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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 28 STAT. · August 27, 1894 · Chapter 352

Chapter 352. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Misaouri River at De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri, and to establish it as a post road

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CHAP. 352.— An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Misaouri River at De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri, and to establish it as a post road.August 27, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Duluth, Springfield the Railroad Company may bridge Missouri River, De Witt, Mo. That it shall be lawful for the Duluth, Springfield the Gulf Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, or its successors or assigns, to construct a bridge across the Missouri River at a point opposite, or as nearly opposite as may be, to the town of De Witt, in the county of Carroll the State of Missouri; that said bridge may be constructed tor railway, wagon, the postal service, with single or double track, forRailway the wagon bridge. railway traffic, the shall be constructed under the conditions the limitations hereinafter specified.
Sec. 2. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigationFree navigation. of said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into effect the rights the privileges herein granted, the in case of any litigation arisingLitigation. under the provisions of this Act such litigation may be tried the determined by the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge is located. Sec. 3. That the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed mustHigh bridge. be constructed as a high bridge, with unbroken the continuous spans; all spans over the waterway to have a clear channel way of not less than four hundred feet the a clear headroom of not less than fifty-five feet above high-water mark.
Sec. 4. That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawfulLawful structure the post route. structure, the shall be known as a post toad, over which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails, troops, the munitions of war of the Government of the United States or for passenger or freight passing over the same than the rate per mile charged for their transportation over the railroad or public highways leading to the said bridge, the equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph the telephone companies.
The United States shall also have the right of way over said bridge for postal-telegraphPostal telegraph. purposes. Sec. 5. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shallUse by other companies. be entitled to equal rights the privileges in using the same, including the machinery the fixtures thereto belonging, the also the approaches thereto, upon such terms the conditions as shall be prescribed by theTerms. Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations the proofs of the parties in interest, in case they shall not be able to agree upon such terms the conditions.
Sec. 6. That the said railway company, before entering upon theSecretary of War to approve plans, etc. construction of said bridge, shall submit to the Secretary of War plans the drawings of said structure, together with a map of the location thereof for one mile above the one mile below said location, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high the low water, the direction the strength of the current of said river at all stages of the water, showing also the bed of the river the the channel, with such other the further information as the Secretary of War may require; which said drawings the information aforesaid shall be examined by him, the if he shall approve the same he shall so notify the said railway company of such approval, the thereupon said company may proceed to the erection of said bridge.
The Secretary of War may direct such alterations in such plans as he may deem necessaryAlterations. to the better protection of navigation, the such alterations shall be adopted by the said railway company. The said railway company may at any time make any alterations deemed advisable to be made in said bridge, but must first submit such proposed alterations to the Secretary of War, the his approval shall be first had before they shall be authorized or made. Sec. 7. That the said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shallAids to navigation. be so kept the managed, at all times, as to afford proper ways the 574 means for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts under it, both by day the night.
There shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to Lights, etc.sunrise, such lights the signals as may be directed by the Light-House Board, the such changes may be made, from time to time, in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at. the expense of said railway, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river, or the said structure shall be altogether removed, if, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, the public good may require such removal, the without expense or charge to the United States.
Sec. 8. That this Act shall be null the void if actual construction ofCommencement the completion. the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year the completed within three years from the date of the approval of this Act. Sec. 9. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment, etc. specially reserved. Approved, August 27, 1894. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: Providing for the payment of salaries and expenses of additional Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue to carry out the provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of Hay fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.
Public Resolution 1 28 Stat. 575 1893-12-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 1.] Joint Resolution Providing for the payment of salaries and expenses of additional Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue to carry out the provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of Hay fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.December 7, 1893. *Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*,Chinese exclusion.Appropriation for expenses of internal revenue registration.
That there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the salaries and actual and necessary expenses of as many additional deputy collectors of internal revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine to be necessary for the collectors in the several districts to appoint in order to the more thorough and effective execution of the Act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, asVol. 27, p. 25.*Ante*, p. 7. amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, relating to the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of*Post*, p. 581.Deputy internal revenue collectors. residence to, Chinese laborers who are entitled to remain in the United States under the provisions of these, laws, which additional deputy collectors shall be paid, out of the sum hereby appropriated, by such allowances as shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Collectors not to receive fees.
That collectors of internal revenue shall not receive any fee or other compensation for the registration, and issuance of certificates of residenceVol. 27, p. 26. to, Chinese laborers who are entitled to remain in the United States under the provisions of the said laws. Approved, December 7, 1893. No. 3: Conferring diplomas upon designers, inventors, and expert artisans. Public Resolution 3 28 Stat. 575 1893-12-15 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 2 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Conferring diplomas upon designers, inventors, and expert artisans.December 15, 1893. *Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,World’s Columbian Exposition.Diplomas to designers, etc., by Board of Lady Managers. That a diploma of honorable mention may be conferred upon designers, inventors, and expert, artisans who have assisted in the production and perfection of such exhibits as are awarded diplomas in the World’s Columbian Exposition or are formally commended by the Director-General thereof; and authority is hereby given to the Board of Lady Managers of the World’s Columbian Commission, to present said diplomas of honorable mention to said designers, inventors, and expert artisans whenever a certificate is filed with said Board of Lady Managers by an exhibitor who has received a medal and diploma or the formal commendation of the Director-General setting forth the name or names of designers, inventors, and expert artisans who have assisted in the production and perfection of the exhibits for which said medals and diplomas were awarded or commendation made, the aggregate expense thereof not to exceed five thousandPayment of expenses. dollars to be paid from the sum of one hundred thousand dollars appropriated by an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,Vol. 27, p. 588. making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
(575)576FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 3–6. 1893. ninety-four, and for other purposes, for the payment of judges, examiners,Vol. 26, p. 63. and members of the committees to be appointed by the Board of Lady Managers as authorized by section six of an Act approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the World’s Columbian Exposition and appropriating money therefor. Approved, December 15, 1893. No. 4: To pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, on the twenty-first day of said month. Public Resolution 4 28 Stat. 576 1893-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 4.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, on the twenty-first day of said month.December 19, 1893. *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 21, 1893. That, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, on the twenty-first day of said month. Approved, December 19, 1893. No. 5: For the protection of those parties who have heretofore been allowed to make entries for lands within the former Mille Lac Indian Reservation in Minnesota. Public Resolution 5 28 Stat. 576 1893-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution For the protection of those parties who have heretofore been allowed to make entries for lands within the former Mille Lac Indian Reservation in Minnesota.December 19, 1893. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Bona fide irregular entries on Mille Lac Reservation, Minn., continued. That all bona fide pre-emption or homestead filings or entries allowed for lands within the Mille Lac Indian Reservation in the State of Minnesota between the ninth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the date of the decision of the Secretary of the Interior holding that the lands within said Reservation were subject, to disposal as other public lands under the general laud laws, and the date of the receipt at the district land office at Taylors Falls, in that State, of the letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, communicating to them the decision of the Secretary of the Interior of April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in which it was definitely determined that said lands were not so subject to disposal, but could only be disposed of according to the provisions of the special Act of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred Vol. 25, p. 642.and eighty-nine (twenty-five Statutes, six hundred and forty-two), be, and the same are hereby, confirmed where regular in other respects, and Patents.patent shall issue to the claimants for the lands embraced therein, as in other cases, on a satisfactory showing of a bona fide compliance on their part with the requirements of the laws under which said filings and entries were respectively allowed. Approved, December 19, 1893. No. 6: To authorize the Secretary of War to grunt permits for the use of the Monument grounds and reservations or public spaces in the City of Washington, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 6 28 Stat. 576 1893-12-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of War to grunt permits for the use of the Monument grounds and reservations or public spaces in the City of Washington, and for other purposes.December 19, 1893. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Knights of Pythias encampment.Permit to use Monument grounds and reservations, D. C., in August, 1894. that the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant permits to the Executive Committee, Knights of Pythias, for the use of the Monument grounds for temporary camp purposes, and the reservations or public spaces along the line of Pennsylvania Avenue for the erection of stands with seats thereon on the occasion of the Pythian Conclave and Encampment to be held in the City of FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 6–9. 1893, 1894.577 Washington in August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, if, in his opinion such use will inflict no serious or permanent injury upon such grounds, reservations or public spaces; and the District Commissioners are hereby authorized to designate such streets, avenues and sidewalks in the District as they may deem necessary and proper for the purposes of the occasion. Approved, December 19, 1893. No. 7: Relieving the employees of the Record and Pension Office who were injured in the Ford’s Theater disaster from the operation of the law restricting the amount of sick leave with pay that may be granted by heads of Departments. Public Resolution 7 28 Stat. 577 1893-12-25 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution Relieving the employees of the Record and Pension Office who were injured in the Ford’s Theater disaster from the operation of the law restricting the amount of sick leave with pay that may be granted by heads of Departments.December 25, 1893. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Pension and Record Office.Emp1oyees exempted from limitation of leaves for fiscal year 1894. That those employees of the Record and Pension Office of the War Department who were injured by the falling of the floors in the Ford’s Theater building on the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and they are hereby, exempted during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety four, in the discretion of the Secretary of .War from the operation of so much of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as limits the amount of sick leave with pay that may be granted by heads of Departments; and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to saidPayment of salaries to injured. Ford’s Theater disaster. employees such portions of their salaries as have been withheld because of absence on account of injuries received in the Ford’s Theater disaster. Approved, December 25, 1893. No. 8: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the owners of cattle and horses transporting them into Mexico to reimport same into the United States at any time within twelve months from date of the passage of this Resolution, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 8 28 Stat. 577 1894-01-15 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 2 public [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the owners of cattle and horses transporting them into Mexico to reimport same into the United States at any time within twelve months from date of the passage of this Resolution, and for other purposes.January 15, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Cattle and horses.Permission to remove to Mexico for grazing and re-enter free of duty. That any owner or owners of cattle or horses in the United States be, and they are hereby, authorized to remove their herds across the Rio Grande into Mexico, for the purpose of grazing, and reintroduce, them into the United States without charge for import duties, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Sec. 2. That the same privilege above given to citizens of the UnitedSimilar privilege to Mexicans in United States. States is hereby granted to citizens of Mexico who may desire to introduce their cattle and horses into the United States for like purpose. Sec. 3. That the provisions of this Act shall expire within twelveDuration. months from the date of its passage. Approved, January 15, 1894. No. 9: Authorizing the chief justice and associate justices of the court of appeals and of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to use and take books from the Library of Congress. Public Resolution 9 28 Stat. 577 1894-01-27 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 2 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the chief justice and associate justices of the court of appeals and of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to use and take books from the Library of Congress.January 27, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia Courts.Privileges of Library of Congress granted justices. That the chief justice and associate justices of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia and the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of said District be authorized to use and take books from the Library of Congress in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Approved, January 27, 1894. No. 10: Providing for the erection of fire-escapee and bridges at the Government Printing Office and fire-escapes at the Maltby Building. Public Resolution 10 28 Stat. 578 1894-02-02 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 2 public 578FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Secs. II. Res. 10, 12, 13. 1894. [No. 10.] Joint Resolution Providing for the erection of fire-escapee and bridges at the Government Printing Office and fire-escapes at the Maltby Building.February 2, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriation for fire escapes, etc., Government Printing Office and Maltby building. That there be erected three fire-escapes and three bridges at the Government Printing Office at a cost not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, and two fire-escapes at the Maltby Building not to exceed one thousand three hundred dollars; and that said work shall be done in strict accordance, with the instructions of and under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol Extension, and under the regulations made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and that the sum of three thousand eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not Immediately available.otherwise appropriated, and this appropriation is hereby made immediately available. Approved, February 2, 1894. No. 12: Providing for the appointment of a commission to the Antwerp International Exposition. Public Resolution 12 28 Stat. 578 1894-03-12 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 2 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution Providing for the appointment of a commission to the Antwerp International Exposition.March 12, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Antwerp International Exposition.Invitation to be represented accepted. That the invitation of the Government of Belgium to the Government of the United States, to be represented at the International Exposition to be held at Antwerp, on the first of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is accepted. And the Commission to be appointed.President of the United States is authorized to appoint five commissioners, one of whom shall be designated by the President as commissioner-general, which commission will represent the United States at said exposition, and shall co-operate with the special commissioner of the King of the Belgians toward encouraging the participation of American producers and manufacturers in the said International Exposition. Cooperation of Departments.And the heads of the various Departments of the Government of the United States are hereby authorized and instructed to co-operate with the said commission, to the end that a proper representation of the Government and people of the United States may be made at the said *Proviso*.No pecuniary liability incurred.Antwerp International Exposition: *Provided, however*, That nothing in this joint resolution shall be so construed as to create any liability of the United States, director indirect, for any debt or obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States, in supporter liquidation of any debts or obligations that may be created by the said commission, and that no appropriation whatever is to be made by Congress for the making of a United States Government exhibit, or for the carrying out of any of the provisions of this joint resolution. Approved, March 12, 1894. No. 13: To provide for the printing of the report of the Joint Committee of Congress and proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of the Laving of the Corner Stone of the Capitol. Public Resolution 13 28 Stat. 578 1894-03-14 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 13.] Joint Resolution To provide for the printing of the report of the Joint Committee of Congress and proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of the Laving of the Corner Stone of the Capitol.March 14, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Capitol Centennial.Appropriation for printing report of Congressional committee. That the report of the Joint Committee of Congress, appointed under the joint resolution approved August seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, upon the *Ante*, p. 10.ceremonials at the celebration of the One-hundredth Anniversary of the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol of the United States, together with the proceedings and public addresses on the commemoration of that event, be printed in a memorial volume, with such illustrations as may be approved by the Joint Committee on Printing, and that FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 13–16. 1894.579 five thousand five hundred copies be printed, one thousand five hundredDistribution. for the use of the Senate, three thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand copies for distribution by the Citizens’ Committee on the celebration, and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry this joint resolution into effect. Approved, March 14, 1894. No. 14: To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 14 28 Stat. 579 1894-03-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 14.] Joint Resolution To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.March 19, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Smithsonian Institution.Andrew D. White reappointed regent. That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress, shall be filled by the reappointment of Andrew D. White, of New York, whose term of office expires on February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Approved, March 19, 1894. No. 15: Authorizing the transfer of furniture and carpets to the rooms now occupied by the United States courts at Chicago. Public Resolution 15 28 Stat. 579 1894-03-30 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the transfer of furniture and carpets to the rooms now occupied by the United States courts at Chicago.March 30, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Chicago, Ill.Transfer of furniture from public building to rooms occupied by United States courts. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer to the rooms now occupied and used by the United States courts at Chicago the furniture and carpets heretofore used by the said courts and the officers thereof in the public building at said city, and the United States Marshal for the northern district of the State of Illinois shall execute a receipt to the custodian of the public buildings at Chicago for the articles so transferred, and such articles shall be returned when required by theReturn. Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, March 30, 1894. No. 16: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive at the sub-treasury in the city of New York from R. T. Wilson and Company, or assigns, the money amounting to six million seven hundred and forty thousand dollars, to be paid to the Cherokee Nation, and to place the same to the credit of the Cherokee Nation. Public Resolution 16 28 Stat. 579 1894-03-31 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 2 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive at the sub-treasury in the city of New York from R. T. Wilson and Company, or assigns, the money amounting to six million seven hundred and forty thousand dollars, to be paid to the Cherokee Nation, and to place the same to the credit of the Cherokee Nation.March 31, 1894. Whereas, by an Act of the national Council of the Cherokee NationPreamble. approved January sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, said Cherokee Nation accepted an offer of R. T. Wilson and Company, to purchase and agreed to sell and assign to said R. T. Wilson and Company, and assigns, the second, third, fourth and fifth installments of the money, together with the interest thereon, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to be paid by the United States to said Cherokee Nation for the Cherokee outlet as provided by a contract made pursuant to section ten of “An Act making appropriationsVol. 27, p. 640. for current and contingent expenses and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and in accordance with the provisions of said Act of the National Council of the Cherokee Nation the consideration for said sale and assignment amounting to six million seven hundred and forty thousand dollars was to be placed in the sub-treasury 580FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 16–18. 1894. of the United States in the city of New York to the credit of the Cherokee Nation subject to the action of the national council of said Cherokee Nation, and Whereas, it is necessary in order to carry out said contract that authority be conferred to receive said money at the sub-treasury in New York and to place the same to the credit of said Cherokee Nation, Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Cherokee Nation.Treasury authorized to receive money paid to. That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he hereby is authorized and directed to receive at the sub-treasury in the city of New York from R. T. Wilson and Company, or assigns, *Ante*, p. 336.the said money so to be paid to said Cherokee Nation in consideration of said assignment and to place the same to the credit Credit.of said Cherokee Nation. Approved, March 31, 1894. No. 17: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cause the settlement of the accounts of Special Agents Moore and Woodson, under the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, with the Delaware Indians, and so forth. Public Resolution 17 28 Stat. 580 1894-04-02 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 2 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cause the settlement of the accounts of Special Agents Moore and Woodson, under the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, with the Delaware Indians, and so forth.April 2, 1894. Whereas the accounts of Ely Moore, deceased, as special registerPreamble. and superintendent, and of Daniel Woodson, as special receiver and superintendent, for the expenses; of the sale of the Iowa, and of the eastern and western portions of the Delaware, and of the Wea, and so forth, Indian trust lands in Kansas, under the several treaties of May, eighteen hundred and fifty four, with said Indians, require further adjustment and final settlement: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Ely Moore and Daniel Woodson.Allowance to settle claims for services, sale of Indian lands in Kansas. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause administrative action to be taken upon the accounts of said Moore and Woodson, and to allow to the said Moore the sum of three thousand six hundred and fifty-eight dollars, and to the said Woodson the sum of three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and eighty-four cents, in full settlement and satisfaction of their respective claims for services under the treaties aforesaid, and pass the said accounts to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury for final settlement; and the acceptanceAcceptance. of the said sums by said claimants, or their legal representatives, shall be taken as a full and complete relinquishment and satisfaction of their claims for services under the treaties aforesaid. Approved, April 2, 1894. No. 18: Resolution To provide for the printing of a History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United States was a party, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 18 28 Stat. 580 1894-04-02 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 2 public [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Resolution To provide for the printing of a History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United States was a party, and for other purposes.April 2, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Digest of International arbitration.To be printed. That there be printed the usual number of copies of a history of the international arbitrations to which the United States was a party, together with a digest of the decisions rendered in such arbitrations, and that, in addition to said usual number,Distribution. there be printed and bound in sheep one thousand copies for the use of the Senate, two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand copies for the use of the Department of State; said history and digest to be printed under the editorial supervisionJohn Bassett Moore to edit. of John Bassett Moore, and the editing to be paid for out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, on the direction FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 18–21. 1894.581 of the Secretary of State, at a price, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, and is to be in fullAppropriation. payment for said work, except the cost of printing and binding the same. Approved, April 2, 1894. No. 19: Providing for the payment of salaries and expenses of additional Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue to carry out the provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 19 28 Stat. 581 1894-04-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution Providing for the payment of salaries and expenses of additional Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue to carry out the provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.April 4, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Chinese exclusion.Appropriation for expenses of registration. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as .may be necessary, to pay the salaries and actual and necessary expenses of as many additional deputy collectors of internal revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine to be necessary for the collectors in the several districts to appoint in order to the more thorough and effective execution of the Act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amendedVol. 27, p. 25.*Ante*, pp.7, 575. by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, relating to the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of resilience to, Chinese laborers who are entitled to remain in the United States under the provisions of these laws, which additional deputyDeputy internal-revenue collectors. collectors shall be paid, out of the sum hereby appropriated, by such allowances as shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Collectors not to receive fees.Vol. 27, p. 20. That collectors of internal revenue shall not receive any fee or other compensation for the registration, and issuance of certificates of residence to, Chinese laborers who are entitled to remain in the United States under the provisions of the said laws. Approved, April 4, 1894. No. 20: To print Agricultural Report fur eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 20 28 Stat. 581 1894-04-10 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 20.] Joint Resolution To print Agricultural Report fur eighteen hundred and ninety-three.April 10, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Agricultural Report 1893.Printing authorized.Distribution. That there be printed five hundred thousand copies of the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three; one hundred and ten thousand copies for the use of the Senate, three hundred and sixty thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and thirty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture, the illustrations for the same to be executed under the supervision of theIllustrations. Public Printer, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, said illustrations to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture. Sec. 2. That the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, or so muchAppropriation. thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of printing said report. Approved, April 10, 1894. No. 21: Providing for the placing of a tablet upon the Capitol to commemorate the laying of the corner stone of the building September eighteenths seventeen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 21 28 Stat. 581 1894-04-27 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 2 public [No. 21.] Joint Resolution Providing for the placing of a tablet upon the Capitol to commemorate the laying of the corner stone of the building September eighteenths seventeen hundred and ninety-three.April 27, 1894. Whereas the general committee of citizens of the United States, ofPreamble. which Lawrence Gardner is chairman, have donated to the United 582FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 21–24. 1894. States a bronze tablet to be placed upon the Capitol to commemorate the laying of the corner stone of the building September eighteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-three: Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Capitol centennial. That the United States accept the said Acceptance of commemorative tablet.tablet, and that the Architect of the Capitol be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the same, when approved by the joint committee *Ante*, p. 10.appointed under joint resolution of Congress of August seventeenth, To be placed in wall of original building.eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to be placed in or upon the south east wall of the north wing of the original Capitol building, upon such suitable place as he, the said Architect, may select, at such distance above the corner stone laid by George Washington September eighteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-three, as in the judgment of said Architect may be best suited to display the same, without detracting from the architectural effect of the building. Approved, April 27, 1894. No. 22: Providing additional clerical force for the Librarian of Congress. Public Resolution 22 28 Stat. 582 1894-05-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution Providing additional clerical force for the Librarian of Congress.May 4, 1894. Whereas by the passage of the copyright law additional labor wasPreamble. placed upon the Librarian of Congress: and Whereas in consequence of insufficient clerical force the work of furnishing copyrights is several months in arrears: Therefore be, it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Library of Congress.Appropriation for extra clerks. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be available for expenditure until the close of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the employment of additional clerical force under the direction of the Librarian of Congress. Approved, May 4, 1894. No. 23: Directing the Secretary of War to cause an examination to be made to determine if there is probability and danger of the Mississippi River cutting through the space dividing such river from the Saint Francis River in the vicinity of Walnut Bend, Arkansas. Public Resolution 23 28 Stat. 582 1894-05-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to cause an examination to be made to determine if there is probability and danger of the Mississippi River cutting through the space dividing such river from the Saint Francis River in the vicinity of Walnut Bend, Arkansas.May 4, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mississippi River.Examination near Walnut Bend, Ark., as to danger to Saint Francis River.*Ante*, p. 353. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause an examination to be made to determine if there is probability and danger of the Mississippi River cutting through the space dividing such river from the Saint Francis River in the vicinity of Walnut Bend, Arkansas, some twenty miles above the mouth of the Saint Francis River, and if such danger exists, to cause to be made a survey and estimate of the amount necessary to prevent damage to the navigation of the Saint Francis River. Approved, May 4, 1894. No. 24: Providing for partial payments for work, and so forth, for vessels constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Public Resolution 24 28 Stat. 582 1894-05-05 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 2 public [No. 24.] Joint Resolution Providing for partial payments for work, and so forth, for vessels constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.May 5, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Treasury Department.Partial payments allowed on vessels contracted for. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to make partial payments, from time to time, upon existing contracts and all contracts hereafter made for FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 24, 26–29. 1894.583 the construction of vessels for the Treasury Department, but not in excess of seventy-five per cent of the amount of the value of the work already done; and that the contracts hereafter made shall provide for a lieu upon such vessels for all advances so made: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Stipulations in contracts. nothing in this Joint Resolution shall be construed to hereafter authorize any partial payments, except on contracts stipulating for the same and then only in accordance with such contract stipulation. Approved, May 5, 1894. No. 26: Authorizing the wearing of tint distinctive badge adopted by the Regular Army and Navy Union upon all occasions of ceremony. Public Resolution 26 28 Stat. 583 1894-05-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 26.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the wearing of tint distinctive badge adopted by the Regular Army and Navy Union upon all occasions of ceremony.May 11, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Budge, Army and Nary Union may be worn in the service by members. That the distinctive badge adopted by the Regular Army and Navy Union of the United States may be worn, in their own right, upon all public occasions of ceremony by officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy of the United States who are members of said organization. Approved, May 11, 1894. No. 27: Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Iowa the flag of Twenty-second Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Public Resolution 27 28 Stat. 583 1894-05-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 27.] Joint Resolution Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Iowa the flag of Twenty-second Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry.May 11, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Iowa.Return of flag. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, instructed to return to the State of Iowa the regimental flag of the Twenty-second Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Approved, May 11, 1894. No. 28: 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-four, on the twenty-ninth day of said month. Public Resolution 28 28 Stat. 583 1894-05-28 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 28.] 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-four, on the twenty-ninth day of said month.May 28, 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 May salaries May 29, 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 employes of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on the twenty-ninth of said month. Approved, May 28, 1894. No. 29: Making an appropriation to defray expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate. Public Resolution 29 28 Stat. 583 1894-06-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 29.] Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to defray expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate.June 5, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Senate.Appropriation for inquiries and investigations. That there be appropriated and made immediately available, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate of the United States, including compensation to stenographers to committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and twenty five cents per printed page. Approved, June 5, 1894. No. 30: Authorizing the purchase or condemnation of land in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Public Resolution 30 28 Stat. 584 1894-06-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 584FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 30, 31. 1894. [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the purchase or condemnation of land in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.June 5, 1894. Whereas Congress appropriated by the Act of March third, eighteenPreamble.Vol. 27, p. 599. hundred and ninety-three, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to acquire certain lands for the purpose of preserving the lines of battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and for properly marking the positions occupied by the various commands of the armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia, on that held, and for opening and improving avenues along the positions occupied by the troops, and for determining the leading technical positions of both armies; and Whereas an appropriation for the further sum of fifty thousand dollars is now under consideration by Congress for like purposes which has passed the House of Representatives during the present session and is now pending in the Senate; and Whereas it has been recently decided by the United States Court, sitting in Pennsylvania, that authority has not yet been distinctly given for the acquisition of such lands as may be necessary to enable the War Department to execute the purposes declared in the Act aforesaid; and Whereas there is imminent danger that portions of said battle field may be irreparably defaced by the construction of a railway over the same, thereby making impracticable the execution of the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three: Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Gettysburg battlefield.Acquiring lauds, etc., authorized.Vol. 25, p. 357.*Post*, p. 652. That the Secretary of War is authorized to acquire by purchase (or by condemnation) pursuant to the Act of August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, such lands or interests in lands, upon, or in the vicinity of said battle field, as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary for the complete execution of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and *Proviso*.Liability, etc.ninety-three: *Provided*, That no obligation or liability upon the part of the Government shall be incurred under this Resolution nor any expenditure made except out of the appropriations already made and to be made during the present session of this Congress. Approved, June 5, 1894. No. 31: Granting full permission to the State of Maryland and to the several State courts within the city of Baltimore to occupy the old United States courthouse in the city of Baltimore for the period of five years. Public Resolution 31 28 Stat. 584 1894-06-22 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 31.] Joint Resolution Granting full permission to the State of Maryland and to the several State courts within the city of Baltimore to occupy the old United States courthouse in the city of Baltimore for the period of five years.June 22, 1894. Whereas consent to the acquisition by the United States of the titlePreamble. to the ground upon which the old United States courthouse in the city of Baltimore was erected was given by the State of Maryland by the act of the general assembly of said State, passed at the session of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, chapter one hundred and seventy-six; and Whereas by said act jurisdiction over the said ground was ceded to the United States Government, reserving, nevertheless, to the State of Maryland concurrent jurisdiction over said ground so far as may be necessary to authorize the service thereon of process issued by any court or officer of said State and the punishment of said State of crimes thereon committed; and Whereas the said old courthouse building is not now occupied or needed for any purpose by the United States Government; and Whereas pending the construction of the new courthouse in the city of Baltimore, for the use of the State courts within said city, the State of Maryland desires to obtain the privilege of occupying said old United States courthouse building for the purpose of holding therein the sessions of the State courts within the said city; and FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 31, 32. 1894.585 Whereas at the time the United States was acquiring title to the square bounded by Calvert, Lexington, North, and Fayette streets in Baltimore city, for the purpose of erecting thereon a Government building to contain the post-office and the United States circuit and district courts, the mayor and city council of Baltimore made a gift to the United States of two lots of ground forming part of the said square, valued at over fifty thousand dollars: Now, therefore, be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Baltimore, Md.Old courthouse may be used by State courts. That full permission be, and the same is hereby, granted to the State of Maryland and to the several State courts within the city of Baltimore to occupy the said old United States courthouse building for the period of five years from the time such occupation shall begin, for the purpose of holding the sessions of said courts therein, and that during said period concurrent jurisdiction, so far as is necessary, over said property be, and the same is hereby, ceded to the State of Maryland for said purpose, so that the sessions of said courts in said old courthouse building may be during said period fully legalized: *Provided however*, That said building shall be*Proviso*.Repairs, etc. kept in good repair, and be insured to a reasonable amount for the benefit of the United States, all at the expense of the State of Maryland, and that said building shall at the end of the period of five years be returned to the United States, by the said State of Maryland, in as good condition as at the time it was received by the said State of Maryland. And it is further resolved that the Act of Congress approved JulySale deferred.Vol. 26, p. 221. ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing for the sale of said building, be suspended for and during said term of five years. Approved, June 22, 1894. No. 32: To provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 32 28 Stat. 585 1894-06-29 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 32.] Joint Resolution To provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.June 29, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations for the last fiscal year extended thirty 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 remain unprovided for on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and they are hereby, continued and made available for a period of thirty 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-five; and a sufficient*Post*, pp. 586, 587, 590. amount is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry on the same: *Provided*, That no*Proviso*.Proportionate amounts. 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-four as thirty days’ time bears to the whole of said fiscal year: *Provided further*, That the total expenditures for the whole ofTotal expenditure not to exceed final appropriations. the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, under the several appropriations hereby continued, and under the several appropriation bills now pending, 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 thirty three hundred and sixty-fifths of the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and three hundred and thirty-five three hundred and sixty-fifths of the appropriations contained in the several bills now pending when the same shall have been finally passed, 586FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 32–35. 1894. 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 Session employees continued.and run from the beginning thereof: *Provided further*, That the session employees of the Senate and House of Representatives now authorized by law, shad be continued upon the rolls until the end of the present session of Congress and paid at the rate per diem or month at which they are now paid; and a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay the Clerk hire for Members and Delegates.same: *Provided further*, That there be and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated a sum sufficient to enable the Clerk of the House to pay to Members and Delegates the amount which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of their Vol. 27, p. 757.official and representative duties, as provided in the Joint Resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, until the end of the present session of Congress. Approved, June 29, 1894. No. 33: Directing the Secretary of War to appoint a commission of engineers to examine and report upon the cost of deepening the harbors of Superior and Duluth and their entrances to a uniform depth of twenty feet. Public Resolution 33 28 Stat. 586 1894-06-29 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 33.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to appoint a commission of engineers to examine and report upon the cost of deepening the harbors of Superior and Duluth and their entrances to a uniform depth of twenty feet.June 29, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Harbors of Duluth and Superior.Commission to examine cost of deepening entrance. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to appoint a commission, to consist of three engineers, to examine the harbors of Superior and Duluth and (he entrances thereto, with a view of ascertaining the cost of deepening *Ante*, p. 345.said harbors and entrances to a uniform depth of twenty feet, and to report their conclusions to the Secretary of War without delay, to be by him transmitted to Congress. Approved, June 29, 1894. No. 34: To appoint three members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Public Resolution 34 28 Stat. 586 1894-07-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 34.] Joint Resolution To appoint three members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.July 3, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,National Volunteers’ Home.Managers appointed Charles M, Anderson, Sidney G. Cooke, A. L. Pearson. That Charles M. Anderson, of Greenville, Darke County, Ohio; Sidney G. Cooke, of Herington, Dickerson County, Kansas, and A. L. Pearson, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, be, and the same hereby are, appointed as members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States; Charles M. Anderson to succeed General A. L. Barnett, whose term of service has expired; Sidney G. Cooke to succeed Major E. N. Morrill, whose term of service has expired, and A. L. Pearson to succeed himself, his term of service having expired. All to take effect from and after the passage of this Resolution. Approved, July 3, 1894. No. 35: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to continue the employment of certain mechanics and laborers. Public Resolution 35 28 Stat. 586 1894-07-09 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 2 public [No. 35.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to continue the employment of certain mechanics and laborers.July 9, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Navy. Appropriations continued until July 31, 1894. *Ante*, p. 585. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to continue, until the thirty-first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the employment of mechanics and laborers paid from the appropriation “Increase of the Navy: Construction and Machinery,” whose services are required upon work in progress, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 35, 37–30. 1894.587 and a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for this purpose, such sum to be immediately available: *Provided*, That the amount which may be*Proviso*.To be deducted from annual appropriation. expended by the Secretary of the Navy under the authority herein conferred shall be deducted from the amount which may be appropriated for “Increase of the Navy: Construction and Machinery,” for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. Approved, July 9, 1894. No. 37: Authorizing the President to appoint delegates to attend the meetings of the International Geodetic Associaton. Public Resolution 37 28 Stat. 587 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 37.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to appoint delegates to attend the meetings of the International Geodetic Associaton.July 23, 1894. Whereas the Government of the United States was invited in thePreamble. year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine by the Imperial German Government to become a party to the International Geodetic Association; and Whereas this Government duly accepted said invitation by a jointVol. 25, p. 1019. resolution of Congress approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,International Geodetic Association.Delegates to be appointed. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint delegates, who shall be officers of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, to attend the meetings of the said International Geodetic Association whenever and wheresoever the same shall be held; but no extra, salary or additional compensation shall be paid to such officers by reason of such attendance. Approved, July 23, 1894. No. 38: To continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.” Public Resolution 38 28 Stat. 587 1894-07-31 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 2 public [No. 38.] Joint Resolution To continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”July 31, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Annual appropriations continued until August 14, 1894. *Ante*, p. 585.*Post*, p. 590. That the provisions of a Joint Resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government,” approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same are hereby, extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the fourteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Approved, July 31, 1894. No. 39: Providing for an investigation relative to the work and wages of women and children. Public Resolution 39 28 Stat. 587 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 39.] Joint Resolution Providing for an investigation relative to the work and wages of women and children.August 1, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Wages of women and children.Commissioner of Labor to investigate. That the Commissioner of Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed “to investigate and make report upon the conditions attending the employment of women and children; their wages, earnings, sanitary surroundings, and cost of living; the effect of various employments upon their health and longevity; what measures are taken to protect their physical condition and to protect them from accidents; the rates of wages paid them in comparison with the rates paid men; and the effect, if any, their employment has had upon the wages and employment of men: *Provided*, That the investigation*Proviso*.Expenses. hereby authorized shall be carried out under the regular appropriations made for the Department of Labor.” Approved, August 1, 1894. No. 40: To establish an observatory circle as a provision for guarding the delicate astronomical instruments at the United States Naval Observatory against smoke or currents of heated air in their neighborhood and undue vibrations from traffic upon the extension of public thoroughfares in the vicinity, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 40 28 Stat. 588 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 588FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 40. 1894. [No. 40.] Joint Resolution To establish an observatory circle as a provision for guarding the delicate astronomical instruments at the United States Naval Observatory against smoke or currents of heated air in their neighborhood and undue vibrations from traffic upon the extension of public thoroughfares in the vicinity, and for other purposes.August 1, 1894. Whereas in order to insure within practicable limits the success ofPreamble. astronomical observations, it is of the highest importance that the delicate instruments employed in that work be guarded against smoke or currents of heated air in their neighborhood, and also against undue vibrations from traffic upon public thoroughfares, all of which can only be, attained by controlling a reasonable area of ground in the immediate vicinity of the buildings wherein the said instruments are mounted; and Whereas from experiments it has been ascertained that a circle described with a radius of one thousand feet from a central point of the said buildings is the least inclosure that will accomplish such desired protection: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stages of America in Congress assembled*,Naval Observatory.No street, etc. within 1,000 feet of clock room. That no street, avenue, or public thoroughfare in the neighborhood of the buildings erected upon the United States Naval Observatory grounds, Georgetown Heights, District of Columbia, shall extend within the area of a circle described with a radius of one thousand feet from the center of the building known as the clock room of the said Observatory. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorizedMassachusetts avenue.Right of way through grounds. to grant the right of way for the extension of Massachusetts avenue though the limits of the said Observatory grounds exterior to said circle in accordance with the foregoing proviso, and that Massachusetts avenue, as laid down in conformity with that proviso upon the maps of the engineer department of the District of Columbia, through the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory be, and the same hereby is, declared to be a public street in all respects as the other public streets of the District of Columbia. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorizedSale of lands outside of limits. to sell and convey two plats of ground contiguous to the said Massachusetts avenue extended, and situated without the hereinbefore described circle, but within the limits of the said Observatory site, the ground in said plats amounting to fourteen and thirty-one one-hundredths acres, more or less, on the north and east, and one and eighteen one-hundredths acres, more, or less, on the south and west of the said Massachusetts avenue extended. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorizedMode of sale. to sell the aforesaid described plats by advertisement or, at his discretion, in such manner as will best serve the interests of the Government. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and hereby is, authorizedPurchase of land within limits. to acquire, by purchase, legal title to the several plats of ground, not now belonging to the United States, that are situated within the hereinbefore described circle, amounting to nineteen and twenty-seven one-hundredths acres, more or less, being parts of lands adjoining the present said Observatory site, and comprised in the following portions of land as generally known, namely: Plat east, Norman stone, one and seventy-eight one-hundredths acres, more or less; plat west, Robert Weaver, eight and twenty-five one-hundredths acres, more or less; plat west, Barnes, thirty eight one-hundredths acre, more or less; plat west, Young, sixty-seven one-hundredths acre, more or less; plat west, Barbour, thirty-two one-hundredths acre, more or less; plats north and west, Dunbarton, seven and eighty-seven one-hundredths acres, more or less. Sec. 6. That said plats of land, when acquired by purchase, hereinbeforeAdded to Observatory grounds. described, shall form a part of the said Naval Observatory grounds. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 40, 42. 1894.589 Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized toBoard of appraisers. appoint a board of three appraisers to determine and fix the price at which the said public land, or any part thereof, shall be sold, and to determine the value, of the parcels of private property to be purchased. Sec. 8. That within ‘sixty days from their appointment the saidAppraisement. appraisers, or a majority thereof, shall report in writing to the Secretary of the Navy, first, the estimated value agreed upon by them of the two plats of land hereinbefore described for sale and conveyance; second, they shall cause a careful map to be made of the said Observatory circle, showing the location, quantity, and character of each parcel of hereinbefore described property to be taken to complete the said circle, with the names of the respective owners inscribed thereon; and theCondemnation. said map shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the District of Columbia, and from and after that date the several tracts and parcels of land, not hereinbefore public property and embraced in said Observatory circle, shall be held as condemned for public uses, subject to payment of just compensation, to be determined by said appraisers and approved by the Secretary of the Navy: *Provided*, That such compensation*Proviso*.Acceptance by owners. be accepted by the owner or owners of the several parcels of land. Sec. 9. That if the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to purchaseApplication to supreme court, D. C., for assessment of value, etc. any portion of the land so condemned within thirty days after such condemnation, by agreement with the respective owners, at the price determined by the said appraisers, and approved as before mentioned, the said appraisers shall, at the expiration of such period of thirty days, make application to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, by petition, at a general or special term, for an assessment of value of such land, and such petition shall contain a particular description of the property condemned, with the name of the owner or owners thereof, and his, her, or their residence, as far as the same may be ascertained, together with a copy of the recorded map of the said Observatory circle, and the said court is hereby authorized and required, upon such application, without delay, to notify the, owners and occupants of the land, and to ascertain and assess the value of the land so condemned, by appointing three commissioners to appraise the value or values thereof, and to return the appraisement to the court; and when thePayment. values of the laud are thus ascertained and the Secretary of the Navy shall deem the same reasonable, said values shall be paid to the owner or owners, and the United States shall be deemed to have a valid title to said lands. Sec. 10. That the said appraisers are hereby authorized to call uponSurveys. the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to make such surveys as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act, and the said Superintendent is authorized and required to make such surveys under the direction of the said commissioners. Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Navy, after deducting theProceeds of sale. expenses of appraisal and condemnation, shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the net amount received from the sale of any portion of the United States Naval Observatory site, the same to remain there, subject to the draft of the Secretary of the Navy, for purchasing the additional lands within the hereinbefore described circle and for improvements to the said Naval Observatory grounds. Approved, August 1, 1894. No. 42: Authorizing proper officers of the Treasury Department to examine and certify claims in favor of certain counties in Arizona. Public Resolution 42 28 Stat. 589 1894-08-06 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 42.] Joint Resolution Authorizing proper officers of the Treasury Department to examine and certify claims in favor of certain counties in Arizona.August 6, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Arizona.Indian expenses incurred by counties. That the First Auditor and the First Comptroller of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to examine all claims which may be presented in proper form by the different 590FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 42–45. 1894. counties in Arizona Territory, and to ascertain the amount due to each of said counties on account of legal costs and expenses incurred from March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in the prosecution of Indians under the Vol. 23, p.386.Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, Twenty-third Statutes, page three hundred and eighty five, for which the United States is liable under Act of March third, eighteen hundred and Vol. 25, p. 1004.eighty-nine, Statutes at Large, volume twenty-five, page one thousand and four; and which have been paid by said counties: and the amounts so *Post*, p. 870.found due shall be certified by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Speaker of the House of Representatives for a deficiency appropriation. Approved, August 6, 1894. No. 43: Providing for on investigation relating to the effects of machinery on labor. Public Resolution 43 28 Stat. 590 1894-08-15 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 2 public [No. 43.] Joint Resolution Providing for on investigation relating to the effects of machinery on labor.August 15, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Machinery on labor.Appropriation for investigating effects of. That the Commissioner of Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate and report upon the effect of the use of machinery upon labor and the cost of production, the relative productive power of hand and machine labor, the cost of manual and machine power as they are used in productive industries, the effect upon wages of the use of machinery operated by women and children, and whether changes in the creative cost of products are due to a lack or to a surplus of labor or to the introduction of power machinery. To enable the Commissioner of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Resolution the sum often thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, but should not this sum be sufficient to complete the investigation called for herein the Commissioner of Labor is hereby authorized to complete it under the regular appropriations for the Department of Labor. Approved, August 15, 1894. No. 44: To continue the provisions of existing lawn providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 44 28 Stat. 590 1894-08-15 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 2 public [No. 44.] Joint Resolution To continue the provisions of existing lawn providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.August 15, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Annual appropriations extended to August 20, 1694. *Ante*, pp. 565, 587. That the provisions of joint resolutions approved June twenty-ninth and July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, 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 twentieth day of August, eighteen bundled and ninety-four. Approved, August 15, 1894. No. 45: To extend the charter of the Maryland and Washington Railway Company. Public Resolution 45 28 Stat. 590 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 45.] Joint Resolution To extend the charter of the Maryland and Washington Railway Company.August 23, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Maryland and Washington Railway Company.Time for completion extended.Vol. 27, p.343. That the time for building and completing the railway provided for in an Act entitled “Au Act to incorporate the Maryland and Washington Railway Company,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be and the same is hereby, extended six months from and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Approved, August 23, 1894. No. 46: Providing for clerical assistance in the Health Department of the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 46 28 Stat. 591 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 46, 49–51. 1894.591 [No. 46.] Joint Resolution Providing for clerical assistance in the Health Department of the District of Columbia.August 23, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Additional clerks. Health Department, continued.*Ante*, p. 2. That the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for clerical assistance in the Health Department of the District of Columbia,” approved October second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, are hereby continued and declared to be in full force and effect from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and until the date of the approval of the Act making appropriations*Ante*, p. 258. for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. Approved, August 23, 1894. No. 49: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide rooms for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts and their officers, at Meridian, Mississippi. Public Resolution 49 28 Stat. 591 1894-08-27 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 2 public [No. 49.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide rooms for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts and their officers, at Meridian, Mississippi.August 27, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Meridian, Miss.Public building to provide court rooms. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause the public building heretofore authorized to be erected in the city of Meridian, in the State of Mississippi, to be so constructed as to provide rooms for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts and their officers. Approved, August 27, 1894. No. 50: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer a certain piece of hind in the State of Michigan to the city of Saginaw. Public Resolution 50 28 Stat. 591 1894-08-27 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 2 public [No. 50.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer a certain piece of hind in the State of Michigan to the city of Saginaw.August 27, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Saginaw, Mich.Land transferred to. That the Secretary of the Treasury lie, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be transferred to the city of Saginaw, in the State of Michigan, the following piece or parcel of land, described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Germania and Warren avenues; thence running two hundred and forty-five feet four inches along the west side of Warren avenue; thence running ninety feet, at right angles to Warren avenue, along the boundary between the grounds belonging to the United States and the grounds belonging to the Hoyt Library; thence two hundred and forty-five feet four inches, northerly, parallel to the line of Warren avenue, to Germania avenue; thence ninety feet along the line of Germania avenue, easterly, to the point of beginning; which was transferred by the city of Saginaw to the Government of the United States, in connection with other lands, for the purpose of erecting thereon a Government building. This parcel of land is not required by the Government for that purpose: *Provided*, That neither the land itself, nor*Proviso*.Use. any building or buildings erected thereon, shall ever be put to any use or uses detrimental or objectionable to the Government. Approved, August 27, 1894. No. 51: Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Massachusetts the flags of certain regiments of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Public Resolution 51 28 Stat. 591 1894-08-27 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 2 public [No. 51.] Joint Resolution Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Massachusetts the flags of certain regiments of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.August 27, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress’ assembled*,Massachusetts.Flags returned to. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, instructed to return to the State of Massachusetts the regi- 592FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 51–53. 1894. mental flags of the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-third, and Fifty-eighth Regiments of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as requested by the governor of said State. Approved, August 27, 1894. No. 52: To pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on the twenty-third day of said month. Public Resolution 52 28 Stat. 592 1894-08-27 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 2 public [No. 52.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on the twenty-third day of said month.August 27, 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 August salaries August 23, 1894. That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on the twenty-third day of said month. Approved, August 27, 1894. No. 53: To change the initials of a name in the Indian appropriation bill. Public Resolution 53 28 Stat. 592 1894-08-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 53.] Joint Resolution To change the initials of a name in the Indian appropriation bill.August 28, 1894. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,W.F. Niedringhaus.Name corrected.*Ante*, p. 307. That the appropriation to pay “F. G.” Niedringhaus, for beef cows delivered at Fort Peck agency, be corrected to read “W. F.” Niedringhaus. Approved, August 28, 1894. 53 3 1894 1895 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December, 1891, and was adjourned without day on Saturday, the second day of March, 1895*. Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President; Isham G. Harris, President *pro tempore* of the Senate; M. W. Ransom was elected President *pro tempore* of the Senate January seventh, 1895; Isham G. Harris was elected President *pro tempore* of the Senate January tenth, 1895; Charles F. Crisp, Speaker of the House of Representatives; James D. Richardson was elected Speaker *pro tempore* January twenty-first, 1895; Mr. Crisp resumed the duties of Speaker January thirty-first, 1895. Chapter 1: Granting the right of way through the Arlington reservation for electric railway purposes. Chapter 1 28 Stat. 593 1894-12-08 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
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