medical officers of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, as now provided by regulations for said detail from the Marine-Hospital Service, and while thus serving shall have the pay and emoluments of a surgeon: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all commissioned<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Eligibility.</p></sidenote> officers of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service not below the grade of passed assistant surgeon shall be eligible to assignment to duty in charge of the said divisions of the hygienic laboratory, and while serving in such capacity shall be entitled to the pay and emoluments of their rank.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That when, in the opinion of the Surgeon-General of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special conferences with State, etc., boards of health.</p></sidenote> Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States, the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/714">714</page>interests of the public health would be promoted by a conference of said service with State or Territorial boards of health, quarantine authorities, or State health officers, the District of Columbia included, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Delegates.</p></sidenote>he may invite as many of said health and quarantine authorities as he deems necessary or proper to send delegates, not more than one from each State or Territory and District of Columbia, to said conference: <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual conference.</p></sidenote><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That an annual conference of the health authorities of all the States and Territories and the District, of Columbia shall be called, each of said States. Territories, and the District of Columbia to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Call for conferences.</p></sidenote>entitled to one delegate:</proviso> <proviso><i>And, provided further.</i> That it shall be the duty of the said Surgeon-General to call a conference upon the application of not less than five State or Territorial boards of health, quarantine authorities, or State health officers, each of said States and Territories joining in such request to be represented by one delegate.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uniform registration of mortality, etc., statistics-</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That to secure uniformity in the registration of mortality, morbidity, and vital statistics it shall be the duty of the Surgeon-General of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, after the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Collection, etc., of statistics.</p></sidenote>annual conference required by section seven to be called, to prepare and distribute suitable and necessary forms for the collection and compilation<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication.</p></sidenote> of such statistics, and said statistics, when transmitted to the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Bureau on said forms, shall be compiled and published by the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service as a part of the health reports published by said service.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">President to prescribe regulations, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the President, shall from time to time prescribe rides for the conduct of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service. He <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Report.</p></sidenote>shall also prescribe regulations respecting its internal administration and discipline, and the uniforms of its officers and employees. It shall be the duty of the Surgeon-General to transmit annually to the Secretary of the Treasury, for transmission by said Secretary to Congress, a full and complete report of the transactions of said service, including a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1371: To amend sections thirty-three hundred and sixty-two and thirty-three hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to tobacco.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1371</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 714</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1371.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend sections thirty-three hundred and sixty-two and thirty-three hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to tobacco.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/237">Public, No. 237</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i> </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal revenue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tobacco.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3362/p657">R. S., sec. 3362, p. 657</ref>, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 20, p. 345.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 22, p. 401.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">That section thirty-three hundred and sixty-two of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the Act of March first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and by the Act of January ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out all after the fifth paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu of the words so striken out the following:</p>
<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Marking of packages.</p></sidenote>“And every such wooden package shall have printed or marked thereon the manufacturer’s name and place of manufacture, the registered number of the manufactory, and the gross weight, the tare, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Export packages exempt.</p></sidenote>the net weight of the tobacco in each package: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That these limitations and descriptions of packages shall not apply to tobacco and snuff transported in bond for exportation and actually exported:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sales of perique, etc., between manufacturers without tax.</p></sidenote> That perique tobacco, fine-cut shorts, the refuse of fine-cut chewing tobacco, refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco may be sold in bulk as material, and without the payment of tax, by one manufacturer directly to another manufacturer, or for export, under such restrictions, rules, and regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribe:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Materials for packing.</p></sidenote> That wood, metal, paper, or other materials may be used separately or in combination for packing tobacco, snuff, and cigars <page identifier="/us/stat/32/715">715</page>under such regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may establish.</proviso>”</p>
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</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the last paragraph of section thirty-three hundred and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Packages of manufactured tobacco, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3394/p666">R. S., sec. 3394, p. 666</ref>, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30. p. 206.</p></sidenote> ninety-four of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the tenth section of the Act of July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows:</p>
<quotedContent>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">“No packages of manufactured tobacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing, etc., prohibited with packages.</p></sidenote> prescribed by law, shall be permitted to have packed in, or attached to, or connected with, them, nor affixed to, branded, stamped, marked, written, or printed upon them, 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, nor any indecent or immoral picture, representation, print, or words; and any violation of the provisions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty added.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s3456/p684">R. S., sec. 3456, p. 684</ref>.</p></sidenote> of this paragraph shall subject the offender to the penalties and punishments provided by section thirty-four hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes,”</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1372: To diminish the number of appraisers at the ports of Philadelphia and Boston, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1372</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 715</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1372.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To diminish the number of appraisers at the ports of Philadelphia and Boston, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/238">Public, No. 238</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That sections numbered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Customs service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">One appraiser hereafter at Philadelphia and Boston.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs//s2529/2544/pp496/502">R. S., secs. 2529, 2544, pp. 496, 502</ref>, amended.</p></sidenote> twenty-five hundred and twenty-nine and twenty-five hundred and forty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States are hereby so amended that there shall be one appraiser of merchandise at each of said ports instead of two, as now provided by law.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The salary of said appraisers shall be four thousand dollars each per<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary.</p></sidenote> annum, instead of three thousand dollars each, as now established by law.</p>
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</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1373: To provide certain souvenir medals for the benefit of the Washington Monument Association, of Alexandria, Virginia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1373</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 715</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1373.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide certain souvenir medals for the benefit of the Washington Monument Association, of Alexandria, Virginia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/239">Public, No. 239</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That for the purpose of aiding<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington Monument Association, Alexandria, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dies for souvenir medals to be made at Philadelphia mint.</p></sidenote> in the cost of erecting, in the city of Alexandria, Virginia, a monument commemorating the centenary of the death of Washington, in the manner designated by the Washington Monument Association, of Alexandria, Virginia (an association chartered under the laws of Virginia), the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to have made and prepared in the mint of the United States, in Philadelphia, four dies for medals of such size, shape, and design as may be designated by said Washington Monument Association and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and to have made and struck from said dies at said mint such number of medals out of silver or bronze, not to exceed two hundred thousand, as may be required by said Washington Monument Association.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the material from which said medals are to be made<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Material.</p></sidenote> shall be furnished to the Director of the Mint, at the mint in Philadelphia. by and at, the expense of said Washington Monument Association, and the United States shall furnish the material for the said four dies.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1374: To grant certain lands to the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1374</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 716</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/716">716</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1374.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To grant certain lands to the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/210">Public, No. 210</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote>Whereas the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company is the owner of a reservoir from which the inhabitants of the city of Denver, Colorado, are supplied with water for domestic purposes; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas it is necessary for the health of the people of said city that the waters of said reservoir should not be contaminated and that the principal drainage basins leading into said reservoir should he under the control of the owners of said reservoir: Therefore,</recital>
</preamble>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Platte Caimi and Reservoir Company, Denver, Colo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of land to.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the following-described tracts of land, situated in the counties of Jefferson and Douglas, in the State of Colorado, described as follows: Sections one, two, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-three, and twenty-four, in township ten south, range seventy-one west, of sixth principal meridian; and sections six, seven, eighteen, and nineteen, in township ten south, range seventy west, of sixth principal meridian, all within the South Platte Forest Reserve, containing seven thousand six hundred and eighty acres, be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company, a corporation of the State of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Price per acre.</p></sidenote>Colorado, upon the payment of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre by said company to the United States, to have and to hold said lands to its use and behoof forever for purposes of water storage and supply of its waterworks: and for said purposes said company shall forever have the right, in its discretion, to control and use any and all parts of the premises herein conveyed, and in the construction of reservoirs, laying such pipes and mains, and in making such improvements as may be necessary to utilize the water contained in any natural or constructed reservoirs upon said premises.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1375: To provide for the allotment of the lands of the Cherokee Nation, for the disposition of town sites therein, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1375</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 716</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1375.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the allotment of the lands of the Cherokee Nation, for the disposition of town sites therein, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/241">Public, No. 241</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cherokee Nation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment of lands for the disposition of town sites.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Definitions.</p></sidenote>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">definition of words employed herein.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="1"><inline class="smallCaps">Section</inline>. 1. </num>
<content>The words “nation” and “tribe” shall each be held to refer to the Cherokee Nation or tribe of Indians in Indian Territory.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>The words “principal chief” or “chief executive” shall be held to mean the principal chief of said tribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>The words “Dawes Commission” or “Commission” shall be held to mean the United States Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>The word “minor” shall be held to mean males tinder the age of twenty-one years and females under the age of eighteen years.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>The terms “allottable lands” or “lands allottable” shall be held to mean all the lands of the Cherokee tribe not herein reserved from allotment.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>The word “select.” and its various modifications, as applied to allotments and homesteads, shall be held to mean the formal application at the land office, to be established by the Dawes Commission for the Cherokee Nation, for particular tracts of land.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>The words “member” or “members” and “citizen” or “citizens” shall be held to mean members or citizens of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory,</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/717">717</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>Every word in this Act importing the masculine gender may extend and be applied to females as well as males, and the use of the plural may include also the singular, and vice versa.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">appraisement of lands.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisement of lands.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="9"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 9. </num>
<content>The lands belonging to the Cherokee tribe of Indians in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">True value.</p></sidenote> Indian Territory, except such as are herein reserved from allotment, shall be appraised at their true value: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That in the determination<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location, etc.</p></sidenote> of the value of such land consideration shall not be given to the location thereof, to any timber thereon, or to any mineral deposits contained therein, and shall be made without reference to improvements which may be located thereon.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="10"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 10. </num>
<content>The appraisement, as herein provided, shall be made by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisements by Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.</p></sidenote> the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">allotment of lands.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="11"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 11. </num>
<content>There shall be allotted by the Commission to the Five Civilized<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment to citizens.</p></sidenote> Tribes and to each citizen of the Cherokee tribe, as soon as practicable after the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of his enrollment as herein provided, land equal in value to one hundred and ten acres of the average allottable lands of the Cherokee Nation, to conform as nearly as may be to the areas and boundaries established by the Government survey, which land may be selected by each allottee so as to include his improvements.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="12"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 12. </num>
<content>For the purpose of making allotments and designating home-steads<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Subdivisions.</p></sidenote> hereunder, the forty-acre, or quarter of a quarter section, sub-division established by the Government survey may be dealt with as if further subdivided into four equal parts in the usual manner, thus making the smallest legal subdivision ten acres, or a quarter of a quarter of a quarter of a section.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="13"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 13. </num>
<content>Each member of said tribe shall, at the time of the selection<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Homesteads inalienable and nontaxable.</p></sidenote> of his allotment, designate as a homestead out of said allotment land equal in value to forty acres of the average allotable lands of the Cherokee Nation, as nearly as may be, which shall be inalienable during the lifetime of the allottee, not exceeding twenty-one years from the date of the certificate of allotment. Separate certificate shall issue for said homestead. During the time said homestead is held by the allottee the same shall be nontaxable and shall not be liable for any debt contracted by the owner thereof while so held by him.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="14"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 14. </num>
<content>Lands allotted to citizens shall not in any manner whatever<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Debts, etc.</p></sidenote> or at any time be encumbered, taken, or sold to secure or satisfy any debt or obligation, or be alienated by the allottee or his heirs, before the expiration of five years from the date of the ratification of this Act.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="15"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 15. </num>
<content>All lands allotted to the members of said tribe, except such<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Alienation.</p></sidenote> land as is set aside to each fora homestead as herein provided, shall be alienable in five years after issuance of patent.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="16"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 16. </num>
<content class="inline">If for any reason an allotment should not be selected or a<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commission may select allotments.</p></sidenote> homestead designated by or on behalf of any member of the tribe, it shall be the duty of said Commission to make said selection and designation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="17"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 17. </num>
<content>In the making of allotments and in the designation of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Minimum subdivision.</p></sidenote> homesteads for members of said tribe, said Commission shall not be required to divide lands into tracts of less than the smallest legal subdivision provided for in section twelve hereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="18"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 18. </num>
<content>It shall be unlawful after ninety days after the ratification<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of allotment acreage.</p></sidenote> of this Act by the Cherokees for any member of the Cherokee tribe to inclose or hold possession of, in any manner, by himself or through <page identifier="/us/stat/32/718">718</page>another, directly or indirectly, more lands in value than that of one hundred and ten acres of average allottable lands of the Cherokee Nation, either for himself or for his wife, or for each of his minor children, if members of said tribe; and any member of said tribe found in such possession of lands, or having the same in any manner inclosed, after the expiration of ninety days after the date of the, ratification of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="19"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 19. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment for violation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of section eighteen of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, shall stand committed until such fine and costs are, paid (such commitment not to exceed one day for every two dollars of said fine and costs), and shall forfeit possession of any property in question, and each day on which such offense is committed or continues <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Prosecutions.</p></sidenote>to exist shall be deemed a separate offense. The United States district attorney for the northern district is required to see that the provisions of said section eighteen are strictly enforced, and he shall immediately, after the expiration of the ninety days after the ratification of this Act, proceed to dispossess all persons of such excessive holdings of lands and to prosecute them for so unlawfully holding the same, and the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes shall have authority to make investigations of all violations of section eighteen and make report thereon to the United States district attorney.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="20"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 20. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment to heirs.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">If any person whose name appears upon the roll prepared as herein provided shall have died subsequent to the first day of September, nineteen hundred and two, and before receiving his allotment, the lands to which such person would have been entitled if living shall be allotted in his name, and shall, with his proportionate share of other tribal property, descend to his heirs according to the laws of descent and distribution as provided in chapter forty-nine of Mansfield’s Digest <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selection.</p></sidenote>of the Statutes of Arkansas: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the allotment thus to be made shall be selected by a duly appointed administrator or executor. If, however, such administrator or executor be not duly and expeditiously appointed, or fails to act promptly when appointed, or for any other cause such selection be not so made within a reasonable and proper time, the Dawes Commission shall designate the lands thus to be allotted.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="21"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 21. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment certificates.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Allotment certificates issued by the Dawes Commission shall be conclusive evidence of the right of an allottee to the tract of land described therein, and the United States Indian agent for the Union Agency shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, upon the application of the allottee, place him in possession of his allotment, and shall remove therefrom all persons objectionable to him, and the acts of the Indian agent hereunder shall not be controlled by the writ or process of any court.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="22"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 22. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exclusive Jurisdiction in appraisement, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Com-mission to the Five Civilized Tribes, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to determine all matters relative to the appraisement and the allotment of lands.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="23"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 23. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dein ware Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotment of lands, etc,, to.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All Delaware Indians who are members of the Cherokee Nation shall take lands and share in the funds of the tribe, as their rights may be determined by the judgment of the Court of Claims, or by the Supreme Court if appealed, in the suit instituted therein by the Delawares against the Cherokee Nation, and now pending; but if said suit be not determined before said Commission is ready to begin the allotment of lands of the tribe as herein provided, the Commission shall cause to be segregated one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred acres of land, including lands which have been selected and occupied by Delawares in conformity to the provisions of their agreement with the Cherokees dated April eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, such lands so to remain, subject to disposition according to such judgment as may be rendered in said cause; and said Commission shall <page identifier="/us/stat/32/719">719</page>thereupon proceed to the allotment of the remaining lands of the tribe as aforesaid. Said Commission shall, when final judgment is rendered, allot lands to such Delawares in conformity to the terms of the judgment and their individual rights thereunder. Nothing in this Act shall in any manner impair the rights of either party to said contract as the same may be finally determined by the court, or shall interfere with the holdings of the Delawares under their contract with the Cherokees of April eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, until their rights under said contract are determined by the courts in their suit now pending against the Cherokees, and said suit shall be advanced on the dockets of said courts and determined at the earliest time practicable.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">reservations.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="24"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 24. </num>
<chapeau class="inline">The following lands shall be reserved from the allotment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reservations.</p></sidenote> of lands herein, provided for:</chapeau>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="a">(a) </num>
<content>All lands set apart for town sites by the provisions of the Act of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Town sites.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 508.</p></sidenote> Congress of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (Thirtieth Statutes, page four hundred and ninety-five), the provisions<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote> of the Act of Congress of May thirty-first, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, page, two hundred and twenty-one), and by the provisions of this Act.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="b">(b) </num>
<content>All lands to which, upon the date of the ratification of this Act,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railroad lands.</p></sidenote> any railroad company may, under any treaty or Act of Congress, have a vested right for right of way, depots, station grounds, water stations, stock yards, or similar uses only, connected with the maintenance and operation of the railroad,</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="c">(c) </num>
<content>All lands selected for town cemeteries not to exceed twenty<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cemeteries.</p></sidenote> acres each.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="d">(d) </num>
<content>One acre of land for each Cherokee schoolhouse not included in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schoolhouse, etc, sites.</p></sidenote> town sites or herein otherwise provided for.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="e">(e) </num>
<content>Four acres for Willie liaised College at Vinita.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="f">(f) </num>
<content>Four acres for Baptist Mission school at Tahlequah.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="g">(g) </num>
<content>Four acres for Presbyterian school at Tahlequah.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="h">(h) </num>
<content>Four acres for Park Hill Mission school south of Tahlequah.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="i">(i) </num>
<content>Four acres for Elm Springs Mission school at Barren Fork.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="j">(j) </num>
<content>Four acres for Dwight Mission school at Sallisaw.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="k">(k) </num>
<content>Four acres for Skiatook Mission near Skiatook.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="l">(l) </num>
<content>Four acres for Lutheran Mission school on Illinois River north of Tahlequah.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="m">(m) </num>
<content>Sufficient ground for burial purposes where neighborhood cemeteries are now located, not to exceed three acres each.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="n">(n) </num>
<content>One acre for each church house outside of towns.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="o">(o) </num>
<content>The square now occupied by the capitol building at Tahlequah.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="p">(p) </num>
<content>The grounds now occupied by the national jail at Tahlequah.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="q">(q) </num>
<content>The grounds now occupied by the Cherokee Advocate printing office at Tahlequah.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="r">(r) </num>
<content>Forty acres for the Cherokee Male Seminary near Tahlequah.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="s">(s) </num>
<content>Forty acres for the, Cherokee Female Seminary at Tahlequah.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="t">(t) </num>
<content>One hundred and twenty acres for the Cherokee Orphan Asylum on Grand River.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="u">(u) </num>
<content>Forty acres for colored high school in Tahlequah district.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="v">(v) </num>
<content>Forty acres for the Cherokee Insane Asylum.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="w">(w) </num>
<content>Four acres for the school for blind, deaf, and dumb children near Fort Gibson.</content>
</subsection>
<continuation>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">The acre so reserved for any church or schoolhouse in any quarter<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location churches and school houses.</p></sidenote> section of land shad be located where practicable in a corner of such quarter section adjacent to the section lines thereof.</p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Methodist Episcopal Church South may, within<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Methodist Episcopal Church South.</p></sidenote> twelve months after the ratification of this Act, pay ten dollars per acre for the one hundred and sixty acres of land adjacent to the town <page identifier="/us/stat/32/720">720</page>of Vinita, and heretofore set apart by act of the Cherokee national council for the use of said church for missionary and educational purposes, and now occupied by Willie Halsell College (formerly Galloway College), and shall thereupon receive title thereto: but if said church fail so to do it may continue to occupy said one hundred and sixty acres of land as long as it uses same for the purposes aforesaid.</proviso></p>
<p class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional educational lands.</p></sidenote>Any other school or college in the Cherokee Nation which claims to be entitled under the law to a greater number of acres than is set apart for said school or college by section twenty-four of this Act may have the number of acres to which it is entitled by law, The trustees of such school or college shall, within sixty days after the ratification of this Act, make application to the Secretary of the Interior for the number of acres to which such school or college claims to be entitled, and if the Secretary of the Interior shall find that such school or college is, under the laws and treaties of the Cherokee Nation in force prior to the ratification of this Act, entitled to a greater number of acres of land than is provided for in this Act. he shall so determine and his decision shall be final. The amount so found by the Secretary of the Interior shall be set apart for the use of such college or school as long as the same may be used for missionary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Price per acre.</p></sidenote> and educational purposes: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the trustees of such school or college shall pay ten dollars per acre for the number of acres so found by the Secretary of the Interior and which have been heretofore set apart by act of the Cherokee national council for use of such school or college for missionary or educational purposes, and upon the payment of such sum within sixty days after the decision of the Secretary of the Interior said college or school may receive a title to such land.</proviso></p>
</continuation>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">roll of citizenship.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roll of citizenship.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="25"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 25. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The roll of citizens of the Cherokee Nation shall be made as of September first, nineteen hundred and two, and the names of all persons then living and entitled to enrollment on that date shall be placed on said roll by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="26"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 26. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons entitled.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The names of all persons living on the first day of September, nineteen hundred and two, entitled to be enrolled as provided in section twenty-five hereof, shall be placed upon the roll made by said Commission, and no child born thereafter to a citizen, and no white person who has intermarried with a Cherokee citizen since, the sixteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall be entitled to enrollment or to participate in the distribution of the tribal property of the Cherokee Nation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="27"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 27. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preparation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 502.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Such rolls shall in all other respects be made in strict compliance with the provisions of section twenty-one of the Act of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 81, p. 236.</p></sidenote>(Thirtieth Statutes, page four hundred and ninety-five), and the Act of Congress approved May thirty-first, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, page two hundred and twenty-one).</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="28"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 28. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exclusion.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">No person whose name appears upon the roll made by the Dawes Commission as a citizen or freedman of any other tribe shall be enrolled as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="29"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 29. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lists of those entitled to enrollment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">For the purpose of expediting the enrollment of the Cherokee citizens and the, allotment of lands as herein provided, the said Commission shall, from time to time, and as soon as practicable, for-ward to the Secretary of the Interior lists upon which shall be placed the names of those persons found by the Commission to be entitled to enrollment. The lists thus prepared, when approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall constitute a part and parcel of the final roll of citizens of the Cherokee tribe, upon which allotment of land and distribution of other tribal property shall be made. When there shall <page identifier="/us/stat/32/721">721</page>have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of the Interior lists embracing the names of all those lawfully entitled to enrollment, the roll shall be deemed complete. The roll so prepared shall be made in quadruplicate, one to be deposited with the Secretary of the Interior, one with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one with the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and one to remain with the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="30"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 30. </num>
<content>During the months of September and October, in the year<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Applications for enrollment of infants.</p></sidenote> nineteen hundred and two, the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes may receive applications for enrollment of such infant children as may have been born to recognized and enrolled citizens of the Cherokee Nation on or before the first day of September, nineteen hundred and two, but the application of no person whomsoever for enrollment shall be received after the thirty-first day of October, nineteen hundred and two.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="31"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 31. </num>
<content>No person whose name does not appear upon the roll prepared<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution of the common property.</p></sidenote> as herein provided shall be entitled to in any manner participate in the distribution of the common property of the Cherokee tribe, and those whose names appear thereon shall participate in the manner set forth in this Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no allotment of land or other tribal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extinguishment of interests by death.</p></sidenote> property shall be made to any person, or to the heirs of any person, whose name is on said roll and who died prior to the first day of September, nineteen hundred and two. The right of such person to any<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment for concealing death.</p></sidenote> interest in the lands or other tribal property shall be deemed to have become extinguished and to have passed to the tribe in general upon his death before said date, and any person or persons who may conceal the death of anyone on said roll as aforesaid for the purpose of profiting by said concealment, and who shall knowingly receive any portion of any land or other tribal property or of the proceeds so arising from any allotment prohibited by this section, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall be proceeded against as may be provided in other eases of felony, and the penalty for this offense shall be confinement at hard labor for a period of not less than one year nor more than five years, and in addition thereto a forfeiture to the Cherokee Nation of the lands, other tribal property, and proceeds so obtained.</proviso></content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">schools.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schools.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="32"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 32. </num>
<content>The Cherokee school fund shall be used, under the direction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Funds.</p></sidenote> of the Secretary of the Interior, for the education of children of Cherokee citizens, and the Cherokee schools shall be conducted under rules prescribed by him according to Cherokee laws, subject to such modifications as he may deem necessary to make the schools most effective and to produce the best possible results: said schools to be under the supervision of a supervisor appointed by the Secretary and a school board elected by the national council.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="33"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 33. </num>
<content>All teachers shall be examined by said supervisor, and said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Teachers.</p></sidenote> school board and competent teachers and other persons to be engaged in and about the schools with good moral character only shall be employed; but where all qualifications are equal, preference shall be given to citizens of the Cherokee Nation in such employment.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="34"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 34. </num>
<content>All moneys for carrying on the schools shall be appropriated<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenditures.</p></sidenote> by the Cherokee national council, not to exceed the amount of the Cherokee school fund: but if the council fail or refuse to make the necessary appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior may direct the use of a sufficient amount of the school fund to pay all necessary expenses for the efficient conduct of the schools, strict account therefor to be rendered to him and the principal chief.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="35"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 35. </num>
<content>All accounts for expenditures in carrying on the schools<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounts.</p></sidenote> shall be examined and approved by said supervisor, and also by the <page identifier="/us/stat/32/722">722</page>general superintendent of Indian schools in the Indian territory, before payment thereof is made.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="36"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 36. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interest, orphan fund.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The interest arising from the Cherokee orphan fund shall he used, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for maintaining the Cherokee Orphan Asylum for the benefit of the Cherokee orphan children.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">roads.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="37"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 37. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Roads.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Public highways or roads two rods in width, being one rod on each side of the section line, may be established along all section lines without any compensation being paid therefor, and all allottees, purchasers, and others shall take the title to such lands subject to this provision; and public highways or roads may be established elsewhere whenever necessary for the public good, the actual value of the land taken elsewhere than along section lines to be determined under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior while the tribal government continues and to be paid by the Cherokee Nation during that time; and if buildings or other improvements are damaged in consequence of the establishment of such public highways or roads, whether along section lines or elsewhere, such damages, during the continuance of the tribal government, shall be determined and paid for in the same manner.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">town sites.</heading>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="38"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 38. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Town sites.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The lands which may hereafter be set aside and reserved for town sites upon the recommendation of the Dawes Commission under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 237.</p></sidenote>the provisions of the Act of Congress approved May thirty-first, nine-teen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, page two hundred and twenty-one), shall embrace such acreage as may be, necessary for the present needs and reasonable prospective growth of such town sites, not to exceed six hundred and forty acres for each town site.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="39"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 39. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Occupied town sites.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Whenever any tract of land shall be set aside by the Secretary of the Interior for town-site purposes, as provided in said Act of May thirty-first, nineteen hundred, or by the terms of this Act, which is occupied at the time of such segregation by any member of the Cherokee Nation, such occupant shall be allowed to purchase any lot upon which ho then has improvements other than fences, tillage, and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 80, p. 508.</p></sidenote>temporary improvements, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (Thirtieth Statutes, page four hundred and ninety-five), or, if he so elects, the lot will be sold under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation to occupant.</p></sidenote>Secretary of the Interior, and he shall be fully compensated for his improvements thereon out of the funds of the tribe arising from the sale of the town sites, the value of such improvements to be determined by a board of appraisers, one member of which shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, one by the chief executive of the tribe, and one by the occupant of the land, said board of appraisers to be paid such compensation for their service as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior out of any appropriations for surveying, laying out, platting, and selling town sites.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="40"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 40. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Survey, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All town sites which may hereafter be set aside by the Secretary of the Interior on the recommendation of the Commission to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 287.</p></sidenote>the Five Civilized Tribes, under the, provisions of the Act of Congress approved May thirty-first, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, page two hundred and twenty-one), with the additional acreage added thereto, as well as all town sites set aside under the provisions of this Act having a population of less than two hundred, shall be surveyed, laid out, platted, appraised, and disposed of in like manner, and with like preference rights accorded to owners of improvements as other town sites in the Cherokee Nation are surveyed, laid out, platted, <page identifier="/us/stat/32/723">723</page>appraised, and disposed of under the Act of Congress of June twenty-eighth,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 508.</p></sidenote> eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (Thirtieth Statutes, page four hundred and ninety-five), as modified or supplemented by the Act of May thirty-first, nineteen hundred: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That as to the town<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraised value.</p></sidenote> sites set aside, as aforesaid the owner of the improvements shall be required to pay the full appraised value of the lot instead of the percentage named in said Act of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 508.</p></sidenote> and ninety-eight (Thirtieth Statutes, page four hundred and ninety-five).</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="41"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 41. </num>
<content>Any person being in possession or having the right to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to purchase town lots at one-fourth appraised value.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 287.</p></sidenote> possession of any town lot or lots, as surveyed and platted under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the Act of Congress approved May thirty-first, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, page two hundred and twenty-one), the occupancy of which lot or lots was originally acquired under any town-site act of the Cherokee Nation, and owning improvements thereon, other than temporary buildings, fencing, or tillage, shall have the right to purchase the same at one-fourth of the appraised value thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="42"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 42. </num>
<content>Any person being in possession of, or having the right to the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to purchase at one-half appraised value.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31. p. 237.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acquired from Indians.</p></sidenote> possession of, any town lot or lots, as surveyed and platted under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the Act of Congress, approved May thirty-first, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, page two hundred and twenty-one), the occupancy of which lot or lots was originally acquired under any town-site act of the Cherokee Nation, and not having any improvements thereon, shall have the right to purchase the same at one-half of the appraised value thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="43"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 43. </num>
<content>Any citizen in rightful possession of any town lot having<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Not acquired from Indians.</p></sidenote> improvements thereon other than temporary buildings, fencing, and tillage, the occupancy of which has not been acquired under tribal laws, shall have the right to purchase same by paying one-half the appraised value thereof: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That any other person in undisputed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to purchase at appraised value.</p></sidenote> possession of any town lot having improvements thereon other than temporary buildings, fencing, and tillage, the occupancy of which has not been acquired under tribal laws, shall have the right to purchase such lot by paying the appraised value thereof.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="44"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 44. </num>
<content>All lots not having thereon improvements other than temporary<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sale of unimproved lots.</p></sidenote> buildings, fencing, and tillage, the sale or disposition of which is not herein otherwise specifically provided for, shall be sold within twelve months after appraisement, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, after due advertisement, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at not less than their appraised value.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="45"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 45. </num>
<content>When the appraisement of any town lot is made and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Terms of payment.</p></sidenote> approved, the town-site commission shall notify the claimant thereof of the amount of appraisement, and he shall, within sixty days there-after, make payment of ten per centum of the amount due for the lot, and four months thereafter be shall pay fifteen per centum additional, and the remainder of the purchase money he shall pay in three equal annual installments without interest; but if the, claimant of any such lot fail to purchase same or make the first and second payments aforesaid or make any other payment within the time specified, the lot and improvements shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, at a price not less than its appraised value.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="46"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 46. </num>
<content>When any improved lot shall be sold at public auction<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appraisal of improvements.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 508.</p></sidenote> because of the failure of the person owning improvements thereon to purchase same within the time allowed pi said Act of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (Thirtieth Statutes, page four hundred and ninety-five), said improvements shall be appraised by a committee, one member of which shall be <page identifier="/us/stat/32/724">724</page>selected by the owner of the improvements and one member by the purchaser of said lot; and in case the said committee is not able to agree upon the value of said improvements, the committee may select a third member, and in that event the determination of the majority <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>of the committee shall control. Said committee of appraisement shall be paid such compensation for their services by the two parties in interest, share and share alike, as may be agreed upon, and the amount of said appraisement shall be paid by the purchaser of the lot to the owner of the improvements in each within thirty days after the decision of the committee of appraisement.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="47"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 47. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payments at time of purchase.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The purchaser of any unimproved town lot sold at public auction shall pay twenty-five per centum of the purchase money at the time of the sale, and within four months thereafter he shall pay twenty-five per centum additional, and the remainder of the purchase money he shall pay in two equal annual installments without interest.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="48"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 48. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Towns with less than 200 inhabitants.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Such towns in the Cherokee Nation as may have a population of less than two hundred people not otherwise provided for, and which, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, should be set aside as town sites, shall have their limits defined as soon as practicable after the approval of this Act in the same manner as provided for other town sites.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="49"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 49. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location of cemeteries.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The town authorities of any town site in said Cherokee Nation may select and locate, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, a cemetery within suitable distance from said town, to embrace such number of acres as may be deemed necessary for such purpose. The town-site commission shall appraise the same at its true value, and the town may purchase the same within one year from the approval of the survey by paying the appraised value. If any citizen have improvements thereon, said improvements shall be appraised by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Tribal cemeteries.</p></sidenote>said town-site commission and paid for by the town: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That lands already laid out by tribal authorities for cemeteries shall be included in the cemeteries herein provided for without cost to the towns, and the holdings of the burial lots therein now occupied for such purpose shall in no wise be disturbed:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further, </i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Parks.</p></sidenote>That any park laid out and surveyed in any town shall be duly appraised at a fair valuation, and the inhabitants of said town shall, within one year after the approval of the survey and the appraisement of said park by the Secretary of the Interior, pay the appraised value to the proper officer for the benefit of the tribe.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="50"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 50. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of surveying, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The United States shall pay all expenses incident to surveying, platting, and disposition of town lots, and all allotments of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exceptions.</p></sidenote>lands made under the provisions of this plan of allotment, except where the town authorities may have been or may be duly authorized to survey and plat their respective towns at the expense of such towns.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="51"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 51. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Taxes.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">No taxes shall be assessed by any town government against any town lot remaining unsold, but taxes may be assessed against any town lot sold as herein provided.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="52"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 52. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Default of payment.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">If the purchaser of any town lot fail to make payment of any sum when due, the same shall thereafter bear six per centum interest per annum until paid.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="53"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 53. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lots occupied by churches, etc.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">All lots or parts of lots, not exceeding fifty by one hundred and fifty feet in size, upon which church houses and parsonages have been erected, and which are occupied as such at the time of appraisement, shall be conveyed gratuitously to the churches to which such improvements belong, and if such churches have inclosed other adjoining lots actually necessary for their use, they may purchase the same by paying the appraised value thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="54"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 54. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Failure to appoint a town-site commissioner.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Whenever the chief executive of the Cherokee Nation fails or refuses to appoint a town-site commissioner for any town, or to fill any vacancy caused by the neglect or refusal of the town-site commis-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/725">725</page>sioners appointed by the chief executive to qualify or act, or otherwise, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may appoint a commissioner to fill the vacancy thus created.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="55"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 55. </num>
<content>The purchaser of any town lot may at any time pay the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of purchase money.</p></sidenote> full amount of the purchase money, and he shall thereupon receive title therefor.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="56"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 56. </num>
<content>Any person may bid for and purchase any lot sold at public<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bids.</p></sidenote> auction as herein provided.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="57"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 57. </num>
<content>The United States may purchase in any town in the Cherokee<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land for court-houses, etc.</p></sidenote> Nation suitable lands for court-houses, jails, or other necessary public purposes for its use by paying the appraised value thereof, the same to be selected under the direction of the department for whose use such lands are needed, and if any person have improvements thereon the same shall be appraised in like manner as other town property, and shall be paid for by the United States.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">titles.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Titles.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="58"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 58. </num>
<content>The Secretary of the Interior shall furnish the principal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents.</p></sidenote> chief with blank patents necessary for all conveyances herein provided for, and when any citizen receives his allotment of land, or when any allotment has been so ascertained and fixed that title should under the provisions of this Act be conveyed, the principal chief shall thereupon proceed to execute and deliver to him a patent conveying all the right, title, and interest of the Cherokee Nation, and of all other citizens, in and to the lands embraced in his allotment, certificate.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="59"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 59. </num>
<content>All conveyances shall be approved by the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Approval of conveyances.</p></sidenote> Interior, which shall serve as a relinquishment to the grantee of all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands embraced in his patent.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="60"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 60. </num>
<content>Any allottee accepting such patent shall be deemed to assent<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Assent to allotment, etc., of all lands of the tribe.</p></sidenote> to the allotment and conveyance of all the lands of the tribe as provided in this Act, and to relinquish all his right, title, and interest to the same, except in the proceeds of lands reserved from allotment.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="61"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 61. </num>
<content>The acceptance of patents for minors and incompetents by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents for minors, etc.</p></sidenote> persons authorized to select their allotments for them shall be deemed sufficient to bind such minors and incompetents as to the conveyance of all other lands of the tribe.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="62"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 62. </num>
<content>All patents, when so executed and approved, shall be filed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Filing and recording patents.</p></sidenote> in the office of the Dawes Commission, and recorded in a book provided for the purpose, until such time as Congress shall make other suitable provision for record of land titles, without expense to the grantee, and such records shall have like effect as other public records.</content>
</section>
</level>
<level>
<heading class="centered smallCaps">miscellaneous.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous.</p></sidenote>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="63"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 63. </num>
<content>The tribal government of the Cherokee Nation shall not<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Termination of tribal government.</p></sidenote> continue longer than March fourth, nineteen hundred and six.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="64"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 64. </num>
<content>The collection of all revenues of whatsoever character<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revenues.</p></sidenote> belonging to the tribe shall be made by an officer appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the said Secretary.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="65"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 65. </num>
<content>All things necessary to carry into effect the provisions of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Powers of the Secretary of the Interior.</p></sidenote> this Act, not otherwise herein specifically provided for, shall be done under the authority and direction of the Secretary of the Interior.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="66"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 66. </num>
<content>All funds of the tribe, and all moneys accruing under the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of funds, etc.</p></sidenote> provisions of this Act, shall be paid out under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and when required for per capita payments shall be paid directly to each individual by an appointed officer of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/726">726</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="67"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 67. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Debts.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall cause to he paid all just indebtedness of said tribe existing at the date of the ratification of this Act which may hare lawfully been contracted, and warrants therefor regularly issued upon the several funds of the tribe, as also warrants drawn by authority of law hereafter and prior to the dissolution of the tribal government, such payments to be made from any funds in the United States Treasury belonging to said tribe, and all such indebtedness of the tribe shall be paid in full before any pro rata distribution of the funds of the tribe shall be made. The Secretary of the Interior shall make such payments at the earliest time practicable and he shall make all needed rules and regulations to carry this provision into effect.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="68"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 68. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Claims against the United States referred to Court of Claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 996.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to examine, consider, and adjudicate, with a right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States by any party in interest feeling aggrieved at the decision of the Court of Claims, any claim which the Cherokee tribe, or any band thereof, arising under treaty stipulations, may have against the United States, upon which suit shall be instituted within two years after the approval of this Act: and also to examine, consider, and adjudicate any claim which the United States may have <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proceedings.</p></sidenote>against said tribe, or any band thereof. The institution, prosecution, or defense, as the case may be, on the part of the tribe or any band, of any such suit, shall be through attorneys employed and to be compensated in the manner prescribed in sections twenty-one hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2103–2106/pp367/368">R. S., secs. 2103–2106, pp. 367, 368</ref>.</p></sidenote>three to twenty-one hundred and six, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, the tribe, acting through its principal chief in the employment of such attorneys, and the band acting through a committee recognized by the Secretary of the Interior. The Court of Claims shall have full authority, by proper orders and process, to make parties to any such suit all persons whose presence in the litigation it may deem necessary or proper to the final determination of the matter in controversy, and any such suit shall, on motion of either party, be advanced on the docket of either of said courts and be determined at the earliest practicable time.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="69"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 69. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Contests.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">After the expiration of nine months after the date of the original selection of an allotment by or for any citizen of the Cherokee tribe as provided in this Act, no contest shall be instituted against such selection, and as early thereafter as practicable patent shall issue therefor.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="70"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 70. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selection of allotments for minors.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Allotments may be selected and homesteads designated for minors by the father or mother, if citizens, or by a guardian, or curator, or the administrator having charge of their estate, in the order <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fur prisoners, etc.</p></sidenote>named; and for prisoners, convicts, aged and infirm persons, and soldiers and sailors of the United States on duty outside of the Indian Territory, by duly appointed agents under power of attorney; and for incompetents by guardians, curators, or other suitable persons akin to them; but it shall be the duty of said Commission to see that said selections are made for the best interests of such parties.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="71"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 71. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of appraised value of improvements.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Any allottee taking as his allotment lands located around the Cherokee National Male Seminary, the Cherokee National Female Seminary, or Cherokee Orphan Asylum which have not been reserved from allotment as herein provided, and upon which buildings, fences, or other property of the Cherokee Nation are located, such buildings, fences, or other property shall he appraised at the true value thereof <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disposition of proceeds.</p></sidenote>and be paid for by the allottee taking such lands as his allotment, and the money to be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Cherokee Nation.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="72"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 72. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grazing and agricultural leases limited.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">Cherokee citizens may rent their allotments when selected for a term not to exceed one year for grazing purposes only, and for a period not to exceed five years for agricultural purposes, but with-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/727">727</page>out any stipulation or obligation to renew the same; but leases for a period longer than one year for grazing purposes and for a period longer than five years for agricultural purposes and for mineral purposes may also be made with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and not otherwise. Any agreement or lease of any kind or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Leases void.</p></sidenote> character violative of this section shall be absolutely void and not susceptible, of ratification in any manner, and no rule of estoppel shall ever prevent the assertion of its invalidity. Cattle grazed upon leased<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cattle grazing on leased allotments not taxable.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grazing on unallotted lands.</p></sidenote> allotments shall not be liable to any tribal tax, but when cattle are introduced into the Cherokee Nation and grazed on lands not selected as allotments by citizens the Secretary of the Interior shall collect from the owners thereof a reasonable grazing tax for the benefit of the tribe, and section twenty-one hundred and seventeen of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2117/p370">R. S., sec. 2117, p. 370</ref>.</p></sidenote> Revised Statutes of the United States shall not hereafter apply to Cherokee lands.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="73"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 73. </num>
<content>The provisions of section thirteen of the Act of Congress<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other lands and property of tribe not affected.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 498.</p></sidenote> approved June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act for the protection of the people of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” shall not apply to or in any manner affect the lands or other property of said tribe, and no Act of Congress or treaty provision inconsistent with this agreement shall be in force in said Nation except sections fourteen and twenty-seven of said last-mentioned Act, which shall continue in force as if this agreement<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 499, 504.</p></sidenote> had not been made.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="74"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 74. </num>
<content>This Act shall not take effect or be of any validity until<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ratification.</p></sidenote> ratified by a majority of the whole number of votes cast by the legal voters of the Cherokee Nation in the manner following:</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="75"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 75. </num>
<content>The principal chief shall, within ten days after the passage<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Election.</p></sidenote> of this Act by Congress, make public, proclamation that the same shall be voted upon at a special election to be held for that purpose within thirty days thereafter, on a certain date therein named, and he shall appoint such officers and make such other provisions as may be necessary for holding such election. The votes cast at such election shall be forthwith duly certified as required by Cherokee law, and the votes shall he counted by the Cherokee national council, if then in session, and if not in session the principal chief shall convene an extraordinary session for the purpose, in the presence of a member of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, and said member and the principal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proclamation.</p></sidenote> chief shall jointly make certificate thereof and proclamation of the result, and transmit the same to the President of the United States.</content>
</section>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1376: For the suppression of train robbery in the Territories of the United States and elsewhere, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1376</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 727</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1376.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the suppression of train robbery in the Territories of the United States and elsewhere, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/242">Public, No. 242</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That it any person shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Train robberies in Territories, etc.</p></sidenote> willfully and maliciously trespass upon or enter upon any railroad train, railroad car, or railroad locomotive, within any Territory of the United States, or any place subject to the exclusive jurisdiction or control thereof, with the intent to commit murder, robbery, or tiny unlawful violence upon or against any passenger on said train or car, or upon or against any engineer, conductor, fireman, brakeman, or any officer or employee connected with said locomotive, train, or car, or upon or against any express messenger or mail agent on said train, or in any such car thereof, or to commit any crime or offense against any person or property thereon, such person shall be punished by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment.</p></sidenote> imprisonment not exceeding twenty years, or by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court.</content>
</section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/728">728</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Aiding and abetting.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That any person who shall counsel, aid, abet, and assist in the perpetration of any of the offenses set forth in the preceding section shall be deemed to be principals therein.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Proofs.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That upon the trial of any person charged with any offense set forth in this Act it shall not be necessary to set forth or prove the particular person against whom it was intended to commit the offense, or that it was intended to commit such offense against any particular person.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1377: Providing for the resurvey of certain townships in San Diego County, California.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1377</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 728</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1377.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the resurvey of certain townships in San Diego County, California.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/243">Public, No. 243</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">San Diego County, Cal.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Resurvey of certain townships.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be made a resurvey of the lands in San Diego County, in the State of California, embraced in and consisting of the tier of townships thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen south, of ranges eleven, twelve, thirteen, four-teen, fifteen, and sixteen east, and the fractional township seventeen south, of ranges fifteen and sixteen east, all of San Bernardino base and meridian; and all rules and regulations of the Interior Department requiring petitions from all settlers of said townships asking for resurvey and agreement to abide by the result of the same so far as <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bonn title claims of actual occupants.</p></sidenote>these lands are concerned are hereby abrogated: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair the present bona tide claim of any actual occupant of any of said lands to the lands so occupied.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1378: To regulate the sale of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products in the District of Columbia, to regulate interstate traffic in said articles, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1378</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 728</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1378.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To regulate the sale of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products in the District of Columbia, to regulate interstate traffic in said articles, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/244">Public, No. 244</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Regulation of sale of and interstate traffic in viruses, serums, etc.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That from and after six months after the promulgation of the regulations authorized by section four of this Act no person shall sell, barter, or exchange, or offer for sale, barter, or exchange in the District of Columbia, or semi, carry, or bring for sale, barter, or exchange from any State. Territory, or the District of Columbia into any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or from any foreign country into the United States, or from the United States into any foreign country, any virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, or analogous product applicable to the prevention and cure of diseases of man. unless (a) such virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, or product has been propagated and prepared at an establishment holding an unsuspended and unrevoked license, issued by the Secretary of the Treasury as hereinafter authorized, to propagate and prepare such virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, or product for sale in the District of Columbia, or for sending, bringing, or carrying from place to place aforesaid; nor (b) unless each package of such virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, or product is plainly marked with the proper name of the article contained therein, the name, address, and license number of the manufacturer, and the date beyond winch the contents cannot be expected beyond reasonable doubt to yield their specific results: <proviso><i>Provided,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revocation of licenses.</p></sidenote> That the suspension or revocation of any license shall not pre-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/729">729</page>vent the sale, barter, or exchange of any virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, or product aforesaid which has been sold and delivered by the licentiate prior to such suspension or revocation, unless the owner or custodian of such virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, or product aforesaid has been noticed by the Secretary of the Treasury not to sell, barter, or exchange the same.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That no person shall falsely label or mark any package or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">False labels, etc.</p></sidenote> container of any virus, scrum, toxin, antitoxin, or product aforesaid; nor alter any label or mark on any package or container of any virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, or product aforesaid so as to falsify such label or mark.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That any officer, agent, or employee of the Treasury Department,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection.</p></sidenote> duly detailed by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose, may during all reasonable hours enter and inspect any establishment for the propagation and preparation of any virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, or product aforesaid for sale, barter, or exchange in the District of Columbia, or to be sent, carried, or brought from any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia into any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or from the United States into any foreign country, or from any foreign country into the United States.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the Surgeon-General of the Army, the Surgeon-General<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board created to prescribe regulations tor licenses.</p></sidenote> of the Navy, and the supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hospital Service, be, and they are hereby, constituted a hoard with authority, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to promulgate from time to time such rules as may be necessary in the judgment of said board to govern the issue, suspension, and revocation of licenses for the maintenance of establishments for the propagation and preparation of viruses, serums, toxins, antitoxins, and analogous products, applicable to the prevention and cure of diseases of man, intended for sale in the District of Columbia, or to be sent, carried or brought for sale from any State, Territory, or the District of, Columbia, into any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or from the United States into any foreign country, or from any foreign country into the United States: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all licenses-issued<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions.</p></sidenote> for the maintenance of establishments for the propagation and preparation in any foreign country of any virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, or product aforesaid, for sale, barter, or exchange in the United States, shall be issued upon condition that the licentiates will permit the inspection of the establishments where said articles are propagated and prepared, in accordance with section three of this Act.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Enforcement of regulations, etc.</p></sidenote> authorized and directed to enforce the provisions of this Act and of such rules and regulations as may be made by authority thereof; to issue, suspend, and revoke licenses for the maintenance of establishments aforesaid, and to detail for the discharge of such duties such officers, agents, and employees of the Treasury Department as may in his judgment be necessary.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That no person shall interfere with any officer, agent, or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interference with officers, etc., prohibited.</p></sidenote> employee of the Treasury Department in the performance of any duty imposed upon him by this Act or by regulations made by authority thereof.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num>
<content>That any person who shall violate, or aid or abet in violating,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Punishment for violation.</p></sidenote> any of the provisions of this Act shall be punished by a tine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such tine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num>
<content>That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repeal.</p></sidenote> provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1379: To amend section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning the examination of drugs.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1379</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 730</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/730">730</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1379.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning the examination of drugs.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/245">Public, No. 245</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Special examiner of drugs, etc., Philadelphia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Salary increased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2743/p533">R. S., sec. 2743, p. 533</ref>, amended.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes be, and it hereby is, so amended that the special examiner of drugs, medicines, chemicals, chemical preparations, dyes, dyestuffs, paints, oils, varnishes, and other similar articles, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shall receive a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and shall be paid each year quarterly.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<pLaw>
<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1380: To provide for the sale of the unsold portion of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1380</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 730</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1380.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the sale of the unsold portion of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/246">Public, No. 246</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Umatilla Indian reservation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Private sale of unsold portion of certain lands.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all the lands of the Umatilla Indian Reservation not included within the new boundaries of the reservation and not allotted or required for allotment to the Indians, and which were not sold at the public sale of said lands heretofore held at the price for which they had been appraised, and upon <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 23, p. 342.</p></sidenote>the conditions provided in an Act entitled “An Act providing for allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla Reservation, in the State of Oregon, and granting patents therefor, and for other purposes,” shall be sold at private sale by the register of the land office in the district within which they are situated, at not less than the appraised value thereof, and in conformity with the provisions <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preference right.</p></sidenote>of said Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That any bona fide settler upon any of said lands who is the owner of substantial improvements thereon, and who has so settled and improved any subdivision of said lands, with the intent of permanently residing on the same as a homestead, shall have a preference right to buy the lands so settled upon by him at any time within ninety days after the passage of this Act, upon making satisfactory proof in the local land office as to settlement, intent, and improvements.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1381: To provide for the erection of a quartermaster’s warehouse at Omaha, Nebraska.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1381</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 730</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
</meta>
<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1381.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the erection of a quartermaster’s warehouse at Omaha, Nebraska.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omaha, Nebr.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Erection of quartermaster’s warehouse.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That a warehouse for the, storage and distribution of quartermaster supplies, United States Army, be erected, under the direction of the Secretary of War, upon ground now owned by the United States in the city of Omaha and State <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of cost.</p></sidenote>of Nebraska, the cost of such building not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the sum of seventy-live thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the foregoing provisions.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1382: Requiring the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company to extend its Eleventh street line, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1382</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 731</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
<processedBy>Digitization Vendor</processedBy>
<processedDate>2025-03-26</processedDate>
<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
<publicPrivate>public</publicPrivate>
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<preface>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/731">731</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1382.—</docNumber>
</preface>
<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Requiring the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company to extend its Eleventh street line, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/248">Public, No. 248</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Anacostia and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia street railways.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company may extend Eleventh street line.</p></sidenote> Potomac River Railroad Company, of the District, of Columbia, be, and it hereby is authorized and required to construct the necessary tracks and to make the necessary connections for the purpose of operating its cars by the underground electric system, such as is now in use on its Eleventh street line, over and along the following route, namely: Beginning at the northern terminus of its Eleventh street line at Eleventh street and Florida avenue north, by double track, along Eleventh street to Lydecker avenue: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That until the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Switching ears.</p></sidenote> line of railroad on Eleventh street is further extended, cars may be switched on Eleventh street between Whitney and Lydecker avenues:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That until provision is made for a further<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Metropolitan Railroad Company,</p></sidenote> extension of the line of the Metropolitan Railroad Company on Old Sixteenth street cars may be switched on Old Sixteenth street between Grant and Park streets.</proviso></content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the extension herein authorized shall be completed and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction</p></sidenote> the cars operated thereon within two years from the date of the issuance of a permit by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num>
<content>That the extension herein provided for shall be constructed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans.</p></sidenote> in accordance with plans satisfactory to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and approved by them.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num>
<content>That the said Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rights, etc.</p></sidenote> shall have over and respecting the route herein provided for the same rights, powers, and privileges it has, or hereafter may have, by law over and respecting its other routes, and be subject in respect thereto to all the other provisions of its charter and of law.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num>
<content>That the time within which the Washington and Gettysburg<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington and Gettysburg Railway Company.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time extended for constructing line within the District.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1376.</p></sidenote> Railway Company shall construct its line within the District of Columbia is extended two years from March first, nineteen hundred and three.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num>
<content>That Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, or repeal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> this Act.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1383: Authorizing the President to reserve public lands and buildings in the island of Porto Rico for public uses, and granting other public lands and buildings to the government of Porto Rico, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1383</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 731</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1383.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the President to reserve public lands and buildings in the island of Porto Rico for public uses, and granting other public lands and buildings to the government of Porto Rico, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/249">Public, No. 249</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President be, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Porto Rico.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reservation of public lands and buildings for public purposes etc.</p></sidenote> he is hereby, authorized to make, within one year after the approval of this Act, such reservation of public lands and buildings belonging to the United States in the island of Porto Rico, for military, naval, light-house, marine-hospital, post-offices, custom-houses, United States courts, and other public purposes, as he may deem necessary, and all the public lands and buildings, not including harbor areas and navigable<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other lands, etc., granted to government of Porto Rico.</p></sidenote> streams and bodies of water and the submerged lands underlying the same, owned by the United States in said island and not so reserved be, and the same are hereby, granted to the government of Porto Rico, to be hold or disposed of for the use and benefit of the people of said island: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That said grant is upon the express condition that <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Release of reserved lands, etc.</p></sidenote>the government of Porto Rico, by proper authority, release to the United States any interest or claim it may have in or upon the lands or buildings reserved by the President under the provisions of this <page identifier="/us/stat/32/732">732</page><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Legal rights, etc,, not affected.</p></sidenote>Act:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to affect any legal or equitable rights acquired by the government of Porto Rico or by any other party, under any contract, lease, or license made by the United States authorities prior to the first day of May, nineteen hundred.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for law library.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States not other-wise appropriated, to be expended by the clerk of the district court of the United States for Porto Rico, under the supervision and subject to the approval of the presiding judge of said court, in the purchase of a law library for the use of said court.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Resident commissioner.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Traveling expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 86.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That the resident commissioner from Porto Rico to the United States, provided for by section thirty-nine of the Act of April twelfth, nineteen hundred, entitled “An Act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes.” shall be entitled, in addition to his salary as now fixed by law, to his actual expenses in traveling to and from Porto Rico once annually, and his term of office shall commence on the fourth day of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Term of office extended.</p></sidenote>March next succeeding the date of his election: and the term of office of the present incumbent is hereby extended to the third day of March, nineteen hundred and three.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1384: To cede jurisdiction over place on which the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is located to the State of Ohio.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1384</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 732</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1384.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To cede jurisdiction over place on which the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is located to the State of Ohio.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/250">Public, No. 250</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Jurisdiction over location in Ohio relinquished.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the jurisdiction over the place purchased by the United States from the State of Ohio for the location of the “National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,” ceded to the United States by act of the seventy-fifth general assembly of the State of Ohio, passed May sixth, nineteen hundred and two, is hereby ceded to the State of Ohio and relinquished by the United States, and the United States shall claim or exercise no jurisdiction <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso</i>.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of managers’ powers, etc., not affected.</p></sidenote>over said place after the passage of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to impair the powers and rights heretofore conferred upon the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in and over said territory.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1385: Authorizing Anton Brucken to construct locks and dams in Pond River, in the State of Kentucky, and to give the consent of Congress thereto.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1385</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 732</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1385.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing Anton Brucken to construct locks and dams in Pond River, in the State of Kentucky, and to give the consent of Congress thereto.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/251">Public, No. 251</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pond River, Ky.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anton Brucken authorized to construct locks and dams in.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That whereas the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War have had submitted to them the plans and specifications for certain locks and dams proposed to be constructed in the bed of Pond River, a navigable stream running between Hopkins County and Muhlenberg County, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by one Anton Brucken, who hits proposed, on his private account and by voluntary subscriptions of interested parties, to construct such improvement in order to make said stream navigable, for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Consent.</p></sidenote>rafts and barges during the whole year; and said Anton Brucken and his associates desire the consent and approval of Congress to said improvement, pursuant to section nine of an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation <page identifier="/us/stat/32/733">733</page>of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for certain other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p. 1151.</p></sidenote> said Anton Bracken be, and he is hereby, authorized to construct, erect, and operate a system of locks and dams in said Fond River, in Kentucky, according to such plans as may be approved by the Chief<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans to be approved by Secretary of War, etc.</p></sidenote> of Engineers and the Secretary of War, for the use of himself and all other persons using said stream by way of traffic, without tolls, and the consent of Congress to said improvement is hereby conferred; <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That said Anton Bracken and his associates are in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Damage to private property.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right of removal reserved.</p></sidenote> no way relieved from the lawful consequences of any damage done by the work to private property, and the United States in no way relinquishes its rights to require the removal of any structure placed in said stream:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That unless availed of within three<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> years from the date of this Act the privilege hereby conferred shall cease and be determined.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num>
<content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> expressly reserved.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<meta>
<dc:title>Chap. 1386: For the relief of settlers on lands granted in aid of the construction of wagon roads.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>1386</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 733</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-07-01</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
<session>1</session>
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<preface>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>1386.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For the relief of settlers on lands granted in aid of the construction of wagon roads.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/252">Public, No. 252</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>, </enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the provision of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Relief of settlers on wagon-road grants.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 18, p. 194.</p></sidenote> Act of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled “An Act for the relief of settlers on railroad lands.” and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, including the Act<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 556.</p></sidenote> approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes,” as modified or supplemented by the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-six,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 41.</p></sidenote> entitled “An Act to provide for the extension of the time within which suits may be brought to vacate and annul land patents, and for other purposes,” shall apply to grants of land in aid of the construction of wagon roads.</content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<coverText>
<p class="centered fontsize8">RESOLUTIONS.</p>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 1: Allowing the importation free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, of all articles from foreign countries, and the transfer of foreign exhibits from the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo for the purpose of exhibition at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, at Charleston, South Carolina.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>1</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 734</citableAs>
<dc:date>1901-12-06</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface>
<docNumber>[No. 1.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Allowing the importation free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, of all articles from foreign countries, and the transfer of foreign exhibits from the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo for the purpose of exhibition at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, at Charleston, South Carolina.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1901-12-06">December 6, 1901</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/bill/57/pubres/1">Pub. Res., No. 1</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, Charleston, S. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exemption from duty of imported exhibits.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That all articles which shall be imported front foreign countries, for the purpose of exhibition at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition at Charleston, South Carolina, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, and all foreign exhibits which shall be transferred in bond from the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, New York, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Right to sell.</p></sidenote>as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the Exposition to sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the Exposition building or on the grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Dutiable.</p></sidenote>import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> 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 at the date of the importation, and all penalties prescribed by laws shall be applied and enforced against such articles and against the person who may be guilty of any illegal <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Constructive bonded warehouses, etc.</p></sidenote>sale or withdrawal:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That the buildings and spaces set apart for the purpose of the said exposition shall be constituted “Constructive bonded warehouses and yards.” and all foreign articles placed therein shall be under customs supervision, and treated <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses.</p></sidenote>as merchandise in bond:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided farther.</i> That all necessary expenses incurred, including salaries of customs officials in charge of imported articles, shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States by the Exposition Company under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.</proviso></content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States not liable.</p></sidenote>
<content class="inline">That in the passage of this Joint Resolution the United States does not assume any liability of any kind whatever, and does not become responsible in any manner for any bond, debt, contract, expenditure, expense, or liability of the said company, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or incident to or growing out of said Exposition.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, December 6, 1901.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 2: To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and one, on the eighteenth day of said month.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>2</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 734</citableAs>
<dc:date>1901-12-17</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<docNumber>[No. 2.]</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and one, on the eighteenth day of said month.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1901-12-17">December 17, 1901</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/bill/57/pubres/2">Pub. Res., No. 2</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Officers, etc., of congress to be paid December salaries December 18, 1902.</p></sidenote>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/734" renderingPosition="bottom">734</page><page identifier="/us/stat/32/735">735</page>the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and one, on the eighteenth day of said month.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, December 17, 1901.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 3: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>3</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 735</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-01-08</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<preface>
<docNumber>[No. 3.]</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia.”</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-01-08">January 8, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/bill/57/pubres/3">Pub. Res., No. 3</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That the following amendment<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment to code.</p></sidenote> is hereby made to an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Amend section two hundred and four by striking out in the second<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1222.</p></sidenote> line thereof the word “<quotedText>one</quotedText>” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “<quotedText>two</quotedText>”; also by adding to said section the following:</p>
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<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><proviso>“<i>Provided,</i> That all grand and petit juries in the supreme court of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand and petit juries to serve out terms.</p></sidenote> the District of Columbia and all petit, juries in the police court of said District which shall have been organized or drawn under existing laws at the time this code goes into effect, shall serve out their respective terms, and vacancies therein shall be filled under existing laws.</proviso>”<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vacancies.</p></sidenote></p>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 8, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 4: To pay the expenses of the United States Government exhibit at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition in the city of Charleston, county of Charleston, State of South Carolina, during the years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>4</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 735</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-01-21</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 4.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To pay the expenses of the United States Government exhibit at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition in the city of Charleston, county of Charleston, State of South Carolina, during the years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-01-21">January 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/bill/57/pubres/4">Pub. Res., No. 4</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That to reimburse the South<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">South Carolina interstate and West Indian Exposition company, Charleston, S. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reimbursement of, for expenses of Government exhibit.</p></sidenote> Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition Company, at Charleston, South Carolina, for expenses heretofore incurred or that may be incurred up to the time of closing said exposition and incident thereto, on account of the United States Government exhibit at said exposition, for transportation, sleeping-ear fares, subsistence of Government employees, freight, installation and care, construction of building occupied by the Fish Commission exhibit, and for compensation for floor space occupied by the Government exhibits other than that of the Fish Commission in the exposition building, there is hereby appropriated,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote> out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ninety thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vouchers.</p></sidenote> be disbursed on vouchers presented by said exposition company and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, January 21, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 5: Increasing the membership of the Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>5</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 735</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-07</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 5.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Increasing the membership of the Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-07">February 7, 1902</approvedDate>.</p>
<p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/bill/57/pubres/5">Pub. Res., No. 5</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Joint Committee of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library of Congress.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Joint committee increased.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s82/p15">R. S., sec. 82, p. 15</ref>, amended.</p></sidenote> Congress upon the Library, authorized by section eighty-two of the Revised Statutes, shall hereafter consist of five members of the Senate and five members of the House of Representatives.</content>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 7, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 6: Authorizing the transfer to the Library of Congress of the library of State reports, and so forth.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>6</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 736</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-02-21</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/736">736</page>
<docNumber>[No. 6.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the transfer to the Library of Congress of the library of State reports, and so forth.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-21">February 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/6">Pub. Res., No. 6</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Library of Congress.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transfer of Industry Commission records to.</p></sidenote>That all volumes and pamphlets published by the several States and Territories and collected by the Industrial Commission, also official minutes of the Commission and tiles of correspondence, are hereby directed to be turned over by the Industrial Commission to the Librarian of Congress, subject to the further orders of Congress.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 21, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 7: Authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to return bank checks, drafts, certificates of deposit, and orders for the payment of money, having imprinted stamps thereon, to the owners thereof, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>7</docNumber>
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<docNumber>[No. 7.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to return bank checks, drafts, certificates of deposit, and orders for the payment of money, having imprinted stamps thereon, to the owners thereof, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-02-26">February 26, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/7">Pub. Res., No. 7</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 942.</p></sidenote>Whereas by the Act of Congress approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes,’ approved dime thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to reduce taxation thereunder” the internal-revenue tax imposed upon bank checks, drafts, or certificates of deposit not drawing interest, or orders for the payment of any sum of money drawn upon or issued by any bank, trust company, or any person or persons, companies or corporations, at sight or on demand, was repealed on and after July first, nineteen hundred and one; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas many thousands of bank checks, drafts certificates of deposit, and orders for the payment of money, have been imprinted with the necessary stamp and were unused on July first, nineteen hundred and one; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is authorized to redeem stamps imprinted on said instruments, and which instruments are required by existing laws to be filed with the claims for said redemption of said stamps; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas the owners of same are extremely desirous that said checks, drafts, and other paper above mentioned should be returned to them after the cancellation of the stamps imprinted thereon: Now, therefore.</recital>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Internal Revenue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Return of canceled stamped bank checks, etc., to owners.</p></sidenote>That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be, and is hereby, authorized to return said imprinted instruments to the owner or owners thereof, where said return is demanded, within one year after the passage of this Act. after the redemption and cancellation of stamps imprinted thereon: and said cancellation and return to the owner or owners shall be made in such manner and under such regulations <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unclaimed checks, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time limit.</p></sidenote>as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. All such checks, drafts, and so forth, remaining unclaimed by the owner at the expiration of one year after the passage of this Act shall be destroyed in such manner as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, February 26, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 8: Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution certain Revolutionary trophies at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>8</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 737</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-12</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/737">737</page>
<docNumber>[No. 8.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution certain Revolutionary trophies at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-12">March 12, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/8">Pub. Res., No. 8</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revolutionary trophies loaned to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposit in Carnegie Institutes Pittsburg, Pa.</p></sidenote> be, and he hereby is, authorized in his discretion to loan to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution the two three-pounder and five four-pounder brass guns, without carriages, relics of the Revolutionary war, now at the Allegheny Arsenal. Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, to he kept in the Carnegie Institute.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 12, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 9: To provide for the employment of extra clerical force in the office of the assessor of the District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>9</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 737</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-17</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<docNumber>[No. 9.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the employment of extra clerical force in the office of the assessor of the District of Columbia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-17">March 17, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/9">Pub. Res., No. 9</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the sum of one<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra clerks for as sensor’s office.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the compensation of extra clerical force, in the office of the assessor of the District of Columbia, to assist in the additional work incident to carrying out the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved February fifteenth, nineteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante,</i> p, 33.</p></sidenote> hundred and two, permitting the payment of arrears of taxes in the District of Columbia at the rate of six per centum per annum; one-half of said sum to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 17, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 10: Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents to the Texas Reunion Association.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>10</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 737</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-21</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<docNumber>[No. 10.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents to the Texas Reunion Association.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-21">March 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/10">Pub. Res., No. 10</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Texas Reunion Association.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loan of tents, etc., to.</p></sidenote> and he is hereby, authorized to loan to the officers of the Texas Reunion Association such number of tents, poles, and pins as may be necessary for the accommodation of the Confederate reunion to be held at the city of Dallas, Texas, April twenty-second to April twenty-<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote>fifth, nineteen hundred and two: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the Secretary of War shall, before delivering such property, take from such officers a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition; and the whole without expense to the United States.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 21, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 11: Authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government and people of France and to the families of Marshal de Rochambeau and Marquis de Lafayette an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the dedication of the monument of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the city of Washington.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>11</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 737</citableAs>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<docNumber>[No. 11.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government and people of France and to the families of Marshal de Rochambeau and Marquis de Lafayette an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the dedication of the monument of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the city of Washington.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-21">March 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/11">Pub. Res., No. 11</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the President be, and is hereby, authorized and requested to extend to the Government and people of France and the family of Marshal de Rochambeau. commander in chief of the French forces in America during the war of independence, and to the family of Marquis de Lafayette, a cordial <page identifier="/us/stat/32/738">738</page>invitation to unite with the Government and people of the United States in a tit and appropriate dedication of the monument of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rochambeau statue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Invitation to France and Rochambeau and Lafayette families to at tend dedication.</p></sidenote> city of Washington on the twenty-fourth day of May, nineteen hundred and two; and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this resolution the sum <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 12.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post</i>, p. 741.</p></sidenote>of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 21, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 12: Authorizing the printing of extra copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Pensions.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>12</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 738</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-28</dc:date>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<docNumber>[No. 12.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the printing of extra copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Pensions.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-28">March 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/12">Pub. Res., No. 12</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioner of Pensions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Annual report.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Extra copies.</p></sidenote>That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to print and deliver to the Department of the Interior ten thousand copies of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illustrations comitted.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 622.</p></sidenote>the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Pensions for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, from which shall be omitted till illustrations, in addition to the number authorized by the Act of January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 13: For appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>13</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 738</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-03-29</dc:date>
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<congress>57</congress>
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<docNumber>[No. 13.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>For appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-03-29">March 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/13">Pub. Res., No. 13</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of Managers appointed.</p></sidenote>That Henry E. Palmer of Nebraska, George W. Steele of Indiana, Walter P. Brownlow of Tennessee, T. J. Henderson of Illinois, and J. M. Brown of Maine 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: Henry E. Palmer to fill a vacancy caused by the death of General William J. Sewell whose, term of service expires April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four. George W. Steele to succeed himself—his present term of service expiring April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and two. Walter P. Brownlow to succeed General William B. Franklin, whose term of service expires April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and two. T. J. Henderson to succeed himself—his present term of service expiring April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and two. J. M. Brown to succeed himself—his present term of service expiring April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and two.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, March 29, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 14: To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to issue certain temporary permits.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docNumber>[No. 14.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to issue certain temporary permits.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-15">April 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/14">Pub. Res., No. 14</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Temporary permits for laying electriclight wires, Masonic fair.</p></sidenote>That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to permit electric-light wires to be laid in existing conduits and house connections between such conduits and Convention Hall, to be made for the purpose of supplying additional <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of wires.</p></sidenote>light for the Masonic fair and exposition of nineteen hundred and two: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That all such wires shall be removed on or before May tenth, nineteen hundred and two.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 15, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 15: Granting permission for the erection of a monument in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the ornamentation of the public grounds in that city.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>15</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-04-21</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/739">739</page>
<docNumber>[No. 15.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Granting permission for the erection of a monument in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the ornamentation of the public grounds in that city.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-21">April 21, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/15">Pub. Res., No. 15</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline">That permission be, and the same<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charlotte, N. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Shipp Monumental Committee may erect monument on public land at.</p></sidenote> is hereby, granted the Shipp Monumental Committee, of the State of North Carolina, to erect a monument in honor of the late William E. Shipp on the premises upon which the public building and the United States mint are located, in the city of Charlotte and State of North Carolina; said monument to be located under the supervision and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Presentation to the United States.</p></sidenote>direction of the Secretary of the National Treasury and the chairman of the Shipp Monumental Committee; said monument to be presented to the people of the United States by the Shipp Monumental Committee.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 21, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 16: Providing for a modification in the adopted project for the improvement of Everett Harbor, Washington.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>16</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 739</citableAs>
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<docNumber>[No. 16.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for a modification in the adopted project for the improvement of Everett Harbor, Washington.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-23">April 23, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/16">Pub. Res., No. 16</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That in carrying on the work of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Everett Harbor, Wash.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Improvement plans modified</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 30, p, 1133.</p></sidenote> improvement of Everett Harbor, Washington, authorized in the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, abandon the dredging and improvement of Old River, and any balance heretofore appropriated or authorized for the present, approved project may be used for the widening or deepening of the harbor basin and channel through the tide flats, and the Secretary of War may take such steps as may seem to him desirable to protect and conserve the work as performed.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 23, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 17: Postponing the payment of taxes on real estate in the District of Columbia for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three from November, nineteen hundred and two, to May, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>17</docNumber>
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<docNumber>[No. 17.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Postponing the payment of taxes on real estate in the District of Columbia for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three from November, nineteen hundred and two, to May, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-29">April 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/17">Pub. Res., No. 17</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the collection of taxes on<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of real estate taxes postponed to May, 1903.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante,</i> p. 33.</p></sidenote> real property and improvements thereon in the District of Columbia, which will become payable in the month of November, nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same is hereby, suspended until the month of May, nineteen hundred and three, at which time said taxes shall be due and payable, and the collection thereof shall be enforced in all respects, as provided under existing law for the collection of taxes on real property and improvements thereon, for the tax year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Board of equalization. etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time for completion of work extended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 284.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 616.</p></sidenote>That the time for the completion of the duties of the board of equalization and review provided for in sections nine and ten of the Act of Congress approved August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act to provide an 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” be, and is hereby, extended to October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 29, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 18: Authorizing the entry free of duty of a replica of the bronze statue of Rochambeau, by Ferdinand Hamar, and pedestal for the same.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>18</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 740</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/740">740</page>
<docNumber>[No. 18.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the entry free of duty of a replica of the bronze statue of Rochambeau, by Ferdinand Hamar, and pedestal for the same.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-04-29">April 29, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/18">Pub. Res., No. 18</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31. p. 1186.</p></sidenote>Whereas by Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and one. the Joint Committee on the Library was authorized to purchase a replica of the bronze statue of Rochambeau, by Ferdinand Hamar, and pedestal for the same; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas a contract has been entered into between said committee and Jules Boeufvé, chancellor and attache of the French embassy to the United States, dated April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, for the purchase thereof, for the sum of seven thousand tire hundred dollars, delivered in Washington, District of Columbia, but which contract provides that said Jules Boeufvé shall not be required to pay any customs duty for the admission of said statue and pedestal at any port of the United States: Now, therefore,</recital>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rochambeau statue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Admitted free of duty.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to instruct, the collector of customs at the port of importation to admit to entry free of customs duties the said statue and pedestal mentioned and described in said contract.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, April 29, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 19: Granting permission for the erection of a monument or statue in Washington City, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>19</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 740</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-03</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 19.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Granting permission for the erection of a monument or statue in Washington City, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-03">May 3, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/19">Pub. Res., No. 19</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That permission be, and is<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permission to erect statue to Benjamin F. Stephenson.</p></sidenote> hereby, granted the Grand Army of the Republic of the United States of America to erect a statue to the memory and in honor of the late Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic of the United States of America, on one of the public reservations of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, other than the grounds of the Capitol or Library of Congress, to be designated by the Secretary of War, the Joint Committee on the Library, the superintendent of public buildings and grounds, and the committee of the Grand Army of the Republic appointed by <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Cost of statue.</p></sidenote>it for that purpose: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That the statue, with pedestal, shall cost, not less than fifteen thousand dollars, and that it snail be presented to the people of the United States by the said Grand Army of the Republic.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 3, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 20: Providing for the printing of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>20</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 740</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-13</dc:date>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<docNumber>[No. 20.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the printing of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-13">May 13, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/20">Pub. Res., No. 20</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">American Ephemeris anti Nautical Almanac.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Change in number printed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante,</i> p. 678.</p></sidenote>That hereafter the “usual number” of copies of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac shall not be printed. In lieu thereof there shall be printed and bound one thousand one hundred copies of the same, uniform with the editions printed for the Navy <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28. p. 613.</p></sidenote>Department, as provided in section seventy-three, paragraph live, of an Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote>providing for the public printing, binding, and distribution of public documents; one hundred copies for the Senate, four hundred for the House, and six hundred for the Superintendent of Documents for distribution to State and Territorial libraries and designated depositories.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 13, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 21: Making an additional appropriation for expenses of the dedication of the statue of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the city of Washington.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>21</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 741</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-15</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/741">741</page>
<docNumber>[No. 21.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making an additional appropriation for expenses of the dedication of the statue of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the city of Washington.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-15">May 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/21">Pub. Res., No. 21</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline">That the additional sum of ten<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rochambeau statue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional appropriation for dedication expenses.</p></sidenote> thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Joint Resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government and people of France and to the families of Marshal de Rochambeau and Marquis de Lafayette an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, pp.12,738.</p></sidenote>the dedication of the monument of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the city of Washington” approved March twenty-first, nineteen hundred and two.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 15, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 22: Relating to publications of the Geological Survey.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>22</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 741</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-16</dc:date>
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<preface>
<docNumber>[No. 22.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Relating to publications of the Geological Survey.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-16">May 16, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/22">Pub. Res., No. 22</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline">That hereafter the publications<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Geological Survey.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publications of.</p></sidenote> of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual report of the Director, which shall be confined to one volume of royal octavo size; monographs, of quarto size; professional papers, of quarto size; bulletins, of ordinary octavo size; mineral resources, of ordinary octavo size; water-supply and irrigation papers, of ordinary octavo size: and such maps, folios, and atlases as may be required by existing law.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That hereafter the reports of the Geological Survey, except the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Reports.</p></sidenote> annual report, of the Director, shall be published in editions as recommended in each case by the Director and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, but not to exceed ten thousand copies.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That whenever the edition of any of the reports of the Survey shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional copies</p></sidenote> have become exhausted, and the demand for it continues, there shall be published, on the requisition of the Secretary of the Interior, as many additional copies of the report as the Director of the Survey shall state will, in his judgment, be necessary to meet the demand.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the bulletins and professional papers shall be distributed<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gratuitous distribution of bulletins, etc.</p></sidenote> gratuitously, and not sold; and that of the number published one thousand copies snail be delivered to the Senate and two thousand copies shall be delivered to the Mouse of Representatives for distribution.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the provision of law approved June eleventh, eighteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Restriction on water-supply reports rescinded.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p. 453.</p></sidenote> hundred and ninety-six, restricting the water-supply papers to one hundred pages and to editions of five thousand copies shall be, and hereby is, rescinded.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">That the Director of the Survey shall transmit to the Library<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Copies to Library of Congress.</p></sidenote> of Congress two copies of every report of the Bureau as soon as the first delivery to the Survey is made, such copies to be additional to those received by the Library of Congress under existing law.</p></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 16, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 23: Providing for the printing annually of franks required for sending out seed.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>23</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 741</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-05-19</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 23.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the printing annually of franks required for sending out seed.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-19">May 19, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/23">Pub. Res., No. 23</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Public Printer shall<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agricultural Department.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Seed-distribution franks.</p></sidenote> furnish to the Department of Agriculture such franks as the Secretary <page identifier="/us/stat/32/742">742</page>of Agriculture may require for sending out seeds on Congressional <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inscription.</p></sidenote>orders, the franks to have printed thereon the facsimile signatures of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, also the names of their respective States or Territories, and the words “United States Department of Agriculture, Congressional Seed Distribution”, or such other <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Size.</p></sidenote>printed matter as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct; the franks to be of such size and style as may be prescribed by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expense.</p></sidenote>Secretary of Agriculture; the expense of printing the said franks to be charged to the allotment for printing and binding for the two Houses of Congress.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 19, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 24: Fixing the time when certain provisions of the Indian appropriation Act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall take effect.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docNumber>[No. 24.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Fixing the time when certain provisions of the Indian appropriation Act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall take effect.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-27">May 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/24">Pub. Res., No. 24</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian appropriation act.</p></sidenote>That the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Date of effect.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 245.</p></sidenote>thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes” shall take effect from and after July first, nineteen hundred and two, except as otherwise specially provided therein.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 27, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 25: Fixing the time when a certain provision of the Indian appropriation Act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall take effect.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>25</docNumber>
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<docNumber>[No. 25.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Fixing the time when a certain provision of the Indian appropriation Act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall take effect.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-27">May 27, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/25">Pub. Res., No. 25</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spokane Indian reservation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Mining entries not allowed until December 31,1902.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante,</i> p. 266.</p></sidenote>That that provision in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes” which relates to the subjecting to entry under the mining laws of the United States certain lands in the Spokane Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, shall not take effect and be operative until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 27, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 26: To provide for the printing of five thousand copies of the consolidated reports of the Gettysburg National Park Commission, eighteen hundred and ninety-three to nineteen hundred and one, inclusive.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>26</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-05-28</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 26.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the printing of five thousand copies of the consolidated reports of the Gettysburg National Park Commission, eighteen hundred and ninety-three to nineteen hundred and one, inclusive.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-05-28">May 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/26">Pub. Res., No. 26</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Gettysburg National Park Commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Printing of consolidated reports.</p></sidenote>That there be printed five thousand copies of the consolidated reports of the Gettysburg National Park Commission, eighteen hundred and ninety-three to nineteen hundred and one, inclusive, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote>of which one thousand shall be for the Senate, two thousand for the House of Representatives, one thousand for the office of the Secretary of War, and one thousand for the Gettysburg National Park Commission.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, May 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 27: To permit steam railroads in the District of Columbia to occupy additional parts of streets in order to accommodate the traveling public attending the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in October, nineteen hundred and two.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>27</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/743">743</page>
<docNumber>[No. 27.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To permit steam railroads in the District of Columbia to occupy additional parts of streets in order to accommodate the traveling public attending the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in October, nineteen hundred and two.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-02">June 2, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/27">Pub. Res., No. 27</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Commissioners of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Army Encampment.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Occupation of Washington streets by railroads during.</p></sidenote> District of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue to steam railroad companies in .said District permits to temporarily occupy additional parts of streets for the purpose of accommodating the traveling public attending the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in October, nineteen hundred and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of time.</p></sidenote>two: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such temporary occupation shall not exceed the period of fifteen days and shall be subject to conditions prescribed by said Commissioners.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 2, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 28: Providing for the publication of fifty thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>28</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 743</citableAs>
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<docNumber>[No. 28.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the publication of fifty thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-05">June 5, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/28">Pub. Res., No. 28</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be printed and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diseases of cattle.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication of revised special report.</p></sidenote> bound in cloth fifty thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle, the same to be first revised and brought to date, under <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote>the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, thirty thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, fifteen thousand for the use of the Senate, and five thousand for the use of the Department of Agriculture.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 5, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 29: Authorizing the use and improvement of Governors Island, Boston Harbor.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>29</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 743</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-05</dc:date>
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<docNumber>[No. 29.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the use and improvement of Governors Island, Boston Harbor.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-05">June 5, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/29">Pub. Res., No. 29</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Governors Island, Boston Harbor, Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permission granted Boston to improve and beautify.</p></sidenote> is hereby authorized to permit the city of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, to improve and beautify Governors Island, or a portion thereof, situated in said city and belonging to the United States, in connection with mooring berths to be built adjoining said island, and to make such excavations and fillings and erect and maintain such structures as may be considered proper for the purpose; all upon plans to be previously approved by the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revocable permit.</p></sidenote>Secretary of War: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the permission given pursuant to this resolution shall not pass any right or title in said island, but shall be revocable at will by the Secretary of War, and the ownership of said island shall remain entirely in the United States, and it shall be subject to such uses for military or other purposes as the Secretary of War may at any time direct.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 5, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 30: Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the Morgan Memorial Association, of Winchester, Virginia, certain Revolutionary trophies at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>30</docNumber>
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<docNumber>[No. 30.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the Morgan Memorial Association, of Winchester, Virginia, certain Revolutionary trophies at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-06">June 6, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/30">Pub. Res., No. 30</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Morgan Memorial Association, Winchester, Va.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Revolutionary relies loaned to.</p></sidenote> and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to loan to the Morgan Memorial Association, Winchester, Virginia, the two twenty-four <page identifier="/us/stat/32/744">744</page>pounder boat howitzers, English (bronze), without carriages, relics of the Revolutionary war, now at the Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to be placed at the grave of General Daniel Morgan in such manner that their safety from unlawful removal will be assured and their return if called for by Congress.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 6, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 31: Supplementing and modifying certain provisions of the Indian appropriation Act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>31</docNumber>
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<docNumber>[No. 31.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Supplementing and modifying certain provisions of the Indian appropriation Act for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-19">June 19, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/31">Pub. Res., No. 31</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">
<p class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indian appropriation act.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corrections.</p></sidenote>That the provisions of the Act “Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes” are hereby supplemented and modified as follows:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Spokane Indian Reservation, Wash.</p></sidenote>The Secretary of the Interior is directed to make allotments in severalty to the Indians of the Spokane Indian Reservation in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Land not allotted open to purchase, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 266.</p></sidenote>State of Washington, and upon the completion of such allotments the President shall by proclamation give public notice thereof, whereupon the lands in said reservation not allotted to Indians or used or reserved by the Government, or occupied for school purposes, shall be opened to exploration. location, occupation, and purchase under the mining laws.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Walker River Indian Reservation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Non-irrigable grazing lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 260.</p></sidenote>In addition to the allotment in severalty of lands in the Walker River Indian Reservation in the State of Nevada, the Secretary of the Interior shall, before any of said lands are opened to disposition under any public land law, select and set apart for the use in common of the Indians of that reservation such an amount of nonirrigable grazing lands therein at one or more places as will subserve tile reasonable requirements of said Indians for the grazing of live stock.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uintah and White River Utes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nonirrigable grazing lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 263.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 997.</p></sidenote>In addition to the allotments in severalty to the Uintah and White River Utes of the Uintah Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, the Secretary of the Interior shall, before any of said lands are opened to disposition under any public land law, select and set apart for the use in common of the Indians of that reservation such an amount of non-irrigable grazing lands therein at one or more places as will subserve the reasonable requirements of said Indians for the grazing of live stock.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uncompahgre Indians.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments confined to agricultural lands.</p></sidenote>All allotments hereafter made to Uncompahgre Indians of lands in said Uintah Indian Reservation shall be confined to agricultural land which can be irrigated, and shall be on the basis of eighty acres to each head of a family and forty acres to each other Indian, and no <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grazing lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 264.</p></sidenote>more. The grazing land selected and set apart as aforesaid in the Uintah Indian Reservation for the use in common of the Indians of that reservation shall be equally open to the use of all Uncompahgre Indians receiving allotments in said reservation of the reduced area here named.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allotments in severalty to Indians outside Indian Territory.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 24, p. 388.</p></sidenote>Insofar as not otherwise specially provided, all allotments in severalty to Indians, outside of the Indian Territory, shall be made in conformity to the provisions of the Act approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 260.</p></sidenote>of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes” and other general Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and shall be subject to all the restrictions and carry all the privileges incident to allotments made under said Act and other general Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.</p>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/745">745</page>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">The item of seventy thousand and sixty-four dollars and forty-eight<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Uintah and White River Utes.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Payment of claims.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante,</i> p. 264.</p></sidenote> cents appropriated by the Act which is hereby supplemented and modified, to be paid to the Uintah and White River tribes of Ute Indians in satisfaction of certain claims named in said Act, shall be paid to the Indians entitled thereto without awaiting their action upon the proposed allotment in severalty of lands in that reservation and the restoration of the surplus lands to the public domain. </p></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 19, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 32: Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for an equestrian statue of the late Major-General William J. Sewell, United States Volunteers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>32</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 745</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-23</dc:date>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<docNumber>[No. 32.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for an equestrian statue of the late Major-General William J. Sewell, United States Volunteers.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-23">June 23, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/32">Pub. Res., No. 32</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statue of Maj. Gen, William J. Sewell.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condemned cannon for.</p></sidenote> and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the governor of the State of New Jersey, at Trenton, New Jersey, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, such condemned bronze cannon as he may deem proper, not to exceed fifteen thousand pounds in weight, to be used in the erection of an equestrian statue to the memory of toe late Major-General William J. Sewell, United States Volunteers.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 23, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 33: Providing for the publication of two hundred thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of the Horse.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>33</docNumber>
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<preface>
<docNumber>[No. 33.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the publication of two hundred thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of the Horse.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-24">June 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/33">Pub. Res., No. 33</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there be printed and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diseases of the Horse.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication of revised special report on.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution.</p></sidenote> bound in cloth two hundred thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of the Horse, the same to be first revised and brought up to date, under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, sixty-four thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and eight thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 24, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 34: Amending “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>34</docNumber>
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<docNumber>[No. 34.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Amending “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes,” approved June sixth, nineteen hundred and two.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-24">June 24, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/34">Pub. Res., No. 34</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the law (Public, Numbered<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Omnibus buildings act.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Corrections,</p></sidenote> One hundred and forty-six) entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, and for other purposes” approved June sixth, nineteen<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 310.</p></sidenote> hundred and two, be amended so as to transpose the provision for a United States post-office and court-house at Scranton, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Scranton, Pa.</p></sidenote>Pennsylvania, from section four to section one; and the provisions, respectively, for the United States post-office at Moberly, Missouri, for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Moberly, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Columbia, Mo.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Crookston, Minn.</p></sidenote>United States post-office at Columbia, Missouri, and for the United States post-office and other governmental offices at Crookston, Minnesota, be transferred from section four to section five of said Act.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 24, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 35: Relative to the disposition of patent specifications and drawings in the western district of Pennsylvania.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>35</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 746</citableAs>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/746">746</page>
<docNumber>[No. 35.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Relative to the disposition of patent specifications and drawings in the western district of Pennsylvania.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-28">June 28, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/35">Pub. Res., No. 35</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Patents, western district Pennsylvania.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Deposit of specifications. etc., in Carnegie Library, Pittsburg, Pa.</p></sidenote>That the set of United States patent specifications and drawings now on deposit in the clerk’s office of the United States district court for the western district of Pennsylvania, pursuant to section four hundred and ninety, Revised Statutes, be removed therefrom and deposited in the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s490/894/p81/169">R. S., secs. 490, 894. pp. 81, 169.</ref></p></sidenote>patent department of the Carnegie Library, in the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, subject to the uses specified in sections four hundred and ninety and eight hundred and ninety-four. Revised Statutes; and that hereafter the said patent department of the said Carnegie Library of Pittsburg shall be the place of deposit for the United Stites patent specifications and drawings referred to in section four hundred and ninety, Revised Statutes, instead of the clerk’s office of the United States district court for the western district of Pennsylvania.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 28, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 36: Providing for the binding and distribution of public documents held in the custody of the Superintendent of Documents, unbound, upon orders of Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and officers of Congress, when such documents are not called for within two years after printing.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>36</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 746</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<docNumber>[No. 36.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the binding and distribution of public documents held in the custody of the Superintendent of Documents, unbound, upon orders of Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and officers of Congress, when such documents are not called for within two years after printing.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/36">Pub. Res., No. 36</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
</longTitle>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public documents.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Binding and distribution of reserved sets.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 1509.</p></sidenote>That hereafter the documents reserved for binding upon orders of Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and officers of Congress, as provided in paragraph six. section fifty-four, of an Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents, if not called for and delivered within two years after printing, shall be bound in first grades of cloth and delivered to the Superintendent of Documents for distribution to libraries; and the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to bind in cloth all such documents heretofore delivered to the Superintendent of Documents for like distribution.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 37: Limiting the gratuitous distribution of the “Woodsman’s Handbook” to the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Department of Agriculture.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>37</docNumber>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<docNumber>[No. 37.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Limiting the gratuitous distribution of the “Woodsman’s Handbook” to the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Department of Agriculture.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/37">Pub. Res., No. 37</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote>Whereas the proprietors of certain copyrighted log scales and other copyrighted matter have consented to the use of such copyrighted matter in the “Woodsman’s Handbook,” a publication prepared in the Bureau of Forestry of the United States Department of Agriculture, under the restriction that no copies whatsoever be sold by any Government office, and, furthermore, that no copies be furnished to any dealer for the purpose of sale; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas sufficient authority to publish and pay for the printing of said “Woodsman’s Handbook” is given in the bill making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture:</recital>
</preamble>
<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Woodsman’s Hand-book.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Distribution and sale restricted.</p></sidenote>That, in consideration of such consent given by said proprietors, no copies of said “Woodsman’s Handbook” shall be printed or distributed otherwise than by the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the United States Department of Agriculture, and none shall be sold or distributed by the Superin-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/747">747</page>tendent of Documents, or furnished to others for sale, anything in the Act of January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28, p. 61.</p></sidenote> “An act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents” to the contrary notwithstanding.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec.</inline> 2. </num><content class="inline">That said copyrighted matter, wherever<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Copyright protection.</p></sidenote> it appears in said “Woodsman’s Handbook” shall be plainly marked as copyrighted matter, and shall be as fully protected under the copyright laws as though published by the proprietors themselves: and the permission for the use of said matter shall be deemed to be limited to the purposes of this resolution.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 38: Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Arturo R. Calvo, of Costa Rica.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>38</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 747</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<docNumber>[No. 38.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Arturo R. Calvo, of Costa Rica.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/38">Pub. Res., No. 38</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Secretory of War be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arturo R. Calvo, of Costa Rica, Admitted to West Point.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Arturo R. Calvo, of Costa Rica, Admitted to West Point.</p></sidenote> and he hereby is, authorized to permit Arturo R. Calvo, of Costa Rica, to receive instruction at the Military <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No expense.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Oath and service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s1320/1321/p227">R. S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227</ref>.</p></sidenote>Academy at West Point: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i> That in the case of the said Arturo R. Calvo the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 39: In relation to monument to prison-ship martyrs at Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>39</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 747</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
<dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<docNumber>[No. 39.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>In relation to monument to prison-ship martyrs at Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/39">Pub. Res., No. 39</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That there is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fort Greene, Brooklyn, N. Y.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for monument to prison-ship martyrs.</p></sidenote> appropriated, out, of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars as a part contribution to the erection of a monument in Fort Greene Park, in the borough of Brooklyn, city and State of New York to the memory of the soldiers and sailors of the Colonial forces in the war of the Revolution who perished upon the English <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other contributions,</p></sidenote>prison ships in New York Harbor: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That said sums shall not be payable until there has been raised, by private subscription and by public appropriations by the State of New York and municipality of New York, sums aggregating an additional one hundred thousand dollars:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further,</i><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Plans and expenditures.</p></sidenote> That said moneys shall not be paid for the erection of a monument, plans for which shall not have been approved by the Secretary of War of the United States and the governor of the State of New York and mayor of the city of New York; and the said moneys shall be expended under the joint supervision of the said Secretary and said governor and said mayor.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 40: Authorizing the Director of the Census to compile statistics relating to irrigation.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>40</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 747</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<docNumber>[No. 40.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Director of the Census to compile statistics relating to irrigation.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/40">Pub. Res., No. 40</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline">That the Director of the Census<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Irrigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Director of Census to compile statistics.</p></sidenote> be, and hereby is, authorized and directed, upon the completion of <page identifier="/us/stat/32/748">748</page>the volume of agricultural statistics, the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to complete and bring up to date of the crop year of nineteen hundred and two the statistics relating to irrigation, the area of land reclaimed, the cost and value of the works, and such other information as can be obtained bearing upon the present condition of irrigation.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, June 30, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<meta>
<dc:title>No. 41: Giving authority to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make special regulations for the occasion of the Thirty-sixth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the District of Columbia in the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes incident to said encampment.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
<docNumber>41</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 748</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-06-30</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<docNumber>[No. 41.]</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Giving authority to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make special regulations for the occasion of the Thirty-sixth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the District of Columbia in the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes incident to said encampment.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-06-30">June 30, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/41">Pub. Res., No. 41</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Grand Army Encampment. D. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Commissioners authorized to prescribe special regulations.</p></sidenote>That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to make such special regulations for the occasion of the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which will take place in the District of Columbia during the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, as they shall deem advisable for the preservation of public order and the protection of life and property, to be in force one week prior to said encampment, during said encampment, and one week <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Publication.</p></sidenote>subsequent thereto. Such special regulations shall be published in one or more of the daily newspapers of the District of Columbia, and no penalty prescribed for the violation of such regulations shall be enforced until five days after <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Schedule of cab, etc., fares.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for violation.</p></sidenote>such publication; and said Commissioners are authorized and directed to establish a special schedule of fares applicable to public conveyances in said District during the period aforesaid. Any person violating any of the aforesaid regulations or the aforesaid schedule of fares shall, upon conviction thereof in the police court of the said District, be liable for such offense to a tine not to exceed one hundred dollars, and in default of payment of such fine to imprisonment in the workhouse (or jail) of said District for not longer than sixty <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation.</p></sidenote>days. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its approval, and the sum of eleven thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia, in equal parts, is <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public-comfort stations. etc.</p></sidenote>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Post,</i> p. 1043.</p></sidenote>hereby appropriated to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to carry out the provisions of this section one of this joint resolution, one thousand dollars of which shall be available for the construction, maintenance, and operation of public-comfort stations and information booths, under the direction of said Commissioners.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Illumination.</p></sidenote>That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to permit the committee on illumination of the citizens’ executive committee for the entertainment of the Thirty-sixth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to stretch suitable conductors, with sufficient supports wherever necessary, for the purpose of effecting the said illumination <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p></sidenote>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Limit of use.</p></sidenote>within the District of Columbia: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the said conductors shall not be used for the conveying of electrical currents after October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two, and shall, with their supports, be fully and entirely removed from the streets and avenues of the said city of Washington on or before October twentieth, nineteen hundred and two;</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Placing and removal of wires.</p></sidenote>That the stretching and removing of the said wires shall be under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia who shall see that the provisions of this resolution are enforced, that all needful precautions are taken for the protection of the public, and that the pavement of any street, avenue, or alley disturbed is replaced in as good condition as before entering upon the work herein <page identifier="/us/stat/32/749">749</page>authorized:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> That no expense or damage on account<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Nonliability for damages, etc.</p></sidenote> of or due to the stretching, operation, or removing of the said temporary overhead conductors shall be incurred by the United States or the District, of Columbia:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further,</i> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wires over parks and reservations.</p></sidenote>That if it shall be necessary to erect wires for illumination purposes over any park or reservation in the District of Columbia that the work of erection and removal of said wires shall be under the supervision of the official in charge of said park or reservation.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><content class="inline">That the Secretary of War and the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loan of Government flags.</p></sidenote> Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to loan to Cuno H. Rudolph, chairman of the subcommittee in charge of street decorations, or his successor in said office, for the purpose of decorating the streets of the city of Washington. District of Columbia, on the occasion of the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, such of the United States ensigns, Hags (except battle flags), signal numbers, and so forth, belonging to the Government of the United States, as in their judgment may be spired and are not in use by the Government at the time of the encampment. The loan of the said ensigns, flags, signal numbers, and so forth, to said chairman shall not take place prior to the twenty-ninth day of September and shall be returned by him by the fifteenth day of October, nineteen hundred and two.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><content class="inline">That for the protection and return of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bond.</p></sidenote> said ensigns, flags, signal numbers, and so forth, the said Cuno H. Rudolph, or his successor in office, shall execute and deliver to the President of the United States, or to such officer as he may designate, a satisfactory bond in the. penalty of fifty thousand dollars, to secure just payment for any loss or damage to said ensigns, flags, and signal numbers not necessarily incident to the use specified.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num><content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use of reservations, etc.</p></sidenote> authorized to grant permits to the citizens’ executive committee for the entertainment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the use of any reservation or other public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the thirty-sixth national encampment in the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, which, in his opinion, will inflict no serious or permanent injuries upon such reservations or public spaces, or statuary therein; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate for such and other purposes on the occasion aforesaid such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in said city of Washington as they may deem proper and necessary: <proviso><i>Provided, however.</i> That all stands or<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stands, etc.</p></sidenote> platforms that may be erected on the public spaces aforesaid shall be under the supervision of the said citizens’ executive committee and in accordance with plans and designs to be approved by the Architect of the Capitol, the commissioner of public buildings and grounds, and the building inspector of the District of Columbia.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num><content class="inline">That the Secretary of War is hereby<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Loan of tents, etc.</p></sidenote> authorized to loan to Doctor D. Percy Hickling, chairman of the medical department of the Thirty-sixth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, or his successor in said office, for the purpose of caring for the sick, injured, and infirm on the occasion of the encampment of the Grand Anny of the Republic in the month of October, nineteen hundred and two, such hospital tents and camp appliances and other necessaries, hospital furniture, and utensils of all descriptions, ambulances, horses, drivers, stretchers, and Red Cross flags and poles belonging to the Government of the United States as in his judgment may be spared and are not in use by the Government at the time of the encampment: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the said Doctor D. Percy<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Indemnity.</p></sidenote> Hickling, or his successor in said office, shall indemnify the War Department for any loss to such hospital tents and appliances as aforesaid not necessarily incident to such use.</proviso></content></section>
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<dc:title>No. 42: Construing the Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents, and for other purposes.”</dc:title>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/750">750</page>
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<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Construing the Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents, and for other purposes.”</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/42">Pub. Res., No. 42</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disability, etc., pensions.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Ninety days’ service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 26, p, 182.</p></sidenote>That the Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Persons entitled.</p></sidenote>children, and dependent parents,’’ is construed and held to include all persons and the widows and minor children of all deceased persons, subject to the limitations of said Act, who served for ninety days in the military or naval service of the United States during the late war of the rebellion, and who have been honorably discharged therefrom, and section forty-seven hundred and sixteen. Revised <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s4716/p919">R. S. sec. 4716, p. 919</ref>, amended.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso..</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Exceptions.</p></sidenote>Statutes United States, is amended accordingly: <proviso><i>Provided, however,</i> That the foregoing shall not apply to those who served in the First, Second, Third. Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth regiments United States Volunteer Infantry who had a prior service in the Confederate army or navy and who enlisted in said regiments while confined as prisoners of war under a stipulation that they were not to be pensionable under the laws of the United States, nor to those who, having had such prior service, enlisted in the military or naval service of the United States after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">
<num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Effect of final honorable discharge.</p></sidenote>That in the administration of the pension laws any enlisted man of the Army, including regulars, volunteers, and militia, or any appointed or enlisted man of the Navy or Marine Corps, who was honorably discharged from the last contract of service entered into by him during the late war of the rebellion, shall be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from all similar contracts of service previously entered into by him with the United <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Conditions.</p></sidenote>States during said war: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That such enlisted or appointed man served not less than six months under said last enlistment or appointment, that his entire service under said last enlistment or appointment was faithful, and that he did not receive by reason of said last enlistment or appointment any bounty or gratuity other than from the United States in excess of that to which he would have been entitled if he had continued to serve faithfully until honorably discharged under any contract of service previously entered into by him, either in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, during the war of the rebellion.</proviso></content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 43: Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for a statue of the late Major-General Alexander Macomb, United States Army.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docNumber>[No. 43.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for a statue of the late Major-General Alexander Macomb, United States Army.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/43">Pub. Res., No. 43</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statue of Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condemned cannon for.</p></sidenote>That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to deliver to mayor of the city of Detroit, Michigan, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, such condemned bronze cannon as be nitty deem proper, not to exceed seven thousand pounds in weight, to be used in the erection of a monument to the memory of the late Major-General Alexander Macomb, United States Army.</content></section>
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<dc:title>No. 44: Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for a monument to the soldiers of Worcester County, Massachusetts, who served in the war for the Union, to be surmounted by an equestrian statue of the late Major-General Charles Devens, United States Volunteers.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/751">751</page>
<docNumber>[No. 44.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for a monument to the soldiers of Worcester County, Massachusetts, who served in the war for the Union, to be surmounted by an equestrian statue of the late Major-General Charles Devens, United States Volunteers.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/44">Pub. Res., No. 44</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Monument to soldiers of Worcester County, Mass.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Condemned cannon for.</p></sidenote> and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the governor of the State of Massachusetts at such place as he shall designate, if the same can be done without detriment to the public, service, such condemned bronze cannon as he may deem proper, not to exceed fifteen thousand pounds in weight, to be used in the erection of a monument to the soldiers of Worcester County, Massachusetts, who served in the war for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Statue of Maj. Gen. Charles Devens.</p></sidenote>Union, to be surmounted by an equestrian statue of the late Major-General Charles Devens, United States Volunteers.</content></section>
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<dc:title>No. 45: Providing for the removal of shoal in North River of New York Harbor.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docNumber>[No. 45.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the removal of shoal in North River of New York Harbor.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/45">Pub. Res., No. 45</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">New York Harbor.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Removal of shoal in North River.</p></sidenote> is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be removed the rock or obstruction in North River of New York Harbor near Pier Numbered One to a depth of forty feet at mean low tide; and that for such removal he is hereby authorized <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Diversion of appropriation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante,</i> p. 463.</p></sidenote>to divert a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars from the amounts heretofore appropriated or authorized for the improvement of Ambrose Channel, in said harbor.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 46: Authorizing certain temporary repairs to the Aqueduct Bridge, District of Columbia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<citableAs>32 Stat. 751</citableAs>
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<docNumber>[No. 46.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing certain temporary repairs to the Aqueduct Bridge, District of Columbia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/46">Pub. Res., No. 46</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline">That the Secretary of War be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">District of Columbia.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Repairs to Aqueduct Bridge.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 29, p, 282.</p></sidenote> and he is hereby, authorized to spend an amount not exceeding three thousand dollars from the balance of appropriations made for the reconstruction of pier number four of the Aqueduct Bridge, District of Columbia, for the purpose of the examination of. and immediate temporary repairs to, the remaining piers of said bridge in cases of need arising from flood or ice.</content></section>
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<actionDescription>Approved, July 1, 1902.</actionDescription>
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<dc:title>No. 47: Reappropriating and making available an unexpended balance of appropriations for work on the Capitol building.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Public Resolution</dc:type>
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<docNumber>[No. 47.]</docNumber>
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<docTitle>Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Reappropriating and making available an unexpended balance of appropriations for work on the Capitol building.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-07-01">July 1, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/57/pubres/47">Pub. Res., No. 47</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<resolvingClause class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><i>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline">That the unexpended balance,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Capitol.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Balance for repairs reappropriated.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 31, p. 1156.</p></sidenote> amounting to six thousand six hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy cents, of the appropriation for reconstructing and fire-proofing the roof of the central portion of the Capitol building, made by the Sundry Civil appropriation Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.</content></section>
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<p class="centered fontsize10">PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS</p>
<p class="centered smallCaps">of the</p>
<p class="centered fontsize10">UNITED STATES</p>
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<i>Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the first day of December, 1902, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the third day of March, 1903.</i>
<inline class="smallCaps">Theodore Roosevelt</inline>, President; <inline class="smallCaps">William P. Frye</inline>, President of the Senate <i>pro tempore;</i> <inline class="smallCaps">David B. Henderson</inline>, Speaker of the House of Representatives.</enrolledDateline>
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<dc:title>Chap. 1: To amend section twenty of an Act entitled “An Act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenues,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
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<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To amend section twenty of an Act entitled “An Act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenues,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-15">December 15, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/1">Public, No. 1</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> That section twenty of an<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Customs revenue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol, 26, p, 140, amended,</p></sidenote>
<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2970/p578">R.S., sec. 2970, p.578</ref>.</p></sidenote> Act entitled “An Act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenues” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="20">“Sec. 20. </num><content>That any merchandise deposited in any public or private<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Withdrawals from bonded warehouses for consumption.</p></sidenote> bonded warehouse may be withdrawn for consumption within three years from the date of original importation on payment of the duties and charges to which it may be subject by law at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">To pay duty at rate then imposed.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Perishable, etc., articles.</p></sidenote>time of such withdrawal: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the same rate of duty shall be collected thereon as may be imposed by law upon like articles of merchandise imported at the time of the withdrawal:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That nothing herein shall affect or impair existing provisions of law in regard to the disposal of perishable or explosive articles.”</proviso></content></section>
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<dc:title>Chap. 2: Regulating the duties and fixing the compensation of the customs inspectors at the port of New York.</dc:title>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>2.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Regulating the duties and fixing the compensation of the customs inspectors at the port of New York.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-16">December 16, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/2">Public, No. 2</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> That the Secretary of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Customs revenue.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspectors at New York allowed additional pay.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><ref href="/us/rs/s2733/p532">R. S., sec. 2733, p. 532</ref>.</p></sidenote> Treasury is hereby authorized to increase the compensation of inspectors of customs at the port of New York as he may think advisable and proper, by adding to their present compensation a sum not exceeding one dollar per day, which additional compensation shall be for work now performed by them at unusual hours, for which no compensation is now allowed, and shall include work performed by said inspectors at night in examining passengers’ baggage, and also as reimbursement for expenses incurred by them for meals and transportation while in the discharge or performance of their official duties.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 16, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/753" renderingPosition="bottom">753</page>
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<dc:title>Chap. 3: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, at a point to be selected, within five miles north of the Kaw River, in Wyandotte County, State of Kansas, and Clay County, State of Missouri, and to make the same a post route.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>3</docNumber>
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<dc:date>1902-12-17</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/754">754</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>3.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, at a point to be selected, within five miles north of the Kaw River, in Wyandotte County, State of Kansas, and Clay County, State of Missouri, and to make the same a post route.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-17">December 17, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/3">Public, No. 3</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad Company may bridge, between Kansas and Missouri.</p></sidenote>That the Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Kansas, and authorized by the laws of the State of Missouri to <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>locate and construct its railway into and through Clay County, in said State, <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Channel.</p></sidenote>is hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River on such line as its railway may hereafter be located in the county of Wyandotte, in the State of Kansas, and in the county of Clay, in the State of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>Missouri, and also to construct accessory works to secure the best practicable channel way for navigation and confine the flow of water to a permanent channel at such point, and also to lay on and over such bridge a railway track or tracks and other appliances for the more perfect connection of its railway when constructed to said river; and said corporation, its successors and assigns, may construct and maintain ways for wagons, carriages, and electric or other cars for carrying passengers, or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>passageways for foot passengers, charging and receiving reasonable toll therefor, as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.</content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act may, at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High bridge.</p></sidenote>option of the said railroad company, its successors or assigns, be built as a drawbridge or with unbroken and continuous spans: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if the same shall be made of unbroken and continuous spans it shall not be in any case of less elevation than fifty feet above high-water mark, as registered since the year eighteen hundred and seventy, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest point of the super-structure, with straight girders; nor shall the main channel span of said bridge be less than four hundred feet in the clear at low-water mark, and all other spans over the waterway shall be not less than three hundred feet in the clear; and the piers of the said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the bridge itself at right angles thereto <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote>as near as may be, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also,</i> That if a bridge shall be built under this Act as a drawbridge the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge with one or more draws, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and with spans of such clear length on each side of the central or pivot piers of the draws as be may prescribe; and the next adjoining spans over the river to the draws shall also be of such clear length as be may prescribe; and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, as registered since the year eighteen hundred and seventy, measuring to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge; and the piers oi the said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river, and the bridge <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Opening draw.</p></sidenote>itself at right angles thereto as near as may be:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also,</i> That said draw-bridge shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal and without unnecessary delay:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That said<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> company, its successors and assigns, shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and shall build and maintain such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to safely guide vessels, rafts, or other water craft through said channel spans and as shall receive the approval of the Secretary of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent channel.</p></sidenote> War:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the company, person, or corporation building said bridge may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, enter upon the banks of said river, either above or below the point of location of said bridge, and confine the flow of the water to a permanent channel and to do whatever may be necessary to accomplish said object, but shall not impede or obstruct the navigation or flood discharge of said river, and shall be liable for <page identifier="/us/stat/32/755">755</page> all injuries to or appropriation of private property; and all plans for such works or erections upon or within the banks of the river shall be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval before any of such work shall have been commenced.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><content>That no bridge shall be erected or <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>maintained under the authority of this Act which shall substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river, and no bridge shall be commenced or built under this Act until the location thereof and the plans and specifications for its construction, with such maps as shall be necessary for a full understanding of the regimen of the river for a distance of one mile above and one-half mile below the proposed site of the bridge, shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War; and any change in the plan of such construction or any alteration in the bridge after its construction shall be subject to the like approval; and whenever said bridge shall, in the opinion of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote> Secretary of War, substantially obstruct the free navigation of said river, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will obviate such obstruction, and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions shall be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge or the persons operating or controlling the same; and in case <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Litigation.</p></sidenote>of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of the Missouri River, at or near the crossing of said bridge, caused thereby, the cause shall be commenced and tried in the circuit court of the United States of either judicial distinct of the States of Kansas or Missouri in which said bridge or any portion of such obstruction touches.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><content>That the said bridge and accessory works,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote> when built and constructed under this Act and according to the terms and limitations thereof, shall be a lawful structure; and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States or for passengers and freight passing over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways loading to said bridge; and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post routes in the United States.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num><content>That the United States shall have the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote> right of way for such postal-telegraph and telephone lines across said bridge as the Government may construct or control, and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="6"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 6. </num><content>That all railroad companies desiring the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Use by other companies.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> use of said 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 the owner or owners of said bridge and the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to adjust disputes.</p></sidenote>several railroad companies, or any one of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using said bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon a hearing <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Charges.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Supra.</i></p></sidenote>of the allegations and proofs of the parties : <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the provisions of section four in regard to charges for passengers and freight across said bridge shall not govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum or sums to be paid to the owners of said bridge by said companies for the use of said bridge.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="7"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 7. </num><content>That Congress may, at any time, alter,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> amend, or repeal this Act.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="8"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 8. </num><content>That this Act shall be null and void if<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote> actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the date of the approval of this Act.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 17, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 4: Providing that the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, on the first Monday in November in each year.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>4</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/756">756</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>4.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing that the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States shall hold at least one term of said court annually in the city of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, on the first Monday in November in each year.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-18">December 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/4">Public, No. 4</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">United States courts.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Circuit court of appeals, fifth circuit.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Additional term, Fort Worth, Tex.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 827.</p></sidenote>That the circuit court of appeals of the fifth judicial circuit of the United States is hereby authorized and required to hold one term of said court in the city of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, on the first Monday in November in each year.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appeals, writs of error, etc. .</p></sidenote>That all appeals, writs of error, and other appellate proceedings which may. after the date of this Act, be taken or prosecuted from the circuit or district courts of the United States in the State of Texas to the court of appeals of the fifth circuit shall be heard and disposed of by the said court of appeals at the terms of the court held in Fort Worth <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Injunctions, etc.</p></sidenote>in pursuance of this Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the court from hearing appeals or writs of error wherever the said court shall sit, in cases of injunctions and in all other cases which under the statutes and the rules, or in the opinion of the court, are entitled to be brought to a speedy hearing.</proviso></content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Other terms.</p></sidenote>That this Act shall not operate to prevent the said court from holding other terms in the city of Fort Worth or in such other places in the said fifth judicial district as said court may from time to time designate.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 26, p. 826, amended.</p></sidenote>That chapter five hundred and seventeen of Twenty-sixth United States Statutes at Large is hereby amended in accordance with the provisions of this Act.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transportation expenses.</p></sidenote>That the clerk of said court is authorized and permitted to pay, out of the fees and emoluments of his office, (one) the expenses incurred by him in transporting from his office in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Fort Worth, Texas, and in transporting from Fort Worth, Texas, to New Orleans, Louisiana, the records, books, papers, files, dockets, and supplies necessary for the use of the court at its terms to be <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Expenses of clerk.</p></sidenote>held in Fort Worth, Texas: (two) an allowance for actual expenses not exceeding ten dollars per day to cover travel and subsistence for each day he may be required to be present at Fort Worth. Texas, on business connected with his said office, such expenses and allowance to be approved and allowed by the senior circuit judge of the fifth judicial circuit.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 18, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 5: Relating to grants of land to the Territory and State of Washington for school purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>5</docNumber>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>5.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Relating to grants of land to the Territory and State of Washington for school purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-18">December 18, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/5">Public, No. 5</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<preamble>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Preamble.</p></sidenote>Whereas by the Act of Congress of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, providing that the inhabitants of the Territory of Washington might, upon certain conditions prescribed in said Act. become the State of Washington, certain lands were granted to the said State for school purposes; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 679.</p></sidenote>Whereas a doubt has arisen as to what lands were granted by section ten of said Act; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 179.</p></sidenote>Whereas by section twenty of the Act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, entitled “An Act to establish the Territorial government of Washington” the county commissioners of counties in said Territory were authorized to locate and select certain lands in lieu of sections sixteen arid thirty-six occupied by actual settlers; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 385.</p></sidenote>Whereas by the Act of Congress of February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled “An Act to authorize settlers upon six-<page identifier="/us/stat/32/757">757</page>teenth and thirty-sixth sections, who settled before the surveys of public lands, to preempt their settlements” certain lands were appropriated for school purposes in lieu of such as might be patented by preemptors, and to compensate deficiencies for school purposes where said sections sixteen and thirty-six were fractional in quantity, or where one or both were wanting by reason of the township being fractional, or from any natural cause whatever, and providing for their selection; and</recital>
<recital class="indent0 firstIndent1 fontsize10">Whereas certain lieu lands have been selected by the Territory of Washington under said Acts of Congress: Therefore,</recital>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> That in all cases where<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public lands.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Washington.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Selections in lieu of school grants confirmed.</p></sidenote> sections sixteen and thirty-six, or either or any of them, or any portion thereof, have been occupied by actual settlers prior to survey thereof, and the county commissioners of the counties in which said sections so occupied as aforesaid are <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 10, p. 179.</p></sidenote>situated, have, under said Act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, located or selected other lands in sections or fractional sections, as the ease may be, within their respective counties, in lieu of said section so occupied as aforesaid, the lands so located or selected, when the same shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be deemed and taken to have been granted <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 679.</p></sidenote>to said State by said Act of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the title of said State thereto is hereby confirmed.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><content>That where any lands appropriated by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lands selected, in lieu of deficiencies confirmed.</p></sidenote> Congress to said Territory to compensate deficiencies for school purposes, where sections sixteen or thirty-six were fractional in quantity, or where one or both were wanting by reason of the township being fractional, or from any natural cause whatever, or where section sixteen or thirty-six were patented by preemptors, have been selected and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 11, p. 385.</p></sidenote>appropriated as provided in said Act of Congress of February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, the lands so selected and appropriated, when the same shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be deemed and taken to have been <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 25, p. 679.</p></sidenote>granted to said State of Washington by the said Act of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the title thereto confirmed.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 18, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 7: Providing for the recognition of the military service of the officers and enlisted men of the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>7</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 757</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-12-19</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>7.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Providing for the recognition of the military service of the officers and enlisted men of the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-19">December 19, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/6">Public, No. 6</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> That the officers and enlisted<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">First Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Military service recognized.</p></sidenote> men of the First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery (three months’ service), furnished by the State of Ohio under the call of the President of the United States issued on the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and which rendered actual military service under the command of officers of the United States and in cooperation with the regularly organized military forces of the United States, shall be held and considered to have been in the military service of and to have formed a part of the military establishment of the United States during the period for which said organization was enlisted and was in active service, and that the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to issue certificates of discharge, upon due application and satisfactory proof of identity, for all <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No pay, etc.</p></sidenote>honorably discharged members of the said organization: <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of this Act.</proviso></content>
</section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 19, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 9: To provide for the payment of the expenses and compensation of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission appointed by the President of the United States at the request of certain coal operators and miners.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>9</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 758</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-12-22</dc:date>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/758">758</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>9.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To provide for the payment of the expenses and compensation of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission appointed by the President of the United States at the request of certain coal operators and miners.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-22">December 22, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/7">Public, No. 7</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"><p class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Appropriation for expenses</p></sidenote>That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary, is hereby appropriated. out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of such expenses as have been, or may be, incurred by the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission in the performance of its duties, such Commission having been appointed by the President to “inquire into, consider, and pass upon the questions in controversy in connection with the strike, in the anthracite region and <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote>the causes out of which the controversy arose.” and for the compensation of the members of said Commission, who are not officers in the civil or military service of the Government, four thousand dollars each; and for the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Per diem allowance.</p></sidenote>employees of the said Commission, who are not officers or clerks in the civil or military service of the Government, such compensation as may be fixed by the said Commission : <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the members of said Commission and the assistant recorders shall be allowed the, sum of fifteen dollars per day each, and the other employees of the Commission in the service of the Government, twelve dollars per day each, in lieu of traveling and all other expenses.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disbursing agent.</p></sidenote>A disbursing agent for the Commission is hereby authorized, and the expenses, compensation, and per diem allowance herein provided for shall be paid by him on vouchers certified by the recorder and approved by the chairman of the Commission, and the accounting officers of the Treasury shall credit the said disbursing agent with the amounts so certified and paid.</p></content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 22, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 10: Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>10</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 758</citableAs>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>10.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1903-12-22">December 22, 1903</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/8">Public, No. 8</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Urgent deficiencies appropriations.</p></sidenote>That the following sums be, and the same arc hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, namely:</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Department of Agriculture.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>bureau of animal industry.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Bureau of Animal Industry.</p></sidenote>
<content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">General expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 289.</p></sidenote>To supply a deficiency in the appropriation “General expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry” including each and every object authorized by law and specified in the appropriation of one million one hundred and sixty thousand dollars under this title in the “Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.” approved June third, nineteen hundred and two, five hundred thousand dollars.</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>WAR DEPARTMENT.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">War Department.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>buildings and grounds in and around washington.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Buildings and grounds.</p></sidenote>
<content><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Sherman statue.</p></sidenote>For extra steps and mosaic work at the base of the Sherman statue pedestal, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, eight thousand dollars.</content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/759">759</page>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Interior Department.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>public lands service.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Public Lands.</p></sidenote>
<content>For furnishing transcripts of records and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Transcripts of records and plats.</p></sidenote> plats, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, ten thousand<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Compensation.</p></sidenote> dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That persons employed under this appropriation shall be selected by the Secretary of the Interior at a compensation of two dollars per day while actually employed at such times and for such periods as the exigencies of the work may demand.</proviso></content>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Post-Office Department.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="intermediate">
<heading>Postal Service.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Postal Service.</p></sidenote>
<appropriations level="small">
<heading>out of the postal revenues.</heading>
<content>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For pay of letter<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rural free delivery.</p></sidenote> carriers of rural free-delivery service, five hundred thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For incidental expenses, including letter boxes, furniture, satchels,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Incidental expenses.</p></sidenote> straps, badges, and so forth, twenty-five thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For rent, light, and<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent. etc.</p></sidenote> fuel for first, second, and third class post-offices, fifty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For acting clerks in<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway Mail Service.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Acting clerks.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Allowance in case of death.</p></sidenote> place of clerks injured while on duty, and to enable the Postmaster-General to pay the sum of one thousand dollars to the legal representatives of any railway postal clerk who shall be killed while on duty, or who, being injured while on duty, shall die within one year thereafter as a result of such injury, forty thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">Out of the sum appropriated by the Act approved April twenty-first,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous expenses.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Ante</i>, p. 116.</p></sidenote> nineteen hundred and two, under the heading Railway Mail Service, “for rent, light, fuel, telegraph, and miscellaneous office expenses, schedules of mail trains, telephone service, typewriting machines, and badges for railway postal clerks” <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote>three hundred and fifty dollars may be paid for rent of offices for division superintendent of Railway Mail Service in Washington, District of Columbia, from .July first to August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two.</p>
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</appropriations>
</appropriations>
</appropriations>
<appropriations level="major">
<heading>HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">House of Representatives.</p></sidenote>
<content>For wrapping paper, pasteboard, paste, twine,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Folding materials.</p></sidenote> 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 <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 28. p. 624.</p></sidenote>Printer, upon requisitions from the Clerk of the House, under the provisions of the Act approved .January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the public printing and binding), five thousand dollars.</content>
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<appropriations level="major">
<heading>SENATE.</heading><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Senate.</p></sidenote>
<content>for miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Miscellaneous Items.</p></sidenote> fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, two thousand four hundred dollars.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 22, 1903.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 11: To make Wilmington, North Carolina, a port through which merchandise may be imported for transportation without appraisement.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>11</docNumber>
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<page identifier="/us/stat/32/760">760</page>
<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>11.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To make Wilmington, North Carolina, a port through which merchandise may be imported for transportation without appraisement.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-23">December 23, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/9">Public, No. 9</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Wilmington, N. C.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Immediate transportation privileges granted to.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Vol. 21, p. 173.</p></sidenote>That the privileges of the first section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise with-out appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Wilmington. North Carolina.</content>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 23, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 12: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River at Sand Bar Ferry, below the city of Augusta, Georgia.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>12</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 760</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-12-23</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>12.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River at Sand Bar Ferry, below the city of Augusta, Georgia.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-23">December 23, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/10">Public, No. 10</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Savannah River,Ga.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">B. W. Fair may bridge, at Sand Bar Ferry.</p></sidenote>That B. W. Fair, his heirs and assigns, are hereby authorized to build and maintain a bridge across the Savannah River, at such point as may be selected by him and approved by the Secretary of War, at or near the present location of Sand Bar Ferry, where <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Unobstructed navigation.</p></sidenote>the public road leading from Augusta, Georgia, to Beach Island, South Carolina, crosses the river, the bridge to be so constructed as not to interfere with the navigation of the river.</content>
</section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>That the bridge authorized under this Act shall be located on the land of said B. W. Fair, and shall be constructed under and remain subject to such regulations for the security of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.</p></sidenote>the navigation of the river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that object the said B. W. Fair, his heirs or assigns, shall submit to the Secretary of War, for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Map.</p></sidenote>his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the proposed bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of at least one-quarter mile above and one-quarter mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, and the direction and strength of the current and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Changes.</p></sidenote>subject; and until said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction or after its completion such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="3"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 3. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lawful structure and post route.</p></sidenote>That the bridge constructed under this Act 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 the munitions of war of the United States than the charge usually made <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Telegraph, etc., rights.</p></sidenote>for similar service to the public generally; and the United States shall have the right of way for a postal telegraph across said bridge; and said structure shall be so kept and managed at all times as to afford reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said bridge; and for <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote>the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to sunrise, at the expense of the owners thereof, such lights and other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board; and the said bridge shall be changed or altered at the cost and expense of the owners thereof from time to time, as the Secretary of War may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river. “</content></section>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="4"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 4. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Time of construction.</p></sidenote>That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act.</content></section>
<page identifier="/us/stat/32/761">761</page>
<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="5"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 5. </num><content>That the right to alter, amend, or repeal<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Amendment.</p></sidenote> this Act is hereby reserved.</content></section>
<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 23, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 13: Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>13</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 761</citableAs>
<dc:date>1902-12-23</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>13.—</docNumber>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1902-12-23">December 23, 1902</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/11">Public, No. 11</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of finer tea in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
<section class="inline">
<content class="inline"> <p class="inline">That the following sums be,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pensions appropriations.</p></sidenote> 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, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes, namely:</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For army and navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Invalid, etc., pensions.</p></sidenote> minor children, and dependent relatives, army nurses, and all other pensioners who are now borne on the rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, under the provisions of any and all Acts of <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Provisos.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Navy pensions.</p></sidenote>Congress, one hundred and thirty-eight million five hundred thousand dollars: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the appropriation aforesaid for navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the navy pension fund so far as the same shall be sufficient for that purpose:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the amount<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Accounts.</p></sidenote> expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For fees and expenses   <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examining sur geons.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Fees.</p></sidenote>of examining surgeons, pensions, for services rendered within the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, 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 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: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That if twenty or more<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Provisos.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Examinations.</p></sidenote> 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:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no fee shall be paid to any member of an examining<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">No fee unless service rendered.</p></sidenote> board unless personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That the report of such examining<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rating.</p></sidenote> surgeons shall specifically state the rating which in their judgment the applicant is entitled to, and the report of such examining surgeons shall specifically and accurately set forth the physical condition of the applicant, each and every existing disability being fully and carefully described. The reports of the special examiners of the<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Disabilities to be fully described.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Inspection of re-ports.</p></sidenote> Bureau of Pensions shall be open to inspection and copy by the applicant or his attorney, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided further</i>, That hereafter no pension<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Pension attorneys, etc.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Penalty for receiving, etc., pay for securing special legislation.</p></sidenote> attorney, claim agent, or other person shall be entitled to receive any compensation for services rendered in securing the introduction of a bill or the passage thereof through Congress granting pension or increase of pension; and any person who shall, directly or indirectly, contract for, demand, receive, or retain any compensation for such services shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every such offense, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For salaries of<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Agents’ salaries.</p></sidenote> eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10">For clerk hire, four hundred and thirty thousand dollars:<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Clerk hire.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Apportionment.</p></sidenote> <proviso><i>Provided, </i>That the amount of clerk hire for each agency shall be apportioned as <page identifier="/us/stat/32/762">762</page>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.</proviso></p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Rent.</p></sidenote>For rents, ten thousand six hundred dollars.</p>
<p class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Stationery, lights, etc.</p></sidenote>For stationery and other necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, thirty-five thousand dollars.</p>
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<action><actionDescription>Approved, December 23, 1902.</actionDescription></action>
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<dc:title>Chap. 58: Authorizing the Federal Railroad Company to construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the Missouri River at or near the village of Oacoma, Lyman County, South Dakota.</dc:title>
<dc:type>Chapter</dc:type>
<docNumber>58</docNumber>
<citableAs>32 Stat. 762</citableAs>
<dc:date>1903-01-08</dc:date>
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<dc:type>CHAP. </dc:type>
<docNumber>58.—</docNumber>
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<main>
<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>Authorizing the Federal Railroad Company to construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the Missouri River at or near the village of Oacoma, Lyman County, South Dakota.</officialTitle>
<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8"><approvedDate date="1903-01-08">January 8, 1903</approvedDate>.</p><p class="centered fontsize8">[<ref href="/us/pl/57/12">Public, No. 12</ref>.]</p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled</i>,</enactingFormula>
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<content class="inline"> <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Missouri River.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Federal Railroad Company may bridge at Oacoma, S. Dak.</p></sidenote>That the Federal Railroad Company, a corporation duly created and existing under the laws of the State of South Dakota, its successors or assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Missouri River from a point at or near the village of Oacoma, in the county of Lyman and State of South Dakota, to the opposite shore of said <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Protection to navigation.</p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.</p></sidenote>river, in the county of Brule. State of South Dakota: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That a location within such limits is found suitable to the interests of navigation. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of said corporation, its successors or assigns, may be so constructed to provide for and be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Toll.</p></sidenote>passengers, for reasonable rates of toll, to be fixed by said corporation, its successors or assigns, and approved by the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of War shall <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Location.</p></sidenote>have the right from time to time to revise such rates of toll:</proviso> <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall not be built within less than one mile from any other bridge across said Missouri River.</proviso></content>
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<section class="firstIndent1 fontsize10"><num value="2"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec</inline>. 2. </num><content class="inline"><sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Construction.</p></sidenote>That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act may, at the <sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8"><i>Proviso.</i></p><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">High bridge.</p></sidenote>option of the corporation building the same, be built as a drawbridge, or with unbroken or continuous spans: <proviso><i>Provided,</i> That if the same shall be made of unbroken or continuous spans, it shall not be in any case of less elevation than fifty feet above the high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the super-structure: nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than three hundred feet in the clear at low-water mark, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river at high water, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Drawbridge.</p></sidenote> That if a bridge shall be built under this Act as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge, with one or more draws, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and of spans of not less than two hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot piers of the draws, and the next adjoining spans over the river to the draws shall not be less than two hundred and fifty feet in the clear, measured at low water: and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river at high water:</proviso> <proviso><i>And provided also</i>,<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Lights, etc.</p></sidenote> That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal, without unnecessary delay; and said company or corporation shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe, and such sheer booms or other structures as may be necessary to guide vessels, rafts, or other water craft safely through said channel spans <page identifier="/us/stat/32/763">763</page> or draw openings, and as shall be designated and required by<sidenote><p class="firstIndent1 fontsize8">Permanent