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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 28 STAT. · March 2, 1895 · Chapter 195

Chapter 195. To provide for the salaries of the judges and other officers of the United States court in the Indian Territory

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CHAP. 195.— An Act To provide for the salaries of the judges and other officers of the United States court in the Indian Territory.March 2, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Indian Territory.Appropriation for court officials.*Ante*, p. 693. That, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay the salaries and allowances of the judges, district attorneys, marshals, clerks, and commissioners of the United States court in the Indian Territory for the current fiscal year and the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
Approved, March 2, 1895. 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-four, on the twentieth day of said month. Public Resolution 1 28 Stat. 967 1894-12-15 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 2026-02-15 53 3 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-four, on the twentieth day of said month.December 15, 1894. *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 December 20, 1894. 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 ninety four, on the twentieth day of said month.
Approved, December 15, 1894. No. 2: Extending time for report of Board of Engineers surveying canal routes from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. Public Resolution 2 28 Stat. 967 1894-12-24 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution Extending time for report of Board of Engineers surveying canal routes from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.December 24, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Ohio canals.Time extended for report of board of engineers.
That the Board of Engineers of the Army appointed to survey sundry canal routes through the State of Ohio under the provisions of the River and Harbor Appropriation Bill passed at the last session of the present Congress are granted an*Ante*, p. 355. extension of time for their survey and are hereby authorized to report at the first session of the next Congress, instead of at the present session. Approved, December 24, 1894. No. 3: Donating two obsolete cannon to the cities of Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Public Resolution 3 28 Stat. 967 1895-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Donating two obsolete cannon to the cities of Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.January 12, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Obsolete cannon.Donated to Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pa.
That two of the old cast iron cannon now at the United States Arsenal at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and there before the late war, be donated to the cities of Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: *Provided*, That, in the judgment of the Secretary of*Proviso*.Condition. War, they can be spared for the purpose without detriment to the Government. Approved, January 12, 1895. No. 5: Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Cotton States and International Exposition to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries, for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits.
Public Resolution 5 28 Stat. 967 1895-01-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Cotton States and International Exposition to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries, for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits.January 21, 1895.
Whereas the Cotton States and International Exposition CompanyPreamble. of Atlanta, Georgia, have extended invitations which have been accepted by the several nations and space for installing foreign exhibits
(967)968FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 5–9. 1895. 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 Cotton States and International Exposition Company 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*,Cotton States and International Exposition.Admission of contract laborers by foreign exhibitors, etc., permitted. 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 Vol. 23, p. 332.*Ante*, p.420.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 Cotton States and International Exposition Company of Atlanta, Georgia, 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 preparations 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 Cotton States and International Exposition Company, of Atlanta, Georgia, in connection with *Proviso*.Permit.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, Penalties to aliens remaining.after the close of said exposition, shall thereafter be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to aliens coming in violation of the alien-contract-labor law aforesaid. Approved, January 21, 1895. No. 8: To provide for the expenditure of the appropriation heretofore made for the dredging of Everett Harbor. Public Resolution 8 28 Stat. 968 1895-02-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 8.] Joint Resolution To provide for the expenditure of the appropriation heretofore made for the dredging of Everett Harbor.February 1, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Everett Harbor, Wash.Plan for improvement adopted.*Ante*, p. 360. That the appropriation of ten thousand dollars heretofore made for dredging Everett Harbor, at Everett, in the State of Washington, may be used by the Secretary of War in the construction of a freshwater harbor at Everett, in said State, in accordance with the project submitted by Captain Thomas W. Symons, of Corps of Engineers, United States Army, on July ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and printed in Senate Executive Document numbered one hundred and thirty-nine, part two, second session of the Fifty-third Congress. Approved, February 1, 1895. No. 9: To revive the grade of lieutenant-general in the United States Army. Public Resolution 9 28 Stat. 968 1895-02-05 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution To revive the grade of lieutenant-general in the United States Army.February 5, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Army.Grade of lieutenant-general revived. That the grade of lieutenant-general be, and the same is hereby, revived in the Army of the United States, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 9–12. 1895.969 in order that when, in the opinion of the President and Senate, it shall be deemed proper to acknowledge distinguished services of a major-general of the Army, the grade of lieutenant-general may be specially conferred: *Provided, however, *That when the said grade of lieutenant-general*Proviso*.Termination. shall have once been filled and become vacant, this joint resolution shall thereafter expire and be of no effect. Sec. 2. That the pay and allowances of the lieutenant-general be thePay, etc. same as heretofore allowed for that grade. Approved, February 5, 1895. No. 10: To print extra copies of the decisions of Interior Department relating to public lands and pensions. Public Resolution 10 28 Stat. 969 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution To print extra copies of the decisions of Interior Department relating to public lands and pensions.February 8, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Department of the Interior.Extra copies public lands and pensions decisions ordered. That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to print from the stereotype plates, and to bind in full sheep, one thousand copies each of volumes thirteen to nineteen, inclusive, of decisions of the Department of the Interior relating to public lands, and of the digest of volumes one to fifteen of said decisions, and also of volumes six to nine, inclusive, of decisions of the Department of the Interior relating to pensions, of which one copy of each volume, together with one copy of each of theDistribution. previous volumes of these series now in his care, shall be sent by the Secretary of the Interior to each State and Territorial library and each depository of public documents, and the remaining copies shall be soldSale.Vol. 24, p. 647. by him in accordance with the provisions of the Joint Resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, providing for the sale of public documents. Approved, February 8, 1895. No. 11: Authorizing the Secretary of War to make a survey of Kalamazoo River from Lake Michigan to Saugatuck. Public Resolution 11 28 Stat. 969 1895-02-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to make a survey of Kalamazoo River from Lake Michigan to Saugatuck.February 13, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Kalamazoo River, Mich.Survey ordered. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to make a survey of Kalamazoo River from Lake Michigan to Saugatuck, as contemplated in Executive Document numbered one hundred and ninety-nine, House of Representatives, Fifty-third Congress, third session, to be paid for out of appropriation heretofore made for surveys. Approved, February 13, 1895. No. 12: Making an appropriation of five thousand dollars for clearing the Potomac River of ice. Public Resolution 12 28 Stat. 969 1895-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution Making an appropriation of five thousand dollars for clearing the Potomac River of ice.February 15, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Appropriation to remove ice, Potomac River. That five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia in equal parts, to be immediately available, is hereby appropriated, to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to meet expenses that may be necessary for the purpose of clearing the Potomac River of ice within the District of Columbia. Approved, February 15, 1895. No. 13: To restore the status of the Missouri Militia who served during the late war. Public Resolution 13 28 Stat. 970 1895-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public 970FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 13–16. 1895. [No. 13.] Joint Resolution To restore the status of the Missouri Militia who served during the late war.February 15, 1895 *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *,Pensions.Missouri militia to have benefit of dependent pension law.Vol. 20, p. 182. That the provisions of the Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and are hereby, extended to include the officers and privates of the Missouri State Militia and the Provisional Missouri Militia who served ninety days during the late war of the rebellion, and were honorably discharged, and to the widows and minor children of such persons. The provisions of this Act shall include all such persons now on the pension rolls, or who may hereafter apply to be admitted thereto. Approved, February 15, 1895. No. 14: Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Michigan the flags of certain regiments of Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Public Resolution 14 28 Stat. 970 1895-02-18 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 14.] Joint Resolution Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Michigan the flags of certain regiments of Michigan Volunteer Infantry.February 18, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Michigan.Regimental flags returned. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, instructed to return to the State of Michigan the regimental flags of the Seventeenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth regiments of Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Approved, February 18, 1895. No. 15: Authorizing the Secretary of War to expend a portion of the appropriation made in the River and Harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four for Saint Joseph Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to complete the connection between Saint Joseph Harbor and Benton Harbor. Public Resolution 15 28 Stat. 970 1895-02-18 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to expend a portion of the appropriation made in the River and Harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four for Saint Joseph Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to complete the connection between Saint Joseph Harbor and Benton Harbor.February 18, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Saint Joseph, Mien.Use of appropriation for harbor.*Ante*, p. 344. That the Secretary of War be, and he is, authorized in his discretion to apply so much of the appropriation for the improvement of Saint Joseph Harbor, in the State of Michigan, made in the River and Harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as may in his judgment be necessary to complete the connection between Saint Joseph Harbor and Benton Harbor in said State of Michigan. Approved, February 18, 1895. No. 16: To confirm the enlargement of the Red Cliff Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin, made in eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and for the allotment of same. Public Resolution 16 28 Stat. 970 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution To confirm the enlargement of the Red Cliff Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin, made in eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and for the allotment of same.February 20, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Red Cliff Indian Reservation, Wis.Lands added to. That the lands in townships numbered fifty-one and fifty-two north, of range three west; fifty-one and fifty-two north of range four west; and fifty-one and fifty-two north, of range five west, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, withdrawn! from sale or location for the purpose of an enlargement of the Red Cliff Indian Reservation in said county by the several orders of the Commissioner of the General Land Office bearing dates May twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and September eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and they hereby are, declared to be a part of said Indian reservation as fully and to the same effect as if they had been embraced in and reserved as a part of said Red Cliff Reservation by the provisions of the treaty Vol. 10, p. 1109.with the Chippewas of Lake Superior dated September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four; and said lands shall be allotted to the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 16–19. 1895.971 members of the Red Cliff band of said Chippewas of Lake Superior in accordance with the provisions of said treaty: *Provided*, That the President*Proviso*.Division of allotments. of the United States in making allotments may divide said lands between said Indians in such manner as will in his judgment be the most equitable. Approved, February 20, 1895. No. 17: Relative to the British Guiana-Venezuela boundary dispute. Public Resolution 17 28 Stat. 971 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution Relative to the British Guiana-Venezuela boundary dispute.February 20, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Great Britain-Venezuela boundary dispute.Arbitration recommended. That the President’s suggestion, made in his last annual message to this body, namely, that Great Britain and Venezuela refer their dispute as to boundaries to friendly arbitration, be earnestly recommended to the favorable consideration of both the parties in interest. Approved, February 20, 1895. No. 18: Extending from March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the time for making returns of income for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 18 28 Stat. 971 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Extending from March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the time for making returns of income for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.February 21, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Income tax. Annual returns for 1894 may be made up to April 15, 1895. *Ante*, pp. 558, 559. That the time fixed by existing law for the rendering of income returns, to wit: “on or before the first Monday of March in every year” (Section thirty-five, Act of August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and Section thirty-one hundred find seventy-three, Revised Statutes, as amended by Section thirty-four of that Act) is hereby extended, with reference only to returns of income for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, so that it shall be lawful to make such returns for that year on or before the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. *Resolved*,Insurance deductions. That in computing incomes under said Act the amounts necessarily paid for fire-insurance premiums and for ordinary repairs shall be deducted. *Resolved*, That in computing incomes under said Act the amountsDividends liable to tax not included in income. received as dividends upon the stock of any corporation, company, or association shall not be included in case such dividends are also liable to the tax of two per centum upon the net profits of said corporation, company, or association, although such tax may not have been actually paid by said corporation, company, or association at the time of making returns by the person, corporation, or association receiving such dividends. And returns, or reports, of the names and salaries ofReports of names not required. employes shall not be required from employers, unless called for by the collector in order to verify the returns of employes. Approved, February 21, 1895. No. 19: Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned cannon to Asher Gaylord Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, to the William H. Tarbee Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of McGrawville, New York, to the Eckley B. Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, and to the R. Carpenter Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Chelsea, Michigan. Public Resolution 19 28 Stat. 971 1895-02-26 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned cannon to Asher Gaylord Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, to the William H. Tarbee Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of McGrawville, New York, to the Eckley B. Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, and to the R. Carpenter Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Chelsea, Michigan.February 26, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in, Congress assembled*,Condemned cannon.Donations to Grand Army Posts. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Asher Gaylord Post 972FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Sess. III. Res. 19–22. 1895. numbered one hundred and nine, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, four light pieces of condemned cast-iron cannon and twenty cannon balls; to the William H. Tarbee Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of McGrawville, New York, four light pieces of condemned cast-iron cannon and twenty balls; to the Major Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, one condemned cast-iron cannon and ten cannon balls, also to the R. Carpenter Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Chelsea, Michigan, two condemned cast-iron cannon and twenty cannon balls, for use in decorating the lots set apart for the burial of ex-soldiers in the cemeteries of said posts. Approved, February 26, 1895. No. 20: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the Oregon State Soldiers’ Home, at Roseburg, Oregon, certain cannon, and so forth. Public Resolution 20 28 Stat. 972 1895-02-26 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 20.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the Oregon State Soldiers’ Home, at Roseburg, Oregon, certain cannon, and so forth.February 26, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Condemned cannon, etc.Donation to Soldiers’ Home, Roseburg, Oreg. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to donate and deliver, under such conditions as he may deem necessary in order to insure the proper fulfillment of the purposes of this resolution, to the Oregon State Soldiers’ Home, at Roseburg, Oregon, such old and unused cannon, muskets, swords, and other implements of war, of copper, tin, bronze, iron, and steel, as are not now and will not hereafter be required for naval uses, for the purpose of being used for parades, anniversary celebrations, and *Proviso*.Condition.salutes: *Provided*, That such articles only be donated, under the authority herein contained, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy may be spared without detriment to the public interests. Approved, February 26, 1895. No. 21: To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 21 28 Stat. 972 1895-02-27 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 21.] Joint Resolution To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.February 27, 1895. *Resolved by the, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Gardiner G. Hubbard.Appointed regent, Smithsonian Institution. That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution other than members of Congress, caused by the death of James C. Welling, of the city of Washington, be filled by the appointment of Gardiner G. Hubbard, a citizen of Washington of the District of Columbia. Approved, February 27, 1895. No. 22: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to deliver unserviceable or condemned cannon to the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, to be used in decorating Battery Park. Public Resolution 22 28 Stat. 972 1895-02-27 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to deliver unserviceable or condemned cannon to the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, to be used in decorating Battery Park.February 27, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Condemned cannon.Donation to Burlington, Vt. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the mayor of the city of Burlington, Vermont, four pieces of unserviceable or condemned cannon and one hundred cannon balls, for use in decorating Battery Park, in said city, where soldiers and sailors of the war of *Proviso*.Condition.eighteen hundred and twelve were buried: *Provided*, That the same can be spared without detriment to the service, and that no expense is thereby incurred by the Government. Approved, February 27, 1895. No. 23: In reference to the free zone along the northern frontier of Mexico and adjacent to the United States. Public Resolution 23 28 Stat. 973 1895-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 23–26. 1895.973 [No. 23.] Joint Resolution In reference to the free zone along the northern frontier of Mexico and adjacent to the United States.March 1, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Free zone, Mexico.Permits for goods in bond to, suspended.[R. S., sec. 3005, p. 579](/us/rs/s3005/p579). That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to suspend the operation of section three thousand and five of the Revised Statutes, in so far as the same permits goods, wares, and merchandise to be transported in bond through the United States into the free zone of Mexico, so long as the Mexican tree-zone Jaw exists: *Provided*, That nothing*Proviso*.Other points not affected. herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent the transportation of merchandise in bond to be delivered at points in the territory of Mexico beyond the limits of said free zone. Approved, March 1, 1895. No. 24: Granting permission for the erection of n bronze statue in Washington, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Professor Samuel D. Gross, doctor of medicine, doctor of laws, doctor of civil law. Public Resolution 24 28 Stat. 973 1895-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 24.] Joint Resolution Granting permission for the erection of n bronze statue in Washington, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Professor Samuel D. Gross, doctor of medicine, doctor of laws, doctor of civil law.March 2, 1895. Whereas the physicians and surgeons of the United States ofPreamble. America have raised a fund for the erection of a bronze statue to the memory of Samuel D. Gross, doctor of medicine, doctor of laws, doctor of civil law, late professor of surgery in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, whose labors in the cause of his profession as surgeon and as author have caused his name to be respected in the civilized world as one of the benefactors of his race and have added luster to the entire medical profession of the United States: Therefore, be it *Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Samuel D. Gross, M. D., etc.Permission to erect statue of, in Washington. That permission be, and the same is hereby, granted to the American Surgical Association and the Alumni Association of the Jefferson Medical College to erect said statue in such place in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, as shall be designated by the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. And the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may beAppropriation for pedestal. necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a pedestal upon which to place the said statue. Approved, March 2, 1895. No. 25: Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to citizens’ general committee on the Twenty-ninth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Louisville, September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, condemned cannon. Public Resolution 25 28 Stat. 973 1895-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 25.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to citizens’ general committee on the Twenty-ninth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Louisville, September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, condemned cannon.March 2, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Condemned cannon.Donated to Grand Army of the Republic. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to deliver to the order of Thomas H. Sherley, general chairman Twenty-ninth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic citizens’ committee, Louisville, Kentucky, such condemned cannon as is necessary for the purpose of furnishing badges to the Grand Army delegates at said encampment: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused*Proviso*.Delivery. the United States through the delivery of said condemned cannon. Approved, March 2, 1895. No. 26: To extend the time for taking testimony in relation to the value of the improvements of the Monongahela Navigation Company on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania. Public Resolution 26 28 Stat. 973 1895-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 26.] Joint Resolution To extend the time for taking testimony in relation to the value of the improvements of the Monongahela Navigation Company on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania.March 2, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Monongahela River, Pa. That the time for taking testimony as to the value of the improvements of the Monongahela Navigation 974FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 26–28. 1895. Company on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania and the commercialTime for report on value of dams, etc., extended.*Ante*, p. 348. importance of the free navigation of said river, directed to be taken by the Secretary of War under the River and Harbor Act of August seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, extended to the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the Secretary of War shall report to Congress thereon at its next regular session in December next, to the end that Congress may determine as to the expediency of making the navigation*Proviso*.Expenses. of said river free from tolls: *Provided*, That the expense of taking such testimony shall be paid for out of the appropriation for the improvement of the Monongahela River, contained in the act aforesaid. Approved, March 2, 1895. No. 27: Continuing the present officers of the courts in the Indian Territory until the bill for the reorganization of the judiciary of that Territory which has passed both Houses of Congress and awaits the signature of the President of the United States becomes a law. Public Resolution 27 28 Stat. 974 1895-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 27.] Joint Resolution Continuing the present officers of the courts in the Indian Territory until the bill for the reorganization of the judiciary of that Territory which has passed both Houses of Congress and awaits the signature of the President of the United States becomes a law.March 2, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Indian Territory.Present court officers to hold over.*Ante*, p. 693. That until the appointment and qualification of the district attorneys, marshals, and clerks of court in the three judicial districts according to the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of additional judges of the United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” which has passed the Senate and House of Representatives and now awaits the consideration of the President of the United States, the district attorney, the marshal, and the clerk of the court shall respectively perform all the duties appertaining to such offices in such districts; and until the appointment and qualification of the judges required to be appointed in the northern and southern judicial districts, the commissioners now in office shall have jurisdiction in the said districts as heretofore. Approved, March 2, 1895. No. 28: To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the governor of the State of West Virginia the sum appropriated by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to credit and pay to the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia all moneys collected under the direct tax levied by the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.” Public Resolution 28 28 Stat. 974 1895-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 28.] Joint Resolution To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the governor of the State of West Virginia the sum appropriated by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to credit and pay to the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia all moneys collected under the direct tax levied by the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.”March 2, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,West Virginia.Payment of direct taxes to. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the governor of the State of West Virginia, under the provisions, conditions, and limitations of the Vol. 26, p. 822.Act of Congress entitled “An Act to credit and pay to the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia all moneys collected under Vol. 12, p.294.the direct tax levied by the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,” which Act was approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the sum of one hundred and eighty-one thousand three hundred and six dollars and ninety-three cents,Deduction. less the sum of twenty-seven thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eighteen cents, which was paid to the governor of the State of West Virginia on the twenty-fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to be held in trust for the citizens and inhabitants of said State, notwithstanding any claim by the Government of the United States against the State of Virginia. Approved, March 2, 1895. No. 29: To provide for the printing of a digest of the laws and decisions relating to the appointment, salary, and compensation of officials of the United States courts. Public Resolution 29 28 Stat. 975 1895-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 29–31. 1895.975 [No. 29.] Joint Resolution To provide for the printing of a digest of the laws and decisions relating to the appointment, salary, and compensation of officials of the United States courts.March 2, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,United States courts.Digest of laws as to officials, etc., to be printed. That there be printed the usual number of copies of a digest of the laws and decisions relating to the appointment, salary, and compensation of the officials of the United States courts, and that in addition to said usual number there be printed and bound in sheep two hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Treasury Department, and seventeen hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Attorney-General, said digest to be printed under the editorial supervision of Robert M. Cousar, and the editing to be paid for out of anyAppropriation for editing. moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, on the direction of the Attorney-General at a price not to exceed two thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, and is to be in full payment for said work, except the cost of printing and binding the same. Approved, March 2, 1895. No. 30: Calling on the President to take such measures as he may deem necessary to consummate the agreement between the Governments of Spain and the United States for the relief of Antonio Maximo Mora, a naturalized citizen of the United States. Public Resolution 30 28 Stat. 975 1895-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Calling on the President to take such measures as he may deem necessary to consummate the agreement between the Governments of Spain and the United States for the relief of Antonio Maximo Mora, a naturalized citizen of the United States.March 2, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Antonio Maximo Mora.President, to insist on payment of claim of, by Spain. That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to insist upon the payment of the sum agreed upon between the Governments of Spain and the United States in liquidation of the claim of Antonio Maximo Mora against the Government of Spain, with interest from the time when the said amount should have been paid under the agreement. Approved, March 2, 1895. No. 31: To extend time in which Members of the Fifty-third Congress may distribute documents. Public Resolution 31 28 Stat. 975 1895-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 31.] Joint Resolution To extend time in which Members of the Fifty-third Congress may distribute documents.March 2, 1895. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Documents.Time extended for distributing by Members of Fifty-third Congress. That the time allowed Members of the Fifty-third Congress to distribute public documents now to their credit, or the credit of their respective districts in the Interior or other departments, and to present the names of libraries, public institutions, and individuals to receive such documents, be, and the same is hereby, extended to the meeting of the next Congress. Approved, March 2, 1895. PRIVATE LAWS of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, passed by THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. 1893–1895. 977 53 1 1893 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh day of August, 1893, and was adjourned without day on Friday, the third day of November, 1893*. Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President and President of the Senate; Isham G. Harris, President *pro tempore* of the Senate; Charles F. Crisp was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on the seventh day of August, 1893.
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