Chapter 397. To revive and reenact a law to authorize the Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River
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CHAP. 397.— An Act To revive and reenact a law to authorize the Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River. March 3, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Bridge over Monongahela River by Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company.Vol. 28, p. 738.That the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to authorize the Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania, which Act has expired by limitation, be, and is hereby, revived and re-enacted.
Sec. 2. That section eight of said Act be amended so as to read as follows: " “Sec. 8. Time for construction extended.Vol. 28, p. 739.That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; and all the benefits of this Act shall inure and belong to the Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of Pennsylvania, its successors or assigns.
” " Approved, March 3, 1897. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the mouth of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, on the eighteenth day of said month. Public Resolution 1 29 Stat. 697 December 21, 1896 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 1.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the mouth of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, on the eighteenth day of said month.December 21, 1896. Resolved by Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Officers, etc., of Congress to be paid December salaries, December 18, 1896.That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, on the eighteenth day of said month.
Approved, December 21, 1896. No. 2: Continuing in force section two of the Act approved June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled “An Act to repeal section sixty-one of ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,’” which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Public Resolution 2 29 Stat. 697 January 8, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution Continuing in force section two of the Act approved June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled “An Act to repeal section sixty-one of ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,’” which became a law August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.January 8, 1897. Resolved by Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Alcohol in the arts.Committee to investigate, continued.*Ante*, p. 195.That the provisions of section two of the Act approved June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled “An Act to repeal section sixty-one of ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,’” which Vol. 28, p. 567.became a law August twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and they are hereby, continued in force, and the joint select committee heretofore appointed under said section shall, when they have reached a final conclusion,Report. report the same to Congress, not later than ten days after the beginning of its next session, together with such information as they shall have obtained.
Approved, January 8, 1897. No. 3: Authorizing the building of a telephone Iine in the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 3 29 Stat. 697 January 11, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the building of a telephone Iine in the District of Columbia.January 11, 1897.
Resolved by Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, House of Representatives.Telephone to folding room.That authority is hereby granted to William J. Browning, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, to build a telephone line from the House folding room to the new annex folding room in the McDowell Building, corner of North Capitol street and Massachusetts avenue, using the Government poles now on North Capitol street. Approved, January 11, 1897.
No. 4: To permit railroads in the District to occupy additional parts of streets to accommodate the traveling public attending the inaugural ceremonies. Public Resolution 4 29 Stat. 697 January 16, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 4.] Joint Resolution To permit railroads in the District to occupy additional parts of streets to accommodate the traveling public attending the inaugural ceremonies.January 16, 1897.
Resolved by Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Inaugural ceremonies.Temporary use of streets by railroads.That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue to steam railroad 697698FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 4, 5, 7, 8. 1897.companies in said District: permits to temporarily occupy additional parts of streets for the purpose of accommodating the traveling public attending the inaugural ceremonies in March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: *Proviso*.Duration, etc.*Provided,* That such temporary occupation shall not exceed the period of fifteen days, and shall be subject to conditions prescribed by said Commissioners.
Approved, January 16, 1897. No. 5: Providing for the erection of a Government building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Public Resolution 5 29 Stat. 698 January 21, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Providing for the erection of a Government building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.January 21, 1897.
Resolved by Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tennessee Centennial Exposition.Government building.*Ante*, p. 477.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to solicit proposals and to contract for the erection of the building for the Government exhibit at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, authorized by the Act of Congress approved December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, without public advertisement.
Approved, January 21, 1897. No. 7: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use Fort Bidwell for an Indian training school. Public Resolution 7 29 Stat. 698 January 30, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use Fort Bidwell for an Indian training school.January 30, 1897.
Resolved by Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Fort Bidwell, Cal.May be used for Indian school.That Fort Bidwell, an abandoned military reservation, in Modoc County, California, together with all the lands, building's, water system, and improvements thereon, having been turned over to the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to use the same for the purposes of an Indian training school.
Approved, January 30, 1897. No. 8: Extending time for compliance by Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company and the Belt Railway Company with provisions of section one of an Act entitled an Act to extend the routes of said railway companies, and so forth, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. Public Resolution 8 29 Stat. 698 February 3, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Extending time for compliance by Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company and the Belt Railway Company with provisions of section one of an Act entitled an Act to extend the routes of said railway companies, and so forth, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.February 3, 1897. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, District of Columbia.Time extended for Eckington and Belt railroad companies to use air motors.*Ante*, p. 318.That the time granted by the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, within which the said Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company, of the District of Columbia, and the Belt Railway Company, of the District of Columbia, shall begin to equip those portions of their respective lines which are situated within the boundary of the city of Washington with compressed-air motors, be, and it is hereby, extended to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven:
Sec. 2. To be equipped by July 1, 1898.That if said compressed-air motors shall be adopted, said companies shall completely equip their respective lines with such motive power on or before July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Sec. 3. Electric underground system to be used if air power not adopted.That if said compressed-air motive power shall not be adopted on or before July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, then said railway companies shall, within one year from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, equip the respective lines in the city of Washington with an underground *Provisos.*Fines for failure.electric system: *Provided,* That in ease the said companies shall fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Act by the time therein fixed the said companies and each of them shall forfeit and pay to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 8, 9. 1897.699the sum of one hundred dollars for each day of such failure: *And provided further,* That if said companies shall fail to operate Failure to operate.the whole of their respective lines as provided by An Act entitled An Act to extend the routes of said railway companies, and so forth, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, in such manner and on such schedules as the Commissioners shall approve, then said companies and each of them shall forfeit and pay to the District Commissioners the sum of one hundred dollars for each day of such failure.
Sec. 4. Repeal, etc.All acts or parts of acts, inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 3, 1897. No. 9: Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permits to the executive committee on inaugural ceremonies for use of reservations or public, spaces in city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect on March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and so forth. Public Resolution 9 29 Stat. 699 February 6, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permits to the executive committee on inaugural ceremonies for use of reservations or public, spaces in city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect on March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and so forth.February 6, 1897. Resolved by Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Inaugural ceremonies.Use of reservations, etc., permitted.That the Secretary of War is hereby authorised to grant permits to the executive committee on inaugural ceremonies for the use of any reservations or other public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, which, in his opinion, will inflict no serious or permanent injuries upon such reservations or public spaces or statuary thereon; and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, may designate for such and other purposes on the occasion aforesaid such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in said city of Washington as they may deem proper and necessary: *Proviso.*Stands.*Provided, however,* That all stands or platforms that may be erected on the public spaces aforesaid shall be under the supervision of the said executive committee and in accordance with plans and designs to be approved by the Architect of the Capitol, the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, and the building inspector of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District ofTemporary over head wires for electric illumination. Columbia are hereby authorized to permit the committee on illumination of the citizens executive committee for the inaugural ceremonies, March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to stretch suitable overhead conductors, with sufficient supports, wherever necessary, and in the. nearest practicable connection with the present supply of light, for the purpose of effecting the said illumination: *Provisos.*Removal.*Provided,* That the said conductors shall not be used for the conveying of electrical currents after March sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety seven, and shall, with their supports, be fully and entirely removed from the streets and avenues of the said city of Washington on or before March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: *Provided further,* That the Supervision.stretching and removing of the said wires shall be under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall see that the provisions of this resolution are enforced, that all needful precautions are taken for the protection of the public, and that the pavement of any street, avenue, or alley disturbed is replaced in as good condition as before entering upon the work herein authorized : *Provided, further,* That no Expense.expense or damage on account of or due to the stretching, operation, or removing of the said temporary overhead conductors shall be incurred by the United States or the District of Columbia: *Provided further,* Additional conduits prohibited.That for the purposes of this Act the construction of additional underground conduits is specifically prohibited.
Sec. 3. Appropriation for maintaining order, etc.That eight thousand two hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any money in the Treasury not other-wise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia, in equal parts, is hereby appropriated to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and protect life and 700FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 9–12. 1897.property in said District from the twenty-eighth of February to the ninth of March, eighteen Regulations.hundred and ninety-seven, both inclusive.
Said Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to make all reasonable regulations necessary to secure such preservation of public order and protection of life and property, and fixing fares by public conveyances during said Fines, etc.period. Any person violating any of such regulations shall be liable for each such offense to a tine not to exceed one hundred dollars in the police court of said District, and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment in the workhouse of said District for not longer than sixty days.
Sec. 4. Loan of flags, etc.That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to loan to the committee on inaugural ceremonies such ensigns, Hags, and so forth (except battle Hags), that are not now in use and may be suitable and proper for decoration and may be spared without detriment to the public service; such Hags to be used by said committee under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the said Secretaries, or either of them, in decorating the fronts of public buildings and other places on the line of march between the Capitol and the Executive Mansion, and *Proviso.*Indemnity.the interior of the reception hall: *Provided,* That the said committee shall indemnify the said Departments, or either of them, for any loss or damage to such Hags not necessarily incident to such use.
Sec. 5. Temporary overhead telegraph wires.That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to permit the Western Union Telegraph Company to extend overhead wires into the Pension Building and to such points along the line of parade as shall be deemed by the chief marshal convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural purposes, the said wires to be taken down within ten days after the conclusion of the ceremonies on the fourth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.
Approved, February 6, 1897. No. 10: Providing for the printing of the Consular Regulations of eighteen hundred and ninety-six. Public Resolution 10 29 Stat. 700 February 13, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of the Consular Regulations of eighteen hundred and ninety-six.February 13, 1897.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Consular Regulations, 1896.Printing ordered.That there be printed of the Consular Regulations of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, twenty-nine hundred copies, eight hundred copies for the use of the Senate, sixteen hundred copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and live hundred copies to be delivered to the Superintendent of Documents for sale. Approved, February 13, 1897.
No. 11: For appointment of a member of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Public Resolution 11 29 Stat. 700 February 15, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution For appointment of a member of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.February 15, 1897.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Volunteer Soldiers’Home.John Marshall Brown appointed manager.That John Marshall Brown, of the State of Maine, be, and is hereby, appointed a member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States, to succeed George L. Beal, deceased. Approved, February 15, 1897. No. 12: To furnish the daily Congressional Record to members of the press, and so forth.
Public Resolution 12 29 Stat. 700 February 17, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution To furnish the daily Congressional Record to members of the press, and so forth.February 17, 1897. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Congressional Record.To be furnished newspaper correspondents daily.That the Public Printer be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to supply to each newspaper correspondent whose name appears in the Congressional Directory, and who 701 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 12–15. 1897.makes application therefor for his personal use, and that of the paper, or papers he represents, one copy of the daily Congressional Record, the same to be sent to the office address of each member of the press, or elsewhere in the city of Washington, as he may direct. Approved, February 17, 1897. No. 13: Providing for the distribution of the maps and atlases of the United States Geological Survey. Public Resolution 13 29 Stat. 701 February 18, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 13.] Joint Resolution Providing for the distribution of the maps and atlases of the United States Geological Survey.February 18, 1897. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Geological Survey.Sale of maps and atlases.That the Director of the Geological Survey be, and is hereby, authorized and directed, on the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to dispose of the topographic and geologic maps and atlases of the United States, made and published by the Geological Survey, at such prices and under such regulations as may from time to time be Free distribution.fixed by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior; the that a number of copies of each map or atlas, not exceeding five hundred, shall be distributed gratuitously among foreign governments and Departments of our own Government, to literary and scientific associations, and to such educational institutions or libraries as may be designated by the Director of the Survey and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 2. That one copy of each map and atlas shall Copies to Congress.be sent to each Senator and each Representative and Delegate in Congress, if published within his term; and that a second copy shall be placed at the disposal of each such Senator, Representative, and Delegate. Approved, February 18, 1897. No. 14: To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay the expenses of the inaugural ceremonies. Public Resolution 14 29 Stat. 701 February 19, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 14.] Joint Resolution To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay the expenses of the inaugural ceremonies.February 19, 1897. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Inaugural ceremonies.Appropriation for Senate expenses.That to enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice-President of the United States March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, in accordance with the programme adopted by the Committee of Arrangements appointed under resolution of the Senate of the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, including the pay for extra police for three days, at three dollars per day, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be immediately available.
Approved, February 19, 1897. No. 15: Authorizing this Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the suffering poor of India. Public Resolution 15 29 Stat. 701 February 19, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Authorizing this Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the suffering poor of India.February 19, 1897.
Whereas a theme Preamble.exists in India, which is daily causing thousands of deaths among the poor, which famine can readily be relieved from the surplus products of other parts of the world; and Whereas the people of the United States stand always really to assist the distressed and afflicted wherever found, and California, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas have already collected and donated wheat, Hour, and corn for relief of the famishing inhabitants of India, which is now being conveyed free of charge by transportation companies to San Francisco for shipment to India:
Therefore, be it 702 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 15–17. 1897. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Famine in India.Secretary of Navy to furnish ship to convey relief.That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ and place at the disposal of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco any ship or vessel belonging to the Navy of the United States best adapted for such service for the purpose of transporting to the famishing poor of India such contributions as may be made for their relief, or to charter and employ under the authority of the United States a suitable American steamship or vessel, with a cargo capacity of one Appropriation from naval fund.thousand five hundred to three thousand tons, for the same purpose.
Any sum of money which may be necessary to carry out the object of this resolution is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury heretofore appropriated for the support of the Navy. Approved, February 19, 1897. No. 16: For the relief of farmers and truckmen in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. Public Resolution 16 29 Stat. 702 February 20, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution For the relief of farmers and truckmen in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.February 20, 1897. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, District of Columbia.Spaces at Center Market for sale of country produce.That the provisions of the ordinance of the city of Washington approved May twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, requiring the clerks of the several markets to lay off and mark in convenient spaces the several pavements adjoining and bordering on the market squares, which spaces may be used for the sale or exposure for sale of vegetables or other country produce, and extending the powers of the clerks to fifteen feet of the streets, measuring from the curb line, on which said squares front, shall apply to the south front of Center Market, and to a clerk who may be designated by the Commissioners of the Farmers, etc., exempt from license.District of Columbia; that the law passed in eighteen hundred and seventy-one by the District legislative assembly exempting from license “persons bringing marketing to the District.” shall be and remain in full force; and that the said ordinance and law shall be applicable to farmers and truckmen raising produce doing business on the north side of B street north *Provisos.*Restriction.along the south front of the Center Market in said city of Washington: *Provided,* That nothing in this resolution shall be construed as extending the boundaries of the grounds occupied by the Washington Market Company beyond the limits defined in the charter of said company, or as affecting the Charges.issues in any pending litigation in the courts of the District of Columbia: *And provided further,* That no charge, license fee, or assessment of any kind for occupancy of a space on a market day and the evening previous thereto shall be levied upon any farmer or producer of vegetables or provisions bringing the same to market, except ten cents for a single team Sales by farmers.and fifteen cents for a double team; nor shall any fine or fee be assessed or punishment imposed upon any farmer or producer for selling at any time within the District during market hours any article of provision or vegetables grown or produced by him and sound and fit for use.
Approved, February 20, 1897. No. 17: To amend an Act granting to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad Company a right of way through the Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota. Public Resolution 17 29 Stat. 702 February 23, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution To amend an Act granting to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad Company a right of way through the Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota.February 23, 1897.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Right of way, Indian reservations, Minnesota.Vol. 28, p. 505.That section five of an Act entitled “An Act granting to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad Company a right of way through the Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota,” approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 17–20. 1897.703by striking out the word “three” and inserting the word “five,” and inserting the words “or its legal successor, the Duluth, Superior and Western Railroad Company,” so that the bill will read: " “Sec. 5. That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by saidTime extended for construction by Duluth, Superior and Western Railroad Company. company or its legal successor, the Duluth, Superior and Western Railroad Company, unless the road shall be constructed through the said reservations within five years after the passage of this Act.
” " Approved, February 23, 1897. No. 18: Admitting free of duty needlework and similar articles imported by New York Association of Sewing Schools for exhibition purposes. Public Resolution 18 29 Stat. 703 February 24, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Admitting free of duty needlework and similar articles imported by New York Association of Sewing Schools for exhibition purposes.February 24, 1897.
Whereas the New Preamble.York Association of Sewing Schools is collecting’ through diplomatic and consular representatives of the United States in Europe, specimens of needlework and similar work done in the public schools of Europe, some of which specimens have already reached this country and are now in customs custody at New York: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Needlework.Free entry for exhibition by New York Association of Sewing Schools.That all articles of needlework and similar articles which have been made by pupils in the schools of Europe, which have or shall be imported from Europe for the sole purpose of exhibition by said New York Association of Sewing Schools, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe for the due exportation thereof at the close of such exhibition.
Approved, February 24, 1897. No. 19: Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the mayor of Buffalo tents, in loan, for the convenience of the Grand Army of the Republic at its annual encampment, to be held this year at that city. Public Resolution 19 29 Stat. 703 February 24, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the mayor of Buffalo tents, in loan, for the convenience of the Grand Army of the Republic at its annual encampment, to be held this year at that city.February 24, 1897. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Grand Army of the Republic.Loan of tents, etc., for annual encampment.That the, Secretary of War is hereby authorized, at his discretion, to deliver out of the quartermaster stores to the order of Mayor Edgar B.
Jewett, of the city of Buffalo, for the use of said city of Buffalo and its committees on the Thirty-first National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Buffalo August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the following, namely: Sibley tents, common “A” tents, and Hood sufferers’ tents, with poles, ridges, and pins for each, under such restrictions asNo expense. is usual in such cases and with the proviso that no expense shall be caused the United States by the delivery and return of such property; the same to be delivered to the mayor of Buffalo at such time anterior to the event as may be agreed upon between the War Department and the mayor of the city of Buffalo.
Approved, February 24, 1897. No. 20: Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver a condemned cannon to the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Buffalo. Public Resolution 20 29 Stat. 703 February 26, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 20.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver a condemned cannon to the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Buffalo.February 26, 1897.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Grand Army of the Republic.Condemned cannon donated for annual encampment.That the Secretary of Waris hereby authorized to deliver to the order of Augustus F. Scheu, president of the citizens’ committee of the Thirty-first National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Buffalo, New York, one dismounted condemned cannon, used in the late civil war, to be used by the said citizens’ committee for the purpose of furnishing memorial 704FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 20, 21, 23, 24. 1897.*Proviso.*Condition.badges commemorative of the holding of such encampment at Buffalo, New York: *Provided,* That no expense shall be caused to the United States through the delivery of said condemned cannon. Approved, February 26, 1897. No. 21: Providing for printing the reports from diplomatic and consular officers of the United States on the passport regulations of foreign countries. Public Resolution 21 29 Stat. 704 February 26, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 21.] Joint Resolution Providing for printing the reports from diplomatic and consular officers of the United States on the passport regulations of foreign countries.February 26, 1897. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Foreign passport regulations.Printing of report directed.That there be printed, under the direction of the Department of State, a special edition of three thousand copies of the reports from diplomatic and consular officers of the United States on the passport regulations of foreign countries for the Department of State, and three thousand copies for the use of Congress, of which one thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, and two thousand for the use of the House.
Approved, February 26, 1897. No. 23: To enable the Secretary of War to detail an officer of the United States Army to accept a position under the Government of the Greater Republic of Central America. Public Resolution 23 29 Stat. 704 March 3, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution To enable the Secretary of War to detail an officer of the United States Army to accept a position under the Government of the Greater Republic of Central America.March 3, 1897.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Army.Officer may be detailed as instructor, Greater Republic of Central America.That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail an officer of the United States Army, not above the rank of captain, who shall be permitted to accept from the Government of the Greater Republic of Central America the position of instructor in a military school in said Republic and the emoluments pertaining thereto.
Approved, March 3, 1897. No. 24: Providing for a comprehensive index to Government publications from eighteen hundred the eighty-one to eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 24 29 Stat. 704 March 3, 1897 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 2025-10-30 54 1 public [No. 24.] Joint Resolution Providing for a comprehensive index to Government publications from eighteen hundred the eighty-one to eighteen hundred and ninety-three.March 3, 1897.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Comprehensive Index of Government Publications.Preparation authorized.That there be prepared for publication in a single volume, under the direction of John G. Ames, the compiler of the Comprehensive Index of Government Publications, eighteen hundred the eighty-nine to eighteen hundred and ninety-three, an index to all publications of the Government from eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the date at which the.
Descriptive Catalogue of Government Publications by Ben: Perley Poore terminates, to eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the date at which the index by the superintendent of documents begins, said Pay to compiler.index to conform in its general plan to the above-named Comprehensive Index; and the compiler shall be entitled to receive, as compensation for this work, at the rate of one thousand dollars per Congress, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury as follows: Five hundred dollars whenever he shall certify to said officer that the index to the documents of any entire Congress is completed, and the balance when the copy for the entire work is ready for delivery to the Public Printer.
Sec. 2. Departmental, etc., publications to be furnished.That the heads of the several Departments, Bureaus, and offices of the Government shall, upon the request of the compiler of the index, supply him with copies of all their publications issued during the period above indicated, or such information as will enable him to prepare the index herein provided for. Sec. 3. Copies for Senate and House.That in addition to the usual number, fifteen hundred copies of said index be printed and bound, five hundred for the use of the Senate, and one thousand for the use of the House of Representatives.
Approved, March 3, 1897. PRIVATE LAWS of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, passed by THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. 1895–1897. 705 54 1 1895 1896 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December, 1895, and was adjourned without day on Thursday, the eleventh day of June, 1896.* Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President, and President of the Senate;
Isham G. Harris, President of the Senate, *pro tempore;* on the seventh day of February, 1896, William P. Frye was elected President of the Senate, *pro tempore;* Thomas B. Reed was elected Speaker of the House of Repre on the second day of December, 1895.
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