Chapter 14. To amend section eight of the Act entitled “An Act providing a civil government for Alaska,” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to create the office of surveyor-general for Alaska, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 14.— An Act To amend section eight of the Act entitled “An Act providing a civil government for Alaska,” approved May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to create the office of surveyor-general for Alaska, and for other purposes.July 24, 1897.Alaska.Civil government of. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSec. 8, vol. 23. p. 26. amended. section eight of an Act entitled “An Act providing a civil government for Alaska” be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words “the Commissioner provided for by this Act to reside in Sitka shall be ex officio register of said land office, and the clerk provided for by this Act shall be ex officio receiver of public moneys, and the marshal provided for by this Act shall be ex officio surveyor-general of said district.
” Sec. 2. That there shall be appointed by the President, by and withAppointment of surveyor-general. the advice and consent of the Senate, a surveyor-general for the District of Alaska, embracing one surveying district. Sec. 3. That the surveyor-general of Alaska shall receive a salary atSalary. the rate of two thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 4. The President is authorized and empowered, in his discretion,Division of Territory into two land districts.Additional officers. to divide said Territory into two land districts and to designate the boundaries thereof, and he is also authorized and empowered to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register of said additional land office and receiver of public moneys therefor, and in case of the creation of such additional land district the surveyor-general shall serve in both districts.
Approved, July 24, 1897. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: Making immediately available the appropriations for mileage and stationery of Senators, Representatives and Delegates of the House of Representatives. Public Resolution 1 30 Stat. 216 1897-03-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 1.] Joint Resolution Making immediately available the appropriations for mileage and stationery of Senators, Representatives and Delegates of the House of Representatives.
March 24, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Mileage and stationery of Senators, Members, etc.Appropriations for, immediately available.Vol. 29, pp. 538, 540, 541, 544. That the appropriations for mileage and stationery of Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from the Territories, made in the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, be and the same are made immediately available and authorized to be paid to Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from the Territories for attendance at the first session of the Fifty-fifth Congress.
Approved, March 24, 1897. No. 2: Making immediately available appropriations for the payment of session employees of the House of Representatives during the first session of the Fifty-fifth Congress. Public Resolution 2 30 Stat. 216 1897-03-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution Making immediately available appropriations for the payment of session employees of the House of Representatives during the first session of the Fifty-fifth Congress.
March 24, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Session employees, House of Representatives.Appropriations immediately available for first session Fifty-fifth Congress.Vol. 29, pp. 542, 543. That the appropriations made in the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for compensation of session employees of the House of Representatives, be, and the same are hereby, made available from and including the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven until the close of the first session of the Fifty-fifth Congress; and persons employed under said appropriations shall be paid from the date of their actual employment, without regard to the date of their respective oaths of office, and at the rates per diem or per month as provided in said Act.
Approved, March 24, 1897. No. 3: Directing Secretary of War to furnish tents to the sufferers from the floods in the Mississippi River. Public Resolution 3 30 Stat. 216 1897-03-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Directing Secretary of War to furnish tents to the sufferers from the floods in the Mississippi River.
March 24, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Mississippi River.Tents for sufferers from flood. That the Secretary of War be, and lie is hereby, authorized to purchase one thousand tents, or so many thereof as may be necessary, to shelter and relieve the sufferers from the flood in the Mississippi River; and a sufficient sum of money is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this resolution.
Approved, March 24, 1897. 216 No. 4: Regulating the distribution of public documents. Public Resolution 4 30 Stat. 217 1897-03-25 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 4–6. 1897. 217 [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Regulating the distribution of public documents.
March 25, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the time allowed members ofDocuments.Time extended for distributing, by members Fifty-fourth Congress, members elect, etc. the Fifty-fourth Congress to distribute public documents now to their credit or the credit of their respective districts or States, in the Government Printing Office, the Interior Department, the Navy Department, or any other Department or Bureau, and to present the names of libraries, public institutions, and individuals to receive such documents, be, and the same is hereby, extended to December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; and the time for such distribution by members of Congress, who have been or may hereafter be reelected, shall continue during their successive terms and until their right to frank documents shall cease.
Approved, March 25, 1897. No. 5: Amending a 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. Public Resolution 5 30 Stat. 217 1897-03-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Amending a 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. March 26, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled, * That a Joint Resolution, approvedAlcohol in the arts.Committee to investigate, continued.Vol. 29, p. 697.Vol. 29, p. 195.Vol. 28, p. 567.
January eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 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, be amended so that it shall read as follows: “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 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 the same to Congress not later than ten days after theReport. beginning of its next December session, together with such information as they shall have obtained.
” Approved, March 26, 1897. No. 6: Making appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, and to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Public Resolution 6 30 Stat. 217 1897-03-31 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Making appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, and to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. March 31, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the sum of two hundred andMississippi River.Appropriation for, from Head of Passes to mouth of Ohio River, immediately available.Vol. 29, p. 230. fifty thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, and immediately made available, for the improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, and expended according to the provisions of the Act “Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” which became a law on June third, eighteen hundred and ninety six. 218 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 6. 1897. Sec. 2. To be deducted, etc. That the sum herein appropriated be deducted from the sum of two million five hundred and eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars authorized to be appropriated and expended for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by the provisions of said act of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. Sec. 3. Deficiency appropriations. That to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the following sums, namely: treasury department.Treasury Department.
Collecting customs revenue.To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs being additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one million one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. department of justice.Department of Justice. Printing and binding.For printing and binding, six thousand dollars. house of representatives.House of Representatives. Miscellaneous items, etc.For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, twenty thousand dollars.
Stationery.For stationery for Members of the House of Representatives, two hundred and fifty dollars. Folding materials.For wrapping paper, pasteboard, paste, twine, newspaper wrappers, and other necessary materials for folding, for the use of Members of the House, and for use in the Clerk’s office and the House folding room (not including envelopes, writing paper, and other paper and materials to be printed and furnished by the Public Printer, upon requisitions Vol. 28, p. 606.from the Clerk of the House, under the provisions of the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the public printing and binding), three thousand dollars.
Clerk hire, members and delegates.To pay Members and Delegates from March fourth to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, inclusive, the amount they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of their official and representative duties, as providedVol. 27, p. 757. in the joint resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, during the session of Congress, and when Congress is not in session as provided in House resolution passed May eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, one hundred and forty thousand five hundred and eighteen dollars and eighty cents, or so much thereof as Members, etc., elect.may be necessary; and Representatives and Delegates elect to Congress whose credentials in due form of law have been duly tiled with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance with the provisions[R.
S., sec. 31, p. 6](/us/rs/s31/p6). of section thirty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, shall be entitled to payment under this appropriation. executive mansion.Executive Mansion. Refurnishing.For refurnishing the Executive Mansion, three thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars, to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the President may determine. Repairs, etc.For repairs to the roof of the Executive Mansion, one thousand dollars. Approved, March 31, 1897.
No. 7: Making the appropriation for renewal of the patrol system of the District of Columbia immediately available. Public Resolution 7 30 Stat. 219 1897-04-07 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 7–9. 1897. 219 [No. 7.] Joint Resolution Making the appropriation for renewal of the patrol system of the District of Columbia immediately available.
April 7, 1897. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriation of five thousandDistrict of Columbia.New patrol boxes.Vol. 29, p. 678.Immediately available. dollars for “Renewal of portions of the patrol system,” contained in “An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby made immediately available.
Approved, April 7, 1897. No. 8: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the suffering poor in India. Public Resolution 8 30 Stat. 219 1897-04-07 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the suffering poor in India.
April 7, 1897. Whereas a famine exists in India which is daily causing thousands ofPreamble. deaths among the poor, which famine can readily be relieved from the surplus products of other parts of the world; and Whereas generous people of the United States in different States areFamine in India. freely giving wheat, flour, and corn for the relief of the famishing inhabitants in India: Therefore, be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the Navy be,Secretary of Navy to furnish ship to convey relief. and he is hereby, authorized to employ and place at the disposal of the collector of the port of New York any ship or vessel belonging to the Navy of the United States best adapted for such service for the purposePost p. 220. 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 two thousand to four 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 not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 7, 1897. No. 9: Authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries and by the Red River of the North, and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow. Public Resolution 9 30 Stat. 219 1897-04-07 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries and by the Red River of the North, and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow. April 7, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the sum of two hundred thousandMississippi River, floods.Appropriation for relief of sufferers.Post p. 221. dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War in the purchase and distribution of subsistence stores to such destitute persons as may require assistance in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries and by the Red River of the North, by the recent floods.
And the Secretary of War is authorized to use the steamers and other boats and vessels belonging to or now employed by the Government upon the Mississippi River and its tributaries in the transportation and distribution of the supplies furnished by the United States or individuals to and among said destitute and suffering people, and he may employ such other means of transportation as he may deem necessary to carry the purpose of this Joint Resolution into effect. Approved, April 7, 1897.
No. 10: Joint Resolution Providing for the expenses of the Congress of the Universal Postal Union. Public Resolution 10 30 Stat. 220 1897-05-07 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public 220 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 10–13. 1897. [No. 10.] Joint Resolution Joint Resolution Providing for the expenses of the Congress of the Universal Postal Union.
May 7, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Congress of Universal Postal Union.Appropriation for expenses. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide for the accommodation and entertainment of the Congress of the Universal Postal Union, to assemble in the City of Washington on the first Wednesday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, said sum to be expended under the authority of the Postmaster-General.
Approved, May 7, 1897. No. 11: Appropriating fifty thousand dollars for the relief of destitute citizens of the United States in the Island of Cuba. Public Resolution 11 30 Stat. 220 1897-05-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution Appropriating fifty thousand dollars for the relief of destitute citizens of the United States in the Island of Cuba.
May 24, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Cuba.Appropriation for destitute citizens of the United States. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the relief of destitute citizens of the United States in the Island of Cuba, said money to be expended at the discretion and under the direction of the President of the United States in the purchase and furnishing of food, clothing, and medicines to such citizens, and for transporting to the United States such of them as so desire and who are without means to transport themselves.
Approved, May 24, 1897. No. 12: In amendment of the joint resolution of April seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the famishing poor of India. Public Resolution 12 30 Stat. 220 1897-06-01 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution In amendment of the joint resolution of April seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the famishing poor of India.
June 1, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Famine in India.Secretary of the Navy may employ vessels of any nationality to convey relief.Ante, p. 219. That the joint resolution of April seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the famishing poor of India, be, and the same is hereby, so amended that the Secretary shall be authorized to charter and employ the most suitable steamships or vessels of any nationality, not exceeding two in number, to carry out the object of said resolution.
Approved, June 1, 1897. No. 13: Making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for public printing and binding for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Public Resolution 13 30 Stat. 220 1897-06-01 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 13.] Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for public printing and binding for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.
June 1, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Public printing and binding.Deficiency appropriation for. That the following sum be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for public printing and binding for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, namely: public printing and binding. For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paper for the public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court of the United States, the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Claims, the Library of Congress, the Executive Office, FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 13–16. 1897. 221 and the Departments, including salaries or compensation of all necessary clerks and employees, for labor (by the day, piece, or contract), and for rents and all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Approved, June 1, 1897. No. 14: Reappropriating the sum of ten thousand dollars not expended for the relief of sufferers by the floods of the Mississippi River. Public Resolution 14 30 Stat. 221 1897-06-09 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 14.] Joint Resolution Reappropriating the sum of ten thousand dollars not expended for the relief of sufferers by the floods of the Mississippi River. June 9, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That so much of the appropriationRio Grande River flood.*Ante*, p. 219. made by the Joint Resolution approved April seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the relief of sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River and its tributaries as remains unexpended, not exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, may be used by the Secretary ofReappropriation, etc., for relief of sufferers.
War in the purchase and distribution of subsistence stores, and payment for necessary transportation, to aid in the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Rio Grande River in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas. Approved, June 9, 1897. No. 15: Relating to the payment of salaries in the consular service. Public Resolution 15 30 Stat. 221 1897-06-15 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Relating to the payment of salaries in the consular service. June 15, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the salaries appropriated by theSalaries of consuls, etc. Act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,Vol. 29, p. 579. approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for consuls-general and consuls at certain places hereinafter named, may be paid to the consuls-general and consuls heretofore appointed at certain other places until consuls-general or consuls are appointed, qualify, and enter upon their duties at the places named in said Act of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, as follows, namely:
The salary of the consul-general at Apia andPayment to present incumbent at certain consulates whose designations or locations have been changed. Wukualofa, Tonga, to the consul-general at Apia; the consul-general at Yokohama to the consul-general at Kanagawa; the consul-general at Monterey to the consul-general at Nuevo Laredo; the consul at Elberfeld to the consul at Barmen; the consul at Edinburgh to the consul at Leith; the consul at Ciudad Juarez to the consul at Paso del Norte; the consul at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz to the consul at Piedras Negras; the consul at Sydney to the consul at Pictou; the consul at Progreso to the consul at Merida; the consul at Saint Michaels to the consul at Fayal; the consul at Valencia to the consul at Denia; the consul at Utilla and Truxillo to the consul at Ruatan and Truxillo; the consul at Loureuco Marques to the consul at Mozambique, and all allowances for office rent, clerk hire, and transit salary are also continued at the above-named offices as now established until the contemplated changes have been fully effected.
Approved, June 15, 1897. No. 16: Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Carlos Gutierrez, of Salvador. Public Resolution 16 30 Stat. 221 1897-06-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Carlos Gutierrez, of Salvador.
June 18, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, * That the Secretary of War be, andCárlos Gutierrez, of Salvador, admitted to West Point. he hereby is, authorized to permit Cárlos Gutierrez, of Salvador, to 222 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 16–18. 1897. *Provisos*.No expense to United States.Oath and service.[R. S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227](/us/rs/s1320/1321/p227).receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point: *Provided,* That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: *And provided further,* That in the case of the said Gutierrez the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended.
Approved, June 18, 1897. No. 17: To provide for the immediate repair of Dry Dock Numbered Three, at the New York Navy-Yard. Public Resolution 17 30 Stat. 222 1897-06-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution To provide for the immediate repair of Dry Dock Numbered Three, at the New York Navy-Yard.
June 26, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Appropriation for repair of Dry Dock No. 3, New York Navy-Yard. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be immediately available, to enable the Secretary of the Navy to execute pressingly needed repairs upon Dry Dock Numbered Three, at the New York Navy-Yard, as follows:
For constructing and removing cofferdam, forty-eight thousand dollars; for repairs to dock as recommended by board of survey, thirty thousand dollars; for contingencies, twenty-two thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to expend said sums or so much thereof as may be needed for the purposes indicated in this resolution. Approved, June 26, 1897. No. 18: Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Transmississippi and International Exposition, to be held in the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to bring to the United States foreign laborers from their countries, respectively, for the purpose of preparing for and making exhibits.
Public Resolution 18 30 Stat. 222 1897-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Transmississippi and International Exposition, to be held in the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, to bring to the United States foreign laborers from their countries, respectively, for the purpose of preparing for and making exhibits.
June 30, 1897. Preamble.Whereas the Transmississippi and International Exposition Company, of Omaha, Nebraska, has extended invitations to various foreign nations to make exhibits at the Transmississippi and International Exposition to be held at said city anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which invitations have been accepted and space for installing foreign exhibits has been applied for and duly awarded, and concessions and privileges have been granted by the exposition management to the citizens and subjects of foreign nations; and Transmississippi and International Exposition.Whereas for the purpose of securing the production on the exposition grounds of scenes illustrative of the architecture, dress, habits, and modes of life, occupation, industries, means of locomotion and transportation, amusements, entertainments, and the like, of the peoples of foreign countries, it has become necessary for the Transmississippi and International Exposition Company to grant concessions and privileges to certain firms and corporations of the right to make such productions:
Therefore, be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Vol. 23, p. 332, etc.Vol. 23, p. 115, etc. That the Act of Congress approved February twenty-sixth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-five, prohibiting the importation into the United States of foreigners under Alien mechanics, etc., under contract to labor may be brought into the United States to install exhibits, etc.contract to perform labor and the various Acts of Congress prohibiting the coming or bringing of Chinese persons into the United States, and all Acts of Congress amendatory of said Act or Acts shall not be construed to prohibit the bringing into the United States, under contract to labor, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees or persons, natives of their respective foreign countries, as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparation for installing or conducting foreign exhibits, or preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted by virtue of any concession or FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 18–19. 1897. 223 privilege which may have been or may hereafter be granted by the Transmississippi and International Exposition Company of Omaha, Nebraska, in connection with such exposition. Nor shall any such Act or Acts of Congress operate to prevent, hinder, or in any manner restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of a foreign nation, or holder of a concession or privilege from the Transmississippi and International Exposition Company, from bringing into the United States under contract any such mechanic, artisan, agent, or other employee deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of making preparations for installing or conducting foreign exhibits, or preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under, or by virtue of, or pertaining to a concession or privilege which may have been or may be granted by the said Transmississipin and International Exposition Company in connection with such exposition: *Provided, however,**Proviso.*Express permission to each alien.
That no alien shall, by virtue of this Resolution, be permitted to enter the United States to perform labor therein, except by express permission, naming such alien, and then not for a longer time than three months after the close of the Transmississippi and International Exposition; and thereafter such person shall be subject to all thePenalty for remaining, etc. processes and penalties applicable to aliens coming into the United States in violation of any Act of Congress prohibiting alien contract labor from being brought or coming into the United States.
Sec. 2. That all articles and property of any kind that may beExhibits, tools, etc., admitted free of duty. brought to the United States from any foreign country to be placed on exhibition at such Transmississippi and International Exposition, as well as all tools and implements necessary or proper to be used in preparing for an exhibition and the equipment and paraphernalia of the exhibitors, artisans, laborers, and the like shall be admitted to the ports of the United States free of duty, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: *Provided, however,**Provisos.*Removal of, at close of exposition, etc.
That said articles shall be removed from the United States within six months after the close of said exposition. If not so removed, and the same shall be sold or disposed of in the United States, they shall be subject to the customs laws thereof: *Provided further,* That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directedSecretary of the Treasury to make rules, etc. to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary, in his judgment, to carry into execution the provisions hereof and to prohibit the infraction of existing statutes, except as the same may be temporarily modified and changed by this Resolution.
Approved, June 30, 1897. No. 19: Granting permission for the erection of a temporary studio in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, for use in the construction and completion of the statue of General Sherman. Public Resolution 19 30 Stat. 223 1897-07-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution Granting permission for the erection of a temporary studio in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, for use in the construction and completion of the statue of General Sherman.
July 15, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War is herebyStatue of General Sherman.Permission for erection of temporary studio, etc. authorized to grant a permit, under such regulations as he may deem best for the public interest, to the General Sherman Statue Committee, of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and to the General Sherman Statue Commission, for the erection on the public grounds in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and on such site as he may deem best, of a temporary studio for use in the construction and completion of the statue of General Sherman, for which the contract has been awarded to Mr.
Carl Rohl-Smith, sculptor. Approved, July 15, 1897. No. 20: Directing the Secretary of War to issue tents for the use of the Grand Army Encampment at Leavenworth, Kansas. Public Resolution 20 30 Stat. 224 1897-07-19 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 2025-11-03 55 1 public 224 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess.
I. Res. 20–22. 1897. [No. 20.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to issue tents for the use of the Grand Army Encampment at Leavenworth, Kansas. July 19, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Grand Army Encampment, Leaven worth, Kansas. Tents for use of. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to issue for the use of the Grand Army Encampment for the State of Kansas, to be held at Fort Leavenworth and Leavenworth City in said State from October eleventh to October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, both days inclusive, one thousand tents, or so many thereof as may be necessary for such purpose.
Approved, July 19, 1897. No. 21: Requesting the President to make investigation into the “Regie Contract” system. Public Resolution 21 30 Stat. 224 1897-07-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 21.] Joint Resolution Requesting the President to make investigation into the “Regie Contract” system.
July 24, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Regie contract system.Investigation of, etc. That the President is hereby requested to make such investigations as will elicit all the facts in reference to the restrictions put upon the sale of American tobacco in foreign countries under what is known as “regie contracts” and otherwise, and to enter into negotiations with the government of those countries with a view to obtain a modification or removal of such restrictions.
Approved, July 24, 1897. No. 22: To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives on the day following adjournment. Public Resolution 22 30 Stat. 224 1897-07-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 1 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives on the day following adjournment.
July 24, 1897. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Officers, etc., of Congress to be paid July salaries on day following adjournment. 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 employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, on the day of said month next following adjournment.
Approved, July 24, 1897. 55 2 1897 1898 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the sixth day of December, 1897, and was adjourned without day on the eighth day of July, 1898.* William McKinley, President; Garret A. Hobart, Vice-President and President of the Senate; William P. Frye, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Thomas B. Reed, Speaker, and Sereno E.
Payne, Speaker pro tempore, of the House of Representatives.
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