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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · August 5, 1886 · Chapter 932

Chapter 932. in relation to the western judicial district of Wisconsin

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CHAP. 932.— An Act in relation to the western judicial district of Wisconsin.August 5, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Western judicial district of Wisconsin.Time for holding courts changed.R. S., sec. 658, p. 123. That the regular terms of the circuit and district courts in the western district of Wisconsin shall be held at the times and places following: At Eau Claire, on the first Tuesday in June; at La Crosse, on the third Tuesday in September; and at Madison, on the first Tuesday in December in each year; and the clerk residing at Madison shall attend all terms of said courts at Eau Claire as clerk thereof.
Approved, August 5, 1886. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, on the twenty-first day of said month Public Resolution 1 24 Stat. 339 1885-12-21 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 1.] Joint resolution to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, on the twenty-first day of said monthDecember 21, 1885. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Officers and employes of Senate and House to be paid December salary December 21, 1885.
That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives including the capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, on the twenty-first day of said month. Approved, December 21, 1885. No. 2: filling existing vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Public Resolution 2 24 Stat. 339 1885-12-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 2.] Joint resolution filling existing vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.December 26, 1885. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Smithsonian Institution.Appointment of Regents.John Maclean.Asa Gray.Henry Coppee.Montgomery C.
Meigs. That the existing vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class “other than members of Congress” shall be filled by the reappointment of John Maclean, of New Jersey; Asa Gray, of Massachusetts; Henry Coppee, of Pennsylvania; and the appointment of Montgomery C. Meigs, of the city of Washington, vice William T. Sherman, whose term has expired and who is no longer a citizen of Washington. Approved, December 26, 1885. No. 3: authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use a portion of the contingent fund to fit up rooms for the Commissioner of Patents.
Public Resolution 3 24 Stat. 339 1885-12-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 3.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use a portion of the contingent fund to fit up rooms for the Commissioner of Patents.December 26, 1885. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Interior Department.Contingent fund may be used to fit up rooms for Commissioner of Patents.
That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized to use so much of the contingent fund, not exceeding six hundred dollars as was appropriated by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five for the use of the Interior Department, as may be necessary to fit up and to put in proper repair the rooms in the Interior Department building which have been assigned by the Secretary for the use of the Commissioner of Patents. Approved, December 26, 1885.
(339)No. 4: to print twelve thousand five hundred copies of the eulogies on Reuben Ellwood, late a Representative in Congress. Public Resolution 4 24 Stat. 340 1886-03-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public 340 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 4–7. 1886. [No. 4.] Joint resolution to print twelve thousand five hundred copies of the eulogies on Reuben Ellwood, late a Representative in Congress.March 13, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Reuben Ellwood.Printing eulogies.Distribution. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Reuben Ellwood, a Representative-elect in the Forty-ninth Congress from the State of Illinois, twelve thousand five hundred copies, of which three thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate and nine thousand five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and Portrait.he is hereby, directed to have printed a portrait of the said Reuben Ellwood, 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, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated Approved, March 13, 1886. No. 5: to print thirty-one thousand copies of the eulogies on Thomas A. Hendricks, late Vice-President of the United States. Public Resolution 5 24 Stat. 340 1886-03-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 5.] Joint resolution to print thirty-one thousand copies of the eulogies on Thomas A. Hendricks, late Vice-President of the United States.March 13, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Thomas A. Hendricks, late Vice-President.Printing eulogies.Distribution. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress on Thomas A. Hendricks, late Vice-President of the United States, thirty-one thousand copies, of which ten thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, twenty thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, five hundred copies for the use of the Department of State, and five, hundred copies shall be for the use of Mrs. Eliza E. Hendricks; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Portrait.is hereby, directed to have printed a portrait of the said Thomas A. Hendricks 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, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 13, 1886. No. 6: to authorize the printing of the proceedings in Congress in accepting the statue of the late James A. Garfield, President of the United States. Public Resolution 6 24 Stat. 340 1886-03-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 6.] Joint resolution to authorize the printing of the proceedings in Congress in accepting the statue of the late James A. Garfield, President of the United States.March 29, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Statue of James A. Garfield.Proceedings in Congress accepting, to be printed.Distribution. That there be printed of the proceedings in Congress upon the acceptance of the statue of the late James A. Garfield, presented by the State of Ohio, twelve thousand copies, of which four thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and eight thousand for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to have printed an engraving of said Engraving.statue to accompany said proceedings; and for engraving and printing said picture the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 29, 1886. No. 7: authorizing the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds in the District of Columbia to supply plants and shrubs to fill certain Vases in the Pension Building Public Resolution 7 24 Stat. 340 1886-03-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 7.] Joint resolution authorizing the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds in the District of Columbia to supply plants and shrubs to fill certain Vases in the Pension BuildingMarch 29, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Pension building. That the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds in the District of Columbia be, and is hereby, FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 7–11. 1886. 341 authorized and directed to supply, and to keep supplied, from the publicVases in interior court to be filled with plants and shrubs. greenhouses and nurseries, the vases around the interior court of the Pension Building with plants and shrubs suitable thereto. Approved, March 29, 1886. No. 8: authorizing the printing of a naval report. Public Resolution 8 24 Stat. 341 1886-04-07 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 8.] Joint resolution authorizing the printing of a naval report.April 7, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report on European dockyards, etc.Extra copies to be printed. That there be printed and bound in cloth, at the Government Printing Office, in addition to the “usual number”, four thousand copies of the Report of Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn, United States Navy, on European dockyards, details, fitting and equipment of foreign vessels, torpedo-boats, shipyard appliances, tools, and so forth; of which additional number one thousandDistribution. copies shall be for the use of the House, five hundred copies for the use of the Senate, and two thousand five hundred copies be delivered to and distributed by the Secretary of the Navy for general information. Approved, April 7, 1886. No. 9: providing for the execution of the joint resolution of February fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, voting thanks and a medal to John F. Slater. Public Resolution 9 24 Stat. 341 1886-04-07 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 9.] Joint resolution providing for the execution of the joint resolution of February fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, voting thanks and a medal to John F. Slater.April 7, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriation for gold medal to John F. Slater.Vol. 22, p. 636. That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of the medal ordered by public resolution numbered six, approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to be presented to John F. Slater, of Connecticut, then living but lately deceased. Sec. 2. That said medal and a copy of the original resolution aforesaidTo be presented to legal representatives. shall be presented to the legal representatives of said John F. Slater, deceased. Approved, April 7, 1886. No. 10: for the further distribution of the Report of the Public Land Commission. Public Resolution 10 24 Stat. 341 1886-04-15 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 10.] Joint resolution for the further distribution of the Report of the Public Land Commission.April 15, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Land Laws and History of the public Domain. That the provisions of joint resolutionsDistribution of remaining copies.Vol. 22, p. 393.Vol. 23, p. 276. approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, limiting the time for the gratuitous distribution of the Codified Land Laws and History of the Public Domain, be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to distribute copies remaining to the credit of any member of Congress, upon the order of said member. Approved, April 15, 1886. No. 11: authorizing the printing of Committee reports. Public Resolution 11 24 Stat. 341 1886-04-15 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 11.] Joint resolution authorizing the printing of Committee reports.April 15, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the reports of committees, theReports of Committees.May be reprinted upon payment of cost and ten per cent. evidence and papers submitted therewith, or any part thereof, printed by order of Congress, may be reprinted at the Public Printing Office, at the instance of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, upon payment in advance to the Public Printer of the cost thereof with ten per centum added, the same as if originally printed in the Congressional Record. Approved, April 15, 1886. No. 12: to amend the statute in relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, so that the provisions of the same shall be extended to the port of Key West, Florida, raid the provisions of the seventh section of the statute be extended to the port of Tampa, Florida. Public Resolution 12 24 Stat. 342 1886-05-01 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public 342 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 12, 15, 17. 1886. [No. 12.] Joint resolution to amend the statute in relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, so that the provisions of the same shall be extended to the port of Key West, Florida, raid the provisions of the seventh section of the statute be extended to the port of Tampa, Florida.May 1, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Provisions of immediate transportation extended to Key West and Tampa, Fla.Vol. 21, pp. 173, 174. That the provisions of the first and seventh sections of the act entitled “An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be extended to the port of Key West, Florida; and that the provisions of the seventh section of the same act be extended to Tampa, Florida. And all the other provisions of said act shall apply to both said ports and to all goods and merchandise therein mentioned. Approved, May 1, 1886. No. 15: fixing the time when the pay of certain clerks to Committees of House of Representatives shall begin. Public Resolution 15 24 Stat. 342 1886-06-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 15.] Joint resolution fixing the time when the pay of certain clerks to Committees of House of Representatives shall begin.June 28, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Committee clerks, House of Representatives.Pay of, to commence from date of entering upon their duties. That the pay of the clerks to Committees of the House of Representatives which have been or may be hereafter 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, which shall be ascertained and evidenced by the certificate of the chairman of the several committees employing clerks for the session only. Approved, June 28, 1886. No. 17: for the relief of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company. Public Resolution 17 24 Stat. 342 1886-06-30 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 17.] Joint resolution for the relief of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company.June 30, 1886. Preamble.Vol. 14, p. 236.Vol. 19, p. 404.Whereas the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company, successor to the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad Company, has, under and in accordance with the provisions of “An act to secure the rights of settlers upon certain railroad lands, and to repeal the first five sections of an act entitled ‘An act granting lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad and its extension to Red River,’ approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six”, restored to the United States all the unsold lands received by it under its land-grant herein specified, and paid into the Treasury the proceeds of all land sold: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company entitled to full compensation for carrying mails, troops, etc. That the said Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company, successor to the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, entitled to the payment in full of all compensation earned heretofore by said last-mentioned company in transporting mails and military and other supplies for the Government, to the same extent and effect as though no lands had been granted for the benefit of said company; and the proper accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby required to audit and pay all such accounts, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same as if no lauds had been granted to said company. Approved, June 30, 1886. No. 18: to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 18 24 Stat. 343 1886-07-01 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 18–20. 1886. 343 [No. 18.] Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.July 1, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Temporary provision for expenses of the Government for fifteen days. 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-six be, and they are hereby continued and made available for a period of fifteen days from and after that date, unless the regular appropriations therefor provided for in bills now pending in Congress,*Post*, p. 345. shall have been previously made for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty seven; 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 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-six, as fifteen days 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-seven. Approved, July 1, 1886. No. 19: to print an addition to a report on wages ordered printed January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. Public Resolution 19 24 Stat. 343 1886-07-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 19.] Joint resolution to print an addition to a report on wages ordered printed January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.July 3, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report on relative wages in United States and Great Britain to be printed as addition to statistics of wages in manufacturing industries. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to print.as an addition to the report on the Statistics of Wages in Manufacturing Industries, prepared by Mr Joseph D. Weeks and ordered printed by the House of Representatives January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, a report on the Relative Wages in the United States and Great Britain, compiled by Mr Weeks. Sec. 2. That a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars be, and herebyAppropriation. is, appropriated to prepare said report for publication. Approved, July 3, 1886. No. 20: appointing managers for the national homes for disabled soldiers to fill vacancies in the board which occurred by expiration of terms on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. Public Resolution 20 24 Stat. 343 1886-07-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 20.] Joint resolution appointing managers for the national homes for disabled soldiers to fill vacancies in the board which occurred by expiration of terms on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.July 3, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.Appointment of managers. That General William J. Sewell, of the State of New Jersey; General Martin T. McMahon, of the State of New York; and Captain John L. Mitchell, of the State of Wisconsin, be, and they are hereby, appointed managers of the national homes for disabled soldiers, to fill vacancies which occurred by reason of the expiration of the terms of members of the board on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. Approved, July 3, 1886. No. 21: providing for printing the First Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor. Public Resolution 21 24 Stat. 344 1886-07-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public 344 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 21–23. 1886. [No. 21.] Joint resolution providing for printing the First Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor.July 3, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Report of Bureau of Labor to be printed.Distribution. That there be printed fifty-four thousand copies, in cloth binding, of the First Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor; twenty-six thousand copies for use of members of the House of Representatives, and thirteen thousand copies for use of members of the Senate, and fifteen thousand copies for the use of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Labor, the latter number to be wrapped for mailing in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. Sec. 2. Appropriation. That the sum of eighteen thousand eight hundred and eight dollars and twenty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the cost of the publication of said report, and the further sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to defray the cost of wrapping fifteen thousand copies for the Department of the Interior, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 3, 1886. No. 22: for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Joseph Rankin Public Resolution 22 24 Stat. 344 1886-07-08 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 22.] Joint resolution for the printing of certain eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Joseph RankinJuly 8, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Joseph Rankin.Printing eulogies. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Joseph Rankin, a representative in the Forty-ninth Congress from the State of Wisconsin, twelve Distribution.thousand five hundred copies, of which three thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and nine thousand five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. And the Secretary of the Treasury be, and Portrait.he is hereby directed to have printed a portrait of the said Joseph Rankin to accompany said eulogies; and for the purpose of engraving or printing said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 8, 1886. No. 23: providing for printing eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Michael Hahn. Public Resolution 23 24 Stat. 344 1886-07-15 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 23.] Joint resolution providing for printing eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Michael Hahn.July 15, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled*,Michael Hahn.Printing eulogies. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Michael Hahn, a Representative in the Forty-ninth Congress from the State of Louisiana, twelve thousand Distribution.five hundred copies, of which three thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate and nine thousand five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. And the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Portrait.hereby, directed to have printed a portrait of the said Michael Hahn, 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, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 15, 1886. No. 24: to continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.” Public Resolution 24 24 Stat. 345 1886-07-15 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 24–27. 1886. 345 [No. 24.] Joint Resolution to continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”July 15, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Temporary provision for expenses of the Government extended, to July 31, 1886. *See ante*, p. 343. That the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government,” approved July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, 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-six. Approved, July 15, 1886. No. 25: authorizing the publication of an edition of “A Digest of International Law,” edited by Francis Wharton. Public Resolution 25 24 Stat. 345 1886-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 25.] Joint resolution authorizing the publication of an edition of “A Digest of International Law,” edited by Francis Wharton.July 28, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Digest of International Law.Printing authorized. That there be printed the usual number of copies of “A Digest of the International Law of the United States, taken from the Opinions of Presidents and Secretaries of State, and of Attorneys-General, and from the Decisions of Federal Courts, and of Joint International Commissions in which the United States was a Party;” and that there be printed, in addition to said usual number, one thousand copies for the use of the State Department, one thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives; said Digest to be printed under the editorial supervision of Francis Wharton, and the editing toEditing. be paid for at a price to be fixed by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, acting with the Joint Committee on Printing, not to exceed ten thousand dollars. Approved, July 28, 1886. No. 26: directing the Public Printer to forward the Congressional Record to our legations abroad. Public Resolution 26 24 Stat. 345 1886-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 26.] Joint resolution directing the Public Printer to forward the Congressional Record to our legations abroad.July 28, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congressional Record.To be sent to legations abroad. That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to forward, free of charge, through the Department of State, one copy of the daily Congressional Record to each of our legations abroad, commencing at the beginning of the present session. Approved, July 28, 1886. No. 27: authorizing the preparation of a compilation of the reports of committees of the Senate and House of Representatives. Public Resolution 27 24 Stat. 345 1886-07-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 27.] Joint resolution authorizing the preparation of a compilation of the reports of committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.July 29, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Compilation of reports of committees, Senate and House of Representatives, to be prepared.Appropriation. That there be prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee of Printing, a compilation of the reports of the Senate and House of Representatives from the Fourteenth to the Forty-eighth Congress, inclusive, classified by committees, arranged, indexed, and bound in suitable volumes for the use of the standing committees of the two Houses of Congress. And the sum of seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, is hereby appropriated put of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preparation of said work, which sum may be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the order of the chairman of said Joint Committee, as additional pay or compensation to any officer or employee of the United States. 346 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 27–30. 1886. *Resolved further*,Reports of committees to be bound. That the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate be, and they are hereby directed, to procure and file, for the use of their respective Houses, copies of all reports made by each committee of all succeeding Congresses; and that the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed at the close of each session of Congress, to cause said reports to be indexed and bound, one copy to be deposited in the library of each House and one copy in the room of the committee from which the reports emanated. Approved, July 29, 1886. No. 28: to credit Lieutenants Giles B. Harber and William H. Schnetze with sea duty and sea pay while engaged in the search for Lieutenant Chipp and party, and also for the time employed in bringing home the remains of Lieutenant-Commander De Long and party. Public Resolution 28 24 Stat. 346 1886-07-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 28.] Joint resolution to credit Lieutenants Giles B. Harber and William H. Schnetze with sea duty and sea pay while engaged in the search for Lieutenant Chipp and party, and also for the time employed in bringing home the remains of Lieutenant-Commander De Long and party.July 29, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Lieutenant Giles B. Harber and William H. Schnetze.To be credited with sea duty and pay while searching for Lieutenant Chipp and party and bringing home remains of Lieutenant-Commander De Long and party. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit Lieutenant Giles B. Harber and William H. Schnetze with the highest rate of pay attached to their respective grades during their absence from the United States while employed in the search on the Lena Delta for Lieutenant Chipp and party, and also while engaged in transporting to the United States the remains of Lieutenant-Commander George W. De Long and his associates; all payments to be made from the current appropriations for pay miscellaneous. Approved, July 29, 1886. No. 29: authorizing and directing the Commissioner of Labor to make an investigation as to convict labor, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 29 24 Stat. 346 1886-08-02 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 29.] Joint resolution authorizing and directing the Commissioner of Labor to make an investigation as to convict labor, and for other purposes.August 2, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Convict labor.Commissioner of Labor to investigate and report upon. That the Commissioner of Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to make a full investigation as to the kind and amount of work performed in the penal institutions of the several States and Territories of the United States and the District of Columbia, as to the methods under which convicts are or may be employed, and as to all the facts pertaining to convict labor and the influence of the same upon the industries of the country, and embody the results of such investigation in his second annual report to the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided*, That the investigation hereby authorized can be carried out under the appropriations made for the expenses of the Bureau of Labor for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Approved, August 2, 1886. No. 30: providing for the printing and distribution of documents of the monetary conferences of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and the report of the monetary commission created under the joint resolution of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Public Resolution 30 24 Stat. 346 1886-08-04 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 30.] Joint resolution providing for the printing and distribution of documents of the monetary conferences of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and the report of the monetary commission created under the joint resolution of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six.August 4, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Reports of monetary conferences, and commission to be printed. That there be printed and bound in cloth five thousand copies each of the reports of the International Monetary Conferences of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and eighty-one; also the report of the monetary commission created under the joint resolution of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, being Senate report Number seven hundred and three, Second Session Forty-fourth Congress, with such indices to FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 30–33. 1886. 347 the three reports as may be supplied by the Secretary of State; threeDistribution. thousand copies of each for the use of the House of Representatives, and fifteen hundred copies of each for the use of the Senate; and that the Public Printer hold the remaining five hundred copies of each for sale, at ten per centum advance on cost-price, to any person applying for the same. Approved, August 4, 1886. No. 31: to print ten thousand copies of the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the International Sheep and Wool Show held in Philadelphia in September, eighteen hundred and eighty. Public Resolution 31 24 Stat. 347 1886-08-04 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 31.] Joint resolution to print ten thousand copies of the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the International Sheep and Wool Show held in Philadelphia in September, eighteen hundred and eighty.August 4, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,International Sheep and Wool Show.Report to be printed.Distribution. That there be printed ten thousand copies of the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the International Sheep and Wool Show held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September eighteen hundred and eighty; of which three thousand copies shall be for the use of members of the Senate, six thousand copies for the use of members of the House of Representatives, and three thousand copies for the use of the Commissioner of Agriculture; the work to be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Approved, August 4, 1886. No. 32: for printing report of Commissioner of Agriculture. Public Resolution 32 24 Stat. 347 1886-08-04 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 32.] Joint resolution for printing report of Commissioner of Agriculture.August 4, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Agricultural Report.Distribution That there be printed four hundred thousand copies of the annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-six; three hundred thousand copies for the use of members and delegates of the House of Representatives, and seventy-five thousand copies for the use of members of the Senate, and twenty-five thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture. Sec. 2. That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so muchAppropriation. thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of the publication of said report. Approved, August 4, 1886. No. 33: to authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause seven thousand five hundred copies of the map of the United States and Territories to be printed Public Resolution 33 24 Stat. 347 1886-08-04 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 33.] Joint resolution to authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause seven thousand five hundred copies of the map of the United States and Territories to be printedAugust 4, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Map of United States and Territories, to be printed. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be printed, under the existing contract, at a rate not exceeding one dollar and thirty-five cents each, seven thousand five hundred additional copies of the map of the United States, edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, twoDistribution. thousand of which shall be for the use of the Senate, and four thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and five hundred copies for the use of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and that one thousand copies be printed and mounted, to be sold under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, at one dollar and fifty cents each; and the sum of ten thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars,Appropriation. or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for that purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 4, 1886. No. 34: permitting the public building authorized by act of Congress approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, at Savannah, Georgia, to be located not less than forty feet from any other building, instead of fifty feet, as provided in said act. Public Resolution 34 24 Stat. 348 1886-08-04 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public 348 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess I. Res. 34–36. 1886. [No. 34.] Joint resolution permitting the public building authorized by act of Congress approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, at Savannah, Georgia, to be located not less than forty feet from any other building, instead of fifty feet, as provided in said act.August 4, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Savannah, Ga.Public building.Open space may be reduced.*Ante*, p. 105. That the public building authorized to be erected at Savannah, Georgia, by act of Congress approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, may be located not less than forty feet from any other building, instead of fifty feet, as provided in said act. Approved, August 4, 1886. No. 35: accepting from Julia Dent Grant and William H. Vanderbilt objects of value and art presented by various foreign Governments to the late General Ulysses S. Grant. Public Resolution 35 24 Stat. 348 1886-08-05 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 35.] Joint resolution accepting from Julia Dent Grant and William H. Vanderbilt objects of value and art presented by various foreign Governments to the late General Ulysses S. Grant.August 5, 1886. Preamble.Whereas Julia Dent Grant and William H. Vanderbilt, by deed of trust executed on the tenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, presented to the United States certain swords, medals, paintings, bronzes, portraits, commissions and addresses, and objects of value and art presented by various Governments in the world to General Ulysses S. Grant as tokens of their high appreciation of his illustrious character as a soldier and a statesman: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Acceptance of Grant relics. That the United States accept, with grateful acknowledgments, the said property and articles, more fully described in the schedule attached to said deed of trust, to be held by the United States and preserved and protected in the city of Washington for the use and inspection of the people of the United States. Sec. 2. To be deposited in National Museum. That the said property and articles be placed under the custody of the Director of the National Museum; and he is hereby directed to receive the same for safekeeping therein. Approved, August 5, 1886. No. 36: making additional appropriation for purchase of site for Congressional Library. Public Resolution 36 24 Stat. 348 1886-08-05 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 36.] Joint resolution making additional appropriation for purchase of site for Congressional Library.August 5, 1886. Preamble.*Ante*, p. 12.Whereas under the provisions of an act of Congress “authorizing the construction of a building for the accommodation of the Congressional Library,” approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, the sum of five hundred and fifty thousand dollars was appropriated for the purchase of a site for the Congressional Library; and Whereas in the proceedings in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, had in pursuance of said act, the amount of damages has been assessed at about thirty-five thousand dollars in excess of the amount so appropriated: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congressional Library.Additional appropriation for site. That the additional sum of thirty-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, for the purchase of a site for the Congressional Library, to be immediately available. Approved, August 5, 1886. No. 37: to print the annual bulletins of the Bureau of Ethnology. Public Resolution 37 24 Stat. 349 1886-08-05 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 37, 38. 1886. 349 [No. 37.] Joint resolution to print the annual bulletins of the Bureau of Ethnology.August 5, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bureau of Ethnology.Material relating to North American Indians to be printed.*Proviso*.Only material on hand and collected during present fiscal year.Distribution. That there be printed at the Government Printing Office, ten thousand copies of any matter furnished by the Bureau of Ethnology relating to researches and discoveries connected with the study of the North American Indians: *Provided*, That the authorization shall apply only to matter now on hand or collected during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; the same to be issued in parts and the whole to form an annual volume of bulletins; four thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, one thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Senate, and four thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Bureau of Ethnology. Sec. 2. The sum of three thousand dollars or so much thereof as mayAppropriation. be necessary for the printing and binding of the aforesaid annual bulletins is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 5, 1886. No. 38: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay certain expenses incurred by special agents and experts of the Bureau of Labor during the month of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. Public Resolution 38 24 Stat. 349 1886-08-05 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 2026-02-17 49 1 public [No. 38.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay certain expenses incurred by special agents and experts of the Bureau of Labor during the month of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.August 5, 1886. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bureau of Labor.Expenses of agents July, 1886 to be paid. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay the subsistence and traveling expenses of the special agents and experts of the Bureau of Labor for the month of July, current, as they may be certified to him by the Secretary of the Interior; such payment to be made from the appropriation for the Bureau of Labor for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Approved, August 5, 1886. 49 2 1886 1887 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which seas begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the sixth day of December*, 1886, *and was adjourned without day on Thursday, the third day of March*, 1887. Glover Cleveland, President; John Sheehan, President of the Senate *pro tempore*, who acted as such until Saturday, the twenty-sixth day of February, when John J. Ingalls was elected President of the Senate *pro tempore*, in place of John Sheehan, resigned; John G. Carlisle, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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