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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 27 STAT. · August 5, 1892 · Chapter 383

Chapter 383.

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CHAP. 383.— An act to regulate the times for holding the terms of the United States Courts in the State of South Dakota.August 5, 1892. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,South Dakota judicial district. Terms of court. Vol. 20, p. 14. That hereafter the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States in and for the State of South Dakota shall be as follows: At Sioux Falls on the first Tuesday in April and the third Tuesday in October; at Pierre on the first Tuesday in March and October;
At Deadwood on the first Tuesday in February and September. Sec. 2. The provision of statute now existing for the holding of saidProcess, etc. courts on any day contrary to the provisions of this act is hereby repealed, and all suits, prosecutions, process, recognizances, bail bonds, and other things pending in or returnable to said court on the days now fixed by law are hereby transferred to and shall be made returnable to and have force in the said respective terms in this act provided in the same manner and with the same effect as they would have had had said existing statute not been passed.
Approved, August 5, 1892. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, on the twenty fourth day of said month. Public Resolution 1 27 Stat. 393 1891-12-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 1.] 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 ninety-one, on the twenty fourth day of said month.December 23, 1891. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Officers, etc., of Congress to be paid December salaries, Dec. 24, 1891. That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employes of the Semite and House of Representatives including the capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, on the twenty-fourth day of said month.
Approved, December 23, 1891. No. 2: to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 2 27 Stat. 393 1892-01-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 2.] Joint resolution to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.January 26, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Smithsonian Institution.Wi11iam Preston Johnston, John B.
Henderson, and Henry Coppee appointed Regents. That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be tilled by the appointment of William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned, and the appointment of John B. Henderson, a citizen of the District of Columbia, in place of Montgomery C. Meigs, deceased, and by the reappointment of Henry Coppee, of Pennsylvania, whose term of office expired on December twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
Approved, January 26, 1892. No. 3: investigating mining debris in California. Public Resolution 3 27 Stat. 394 1892-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution investigating mining debris in California.February 25, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mining debris, California.Secretary of War to submit what amount should be expended to investigate.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, requested to submit for the consideration of Congress what amounts can be profitably expended during the coming year to carry out the recommendations made by the Commission of Engineers, United States Army, appointed under the provisions of an act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An act to investigate mining debris in California,” for “restrictionVol. 25, p. 498. works, dams and wing-dams, to restrain the mining debris where now situated, and prevent its lodgment in the rivers of California, to the injury of navigation and commerce.
” Approved, February 25, 1892.
(393)No. 4: to regulate licenses to proprietors of theaters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 4 27 Stat. 394 1892-02-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 4.] Joint resolution to regulate licenses to proprietors of theaters in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes.February 26, 1892. 394FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 4–7. 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Theaters, District of Columbia.Licenses to terminate unless proprietors comply with regulations.*Infra*. That all licenses issued by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to proprietors of theaters or other public places of amusement in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and now in force, be and the same are hereby terminated, unless the persons holding such licenses shall within ten days after due notice comply with such regulations as may be prescribed for the public safety by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia areCommissioners to make rules for protection of lives, etc. hereby authorized and empowered to make and enforce all such reasonable and usual police regulations in addition to those already made under the act of January twenty sixth, eighteen hundred and Vol. 24, p. 365.eighty-seven, as they may deem necessary for the protection of lives, limbs, health, comfort and quiet of all persons and the protection of all property within the District of Columbia. Approved, February 26, 1892. No. 5: authorizing the Librarian of Congress to exhibit certain documents at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 5 27 Stat. 394 1892-03-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Librarian of Congress to exhibit certain documents at the World’s Columbian Exposition.March 24, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Library of Congress.Books, etc., to be exhibited at World's Columbian Exposition. That that the Librarian of Congress be, and he hereby is, authorized to exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition such books, papers, documents, and other articles from the Library of Congress as may relate to Christopher Columbus and the discovery and early history of America. Approved, March 24, 1892. No. 6: construing article four of the agreement with the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians in Oklahoma Territory and elsewhere. Public Resolution 6 27 Stat. 394 1892-04-06 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 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 6.] Joint resolution construing article four of the agreement with the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians in Oklahoma Territory and elsewhere.April 6, 1892. Whereas the provisions of the articles of agreement by and betweenPreamble. the United States and the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians, residing in Oklahoma Territory and elsewhere, ratified by Congress March 3, 1891, requires that large sums of money be paid to them in said tract of country which is construed to mean said Territory of Oklahoma; and Whereas many members of said band of Indians reside in Kansas who through age, poverty, and sickness suffer great hardships by being compelled to go to said Territory to receive their payments: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Citizen Band, Pottawatomie Indians.Payments may be made to them in Kansas.Vol. 26, p. 1018. That article four of said agreement be, and the same is hereby, construed so as to authorize the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion to direct the proper officers of the Department of the Interior to make the payments, as they fall due, to the members of said band residing in Kansas at some point in their original reservation in said State as will accommodate the greatest number of said Indians. Approved, April 6, 1892. No. 7: amending the “Joint Resolutions to regulate licenses to proprietors of theatres in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes” approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 7 27 Stat. 394 1892-04-06 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 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution amending the “Joint Resolutions to regulate licenses to proprietors of theatres in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes” approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.April 6, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Theaters. District of Columbia. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to extend, for a reasonable FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 7, 8. 1892.395 period to be determined by them, the time for compliance with the regulations prescribed by them for the public satiety, pursuant to the requirementsTime extended for complying with regulations.*Ante*, p. 394. of the first section of the Joint Resolution “to regulate licenses to proprietors of theatres in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-sixth eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in cases where they are satisfied that the persons notified are making due exertion to effect such compliance and that said Commissioners may continue in force pending such compliance, the licenses for any such theatre or other public place of amusement: *Provided*, That no more than ninety days extension of time in the*Proviso*.Limit. aggregate shall be allowed for compliance with such regulations. Approved, April 6, 1892. No. 8: to encourage the establishment and endowment of institutions of learning at the national capital by defining the policy of the Government with reference to the use of its literary and scientific collections by students. Public Resolution 8 27 Stat. 395 1892-04-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 8.] Joint resolution to encourage the establishment and endowment of institutions of learning at the national capital by defining the policy of the Government with reference to the use of its literary and scientific collections by students.April 12, 1892. Whereas, large collections illustrative of the various arts and sciences and facilitating literary and scientific research have been accumulatedPreamble by the action of Congress through a series of years at the national capital; and Whereas it was the original purpose of the Government thereby to promote research and the diffusion of knowledge, and is now the settled policy and present practice of those charged with the care of these collections specially to encourage students who devote their time to the investigation and study of any branch of knowledge by allowing to them all proper use thereof; and Whereas it is represented that the enumeration of these facilities and the formal statement of this policy will encourage the establishment and endowment of institutions of learning at the seat of Government, and promote the work of education by attracting students to avail themselves of the advantages aforesaid under the direction of competent instructors: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*,Scientific and literary collections of the Government, D. C. That the facilities for research and illustration in the following and any other Governmental collections now existing or hereafter to be established in the city of Washington for the promotion of knowledge shall be accessible, under such rules and restrictions as the officers in charge of each collection may prescribe, subject to such authority as is now or may hereafter be permitted by law, to the scientific investigators and to students of anyUse of, by students, etc. institution of higher education now incorporated or hereafter to be incorporated under the laws of Congress or of the District of Columbia, to wit: One. Of the Library of Congress.Collections. Two. Of the National Museum. Three. Of the Patent Office. Four. Of the Bureau of Education. Five. Of the Bureau of Ethnology. Six. Of the Army Medical Museum. Seven. Of the Department of Agriculture. Eight. Of the Fish Commission. Nine. Of the Botanic Gardens. Ten. Of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Eleven. Of the Geological Survey. Twelve. Of the Naval Observatory. Approved, April 12, 1892. No. 9: authorizing the use of the martello tower on Tybee Island, Georgia, for a signal station. Public Resolution 9 27 Stat. 396 1892-04-14 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 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution authorizing the use of the martello tower on Tybee Island, Georgia, for a signal station.April 14, 1892. 396FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 9, 11, 12, 13, 15. 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*,Tybee Island, Ga.Use of martello tower as a signal station. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit the use of the martello tower on Tybee Island, Georgia, by telegraph or telephone companies for a signal station, to report passing vessels, under such conditions as he may deem proper to protect the interest of the United States. Approved, April 14, 1892. No. 11: to fill vacancies which will occur in the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 11 27 Stat. 396 1892-05-10 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 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution to fill vacancies which will occur in the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.May 10, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Volunteer Soldiers' Home.Managers appointed. That General William J. Sewell, General Martin T. McMahon, Captain John L. Mitchell and Captain A. W. Barrett, of Los Angeles, California, be and are hereby, appointed managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the terms of office commencing on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to fill vacancies which will occur by expiration of terms of office. Approved, May 10, 1892. No. 12: to suspend the issue of permits to erect dwelling houses in alleys in the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 12 27 Stat. 396 1892-05-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution to suspend the issue of permits to erect dwelling houses in alleys in the District of Columbia.May 12, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Alleys, District of Columbia.Erection of dwellings in less than 40 feet wide prohibited.*Ante*, p. 254. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby instructed not to issue any more permits for buildings intended for human habitation, in alleys less than forty feet in width, in the District of Columbia, during the Fifty-Second Congress, and that all such permits heretofore granted on alleys less than the width aforesaid, shall be revoked, where construction shall not already have been actually begun. Approved, May 12, 1892. No. 13: to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty-eighth day of said month. Public Resolution 13 27 Stat. 396 1892-05-27 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 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 13.] Joint resolution to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty-eighth day of said month.May 27, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Officers, etc., of Congress to be paid May salaries, May 28, 1892. That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol Police, their respective salaries for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, on the twenty-eighth day of said month. Approved, May 27, 1892. No. 15: relating to the Memorial Association of the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 15 27 Stat. 396 1892-06-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 15.] Joint resolution relating to the Memorial Association of the District of Columbia.June 14, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Memorial Association. District of Columbia.Appointment of members authorized. That in pursuance of a certificate of incorporation of the “Memorial Association of the District of Columbia,” signed by Melville W. Fuller, John M. Schofield, John W. Foster, B. H. Warder, S. P. Langley, A. B. Hagner, J. C. Bancroft FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 15–19. 1892.397 Davis, Walter S. Cox, S. H. Kauffman, A. R. Spofford, John Hay, J. W. Douglass, Myron M. Parker, Gardiner G. Hubbard W. D. Davidge, S. S. Franklin, Charles C. Glover and Tennis S. Hamlin, and recorded March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the President of the United States, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to appoint each six citizens of the District of Columbia to be members of said association, and to serve for the terms of one, two, and three years respectively, as they may determine by lot; and thereafter to appoint annually each two members to serve for three years. Approved, June 14, 1892. No. 16: to authorize the Washington Schuetzen Verein to erect a bust of Baron von Steuben in one of the reservations in Washington. Public Resolution 16 27 Stat. 397 1892-06-22 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 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 16.] Joint resolution to authorize the Washington Schuetzen Verein to erect a bust of Baron von Steuben in one of the reservations in Washington.June 22, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Baron von Steuben.Erection of bust of, authorized. That the Washington Schuetzen Verein is hereby authorized and empowered, at its own expense, to erect, on a suitable pedestal, a colossal bust of Baron von Steuben, a General in the Revolutionary Army, in one of the public parks or reservations of the city of Washington, to be selected by the Secretary of War, the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, and a person to be designated by the Schuetzen Verein. Approved, June 22, 1892. No. 17: authorizing the resubdivision of square six hundred and seventy-three, in the city of Washington. Public Resolution 17 27 Stat. 397 1892-06-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 17.] Joint resolution authorizing the resubdivision of square six hundred and seventy-three, in the city of Washington.June 24, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Square 673, Washington, D. C.New subdivision authorized. That the subdivision of square six hundred and seventy-three, as the same now exists, be, and the same is hereby, abolished, and that the owners of the said square are hereby authorized and empowered to resubdivide the same, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Approved, June 24, 1892. No. 18: authorizing and directing the President to proclaim a general holiday, commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 18 27 Stat. 397 1892-06-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 18.] Joint resolution authorizing and directing the President to proclaim a general holiday, commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.June 29, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Discovery of America.October 21, 1892, to be a public holiday. That the President of the United States be authorized and directed to issue a proclamation recommending to the people the observance in all their localities of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, by public demonstrations and by suitable exercises in their schools and other places of assembly. Approved, June 29, 1892. No. 19: to provide temporarily for the Expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 19 27 Stat. 397 1892-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the Expenditures of the Government.June 30, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations for the last fiscal year extended fifteen days unless previously made. That all appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government, and of the District of Columbia, and for the payment of pensions, under existing laws, which shall 398FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 19–21. 1892. remain unprovided for on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety two be, and they are hereby, continued and made available *Infra*.*Post*, p. 401.for a period of fifteen days from and after that date, unless the regular appropriations 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-three; and a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury *Provisos*.Proportionate amounts.not otherwise appropriated, to carry on the same: *Provided*, That no greater amount shall be expended for such operations than will be in the same proportion to the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as fifteen days’ time bears to the whole of said fiscal year: *Provided, further*, That the total expenditures for the Total expenditures not to exceed final appropriations.whole of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three under the several appropriations hereby continued, shall not exceed in the 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 fifteen three hundred and sixty-fifths of the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and three hundred and fifty-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, 1892. No. 20: to continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.” Public Resolution 20 27 Stat. 398 1892-07-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 20.] Joint resolution to continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”July 15, 1892 *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations extended fifteen days. That the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the *Supra*.expenditures of the Government,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen *Post*. p. 401.hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same are hereby, extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the thirtieth day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Approved, July 15, 1892. No. 21: to authorize the President to invite certain Governments to send delegates to the Pan-American Medical Congress. Public Resolution 21 27 Stat. 398 1892-07-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 21.] Joint resolution to authorize the President to invite certain Governments to send delegates to the Pan-American Medical Congress.July 18, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Pan-American Medical Congress. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to invite Foreign Governments invited to send delegates.the several governments of the Republics of Mexico, Central and South America, Haiti, and Santo Domingo, and the Kingdom of Hawaii to send official delegates to the meeting of the Pan-American Medical Congress to be held in the city of Washington September fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Approved, July 18, 1892. No. 22: providing for an investigation relative to the “slums of cities.” Public Resolution 22 27 Stat. 399 1892-07-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 22.] Joint resolution providing for an investigation relative to the “slums of cities.”July 20, 1892. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 22–25. 1892.399 *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Slums of cities.Commissioner of Labor to investigate. That the Commissioner of Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to make a full investigation relative to what is known as the shuns of cities, confining such investigation to cities containing two hundred thousand inhabitants and over, as shown by the Eleventh Census. The investigation shall relate to the occupations, earnings, sanitary surroundings, and other essential facts necessary to show the condition of residents of such localities, and to show so far as it may be done the condition of such residents compared with residents of cities of similar size in other countries. The sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof asAppropriation. may be necessary to defray the expenses of said investigation, said sum being in addition to the regular appropriations for the Department of Labor, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 20, 1892. No. 23: extending the time in which certain street railroads compelled by act of Congress, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to change their motive power from horse power to mechanical power, for one year. Public Resolution 23 27 Stat. 399 1892-07-22 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 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 23.] Joint resolution extending the time in which certain street railroads compelled by act of Congress, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to change their motive power from horse power to mechanical power, for one year.July 22, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Metropolitan Railroad. District of Columbia.Time extended for changing motive power.Vol. 26, p. 310. That the time within which the street railroad companies availing themselves of the privileges granted by the act making appropriations to provide for the government of the District of Columbia, and approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, so far as it extends to the Metropolitan Railroad, is hereby extended for one year from the date of the passage of this act: *Provided*, That so fast as the cars now building are equipped with storage batteries they shall be placed on the road: *And provided further*,*Provisos*.Cars to be put on as ready.Present equipments to be kept in good condition.Penalty for failure. That pending the change the present equipment of the road shall be put, kept and maintained in good condition; and any failure to comply with any of the foregoing requirements as to equipment shall render the said Metropolitan Railway Company liable to a fine of not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each day so in default, to be recovered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as other fines are recovered in the District of Columbia. " “Sec. 2. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal this act”" Approved, July 22, 1892. No. 24: to authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the great seal of the United States to a certain document therein stated. Public Resolution 24 27 Stat. 399 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 24.] Joint resolution to authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the great seal of the United States to a certain document therein stated.July 23, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Great seal to be affixed to a document. That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to affix the great seal of the United States to the document entitled “The administration of the United States Government at the beginning of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America.” Approved, July 23, 1892. No. 25: requesting the loan of certain articles for the Worlds Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 25 27 Stat. 399 1892-07-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 25.] Joint resolution requesting the loan of certain articles for the Worlds Columbian Exposition.July 23, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,World’s Columbian Exposition. That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized to request of the Government of her majesty 400FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 25–27. 1892. the Queen Regent of Spain, of the municipal government of Genoa, ofLoan of relics of Columbus requested. the Duke of Veragua, the descendants of Columbus, and of such other persons or corporations as may be thought proper, the loan of articles, papers, books, maps, documents, and other relics of Christopher Columbus and those who were associated with him or with the discovery and early settlement of America, for exhibition at the Worlds Columbian Exposition; that the Secretary of State shall make such provision as may be necessary for their reception, exhibition, safe custody, and return; and that the Secretary of the Navy shall have authority, if necessary, to detail one or more vessels for their transportation. Approved, July 23, 1892. No. 26: authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and send to the World's Columbian Exposition models, drawings, and so forth, prepared or invented by women. Public Resolution 26 27 Stat. 400 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 26.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and send to the World's Columbian Exposition models, drawings, and so forth, prepared or invented by women.July 26, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,World’s Columbian Exposition.Models of women’s inventions to be exhibited. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to prepare and semi for exhibition in the Woman’s Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition, any articles, models, or drawings now in his custody, or deposited in the Patent Office, prepared or invented by women. Approved, July 26, 1892. No. 27: giving authority for the erection of overhead wires for the illumination of the city of Washington during the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, during September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Public Resolution 27 27 Stat. 400 1892-07-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 27.] Joint resolution giving authority for the erection of overhead wires for the illumination of the city of Washington during the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, during September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.July 26, 1892. Whereas, It is proposed during the approaching reunion of thePreamble. Grand Army of the Republic to make provision for the suitable illumination of the streets, avenues and public grounds, which illumination cannot be effected unless additional overhead wires, for electrical purposes, are temporarily strung, and Whereas, The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are prohibited by existing law from authorizing any overhead wires for electrical purposes to be strung on or over any street or avenue of the said city: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,National Encampment. Grand Army of the Republic.Temporary overhead electric wires permitted. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to permit the Committee on Illumination of the Citizens’ Executive Committee for the Entertainment of the Twenty-sixth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to stretch suitable conductors, with sufficient supports, wherever necessary, for the purpose of effecting the said illumination: *Provided*, That the said conductors shall not be used for the conveying*Provisos*.Removal after use. of electrical currents after September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and shall, with their supports, be fully and entirely removed from the streets and avenues of the said city of Washington on or before November first, eighteen hundred and Supervision.ninety-two: *Provided, further*, That the stretching and removing of the said wires shall be under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall see that the provisions of this resolution are enforced, that all needful precautions are taken for the protection of the public, and that the pavement of any street, avenue or alley disturbed is replaced in as good condition as before entering upon the work herein authorized: *Provided, further*, That no expense or damage on account of, or dueNo expense to be incurred. to the stretching, operation, or removing of the said temporary overhead conductors shall be incurred by the United States or the District of Columbia. Approved, July 26, 1892. No. 29: extending the time for the construction of a hotel on the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Public Resolution 29 27 Stat. 401 1892-07-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 29.] Joint resolution extending the time for the construction of a hotel on the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.July 28, 1892. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 29–32. 1892.401 *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fort Monroe, Va.Time for building hotel extended.Vol. 26, p. 213. That the time for the construction of a hotel upon the Government reservation at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, as provided in the act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, extended for one year from and after the passage of this act. Approved, July 28, 1892. No. 30: to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 30 27 Stat. 401 1892-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 30.] Joint resolution to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.August 1, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations extended to August 4, 1892.*Ante*, p. 398.*Infra*. That the provisions of Joint Resolutions approved June thirtieth and July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government, be, and the same are hereby, extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Approved, August 1, 1892. No. 31: to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 31 27 Stat. 401 1892-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 31.] Joint resolution to continue the provisions of existing laws providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.August 4, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*,Appropriations continued until August 10, 1892.*Ante*, p. 398.*Supra*. That the provisions of Joint Resolutions approved June thirtieth, July fifteenth, and August first eighteen hundred and ninety-two, providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government, be, and the same are hereby, extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the tenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Approved, August 4, 1892. No. 32: extending an invitation to the King and Queen of Spain and the descendants of Columbus to participate in the World’s Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 32 27 Stat. 401 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 32.] Joint resolution extending an invitation to the King and Queen of Spain and the descendants of Columbus to participate in the World’s Columbian Exposition.August 5, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,World's Columbian Exposition.Invitation extended to King and Queen of Spain, etc., to attend dedicating exercises. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized and requested to extend to His Majesty Alfonso Thirteenth, to Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, and to Cristobal Colon de La Cerda, the Duce of Veragua; Second, The Marquis de Barboles, his brother; and third, Don Cristobal de Larreategul y Aguilar, his sou, their wives and children if any the living descendants of Christopher Columbus an invitation to attend the opening ceremonies of the World’s Columbian Exposition as the guests of the Government and people of the United States; and that under his direction the Secretary of State shall make suitable arrangements for their reception and entertainment. Approved, August 5, 1892. No. 33: authorizing foreign exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits. Public Resolution 33 27 Stat. 402 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 33.] Joint resolution authorizing foreign exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits.August 5, 1892. 402FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 33, 34. 1892. Whereas, under and in pursuance of the act approved April twenty-fifth,Preamble.Vol. 26, p. 64. anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ninety, the President of the United States has invited the governments and citizens of foreign nations to participate in the international exhibition authorized by the act above recited; and Whereas the invitations so extended have been accepted by the several nations, and space for installing foreign exhibits has been applied for and duly apportioned, and concessions and privileges granted by the Exposition management to the citizens and subjects of foreign nations; and Whereas, for the purpose of securing the production upon the Exposition grounds of scenes illustrative of the architecture, dress, habits and modes of life, occupation, industries, means of locomotion and transportation, amusements, entertainments, and so forth, of the natives of foreign countries, it has been necessary for the World’s Columbian Exposition to grant concessions and privileges to certain firms and corporations conceding the right to make such productions: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,World's Columbian Exposition.Foreign exhibitors’ way bring mechanics, etc., under contract to install exhibits, etc.Vol. 23, p. 332. That the act of Congress approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, prohibiting the importation of foreigners under contract to perform labor, and the acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese persons into the United States, and the acts amendatory of these acts, shall not be so construed nor shall anything therein operate to prevent, hinder, or in anywise restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of a foreign nation or the holder who is a citizen of a foreign nation of any concession or privilege from the World’s Columbian Exposition, from bringing into the United States under contract, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees, natives of their respective foreign countries, as they, or any of them, may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparation for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any concession or privilege which may have been granted by the World’s Columbian Exposition *Proviso*.Permission from Secretary of the Treasury.in connection with such Exposition: *Provided, however*, That no alien shall by virtue of this act enter the United States under contract to perform labor except by express permission, naming such alien, of the Secretary of the Treasury; and any such alien who may remain in the United States for more than one year after the close of said Exposition Alien remaining over one year subject to penalties, etc.shall thereafter be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to aliens coming in violation of the alien contract labor laws aforesaid. Approved, August 5, 1892. No. 34: to permit the railroads of the District to lay extra tracks, to accommodate the travelling public during the Grand Army Republic Encampment. Public Resolution 34 27 Stat. 402 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 34.] Joint resolution to permit the railroads of the District to lay extra tracks, to accommodate the travelling public during the Grand Army Republic Encampment.August 5, 1892. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Temporary railway tracks permitted on special occasions. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue to any steam Railroad in the said District a permit to lay and use for a period not to exceed fifteen days in all, and not more than twice in any one calendar year, temporary tracks on streets adjacent to its passenger depot for the purpose of accommodating passengers and baggage coming to or leaving the city of Washington on special occasions when numbers of *Proviso*. Permission to cease April 1, 1893.*Proviso*. Permission to cease April 1, 1893.persons are expected to visit the said District of Columbia. *Provided*, That this authority shall cease on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-three Approved, August 5, 1892. No. 35: providing for the payment of the salaries of officers and employees of Congress for the month of August, 1892. Public Resolution 35 27 Stat. 403 1892-08-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-17 52 1 public [No. 35.] Joint resolution providing for the payment of the salaries of officers and employees of Congress for the month of August, 1892.August 5, 1892. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 35. 1892.403 *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congressional employees to be paid August, 1892, salaries in advance. 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 August, 1892, in advance as soon as practicable after the adjournment of this session, provided that the session employees now on the rolls of the Senate and House of Representatives,Session employees to be paid to August 31. be paid their respective salaries up to and including the thirty first day of August, and a sum sufficient therefore is hereby appropriated out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.Appropriation. Approved, August 5, 1892. 52 2 1892 1893 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SECOND 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 fifth day of December, 1892, and was adjourned without day on Friday, the third day of March, 1893.* Benjamin Harrison, President; Levi P. Morton, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; Charles F. Manderson, President *pro tempore;* of the Senate; Charles Frederick Crisp Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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