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CHAP. 160.— An act to construe an act entitled “An act to relieve the churches and orphan asylums of the District of Columbia and to clear the title of the trustees of such property.”March 3, 1881. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Church property of District of Columbia, released from certain taxes. That upon the payment on or before the first day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty one, of all taxes and assessments levied since the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy four, upon church property used for parsonage purposes in the District of Columbia, all taxes and assessments levied upon said parsonage property prior to said first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy four, together with any and all penalties, costs, and interest that may have accrued thereon, shall be, and hereby are, remitted and released.
Sec. 2. That all taxes and assessments heretofore levied upon orphan asylums, and onOrphan asylums.Taxes and assessments remitted; hereafter, to be exempt from taxation.*Provisos*. the grounds actually occupied thereby, together with all penalties, costs, and interest that may have accrued thereon, shall be, and hereby are remitted and released; and said asylums and grounds shall hereafter be exempt from taxation while so occupied : *Provided*, That all other real estate belonging to such institutions shall still be held for assessment and taxation, and for all previous assessments and taxes.
Approved, March 3, 1881. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: directing one copy of Congressional Record to be sent to each of our legations abroad. Public Resolution 1 21 Stat. 515 1880-12-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 1.] Joint resolution directing one copy of Congressional Record to be sent to each of our legations abroad.Dec. 18, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congressional Record sent free to legations abroad.
That the Public Printer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward free of charge one copy of the daily Congressional Record to each of our legations abroad. Commencing at the beginning of this session and continuing each day until the fourth day of March eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Approved, December 18, 1880. No. 2: appropriating two thousand five hundred dollars to meet the expenses of the International Sanitary Conference invited to meet in Washington on the first of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
Public Resolution 2 21 Stat. 515 1881-01-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 2.] Joint resolution appropriating two thousand five hundred dollars to meet the expenses of the International Sanitary Conference invited to meet in Washington on the first of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.Jan. 21, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,International Sanitary Conference.Appropriation.
That the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the necessary expenses attending the meeting of the Intel-national Sanitary Conference invited to meet at Washington on the first of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, in pursuance of the joint resolution of Congress approved the fourteenth of May, eighteen1880, Res. 33.*Ante*, 306. hundred and eighty.
The said sum to be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. Approved, January 21, 1881. No. 3: in reference to the distribution of the Congressional Record. Public Resolution 3 21 Stat. 515 1881-01-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 3.] Joint resolution in reference to the distribution of the Congressional Record.Jan. 27, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congress ion al Record furnished Chief Justice and associate justices, etc.
That the Public Printer be authorized to furnish the Chief Justice and each of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the clerk and marshal of the court with a current copy of the Daily Congressional Record, and at the end of each session a bound copy of the proceedings of Congress for such session. And the Public Printer shall also furnish to the Official Reporter of the Senate five bound copies of the Congressional Record for each session. Approved, January 27, 1881.
No. 4: making an appropriation for filling up, draining and placing in good sanitary condition the ground south of the Capitol, along the line of the old canal and for other purposes. Public Resolution 4 21 Stat. 515 1881-01-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 4.] Joint resolution making an appropriation for filling up, draining and placing in good sanitary condition the ground south of the Capitol, along the line of the old canal and for other purposes.Jan. 27, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriation.Draining and filling up ground south of Capitol, etc.
That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money s in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of continuing the filling up, draining, and placing in good sanitary condition the old canal, the 515 516 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 1881. grounds of the United States, south of the Capitol, along the line of said canal. The Commissioners of the District shall determine the plan of said work, employ the labor to do the same by the day. week, or month and see that it is properly conducted, and shall disburse the money, and make report of the same to Congress.
Approved, January 27, 1881. No. 6: to print six thousand copies of the Report of the National Board of Health. Public Resolution 6 21 Stat. 516 1881-02-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 6.] Joint resolution to print six thousand copies of the Report of the National Board of Health.Feb. 1, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Printing, binding, and illustrating Report of National Board of Health.
That there be printed and bound, under the direction of the National Board of Health, six thousand copies of its annual report, with accompanying documents, and the board is hereby authorized to expend from the appropriation heretofore made for its use not to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the preparation of illustrations for the report ; one thousand five hundred copies of said report for the use of the Senate: three thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand five hundred copies for the use of the National Board of Health.
Approved, February 1, 1881. No. 7: ratifying settlement of taxes made by the District Commissioners with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Public Resolution 7 21 Stat. 516 1881-02-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 7.] Joint resolution ratifying settlement of taxes made by the District Commissioners with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.Feb. 1, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Claim of District of Colombia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company ; settlement of, confirmed.
That the settlement made by the commissioners of the District of Columbia with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company of the claim of said District upon said company for and on account of taxes due by the said company to said District up to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed, and that the said Commissioners be, and they are hereby, authorized to execute any vouchers or papers necessary to the final consummation of said settlement, and as evidence that the same is concluded and closed.
Approved, February 1, 1881. No. 8: authorizing the inspection and issue of an American register to the Egyptian steamship Dessoug. Public Resolution 8 21 Stat. 516 1881-02-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 8.] Joint resolution authorizing the inspection and issue of an American register to the Egyptian steamship Dessoug.Feb. 8, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,American register to the steamship Dessoug, authorized.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to issue an American register to the steamship Dessoug, of Egyptian nationality but of American ownership ; and that the inspection of her machinery and hull shall be restricted by the inspectors of steam vessels simply to the inquiry as to their safety for the conveyance of passengers, without reference to the mode or place of their construction; and that a special certificate of inspection may be issued for said steamship.
Approved, February 8, 1881. No. 9: to provide for printing and distributing the index of the Congressional Record semi-monthly. Public Resolution 9 21 Stat. 516 1881-02-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 9.] Joint resolution to provide for printing and distributing the index of the Congressional Record semi-monthly.Feb. 8, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Printing and distributing index of Congressional Record semi-monthly.
That the Joint Committee on Printing be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to make the necessary provisions and arrangements for hereafter issuing the index of the Con- 517 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 9, 10, 11, 12. 1881. gressional Record semi-monthly during the sessions of Congress, beginning with next ensuing session. That the Public Printer be. and he is hereby, directed to print and distribute the same number of copies of said semi-monthly index as he prints and distributes of the daily issue of the Record, and to the same persons and in the same manner.
That the Public Printer shall employ such person to prepare said index as shall be designated by the Joint Committee on Printing, who shall also fix and regulate the compensation to be paid by the Public Printer for the said work and direct the form and manner of its publication : *Provided however*,*Proviso*. That the compensation allowed for preparing said semi-monthly index, including their compilation into a session index, shall not exceed the average total amount now allowed by the Joint committee on Printing for compiling the session index.
Approved, February 8, 1881. No. 10: to provide for publishing an edition of Hayden’s Atlas of Colorado. Public Resolution 10 21 Stat. 517 1881-02-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 10.] Joint resolution to provide for publishing an edition of Hayden’s Atlas of Colorado.Feb. 9, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Hayden’s Atlas of Colorado.*Proviso*.
That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish three thousand copies of the Atlas of Colorado by F. V. Hayden: *Provided*, The same can be supplied in sheets in every way equal in style and quality to the edition published by order of the Department of the Interior, for a sum not exceeding three dollars and fifty cents per copy : *And provided also*, *Proviso*.That the necessary corrections be made in the same up to date ; eight hundred copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate ; fifteen hundred and fifteen for the use of the House of Representatives and six hundred and eighty-fiveAppropriation. for the use of the Department of the Interior.
And the sum of ten thousand and five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this resolution. Approved, February 9, 1881. No. 11: to authorize the printing of fifty thousand copies of special report of the Commissioner of Agriculture relative to diseases of swine and infectious and contagious diseases incident to other domestic animals. Public Resolution 11 21 Stat. 517 1881-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 11.] Joint resolution to authorize the printing of fifty thousand copies of special report of the Commissioner of Agriculture relative to diseases of swine and infectious and contagious diseases incident to other domestic animals.Feb. 14, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report of commissioner of Agriculture, special, No. 34, containing diseases of swine, etc. ; printing, distribution.
That there be printed fifty thousand copies of special report number thirty-four of the Commissioner of Agriculture, containing the reports of the veterinary surgeons appointed to investigate diseases of swine and infectious and contagious diseases incident to other classes of domesticated animals of which thirty thousand and three hundred copies shall be printed for the use of members of the House, twelve thousand copies for the use of members of the Senate, and seven thousand seven hundred copies for the use of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Approved, February 14, 1881. No. 12: authorizing the Public Printer to print reports of the United States Fish Commissioner upon new discoveries in regard to fish-culture. Public Resolution 12 21 Stat. 517 1881-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 12.] Joint resolution authorizing the Public Printer to print reports of the United States Fish Commissioner upon new discoveries in regard to fish-culture.Feb. 14, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report of United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, from time to time, to be printed and stereotyped.
That the Public Printer be, and he hereby is, instructed to print and stereotype, from time to time, the regular number of nineteen hundred copies of any matter furnished him by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries relative to new observations, discoveries, and applications connected with fish- 518 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 12–14, 17, 18. 1881. culture and the fisheries, to be capable of being distributed in parts, and the whole to form an annual volume or bulletin not exceeding five hundred pages.
The edition of said annual work shall consist of five thousand copies, of which two thousand five hundred shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, one thousand for the use of the Senate, and one thousand five hundred for the use of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. Approved, February 14, 1881. No. 13: granting condemned cannon to the Morton Monumental Association Public Resolution 13 21 Stat. 518 1881-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 13.] Joint resolution granting condemned cannon to the Morton Monumental AssociationFeb. 14, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Oliver P. Morton, condemned cannon for statue to. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to give the Morton Monumental Association of the United States four condemned and unserviceable bronze cannon and thirty-six cannon balls, for casting a statue of Oliver P.
Morton, late a Senator from Indiana, to be erected at the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Approved, February 14, 1881. No. 14: authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government and people of France and the family of General La Fayette an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the centennial anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. Public Resolution 14 21 Stat. 518 1881-02-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 14.] Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government and people of France and the family of General La Fayette an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the centennial anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.Feb. 18, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Centennial anniversary of surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown ; invitation to Government and people of France, and family of General La Fayette.Appropriation.
That the President be, and is hereby, authorized and requested to extend to the Government and people of France and the family of General La Fayette a cordial invitation to unite with the Government and people of the United States, on the nineteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, in a tit and appropriate observance of the centennial anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. And for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this resolution the sum of twenty 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.
Approved, February 18, 1881. No. 17: providing for the printing and distribution of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the year eighteen hundred and eighty. Public Resolution 17 21 Stat. 518 1881-02-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 17.] Joint resolution providing for the printing and distribution of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the year eighteen hundred and eighty.Feb. 23, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report of the Commissioner of Education; printing and distribution of.
That of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for eighteen hundred and eighty there be printed four thousand copies for the use of the Senate, eight thousand one hundred and eighty-one copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and twelve thousand eight hundred and nineteen copies for distribution by the Commissioner. Approved, February 23, 1881. No. 18: for printing report of the Life-Saving Service. Public Resolution 18 21 Stat. 518 1881-02-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 18.] Joint resolution for printing report of the Life-Saving Service.Feb. 23, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report of the life-saving Service, printing of. That there be printed six thousand copies of the report of the operations of the United States life-saving 519 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 18, 19, 20, 21. 1881. Service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, without the accompanying tables (except the one showing the location of stations), and without the accompanying reports on wreck ordnance, for distribution among the officers of our merchant marine, through the collectors of customs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Approved, February 23, 1881. No. 19: authorizing certain books and mementoes in the possession of the government to be placed in Memorial Hall of the National Lincoln Monument, at Springfield, Illinois. Public Resolution 19 21 Stat. 519 1881-02-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 19.] Joint resolution authorizing certain books and mementoes in the possession of the government to be placed in Memorial Hall of the National Lincoln Monument, at Springfield, Illinois.Feb. 23, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Books and mementoes of Abraham Lincoln to be placed in Memorial Hall of National Lincoln Monument Association, Springfield, Illinois.
That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be transmitted to the National Lincoln Monument Association of Springfield, Illinois, to be placed in Memorial Hall of the monument erected to the memory of the late Abraham Lincoln, as many copies as can be spared from the State Department of the book published by Congress in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled “ The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States of America” and also to cause facsimiles of the original memorial papers transmitted to the Department of State by foreign governments, and citizens thereof, for the same purpose, to be prepared and transmitted to the association ; and also from the War Department such mementoes connected with the assassination and trial of the conspirators as may have been placed therein, which do not pertain to the records of the Department.
That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid to the Secretary of State, a sum sufficient to meet the expenses of carrying this joint resolution into effect. Approved, February 23, 1881. No. 20: amending and reenacting joint resolution approved June fourteenth eighteen hundred and seventy nine directing a monument to mark the birthplace of George Washington. Public Resolution 20 21 Stat. 519 1881-02-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 20.] Joint resolution amending and reenacting joint resolution approved June fourteenth eighteen hundred and seventy nine directing a monument to mark the birthplace of George Washington.Feb. 26, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Monument to mark the birthplace of George Washington. That joint resolution entitled “ Joint resolution directing a monument to be erected to mark the birthplace of George Washington, approved June fourteenth eighteen hundred and seventy-nine”, be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows.
That the sum Appropriation.of thirty thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of erecting a monument at and to mark the birthplace of George Washington, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State who shall have the management and control of the erection of said monument: *Provided*, No part of the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended until the Secretary of State shall be satisfied with the title to the land*Proviso*.Title to land and right of way. to be occupied by the monument and the securement of a public right of way thereto.
Approved, February 26, 1881. No. 21: authorizing the printing of thirty thousand copies of the third Report of the United States Entomological Commission. Public Resolution 21 21 Stat. 519 1881-02-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 21.] Joint resolution authorizing the printing of thirty thousand copies of the third Report of the United States Entomological Commission.Feb. 26, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report of United States Entomological Commission, printing of.
That there be printed at the government Printing Office, with necessary illustrations, thirty thousand copies of the. third Report, of the United States Entomological Commission; 520 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 21–25. 1881. seven thousand copies thereof for the use of the Senate, twenty thousand nine hundred and seven for the use of the House, and two thousand and ninety-three for the Interior Department. Approved, February 26, 1881. No. 22: in relation to the international exhibition of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
Public Resolution 22 21 Stat. 520 1881-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 22.] Joint resolution in relation to the international exhibition of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.March 1, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,International Exhibition of 1883.
That whenever the President shall deem the preparations which shall have been made therefor adequate, he is hereby authorized and requested, in the name of the United States, to invite all foreign governments to be represented at and take part in the international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine to be held under the direction of the United States International Commission at the city of New York, in the State of New York, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three : *Provided, however*,*Proviso*.
That the United States shall not be able, directly or indirectly, for any of the expenses attending such exhibition, or by reason of the invitation hereby authorized. Approved, March 1, 1881. No. 23: in relation to the barge W. J. Spicer. Public Resolution 23 21 Stat. 520 1881-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 23.] Joint resolution in relation to the barge W.
J. Spicer.March 1, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Barge W. J. Spicer.1879, ch. 54.Pamphlet ed., 1st Sees. 46th Congress, 44. That the barge W. J. Spicer, built in Canada but bought by an American citizen and brought into the United States, on payment of duties on the materials entering into her construction be admitted to the privileges extended to barges of American build and ownership by “An act relating to vessels not propelled by sail or internal motive power of their own, and for other purposes,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.
Approved, March 1, 1881. No. 24: relative to printing the Agricultural Report for the year eighteen hundred and eighty. Public Resolution 24 21 Stat. 520 1881-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 24.] Joint resolution relative to printing the Agricultural Report for the year eighteen hundred and eighty.March 2, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Agricultural Report for 1880, printing of.
That there be printed three hundred thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty ; two hundred and fourteen thousand copies for the use of members of the House of Representatives, fifty six thousand copies for the use of members of the Senate, and thirty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture. Approved, March 2, 1881. No. 25: directing the Secretary of War to investigate the claim of the State of Florida against the United States for expenditures made in suppressing Indian hostilities in said State between the years eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and sixty, and to report the result of such investigation to Congress.
Public Resolution 25 21 Stat. 520 1881-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 25.] Joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to investigate the claim of the State of Florida against the United States for expenditures made in suppressing Indian hostilities in said State between the years eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and sixty, and to report the result of such investigation to Congress.March 3, 1881.
Whereas the Indian trust fund of the United States holds a large Florida war indemnity.amount of the bonds of the State of Florida; and Whereas the State of Florida claims from the United States to beIndian hostilities. reimbursed the expenditures made by said State in suppressing Indian hostilities in said State : Therefore *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Secretary of War to make investiga- That the Secretary of War be, and he 521 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Res. 25, 26, 27, 28. 1881. is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate, ascertain, and reporttion and report to Congress. to Congress, as soon as practicable, the amount of the claims of the State of Florida, for expenditures made in suppressing Indian hostilities in that State between the first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty. In making such investigation the said Secretary is directed to receive and consider such testimony as he may deem necessary or proper for or against claims, including the muster-rolls of the State troops, and such other official data as may be on file in the War Department.
In submitting his report to Congress the said Secretary shall not include any payments or allowances made by the State in excess of the amounts allowed by law at the time in behalf of troops regularly in the service of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1881. No. 26: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish States, for the use of agricultural colleges, one set of standard weights and measures and for other purposes. Public Resolution 26 21 Stat. 521 1881-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 26.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish States, for the use of agricultural colleges, one set of standard weights and measures and for other purposes.March 3, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Standard weights and measures, to be delivered to certain colleges, etc. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause a complete set of all the weights and measures adopted as standards to be delivered to the governor of each State in the Union, for the use of agricultural colleges in the States, respectively, which have received a grant of lands from the United States, and also one set of the same for the use of the Smithsonian Institution: *Provided* That the cost of each set shall not exceed two*Proviso*. hundred dollars, and a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this resolution is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1881. No. 27: to provide for the publication of the memorial addresses on Evarts W. Farr. Public Resolution 27 21 Stat. 521 1881-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 27.] Joint resolution to provide for the publication of the memorial addresses on Evarts W.
Farr.March 3, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Evarts W. Farr, deceased.Memorial addresses. That there be printed twelve thousand copies of the memorial addresses delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives upon the life and character of Honorable Evarts W. Farr, late a Representative from the State of New Hampshire, together with a portraitPortrait. of the deceased ; nine thousand copies thereof for the use of the House of Representatives and three thousand copies for the use of the Senate.
And a sum sufficient to defray the expense of preparing and printing the portrait of the deceasedAppropriation. for the publication herein provided for is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1881. No. 28: to print fifteen thousand copies of the report of the Director of the Mint on the Statistics of the annual production of gold and silver in the United States. Public Resolution 28 21 Stat. 521 1881-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 28.] Joint resolution to print fifteen thousand copies of the report of the Director of the Mint on the Statistics of the annual production of gold and silver in the United States.March 3, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report of the Director of the Mint, printing of. That fifteen thousand copies of the report of the Director of the Mint on the annual production of gold and silver in the United States be printed ; eight thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, three thousand for the use of the Senate, and four thousand for the use of the Treasury Department.
Approved, March 3, 1881. No. 29: to create a commission for the performance of certain duties under the act of Congress providing for the erection of a monument at Yorktown and the proposed centennial celebration. Public Resolution 29 21 Stat. 522 1881-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 29.] Joint resolution to create a commission for the performance of certain duties under the act of Congress providing for the erection of a monument at Yorktown and the proposed centennial celebration.March 3, 1881. 522 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Res. 29, 30. 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Commission.Monument at Yorktown. That John W. Johnston, of Virginia; E. H. Rollins, of New Hampshire; Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; H. B. Anthony, of Rhode Island ; W. W, Eaton, of Connecticut ;W. A. Wallace, of Pennsylvania ; Francis Kernan, of New York ; T. F. Randolph, of New Jersey; Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware; W. Pinckney Whyte, of Maryland;
Mat. W. Ransom, of North Carolina; M. C. Butler, of South Carolina; Benjamin H. Hill, of Georgia; John Goode, of Virginia; Joshua G. Hall, of New Hampshire; George B. Loring, of Massachusetts ; Nelson W. Aldrich, of Rhode Island ; Joseph 11. Hawley ; of Connecticut ; Samuel B. Dick, of Pennsylvania ; Louis A. Brigham, of New Jersey ; Nicholas Muller, of New York ; Edward L. Martin, of Delaware ; J. Fred. C. Talbott, of Maryland ; Joseph J. Davis, of North Carolina; John S. Richardson, of South Carolina; and Henry Persons, of Georgia, be, and they are hereby, appointed a commission with full power and authority to discharge all the duties and perform all the functions which were devolved upon them as a joint committee of thirteen Senators and thirteen Representatives under the act of Congress approved June seventh, eighteen hundred1880, ch. 124.Pamphlet ed., 2d Sess. 46th Congress, 163. and eighty, entitled “ An act to carry into effect the resolution of Congress adopted on the twenty-ninth of October, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, in regard to a monumental column at Yorktown, Virginia, and for other purposes”.
And the said commission may employ a clerk during the time they are engaged in the performance of said duties, whose compensation shall be at the usual rate of clerks to committees of Congress, and who shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate and House of Representatives in equal proportions. Approved, March 3, 1881. No. 30: relating to salaries of government employees in the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 30 21 Stat. 522 1881-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 3 public [No. 30.] Joint resolution relating to salaries of government employees in the District of Columbia.March 3, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Salaries of employees in District of Columbia for Inauguration and Decoration Day. That all employees of the government in the city of Washington, Distinct of Columbia, shall be paid for the fourth day of March (inauguration Day) and the thirtieth day of May (Decoration Day), eighteen hundred and eighty-one, as for other days on which they perform labor.
Approved, March 3, 1881. 46 1 1879 PRIVATE LAWSof theUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,passed byTHE FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS,1879–’81.
(523)PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of March,* 1879, *and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the first day of July,* 1879. Rutherford B. Kayes, President: William A. Wheelek, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. Allen G. Thurman was elected President of the Senate *pro tempore* on the fifteenth of April, 1879. Samuel J. Randall was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on the eighteenth day of March, 1879, and con tinned to act as such until the close of the session.
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