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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 26 STAT. · October 1, 1890 · Chapter 1278

Chapter 1278.

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CHAP. 1278.— An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Rio Grande Junction Railway Company certain lands in the State of Colorado in lieu of certain other lands in said State conveyed by the said company to the United States.October 1, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rio Grande Junction Railway Company. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to convey in fee Conveyance to, of lands in Colorado, for right of way, etc.to the Rio Grande Junction Railway Company, for right of way and other necessary railroad purposes, a strip of land in Mesa County, State of Colorado, now held by the United States for school purposes in connection with Grand Junction Indian school, said land being Location.described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Ute meridian one thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine and seven-tenths feet north of the southwest corner of section eighteen, township one south of range one east of the Ute meridian; thence running northward along the said Ute meridian to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of said section eighteen; thence easterly along the north line of the said southwest quarter of section eighteen to the northeast corner of the said southwest quarter of section eighteen; thence in a southerly direction along the east line of the said southwest quarter of section eighteen forty feet: thence in a straight line and in a southwesterly direction to the place of beginning, not to exceed in the *Provisos*.Conveyance of lands in lieu, by the company.aggregate twenty-six and three-tenths acres: *Provided*, That the said railway company shall first convey or cause to be conveyed to the United States in fee, which conveyance shall be satisfactory to the Attorney-General of the United States, the following-described land, in lieu of the land to be conveyed to the said company as Location.herein provided:
Commencing at the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section eighteen, township one south, of range one east, of the Ute meridian; thence running east along the south line of said section eighteen seventy rods; thence north eighty rods, more or less; to the north line of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said section eighteen; thence west seventy rods to the east line of the southwest quarter of said section eighteen; thence south FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 1278. 1890.665 eighty rods, more or less, to the place of beginning; being the west thirty-five acres of the south half of the southeast quarter of section eighteen, township one south, of range one east, of the Ute meridian, together with water rights appurtenant thereto, including twenty-twoWater rights. statute inches of ‘water from the Mesa County ditch, for the irrigation of said land: *Provided further*, That the said railway company shall build and maintain a fence the line of railway nextFence.Right of way for Irrigation reserved. to the school lands: *And provided also*, That the United States reserves the unrestricted right of way for irrigation purposes over said land to be conveyed to said company as herein provided.
Approved, October 1, 1890. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: to print the Agricultural report for eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Public Resolution 1 26 Stat. 667 1889-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 1.] Joint resolution to print the Agricultural report for eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.December 19, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Agricultural Report, 1889, to be printed.
That there be printed four hundred thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; seventy-five thousand copies for the use of the members of the Senate; threeDistribution. hundred thousand copies for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, and twenty-five thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture, the illustrations for the same to be executed under the supervision of the Public Printer, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, said illustrations to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, and the copy for the illustrations of said report shall be placed in the hands of the Public Printer not later than the thirtieth day of December eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the copy of the text not later than the fifteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety Sec. 2.
That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of anyAppropriation. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of printing and binding said report. Approved, December 19, 1889. No. 2: 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 nine, on the twentieth day of said month. Public Resolution 2 26 Stat. 667 1889-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 2.] Joint resolution 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 nine, on the twentieth day of said month.December 19, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United. States of America in Congress assembled*,December salaries to be paid Congressional employees, December 20, 1889. 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, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, on the twentieth day of said month.
Approved, December 19, 1889. No. 3: to extend the time of service of delegates of the United States to the International Marine Conference. Public Resolution 3 26 Stat. 667 1889-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution to extend the time of service of delegates of the United States to the International Marine Conference.December 19, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,International Marine Conference.Time of session extended.Vol. 25, p. 243.
That the powers and authority conferred by “An act providing for an international marine conference to secure greater safety for life and property at sea, approved July ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,” upon the persons appointed by the President by force thereof, shall terminate on the first day of March, anno-Domini eighteen hundred and ninety, or sooner at the discretion of the President. Approved, December 19, 1889.
(667)No. 4: for removing damages caused by floods in Sacramento and Feather rivers. Public Resolution 4 26 Stat. 668 1889-12-21 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public 668 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 4-6, 8. 1889. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution for removing damages caused by floods in Sacramento and Feather rivers.December 21, 1889. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California.Balances available for repairing flood damages.Vol. 22, p. 205; 23, p. 143: 24, p. 326: 25, p. 422. That the balances unexpended of the appropriations for improving Sacramento and Feather rivers, California, acts of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; and August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, not exceeding one hundred and ten thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars and sixty-seven cents, in all, are hereby made immediately available for expenditure in improving navigation by repairing the damages caused by floods in the Restrictions.Vol. 25, p. 423.Sacramento and Feather rivers, subject only to the restrictions contained in Sec. 3., of the River and Harbor act which became a law August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Approved, December 21, 1889. No. 5: to authorize the expenditure for rent of a portion of the appropriation for the irrigation survey for the present fiscal year. Public Resolution 5 26 Stat. 668 1890-01-06 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution to authorize the expenditure for rent of a portion of the appropriation for the irrigation survey for the present fiscal year.January 6, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Geological Survey. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to expend such part of the Irrigation survey appropriation.Vol. 25, p. 960.appropriation for the irrigation survey included in the sundry civil act, approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as may be necessary to enable him to rent during the present fiscal year rooms in which to carry on the office work of such survey, not Rent allowance.exceeding the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars. Approved, January 6, 1890. No. 6: donating Fixtures, Furniture and so forth to the States of Washington and Montana Public Resolution 6 26 Stat. 668 1890-01-10 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution donating Fixtures, Furniture and so forth to the States of Washington and MontanaJanuary 10, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Washington and Montana. That all fixtures, furniture. books, papers and records, heretofore purchased for or used by the Constitutional Conventions and the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments of the Governments of the late Territories of Territorial property donated to.Washington and Montana be, and the same are hereby, donated and transferred by the United States to the States of Washington and Montana, to be controlled by the respective legislative assemblies of said States. Approved, January 10, 1890. No. 8: authorizing the continuation of the printing of a Supplement to the Digest of International Law under the direction of the literary executor of the late Francis Wharton. Public Resolution 8 26 Stat. 668 1890-02-06 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 8.] Joint Resolution authorizing the continuation of the printing of a Supplement to the Digest of International Law under the direction of the literary executor of the late Francis Wharton.February 6, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Supplement to Digest of International Law.Vol. 25, p. 629. That the printing of a Supplement to the Digest of International Law, as authorized by the joint resolution of August thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, such supplement containing the Diplomatic correspondence of the American Revolution, edited, with historical and legal notes, by Printing to be continued.Francis Wharton, be continued under the direction of John Bassett Moore, the literary executor of the said Francis Wharton, deceased. Approved, February 6, 1890. No. 9: for the relief of certain Chippewa Indians of the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin. Public Resolution 9 26 Stat. 669 1890-02-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 9–11. 1890. 669 [No. 9.] Joint resolution for the relief of certain Chippewa Indians of the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin.February 11, 1890. Whereas, It has been the practice of the Chippewa IndiansPreamble. of the La Pointe Agency, for a number of years, to contract for cutting and selling timber on their reservation to provide food and other necessaries of life; and Whereas, Permission to do so has been denied them by the Interior Department during the present winter, until proper legislation can be had on the subject; and Whereas, The failure to contract for cutting timber has already resulted in suffering, and some means must be provided for immediate relief: Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*,Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin.Appropriation for food, etc. That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars be, and hereby is, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, for the purpose of purchasing food and clothing for the Indians of the La Pointe Agency, and that in expending said money the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make the purchases, in his discretion, either under contract or in open market: *Provided, however*, That the amount hereby appropriated shall be*Proviso*.Reimbursement. reimbursed to the United States out of the moneys hereafter realized from the sale of land, or timber, of such of the bands of Indians as have received the benefit of this appropriation. Approved, February 11, 1890. No. 10: congratulating the people of the United States of Brazil on their adoption of a republican, form of government. Public Resolution 10 26 Stat. 669 1890-02-19 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 10.] Joint resolution congratulating the people of the United States of Brazil on their adoption of a republican, form of government.February 19, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Brazil.Congratulations to, on becoming a republic. That the United States of America congratulate the people of Brazil on their just and peaceful assumption of the powers, duties, and responsibilities of self-Government, based upon the free consent of the governed, and in their recent adoption of a republican form of government. Approved, February 19, 1890. No. 11: for the removal of obstructions to navigation in the Missouri River and extension of jetty work at the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon. Public Resolution 11 26 Stat. 669 1890-02-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 11.] Joint resolution for the removal of obstructions to navigation in the Missouri River and extension of jetty work at the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon.February 22, 1890. Whereas the amounts appropriated by Congress in the act of eighteenPreamble.Vol. 25, pp. 422, 423. hundred and eighty-eight, for the improvement of rivers and harbors, for the removal of snags and other obstructions from the Missouri River and the Columbia River, to be expended under the control of the Missouri River Commission, and of the Chief of Engineers of the War Department, have been in each case exhausted, and there being no funds remaining available, for the purposes aforesaid, and Whereas, it is important to the navigation of said rivers, that certain snags and obstructions be removed at once, to the end that navigation may not be suspended by reason’ of said obstructions, therefore *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Missouri River. That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwiseAppropriation for removal of snags, etc. appropriated, which shall be expended under the supervision 670 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 11–14. 1890. and direction of the Missouri River Commission, in the removal of snags and other obstructions to the navigation of said river, between St. Joseph, Missouri, and the mouth of said river; and the like sum of seventy-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of War, for Columbia River, Oregon.continuation of the jetty work at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon, said work to be commenced so soon as the rivers aforesaid, and their freedom from ice will permit, and to be continued until Appropriation for jetty work.completed, and said sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby made immediatedly available for the purposes aforesaid. Approved, February 22, 1890. No. 12: providing for taking the census in Alaska. Public Resolution 12 26 Stat. 670 1890-03-19 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 12.] Joint resolution providing for taking the census in Alaska.March 19, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Alaska. That the Superintendent of Census is hereby authorized to pay special agents in Alaska, in Extra allowance for census expenses.addition to their salaries, a per diem allowance to cover all expenses of subsistence and transportation, not to exceed seven dollars per diem. Approved, March 19, 1890. No. 13: for the relief of sufferers in the Mississippi Valley. Public Resolution 13 26 Stat. 670 1890-04-08 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 13.] Joint resolution for the relief of sufferers in the Mississippi Valley.April 3, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mississippi River Commission.To use part of their appropriation, for boats to relieve distress in Mississippi Valley. That the President of the Mississippi River Commission be, and is hereby authorized, out of money heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the Mississippi River, to purchase or hire such boats as may be immediately necessary to rescue inhabitants in the overflowed districts of the Mississippi River Valley, and to use said boats for the purpose named. Approved, April 3, 1890. No. 14: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to remove the naval magazine from Ellis’s Island, in New York Harbor, and to purchase a site and erect a naval magazine at some other point, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 14 26 Stat. 670 1890-04-11 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 14.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to remove the naval magazine from Ellis’s Island, in New York Harbor, and to purchase a site and erect a naval magazine at some other point, and for other purposes.April 11, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Ellis’s Island, New York. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to take Naval magazine to be removed.immediate measures for the removal of the naval magazine from Ellis’s Island, in the harbor of New York. Sec. 2. That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so muchAppropriation for new naval magazine. thereof as may be found necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase, or to obtain by condemnation, a site for, and for the erection of, a naval magazine with suitable buildings therefor; and that the Secretary of the Navy shall select a site at a safe distance from populous cities and from the shipping of the Harbor Appropriation for Improving Ellis’s Island for immigration purposes.of New York. And the further sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to improve said Ellis’s Island for immigration purposes. Approved, April 11, 1890. No. 15: requesting the Secretary of War to cause a further report to be made as to the practicability and approximate cost of tunneling the Detroit River at or near Detroit, Michigan. Public Resolution 15 26 Stat. 671 1890-04-19 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 15–17. 1890. 671 [No. 15.] Joint resolution requesting the Secretary of War to cause a further report to be made as to the practicability and approximate cost of tunneling the Detroit River at or near Detroit, Michigan.April 19, 1890. Whereas, there having been commissions of Army engineers appointedPreamble. in the years eighteen hundred and seventy-three, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and eighteen hundred and eighty-nine to investigate and report upon the necessity and practicability of the proper means of crossing the Detroit River at or near Detroit, Michigan, by bridge or otherwise; and Whereas, said commissioners have limited such investigations more particularly to the question of bridging said river: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Detroit River.Board of Army Engineers to report on tunneling, etc. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to have the said Board of Engineers appointed by the Secretary of War in eighteen hundred and eighty-nine to more fully report upon (at the earliest time practicable) the advisability, practicability, and approximate cost of tunneling the Detroit River at or near Detroit, Michigan, in such a manner as to accommodate the large trade and commerce crossing the river at that point, without permanent obstruction of any kind whatever to the navigation interests of said river, with a view to the passage of said commerce through said tunnel from the United States into and through the Dominion of Canada and return: such report to be based upon the examination already made by said Board, or, if necessary to a compliance with this resolution, to make such report after further inquiry into the subject. Approved, April 19, 1890. No. 16: Authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow. Public Resolution 16 26 Stat. 671 1890-04-25 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 2026-02-21 51 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 and its tributaries, and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow.April 25, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mississippi River, etc., floods. That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars 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, in the purchase and distribution of subsistence stores to such destitute persons as mayAppropriation to relieve destitution in flooded district.*Post*, p. 679. require assistance in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, by the recent floods. And the Secretary of War is authorized to use the steamers and other boats and vessels belonging to or now employed by the Government upon the Mississippi River and its tributaries in the transportation and distribution of the supplies furnished by the United States or individuals, to and among said destitute and suffering people, and he may employ such other means of transportation as he may deem necessary to carry the purpose of this Joint Resolution into effect. Approved, April 25, 1890. No. 17: authorizing the use and improvement of Castle Island, in Boston Harbor. Public Resolution 17 26 Stat. 671 1890-05-01 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 17.] Joint resolution authorizing the use and improvement of Castle Island, in Boston Harbor.May 1, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That permission be, and is hereby, granted to the city of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, through its park commissioners, to improve and beautify Castle Island, situated in said city, and belonging to the United States, inCastle Island, Massachusetts. 672 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 17, 18, 20. 1890. connection with a public park to be laid out on land adjoining and Use as a park granted to Boston.connecting with said island, with the right to said city of Boston to make such excavations and fillings and erect and maintain such structures as the Secretary of War may, from time to time, approve: *Proviso*.*Provided*, That this resolution shall not be construed to pass any title in said island, but that the ownership and control of the said Title unchangedgrounds shall remain entirely in the United States, and shall be subject to such changes and uses for military or other purposes as the Bridge.Secretary of War may direct, and that the bridge leading from the harbor line to the island shall not be constructed until the plans for the same have been approved by the Secretary of War. Approved, May 1, 1890. No. 18: construing part of act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, making appropriations for the office of Second Assistant Postmaster General. Public Resolution 18 26 Stat. 672 1890-05-01 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 18.] Joint resolution construing part of act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, making appropriations for the office of Second Assistant Postmaster General.May 1, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mail-bag repair shop, District of Columbia.Vol. 25, p. 844.Construction of appropriation. That such part of the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, making appropriations for the office of Second Assistant Postmaster General as appropriates ten thousand dollars “for the purpose of enabling the Postmaster-General to make a lease of a suitable place in the City of Washington, and to furnish and equip the same with tools, implements, and machinery and other material which may be necessary to repair mail bags and sacks, and mail locks and keys,” shall be construed so that the appropriation (until exhausted) shall cover all expense of purchasing tools, implements, and machinery and other material, and that the “other material” mentioned above shall be construed to mean such other material as is necessary to put the building leased for the shops in a suitable condition for repairing the various mail equipments used by the Post-Office Department, and that all other material and machinery found necessary to the successful operation of the repair shops may be purchased and paid for out of the funds heretofore appropriated for the purchase of mail bags and locks. Approved, May 1, 1890. No. 20: to continue in force an act authorizing the construction of a bridge over Bayou Bernard, in the State of Mississippi. Public Resolution 20 26 Stat. 672 1890-05-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 20.] Joint resolution to continue in force an act authorizing the construction of a bridge over Bayou Bernard, in the State of Mississippi.May 14, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bridge across Bayou Bernard, Mississippi.Vol. 24, p. 410. That the act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over Bayou Bernard, in the State of Mississippi,” approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force and effect; and that the time for the Time for completion extended.completion of the bridge therein provided for be extended three years from February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety, and that said act be so revived and extended, with all its provisions in full force the same as though the time in the original bill for the completion of said bridge had been six years instead of three years. Approved, May 14, 1890. No. 21: authorizing the use and improvement at Fort Sewall at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Public Resolution 21 26 Stat. 673 1890-05-19 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 21–23, 25. 1890. 673 [No. 21.] Joint resolution authorizing the use and improvement at Fort Sewall at Marblehead, Massachusetts. May 19, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fort Sewall, Mass.Use as a park granted to Marblehead. That permission be, and is hereby, granted to the town of Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, to improve and beautify Fort Sewall and its appurtenant lands and grounds, situated in said town, and belonging to the United States, with the right to said town to make such excavations and fillings and erect and maintain such structures as the Secretary of War may from time to time approve: *Provided*, That this resolution*Proviso*.Title line hanged. shall not be construed to pass any title in said fort lands or grounds, but that the ownership and control of the said grounds shall remain entirely in the United States, and shall be subject to such changes and uses for military or other purposes as the Secretary of War may direct. Approved, May 19, 1890. No. 22: appropriating the sum of five hundred dollars to complete the Engraving and printing the portrait of James N. Burnes, deceased, late a member of the House of Representatives of the fiftieth Congress. Public Resolution 22 26 Stat. 673 1890-05-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 22.] Joint resolution appropriating the sum of five hundred dollars to complete the Engraving and printing the portrait of James N. Burnes, deceased, late a member of the House of Representatives of the fiftieth Congress.May 22, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriation for engraving portrait of James N. Burnes, late a Representative from Missouri. That 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, to complete the engraving and printing the portrait of James N. Burnes, deceased, late a member of the House of Representatives in the fiftieth Congress as authorized by the act of Congress approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Approved, May 22, 1890. No. 23: to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 23 26 Stat. 673 1890-05-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 23.] Joint resolution to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.May 22, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Smithsonian Institution. That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the appointment of Charles Devens, of Massachusetts, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut,Charles Devens and James C. Welling appointed regents. resigned; and by the reappointment of of James C. Welling, of Washington City, whose term of office has expired. Approved, May 22, 1890. No. 25: authorizing and directing the payment of the salaries of the Officers and the employees of Congress for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety. Public Resolution 25 26 Stat. 673 1890-05-27 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 25.] Joint resolution authorizing and directing the payment of the salaries of the Officers and the employees of Congress for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety.May 27, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congressional employees to be paid May salaries May 29, 1890. 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 May, eighteen hundred and ninety, on the twenty-ninth day of said month. Approved, May 27, 1890. No. 26: to print the eulogies upon William D. Kelley. Public Resolution 26 26 Stat. 674 1890-06-05 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public 674 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 26–28, 1890. [No. 26.] Joint resolution to print the eulogies upon William D. Kelley.June 5, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,William D. Kelley.Eulogies on, to be printed. That there he printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late William D. Kelley, a Representative in the Fifty-first Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, 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 of the said William D. Kelley to accompany said eulogies, Portrait.and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is Appropriation.hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That of the quota to the House of Representatives the Public Printer shall set apart fifty copies, which he shall Extra bound copies.have bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the family of the deceased. Approved, June 5, 1890. No. 27: to provide for printing the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Richard W. Townshend. Public Resolution 27 26 Stat. 674 1890-06-05 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 27.] Joint resolution to provide for printing the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Richard W. Townshend.June 5, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Richard W. Townshend.Eulogies on, to be printed. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Richard W. Townshend, a Representative in the Fifty-first Congress from the State of Illinois, 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 that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed Portrait.a portrait of said Richard W. Townshend to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, Appreciation.is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That of the quota to the House of Extra bound copies.Representatives the Public Printer shall have fifty copies bound in full morocco with gilt edges for the use of the widow of the deceased. Approved, June 5, 1890. No. 28: for the relief of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company. Public Resolution 28 26 Stat. 674 1890-06-19 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 28.] Joint resolution for the relief of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company.June 19, 1890. Whereas it appears from the correspondence transmitted to thePreamble. Senate by the message of the President, of the second day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-two (Executive Document Numbered Twenty-eight, second session Forty-eighth Congress) and on the twelfth of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight (Executive Document Numbered One hundred and forty-three, first session Fiftieth Congress), that since the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one indemnity has been repeatedly demanded by the Executive Department of the United States from the Venezuelan Government, but without avail, for the wrongful seizure, detention, and employment in war and otherwise of the American steamships Hero. Nutrias, and San Fernando, the property of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of New York, and a citizen of the United States, and the imprisonment of its officers, citizens of the United States, under circumstances that render the Republic of Venezuela justly responsible therefor; and FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 28–30. 1890. 675 Whereas all the diplomatic efforts of the Government of the United States repeatedly exerted for an amicable adjustment and payment of the just indemnity due to said corporation and its officers, citizens of the United States, upon whose property and persons the aforesaid wrongs were inflicted, have proved entirely unavailing: Therefore. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Venezuela Steam Transportation Company.President empowered to promptly obtain indemnity from Venezuela for injuries sustained by. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to take such measures as in his judgment may be necessary to promptly obtain indemnity from the Venezuelan Government for the injuries, losses, and damages suffered by the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company of New York, and its officers, by reason of the wrongful seizure, detention, and employment in war or otherwise of the said company’s steamers Hero, San Fernando, and Nutrias by Venezuelan belligerents in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and to secure this end he is authorized to employ such means or exercise such power as may be necessary. Received by the President June 7, 1890. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing resolution having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] No. 29: providing for donation of certain personal property of United States to South Dakota and North Dakota. Public Resolution 29 26 Stat. 675 1890-06-27 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 29.] Joint resolution providing for donation of certain personal property of United States to South Dakota and North Dakota.June 27, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,North and South Dakota.Territorial property donated to. That all papers, books, records.’ fixtures, furniture and all other personal property of whatever kind, belonging to the United States, and heretofore used in the administration of the Territorial Government of the Territory of Dakota, or used by the Constitutional Conventions framing Constitutions for South” and North Dakota, are hereby donated to the States of South and North Dakota: *Provided*, That said States shall*Proviso*.Division. receive in amount and kind of such property, as was fixed and agreed upon by the joint commission of the Constitutional Conventions of said States in pursuance of the provisions of Section G of an Act entitled, “An act to provide for the division of Dakota into twoVol. 25, p. 678. States and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form Constitutions and State Governments and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States.” Approved, June 27, 1890. No. 30: to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 30 26 Stat. 675 1890-06-30 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 30.] Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.June 30, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Annual appropriations extended thirty days. That all appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government, and of the District of Columbia, under existing laws, which shall remain unprovided for on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety be, and they are hereby, continued and made available for a period of thirty*Post*, p. 677. days from and after that date, unless the regular appropriationas 676 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 30, 31, 33. 1890. provided therefor in bills now pending in Congress shall have been previously made for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; and a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not *Provisos*.otherwise appropriated, to carry on the same: *Provided*, That no greater amount shall be expended for such operations than will be in the Proportions.same proportion to the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, as thirty days’ time bears to the whole of said fiscal year: *Provided further*, That the total expenditures for the whole of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one under the several appropriations hereby continued, shall not exceed in the Aggregate not to exceed amounts finally appropriated.aggregate the amounts finally appropriated therefor in the several bills now pending, except in cases where a change is made in the annual, monthly, or per diem compensation, or in the numbers, of officers, clerks or other persons authorized to be employed by the several appropriations hereby continued, in which cases the amounts authorized to be expended shall equal thirty-three hundred and sixty-fifths of the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, and three hundred and thirty-five three hundred and sixty-fifths of the appropriations contained in the several, bills now pending when the same shall have been finally passed, unless the salary or compensation of any office shall be increased or diminished without changing the grade or the duties thereof, in which case such salary or compensation shall relate to the entire fiscal year and run from the beginning thereof. Approved, June 30, 1890. No. 31: to provide for the unexpended balance, ninety-nine thousand four hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seven cents, for discharging claims of letter carriers for extra compensation under the eight hour law, approved May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and appropriated for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Public Resolution 31 26 Stat. 676 1890-07-02 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 31.] Joint Resolution to provide for the unexpended balance, ninety-nine thousand four hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seven cents, for discharging claims of letter carriers for extra compensation under the eight hour law, approved May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and appropriated for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.July 2, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Letter carriers. That the unexpended balance of ninety-nine thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine Balance for eight-hour claims continued.dollars and seven cents of the appropriation for the Free Delivery Service of the Post-Office Department, for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be continued and made available to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for discharging the claims of letter carriers for compensation for extra time in the months of May and June eighteen hundred and Vol. 25, p. 157.eighty-eight, made under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to limit the hours that letter carriers in cities shall be employed per day approved May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Approved, July 2, 1890. No. 33: to print the eulogies upon Samuel Sullivan Cox. Public Resolution 33 26 Stat. 676 1890-07-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 33.] Joint resolution to print the eulogies upon Samuel Sullivan Cox.July 16, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Samuel Sullivan Cox.Eulogies on, to be printed. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Samuel Sullivan Cox, a Representative in the Fifty-first Congress from the State of New York, 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 Portrait.a portrait of the said Samuel Sullivan Cox to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 33–36, 38. 1890. 677 the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the TreasuryAppropriation. not otherwise appropriated. That of the quota to the House of Representatives the Public Printer shall set apart fifty copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, the same to beExtra bound copies. delivered when completed to the widow of the deceased. Approved, July 16, 1890. No. 34: to continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled a “Joint Resolution, to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.” Public Resolution 34 26 Stat. 677 1890-07-30 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 34.] Joint Resolution to continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled a “Joint Resolution, to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”July 30, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled*,Annual appropriation s extended to August 14, 1890.*Ante*, p. 675.*Post*, 678. 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 ninety, be, and the same are hereby extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the fourteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety. Approved, July 30, 1890. No. 35: to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to sign consent for a cable railway in front of the New York Post-Office and Army Building. Public Resolution 35 26 Stat. 677 1890-08-08 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 35.] Joint resolution to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to sign consent for a cable railway in front of the New York Post-Office and Army Building.August 8, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,New York city.Secretary of Treasury may sign consent to cable street railway in front of Government property. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to sign and execute, if in his judgment it shall not be detrimental to the interests of the United States, for the United States, a consent on behalf of its property on Broadway and on Whitehall streets, in the city of New York, to the operation by cable power of the street railway now operated in front of said premises by the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company. Approved, August 8, 1890. No. 36: to amend the “Act to establish two additional land offices in the State of Montana,” approved April first, eighteen hundred and ninety. Public Resolution 36 26 Stat. 677 1890-08-08 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 36.] Joint resolution to amend the “Act to establish two additional land offices in the State of Montana,” approved April first, eighteen hundred and ninety.August 8, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Preamble.*Ante*, p. 34. That whereas, in an act of Congress entitled “An act to establish two additional laud offices in the State of Montana,” approved April first eighteen hundred andMontana. ninety, the name of the town wherein the office of the Judith Land District is located was erroneously spelled Lewiston instead of Lewistown:Error. Therefore, for the purpose of correcting said error be it *Resolved*, That the letter “n” be stricken out of the last word in section two of said act, and that the letters “*wn*” be inserted in lieuName of Lewistown land office corrected. thereof so that said word as corrected shall be spelled Lewistown. Approved, August 8, 1890. No. 38: to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 38 26 Stat. 677 1890-08-14 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 38.] Joint resolution to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.August 14, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Annual appropriations extended to August 29, 1890. That the provisions of Joint Resolutions approved June thirtieth and July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing temporarily for the expenditures 678 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 38–41. 1890. of the Government, be, and the same are hereby, extended and *Ante*, p. 677continued in full force and effect to and including the twenty-ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety. Approved, August 14, 1890. No. 39: to accept from the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic a statue (and pedestal) of the late General Ulysses S. Grant. Public Resolution 39 26 Stat. 678 1890-08-14 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 39.] Joint resolution to accept from the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic a statue (and pedestal) of the late General Ulysses S. Grant.August 14, 1890. Whereas the members of the posts of the Grand Army of the Republic,Preamble. desirous of testifying their affectionate and patriotic regard for their late comrade General Ulysses S. Grant, have contributed a sum of money sufficient for the erection of a statue to his memory; and Whereas it is their wish and purpose to present such statue to the Congress of the United States to be placed in the Capitol at Washington: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Statue of General Grant presented by Grand Army of the Republic to be accepted. That a statue in marble, with a proper pedestal, of the late General Ulysses S. Grant tendered by the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic shall be received and erected in the Capitol of the United States, and *Proviso*.shall thereupon become the property of the United States: *Provided*, That the design of such statue and pedestal shall first be submitted Approval of design, etc.to and receive the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library. Approved, August 14, 1890. No. 40: directing the Librarian of Congress, the librarian of the Senate, the librarian of the House of Representatives, and the librarian of the Department of Justice, respectively, to deliver extra or duplicate copies of law books to the law department of Howard University. Public Resolution 40 26 Stat. 678 1890-08-28 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 40.] Joint resolution directing the Librarian of Congress, the librarian of the Senate, the librarian of the House of Representatives, and the librarian of the Department of Justice, respectively, to deliver extra or duplicate copies of law books to the law department of Howard University.August 28, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Howard University.Duplicate law books donated to. That the Librarian of Congress, the librarian of the Senate, the librarian of the House of Representatives, and the librarian of the Department of Justice be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the dean of the law department of Howard University, as a gift to the said law department of Howard University, for its use and behoof, one cony of such law books as are now in the above-mentioned libraries which are extra or duplicate copies thereof that may be spared *Proviso*.Copies retained.without injury to the public service: *Provided*, That there shall be left in each of said libraries not less than two copies of each book. Approved, August 28, 1890. No. 41: extending the privilege of the Library of Congress to the members and Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of Engineers United States Army. Public Resolution 41 26 Stat. 678 1890-08-28 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 41.] Joint resolution extending the privilege of the Library of Congress to the members and Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of Engineers United States Army.August 28, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Library of Congress.Use of, extended to Interstate Commerce Commission and Chief Engineers. That the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library be authorized to extend the use of the books in the Library of Congress to the members and secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, resident in Washington, on the same conditions and restrictions as members of Congress are allowed to use the Library. Approved, August 28, 1890. No. 42: providing that nothing in the diplomatic and consular appropriation hill shall be construed to interrupt the publication of the Reports of the International American Conference. Public Resolution 42 26 Stat. 679 1890-08-30 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 42–45. 1890. 679 [No. 42.] Joint resolution providing that nothing in the diplomatic and consular appropriation hill shall be construed to interrupt the publication of the Reports of the International American Conference.August 30, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,International American Conference. That nothing in the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States for the fiscal year ending June*Ante*, p. 27. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.” shall be construed to interrupt, delay, or prevent the prompt translation, publication, andPublication of reports, etc.Not to be delayed. distribution or the reports and proceedings of the International Conference. Approved, August 30, 1890. No. 43: amending and construing the act approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety, in relation to oaths in pension and other cases. Public Resolution 43 26 Stat. 679 1890-09-01 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 43.] Joint resolution amending and construing the act approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety, in relation to oaths in pension and other cases.September 1, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Oaths in pension cases.*Ante*, p. 209, amended. That the act approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act in relation to oaths in pension and other cases,” be and the same is hereby, amended and construed to mean that when declarations, affidavits, and other papers are verified by justices of the peace and other officersCertificate of official character, etc. duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general persons, but not required by law to have seals, the official character, signature, and term of service of such justice or other officer shall be certified by the clerk of the county or court of record or other proper officer, under the seal of such county or court or public officer, in the department or bureau in which such papers are to be used; and oneOne sufficient. such certificate duly filed in such department or bureau, or with any pension agent, shall be sufficient as to all verifications of such officer during his official term, and all papers heretobefore or hereafter filed shall be subject to this rule. Approved, September 1, 1890. No. 44: appropriating money to the Territory of Oklahoma to relieve destitution therein. Public Resolution 44 26 Stat. 679 1890-09-01 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 44.] Joint resolution appropriating money to the Territory of Oklahoma to relieve destitution therein.September 1, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Destitution in Oklahoma.Balance of money for flood sufferers may be used to relieve.*Ante*, p. 671. That the unexpended balance of an appropriation made by public resolution numbered fifteen, approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the relief of persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, be, and the same is hereby, re-appropriated to the Territory of Oklahoma, to be expended as the law of said Territory, enacted for the purpose, may direct for the relief of citizens of that Territory who have been rendered destitute by the unexampled drought of the present season. Approved, September 1, 1890. No. 45: to print eulogies on Honorable David Wilber. Public Resolution 45 26 Stat. 679 1890-09-19 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 45.] Joint resolution to print eulogies on Honorable David Wilber.September 19, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,David Wilber.Eulogies on, to be printed. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late David Wilber, a Representative in the Fifty-first Congress from the State of New York, ten thousand copies, of which two thousand five hundred 680 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 45–47. 1890. copies shall be for the use of the Senate and seven 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 David Wilber, 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 Appropriation.hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That of the quota to the House ofExtra bound copies. Representatives the Public Printer shall set apart fifty copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the widow of the deceased. Approved, September 19, 1890. No. 46: to print eulogies on the honorable Newton W. Nutting. Public Resolution 46 26 Stat. 680 1890-09-19 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 46.] Joint resolution to print eulogies on the honorable Newton W. Nutting.September 19, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Newton W. Nutting.Eulogies on, to be printed. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Newton W. Nutting, a Representative in the Fifty-first Congress from the State of’ New York, ten thousand copies, of which two thousand five hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate and seven 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 Newton W. Nutting, 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 Appropriation.necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That of the quota to the House of Extra bound copies.Representatives the Public Printer shall set apart fifty copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the widow of the deceased. Approved, September 19, 1890. No. 47: to print the eulogies upon Samuel J. Randall. Public Resolution 47 26 Stat. 680 1890-09-19 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 47.] Joint resolution to print the eulogies upon Samuel J. Randall.September 19, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Samuel J. Randall.Eulogies on, to be printed. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Samuel J. Randall, a Representative in the Fifty-first Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, 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 Portrait.Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed a portrait of the said Samuel J. Randall, to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of one Appropriation.thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That of the quota to the House of Representatives the Extra bound copiesPublic Printer shall set apart fifty copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the family of the deceased. Approved, September 19, 1890. No. 48: to print the Annual Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year’s eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety. Public Resolution 48 26 Stat. 681 1890-09-25 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 48–50. 1890. 681 [No. 48.] Joint resolution to print the Annual Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year’s eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety.September 25, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Bureau of Animal industry.Sixth and seventh annual reports to be printed. That there be printed fifty thousand copies of the Sixth and Seventh Annual Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety, of which thirteen thousand copies of each shall be for the use of the members of the Senate, twenty-seven thousand copies of each for the use of members of the House of Representatives, and ten thousand copies of each for the use of the Secretary of Agriculture. Sec. 2. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money inAppropriation. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of printing and binding said reports, the two reports to be bound in oneTo be in one volume. volume. Approved, September 25, 1890. No. 49: providing for the printing of the Agricultural Report for eighteen hundred and ninety. Public Resolution 49 26 Stat. 681 1890-09-25 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 49.] Joint resolution providing for the printing of the Agricultural Report for eighteen hundred and ninety.September 25, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Agricultural report, for 1890 to be printed That there be printed four hundred thousand copies of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and ninety; seventy-five thousand copies for the use of the members of the Senate; three hundred thousand copies for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, and twenty-five thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture, the illustrations for the same to be executed under the super vision of the Public Printer, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, said illustrations to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture. Sec. 2. That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of anyAppropriation. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of printing said report. Approved, September 25, 1890. No. 50: granting permission to officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy of the United States to wear the badges adopted by military, societies of men who served in the war of the revolution, the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, the Mexican war, and the war of the rebellion. Public Resolution 50 26 Stat. 681 1890-09-25 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 50.] Joint resolution granting permission to officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy of the United States to wear the badges adopted by military, societies of men who served in the war of the revolution, the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, the Mexican war, and the war of the rebellion.September 25, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Military society badges. That the distinctive badges adopted by military societies of men who served in the armies and navies of the United States in the war of the Revolution, the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, the Mexican war, and the war of the rebellion respectively, may be worn upon all occasions of ceremonyCertain, may be worn by Army and Navy. by officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy of the United States, who are members of said organizations in their own right. Approved, September 25, 1890. No. 51: to authorize the President to appoint an additional ensign in the United States Navy. Public Resolution 51 26 Stat. 682 1890-09-26 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public 682 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 51–53. 1890. [No. 51.] Joint resolution to authorize the President to appoint an additional ensign in the United States Navy.September 26, 1890. Whereas Richard H. Jackson, a resident of Alabama, having passedPreamble. all the examinations required for the grade of ensign in the Navy, was honorably discharged from the service by the operation of the Vol. 22, p. 285.law of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, which limits the number of appointments to the Navy; and Whereas the said Richard H. Jackson did, on the occasion of the wreck of the United States steamer Trenton at Samoa in March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, behave with conspicuous gallantry by leading the men into the mizzen rigging to form a sail, when this position in the rigging was one of great danger, as the mast was liable to be carried away and fall overboard when the ship struck, and did thereby contribute largely to the success of the maneuver which the captain of the Trenton, in his official report to the admiral, says saved the lives of four hundred men from certain destruction: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Richard H. Jackson. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate Additional ensign U. S. Navy, may be appointed.and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint an additional ensign on the active list of the Navy, to take position at the foot of the officers of that grade, and the number of ensigns is hereby increased one for that purpose. Approved, September 26, 1890. No. 52: authorizing the transfer of certain appropriations for the Indian Service, on the books of the Treasury. Public Resolution 52 26 Stat. 682 1890-09-26 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 52.] Joint resolution authorizing the transfer of certain appropriations for the Indian Service, on the books of the Treasury.September 26, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Indian Department.Transfer of certain, appropriation. That the Secretary of Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to transfer upon the books of the Treasury the sum of one thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine dollars and fifty-six cents, from appropriation “Telegraphing and Purchase of Indian Supplies, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,” to appropriation “Telegraphing and Purchase of Indian Supplies, eighteen hundred and ninety.” Approved, September 26, 1890. No. 53: to correct an error in the act entitled an act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes, approved August 30, 1890. Public Resolution 53 26 Stat. 682 1890-09-27 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 53.] Joint resolution to correct an error in the act entitled an act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes, approved August 30, 1890.September 27, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Edward D. Marchant.Name corrected in sundry civil bill. That section one of the act entitled an act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes, approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, *Ante*, p. 388.amended so that in the clause making appropriation for the purchase of portraits under the Department of State the words “Dalton E. Marchant” shall read “Edward D. Marchant.” Approved, September 27, 1890. No. 54: providing for the printing of eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late James Laird. Public Resolution 54 26 Stat. 683 1890-09-29 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 54–56. 1890. 683 [No. 54.] Joint resolution providing for the printing of eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late James Laird.September 29, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,James Laird.Eulogies on, to be printed. That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late James Laird, a Representative from Nebraska, ten thousand copies; of which two thousand five hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate and seven thousand five hundred copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed a portrait of the said James LairdPortrait. 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 anyAppropriation. moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That of the quota’ to the House of Representatives, the Public Printer shall set apart fifty copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco withExtra bound copies. gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the family of the deceased. Approved, September 29, 1890. No. 55: authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to purchase nickel ore or nickel matte for use in the manufacture of nickel-steel armor, and for other naval purposes. Public Resolution 55 26 Stat. 683 1890-09-29 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 55.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to purchase nickel ore or nickel matte for use in the manufacture of nickel-steel armor, and for other naval purposes.September 29, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Nickel ore, etc.Secretary of Navy may purchase for naval purposes. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to purchase at his discretion nickel ore or nickel matte to be used in the manufacture of nickel-steel armor plating for vessels already authorized or to be authorized to be constructed, and of armor-piercing projectiles, and for other naval purposes. Sec. 2. That the sum of one million dollars, or so much thereofAppropriation. as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for this purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, September 29, 1890. No. 56: to correct an error in the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.” approved, September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety. Public Resolution 56 26 Stat. 683 1890-09-29 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 56.] Joint resolution to correct an error in the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.” approved, September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety.September 29, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Illinois River.Amount appropriated for improving, corrected. That section one of the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that*Ante*, p. 449. the clause making appropriation for the improvement of Illinois River, Illinois, shall read, “Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars.” Approved, September 29, 1890. No. 57: to enable the Commission having charge of the preparation and erection of the statue with suitable emblematic devices thereon, on one of the public reservations in the city of Washington, to the memory of General La Fayette and his compatriots, to execute the purpose expressed in the Concurrent Resolution adopted by the two Houses of Congress on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety. Public Resolution 57 26 Stat. 684 1890-09-30 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public 684 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 57–59. 1890. [No. 57.] Joint resolution to enable the Commission having charge of the preparation and erection of the statue with suitable emblematic devices thereon, on one of the public reservations in the city of Washington, to the memory of General La Fayette and his compatriots, to execute the purpose expressed in the Concurrent Resolution adopted by the two Houses of Congress on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.September 30, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,La Fayette Statue.Appropriation for new site, etc.Vol. 33, p. 508. That to enable the Commission created by the act entitled “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to execute the purpose expressed in the concurrent resolution adopted by the two Houses of Congress on the twenty-eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety, and to complete a new site for the said statue, the sum of five 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 aforesaid commission Approved, September 30, 1890. No. 58: to surrender certain bonds, drafts, and other papers in the Department of State to Robert S. Hargous, administrator of Louis S. Hargous, deceased. Public Resolution 58 26 Stat. 684 1890-09-30 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 58.] Joint resolution to surrender certain bonds, drafts, and other papers in the Department of State to Robert S. Hargous, administrator of Louis S. Hargous, deceased.September 30, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Secretary of State to deliver certain bonds, etc., belonging to estate of Louis S. Hargous. That the Secretary of State be, and hereby is, directed to deliver to the person justly entitled to the possession thereof twenty-seven several Mexican bonds, dated September third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, nine thereof being each for the sum of five thousand dollars, five each for the sum of two thousand dollars, four each for the sum of one thousand dollars, four each for the sum of five hundred dollars, and five each for the sum of one hundred dollars, numbered respectively from thirteen hundred and forty-one to thirteen hundred and sixty-seven, both inclusive; also nineteen several drafts dated April twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, one being for the sum of sixty-six thousand one hundred and seventy-one dollars and sixty-nine cents, and the remaining eighteen each for the sum of sixteen thousand five hundred and forty-two dollars and ninety-two and twenty-seven one hundredths cents, and drawn by Emanuel Doblado, acting minister of finance of Mexico, on the Treasury of the United States, and all other papers relating to said bonds and drafts, or to claims of Louis S. Hargous against Mexico presented before the American and Mexican Mixed Commission, numbered seven hundred and eighty-two, seven hundred and eighty-three, and seven hundred and eighty-four and rejected by said Commission for want of jurisdiction, and now in litigation before the courts of Mexico at the suit of Robert S. Hargous, administrator of said Louis S. Hargous, deceased. Approved, September 30, 1890. No. 59: to extend the time of payment to settlers on the public lands in certain cases. Public Resolution 59 26 Stat. 684 1890-09-30 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 59.] Joint resolution to extend the time of payment to settlers on the public lands in certain cases.September 30, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Extension of time for payments in certain cases. That whenever it shall appear by the filing of such evidence in the offices of any register and receiver as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior that any settler on the public lands, by reason of a failure of crops FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 59–61. 1890. 685 for which he is in no wise responsible, is unable to make the payment on his homestead or preemption claim required by law, the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to extend the time for such payment for not exceeding one year from the date when the same becomes due. Approved, September 30, 1890. No. 60: to permit the Secretary of War to grant a revocable license to use a pier, as petitioned by vessel owners of Chicago, Illinois. Public Resolution 60 26 Stat. 685 1890-10-01 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 60.] Joint resolution to permit the Secretary of War to grant a revocable license to use a pier, as petitioned by vessel owners of Chicago, Illinois.October 1, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Chicago, Ill.Use of Government pier authorized. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant by revocable license the use of the United States pier at Chicago, Illinois, situated North and East of the Illinois Central Railroad Company’s wharf number one, and on south side of Chicago River; to such party or parties as he shall deem wise and expedient, subject to the following conditions: First. Said party or parties shall keep in thorough repair that partConditions. of the pier, two hundred and twenty-five feet in length, projecting beyond the end of the Illinois Central Railroad Company’s docks so called. Second. That the said party or parties, at his or their own expense, shall re build and keep in repair the superstructure of said one thousand feet of pier during the continuance of the license. Third. That the United States Government shall have free use of any necessary part thereof for storage, upon giving the said party or parties sufficient notice to clear such part of said pier for such uses by the United States. Fourth. That the said party or parties shall keep that part of the entrance to the Chicago River within fifty feet of the pier dredged, and shall prevent the dumping of ashes or refuse from vessels landing at the pier into the entrance to Chicago Harbor. Approved, October 1, 1890. No. 61: authorizing the use of a portion of the United States military reservation at Chattanooga for a public park, by the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Public Resolution 61 26 Stat. 685 1890-10-01 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 61.] Joint resolution authorizing the use of a portion of the United States military reservation at Chattanooga for a public park, by the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.October 1, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Chattanooga, Tenn.May improve reservation for a park. That permission be, and is hereby, granted to the city of Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee, through its mayor and aldermen, to improve and beautify that portion of the military reservation lying outside of the national cemetery inclosure, situated in and adjoining the city of Chattanooga, for a public park: to be laid out oh land adjoining and connecting with said national cemetery, with the right to said city of Chattanooga to make such improvements and fillings and erect and maintain such structures as the Secretary of War may, from time to time, approve: *Provided*, That this resolution shall not be construed*Proviso*.Title, etc., to remain in United States. to pass any title or claim in said land, but that the ownership and control of the said grounds shall remain in the United States, and shall be subject to such changes and uses for military or other purposes as the Secretary of War may direct. Approved, October 1, 1890. No. 62: extending the “Act fixing the rate of interest to be charged on arrearages of general and special taxes now due the District of Columbia, if paid within a time specified” to October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety. Public Resolution 62 26 Stat. 686 1890-10-01 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public 686 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 62, 63. 1890. [No. 62.] Joint resolution extending the “Act fixing the rate of interest to be charged on arrearages of general and special taxes now due the District of Columbia, if paid within a time specified” to October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety.October 1, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia. That the provisions of the act approved May sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, being “An Reduced interest on tax arrears continued to October 31, 1890.*Ante*, p. 102.act fixing the rate of interest to be charged on arrearages of general and special taxes now due the District, of Columbia, if paid within a time specified.” be, and they are hereby, reenacted and extended to the thirty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety. Approved, October 1, 1890. No. 63: to allow the Postmaster-General to expend ten thousand dollars to test at small towns and villages the system of the free-delivery service, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 63 26 Stat. 686 1890-10-01 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public [No. 63.] Joint resolution to allow the Postmaster-General to expend ten thousand dollars to test at small towns and villages the system of the free-delivery service, and for other purposes.October 1, 1890. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Free delivery, postal service.Practicability of, at small towns to be tested. That the Postmaster-General be enabled to test at small towns and villages the practicability and expense of extending the free-delivery system to offices of the third and fourth class, and other offices not now embraced within the free delivery, said test to be made on petition of the patrons and in the discretion of the Postmaster-General, the sum of ten thousand dollars, which sum shall be taken from the amount appropriated for the free-delivery service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and shall be applied to the payment, of carriers for one hour or two hours per day, as may be necessary for the convenience of the public and advantage of the postal service, said pay to be fixed by the Postmaster-General at rates per hour not exceeding the present maximum rates for pay of carriers. Approved, October 1, 1890. 53 2 1890 1891 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-FIRST 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 first day of December*, 1890, *and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the third day of March*, 1891. Benjamin Harrison, President; Levi P. Morton, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Lewis E. Payson was elected Speaker *pro tempore*. February 18, 1891; Mr. Reed resumed the duties of Speaker, February 19, 1891.
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