Chapter 463. For the establishment of a light and fog signal on or near Sabine Bank, Texas
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CHAP. 463.— An Act For the establishment of a light and fog signal on or near Sabine Bank, Texas. March 3, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Sabine Bank, Tex.Light station established at. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a light-house and fog-signal station on or near Sabine Bank, Texas, at a cost not to exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
Approved, March 3, 1899. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, on the twenty-first day of said month. Public Resolution 1 30 Stat. 1385 1898-12-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 1.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, on the twenty-first day of said month. December 20, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the Senate andOfficers, etc., of Congress to be paid December salaries December 21, 1898. 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-eight, on the twenty-first day of said month.
Approved, December 20, 1898. No. 2: For the improvement of the harbor at Racine, Wisconsin. Public Resolution 2 30 Stat. 1385 1899-01-10 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution For the improvement of the harbor at Racine, Wisconsin. January 10, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be, andRacine, Wis.Investigation and report on harbor improvement. he hereby is, requested and directed to cause a survey to be made of the harbor at Racine, Wisconsin, to ascertain the best method or plan, by breakwaters or otherwise, to prevent the injurious effects of the northeast seas, and to report said method or plan with the approximate cost of the same, and that the Secretary of War report as to the advisability of making such improvement.
Approved, January 10, 1899. No. 3: For improvement of the harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin. Public Resolution 3 30 Stat. 1385 1899-01-10 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution For improvement of the harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin. January 10, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be, andKenosha, Wis.Investigation and report on harbor improvement. he hereby is, requested and directed to cause a survey to be made of the harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin, to ascertain the best method or plan, by breakwaters or otherwise, to prevent the injurious effects of the northeast seas, and to report said method or plan, with the approximate cost of the same, and that the Secretary of War report as to the advisability of making such proposed improvement.
Approved, January 10, 1899. No. 4: Asking for preliminary survey of Ohio River at or near Cincinnati. Public Resolution 4 30 Stat. 1385 1899-01-10 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Asking for preliminary survey of Ohio River at or near Cincinnati. January 10, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be, andOhio River.Survey of, at Cullums Riffle, below Cincinnati, for dam, etc. he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a preliminary survey to be made of the Ohio River at a point at or near Cullums Riffle, imme- 1385 1386 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Res. 4–7. 1899. diately below the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, for the purpose of reporting upon the probable cost and advisability of constructing a suitable lock and dam across said river at that point, of sufficient dimensions to secure a channel depth opposite said city of not less than six feet of water at low-water stage. The expense of this investigation and report shall be paid for out of any moneys remaining unexpended in any funds heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the Ohio River.
Approved, January 10, 1899. No. 5: Providing for estimate of cost of certain improvements of Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut. Public Resolution 5 30 Stat. 1386 1899-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Providing for estimate of cost of certain improvements of Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut.
January 12, 1899. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Bridgeport, Conn.Estimates for harbor improvement, etc. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to submit estimates of the cost of extending the channel of Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut, through an arm of the sea known as Yellow Mill Branch of said harbor, such channel to be twelve feet deep and two hundred feet wide; also of widening the main channel to the western harbor line, between the inner beacon and the Naugatuck Railroad wharf, with a depth of twelve feet; all as shown by maps and surveys made in compliance with the Vol. 28, p. 339.provisions of the river and harbor Act of August seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and submitted to Congress under date of November twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Approved, January 12, 1899. No. 6: Authorizing the printing of extra copies of the publications of the Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department. Public Resolution 6 30 Stat. 1386 1899-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the printing of extra copies of the publications of the Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department.
January 12, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Navy Department.Office Naval Intelligence.Printing additional copies of publications of, authorized.Vol. 28, p. 622. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized to print, in excess of the one thousand copies authorized by the Act of January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, such extra copies of the publications of the Office of Naval Intelligence for the calendar year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine as may be necessary for distribution to the naval service and to *Proviso.*Limit.meet other official demands: *Provided,* That in no case shall the edition of any one publication exceed three thousand copies.
Approved, January 12, 1899. No. 7: Directing the Secretary of War to submit a report of survey and estimate for the improvement of the east channel in New York Harbor. Public Resolution 7 30 Stat. 1386 1899-01-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit a report of survey and estimate for the improvement of the east channel in New York Harbor.
January 12, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * New York Harbor.Improvement of east channel etc. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to submit a report of survey and estimate for the improvement of the east channel in New York Harbor, from The Narrows to the sea, and. for the enlarging of the same to the depth of thirty-five feet and a width of one thousand five hundred feet, and to also report upon the desirability of such improvement.
Approved, January 12, 1899. No. 8: Providing for the removal of the remains of the late Major-General John A. Rawlins from the Congressional Cemetery to the national cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, together with the base and granite shaft now marking the spot. Public Resolution 8 30 Stat. 1387 1899-01-16 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 3 public FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res . 8–11. 1899. 1387 [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Providing for the removal of the remains of the late Major-General John A. Rawlins from the Congressional Cemetery to the national cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, together with the base and granite shaft now marking the spot. January 16, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be, andMaj.
Gen. John A. Rawlins.Removal of remains of, to Arlington. he is hereby, directed to cause the remains of the late Major-General John A. Rawlins to be removed from the Congressional Cemetery in this city to the national cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, together with the base and granite shaft now marking the spot, and which were erected by the children, relatives, and friends of the Grand Army of the Republic. *Resolved, * That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof asAppropriation. may be needed, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of such removal.
Approved, January 16, 1899. No. 9: For the improvement of Mystic River, Massachusetts. Public Resolution 9 30 Stat. 1387 1899-01-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution For the improvement of Mystic River, Massachusetts. January 21, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be,Mystic River, Mass.Estimates for improvement of. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to prepare and submit plans and estimates for the improvement of Mystic River, Massachusetts, with a view of obtaining a depth of twenty-five feet and three hundred feet width to a point about three thousand five hundred feet above Chelsea Bridge, so called, between Boston and Chelsea.
Approved, January 21, 1899. No. 10: To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 10 30 Stat. 1387 1899-01-24 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 3 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
January 24, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the vacancy in the Board ofSmithsonian Institution.James B. Angell reappointed regent. Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the reappointment of James B. Angell, a resident of Michigan, whose term of office expires on January nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Approved, January 24, 1899.
No. 11: Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy, at West Point, Luis Yglesias, of Costa Rica. Public Resolution 11 30 Stat. 1387 1899-01-28 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy, at West Point, Luis Yglesias, of Costa Rica.
January 11, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be, and heLouis Yglesias, of Costa Rica, admitted to West Point.*Provisos.*No expense to the United States.Oath and service.[R. S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227](/us/rs//s1320/1321/p227). hereby is, authorized to permit Luis Yglesias, of Costa Rica, to receive instructions 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 Yglesias the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended.
Approved, January 28, 1899. No. 12: To furnish the Congressional Record to the Library of Congress. Public Resolution 12 30 Stat. 1388 1899-01-28 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public 1388 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 12–16. 1899. [No. 12.] Joint Resolution To furnish the Congressional Record to the Library of Congress.
January 28, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Library of Congress.To be furnished with Congressional Record. That the Public Printer be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to supply to the Library of Congress six copies of the daily Congressional Record, for use in the following departments: Librarian’s office, reading room, Senators’ reading room, Representatives’ reading room. Approved, January 28, 1899.
No. 13: Granting authority to the Republic of Venezuela to send a cadet to West Point Military Academy. Public Resolution 13 30 Stat. 1388 1899-02-09 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 3 public [No. 13.] Joint Resolution Granting authority to the Republic of Venezuela to send a cadet to West Point Military Academy.
February 9, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Andrés Ponte, of Venezuela, admitted to West Point.*Provisos.*No expense to United States.Oath and service.[R. S., secs. 1320–1321, p. 227](/us/rs/s1320–1321/p227). That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit Andres Ponte, of Venezuela, to 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 Ponte the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended.
Approved, February 9, 1899. No. 14: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Ricardo Yglesias, of Costa Rica. Public Resolution 14 30 Stat. 1388 1899-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 14.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Ricardo Yglesias, of Costa Rica.
February 15, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Ricardo Yglesias, of Costa Rica, admitted to Naval Academy.*Provisos.*No expense to United States.Modification of regulations. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to permit Ricardo Yglesias, of Costa Rica, to receive instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis: *Provided,* That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: *And provided further,* That in the case of the said Ricardo Yglesias the Secretary of the Navy may modify or dispense with any provisions of the rules and regulations of the said Academy which circumstances may, in his opinion, render necessary or desirable.
Approved, February 15, 1899. No. 15: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Alberto Valenzuela Montoya, of Colombia. Public Resolution 15 30 Stat. 1388 1899-02-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Alberto Valenzuela Montoya, of Colombia.
February 15, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Alberto Valenzuela Montoya, of Colombia, admitted to Naval Academy.*Provisos.*No expense to United States.Modification of regulations. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Alberto Valenzuela Montoya, of Colombia: *Provided,* That no expense shall thereby accrue to the United States: *And provided further,* That the Secretary of the Navy may, in the case of the said Montoya, modify or dispense with any provisions of the rules and regulations of the said academy which circumstances may, in his opinion, render necessary or desirable.
Approved, February 15, 1899. No. 16: To provide for the removal of snow and ice in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 16 30 Stat. 1388 1899-02-20 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution To provide for the removal of snow and ice in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia.
February 20, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia. That the following sums are hereby FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 16–18, 20. 1899. 1389 appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, for the following object, namely: For cleaning snow and ice from the streets and avenues of the DistrictRemoval of snow and ice. of Columbia, twenty thousand dollars, one-half of said sum to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half out of the Treasury of the United States.
Approved, February 20, 1899. No. 17: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to pay certain laborers, workmen, and mechanics at United States navy-yards and naval stations fifty per centum additional for work performed in excess of eight hours per diem. Public Resolution 17 30 Stat. 1389 1899-02-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to pay certain laborers, workmen, and mechanics at United States navy-yards and naval stations fifty per centum additional for work performed in excess of eight hours per diem. February 25, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the Navy be, andNavy.Additional pay for laborers at navy-yards, etc., who have worked more than eight hours. he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay fifty per centum additional for all work in excess of eight hours per diem performed by laborers, workmen, and mechanics whose compensation is fixed upon a basis of eight hours per diem, and who, between March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, were employed at any United States navy-yard or naval station, and who worked in excess of eight hours per day and have not already received said additional compensation; the amount due each laborer, workman, and mechanic affected by the above to be based upon the time records of the several bureaus at the navy-yard or naval station where the work was performed.
Approved, February 25, 1899. No. 18: Providing for the further distribution of the Compiled Statutes of the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 18 30 Stat. 1389 1899-02-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Providing for the further distribution of the Compiled Statutes of the District of Columbia.
February 27, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of the InteriorCompiled Statutes, District of Columbia.Distribution of copies in possession of the Secretary of the Interior authorized. is hereby authorized and directed to distribute copies, of the Compiled Statutes of the District of Columbia now in his charge, as follows: To each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses not already supplied with the work, one copy; to each of three public, university, or college libraries not depositories of public documents, to be named by each Senator of each State, the Representative of each Congressional district, and the Delegate of each Territory in the Fifty-fifth or Fifty-sixth Congresses, one copy; and to such executive and judicial officers of the Government not already supplied as may require this work in the discharge of their official duties, one copy each: *Provided,* That the libraries supplied in compliance*Proviso.*Notification to libraries by whose order sent. with the provisions of this resolution shall each be notified as to the Senator, Representative, or Delegate upon whose order the work is furnished.
Approved, February 27, 1899. No. 20: Authorizing the President of the United States to appoint Osborne W. Deignan a naval cadet at Annapolis. Public Resolution 20 30 Stat. 1389 1899-02-28 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 20.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States to appoint Osborne W.
Deignan a naval cadet at Annapolis. February 28, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the President of the UnitedNaval Academy.Appointment of Osborne W. Deignan as cadet authorized. States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint Osborne W. Deignan, of Stuart, Iowa, a cadet in the Naval Academy, Annapolis, notwithstanding the fact that said Osborne W. Deignan is past the age when he could be admitted as a cadet at Annapolis.
Approved, February 28, 1899. No. 21: Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to alter, amend, or repeal certain health ordinances. Public Resolution 21 30 Stat. 1390 1899-02-28 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public 1390 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 21–24. 1899. [No. 21.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to alter, amend, or repeal certain health ordinances.
February 28, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.Commissioners authorized to alter ordinances of late board of health.Vol. 21, p. 304. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered, in making regulations under the authority conferred by Congress, to alter, amend, or repeal any of the ordinances of the late board of health of said District which were legalized by joint resolution approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty, whenever in their judgment the public interest requires it.
Approved, February 28, 1899. No. 22: To prevent the spread of contagious diseases in the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 22 30 Stat. 1390 1899-02-28 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution To prevent the spread of contagious diseases in the District of Columbia.
February 28, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America tn Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.Prevention of spread of smallpox, etc. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be immediately available, one half out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated and one-half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, to enable the Commissioners of said District to provide for the proper care of smallpox patients and to prevent the spread of contagious diseases in said District, including a house to house inspection, and such compulsory Vaccination.vaccination as may be deemed necessary by the Health Officer of said District in accordance with existing law, and for other extraordinary emergencies.
Approved, February 28, 1899. No. 23: To amend section twenty-five of the Act passed June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes.” Public Resolution 23 30 Stat. 1390 1899-02-28 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution To amend section twenty-five of the Act passed June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes.
” February 28, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Taxes to meet war expenditures.*Ante,* p. 462, amended.Bonds secured by mortgages, but one stamp required, etc. That an Act passed June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes,” be amended by adding to the end of Schedule A, section twenty-five, the following:
“Whenever any bond or note shall be secured by a mortgage, or deed of trust but one stamp shall be required to be placed upon such *Proviso.*—maximum rate.papers: *Provided,* That the stamp tax placed thereon shall be the highest rate required for said instruments, or either of them.” Approved, February 28, 1899. No. 24: Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the commercial exposition to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Public Resolution 24 30 Stat. 1390 1899-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 24.] Joint Resolution Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the commercial exposition to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
March 1, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Philadelphia exposition.Vol. 23, p. 332.Vol. 23, p. 115, etc.Alien mechanics, etc., under contract to labor may be brought into the United States to install exhibits. That the Act of Congress approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, prohibiting the importation of foreigners under contract to perform labor, and the Acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese persons into the United States, and the Acts amendatory of these Acts, shall not be construed, nor shall anything therein operate to prevent, hinder, or in any wise restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of a foreign nation, or the holder who is a citizen of a foreign nation of any concession or privilege from the Philadelphia Exposition Association of Pennsylvania from bringing into the United States, under contract, FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Res. 24–27. 1899. 1391 such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees, natives of their respective foreign countries, as they or any of them may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparations for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing or installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any concession or privilege which may have been granted by the Philadelphia Exposition Association of Pennsylvania in connection with such exposition: *Provided, however,* That no alien shall by virtue of this*Proviso.*—express permission, etc.
Act enter the United States under contract to perform labor except by express permission, naming such alien, of the Secretary of the Treasury; and any such alien who may remain in the United States for more than three months after the close of the exposition shall thereafter be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to aliens coming in violation of the alien contract-labor law aforesaid. Approved, March 1, 1899. No. 25: Providing for the printing of the Report on the Financial and Industrial Conditions of the Philippine Islands, by Edward W.
Harden, special commissioner of the United States. Public Resolution 25 30 Stat. 1391 1899-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 25.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of the Report on the Financial and Industrial Conditions of the Philippine Islands, by Edward W.
Harden, special commissioner of the United States. March 1, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there be printed nine thousandPrinting authorized of Report on Financial and Industrial Conditions of the Philippine Islands. copies of the Report on the Financial and Industrial Conditions of the Philippine Islands, by Edward W. Harden, special commissioner of the United States; three thousand copies for the use of the Senate, five thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand copies for the use of the Treasury Department.
Approved, March 1, 1899. No. 26: Authorizing the Director of the Geological Survey to prepare maps of Alaska, showing all known topographic and geologic features, and so forth. Public Resolution 26 30 Stat. 1391 1899-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 26.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Director of the Geological Survey to prepare maps of Alaska, showing all known topographic and geologic features, and so forth.
March 1, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Director of the GeologicalAlaska.Preparation, etc., of maps of, authorized. Survey is hereby authorized and directed to prepare maps of Alaska, showing all known topographic and geologic features, including what is known of the gold-bearing rocks, and a text of the same, the text to contain also an explanation of the best known routes and methods of reaching the gold fields; twenty thousand copies of the maps andDistribution. text to be printed, five thousand for the use of the Senate, ten thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand for distribution by the Geological Survey; and the Director is authorized to have said maps and text prepared and printed in the engraving and printing division of the Geological Survey; and four thousand two hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose, and that this appropriation be made immediately available.
Approved, March 1, 1899. No. 27: To promote the relocation of certain tracks of the City and Suburban Railway Company, of the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 27 30 Stat. 1391 1899-03-03 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 2025-11-03 55 3 public [No. 27.] Joint Resolution To promote the relocation of certain tracks of the City and Suburban Railway Company, of the District of Columbia.
March 3, 1899. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the City and SuburbanDistrict of Columbia.City and Suburban Railway.Relocation of tracks of. Railway Company, of Washington, be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed to abandon its single track passing around the south side of Stanton Square, and in lieu thereof construct an additional single track on the north side of Stanton Square from the intersection of Fourth and C streets northeast to Sixth and C streets northeast.
That the City and Suburban Railway of Washington, be and it is herebyMotive power prescribed for suburban route. authorized and required within six months after the passage of this 1392 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 27. 1899. Act, to equip with the same underground system of electrical propulsion, as is now being installed on its urban lines the following portion of its suburban route, to wit: Beginning at the intersection of Florida avenue and Eckington place, and running thence north through Eckington place to north R street; thence east on north R street to east Third street; thence by single track north on east Third street to north T street; thence still by single track west on north T street to east Second street; thence south on east Second street to north R street; thence on north R street to Eckington place, and thence to the beginning:
Construction, North Capitol street from T to Michigan avenue, etc.*Ante*, p. 491.Providing, upon completion by said City and Suburban Railway of the underground construction hereinbefore provided for, the obligation of the said City and Suburban Railway imposed by section two of the Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, in respect to the construction of its line on North Capitol street north of T street, shall cease and in lieu of that provision said City and Suburban Railway is required, within six months after North Capitol street shall have been graded, to construct and operate a double-track railway on North Capitol street from T street to Michigan avenue; thence on Michigan avenue east, to connect with its present tracks on Bunker Hill road.
Overheadtrolley, etc.Said railway on North Capitol street north of T street and on Michigan avenue is to be operated by the overhead trolley system; but the right to operate an overhead trolley on North Capitol street shall cease and determine on July first, nineteen hundred and four, or whenever after that date the said street shall be paved; and the said company shall, on and after said date or paving as aforesaid operate the said portion of its line by the underground electric system.
Approved, March 3, 1899. PRIVATE LAWS of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, passed by THE FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. 1897–1899. 1393 55 2 1897 1898 PRIVATE 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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