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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 22 STAT. · August 8, 1882 · Chapter 479

Chapter 479. authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to Edward Pye Post No. one hundred and seventy-nine of the Grand Army of the Republic four condemned cast-iron cannon and four cannon-balls, for decorating the proposed soldier's monument at Haverstraw New York

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CHAP. 479.— An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to Edward Pye Post No. one hundred and seventy-nine of the Grand Army of the Republic four condemned cast-iron cannon and four cannon-balls, for decorating the proposed soldier's monument at Haverstraw New York.August 8, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Donation of cannon, etc., to Edward Pye Post, No. 179, G. A. R., Haverstraw, N.
Y. That the Secretary of War be, and ho hereby is, authorized and directed, if the same can be done without prejudice to the public service, to deliver to Edward Pye Post number one hundred and seventy-nine of the Grand Army of the Republic four condemned cast-iron cannon and four cannonballs, to be used in the decoration of the proposed soldiers monument in the cemetery at Haverstraw, New York. Approved, August 8, 1882. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: giving one months pay to certain employes of the House of Representatives.
Public Resolution 1 22 Stat. 377 1881-12-21 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 1.] JOINT RESOLUTION giving one months pay to certain employes of the House of Representatives.December 21, 1881. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,One month’s pay to certain employés of House of Representatives.
That all officers and employes of the House including the Capitol police who were employed on the fifth day of December eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and who have ceased or who shall prior to the first day of February eighteen hundred and eighty-two cease, to be so employed, shall be paid a sum equal to one months pay at the rate they were severally receiving on the fifth day of December eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and an amount sufficient for this purpose is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and the same to be immediately available Approved, December 21, 1881.
No. 3: tendering the thanks of the people of the United States to His Highness, the Khedive of Egypt, for the gift of an ancient obelisk Public Resolution 3 22 Stat. 377 1882-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 3.] JOINT RESOLUTION tendering the thanks of the people of the United States to His Highness, the Khedive of Egypt, for the gift of an ancient obeliskJanuary 12, 1882.
Whereas, the Khedive of Egypt presented to the United States, the ancient Egyptian obelisk, known as Cleopatra’s needle, which has been removed and re-erected in the City of New York, thus placing in the possession of the people of the United States, one of the most famous monuments of the Old World, and one of the earliest records of civilization ; Be it therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Cleopatra’s needle.Thanks of the people of United States to the Khedive, etc., That the thanks of the people of the United States are hereby tendered to His Highness, the Khedive of Egypt, for a gift which only the oldest of Nations could make, and the youngest can most highly prize.
Approved, January 12, 1882. No. 4: to print certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Fernando Wood, Matt. H. Carpenter, and Ambrose E. Burnside. Public Resolution 4 22 Stat. 377 1882-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 4.] JOINT RESOLUTION to print certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Fernando Wood, Matt.
H. Carpenter, and Ambrose E. Burnside.February 15, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Eulogies, etc., upon Fernando Wood, Matt. H. Carpenter, and Ambrose E. Burnside, deceased, with printed portraits. That there be printed twelve thousand copies respectively of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Fernando Wood, a Representative from the State of New York; Matt. H. Carpenter, a Senator from the State of Wisconsin, and Ambrose E.
Burnside, a Senator from the State of Rhode Island, of each of which four thousand shall be for the Senate and eight thousand for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby directed to have printed portraits of the three above named Messrs. Wood, Carpenter and Burnside to accompany their respective eulogies; and for the purpose of defraying the expense of engraving and printing the said portraits the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 15, 1882. 377 No. 5: fixing the time when the pay of certain clerks to committees of the House shall begin. Public Resolution 5 22 Stat. 378 1882-02-17 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public 378 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 5—9. 1882. [No. 5.] JOINT RESOLUTION fixing the time when the pay of certain clerks to committees of the House shall begin.February 17, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Clerks, per diem, to committees House Representatives; pay to commence, etc.
That the pay of the clerks to committees of the House of Representatives, heretofore authorized by the House, who are paid during the session only, shall begin from the time such clerks entered upon the discharge of their duties as clerks to committees which shall be ascertained and evidenced by the certificate of the chairmen of the several committees employing clerks for the session only. Approved, February 17, 1882. No. 6: authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River.
Public Resolution 6 22 Stat. 378 1882-02-25 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 6.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River.February 25, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Food, etc., for relief of the destitute in district overflowed by Mississippi River.
That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, of which sum so much as is necessary shall be used by the Secretary of War in the purchase and distribution of subsistence stores to aid in the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries; and he is authorized to co-operate with the authorities of the several States of which such district is a part in making distribution of the same. Approved, February 25, 1882.
No. 7: authorizing the printing of two thousand five hundred extra copies of the report of the health officer of the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 22 Stat. 378 1882-03-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 7.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the printing of two thousand five hundred extra copies of the report of the health officer of the District of Columbia.March 6, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report of health officer, District of Columbia, to be printed.
That the Public Printer be, and is hereby, authorized to print two thousand five hundred extra copies of the annual report of the health officer of the District of Columbia; one hundred for the use of the Senate, three hundred for the use of the Distribution.House of Representatives, and two thousand one hundred for the use of the said health officer of the District. Approved, March 6, 1882. No. 8: to authorize the Secretary of War to use hospital tents for the relief of sufferers from the overflow of the Mississippi River.
Public Resolution 8 22 Stat. 378 1882-03-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 8.] JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the Secretary of War to use hospital tents for the relief of sufferers from the overflow of the Mississippi River.March 10, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Hospital tents for sufferers from overflow of Mississippi River.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to use the hospital tents now possessed by the War Department, so far as may be necessary, to furnish temporary shelter to the destitute people who have been driven from their homes by the present overflow of the Mississippi River Approved, March 10, 1882. No. 9: authorizing the Secretary of War to use Government vessels for the transportation and distribution of rations furnished by the United States to the sufferers by the Mississippi overflow.
Public Resolution 9 22 Stat. 378 1882-03-11 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 9.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to use Government vessels for the transportation and distribution of rations furnished by the United States to the sufferers by the Mississippi overflow.March 11, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Government vessels for transportation of rations, etc., to sufferers from overflow of Mississippi River.
That the Secretary of War be authorized, in his discretion, to use the steamers and other boats and vessels belonging to or now employed by the Government upon the Mississippi River and its tributaries, or so many thereof as may be necessary, in the transportation and distribution of the rations and supplies furnished by the United States, or individuals, to the sufferers by the 379 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 9, 11, 12, 15, 16. 1882. recent overflow of said rivers, the expense of manning, equipping and navigating such steamers and boats to be defrayed out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which necessary sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Approved, March 11, 1882. No. 11: to print certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Michael P. O’Connor. Public Resolution 11 22 Stat. 379 1882-03-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 11.] JOINT RESOLUTION to print certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Michael P.
O’Connor.March 15, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Eulogies upon Michael P. O’Connor, deceased, printed with portrait, etc. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Michael P.O’Connor, a member-elect to the Forty-seventh Congress from the State of South Carolina, twelve thousand copies, of which three thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and nine thousand for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby directed to have printed a portrait of the said Michael P.
O’Connor to accompany said eulogies; and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of 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. Approved, March 15, 1882. No. 12: making a further appropriation to relieve the sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Public Resolution 12 22 Stat. 379 1882-03-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 12.] JOINT RESOLUTION making a further appropriation to relieve the sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.March 21, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Additional appropriation for sufferers from overflow of the Mississippi River. That a further sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War for the purpose of furnishing food to such persons as have been rendered destitute by the recent floods in the Mississippi River and its tributaries Approved, March 21, 1882.
No. 15: 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 15 22 Stat. 379 1882-04-01 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 15.] 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.April 1, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Ground south of Capitol, filling up, draining, etc.
That the sum of twenty thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of completing the filling up, draining, and placing in good sanitary condition the old canal, and the 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, April 1, 1882. No. 16: authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River. Public Resolution 16 22 Stat. 379 1882-04-01 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 16.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River.April 1, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Subsistence stores for sufferers from overflow of the Mississippi River.
That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, of which sum so much as is necessary shall be used by the Secretary of War in the purchase and distribution 380 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 16, 19—21, 23. 1882. of subsistence stores to aid in the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries; and he is authorized to co-operate with the authorities of the several States of which such district is a part in making distribution of the same Approved, April 1, 1882.
No. 19: providing for the erection of a monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson. Public Resolution 19 22 Stat. 380 1882-04-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 19.] JOINT RESOLUTION providing for the erection of a monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson.April 18, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Monument to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Va.
That there be and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the erection of a suitable monument and to make other suitable improvements over the grave of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello, Virginia, and that said sum be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. Approved, April 18, 1882. No. 20: making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for Public Printing and Binding for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
Public Resolution 20 22 Stat. 380 1882-04-21 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 20.] JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for Public Printing and Binding for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.April 21, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public printing and binding and paper; deficiency appropriation.
That the sum of four hundred and sixty five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to continue the public printing, the public binding, and for paper for the public printing, including cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Claims, the Library of Congress, and the departments and for all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
Approved, April 21, 1882. No. 21: making an appropriation to enable the Light House Board to meet the extraordinary expenses consequent upon the flood in the Mississippi River. Public Resolution 21 22 Stat. 380 1882-05-01 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 21.] JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation to enable the Light House Board to meet the extraordinary expenses consequent upon the flood in the Mississippi River.May 1, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriation to meet extraordinary expenses of Light-House Board, etc.
That the sum of ten thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to enable the Light House Board to pay the extraordinary expenses consequent upon the flood in the Mississippi River, said sum to be immediately available Approved, May 1, 1882. No. 23: granting condemned cannon to the Morton Monumental Association. Public Resolution 23 22 Stat. 380 1882-05-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 23.] JOINT RESOLUTION granting condemned cannon to the Morton Monumental Association.May 5, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Donation of condemned cannon and balls for statue of Oliver P. Morton, Indianapolis. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to give to Morton Monumental Association of the United States twelve condemned cast iron cannon and twenty-five cannon balls for a statue of Oliver P.
Morton, late a Senator from Indiana, to be erected at the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Approved, May 5, 1882. No. 24: making an appropriation for fuel, lights, water, and so forth, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 24 22 Stat. 381 1882-05-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public 381 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 24, 25, 27. 1882. [No. 24.] JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation for fuel, lights, water, and so forth, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.May 15, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Deficiency appropriation for fuel, lights, water, etc., for public buildings under control of the Treasury Department.
That to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for fuel, lights, water, and miscellaneous items required in the proper care of all the public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, the sum of sixty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. For contingent expenses of the War Department Building for eighteen hundred and eighty-two, being for gas, soap, sponges, repairs, painting, and miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of War, such as blank-books, stationery, labor, books, maps, gas, and miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Office of the Adjutant-General of the Army, such as fuel and gas, ice, office furniture, painting, glazing, and plumbing, and repairs for building numbered seventeen hundred and twenty-five F street northwest, five hundred dollars. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may apply the Payment of current salaries of teachers of public schools District of Columbia, etc.amounts appropriated for the payment of the salaries of teachers of public schools for the present fiscal year in conformity with the schedule of salaries recommended by the board of trustees of public schools, and approved by the Commissioners, and under which the teachers for the present fiscal year were appointed and have received monthly payments from September to February last, inclusive.
Approved, May 15, 1882. No. 25: authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the city of Waterloo, Iowa, three condemned cannon and four cannonballs, for decoration of soldiers’ cemetery. Public Resolution 25 22 Stat. 381 1882-05-17 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 25.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the city of Waterloo, Iowa, three condemned cannon and four cannonballs, for decoration of soldiers’ cemetery.May 17, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Donation of condemned cannon and cannon balls to city of Waterloo, Iowa, etc.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the authorities of the city of Waterloo, Black-Hawk County, Iowa, three condemned cast-iron cannon and four cannonballs of a large caliber, for use in decorating the lot in Elmwood Cemetery, in that city, that has been set apart for the burial of ex-soldiers. Approved, May 17, 1882. No. 27: authorizing the withdrawal from the Department of State of a certificate of indebtedness in favor of Mifflin Kennedy and Richard King against the Republic of Mexico.
Public Resolution 27 22 Stat. 381 1882-05-19 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 27.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the withdrawal from the Department of State of a certificate of indebtedness in favor of Mifflin Kennedy and Richard King against the Republic of Mexico.May 19, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Certificate of indebtedness, etc., in favor of Mifflin Kennedy and Richard King; authority to withdraw from files of State Department.15 Stat., 679.
That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Mifflin Kennedy and Richard King or to their order, a certain certificate of indebtedness for the sum of seventy-six thousand and thirty-two dollars and ninety cents, dated February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and payable to the order of King and Kennedy, and signed by certain officials of the Republic of Mexico, which said certificate was filed in the American and Mexican Mixed Commission under the treaty with Mexico of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, in support of a claim which was dismissed because the commission had no jurisdiction thereof.
Approved, May 19, 1882. No. 28: to authorize the Librarian of Congress to accept the Library offered to be Donated to the United States by Doctor Joseph Merideth Toner, of Washington, D. C. Public Resolution 28 22 Stat. 382 1882-05-19 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public 382 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 28. 1882. [No. 28.] JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the Librarian of Congress to accept the Library offered to be Donated to the United States by Doctor Joseph Merideth Toner, of Washington, D. C.May 19, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“The Toner collection.”Preamble. That, whereas, Doctor Joseph Merideth Toner, of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, has offered to donate to the United States, for the use of the public, and for the promotion of literature and science, a large and valuable collection of books on medical science and historical and miscellaneous subjects, upon certain terms and conditions set forth by him in a memorial addressed to Congress, and which is in the following words:
" “*To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of AmericaMemorial. in Congress assembled;* The memorial of Doctor Joseph Merideth Toner, of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, respectfully shows to your honorable bodies, that he is the owner of a large and valuable collection of books and pamphlets, about twenty thousand volumes or upwards in number, treating of medical, scientific, historical, biographical, literary, and miscellaneous subjects, and many of which are very rare and of great interest; and desiring that said collection of books, to the accumulation of which your memorialist has devoted considerable funds and a large part of his life, should be permanently preserved and placed where it would be most beneficial to the cause of science and most advantageous to the public, he respectfully offers the said collection to the United States of America, to be placed in the National Library of the United States at the city of Washington, under the management and control of the Librarian of Congress, upon the terms and conditions Terms.following, which he deems to be reasonable and just, and which he trusts will prove acceptable to your honorable bodies; namely:
First. That the collection should be kept separate and apart from the other books and pamphlets in the Library, in separate rooms or alcoves, and that it should be known and distinguished as “The Toner Collection.” Second.— That the collection of books and pamphlets be bound, when requiring it, in a uniform and substantial manner, and have placed upon the back of each a parchment band to distinguish them, and that a device distinctive of the donation be stamped upon the title page of each, and that they be kept accessible for reference, and be catalogued as speedily as practicable, and when they appear by title in the printed catalogue of the Library that some letter or symbol indicative of the collection be used, and that the condition and growth of the collection be made a matter of record in each annual report by the Librarian of Congress.
Third, That the collection be kept and used mainly for reference, and be consulted subject to the rules governing the use of rare books, and be called upon for service only when no other copy of a book or pamphlet asked for is available, and not be taken out of the Library except for special reasons.” Fourth, That your memorialist should be permitted to make additions to the collection from time to time as he may desire, upon the same terms as herein specified; and that he have liberty to insure the perpetual increase and improvement of the collection by the establishment of a trust-fund for the purpose.
Your memorialist, while desiring to perpetuate his name in connection with the donation which he here proposes to make, believes that the “Toner Collection” will prove useful and valuable to the country, and will involve no unusual expense upon the part of the United States. Respectfully Submitted, J. M. TONER. Now, therefore, the Librarian of Congress is hereby empowered andAcceptance. directed to receive and accept from the said Doctor Joseph Merideth 383 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 28—30, 32, 33. 1882. Toner his collection of books and pamphlets aforesaid, and to place the same in the Library under his charge under the terms and conditions set forth in the said memorial. " Approved, May 19, 1882. No. 29: making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for the payment of army pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. Public Resolution 29 22 Stat. 283 1882-05-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 29.] JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for the payment of army pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.May 25, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Deficiency appropriation for Army pensions. That to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for army pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, the sum of sixteen million dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 25, 1882. No. 30: relating to the report of Special Ordnance Board authorized by act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty one. Public Resolution 30 22 Stat. 283 1882-06-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 30.] JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the report of Special Ordnance Board authorized by act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty one.June 5, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Special Ordnance Board.21 Stat., 468.
That the transmission by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives or the Senate, of the report of the Board selected under the authority of the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one “to make examinations of all inventions of heavy ordnance and improvements of heavy ordnance and projectiles that may be presented to them, including guns now being constructed or converted under the direction of the Ordnance Bureau”, shall be deemed and taken as a compliance byReport transmitted, etc., a compliance with act. the Secretary of War with the provision of the said act of Congress which requires that said report be transmitted to Congress.
Approved, June 5, 1882. No. 32: for the printing of the memorial address on the life and character of James A. Garfield, late President of the United States. Public Resolution 32 22 Stat. 383 1882-06-07 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 32.] JOINT RESOLUTION for the printing of the memorial address on the life and character of James A.
Garfield, late President of the United States.June 7, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Memorial address on life and character of James A. Garfield, late President of the United States, printing of.Distribution. That there be printed thirty-one thousand copies of the memorial address on the life and character of James A. Garfield, late President of the United States, delivered by the Honorable James G.
Blaine before the two houses of Congress, with the proceedings on that occasion, of which ten thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, twenty thousand copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, five hundred copies shall be for the use of the Department of State, two hundred and fifty copies shall be for the use of Mrs. Lucretia B. Garfield, and two hundred and fifty copies shall be for the use of the Honorable James G. Blaine; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed to accompany the same the memorial card prepared by the Bureau of Printing and Engraving.
Approved, June 7, 1882. No. 33: extending the fishing season in the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, to the fifteenth of June, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two. Public Resolution 33 22 Stat. 383 1882-06-07 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 33.] JOINT RESOLUTION extending the fishing season in the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, to the fifteenth of June, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two.June 7, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fishing season in Potomac River, D.
C., extended, etc. That the “fishing season” for the catching of shad and herring in the waters of the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia, and the exposing of the same for sale, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and the same is hereby, ex- 384 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 33, 34, 36, 38. 1882. tended to the fifteenth day of June, subject to the restrictions and21 Stat., 71. provisions of the act of Congress approved April sixth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled:
“An act for protection of the Potomac fisheries in the District of Columbia, and for the preservation of shad and herring in the Potomac River.” And this resolution shall apply to the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two only. Approved, June 7, 1882. No. 34: expressive of the sympathy of the government and people of the United States upon the death of General Garibaldi. Public Resolution 34 22 Stat. 384 1882-06-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 34.] JOINT RESOLUTION expressive of the sympathy of the government and people of the United States upon the death of General Garibaldi.June 10, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Expression of sympathy of government and people of United States upon death of General Garibaldi. That the Congress in common with the people of the United States has received with profound grief the tidings of the recent death, at Caprera, of the distinguished Italian patriot, Guiseppe Garibaldi, who formerly found a grateful asylum within the hospitality of this government.
That the Congress expresses its high appreciation of the loyalty and unselfish patriotism, of the love of human rights, unlimited by language or nationality, and of that devotion to the principle of fraternity among nations, which characterized the historical career and the great services of General Garibaldi; and avows its deep sympathy with the friendly nation which has been bereaved, and to whose unity and glory he so greatly contributed. That the President be requested to cause a copy of this resolution toPresident to communicate copy of resolution to Government of Italy. be communicated to the Government of Italy.
Approved, June 10, 1882. No. 36: making an appropriation to continue the work of observation and exploration in the Arctic Seas. Public Resolution 36 22 Stat. 384 1882-06-27 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 36.] JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation to continue the work of observation and exploration in the Arctic Seas.June 27, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Work of observation and exploration in Arctic Seas.
That for continuing the work of scientific observation and exploration on or near the shores of Lady Franklin Bay, and for transportation of men and supplies to said location and return, and for continuing the work of scientific observation at Point Barrow, Alaska, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, there is hereby appropriated, out of any Appropriation.money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty-three thousand dollars, the same to be immediately available.
Approved, June 27, 1882. No. 38: to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 38 22 Stat. 384 1882-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 38.] JOINT RESOLUTION to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.June 30, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Provision, temporarily, for expenditures of the government.
That all appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under existing laws which shall remain unprovided for on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and they are hereby, continued and made available for a period of twenty days from and after that date, unless the regular appropriations therefor provided for in bills now pending in Congress, shall have been previously made for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three; and in case the appropriations, or any of them, hereby continued, are or is, insufficient to carry on the said necessary operations, a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise *Provisos.*appropriated, to carry on the same: *Provided*, That no greater amount shall be expended therefor than will be in the same proportion to the appropriations of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as twenty days 385 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 38, 39. 1882. time bears to the whole of said fiscal year: *Provided further,* That authority is also granted for continuing during the same period the necessary work required for public printing and binding, and for all other miscellaneous objects embodied in the Sundry Civil and Naval appropriation acts, in advance of appropriations to be hereafter made for said objects: *And provided further,* All sums expended under this act shall be charged to and be deducted from the appropriations for like service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
Approved, June 30, 1882. No. 39: authorizing the Secretary of War to erect at Washington’s Headquarters in the city of Newburgh, New York, a memorial column and to aid in defraying the expenses of the Centennial Celebration to be held at that city in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three. Public Resolution 39 22 Stat. 385 1882-07-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 39.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to erect at Washington’s Headquarters in the city of Newburgh, New York, a memorial column and to aid in defraying the expenses of the Centennial Celebration to be held at that city in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three.July 1, 1882. Whereas, it is in contemplation by citizens of Newburgh, State ofMemorial column at Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, N. Y., etc.Preamble.
New York to commemorate the proclamation of peace, the disbandment of the Army, and other notable Revolutionary events by appropriate centennial ceremonies, to be held at Washington’s Headquarters, in said city of Newburgh, during the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three; and Whereas, the events in question, forming as they did the closing scenes in the struggle for independence, are in every respect worthy of being commemorated and should be perpetuated by the erection of some suitable memorial structure; and Whereas, it was near this place, in the log building known as “The Temple,” that Washington by his appeal to the patriotism of the Army saved the country from military despotism; and Whereas, it is intended to purchase the grounds upon which the Temple stood, together with so much of the surrounding land as may be deemed necessary, and cause to be erected thereon a building of frame or logs in the original form or style of the said Temple as near as may be; and Whereas, it is further intended to purchase certain other adjacent grounds, wherein rest the remains of the Revolutionary veterans who died during the encampment of the Army near Newburgh, and cause the same to be properly inclosed, to the end that they may be perpetually kept and maintained as a burial ground;
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Joint Congressional select committee appointed., That a joint select committee be created, to consist of five Senators to be appointed by the presiding officer of the Senate, and eight Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives whose duty it shall be to make, independentlyDuties. of itself or in connection with the trustees of Washington’s Headquarters and the Citizens’ Committee, all necessary arrangements for a befitting celebration of the centennial ceremonies commemorative of Washington’s refusal to accept a crown, the proclamation of peace, the disbandment of the Army, and other notable Revolutionary events, to be held at Washington’s Headquarters, in the city of Newburgh and State of New York, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
Sec. 2.— That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorizedAppropriation. and directed to expend, out of the moneys hereinafter appropriated, a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars in the erection of a suitable monument or column on the grounds belonging to the State of New York and known as Washington’s Headquarters, with such inscriptions and emblems as may properly commemorate the historical events which occurred at Newburgh and vicinity during the war of the Revolution.
Sec. 3.— That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so muchCentennial celebration, etc.Appropriation. thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose mentioned in the preceding section, and for aiding in defraying the 386 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 39—42. 1882. expenses of said centennial celebration, and for the purposes mentioned in the preamble hereto, the same to be disbursed under the direction of the said joint committee at such times and in such manner as will best *Proviso.*promote the objects and intent of this resolution: *Provided,* That no part of the amount appropriated by this act shall be paid except on bills and vouchers approved by the Secretary of War as just and proper charges; and that no bills shall be contracted, or liabilities incurred on account of the United States in excess of the appropriation hereby made.
Approved, July 1, 1882. No. 40: to print Doctor John L. Hayes’ pamphlet upon the husbandry of the Angora goat. Public Resolution 40 22 Stat. 386 1882-07-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 40.] JOINT RESOLUTION to print Doctor John L. Hayes’ pamphlet upon the husbandry of the Angora goat.July 1, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,John L.
Hayes. That the Commissioner of Agriculture be and hereby is authorized and directed toHusbandry of the Angora goat. employ Doctor John L. Hayes to prepare for publication his pamphlet upon the husbandry of the Angora goat and to have ten thousand copies of the same printed for distribution, three thousand by the Senate and seven thousand by the House of Representatives. Approved, July 1, 1882. No. 41: accepting the offer of Doctor H. D. Cogswell of San Francisco, California, to donate to the Government of the United States an ornamental drinking-fountain, to be erected at his cost in the city of Washington.
Public Resolution 41 22 Stat. 386 1882-07-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 41.] JOINT RESOLUTION accepting the offer of Doctor H. D. Cogswell of San Francisco, California, to donate to the Government of the United States an ornamental drinking-fountain, to be erected at his cost in the city of Washington.July 6, 1882.
Whereas, Doctor H. D. Cogswell, of San Francisco, California, has Drinking-fountain presented to Washington, D. C., by H. D. Cogswell, of San Francisco.offered to erect, at his own expense, an ornamental drinking-fountain in the city of Washington, and to donate the same to the Government of the United States: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Acceptance, by Commissioners of District of Columbia, authorized., That the offer of the said H.
D. Cogswell be, and the same is hereby, accepted, and authority is granted to erect the said drinking-fountain, under the supervision and direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon such part of the government grounds in the city of Washington as the said Commissioners may designate. Sec. 2. That the said Commissioners be, and they hereby are, authorized to provide and maintain such lanterns as may be necessary to light the said fountain at night, and also to use and supply the refrigerating apparatus connected with said fountain whenever they may think it proper to do so.
Approved, July 6, 1882. No. 42: to provide for a deficiency in the appropriations for fees of witnesses in the United States Courts, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. Public Resolution 42 22 Stat. 386 1882-07-07 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 42.] JOINT RESOLUTION to provide for a deficiency in the appropriations for fees of witnesses in the United States Courts, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.July 7, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fees of witnesses in United States courts, deficiency appropriation for.
That the sum of seventy thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to meet a deficiency in the appropriations for fees of witnesses in the United States courts for the fiscal year ending June *Proviso.*thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. *Provided*, That all persons residing west of the Mississippi River, excepting those who are by law entitled to a higher compensation who have been or are in attendance 387 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 42, 43, 47—49. 1882. at Washington, District of Columbia, under subpoena as witnesses, in any of the courts of such District, in any of the cases known as the star-route prosecutions, shall be entitled to receive a total per diemPer diem pay and mileage. of two dollars and fifty cents per day, and mileage to and from their place of residence, by the usual route of travel, at the rate of seven cents per mile. Approved, July 7, 1882. No. 43: to provide for the printing of public documents for binding and distribution to those entitled to receive them.
Public Resolution 43 22 Stat. 387 1882-07-07 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 43.] JOINT RESOLUTION to provide for the printing of public documents for binding and distribution to those entitled to receive them.July 7, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Documents, etc., ordered printed by Congress; the “usual number” to be printed, etc., additional.
That whenever any document or report shall be ordered printed by Congress, there shall be printed, in addition to the number in each case stated, the “usual number” of copies for binding and distribution among those entitled to receive them; and this shall apply to all unexecuted orders now in the office of the Public Printer. Approved, July 7, 1882. No. 47: authorizing the Public Printer to pay the employees of the Government Printing Office the pay deducted from them during the obsequies of the late President Garfield, and for other purposes.
Public Resolution 47 22 Stat. 387 1882-07-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 47.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Public Printer to pay the employees of the Government Printing Office the pay deducted from them during the obsequies of the late President Garfield, and for other purposes.July 12, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Payment to employees of Government Printing Office for time lost during obsequies of late President Garfield.
That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay the employees of the Government Printing Office the pay deducted from them for the time lost during the obsequies of the late President James A. Garfield, during the month of September, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. And the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, District of Columbia, is also authorized to pay the employees under his charge the pay deducted from them during the same time, and a sufficient sum therefor is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, July 12, 1882. No. 48: authorizing the payment temporarily of certain employees of the War Department. Public Resolution 48 22 Stat. 387 1882-07-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 48.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the payment temporarily of certain employees of the War Department.July 12, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Payment to certain employees of War Department.13 Stat., 394.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be paid from the appropriation heretofore made for the support of the Army for the current fiscal year the compensation of employees engaged in the Quartermaster General’s Department and the Subsistence Department in the investigation of claims under the act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the necessary expenses of such investigations, for that part of the current fiscal year ending on the twentieth day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
Approved, July 12, 1882. No. 49: concerning an International Fishery Exhibition to be held at London in May eighteen hundred and eighty-three. Public Resolution 49 22 Stat. 387 1882-07-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 49.] JOINT RESOLUTION concerning an International Fishery Exhibition to be held at London in May eighteen hundred and eighty-three.July 18, 1882.
Whereas, the Government of the United States has received officialInternational Fishery Exhibition, London, May, 1883.Preamble. intimation from that of Great Britain that it is proposed to hold an International Exhibition of Fish, Fisheries, and Fish Products at London in May, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, whereat the representation of the United States is invited; and 388 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 49. 1882. Whereas, also, by its action as a government, and by the active enterprise of merchants, fishermen, and inventors and the researches of men of science in this country, the United States has attained and holds a prominent place in all that relates to the development of the great fisheries industries, the extension of the great commercial relationship with other countries based on the exportation of prepared fish products, which now forms an important factor in the national wealth, the artificial propagation of food-fishes, and the restocking of depleted fishing-waters, and it is expedient that the industries and interests thus concerned should be adequately represented on the occasion:
Therefore *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Invitation of British Government accepted., That the invitation of the British government be accepted, and that, under the auspices of the Department of State, the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries be, and he hereby is, instructed to prepare or cause to be prepared a complete and systematic representative exhibition of the fisheries of the United United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries to prepare models, maps, etc., for exhibition.States, in which shall be shown the following:
A series of models, maps, and charts showing the location and extent of the various fishing-grounds; a full series of the principal sea and freshwater fishes, shellfish, sponges, and so forth, and other useful inhabitants of the waters of the country (either as specimens, casts, or illustrations); specimens of models of the various kinds of gear, apparatus, boats, and so forth, used in their capture; a full collection of articles showing the commercial and economic uses of the fishes and other water animals, which shall include, besides the samples and specimens, models and other representations of appliances used in their preparation and preservation for food as well as for purposes of use and ornament, such as dried, smoked, and canned fish, and so forth, oils, fertilizers, manufactured shells, corals, sponges, and so forth; also a full series of articles, or models thereof, showing the economic condition of our fishermen, such as clothing and other personal outfit, models of dwelling-houses, and so forth; a collection of documents showing the present condition of fishery legislation; also specimens, models, and illustrations of the apparatus used in artificial hatching and breeding of fish, oysters, and so forth: models of hatcheries, ponds, fishways, transportation cars, vessels, and so forth; statistical maps showing the range, abundance, and so forth, of our fishes, and so forth; also such other facts, apparatus, models, specimens, and so forth, as may be needed to convey a correct idea of this branch of the nation’s industries.
Sec. 2.— That with the approval of the Director of the NationalPermission to remove articles, for the purpose, from National Museum. Museum, any cognate portion of the collections thereof may be used in the preparation of the exhibit herein provided for, permission to remove the same from the National Museum being hereby granted. And the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby authorized to obtain, by exchange or otherwise, such procurable objects from other exhibits in London as may tend to perfect the permanent fishery exhibit of the United States National Museum.
Sec. 3.— That it shall be the duty of the United States CommissionerReport, etc., made to Congress. of Fish and Fisheries to present to Congress a detailed report of the present condition of the European fisheries, with information as to any methods by which those of the United States can be modified or improved, as well as any suggestions he may deem pertinent in regard to increasing the exportation of fishery products from the United States to foreign countries. Sec. 4 — That the United States Commissioner of Fish and FisheriesU.
S. Commissioner, etc., or deputy, to be appointed by the President to represent the United States. is hereby authorized to represent the United States at the exhibition in question, either in person or by a deputy to be appointed by the President of the United States, together with such assistants as he may recommend as useful in carrying out the proposed participation of the United States at the exhibition. Sec. 5.— That in order to defray the expenses of the collection, preparation and packing of the exhibit authorized, its transfer from 389 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 49—52, 57. 1882. and to the United States, its installation and supervision, in London,Appropriation, to be expended under direction and regulations of Department of State. and such other incidental expenses as may of necessity arise, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, to be immediately available, and to be expended by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, under the direction and regulations of the Department of State.
Approved, July 18, 1882. No. 50: for printing the report of the Life-Saving Service. Public Resolution 50 22 Stat. 389 1882-07-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 50.] JOINT RESOLUTION for printing the report of the Life-Saving Service.July 19, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Printing report of Life-Saving service.
That there be printed ten thousand copies of the report of the operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, including the instructions to mariners in case of shipwreck and the tables showing the location of stations, but without the other accompanying tables, for distribution among the officers ofDistribution. our merchant marine, through the collectors of customs, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Approved, July 19, 1882. No. 51: to continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.” Public Resolution 51 22 Stat. 389 1882-07-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 51.] JOINT RESOLUTION to continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”July 20, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Provisions for temporary expenditures of the government extended to July 31, 1882.
That the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be and the same are hereby extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the thirty-first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. Approved, July 20, 1882. No. 52: for printing the report on the subject of tornadoes in the Western States. Public Resolution 52 22 Stat. 389 1882-07-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 52.] JOINT RESOLUTION for printing the report on the subject of tornadoes in the Western States.July 21, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Tornadoes, report on, of John P. Finley, to be printed.Distribution. That three thousand copies of the report of John P. Finley, made under the direction of the Signal Service, on the subject of tornadoes, be printed; one thousand five hundred of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, seven hundred and fifty for the use of the Senate, and seven hundred and fifty for the use of the Signal Service Bureau.
Approved, July 21, 1882. No. 57: relating to the memorial cards to accompany the memorial address on the life and character of the late James A. Garfield Public Resolution 57 22 Stat. 389 1882-07-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 57.] JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the memorial cards to accompany the memorial address on the life and character of the late James A.
GarfieldJuly 31, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Memorial cards to accompany memorial address on life and character of the late James A. Garfield.Appropriation. That the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the memorial cards to accompany the memorial address on the life and character of James A.
Garfield, late President of the United States, ordered to be printed by joint resolution approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. Approved, July 31, 1882. No. 58: to authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River. Public Resolution 58 22 Stat. 390 1882-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public 390 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 58, 59, 61. 1882. [No. 58.] JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River.August 1, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bridge, etc., across the Saint Lawrence River; may be built by New York and Canada Bridge Company, etc. That any bridge, and its appurtenances, which shall be constructed across the river Saint Lawrence from a point on the right or southerly bank thereof in or near the village of Waddington, in the county of Saint Lawrence, in the State of New York, to a point on the left or northerly bank thereof in the county of Dundas, province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, by the New York and Canada Bridge Company, or any other company which has been or may be incorporated by the legislature of the State of New Declared lawful structures.York for that purpose, shall be lawful structures, and shall be so held and taken; and the same are hereby authorized to be constructed and maintained under the limitations and restrictions of this joint resolution.
Sec. 2. That the bridge herein named shall be subject in its locationPlans, etc., submitted to Secretary of War for approval. and construction to the supervision of the Secretary of War of the United States, to whom the plans and specifications relative to its location and construction shall be submitted for approval. And all railway Equal rights, etc., to railway companies.companies desiring to use the said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the district court of the United States for the northern district of New York, upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree.
Sec. 3. That the right to alter or amend this joint resolution so as toRight to alter or amend, to secure free navigation, reserved.Ottawa, Waddington and New York Railway and Bridge Company may join in construction, etc. prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of the said river by the construction of said bridge is hereby expressly reserved. Sec. 4. That the company authorized by this joint resolution to construct and maintain said bridge may for that purpose unite with the Ottawa, Waddington and New York Railway and Bridge Company, a company incorporated by an act of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, or with any other company incorporated by the Parliament of said Dominion for such purpose, under the limitations and restrictions of sections one and two of this joint resolution.
Approved, August 1, 1882. No. 59: to continue the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government” Public Resolution 59 22 Stat. 390 1882-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 59.] JOINT RESOLUTION to continue the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government”August 1, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Provisions of joint resolution, as amended, for temporary expenditures of the government continued.
That the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government,” approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution authorizing the payment temporarily of certain employees of the War Department,” approved July twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be and the same are hereby extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the third day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
Approved, August 1, 1882. No. 61: to furnish the Congressional Record to each State and Territorial library. Public Resolution 61 22 Stat. 390 1882-08-02 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 61.] JOINT RESOLUTION to furnish the Congressional Record to each State and Territorial library.August 2, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Distribution of Congressional Rec- That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward, free of charge to the state 391 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 61—65. 1882. and Territorial libraries of each State and Territory having or that shallord to each State and Territory having a library, etc. hereafter have and maintain a State and Territorial library, one bound copy of the Congressional Record of each session of Congress or special session of the Senate, beginning with the Forty-Seventh Congress; And the Public Printer is directed to print fifty additional copies of the same to meet the requirements of this joint resolution.
Approved, August 2, 1882. No. 62: providing for additional copies of the Revised Statutes for the use of the Interior Department. Public Resolution 62 22 Stat. 391 1882-08-02 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 62.] JOINT RESOLUTION providing for additional copies of the Revised Statutes for the use of the Interior Department.August 2, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Second edition of Revised Statutes for Interior Department.
That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the Secretary of the Interior, for the use of the Department of the Interior and its subordinate bureaus and offices, one hundred copies of the second edition of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Approved, August 2, 1882. No. 63: requiring the Public Printer to publish certain decisions of the First Comptroller of the Treasury Department Public Resolution 63 22 Stat. 391 1882-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 63.] JOINT RESOLUTION requiring the Public Printer to publish certain decisions of the First Comptroller of the Treasury DepartmentAugust 3, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Decisions and opinions First Comptroller, etc. That the Public Printer be, and is required to print not more than one volume each year of the decisions and opinions of the First Comptroller of the Treasury Department, with such explanatory matter as he may furnish, and to furnish for theDistribution. use of each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress ten copies thereof, to the Comptroller two thousand copies, and for distribution in the manner provided in section seven of the act of June twentieth,18 Stat., 113. eighteen hundred and seventy-four (eighteenth Statutes at Large, page one hundred and thirteen), providing for the publication of the statutes, one-half the number therein mentioned.
Approved, August 3, 1882. No. 64: providing for the publication at the Government Printing office of certain information in aid of the Society of the Red Cross. Public Resolution 64 22 Stat. 391 1882-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 64.] JOINT RESOLUTION providing for the publication at the Government Printing office of certain information in aid of the Society of the Red Cross.August 3, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Society of the Red Cross.
That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State in the printing and publicationPublication of information, etc. of necessary information concerning the Societies of the Red Cross for the amelioration of the sufferings of soldiers in time of war and the recent accession of the United States to the Geneva Convention for the organization of said Societies, and giving a brief history of such organizations and the results thereof.
Approved, August 3, 1882. No. 65: making an appropriation to defray the expense of printing the memorial cards to accompany the additional numbers heretofore ordered of the Memorial Address on the late President Garfield. Public Resolution 65 22 Stat. 391 1882-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 65.] JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation to defray the expense of printing the memorial cards to accompany the additional numbers heretofore ordered of the Memorial Address on the late President Garfield.August 3, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Memorial cards, etc., to accompany memorial address on the late President Garfield.
That the sum of one hundred and seventy five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of printing, at the Bureau 392 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 65, 66, 68, 70, 71. 1882. of Engraving and Printing, memorial cards to accompany the additional numbers heretofore ordered of the Memorial Address on the late President Garfield. Approved, August 3, 1882.
No. 66: authorizing and requiring the Secretary of War to deliver to the One hundred and eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association the blue regimental flag which belonged to said regiment, and which is now in the custody of the Secretary of War. Public Resolution 66 22 Stat. 392 1882-08-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 66.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing and requiring the Secretary of War to deliver to the One hundred and eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association the blue regimental flag which belonged to said regiment, and which is now in the custody of the Secretary of War.August 3, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,One hundred and eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association authorized to receive blue flag, etc., of regiment.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the One hundred and eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association the blue regimental flag which belonged to said regiment, and which was captured by the Confederate forces on December seventh, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and was subsequently recaptured by the United States troops, and is now in the possession of the government, said flag to be and remain the property of said association.
Approved, August 3, 1882. No. 68: authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the Society of the Fifty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers the stand of colors presented to it by citizens of Norristown, Pennsylvania. Public Resolution 68 22 Stat. 392 1882-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 68.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the Society of the Fifty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers the stand of colors presented to it by citizens of Norristown, Pennsylvania.August 4, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Stand of colors, etc., to be delivered to Society of Fifty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the Society of the Fifty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers the stand of colors presented to said regiment by the citizens of Norristown Pennsylvania, which was captured by the confederate forces on May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at the battle of Spottsylvania, Virginia, and subsequently retaken by the United States troops at the fall of Richmond. Approved, August 4, 1882.
No. 70: to continue the provisions of a joint resolution to provide temporarily for expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 70 22 Stat. 392 1882-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 70.] JOINT RESOLUTION August 5, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Provision for temporary expenditures of the government.
That the provisions of the joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government,” approved June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be and the same are hereby extended and continued in full force and effect to, and including the fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution, authorizing the payment temporarily of certain employees of the War Department,” approved July twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, are also hereby extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
Approved, August 5, 1882. No. 71: authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to distribute copies of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives to public and law libraries. Public Resolution 71 22 Stat. 392 1882-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 71.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to distribute copies of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives to public and law libraries.August 5, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Journals of Senate and House of That the Secretary of the Interior be authorized and directed, from the Journals of the Senate and House 393 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 71—74. 1882. of Representatives now in his charge, to distribute copies to such publicRepresentatives; distribution of. and law libraries, not already supplied with the same, as shall be designated, in equal number, by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress. Approved, August 5, 1882. No. 72: to print eleven thousand copies of each of the second and third annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey. Public Resolution 72 22 Stat. 393 1882-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 72.] JOINT RESOLUTION to print eleven thousand copies of each of the second and third annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey.August 5, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report, second and third annual, of Director United States Geological Survey. That there be printed, at the Government Printing Office eleven thousand copies each of the second and third annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, with the necessary illustrations and charts, five thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, two thousand five hundred for the use of the Senate, and two thousand five hundred for the use of the United States Geological Survey, and one thousand for sale by the Public Printer, at the cost of publication with tenPrinting, distribution, sale. per cent. added thereto; the illustrations and charts to be made by the Public Printer under the direction of the joint committee on printing.
Approved, August 5, 1882. No. 73: Joint Resolution for the printing of additional copies of House Executive Document Number Forty-seven and subsequent land laws. Public Resolution 73 22 Stat. 393 1882-08-07 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 73.] JOINT RESOLUTION Joint Resolution for the printing of additional copies of House Executive Document Number Forty-seven and subsequent land laws.August 7, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Codified land laws, etc.Printing additional copies; distribution.
That eight thousand five hundred additional copies of the codified land laws and history of the public domain of the United States, compiled and prepared by the Public Land Commission, embraced in House Executive Document Number Forty-seven, with all subsequent laws which may have been passed by Congress prior to the adjournment of the present session, be printed and bound, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior two thousand copies for the use of the Senate, five thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and fifteen hundred for the use of the Secretary of the Interior. *Provided* that the copies for the use of the Senate and*Proviso.* the House of Representatives shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior in the manner provided for the distribution of the Reports of the tenth Census and that all copies not ordered to be distributed within two years after the passage of this act shall be sold by the Secretary of the Interior at cost of publication with ten per centum added thereto.
Approved, August 7, 1882. No. 74: Joint Resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to transfer to “Tip” Best Post No. 75, Grand Army of the Republic, of Montrose, Iowa, one piece of condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon-balls, for monumental purposes. Public Resolution 74 22 Stat. 393 1882-08-07 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 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 74.] JOINT RESOLUTION Joint Resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to transfer to “Tip” Best Post No. 75, Grand Army of the Republic, of Montrose, Iowa, one piece of condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon-balls, for monumental purposes.August 7, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Donation of cannon, etc., to “Tip” Best Post No. 75, G. A. R., Montrose, Iowa.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver, if the same can be done without detriment to the government, to “Tip” Best Post Number seventy-five, Grand Army of the Republic, one condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon-balls, for monumental purposes. Approved, August 7, 1882. No. 77: providing one Month’s extra pay for certain employés of the Senate. Public Resolution 77 22 Stat. 394 1882-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public 394 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 77–80. 1882. [No. 77.] JOINT RESOLUTION providing one Month’s extra pay for certain employés of the Senate.August 8, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Extra pay to employés of Senate other than those receiving annual salary. That the Acting Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to all committee-clerks, pages, laborers and other employés of the Senate who do not now receive annual salaries a sum equal to one Month’s pay at the adjournment of the present session of Congress; and the amount necessary to pay the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and shall be immediately available.
Approved, August 8, 1882. No. 78: to correct an error in the enrollment of the “Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 78 22 Stat. 394 1882-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 78.] JOINT RESOLUTION to correct an error in the enrollment of the “Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three, and for other purposes.August 8, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Correction of error in legislative bill, etc., affecting salary of chief clerk of War Department.
That the “Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three, and for other purposes” be so amended that the salary of the chief clerk of the War Department shall read two thousand five hundred dollars in lieu of two thousand dollars, as therein provided, this amendment being to correct an error in the enrollment of said act. Approved, August 8, 1882. No. 79: providing for a joint select committee to enquire into the condition and wants of American shipbuilding and ship-owning interests.
Public Resolution 79 22 Stat. 394 1882-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 79.] JOINT RESOLUTION providing for a joint select committee to enquire into the condition and wants of American shipbuilding and ship-owning interests.August 8, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Joint select committee to inquire and report to Congress wants, etc., of American shipbuilding.
That a joint select committee of three Senators and six Representatives be appointed to enquire into the condition and wants of American shipbuilding and ship owning interests and to investigate the causes of the decline of the American foreign carrying trade, and to suggest any remedies which may be applied by legislation. Said committee shall have authority to sit during the recess, and shall submit their report at the opening of the second session of the Forty-Seventh Congress.
The actual expenses of such committee, Clerk.Compensation.including compensation of a clerk at the rate of six dollars per diem while actually employed and traveling expenses shall be paid out of the contingent funds of the Senate and House of Representatives. Approved, August 8, 1882. No. 80: instructing the Secretary of the Navy to convene a court of inquiry to investigate as to the circumstances of the loss of the exploring steamer Jeannette. Public Resolution 80 22 Stat. 394 1882-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 80.] JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the Secretary of the Navy to convene a court of inquiry to investigate as to the circumstances of the loss of the exploring steamer Jeannette.August 8, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Steamer Jeannette.Court of inquiry to be convened, etc., to investigate circumstances of loss, etc. That the Secretary of the Navy be requested to convene, as soon as practicable, a court of inquiry to investigate the circumstances of the loss in the Arctic seas of the exploring steamer Jeannette, and of the death of Lieutenant-Commander De Long and others of her officers and men, including an inquiry into the condition of the vessel on her departure, her management up to the time of her destruction, the provisions made and plans adopted for the several boats’ crews upon their leaving the wreck, the efforts made by the various officers to insure the safety of the parties under their immediate 395 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, Sess.
I. Res. 80—83. 1882. charge, and for the relief of the other parties, and into the general conduct and merits of each and all the officers and men of the ill-fated expedition, and to submit the finding of such court of inquiry to Congress.Finding of court to be submitted to Congress. Approved, August 8, 1882. No. 81: to provide for preparing the reports of contested-election cases in the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses. Public Resolution 81 22 Stat. 395 1882-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 81.] JOINT RESOLUTION to provide for preparing the reports of contested-election cases in the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses.August 8, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Digest with index of contested-election cases, etc.Printing and binding. That there be printed and bound for the use of the Senate and House the usual number of copies of the digest of contested-election cases of the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses, together with a full index of the same, to be prepared by the clerk of the Committee on Elections; for the preparation and superintendence of which there shall be paid said clerk by the Clerk of the House of Representatives the sum of one thousand dollars, and not more than five hundred dollars shall be paid before the work is completed.
Approved, August 8, 1882. No. 82: making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for fees of District Attorneys of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. Public Resolution 82 22 Stat. 395 1882-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 82.] JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for fees of District Attorneys of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.August 8, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fees of district attorneys of the United States.Deficiency appropriation.
That to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for fees of District Attorneys of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, the sum of sixty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 8, 1882. No. 83: providing for printing the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Public Resolution 83 22 Stat. 395 1882-08-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-26 47 1 public [No. 83.] JOINT RESOLUTION providing for printing the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for eighteen hundred and eighty-one.August 8, 1882. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Annual Report of Commissioner of Agriculture for 1881. Printing. That there be printed three hundred thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one; two hundred and fourteen thousand copies for use of members of the House of Representatives, fifty-six thousand for the use of members of the Senate, and thirtyDistribution. thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture; and two hundred and nineteen thousand one hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifty-four cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriatedAppropriation. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to carry out this joint resolution.
Approved, August 8, 1882. 47 2 1882 1883 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of December,* 1882, *and was adjourned without day on Saturday, the third day of March,* 1883. Chester A. Arthur, President; David Davis, President of the Senate, pro tempore, who acted as such until Saturday, the third day of March, 1883, when, at twelve o’clock, noon, George F.
Edmunds was elected President of the Senate pro tempore, in place of David Davis, resigned. J. Warren Keifer, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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