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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 21 STAT. · June 16, 1880 · Chapter 253

Chapter 253. to constitute a Joint Commission for carrying into effect the Convention between the United States and the French Republic for the settlement of certain claims of the citizens of either country against the other, signed at Washington on the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty

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CHAP. 253.— An Act to constitute a Joint Commission for carrying into effect the Convention between the United States and the French Republic for the settlement of certain claims of the citizens of either country against the other, signed at Washington on the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty.June 16, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Convention between the United States and the French Republic.Joint Commission.Commissioner on the part of the United States to be appointed.Compensation.
That the President shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint a Commissioner, on the part of the United States, to hear and decide, conjointly with the Commissioner to be appointed on the part of the FYench Republic and the third Commissioner to be appointed by His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, the claims comprehended in the provisions of the convention of January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, between the United States and the French Republic.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the compensation of the said commissioner on the part of the United States shall be at such rate, not exceeding eight thousand dollars a year in money of the United States, as may be determined by agreement between the executive departments of this government and of the French Republic. The compensation of said third Commissioner to be determined according to the provisions of said Convention not to exceed eight thousandPayment. dollars a year shall be paid as to one-half part thereof by the United States.
The compensation of the Secretary to be appointed on the part of the United States under the provisions of the said Convention shall be at such rate, not exceeding three thousand dollars a year in money of the United States, as may be determined in the manner aforesaid. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the President Ire, and herebyAgent to be appointed to present and support claims on behalf of the United States. is, authorized to appoint a suitable person as agent on behalf of the United States to attend the Commissioners, to present and support claims on behalf of this government, to answer claims made upon it, and to represent it generally in all matters connected with the investigation and decision thereof; the Compensation.compensation of such agent, not to exceed five thousand dollars a year, shall be determined by agreement between the executive departments of this government and of the French Republic.
The President is hereby authorized to make such provision for the contingent expenses of the Commission, and for the taking of testimony on the part of the United States to be used before the same, as to him shall appear Contingent expenses.reasonable and proper. To defray the above mentioned expenses, salaries and compensations and to permit the agent of the United States to collect and produce such needful testimony on the part of this government, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary under the provisions of this act, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, with the approval of the President 297 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 253. 1880. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That the Commissioner on the partCommission ere to make rules and regulations. of the United States, in conjunction with the other commissioners appointed under the provisions of the said convention is hereby authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for conducting the business of the Commission; such rules and regulations not contravening the Constitution of the United States, the provisions of this act or the convention.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted*, That the Secretary of State is herebyPapers, records, and documents authorized and required to transmit to the Commissioners through the Agent on the part of the United States, such papers and records relating to the Commission as he may deem proper or as may be called for by the Commissioners; and at the termination of the Commission all the records, documents and other papers which shall have been brought before the Commissioners, or which may be in possession of their Secretaries, shall be deposited in the Department of State: *Provided*,*Proviso*.
That this section shall not be so construed as to prevent the Commissioner on the part of the United States or of the French RePUBLIC from depositing in the Department certified copies or duplicates of papers produced on behalf of his government, instead of originals. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted*, That upon suggestion by eitherCommissioners to issue Commission to take testimony.Recalcitrant witness may be compelled to testify. party that a witness whose testimony is deemed important, refuses or is unwilling to testify, it shall be competent for the Commissioners to issue a commission to some suitable person to take the testimony of such witness, who, if in the United States, may be compelled to appear and testify in the same manner as is now provided by law in the case of Commissions issued from the courts of the United States.
Approved, June 16, 1880. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: to transfer the arsenal property in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to the trustees of the Holy Communion Church Institute for the use and accommodation of said school. Public Resolution 1 21 Stat. 299 1879-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 1.] Joint resolution to transfer the arsenal property in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to the trustees of the Holy Communion Church Institute for the use and accommodation of said school.Dec. 19, 1879. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Arsenal at Charleston, S.
C., lease to trustees of the Holy Communion Church Institute for school. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to lease and deliver possession, upon such terms and conditions as to him may seem best, for the use of, or in the interest of the government, to the trustees of the Holy Communion Church Institute, the property known as the “Arsenal”, situated in the city of Charleston, State of South Carolina, together with all the buildings, rights, and appurtenances thereto belonging, to be had and held by said trustees for the use and accommodation of said school for such time as said lease may run, if not theretofore required by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorizedSecretary of War to make terms, &c. to make such terms and arrangements with said trustees for the care and protection of said property during its occupancy by said school, and for the redelivery of possession to the government when thereto required, as will best subserve the interests of the government: *Provided, **Proviso.*That the government shall not be required to pay for any improvements that may be placed on said grounds during the continuance of said lease.
Approved, December 19, 1879. No. 2: filling existing vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 2 21 Stat. 299 1879-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 2.] Joint resolution filling existing vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.Dec. 19, 1879. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Existing vacancies in Board of Regents of the Smithsonian institution filled by reappointment.
That the existing vacancies in the Board of liegents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than member’s of Congress, shall lie filled by the reappointment of Asa Gray of Massachusetts, Henry Copped of Pennsylvania, Jolin Mac-lean of New Jersey and Peter Parker of the city of Washington, whose terms have expired. Approved, December 19, 1879. No. 3: authorizing payment of the salaries of the employés of Congress on the nineteenth of December eighteen hundred and seventy nine.
Public Resolution 3 21 Stat. 299 1879-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 3.] Joint resolution authorizing payment of the salaries of the employés of Congress on the nineteenth of December eighteen hundred and seventy nine.Dec. 19, 1879. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Salaries of employés Senate and House for December, 1879; payment anticipated.
That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives are hereby authorized and directed to pay the employés of the two Houses of Congress on Friday the nineteenth instant for the month of December. Approved, December 19, 1879. No. 4: touching the Hot Springs reservation in the State of Arkansas. Public Resolution 4 21 Stat. 299 1880-01-14 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 2 public [No. 4.] Joint resolution touching the Hot Springs reservation in the State of Arkansas.Jan. 14, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Hot Springs reservation. That the time allowed the Secretary 299 300 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 4, 6, 7, 8. 1880. of the Interior to instruct the United States land officers at Little Rock,Time of instructions to land officers extended, further proceedings temporarily suspended.1877, ch 108,[19 Stat., 377](/us/stat/19/377).
Arkansas, under section ten of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled “An act in relation to the Hot Springs reservation in the State of Arkansas”, be extended for the period of sixty days from the passage of this resolution, and all further proceedings under said act be suspended until that time. Approved, January 14, 1880. No. 6: to correct an error in the act “making appropriations for sundry-civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes.
” Public Resolution 6 21 Stat. 300 1880-01-23 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 2 public [No. 6.] Joint resolution to correct an error in the act “making appropriations for sundry-civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes.”Jan. 23, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,1879, ch. 182,[20 Stat., 391](/us/stat/20/391),Amended.
That the clause in the first section of the “act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes ”, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, which makes an appropriation “for the payment of retained percentages on contracts made during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, for paving Retained percentages on contracts for paving roadways.roadways in Capitol grounds, two thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and ninety-four cents” is hereby so amended as to read For payment of retained percentages on contracts made during the fiscal year beginning July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six for paving roadways in Capitol grounds two thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and ninety-four cents.
Approved, January 23, 1880. No. 7: authorizing certain printing for the Land Commission Public Resolution 7 21 Stat. 300 1880-01-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 7.] Joint resolution authorizing certain printing for the Land CommissionJan. 28, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public Land Commission.1879, ch. 182.20 Stat., 394.Public Printer to print letters, &c.
That the Public Printer lie and he is hereby authorized and required to print upon requisition of the chairman of the Public Land Commission, created by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine for the purpose of codifying the laws relating to the public lands and for other purposes, such letters, testimony and documents as may be necessary for the performance of the *Proviso.**Proviso.*duties prescribed for said commission: *Provided*, That-the cost of such printing shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars: *And provided further*, That the number of copies printed of said letters, testimony and documents shall not exceed two hundred.
Approved, January 28, 1880. No. 8: making an appropriation for filling up, draining, and placing in good sanitary condition the grounds south of the Capitol, along the line of the old canal, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 8 21 Stat. 300 1880-02-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 8.] Joint resolution making an appropriation for filling up, draining, and placing in good sanitary condition the grounds south of the Capitol, along the line of the old canal, and for other purposes.Feb. 4, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations for tilling canal and grounds south of Capitol.
That the sum of twenty thousand 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 for the purpose of filling up, draining and placing in good sanitary condition the old canal, the grounds of the United States south of theCommissioners of District to do the work, disburse the money, and make report to Congress. 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, February 4, 1880. No. 9: authorizing the Secretary of War to expend a sum of money heretofore appropriated for the erection of a storehouse and depot building at the city of Omaha, in t he State of Nebraska. Public Resolution 9 21 Stat. 301 1880-02-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public 301 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 9, 10, 11. 1880. [No. 9.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to expend a sum of money heretofore appropriated for the erection of a storehouse and depot building at the city of Omaha, in t he State of Nebraska.Feb. 5, 1880. Whereas, by act of Congress approved June twenty-third, eighteen1879, ch. 35,Sess. 1, p. 33. hundred and seventy-nine, the sum of thirty thousand dollars was appropriated for the purpose of erecting a military storehouse and depot building at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, providing that no part of said sum should be expended for the purchase of ground; and Whereas the citizens of said city of Omaha have donated to the GovernmentPreamble. of the United States five acres of land,, the title having been approved by the Attorney-General, whereon said building or buildings are to be erected; and Whereas the legislature of the State of Nebraska does not convene untilR.
S., 355.Secretary of War directed to expend appropriation. January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, so as to fulfill the requirements of section three hundred and fifty-five of the Eevised Statutes touching the expenditure of said money; and Whereas the necessities of the government demand the immediate erection of said building or buildings; Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Feb. 11, 1880., That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, empowered and directed to expend the said sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the erection of said building or buildings.
Approved, February 5, 1880. No. 10: for printing the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac Public Resolution 10 21 Stat. 301 1880-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 10.] Joint resolution for printing the American Ephemeris and Nautical AlmanacThe American Ephomcris and Nautical Almanac printed annually. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Additional copies for sale.
That there shall be printed annually at the Government Printing Office fifteen hundred copies of the Ameri can Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and of the papers supplementary thereto, of which one hundred shall be for the use of the Senate, four hundred for the House of Representatives, and one thousand for the public service, to be distributed by the Navy Department. Sec. 2. That additional copies of the Ephemeris and of the Nautical*Proviso.* Almanac extracted therefrom may be ordered by the Secretary of the Navy for sale: *Provided*, That all moneys received from such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation, for PUBLIC printing.
Approved, February 11, 1880. No. 11: concerning an international fishery exhibition to be held in Berlin, Germany, in April, eighteen hundred and eighty. Public Resolution 11 21 Stat. 301 1880-02-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 11.] Joint resolution concerning an international fishery exhibition to be held in Berlin, Germany, in April, eighteen hundred and eighty.Feb. 16, 1880.
Whereas, all civilized nations take part in the international fisheryPreamble.International fishery exhibition at Berlin. exhibition to be held in the city of Berlin, Germany, in April, eighteen hundred and eighty, it is deemed both right and expedient that the prominent and effective action of the United States in the line of the artificial propagation of fish and the stocking of depleted fishing waters should be conspicuously and well exhibited on the occasion; Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Casts and models of American food-fishes, &c., That to enable the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries to exhibit America in Berlin in April, eighteen hundred and eighty, a fair and full collection of the different specimens of American food-fishes, casts thereof, models of, and implements, and so forth, used in the prosecution of American fisheries, the sum of twentyAppropriation. thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated in the Treasury of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose, to be 302 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. RES. 11, 12, 13, 14. 1880. immediately available on the passage of this resolution, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. Sec. 2. That the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries be,United States to be represented by Commissioner or deputy. and is hereby authorized to represent the United States, either in person or by a deputy to be appointed by the President of the United States; and that, at bis discretion, he may use any portion of the collections at present forming part of the National Museum in making up the proposed exhibition by the United States.
Sec. 3. That the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries be,Reports. and is hereby, instructed to present to Congress, through the Department of State, a report upon the Berlin exhibition, showing the recent progress and present condition of the fisheries and of fish-culture in foreign countries. Approved, February 16, 1880. No. 12: to print the eulogies delivered in the two houses of Congress upon the late Zachariah Chandler. Public Resolution 12 21 Stat. 302 1880-02-17 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 12.] Joint resolution to print the eulogies delivered in the two houses of Congress upon the late Zachariah Chandler.Feb. 17, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Zachariah Chandler, deceased.Eulogies. That twelve thousand copies of the eulogies delivered in the two houses of Congress upon the late Zachariah Chandler, be printed, eight thousand for the use of the House of Representatives and four thousand for the use of the Senate, and the Secretary of the Treasury have printed the portrait of Mr.
Chandler to accompany the same, and for the purpose of defraying the expense of procuring the Appropriation.said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise apiiropnated. Approved, February 17, 1880. No. 13: for printing the eulogies delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives upon Honorable Rusli Clark, deceased. Public Resolution 13 21 Stat. 302 1880-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 13.] Joint resolution for printing the eulogies delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives upon Honorable Rusli Clark, deceased.Feb. 25, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rush Clark, deceased.Eulogies. That nine thousand copies of the eulogies delivered in the two Houses of Congress upon the late Rush Clark be printed, six thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives and three thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and the Secretary of the Portrait.Appropriation.Treasury have printed the portrait of Mi’ Clark to accompany the same; and lor the defraying the expense of procuring the said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 25, 1880. No. 25: making appropriations for the Reform School of the district of Columbia. Public Resolution 25 21 Stat. 302 1880-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 25.] Joint resolution making appropriations for the Reform School of the district of Columbia.Feb. 25, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Reform School of Dist. of Columbia.
That to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to carry into effect the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, which continues in force the thirteenth section of 1879, ch. 182,[20 Stat., 402](/us/stat/20/402).the “Act revising and amending the various acts establishing and relating to the Reform School of the District of Columbia”, approved May third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, they be and are hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the board of trustees of 1876, ch. 90,[19 Stat., 51](/us/stat/19/51).said Reform School of the District of Columbia the two dollars per week from and after the first day of July eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, for each boy committed thereto as provided by said thirteenth section of the act of May third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, afore- 303 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. 1880.said, and the necessary appropriation therefor is hereby made for theAppropriation. present fiscal year, one half of said expenses to be paid by the United States and one half by the District of Columbia as provided by the act of Congress approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight 1878, ch. 180,[20 Stat., 103](/us/stat/20/103).providing a permanent form of government for said District. Approved, February 25, 1880. No. 15: for the relief of M.
M. Herr, and to pay three messengers of the Senate. Public Resolution 15 21 Stat. 303 1880-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 15.] Joint resolution for the relief of M. M. Herr, and to pay three messengers of the Senate.Feb. 25, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,M.
M. Herr.Appropriation. 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 M. M. Herr, the sum of six hundred and five dollars for services as assistant sergeant-at-arms to the House of Representatives during the first session of the Forty-sixth Congress. That the following sum be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for salaries of officers of the Senate, namely:
For salaries of three messengers, under Senate resolution of DecemberThree messengers of Senate.Appropriation. eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, two thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and sixty-five cents. Approved, February 25, 1880. No. 16: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland. Public Resolution 16 21 Stat. 303 1880-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 16.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland.Feb. 25, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Famishing poor of Ireland. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ any ship or vessel belonging to the Navy of the United States best adapted for such service for the purpose of transporting to the fandshing poor of Ireland such contributions as may Transportation of supplies.be made for their relief, or to charter and employ under the authority of the United States a suitable American ship or vessel for the same purpose.
Any sum of money which may be necessaryAppropriation. to carry out the object of this resolution is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 25, 1880. No. 17: to authorize the printing of thirteen thousand copies of the Report on Sheep Husbandry. Public Resolution 17 21 Stat. 303 1880-04-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 17.] Joint resolution to authorize the printing of thirteen thousand copies of the Report on Sheep Husbandry.April 1, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Sheep husbandry, report on.Copies to be printed. That thirteen thousand copies of the report of the Department of Agriculture on “ Sheep Husbandry” be, and the same is hereby, ordered to be printed; three thousand for the Senate; ten thousand copies thereof for distribution by the members of the House of Representatives among their constituents.
Approved, April 1, 1880. No. 18: directing the Secretary of the Navy to organize a Board to inquire into the present condition of the double turroted monitors, and the propriety and cost of completing said vessels. Public Resolution 18 21 Stat. 303 1880-04-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 18.] Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Navy to organize a Board to inquire into the present condition of the double turroted monitors, and the propriety and cost of completing said vessels.April 2, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Board to examine certain monitors.
That the Secretary of the Navy be and he is hereby directed to organize a Board, to consist of not less than five 304 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 18, 22, 23, 25. 1880. nor more than seven officers of the United States Navy, selected at his discretion, from the active and retired list which Board shall be organized immediately after the passage of this resolution and shall be charged with the duty of thoroughly exandning in person the double turreted monitors, with a view of determining First, Whether it is to the interest of the government to complete said vessels, to wit: the Puritan, the Monaduock, the Amphitrite and the Terror.
Second, If so whether it is to the interest of the government to complete them according to the existing plans, models and agreements. Third, If any change is demanded in order to make said vessels more efficient as war vessels—to inquire into the extent and character as well as cost of such modifications, and also inquire into any other fact Report.material to each of these questions; and of all which they will make report to the Secretary of the Navy, who shall at once transmit the same with his opinions thereon to Congress.
Approved, April 2, 1880. No. 22: providing for payment, of wages to employees in the Government Printing Office for legal holidays. Public Resolution 22 21 Stat. 304 1880-04-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 22.] Joint resolution providing for payment, of wages to employees in the Government Printing Office for legal holidays.April 16, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Employés of Government Printing Office.Holidays.
That the employees of the Government Printing Office shall be allowed the following legal holidays with pay, to wit: the first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of December, and such day as may be designated by the President of the United States as a day of public fast or thanksgiving: *Provided*, That the said employees shall be paid for *Proviso.*these holidays only when the employees of the other government departments shall be so paid: *And provided further*, *Proviso.*That nothing herein contained shall authorize any additional payment to such employees as receive annual salaries.
Approved, April 16, 1880. No. 23: authorizing the printing and binding of additional copies of the Report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army. Public Resolution 23 21 Stat. 304 1880-04-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 23.] Joint resolution authorizing the printing and binding of additional copies of the Report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army.April 22, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Annual Report of Chief Signal Officer for 1879.
That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized to print and bind, for the use of the Signal Office, five thousand additional copies of the Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine; and the Illustrations.Public Printer is authorized to contract for the illustrations with the person now furnishing the illustrations for the Congressional edition Approved, April 22, 1880. No. 25: legalizing the health ordinances and regulations for the District of Columbia.
Public Resolution 25 21 Stat. 304 1880-04-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 25.] Joint resolution legalizing the health ordinances and regulations for the District of Columbia.April 24, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Ordinance of Board of Health, District of Columbia, legalized.
That the ordinances of the late Board of Health of the District of Columbia, as revised, amended, and adopted, November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “An ordinance to revise, consolidate, and amend the ordinances of the Board of Health, to declare what shall be deemed nuisances injurious to health, and to provide for the removal thereof”, as printed in the report of said late Board of Health made to the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, being executive document number one, part eight, be, and the same are hereby, legalized; and the respective penalties therein prescribed for violations thereof may be imposed and enforced for the FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 25, 26, 28. 1880. 305 respective offenses therein described, excepting the sections of said ordinance following, namely: Sections seven, nine, and fourteen, which said sections are not hereby legalized. Sec. 2. That the ordinances, rules, and regulations of said late Board of Health contained in the report mentioned in the preceding section, and printed in the said executive document therein mentioned, namely: First. “An ordinance to amend an ordinance to prevent domestic animals from running at large within the cities of Washington and Georgetown, passed by the Board of Health May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one”;
Second. “An ordinance to prevent the sale of unwholesome food, in the cities of Washington and Georgetown”; Third. “An ordinance to provide for the inspection of streets, food, live stock, fish and other marine products, in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and to define the duties of inspectors and other officers of the Board of Health Fourth. “An ordinance to amend section ten of the code so as to read”; Fifth. An ordinance to amend an ordinance passed May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, to read as follows”;
Sixth. “An ordinance to prevent committing or creating nuisances in or about public urinal or urinals located within the cities of Washington and Georgetown”; Seventh. “Rules and regulations in regard to smallpox”; Eighth. “Regulations to secure a full and correct record of vital statistics, including the registration of marriages, births, and deaths, the interment, disinterment, and removal of the dead in the District of Columbia”, be, and the same are hereby, legalized and made valid; and the penalties therein provided respectively for violations thereof, may be imposed and enforced for the violations of the same respectively, as provided by section twenty-seven of the ordinances passed November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.
Approved, April 24, 1880. No. 26: accepting the gift of the desk used by Thomas Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence. Public Resolution 26 21 Stat. 305 1880-04-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 26.] Joint resolution accepting the gift of the desk used by Thomas Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence.April 28, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Thanks of Congress to donors for gift of writing-desk on which the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson.
That the thanks of this Congress be presented to J. Randolph Coolidge, Algernon Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, and Mrs Ellen Dwight, citizens of Massachusetts, for the patriotic gift of the writing desk presented by Thomas Jefferson to their father, the late Joseph Coolidge, upon which the Declaration of Independence was written. *And be it further resolved*, That this precious relic is hereby accepted in the name of the Nation, and that the same be deposited for safe keeping in the Department of State of the United States. *And be it further resolved*, That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives be transmitted to the donors.
Approved, April 28, 1880. No. 28: to print the eulogies delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives upon the late George S Houston, a Senator from the State of Alabama. Public Resolution 28 21 Stat. 305 1880-04-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 28.] Joint resolution to print the eulogies delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives upon the late George S Houston, a Senator from the State of Alabama.April 29, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,George S.
Houston, deceased.Eulogies. That twelve thousand copies of the proceedings connected with the funeral of and the eulogies delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, upon the late George S. Houston, be printed, eight thousand for the use of the House of Repre- 306 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35. 1880.sentatives and four thousand for the use of the Senate, and that the sum of five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated out of Portrait.any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for the expense of procuring a portrait of the Appropriation.late Mr.
Houston, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, April 29, 1880. No. 30: authorizing the Secretary of War to send rations to the sufferers from the recent cyclone at Macon, Mississippi. Public Resolution 30 21 Stat. 306 1880-05-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 30.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to send rations to the sufferers from the recent cyclone at Macon, Mississippi.May 4, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Relief of sufferers by cyclone at Macon, Miss.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and empowered to send four thousand rations to Macon, Mississippi, for the use of the sufferers made destitute by the cyclone of April twenty-fifth. Approved, May 4, 1880. No. 31: authorizing the Public Printer to print additional copies of bills and other public documents. Public Resolution 31 21 Stat. 306 1880-05-08 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 2 public [No. 31.] Joint resolution authorizing the Public Printer to print additional copies of bills and other public documents.May 8, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public documents, &c., furnished at cost. That the Public Printer be and he is hereby directed to furnish to all applicants copies of bills and reports and other public documents hereafter printed by order of Congress and distributed from the Document Rooms of the Senate and House on said applicants paying the cost of such printing with ten per centum added; and giving the notice required by section thirty-eight R.
S. 3809.hundred and nine of Title forty-five of the Revised Statutes. Approved, May 8, 1880. No. 32: making appropriation for the contingent fund of the Senate. Public Resolution 32 21 Stat. 306 1880-05-14 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 2 public [No. 32.] Joint resolution making appropriation for the contingent fund of the Senate.May 14, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Senate, contingent expenses.Appropriation.
That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for contingent expenses of the Senate of the United States, tor the fiscal year ending June the thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to be credited to “Miscellaneous Items, exclusive of labor”. Approved, May 14, 1880. No. 33: authorizing the President of the United States to call an international sanitary conference to meet at Washington, District of Columbia.
Public Resolution 33 21 Stat. 306 1880-05-14 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 2 public [No. 33.] Joint resolution authorizing the President of the United States to call an international sanitary conference to meet at Washington, District of Columbia.May 14, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,International sanitary conference.
That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to call an international sanitary conference to meet at Washington, District of Columbia, to which the several powers having jurisdiction of ports likely to be infected with yellow fever or cholera Delegates to.shall be invited to send delegates, properly authorized, for the purpose of securing an international system of notification as to the actual sanitary condition of ports and places under the jurisdiction of such powers and of vessels sailing therefrom.
Approved, May 14, 1880. No. 35: to furnish a bronze statue of General Daniel Morgan to the Cowpens centennial committee of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Public Resolution 35 21 Stat. 306 1880-05-26 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 2 public [No. 35.] Joint resolution to furnish a bronze statue of General Daniel Morgan to the Cowpens centennial committee of Spartanburg, South Carolina.May 26, 1880.
Whereas the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston and the citizensBattle of Cow-pens, centennial anniversary of. of Spartanburg County, South Carolina., propose on the seventeenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty one, to celebrate the cen- FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 35, 38, 39. 1880. 307tennial anniversary of the battle of Cowpens, fought near Cherokee Ford, in Spartanburg County, in said State, and to have completed before that day an imposing memorial column in honor of the victors in that important and decisive engagement; and Whereas the governors and peoples of the “old thirteen States” are to be identified with the observance of this centennial event:
Therefore *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That as a mark of the appreciation of the whole country for this patriotic undertaking, and as a token of recognition by the American people of the signal service rendered to the cause of independence by the heroic men who took part in this battle, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to have made a bronze statue (heroic size and in the uniform of the rifleman of the period) of General Daniel Morgan, the commander of the American forces in said battle, and cause the same to be delivered through the governor of South Carolina to the Cowpens centennialGeneral Daniel Morgan, bronze statue. committee in time to be placed in position upon said memorial column before the proposed commemoration; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, upon the warrant of the Secretary of War, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much of said sum as may be necessary,Appropriation. to carry into effect the purpose of this resolution.
Approved, May 26, 188Ü. No. 38: touching the pay of employees of the government in the city of Washington. Public Resolution 38 21 Stat. 307 1880-05-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 38.] Joint resolution touching the pay of employees of the government in the city of Washington.May 31, 1880.
Whereas, the President of the United States has issued a proclamationPreamble.Decoration day. closing all departments in the city of Washington District of Columbia, including the Government Printing Office, on Saturday the twenty-ninth instant (decoration day); and Whereas, the Superintendent of the Government Printing Office has ordered, that said office be closed on said day, without pay to the employees; and Whereas, all employees of other departments are entitled to pay for said day:
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Payment of employés in the city of Washington, District of Columbia., That all employees of the government in the city of Washington, district of Columbia, be, and they are hereby declared to be entitled to payment for said twenty-ninth day of May, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and eighty. Approved, May 31, 1880. No. 39: to print extra copies of the report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.
Public Resolution 39 21 Stat. 307 1880-06-01 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 2 public [No. 39.] Joint resolution to print extra copies of the report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.June 1, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries.Report.Distribution.
That there be printed ten thousand extra copies of the report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, of which two thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, six thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and fifteen hundred copies for the use of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries; the illustrations to be made by the PUBLIC Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing and five hundredSale. copies for sale by the Public Printer under such regulations as the Joint Committee on Printing may prescribe at a price equal to the additional cost of publication and ten per cent thereon added Approved, June 1, 1880.
No. 44: to provide for the publication and distribution of a supplement to the Revised Statutes. Public Resolution 44 21 Stat. 308 1880-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public 308 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 44, 45, 48. 1880. [No. 44.] Joint resolution to provide for the publication and distribution of a supplement to the Revised Statutes.June 7, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Supplement to the Revised Statutes, index, explanatory notes, and citations of decisions to be stereotyped.
That the supplement to the Revised Statutes, embracing the statutes general and permanent in their nature passed after the Revised Statutes with references connecting provisions on the same subject, explanatory notes, citations of judicial decisions, and a general index, prepared by William A. Richardson, be stereotyped at the Government Printing Office; and the index and plates thereof and all right and title therein and thereto shall be in and fully belong to the government for its exclusive use and benefit.
That six thousand three hundred and fifty-seven copies be printed,Copies to be printed.Distribution of. bound, and distributed as provided for the distribution of the Revised Statutes by the “Joint resolution providing for the distribution and sale of the new edition of the Revised Statutes of the United States”, passed 1878, res. 22,[Stat., 20, 251](/us/stat/20/251).1878, res. 1,[Stat., 20, 487](/us/stat/20/487).May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and joint resolution passed December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and such additional copies, on the order of the Secretary of State, as may be necessary from time to time, to be kept for sale in the same manner and on like terms as the Revised Statutes are required to be kept for sale, and to supply deficiencies and offices newly created; that Editing and preparing supplement.for preparing and editing said supplement, including indexing and all clerical work necessary to fully complete said work, including the legislation of the Forty-sixth Congress, there shall be paid to said editor the sum of five thousand dollars; and each Senator and Member of the present Congress who would not receive copies under said joint resolutions shall receive the same number of copies as other Senators or Members receive under the same.
The publication herein authorized shall be taken to be prima facie evidence of the laws therein contained in all the courts of the United States and of the several States and Territories therein; but shall not preclude reference to, nor control, in case of any discrepancy, the effect *Proviso.*of auy original act as passed by Congress: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to change or alter any existing law. Approved, June 7, 1880. No. 45: extending the provisions of the first section of an act entitled “An act fixing the rate of interest upon arrearages of general taxes and assessments for special improvements now duo to the District of Columbia, and tor a revision of assessments for special improvements, and for other purposes”, approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.
Public Resolution 45 21 Stat. 308 1880-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 45.] Joint resolution extending the provisions of the first section of an act entitled “An act fixing the rate of interest upon arrearages of general taxes and assessments for special improvements now duo to the District of Columbia, and tor a revision of assessments for special improvements, and for other purposes”, approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.June 7, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia, taxes in arrears.
That the provisions of the first section of an act entitled “An act fixing the rate of interest upon arrearages of general taxes and assessments for special improvements now due to the District of Columbia, and for a revision of assessments for special 1879, ch. 41, Sess. 1, 56.Time of payment extended to January 1, 1880.improvements, and for other purposes”, approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, be, and thesame are hereby, extended so as to apply to all general taxes in arrear on the first of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and to all special assessments due the District of Columbia and which may be paid on or before the first day of January eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
Approved, June 7, 1880. No. 48: requesting the President to open negotiations with certain foreign governments relative to the importation of tobacco into their dominions. Public Resolution 48 21 Stat. 308 1880-06-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 48.] Joint resolution requesting the President to open negotiations with certain foreign governments relative to the importation of tobacco into their dominions.June 9, 1880.
Whereas, it is the policy of the United States to permit its own citizens and the citizensPreamble. of France, Spain, Italy, and Austria to freely engage in the purchase and importation into the United States any and all of the great staple productions of said countries respectively, subject only to such impost duties as are deemed proper by this government: Therefore, 309 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 48, 51, 52. 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Tobacco, negotiations for importation of into foreign countries., That the President be respectfully requested to open such negotiations with France, Spain, Austria, and Italy, as he may deem advisable, with a view to removing the restrictions on the importation of tobacco into the countries named and securing to our citizens an open market therein for the same.
Approved, June 9, 1880. No. 51: providing for the printing of the Reports of the Commissioner of Education for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Public Resolution 51 21 Stat. 309 1880-06-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 51.] Joint resolution providing for the printing of the Reports of the Commissioner of Education for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.June 11, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Reports of Commissioner of Education for 1878 and 1879; printing and distribution.
That of each of the Reports of the Commissioner of Education for the respective years eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, there be printed four thousand copies for the use of the Senate; eight thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives and thirteen thousand copies for distribution by the Commissioner. Approved, June 11, 1880. No. 52: for the relief of certain persons in respect of duties demanded of them upon the import of certain articles named therein.
Public Resolution 52 21 Stat. 309 1880-06-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 52.] Joint resolution for the relief of certain persons in respect of duties demanded of them upon the import of certain articles named therein.June 14, 1880. Whereas, by a circular of the Secretary of the Treasury issued inPreamble. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, after a decision of a case between the United States and an importer in the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York, all the articles named in the following resolution were directed to be imported on payment of a duty of thirty-five per cent ad valorem: and Whereas, the Secretary of the Treasury by letter of March twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to the House of Representatives has communicated his purpose to revoke said circular, and subject said articles to the specific duty imposed by existing law on all band, hoop and scroll iron; and Whereas, it is represented, that confiding in the said circular of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight parties have contracted for such articles to be imported under the duty of thirty-five per centum ad valorem, and it is right and proper to relieve them from the effect of the change of orders by the Secretary of the Treasury upon his construction of the existing law, but without intending to alter existing law, or to interpret by legislative act the effect thereof, leaving that to the judicial tribunals, except as to the special cases herein provided for;
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Contracts prior to March 12, 1880, for cut hoops, barrel hoops, &c., made subject to duty of 35 per cent, ad valorem., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be levied upon all articles under the designation of “cut hoops”, “hoops cut to length”, “hoops cut and punched”, and “barrel hoops”, the duty of thirty-five per centum ad valorem, which shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury to have been ordered under bona fide and absolute contracts made and entered into prior to March twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and which shall be imported from any foreign country into the United States, prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
And the amount of any duties in excess of thirty-five per centum adDuties paid in excess of 35 per cent, ad valorem refunded. valorem, paid since the twelfth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty, upon any of the articles hereinbefore named, which shall be shown as aforesaid to have been imported under such contracts, shall be refunded to the parties entitled thereto out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 14, 1880. No. 55: in relation to committee-clerks, pages, and other employees of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Public Resolution 55 21 Stat. 310 1880-06-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public 310 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 55, 56, 57. 1880. [No. 55.] Joint resolution in relation to committee-clerks, pages, and other employees of the Senate and House of Representatives.June 16, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Per diem salaries to clerks and others authorized for thirty days after the adjournment of session of Congress.
That the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, be and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay all committee-clerks, pages, laborers, and other employés of the Senate and House of Representatives respectively who do not now receive annual salaries, their regular per diem allowance for thirty days from the adjournment of this session of Congress; and the amount necessary to pay the same is hereby Appropriation.appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and shall be immediately available.
Approved, June 16, 1880. No. 56: to authorize the Secretary of War to sell or lease to the Port Huron and Northwestern Railway Company all of the Fort Gratiot military reserve, and to authorize the city of Port Huron to grant to said railway company the right of way through Pine Grove Park. Public Resolution 56 21 Stat. 310 1880-06-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 56.] Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to sell or lease to the Port Huron and Northwestern Railway Company all of the Fort Gratiot military reserve, and to authorize the city of Port Huron to grant to said railway company the right of way through Pine Grove Park.June 16, 1880. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Port Huron and Northwestern Railway Company; sale of Fort Gratiot military reserve..
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to sell to the Port Huron and Northwestern Railway Company all of the Port Gratiot military reserve remaining unsold or undisposed of; and the value of said remaining reserve shall be appraised by a board, appointed by the Secretary of War, consisting of three competent and disinterested officer’s of the United States Army; and the price at which the same shall be sold shall not be less than the appraisal by said board, and the sale shall be made only under the direction and June 16, 1880.approval of the Secretary of War.
And the city of Port Huron is hereby authorized to grant said railway company the right of way through the easterly portion of that part of the military reserve granted to said city for use as a park, and known and described as Pine Grove Park. Approved, June 16, 1880. No. 57: authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to certify school lands to the State of Kansas. Public Resolution 57 21 Stat. 310 1880-06-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public [No. 57.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to certify school lands to the State of Kansas.Preamble. Whereas, the United States has sold and disposed of sections sixteenPublic lands confirmed to State of Kansas in lieu of sections 16 and 36. and thirty-six in certain Indian reservations embraced within the Territorial limits of the State of Kansas, in pursuance of treaty obligations; and Whereas the State of Kansas, in pursuance of a decision of the General Land Office, dated August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, has selected for school purposes other-equivalent lands in lieu of such sections sixteen and thirty-six, disposed of as aforesaid:
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Public lands confirmed to State of Kansas in lieu of sections 16 and 36., That the lands so selected by the State of Kansas be, and the same are hereby, confirmed to said State; and the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to certify the same to said State, in lieu of sections sixteen and thirty-six, sold and disposed of by the United States, within the limits of any former Indian reservation as aforesaid.
Approved, June 16, 1880. 46 3 1880 1881 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the sixth day of December*, 1880, *and was adjourned without day on Friday, the fourth day of March*, 1881. Rutherford B. Hayes, President: William A. Wheeler, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. Allen G. Thurman was elected President of the Senate *pro tempore* on the seventh of April, 1880.
He was again chosen on the sixth day of May, 1880. Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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