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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 30 STAT. · July 8, 1898 · Chapter 647

Chapter 647. To reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize, and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the existing war with Spain

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Chap. 647: To reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize, and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the existing war with Spain. Chapter 647 30 Stat. 731 1898-07-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 2 30 public chap. 647.— An Act To reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize, and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the existing war with Spain.
July 8, 1898. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of theVolunteer Army.Repayment to States for expenses incurred in equipping, etc. Treasury be, and be is hereby, directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the governor of any State or Territory, or to his duly authorized agents, the reasonable costs, charges, and expenses that have been incurred by him in aiding the United States*Post*, p. 1356. to raise the Volunteer Army in the existing war with Spain, by subsisting, clothing, supplying, equipping, paying, and transporting men of his State or Territory who were afterwards accepted into the Volunteer Army of the United States: *Provided*, That the transportation paid*Provisos*.Transportation. for shall be only the transportation of such men from the place of their enrollment for service in the Volunteer Army of the United States to the place of their acceptance into the same by the United States mustering officer, and that the names of the men transported shall appearFIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 647. 1898.731 on the muster rolls of the Volunteer Army of the United States: *And provided further*, That, such claims shall be settled upon proper vouchersVouchers. to be filed and passed upon by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury: *And provided further*, That, in cases where the money to pay said costs, charges, and expenses has been, or may hereafter, be borrowedInterest not to be refunded. by the governors or their respective States or Territories, and interest is paid, or may hereafter be paid, on the same, by the governors or their States or Territories, from the time it was or may be so borrowed to the time of its refundment by the United States, or thereafter, such interest shall not be refunded by the United States; nor shall any interest be paid the governors or their States or Territories on the amounts paid out by them, nor any other amount refunded or paid than is in this Act expressly mentioned.
Approved, July 8, 1898. RESOLUTIONS 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-seven, on the seventeenth day of said month. Resolution 1 30 Stat. 732 December 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 2025-11-03 55 2 30 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-seven, on the seventeenth day of said month.
December 16, 1897. Officers, etc., of Coin gross to be paid December salaries December 17, 1897.*Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, 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-seven, on the seventeenth day of said month.
Approved, December 16, 1897. Extending limit of cost of the Government building or buildings at the Transmississippi and International Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska, and reducing cost of Government Exhibit. Resolution 2 30 Stat. 732 December 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 2025-11-03 55 2 30 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution Extending limit of cost of the Government building or buildings at the Transmississippi and International Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska, and reducing cost of Government Exhibit.
December 18, 1897. Omaha Exposition.Vol. 29, p. 382.*Ante*, p. 222.*Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed and completed, at an additional cost not to exceed ten thousand dollars, the Government building at the Transmississippi and InternationalGovernment buildings. Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska, as shown and called for by the plans, drawings and specifications on which bids were taken for its erection, *Ante*, p. 603.and so forth; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, further authorized and directed to cause to be erected at said Exposition a building for an exhibit of the United States Life-Saving Service, at a cost not to exceed for said building the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars; and to enable the Secretary of the Treasury Limit of cost extended, etc.to give effect to, and execute the provisions of, this Act, the limit of cost of the Government building or buildings authorized to be erected at said Exposition is hereby extended from fifty thousand dollars to sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars; and the cost of the Government exhibit at said Exposition is hereby reduced from one hundred fifty thousand dollars to one hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Approved, December 18, 1897. Authorizing the Director of the Geological Survey to prepare a map of Alaska. Resolution 3 30 Stat. 732 January 20, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Director of the Geological Survey to prepare a map of Alaska.
January 20, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Alaska.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Director of the Geological Preparation of map authorized, etc.Survey is hereby authorized and directed to prepare a map of Alaska showing all known topographic and geologic features, including what is known of the gold-bearing rocks and a descriptive text of the same, the text to contain also an explanation of the best known routes and732733FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 3–5. 1898. methods of reaching the gold fields; forty thousand copies of the map and text to be printed, ten thousand for the use of the Senate, twentyAllotment. thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and ten thousand for distribution by the Geological Survey; and the Director is authorized to have said map and text prepared and printed in the engraving and printing division of the Geological Survey; and two thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose, and that this appropriation be made immediately available.
Approved, January 20, 1898. To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Resolution 4 30 Stat. 733 January 24, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 4.] Joint Resolution To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
January 24, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the vacancies in the Board of RegentsAlexander Graham Bell, John B. Henderson, William Preston Johnston, appointed Regents Smithsonian Institution. of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress, shall be filled by the appointment of Alexander Graham Bell, a resident of the city of Washington, in place of Gardiner G. Hubbard, of the city of Washington, deceased; and by the reappointment of John B.
Henderson, a resident of the city of Washington, and of William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, whose terms of office expire on January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, January 24, 1898. Accepting the invitation of the Government of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May to September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Resolution 5 30 Stat. 733 January 25, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Accepting the invitation of the Government of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May to September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. January 25, 1898. Whereas the United States have been duly invited by the GovernmentInternational Fisheries Exposition, Bergen, Norway. of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May sixteenth to September thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,*Ante*, p. 653. which Exposition will also include national sections for industries, agriculture, and the fine arts:
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That said invitation is accepted, andInvitation to the United States to take part accepted.Commissioner. that the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby directed, in person, or by a deputy to be appointed by the President of the United States, and whose compensation if not in the public service shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars including personal and traveling expenses to represent the United States at said Exposition, and to cause a suitable and proper exhibition and display to be made atExhibits. said Exposition of the food-fishes of the United States, and the methods of catching, salting, curing, and preserving the same, and of the implements and appliances used in carrying on the fishery industries of the United States, and to this end may, at his discretion, use any portion of the collection in the National Museum at said Exposition.
That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as mayAppropriation. be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, to pay all the expenses and costs of representing the United States at said Exposition, as aforesaid, and to pay all the costs and expenses and outlays pertaining or incident to the making and carrying on of the exhibition and display aforesaid at said Exposition: *Provided*,*Proviso*.
That the total expenses and liabilities incurred under this resolution shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars.Limit. 734 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 5, 6, 8. 1898. That the said Commissioner, or his deputy, is hereby directed toReport. make a full report to the Department of State of the participation of the United States in said Exposition, and of all the information and results acquired and obtained at or by means of said Exposition touching the fishery industry throughout the world.
Approved, January 25, 1898. Providing for the printing of the report of the governor of Alaska, eighteen hundred, and ninety-seven. Resolution 6 30 Stat. 734 February 1, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of the report of the governor of Alaska, eighteen hundred, and ninety-seven.
February 1, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Alaska.Report of the governor to be printed.of American Congress assembled*, That there be printed ten thousand copies of the report of the governor of the District of Alaska to the Secretary of the Interior, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; three thousand copies for the use of the Senate, five thousand copies for the use of the 1 louse of Representatives, and two thousand copies for the use of the Department of the Interior.
Approved, February 1, 1898. Accepting the invitation of the Government of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May to September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Resolution 8 30 Stat. 734 February 17, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Accepting the invitation of the Government of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May to September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. February 17, 1898. International Fisheries Exposition, Bergen, Norway.Invitation to the United States to take part accepted.Whereas the United States have been duly invited by the Government of Norway to take part in au International Fisheries Exposition to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May sixteenth to September thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which Exposition will also include national sections for industries, agriculture, and the fine arts:
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That said invitation is accepted, and that the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby directed, in person, or by a deputy to be appointed by the President of the United States, and whose compensation if not in the public service shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars including personal and traveling expenses to represent the United States at said Exposition, and to Exhibit.cause a suitable and proper exhibition and display to be made at said Exposition of the food fishes of the United States, and the methods of catching, salting, curing, and preserving the same, and of the implements and appliances used in carrying on the fishery industries of the United States, and to this and may, with the consent of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, use any portion of the fisheries collection in the National Museum at said Exposition.
Appropriation for expenses.That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, to pay all the expenses and costs of representing the United States at said Exposition, as aforesaid, and to pay all the costs and expenses and outlays pertaining or incident to the making and carrying on of the exhibition and display aforesaid at said Exposition: *Provided*, ThatProviso.Limit. the total expenses and liabilities incurred under this resolution shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
Report.That the said Commissioner, or his deputy, is hereby directed to make a full report to the Department of State of the participation of the United States in said Exposition, and of all the information and results acquired and obtained at or by means of said Exposition touching the fishery industry throughout the world. Approved, February 17, 1898. Providing for a survey and report upon the practicability of securing a navigable channel of adequate width and of thirty-live feet depth at mean low water of the Gulf of Mexico throughout Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River.
Resolution 9 30 Stat. 735 February 17, 1898 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 2 30 public FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 9–12. 1898. 735 [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Providing for a survey and report upon the practicability of securing a navigable channel of adequate width and of thirty-live feet depth at mean low water of the Gulf of Mexico throughout Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River.
February 17, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the sum often thousand dollars,Mississippi River.Survey of Southwest Pass. or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and is hereby, authorized to be expended out of the unexpended balance of the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars appropriated by an Act entitled “An Act to provide for closing the crevasse in Pass a Loutre, one of the outlets of the Mississippi River, approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundredVol. 29, p, 597. and ninety-seven,” for the purpose of making a survey and report upon the practicability of securing a navigable channel of adequate width and of thirty-live feet depth at mean low water of the Gulf of Mexico throughout Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River; said survey to beTo be made by board of engineers U.
S. A. made, under the direction of the Secretary of War, by a board composed of three engineer officers of the United States Anny, appointed by him. Approved, February 17, 1898. Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the mayor of the city of Milwaukee, for use in ornamenting one of the parks of that city, the Parrott rifled cannon and carriage recently used on the revenue cutter Andrew Johnson. Resolution 10 30 Stat. 735 February 19, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the mayor of the city of Milwaukee, for use in ornamenting one of the parks of that city, the Parrott rifled cannon and carriage recently used on the revenue cutter Andrew Johnson. February 19, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the TreasuryMilwaukee, Wis.Delivery of cannon to, from revenue cutter Andrew Johnson. be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to deliver to the mayor of the city of Milwaukee, for use in ornamenting one of the parks of said city, the Parrott rifled camion and carriage recently used on the revenue cutter Andrew Johnson, but since discarded, and now stored in the yard of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Company.
Approved, February 19, 1898. To provide for recovering the remains of officers and men and property from the wrecked United States ship Maine, and making an appropriation therefor. Resolution 11 30 Stat. 735 February 23, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution To provide for recovering the remains of officers and men and property from the wrecked United States ship Maine, and making an appropriation therefor.
February 23, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Navy be,U. S. ship “Maine.”Recovery of remains of officers, property, etc. and he is hereby, authorized to engage the services of a wrecking company or companies, having proper facilities for the prompt and efficient performance of submarine work, for the purpose of recovering the remains of the officers and men lost on the United States ship Maine, and of saving the vessel or such parts thereof, and so much of her stores, guns, material, equipment, fittings, and appurtenances as may be practicable; and for this purpose the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and made immediately available.
Approved, February 23, 1898. Relating to the undistributed quotas of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Resolution 12 30 Stat. 735 March 5, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution Relating to the undistributed quotas of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion.
March 5, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the undistributed quotas of theOfficial Records, Union, etc. Navies War of Rebellion. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the736FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 12–14, 16. 1898. Undistributed quotes of Senators and Members, 54th Congress, credited to their successors.Rebellion which were to the credit of Senators and Members of Congress whose terms of service expired on the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and who not being reelected failed to distribute their entire quotas before the first Monday in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, shall be placed to the credit of the successors of those Senators and Members, and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to send such undistributed quotas to such libraries, organizations, and individuals as may be designated by the above mentioned Senators and Members of Congress.
Approved, March 5, 1898. Providing for the printing of Bulletin Numbered Nineteen of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture. Resolution 13 30 Stat. 736 March 5, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 13.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of Bulletin Numbered Nineteen of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture.
March 5, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry.Bulletin No. 19, printing of copies ordered.of America in Congress assembled*, That there be printed ten thousand copies of Bulletin Numbered Nineteen of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, of which there shall be two thousand copies tor the use of the Senate, three thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture.
Approved, March 5, 1898. Providing for estimate of cost of certain improvements at the mouth of Double Bayou and Galveston Bay, Texas. Resolution 14 30 Stat. 736 March 5, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 14.] Joint Resolution Providing for estimate of cost of certain improvements at the mouth of Double Bayou and Galveston Bay, Texas.
March 5, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Double Bayou and Galveston Bay, Texas.Estimate of certain improvements.of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to submit estimates of the cost of opening a channel through the bar at the mouth of Double Bayou, on the east side of Galveston Bay, in the county of Chambers and State of Texas, such channel to be six feet deep and one hundred feet wide, beginning at a point in Trinity or Galveston Bay, where the depth, shoals to six feet, and creating a channel of this depth to a point of six feet depth in Double Bayou, the entire distance not to exceed one thousand two hundred yards, all as shown by maps and surveys made in Vol. 28, p. 343.compliance with the 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: and in making the foregoing estimate the cost shall be estimated for a channel created by permanent walls, also by the process of dredging alone.
Approved, March 5, 1898. Authorizing the Public Printer to use certain Government telegraph poles. Resolution 16 30 Stat. 736 March 18, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Public Printer to use certain Government telegraph poles.
March 18, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Authority to Public Printer to use certain telegraph poles.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized to place one six-pin arm on each of eleven poles now erected on North Capitol street between G and B streets, and to string thereon six telephone wires for use between the Government Printing Office and the United States Senate and House of Representatives: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the erection of any additional pole.
Approved, March 18, 1898. Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents to the citizens’ committee of the city of Cincinnati for the use of the thirty-second national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Resolution 18 30 Stat. 737 March 19, 1898 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 2 30 public FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 18–21. 1898. 737 [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents to the citizens’ committee of the city of Cincinnati for the use of the thirty-second national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. March 19, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War is herebyGrand Army of the Republic.Loan of tents for use of thirty-second national encampment. authorized, at his discretion, to loan to the citizens’ committee having charge of the arrangements for the thirty-second national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in the city of Cincinnati in September, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to deliver to William B.
Melish, the executive director of said committee, for the use of said committee, the following, namely: Sibley tents, common A tents, and flood-sufferers’ tents, with poles, ridges, and pins for each, under such restrictions as is usual in such cases, and with the proviso that no expense shall be caused the United States by the delivery andNo expense to United States.Date of delivery. return of such property; the same to be delivered to said executive director at such time prior to the date of said encampment as may be agreed upon between the Secretary of War and said executive director; the number of said tents so loaned not to exceed fifteen hundred.Number.
Approved, March 19, 1898. Providing for the temporary admission free of duty of naval and military supplies procured abroad. Resolution 19 30 Stat. 737 April 1, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution Providing for the temporary admission free of duty of naval and military supplies procured abroad.
April 1, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That such guns, ammunition,National defense.Admission free of duty of ammunition, etc. and other naval and military supplies as may be purchased abroad by this Government for the national defense prior to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, shall be admitted at any port of entry in the United States free of duty. Approved, April 1, 1898. Grunting permission for the erection of a monument or statue in Washington City, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Albert Pike.
Resolution 20 30 Stat. 737 April 9, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 20.] Joint Resolution Grunting permission for the erection of a monument or statue in Washington City, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Albert Pike. April 9, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That permission be, and is hereby,District of Columbia.Albert Pike monument.Permission to erect etc. granted the Supreme Council of the Inspectors-General of the Thirty-Third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America to erect a monument or statue to the memory and in honor of Albert Pike, in such place in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, other than the Capitol or Library grounds, as shall be designated by the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, the Joint Committee on the Library, and the committee of the Supreme Council of said rite appointed by it for that purpose.
The said monument or statue shall not cost less than ten thousand dollars, and to be presented to the people of the United States by said Supreme Council. Approved, April 9, 1898. Relative to suspension of part of section three hundred and fifty-five of Revised Statutes, relative to erection of forts, fortifications, and so forth. Resolution 21 30 Stat. 737 April 11, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 21.] Joint Resolution Relative to suspension of part of section three hundred and fifty-five of Revised Statutes, relative to erection of forts, fortifications, and so forth. April 11, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in case of emergency when, inErection of fortifications in cases of emergency. the opinion of the President, the immediate erection of any temporary fort or fortification is deemed important and urgent, such temporary738FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 21–24. 1898. fort or fortification maybe constructed upon the written consent of the R. S., sec. 355, p. 60.Validity of title, etc.owner of the hind upon which such work is to be placed; and the requirements of section three hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes shall not be applicable in such cases. Approved, April 11, 1898. Relative to the appropriation for the Rouge River, Michigan. Resolution 22 30 Stat. 738 April 11, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution Relative to the appropriation for the Rouge River, Michigan. April 11, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Rouge River, Michigan.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the Rouge River, Michigan, to be dredged between the Wabash Bridge to Maples Road, with the view of obtaining a thirteen foot channel (in accordance with the letter of G.
J. Lydecker, Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of Engineers, dated November twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven), at an expense Appropriation for dredging.not to exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid out of the appropriation already available for the improvement of that stream. Approved, April 11, 1898. Making an appropriation for the improvement of the Anacostia River and the reclamation of its flats. Resolution 23 30 Stat. 738 April 11, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution Making an appropriation for the improvement of the Anacostia River and the reclamation of its flats. April 11, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Anacostia River, District of Columbia.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to prepare and submit to Congress forthwith a project for the improvement of the Anacostia River and the reclamation of its fiats from the line of the District of Columbia to the mouth of said river, with an estimate of the cost of the same, and a report on the area and ownership of the land to be reclaimed, and if any portion of said land is vested in private persons an estimate of the cost of acquiring the same;
Appropriation for project of improvement, etc.and the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the cost of surveys and other expenses in the premises. Approved, April 11, 1898. For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the laud and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect.
Resolution 24 30 Stat. 738 April 20, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 24] Joint Resolution For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the laud and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect.
April 20, 1898. Preamble.Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed tor more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battle ship, with two hundred and sixty-six of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana, and can not longer be endured, as has been set forth by the President of the United States in his message to Congress of April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, upon which the action of Congress was invited:
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Independence of Cuba.of America in Congress assembled*, First. That the people of the Island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and theDemand upon Spain to relinquish its authority, etc. Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Gov-FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 24–27. 1898.739 eminent of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its laud and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Third. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is,President authorized to use land and naval forces. directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect. Fourth. That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition orDisclaimer by the United States of Intention to exercise sovereignty, etc. intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said Island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the Island to its people.
Approved, April 20, 1898. To prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States. Resolution 25 30 Stat. 739 April 22, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 25.] Joint Resolution To prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States.
April 22, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President is hereby authorized,President authorized to prohibit exportation of war material. in his discretion, and with such limitations and exceptions as shall seem to him expedient, to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress. Approved, April 22, 1898.
Authorizing the National Reunion Monument Association to erect a monument in the city of Washington to the Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of the War of the Rebellion. Resolution 26 30 Stat. 739 April 25, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 26.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the National Reunion Monument Association to erect a monument in the city of Washington to the Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of the War of the Rebellion.
April 25, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the National Reunion MonumentDistrict of Columbia.Permission to erect monument to Union soldiers, sailors, etc. Association, an organization chartered and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia for the purpose of erecting a monument in the city of Washington to the Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of the War of the Rebellion be, and hereby is, authorized to erect said monument on such Government reservation in said city as may be designated by the Secretary of War; the design of said memorial to receive his approval.
Approved, April 25, 1898. Authorizing the printing of extra copies of the military publications of the War Department. Resolution 27 30 Stat. 739 April 25, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 27.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the printing of extra copies of the military publications of the War Department.
April 25, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War beWar Department.Printing of extra copies of certain military publications.Vol. 28, p. 622. authorized to print, in excess of the one thousand copies authorized by the act of January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, such extra number of copies of the military publications of the War Department as may be necessary for the instruction of the National Guard of the various States. *Resolved*, That there be printed for immediate distribution by the—distribution to National Guard.
Secretary of War to the National Guard of the various States the following manuals, regulations, and drill books: Three thousand copies of Infantry Drill Regulations.Manuals, regulations, and drill books. One thousand copies of Cavalry Drill Regulations. One thousand five hundred copies of Light Artillery Drill Regulations. 740 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 27–29. 1898. One thousand copies of Manual of Drill for the Hospital Corps. Three thousand copies of Manual of Arms, Infantry Drill.
Three thousand copies of Army Regulations, Five hundred copies of Regulations Pertaining to Uniforms. Five hundred copies of Military Laws of the United States. Five thousand copies of Manual for Army Cooks. One thousand copies of Hand Book of Subsistence Stores. One thousand copies of Manual for Subsistence Department. One thousand copies of Manual for Medical Department. One thousand copies of Manual for Quartermaster’s Department. Five hundred copies of Paymaster’s Manual.
Two hundred copies of Manual of Photography. Also that there be printed the following: Three thousand copies of Infantry Drill Regulations, of which one—distribution to Congress. thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and two thousand for the use of the House of Representatives. Six hundred copies of Cavalry Drill Regulations, of which two hundred shall be for the use of the Senate and four hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. One thousand five hundred copies of Light Artillery Drill Regulations, of which five hundred shall be for the use of the Senate and one thousand for the use of the House of Representatives.
Two thousand copies of Manual of Arms, Infantry Drill, of which six hundred and fifty shall be for the use of the Senate and one thousand three hundred and fifty for the use of the House of Representatives. Three thousand copies of Army Regulations, of which one thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and two thousand for the use of the House of Representatives. Two thousand copies of the Military Laws of the United States, of which six hundred and fifty shall be tor the use of the Senate and one thousand three hundred and fifty for the use of the House of Representatives.
Usual number not to be printed.Vol. 28, p. 608.Under this resolution the “usual number” not to be printed. Approved, April 25, 1898. Providing for the compilation and printing of parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives. Resolution 28 30 Stat. 740 April 25, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 28.] Joint Resolution Providing for the compilation and printing of parliamentary precedents of the House of Representatives.
April 25, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there be printed the usual numberHouse of Representatives.Appropriation for compilation, etc., of parliamentary precedents.—distribution of copies. of copies of a compilation of parliamentary precedents of the United States House of Representatives, and that in addition to the said usual number there be printed and bound five hundred copies, one copy for each mendier and each committee of the House, the residue to be deposited in the library of the House, said compilation to be made by Asher C.
Hinds, clerk at the Speaker’s table, under the supervision of the Committee on Rules, the said clerk to be paid on the completion of the work, with a proper index, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, three thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, and is to be in full payment for said work, except the cost of printing and binding the same. Approved, April 25, 1898. Authorizing the Secretary of War to make a survey of the West Fork River, West Virginia, and prepare estimates of the cost thereof.
Resolution 29 30 Stat. 740 April 29, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 29.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to make a survey of the West Fork River, West Virginia, and prepare estimates of the cost thereof. April 29, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States West Fork River, West Virginia, survey of, etc.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause a survey and submit an estimate for the improvement of the West Fork River, West Virginia, from its mouth to the city ofFIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 29–32. 1898.741 Clarksburg, West Virginia, by a system of locks and dams, the proper location of necessary dams, as well as probable cost thereof. And that—report. the Secretary of War be requested to inform the Congress as to the advisability of the proposed improvement. Approved, April 29, 1898. Relative to the medal of honor authorized by the Acts of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Resolution 30 30 Stat. 741 May 4, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Relative to the medal of honor authorized by the Acts of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. May 4, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the NavyNavy.Seamen holding medals of honor to have rosettes. be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue to any person to whom a medal of honor has been awarded, or may hereafter be awarded, under the provisions of the Acts approved December twenty-first, eighteenVol. 12, p. 330.Vol. 12, p. 584. hundred and sixty-one, and July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, a rosette or knot to be worn in lieu of the medal, and a ribbon to—ribbons. be worn with the medal; said rosette or knot and ribbon to be each of a pattern to be prescribed and established by the President of the United States, and any appropriation that may hereafter be available for the contingent expenses of the Navy Department is hereby made available for the purposes of this Act: *Provided*, That whenever a*Proviso*—new ribbons. ribbon issued under the provisions of this Act shall have been lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued, the Secretary of the Navy shall cause a new ribbon to be issued to such person without charge therefor.
Approved, May 4, 1898. For the improvement of Humboldt Harbor, California. Resolution 31 30 Stat. 741 May 7, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 31.] Joint Resolution For the improvement of Humboldt Harbor, California. May 7, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be, and heHumboldt Harbor, Cal.Estimates of cost of dredging, etc. is hereby, requested to submit detailed estimates from information now on tile of the costs for the proposed dredging and improvement of Humboldt Harbor, California, as contemplated by the river and harbor ActVol. 29, p. 236. of June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and by the report of Cassius E.
Gillette, captain of engineers, submitted to Congress in the report of the Chief of Engineers. Approved, May 7, 1898. Directing the Secretary of War to submit plans and estimates for the proposed improvement of Hillsboro Bay, Florida, from its confluence with Tampa Bay, through Hillsboro Bay and River, to the city of Tampa. Resolution 32 30 Stat. 741 May 7, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 32.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit plans and estimates for the proposed improvement of Hillsboro Bay, Florida, from its confluence with Tampa Bay, through Hillsboro Bay and River, to the city of Tampa. May 7, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be, and heHillsboro Bay, Florida.Estimates for improvement of. is hereby, authorized and directed to submit plans and estimates for the improvement of Hillsboro Bay, Florida, from its confluence with Tampa Bay, through Hillsboro Bay and River, to the city of Tampa, to carry out the recommendations of the engineers of the War Department already made.
That the Secretary of War be requested to report toReport. Congress whether or not it is advisable for the Government to undertake said improvement. Approved, May 7, 1898. Tendering the thanks of Congress to Commodore George Dewey, United States Navy, and to the officers and men of the squadron under his command. Resolution 33 30 Stat. 742 May 10, 1898 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 2 30 public 742 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 33, 34. 1898. [No. 33.] Joint Resolution Tendering the thanks of Congress to Commodore George Dewey, United States Navy, and to the officers and men of the squadron under his command. May 10, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Commodore George Dewey, U. S. N.—thanks of Congress, etc., to.R. S., sec. 1508, p. 260.of America in Congress assembled*, That, in pursuance of the recommendation of the President, made in accordance with the provisions of section fifteen hundred and eight of the Revised Statutes, the thanks of Congress and of the American people are hereby tendered to Commodore George Dewey, United States Navy, Commander-in-Chief of the United States naval force on the Asiatic Station, for highly distinguished conduct in conflict with the enemy, as displayed by him in the destruction of the Spanish fleet and batteries in the harbor of Manila, Philippine Islands, May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
Sec. 2. —to Officers and men of his command.That the thanks of Congress and the American people are hereby extended through Commodore Dewey to the officers and men under his command for the gallantry and skill exhibited by them on that occasion. Sec. 3. —notification.*Be it further resolved*, That the President of the United States be requested to cause this resolution to be communicated to Commodore Dewey, and, through him, to the officers and men under his command. Approved, May 10, 1898.
Providing for the adjustment of certain claims of the United States against the State of Tennessee, and certain claims of the State of Tennessee against the United States. Resolution 34 30 Stat. 742 May 12, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 34.] Joint Resolution Providing for the adjustment of certain claims of the United States against the State of Tennessee, and certain claims of the State of Tennessee against the United States.
May 12, 1898. Adjustment of reciprocal claims between the United States and Tennessee.Preamble.Whereas it is claimed that the State of Tennessee is indebted to the United States for railroad equipments and materials purchased for the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad Company and the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad Company by the receivers of said railroad companies; and also for certain coupon bonds issued by said State and originally purchased and held by the United States in trust for certain Indian tribes; and Whereas the State of Tennessee claims against the United States certain abatements and reductions of said indebtedness by reason of excessive valuations of said equipments and materials; and also certain set-offs and counterclaims, growing out of the use by the United States Government for military and other purposes, and the deterioration of the property by the use of certain of the Tennessee railroads upon which the said State had an express and prior statutory lien; and for the removal and appropriation of the property, rails, bridges, and so forth, of the following roads, namely:
The Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad Company, the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad Company, the Winchester and Alabama Railroad Company, the Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad Company, and the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad Company; and Whereas said matters are of long standing and it is desirable that the same should be adjusted and settled: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Board to effect compromise.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Attorney-General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to proceed, by conference with such agents, counsel, or commissioners as maybe appointed by said State for that purpose, to compromise, adjust, and settle with the State of Tennessee, through such duly appointed agents, all said matters upon such terms as to amount, allowance of interest, and so forth, as shall If balance should be found due the United States.do equal and impartial justice to both parties; and if the result of such settlement shall disclose a balance due to the United States from the State of Tennessee, they shall report such agreement, compromise, or settlement to the governor of Tennessee, to be submitted by him to theFIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 34, 35. 1898.743 legislature of said State at its next regular session, and if the payment of such balance shall not be provided for at the next regular session of the legislature of Tennessee, then the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to proceed to collect the same by appropriate proceedings in accordance with the terms of the bonds held by the United States; and in the event the result of said settlement shall—due the State of Tennessee. disclose a balance due to the State of Tennessee, they are hereby authorized and directed to report the same to Congress with such recommendation as to an appropriation therefor as may be deemed to be proper and just: *Provided, however*, That nothing herein shall be deemed to be a*Proviso*.McMinnville and Manchester Railroad. declaration of priority of right in favor of the State of Tennessee as between it and the Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway Company with respect to the claim on account of the McMinnville and Manchester—claim of against the State.
Railroad: but the question of the rights of the State and of said company as to said claim shall be determined as is hereinafter provided: *Provided further*, That the sum for the value of the iron rails, spikes,—claim of for certain property taken by the United States. chairs, and so forth, taken by the United States military railroad authorities from the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-three and eighteen hundred and sixty-four shall not be used in arriving at a settlement of the accounts between the State of Tennessee and the United States unless the Attorney-General of the United States, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall find that the proceeds for amount of said claim belong to the State of Tennessee: *Provided further*, ThatClaim of McMinnville and Manchester Railroad, how determined. the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad Company or the Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway Company as its successor shall, by agents, counsel, or otherwise, have the right to appear and have an equal voice with the State in determining all questions relating to the said claim of the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad Company or the Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway Company as its successor.
And the Attorney-General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War are hereby authorized and directed to determine the legal and equitable rights, respectively, between the State of Tennessee and the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad Company or the Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway Company as its successor with respect to said claim; and it they shall find that the proceeds or amount of said claim belong to the State the same shall be allowed as a credit in the settlement of the accounts between the United States and the State of Tennessee; and if they shall find that the proceeds or amount of said claim belong to the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad Company or the Nashville, Chattanooga and Saint Louis Railway Company as its successor they shall report the same to Congress for appropriate legislation by Congress.
They are authorized to settle all claims and demands of whateverReport of compromise to Congress for approval. kind or nature, and any compromise or settlement they may make with said State of Tennessee, as aforesaid, shall be fully reported back to Congress, giving the basis thereof, for its further action. The said compromise or settlement is not to be effective or final until approved by Congress. Approved, May 12, 1898. Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to rent lighting apparatus for Government building at Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition.
Resolution 35 30 Stat. 743 May 18, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 35.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to rent lighting apparatus for Government building at Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition. May 18, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of theTrans-Mississippi and International Exposition.Lighting exterior of Government building.
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to rent electric wiring and lamps for the lighting of the exterior of the building for the Government exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska, if, in his judgment, such course will be less expen-744FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 35, 37, 38. 1898.sive than to wire the building and furnish lamps therefor; the expense thereof to be paid from the unexpended balance of the appropriation, for the construction of said building.
Approved, May 18, 1898. Joint Resolution Appointing four members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Resolution 37 30 Stat. 744 May 24, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 37.] Joint Resolution Appointing four members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
May 24, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States National Home Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.William J. Sewell, Martin T. McMahon, John L. Mitchell, and William H. Bonsall appointed on Board of Managers.of America in Congress assembled*, That William J. Sewell, of New Jersey; Martin T. McMahon, of New York; John L. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, and William II. Bonsall, of California, be, and they hereby are, appointed members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the.
United States for the term of six years commencing April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and until their successors are elected; the said William J. Sewell to succeed himself, his present term expiring April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; Martin T. McMahon to succeed himself, his present term expiring April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; John L. Mitchell to succeed himself, his present term expiring April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and William H.
Bonsall to succeed A. W. Barrett, whose term of office will expire April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, May 24, 1898. Providing for the organization and enrollment of the United States Auxiliary Naval Force. Resolution 38 30 Stat. 744 May 26, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 38.] Joint Resolution Providing for the organization and enrollment of the United States Auxiliary Naval Force.
May 26, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That a United States Auxiliary Naval Navy.Organization of temporary auxiliary naval force.Force is hereby authorized to be established, to be enrolled in such numbers as the President may deem necessary, not exceeding three thousand enlisted men, for the exigencies of the present war with Spain, and to serve for a period of one year, or less, and shall be disbanded by the President at the conclusion of the war.
Sec. 2. Chief.That the chief of the United States Auxiliary Naval Force shall be detailed by the Secretary of the Navy from the active or retired list of the line officers of the Navy not below the grade of captain, who shall receive the highest pay of his grade while so employed. Sec. 3. Enlistment.That enlistment into the United States Auxiliary Naval Force shall be made by such officer or officers as the Navy Department Officers.may detail for the purpose, who shall also select from merchant vessels and other available sources such volunteers as maybe deemed best fitted for service as officers in said force, and shall report to the Secretary of the Navy, for his action, their names and the grade for which each is recommended.
Sec. 4. Division of coast line into districts.That for the purposes of this organization the coast line shall be divided into districts, each of which shall be in charge of an assistant to the chief of the United States Auxiliary Naval Force; and such assistant chiefs may be detailed by the Secretary of the Navy from the officers of the active or retired list of the line of the Navy, or appointed by him from civil life, not above the rank of lieutenant commander. Sec. 5. Pay.That the officers and men comprising the United States Auxiliary Naval Force shall receive the same pay and emoluments as those Conformance to Navy regulations, etc.holding similar rank or rate in the Regular Navy; and all matters relating to the organization, discipline, and government of men in said force shall conform to the laws and regulations governing the United States Navy.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 38–41. 1898. 745 Sec. 6. That the chief of the United States Auxiliary Naval Force orService of naval militia. such officers as the Navy Department may detail for such service, may, with the consent of the Governor of any State, muster into the said Force the whole or any part of the organizations of the Naval Militia of any State to serve in said Auxiliary Naval Force, and shall report to the Secretary of the Navy, for his action, the names and grades for which commissions in said United States Auxiliary Naval Force shall be issued to the officers of such Naval Militia, and shall have the power to appoint and disrate the petty officers thereof.
Sec. 7. That the officers, warrant officers, petty officers, and enlistedAppropriation available for pay. men and boys of the United States Auxiliary Naval Force thus created shall be paid from the appropriation “Pay of the Navy,” and the sumHire, etc., of vessels. of three million dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase or hire of vessels necessary for the purposes of this resolution.
Approved, May 26, 1898. Ratifying and confirming certain temporary appointments of officers of the Navy. Resolution 39 30 Stat. 745 May 26, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 39.] Joint Resolution Ratifying and confirming certain temporary appointments of officers of the Navy.
May 26, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the temporary appointmentsNavy.Confirmation of certain temporary appointments in. made by the President on and after April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and up to the date of the passage of this joint resolution, of officers of the line and staff of the Navy, are hereby ratified and confirmed, to continue in force during the exigency under which their services are required in the existing war: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Bank and pay. the officers so appointed shall be assigned to duty with rank and pay of the grades established by existing law, and shall be paid from the appropriation “Pay of the Navy.
” Approved, May 26, 1898. Join Resolution: Declaring the lands within the former Mille Lac Indian Reservation, in Minnesota, to be subject to entry under the land laws of the United States. Resolution 40 30 Stat. 745 May 27, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 40.] Join Resolution Declaring the lands within the former Mille Lac Indian Reservation, in Minnesota, to be subject to entry under the land laws of the United States.
May 27, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all public lands formerly withinPublic lands.Lands in Mille Lac Indian Reservation, Minn., open to entry. the Mille Lac Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, be, and the same are hereby, declared to be subject to entry by any bona fide qualified settler under the public land laws of the United States; and all preemption filings heretofore made prior to the repeal of the preemption law by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,Vol. 26, p. 1097. and all homestead entries or applications to make entry under the homestead laws, shall be received and treated in all respects as if made upon any of the public lauds of the United States subject to preemption or homestead entry: *Provided*, That lot four in section twenty-eight,*Proviso*.Reservation of Indian burial place. and lots one and two in section thirty-three, township forty-three north, of range twenty-seven west of the fourth principal meridian, be, and the same are hereby, perpetually reserved as a burial place for the Mille Lac Indians, with the right to remove and reinter thereon the bodies of those buried on other portions of said former reservation.
Approved, May 27, 1898. Calling upon the Secretary of War for information concerning the port of Sabine Pass. Resolution 41 30 Stat. 745 May 28, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 41.] Joint Resolution Calling upon the Secretary of War for information concerning the port of Sabine Pass.
May 28, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be, andSabine Pass.Construction of ship canal in harbor of. he is hereby, directed to furnish Congress as soon as possible all information and copies of such reports as he may have relative to any enter-746FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 41–44. 1898.prise or construction, in the way of a ship canal or otherwise, known to him to be in process of completion in or about the harbor of Sabine Pass, and us to whether any plans or estimates have been submitted to and approved by him or the Department of Engineers for any such enterprise or construction; and whether, in the opinion of the United States Engineer Department, there is any possibility of any such enterprise or construction obstructing or lessening the depth of the harbor of Sabine Pass.
Approved, May 28, 1898. Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to present a sword of honor to Commodore George Dewey, and to cause to be struck bronze medals commemorating the battle of Manila Bay, and to distribute such medals to the officers and men of the ships of the Asiatic Squadron of the United States. Resolution 42 30 Stat. 746 June 3, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 42.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to present a sword of honor to Commodore George Dewey, and to cause to be struck bronze medals commemorating the battle of Manila Bay, and to distribute such medals to the officers and men of the ships of the Asiatic Squadron of the United States. June 3, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Commodore George Dewey, U. S. N.Presentation to of sword and of medals to his command.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to present a sword of honor to Commodore George Dewey, and to cause to be struck bronze medals commemorating the battle of Manila Bay, and to distribute such medals to the officers and men of the ships of the Asiatic Squadron of the United States under command of Commodore George Dewey on May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and that to enable the Secretary to carry out this resolution the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, June 3, 1898. Providing for the printing of House Document Numbered Three hundred and ninety-six, relating to the beet-sugar industry in the United States. Resolution 43 30 Stat. 746 June 4, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 43.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of House Document Numbered Three hundred and ninety-six, relating to the beet-sugar industry in the United States.
June 4, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Beet-sugar industry.of America in Congress assembled*, That there be printed sixty thousand copies of House Document Numbered Three hundred and ninety-six, Fifty-fifth Congress, being a special report on the beet-sugar industry Printing of House document on ordered.in the United States, twenty-seven thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, thirteen thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and twenty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture.
Approved, June 4, 1898. Directing the Secretary of War to submit plans and estimates for the improvement of Tampa Hay, Florida, from Port Tampa to its mouth, in the Gulf of Mexico. Resolution 44 30 Stat. 746 June 4, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 44.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit plans and estimates for the improvement of Tampa Hay, Florida, from Port Tampa to its mouth, in the Gulf of Mexico.
June 4, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Tampa Bay, Florida.Plans, etc., for improvement of.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to submit plans and estimates for the improvement of Tampa Bay, from Port Tampa in the mouth of the bay, in the Gulf of Mexico, so as to give a depth of water thirty feet deep at mean low water, five hundred feet wide on the bar at the entrance of Tampa Bay, and three hundred feet wide in the bay itself; and that the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, requested to inform Congress of his views as to the advisability of the proposed improvement.
Approved, June 4, 1898. Donating a condemned cannon to the Thirty-second National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Resolution 45 30 Stat. 747 June 6, 1898 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 2 30 public FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 45–48. 1898. 747 [No. 45.] Joint Resolution Donating a condemned cannon to the Thirty-second National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.
June 6, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War is herebyGrand Army of the Republic encampment.Delivery of cannon. authorized to deliver to the order of William B. Melish, executive director of the Thirty-second National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Cincinnati. Ohio, one dismounted condemned cannon, used in the late civil war, to be used for the purpose of furnishing memorial badges commemorative of the holding of such encampment at Cincinnati, Ohio: *Provided*, That no expense shall be*Proviso*.Expense. caused to the United States through the delivery of said condemned cannon.
Approved, June 6, 1898. Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Colombia to locate a cab service, and for other purposes. Resolution 46 30 Stat. 747 June 7, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 46.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Colombia to locate a cab service, and for other purposes.
June 7, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Commissioners of the DistrictDistrict of Columbia.Location of railroad cab stands. of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate on the streets or puts of streets adjoining the stations of any railroad company in the District of Columbia, a stand for cabs, carriages, and other vehicles for the conveyance of passengers to and from the said railroad stations, said service to be established by the said railroad companies.
ThatRates of charges. the rates of charges for the service to be rendered by the said railroad companies shall be fixed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and that at no time shall the schedule exceed the rates now in force in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. Approved, June 7, 1898. For a survey of the harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Resolution 47 30 Stat. 747 June 8, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 47.] Joint Resolution For a survey of the harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. June 8, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be,Sheboygan, Wis.Survey of harbor. and he hereby is, requested and directed to cause a survey to be made of the harbor at Sheboygan. Wisconsin, to ascertain the best method and expense of preventing the injurious effects of the northeast seas.
And that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to report as to the advisability of the project. Approved, June 8, 1898. Authorizing the President in his discretion to waive the one-year suspension from promotion and to order reexamination of officers of tin Army in certain cases. Resolution 48 30 Stat. 747 June 14, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 48.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President in his discretion to waive the one-year suspension from promotion and to order reexamination of officers of tin Army in certain cases. June 14, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That during the existing war theArmy.One year suspension from promotion waived.Vol. 26, p. 562. President may, in his discretion, waive the one-year suspension from promotion and forthwith order the reexamination provided in certain cases by the third proviso of section three of the Act approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to provide for the examination of certain officers of the Army and to regulate pro motions therein.
” Approved, June 14, 1898. Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Ohio the flags of certain regiments of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Also to restore to the State of New York the flag carried by the One hundred and thirteenth New York Volunteer infantry. Resolution 49 30 Stat. 748 June 15, 1898 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 2 30 public 748 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 49, 51. 1898. [No. 49.] Joint Resolution Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Ohio the flags of certain regiments of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Also to restore to the State of New York the flag carried by the One hundred and thirteenth New York Volunteer infantry. June 15, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Return to States of certain flags used in rebellion, etc.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be, and lie is hereby, instructed to return to the State of Ohio the regimental Hags of the Twenty-first, Fifty-eighth, and Sixtieth Regiments of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, upon request of the Governor of said State.
That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to turn over and deliver to the State of New York the flag now in his custody that was carried by the One hundred and thirteenth New York State Volunteer Infantry (Seventh Heavy Artillery), that was raised and enlisted in the United States service from the State of New York during the rebellion. Approved, June 15, 1898. Directing the Secretary of War to submit estimates for work upon Wallabout Channel, New York.
Resolution 50 30 Stat. 748 June 16, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 50.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit estimates for work upon Wallabout Channel, New York. June 16, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Wallabout Channel, New York.Estimates for work on, etc.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to submit estimates for work on Wallabout Channel, New York, with a view to secure a depth of twenty feet and a width of three hundred feet at mean low water from its entrance to the timber causeway, in accordance with the plans heretofore submitted, and that the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, requested to submit his opinion as to the advisability of the proposed improvement.
Approved, June 16, 1898. To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to refund and return to the Chicago. Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company fifteen thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and seventy-six cents, in accordance with the decision of the Secretary of the Interior dated March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Resolution 51 30 Stat. 748 June 25, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 51.] Joint Resolution To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to refund and return to the Chicago. Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company fifteen thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and seventy-six cents, in accordance with the decision of the Secretary of the Interior dated March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. June 25, 1898. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway.Preamble.Whereas the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, in eighteen hundred and eighty, being duly authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, entered into negotiations with the Sioux Indians for right of way for a railroad through the Sioux Reservation in Dakota Territory; and Whereas an agreement was entered into by said railway company and certain chiefs and headmen of the Sioux Nation of Indians, and pending the ratification of said agreement the said railway company deposited or paid to the Secretary of the Interior fifteen thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and seventy-six cents, to be applied as said right of way, depot grounds, and so forth, in case the same were obtained for said company; and Whereas the Secretary of the Interior deposited said money in the Treasury of the United States and sent said agreements to Congress for ratification, which said agreements were never ratified and none of the lands or rights of way were ever secured by said railway company; but all of the said lands remained a part of the reservation until ceded by the said Indians subsequently to the United States; and Whereas application was made to the Secretary of the Interior for the return of said money to said company, and on March third, eighteen hundred and ninety eight, the said Secretary decided that said fifteen thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars anti seventy-six cents should be returned to said company, and ordered an account toFIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 51–53. 1898.749 be stated therefor, which requisition tor repayment and return of the money was sent to the Treasury; and Whereas it is claimed by the Auditor of the Interior Department of the Treasury that no authority exists for the repayment and return of the same: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to refund, return,—refund to railway of funds paid to Secretary of the Interior for right of way through Sioux Reservation. and pay to the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Patti Railway Company the amount paid or deposited by said company with the Secretary of the Interior, and by him covered into the Treasury of the United States, as shown by Executive Document Numbered twenty.
Forty-eighth Congress, first session, to wit, the sum of fifteen thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and seventy-six cents, and for which no consideration was received by said company, said repayment to be on the account stated and in accordance with the decision of the Secretary of the Interior dated March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, ordering a refund thereof. Approved, June 25, 1898. Providing for the printing of additional copies of certain volumes of Decisions of the Department of the Interior relating to public lands for sale and distribution.
Resolution 52 30 Stat. 749 June 28, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 52.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of additional copies of certain volumes of Decisions of the Department of the Interior relating to public lands for sale and distribution. June 28, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Public Printer be, and hePublic Lands is hereby, authorized and directed to print from the stereotype plates three hundred copies each of volumes two, three, four, and five, and one hundred and fifty copies each of volumes one, six, seven, eight, nine, and eleven of Decisions of the Department of the Interior relatingDecisions of Department of the Interior relating to, ordered printed, etc. to Public Lands, for the use of and for sale by the Department of the Interior, and five hundred copies each of volumes twenty to twenty-nine, inclusive, and of the Digest of volumes one to twenty-two, to be delivered to the Superintendent of Documents for distribution to depositories of public documents in the several States and Territories.
Approved, June 28, 1898. Relating to the purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers for the military information division, Adjutant, General’s Office. Resolution 53 30 Stat. 749 June 29, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 53.] Joint Resolution Relating to the purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers for the military information division, Adjutant, General’s Office.
June 29, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the prohibition of theWar Department.Adjutant-General’s Office.Military information division excepted from prohibition of purchase of books, etc., from appropriations for contingent expenses, etc.*Ante*, p. 316. purchase of “law books, books of reference, and periodicals for use of any Executive Department, or other Government establishment not under an Executive Department, at the seat of Government,” as set forth in section three of “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes,” shall not apply to the provision “for contingent expenses of the military information division, Adjutant-General’s Office, and of the military attaches at the United States embassies and legations abroad, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, three thousand six hundred and forty dollars,” as duly set forth in the Act “making approximations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and in the ActVol. 29, p. 617.
“making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine,” approved*Ante*, p. 326.—from limitation on purchase of newspapers.R. S., sec. 192. p. 30. March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. And the limitation in section one hundred and ninety-two of the Revised Statutes of one hundred dollars as the amount to be expended in any one year for750FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 53–55. 1898. newspapers for any Department shall not apply to the purchase of newspapers for military use by the military information division of the Adjutant-General’s Office from the appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal years herein named.
Approved, June 29, 1898. For improvement of San Joaquin River and Stockton and Mormon channels, California. Resolution 54 30 Stat. 750 July 1, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 54.] Joint Resolution For improvement of San Joaquin River and Stockton and Mormon channels, California.
July 1, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Improvement of San Joaquin River and Stockton and Mormon channels, California.of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to expend for improvements and surveys of the waterways hereinafter named and their tributaries any sums of money now to the credit of and heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the San Joaquin River and Stockton and Mormon channels, California, as and where, in his discretion, will best improve the commercial capacity of said waterways.
Approved, July 1, 1898. To provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. Resolution 55 30 Stat. 750 July 7, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 55.] Joint Resolution To provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. July 7, 1898. Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands.Preamble.Whereas the Government of the Republic of Hawaii having, in due form, signified its consent, in the manner provided by its constitution, to cede absolutely and without reserve to the United States of America all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and also to cede and transfer to the United States the absolute fee and ownership of all public, Government, or Crown lands, public buildings or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipment, and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the Government of the Hawaiian Islands, together with every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining:
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Cession of Hawaiian sovereignty, etc., accepted.of America in Congress assembled*, That said cession is accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and that the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies be, and they are hereby, annexed as a part of the territory of the United States and are subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and that all and singular the property and rights hereinbefore mentioned are vested in the United States of America.
Congress to enact special public-land laws.The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands; but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and *Proviso*.—revenues for educational purposes, etc.disposition: *Provided*, That all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as maybe used or occupied for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States, or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used solely for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands for educational and other public purposes.
Existing powers of officers continued.Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the Removal of officers.United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned. Existing treaties replaced by United States treaties.The existing treaties of the Hawaiian Islands with foreign nations shall forthwith cease anti determine, being replaced by such treaties as may exist, or as may be hereafter concluded, between the United States Municipal legislation continued.and such foreign nations.
The municipal legislation of the Hawaiian islands, not enacted for the fulfillment of the treaties so extinguished,FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 55, 56. 1898.751 and not inconsistent with this joint resolution nor contrary to the Constitution of the United States nor to any existing treaty of the United States, shall remain in force until the Congress of the United States shall otherwise determine. Until legislation shall be enacted extending the United States customsExisting customs laws continued. laws and regulations to the Hawaiian Islands the existing customs relations of the Hawaiian Islands with the United States and other countries shall remain unchanged.
The public debt of the Republic of Hawaii, lawfully existing at theUnited States to assume the public debt of Hawaii. date of the passage of this joint resolution, including the amounts due to depositors in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank, is hereby assumed by the Government of the United States; but the liability of the United—limit. States in this regard shall in no ease exceed four million dollars. So—interest. long, however, as the existing Government and the present commercial relations of the Hawaiian Islands are continued as hereinbefore provided said Government shall continue to pay the interest on said debt.
There shall be no further immigration of Chinese into the HawaiianChinese immigration prohibited. Islands, except upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by the laws of the United States; and no Chinese, by reason of anything herein contained, shall be allowed to enter the United States from the Hawaiian Islands. The President shall appoint live commissioners, at least two of whomCommissioners to recommend legislation. shall be residents of the Hawaiian Islands, who shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, recommend to Congress such legislation concerning the Hawaiian Islands as they shall deem necessary or proper.
Sec. 2. That the commissioners hereinbefore provided for shall be—appointment of. appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sec. 3. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so muchAppropriation for enforcing resolution. thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be immediately available, to be expended at the discretion of the President of the United States of America, for the purpose of carrying this joint resolution into effect.
Approved, July 7, 1898. Authorizing the Librarian of Congress to accept the collection of engravings proposed to be donated to the Library of Congress by Mrs. Gertrude M. Hubbard. Resolution 56 30 Stat. 751 July 7, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 56.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Librarian of Congress to accept the collection of engravings proposed to be donated to the Library of Congress by Mrs.
Gertrude M. Hubbard. July 7, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Librarian of CongressLibrary of Congress.Acceptance of engravings, etc., from Mrs. Gertrude M. Hubbard. is hereby empowered and directed to accept the offer of Mrs. Gertrude M. Hubbard, widow of the late Gardiner Greene Hubbard, communicated to him by the following letter, on the terms and conditions therein stated, except that instead of naming the gallery in the Library as therein proposed, the collection shall be known and styled as the Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection, it not being, in the opinion of Congress, desirable to call parts of the public buildings after the names of individual citizens, and that the bust therein named be accepted and kept in a suitable place, to be designated by the Joint Committee on the Library; and to communicate to Mrs.
Hubbard the grateful appreciation of Congress of the public spirit and munificence manifested by said gift: Washington, D. C., March 21, 1898. My Dear Sir: I hereby offer to the Congressional Library, for the benefit of the people of the United States, the collection of engravings made by my husband, the late Gardiner Greene Hubbard, and, in addition thereto, the art books, to be treated as part of the collection. This disposition of the collection, the gathering of which was to him the pleasure of many years chiefly devoted to the welfare of his fellow-752FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 56–58. 1898.men, is in accordance with his wishes, and is that which would give him the greatest satisfaction. I desire that a suitable gallery in the Library be devoted to this collection, and such additions as may from time to time be made to it, to be known as the “Gardiner Greene Hubbard Gallery,” where it can be accessible to the public, to be studied and enjoyed under such reasonable regulations as may be made by Congress, or by the authority to whom Congress may delegate the control of the Congressional Library.
Accompanying the collection is a bust of Mr. Hubbard by Gaetano Trentanove, which I desire may be kept in a suitable place in the gallery. I propose during my lifetime to add to the collection from time to time, and in my will to make provision for increasing the collection by creating a fund of twenty thousand dollars, to be placed in the hands of trustees, the interest of which is to be used by the Librarian of Congress in the purchase of additional engravings, it being my understanding that the expenses incident to the proper care of this collection will be borne by the Congressional Library and not be a charge against this fund.
I am, very sincerely, yours, Gertrude M. Hubbard. The Honorable John Russell Young, Librarian of the Congressional Library, Washington, D. C. Approved, July 7, 1898. To correct an omission relative to signal officers on the staff of corps commanders, and for other purposes. Resolution 57 30 Stat. 752 July 8, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 57.] Joint Resolution To correct an omission relative to signal officers on the staff of corps commanders, and for other purposes. July 8, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Army in time of war.Staff of commander of army corps to include a chief signal officer.*Ante*, p. 362.of America in Congress assembled*, That so much of section ten of the Act of Congress approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, as provides that the staff of the general commanding an army corps shall consist of certain officers, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, shall be held to include among such officers a chief signal *Provisos*.Repeal of provision reducing grade of chief signal officer, etc.Vol. 28. p. 234.officer: *Provided*, That so much of the Act of Congress approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as reduces the grade of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army is hereby repealed, and the colonel therein provided for shall be Assistant Chief Signal Officer and appointed, by regular promotion, upon the approval of this resolution:
Repeal.Vol. 26, p. 653.*Provided further*, That the laws authorizing the detail and assignment of the officers of the Army to duty in the Weather Bureau be, and are hereby, repealed. Approved, July 8, 1898. Regarding the holding of a Pan-American Exposition in the year nineteen hundred and one upon Cayuga Island, between the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, in the State of New York, to illustrate the development of the Western Hemisphere during the nineteenth century. Resolution 58 30 Stat. 752 July 8, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 58.] Joint Resolution Regarding the holding of a Pan-American Exposition in the year nineteen hundred and one upon Cayuga Island, between the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, in the State of New York, to illustrate the development of the Western Hemisphere during the nineteenth century. July 8, 1898. Pan-American Exposition, Cayuga Island.Preamble.*Post*, p. 1022.Whereas there has been duly incorporated, under the laws of the State of New York, by citizens of said State, a company organized for the purpose and with the object of preparing and holding a Pan American Exposition on Cayuga Island, near Niagara Falls, New York, in the year nineteen hundred and one, to fittingly illustrate the marvelous development of the Western Hemisphere during the nineteenth century and to appropriately celebrate the opening of the twentieth century by a demonstration of the reciprocal relations existing between the American Republics and colonies; and Whereas the legislature of the State of New York has, by unanimous vote, memorialized Congress to encourage the holding of said Pan American Exposition; and FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Res. 58, 59. 1898.753 Whereas the proposed exposition, being confined in its scope to the Western Hemisphere, would unquestionably be of vast benefit to the commercial interests of the countries of North, South, and Central America: Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the proposed Pan-AmericanApproval of Congress, etc. Exposition to be held on Cayuga Island, between the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, in the State of New York, in the year nineteen hundred and one, merits the encouragement and approval of Congress and of the people of the United States.
Sec. 2. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countriesImports for exhibition admitted free of duty. for the purpose of exhibition at said exposition shall be admitted free of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful during—sale of. said exposition to sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported and actually on exhibition therein, subject to such regulations for the security of the—duty at date of importation to be paid. revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: *Provided*, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their importation and to the terms of the tariff laws in force at that time: *And provided further*, That all necessary expenses incurred,Expenses. including salaries of customs officials in charge of imported articles, shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States by the Pan-American Exposition Company, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 3. That in the passage of this joint resolution the United StatesNoliability assumed by United States. does not assume any liability of any kind whatever, and does not become responsible in any manner for any bond, debt, contract, expenditure, expense, or liability of the said exposition company, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or incident to or growing out of said exposition. Approved, July 8, 1898. Relative to electric-lighting wires west of Rock Creek. Resolution 59 30 Stat. 753 July 8, 1898 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 2 30 public [No. 59.] Joint Resolution Relative to electric-lighting wires west of Rock Creek. July 8, 1898. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Commissioners of theDistrict of Columbia.Electric-light wires. District of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue permits to existing electric light companies in the District of Columbia for the extension of existing overhead electric wires outside the fire limits and west of Rock Creek to be used for lighting purposes only.
Approved, July 8, 1898. 55 3 1898 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the fifth day of December, 1898, and was adjourned without day on the third day of March, 1899*. 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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Chapter 647
To reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize, and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the existing war with Spain
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