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CHAP. 425.— An act providing for the establishment of the light and fog-signal at Humboldt. California, upon a more secure site, and for the establishment of a lightship at or near the wreck of the steam ship Oregon, in New York Harbor.March 2, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Light-house, etc., established at Humboldt, Cal. That the light and fog-signal at Humboldt, California, be established upon a more secure site, at a cost not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars; and that there be established in the vicinity of the wreck of the steamship Oregon, entrance to New York Harbor, a lightship with a steamWreck of the Oregon.
New York Harbor entrance. fog-signal, the entire cost of which shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1889. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: to pay the officers, clerks and employees of Congress their salary for December on December twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Public Resolution 1 25 Stat. 1019 1888-12-20 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 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 1.] Joint resolution to pay the officers, clerks and employees of Congress their salary for December on December twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.December 20, 1888. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Employees of Senate and House to be paid December salaries December 20, 1888. That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, be, and they are hereby authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, on the twentieth day of said month.
Approved, December 20, 1888. No. 2: to print additional copies of the United States map of the edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, prepared by the Commissioner of Public Lands. Public Resolution 2 25 Stat. 1019 1889-01-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 2.] Joint resolution to print additional copies of the United States map of the edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, prepared by the Commissioner of Public Lands.January 23, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,United States map.Additional copies of edition of 1887 to be printed.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be printed seven thousand five hundred copies of the United States map prepared by the General Land Office of the edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, at a rate not exceeding one dollar each; two thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate, 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 twenty-five cents each; and the sum of seven thousand fiveAppropriation. hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for that purpose, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; the proceeds of all sales to be turned into the Treasury.
Approved, January 23, 1889. No. 3: accepting the invitation of the Imperial German Government to the Government of the United States to become a party to the International Geodetic Association. Public Resolution 3 25 Stat. 1019 1888-12-20 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 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 3.] Joint resolution accepting the invitation of the Imperial German Government to the Government of the United States to become a party to the International Geodetic Association.February 5, 1889.
Whereas, the Government of the United States has been invitedPreamble.International Geodetic Association. by the Imperial German Government to become a party to the International Geodetic Association: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Acceptance of invitation for United States to be a party. That the President be, and he is hereby, requested and authorized to accept said invitation, and that he is hereby authorized and requested to appoint a delegate, who shall be an officer of the United States Geodetic and Coast Survey, to attend the next meeting of said International Geodetic Association, but no extra salary or additional compensation shall be paid to such by reason of such attendance.
Approved, February 5, 1889.
(1019)No. 5: to print four thousand copies of the report of Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn, on European dockyards. Public Resolution 5 25 Stat. 1020 1889-02-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 2 public 1020FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 5, 7–9. 1889. [No. 5.] Joint resolution to print four thousand copies of the report of Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn, on European dockyards.February 14, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,European dockyards.Additional copies of report to be printed. That there be printed, in quarto form, all to be one-half bound in leather, at the Government Printing Office, four thousand additional copies of the report of Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn, United States Navy, on European dockyards, details, fittings, and equipments of foreign vessels, torpedo-boats shipyard appliances, tools, and so forth, of which additional number two thousand copies shall be for the use of the House, one thousand copies for the use of the Senate, one thousand copies to be delivered to and distributed by the Secretary of the Navy for general information Approved, February 14, 1889. No. 7: providing for additional telegraphic facilities in the City of Washington during the inaugural ceremonies on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Public Resolution 7 25 Stat. 1020 1889-02-28 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 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 7.] Joint resolution providing for additional telegraphic facilities in the City of Washington during the inaugural ceremonies on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.February 28, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Temporary overhead wires permitted-during inaugural ceremonies. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to permit the Western Union Telegraph Company to extend overhead wires into the Pension Building and to such points along the line of parade as shall be deemed by the chief marshal convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural ceremonies, the said wires to be taken down within one week after the conclusion of the ceremonies on the fourth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Approved, February 28, 1889. No. 8: providing for the printing of the eulogies on the life and character of Edward W. Robertson, deceased, late a Representative in Congress from Louisiana. Public Resolution 8 25 Stat. 1020 1889-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 8.] Joint resolution providing for the printing of the eulogies on the life and character of Edward W. Robertson, deceased, late a Representative in Congress from Louisiana.March 1, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Eulogies on Edward White Robertson, a Representative from Louisiana, to be printed That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Edward White Robertson, a Representative in the Fiftieth Congress from the State of Louisiana, twelve 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 he is hereby, directed to have printed Portrait.a portrait of the said Edward White Robertson, 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, March 1, 1889. No. 9: to print thirty-nine thousand copies of the Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor. Public Resolution 9 25 Stat. 1020 1889-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution to print thirty-nine thousand copies of the Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor.March 1, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Labor report.Fourth annual report to be printed. That there be printed thirty-nine thousand copies, in cloth binding, of the Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor; twenty-six thousand copies for the use of members of the House of Representatives and thirteen thousand copies for the use of members of the Senate. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 9–12. 1889.1021 Sec 2. That the sum of nineteen thousand two Appropriation.hundred and two dollars and sixty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the cost of the publication of said report, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 1, 1889. No. 10: authorizing the printing of fifty thousand copies of the Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Public Resolution 10 25 Stat. 1021 1889-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 10.] Joint resolution authorizing the printing of fifty thousand copies of the Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.March 1, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bureau of Animal Industry.Fourth and fifth annual reports to be printed. That there be printed fifty thousand additional copies of the Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the years eighteen hundred eighty-seven and eighteen hundred eighty-eight, of which thirteen thousand copies shall be for the use of the members of the Senate, twenty-seven thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives and ten thousand copies for the use of the Secretary of Agriculture, the illustrations to be executed under the supervision of the Public Printer, in accordance with the directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, the work to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture; that the reports for the two years be printed and bound in one volume, and there be, and is hereby, appropriatedAppropriation. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of thirty-seven thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose. Approved, March 1, 1889. No. 11: to point the eulogies on James N. Burnes of Missouri. Public Resolution 11 25 Stat. 1021 1889-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 11.] Joint resolution to point the eulogies on James N. Burnes of Missouri.March 1, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Eulogies on James M. Burnes, a Representative from Missouri, to be printed. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late James N. Burnes, a Representative in the Fiftieth Congress from the State of Missouri, twenty-five thousand copies, of which six thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate and nineteen thousand copies shall be 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 ofPortrait. the said James N. Burnes, 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. *Resolved further*, That of the quota to the House of Representatives,Extra bound copies the Public Printer shall set apart fifty copies which he will have bound in full morocco, with gilt edges the same to be delivered when completed to the widow of the deceased. Approved, March 1, 1889. No. 12: to authorize the printing of the proceedings in Congress in accepting the statue of the late Lewis Cass, an illustrious citizen, presented by the State of Michigan, and the statues of the late Major General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and Robert Fulton illustrious citizens presented by the State of Pennsylvania. Public Resolution 12 25 Stat. 1021 1889-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 12.] Joint resolution to authorize the printing of the proceedings in Congress in accepting the statue of the late Lewis Cass, an illustrious citizen, presented by the State of Michigan, and the statues of the late Major General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and Robert Fulton illustrious citizens presented by the State of Pennsylvania.March 2, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Proceedings in Congress accepting statue of Lewis Cass to be printed. That there be printed of the proceedings in Congress upon the acceptance of the statue of the late Lewis Cass, presented by the State of Michigan, twelve thousand 1022FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 12, 13. 1889. five hundred copies, of which three thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and nine thousand five hundred copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and in a separate volume; that there be printed of the proceedings in Congress upon the acceptance of the Statues of John P. G. Muhlenberg and Robert Fulton.statues of the late John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and Robert Fulton presented by the State of Pennsylvania, twelve 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 is hereby directed to Engravings.have printed engravings of said statues to accompany said proceedings; and for engraving and printing said pictures the sum of one thousand 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 2, 1889. No. 13: appointing H. H. Markham, of California, a manager for the National Homes for Disabled Soldiers, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Blanding. Public Resolution 13 25 Stat. 1022 1889-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 2 public [No. 13.] Joint resolution appointing H. H. Markham, of California, a manager for the National Homes for Disabled Soldiers, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Blanding.March 2, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,National Home for Volunteer Soldiers.H. H. Markham elected a manager. That H. H. Markham, of California, be, and he is hereby, appointed a manager of the National Homes for Disabled Soldiers, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Blanding. Approved, March 2, 1889. 50 1 1887 1888 PRIVATE LAWSof theUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,passed byTHE FIFTIETH CONGRESS.1887–1889. 1023 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTIETH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, 1887, and was adjourned without day on Saturday, the twentieth day of October*, 1888. Grover Cleveland. President; John J. Ingalls. President of the Senate, *pro tempore*; John G. Carlisle was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives December fifth, 1887: Samuel S. Cox was elected Speaker *pro tempore* January seventeenth, 1888; Mr. Carlisle resumed the duties of Speaker February sixth; Samuel S. Cox was elected Speaker *pro tempore* February twenty-third; Mr. Carlisle resumed the duties of Speaker March fourteenth; James H. Blount was elected Speaker *pro tempore* June twenty-eighth: Mr. Carlisle resumed the duties of Speaker June thirtieth; Benton McMillin was elected Speaker *pro tempore* July thirty-first; Mr. Carlisle resumed the duties of Speaker August fourth; Samuel S. Cox was elected Speaker *pro tempore* September seventeenth; Mr. Carlisle resumed the duties of Speaker September twenty-fourth.
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