Chapter 881. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Sherman, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court, and for other purposes,” approved February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and
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CHAP. 881.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Sherman, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court, and for other purposes,” approved February nineteenth, nineteen hundred and one. March 3, 1901. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Texas, eastern judicial district.New division of, etc.Clerk’s office at Sherman, Tex.*Ante.* p.798.
That section five of said Act be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 5. That the clerk of the circuit court of said eastern district shall maintain an office, in charge of himself or a deputy, at the said city of Sherman, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of said division: and the district judge for the said eastern district shall appoint a clerk of the district court who shall maintain an office at the said city of Sherman, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of said division.
” " Approved, March 3, 1901. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1: To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred, on the twentieth day of said month. Public Resolution 1 31 Stat. 1459 1900-12-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 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, nineteen hundred, on the twentieth day of said month.
December 18, 1900. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theOfficers, etc., of Congress to be paid December salaries December 20, 1900. Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they tire hereby, authorized and directed 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, nineteen hundred, on the twentieth day of December, nineteen hundred.
Approved, December 18, 1900. No. 2: To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 2 31 Stat. 1459 1901-01-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
January 14, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the vacancy in the BoardGeorge Gray appointed regent Smithsonian Institution. of Regents of the Smithsonian Institutions of the class other than members of Congress, caused by the death of William Lyne Wilson, of Virginia, shall be filled by the appointment of George Gray, a resident of Delaware. Approved, January 14, 1901. No. 3: Authorizing the publication of an edition of “A Digest of International Law.
” Public Resolution 3 31 Stat. 1459 1901-01-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the publication of an edition of “A Digest of International Law.” January 14, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there be printed the“Digest of International Law.”Publication authorized. usual number of copies of “A Digest of the International Law of the United States, taken from the Opinions of Presidents and Secretaries of State, and of Attorney-Generals. and from the Decisions of Federal Courts, and of Joint International Commissions in which the United States was a party;” and that there be printed, in addition to said usual number, two thousand copies for the use of the State Department, two thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and four thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives; said Digest to be printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, and to be brought down to date.
Approved, January 14, 1901. 1459 No. 4: Authorizing the appointment of Charles A. Boutelle as a captain on the retired list of the Navy. Public Resolution 4 31 Stat. 1460 1901-01-14 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public 1460 [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the appointment of Charles A.
Boutelle as a captain on the retired list of the Navy. January 14, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Charles A. Boutelle.Appointment as captain on retired list of Navy authorized. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate and. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint upon the retired list of the Navy, with the rank of captain. Charles A.
Boutelle, formerly a volunteer lieutenant on the active list of the Navy. Approved, January 14, 1901. No. 5: Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permits to the executive committee on inaugural ceremonies for use of reservations or public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect, on March fourth, nineteen hundred and one, and so forth. Public Resolution 5 31 Stat. 1460 1901-01-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permits to the executive committee on inaugural ceremonies for use of reservations or public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the Presidentelect, on March fourth, nineteen hundred and one, and so forth. January 22, 1901. *Revolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.
Inauguration of President-elect.Permits for use of public reservations authorized. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant permits to the committee on inaugural ceremonies for the use of any reservations or other public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect, on the fourth day of March, nineteen hundred and one, which, in his opinion, will inflict no serious or permanent injuries Designation of streets to be used.upon such reservations or public spaces or statuary thereon: and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate, for such and other purposes on the occasion aforesaid, such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in said city of Washington as they may deem proper *Proviso*.Platforms, etc., supervision of, etc.and necessary: *Provided, however,* That all stands or platforms that may be erected on the public spaces aforesaid shall be under the super-vision of the said inaugural committee and in accordance with plans and designs to be approved by the Architect of the Capitol, the com-missioner of public buildings and grounds, and the building inspector of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. Use of conductors for illumination. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to permit the committee on illumination of the citizens’ inaugural committee for the inaugural ceremonies, March, nineteen hundred and one, to stretch suitable overhead conductors, with sufficient supports, wherever necessary and in the nearest practicable connection with the present supply of light, for the purpose of *Provisos.*—limit of time.effecting the said illumination: *Provided,* That the said conductors shall not be used for the conveying of electrical currents after March sixth, nineteen hundred and one. and shall, with their supports, be fully and entirely removed from the streets and avenues of the said city of Washington on or before March fifteenth, nineteen hundred —removal of wires.and one: *Provided farther,* That the stretching and removing of the said wires shall be under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall see that the provisions of this resolution are enforced, that all needful precautions are taken for the protection of the public, and that the pavement of any street, avenue, or alley disturbed is replaced in as good condition as before entering upon —no expense to United States, etc.the work herein authorized: *Provided further,* That no expense or damage on account of or due to the stretching, operation, or removing of the said temporary overhead conductors shall be incurred by the —no underground conduits.United States or the District of Columbia: *Provided further,* That for the purposes of this Act the construction of additional under-ground conduits is specifically prohibited.
Sec. 3. Appropriation for preserving order.That ten thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia in 1461equal parts, is hereby appropriated to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and protect life and property in said District from the twenty-eighth of February to the ninth of March, nineteen hundred and one, both inclusive.
SaidRegulations. Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to make all reason-able regulations necessary to secure such preservation of public order and protection of life and property and fixing fares by public conveyance during said period. Any person violating any of such—penalty. regulations shall be, liable for each such offense to a tine not to exceed one hundred dollars in the police court of said District, and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment in the workhouse of said District for not longer than sixty days.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the NavyLoan of flags, etc. for decorating. be and they are hereby, authorized to loan to the committee on inaugural ceremonies such ensigns, flags, and so forth (except battle flags), that are not now in use and may be suitable and proper for decoration and may be spared without detriment to the public service, such flags to be used by said committee under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the said Secretaries, or either of them, in decorating the fronts of public buildings and other places on the line of march between the Capitol and the Executive Mansion, and the interior of the reception hall: *Provided,* That the said committee*Proviso.*—liability for dam age. shall indemnify the said Departments, or either of them, for any loss or damage to such flags not necessarily incident to such use.
Sec. 5. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, andTemporary telegraph wires. they are hereby, authorized to permit the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Postal Telegraph Company to extend overhead wires into the Pension building and to such points along the line of parade as shall be deemed by the chief marshal convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural purposes, the said wires to be—removal of. taken down within ten days after the conclusion of the ceremonies on the fourth day of March, anno Domini nineteen hundred and one.
Sec. 6. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia areTemporary occupation of streets by rail-roads. hereby authorized to issue to steam railroad companies in said District permits to temporarily occupy additional parts of streets for the purpose of accommodating the traveling public attending the inaugural ceremonies in March, nineteen hundred and one: *Provided,* That such*Provisos.*—limit of time. temporary occupation shall not exceed the period of fifteen days, and shall be subject to conditions prescribed by said Commissioners : *Provided further,* That no temporary tracks shall be laid upon or over any—use of parks forbidden. of the parks of the city.
Approved, January 22, 1901. No. 7: To enable the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of the President of the United States March fourth, nineteen hundred and one. Public Resolution 7 31 Stat. 1461 1901-02-08 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 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution To enable the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of the President of the United States March fourth, nineteen hundred and one. February 8, 1901. *Resolved by the Semite and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That to enable the SecretaryInauguration of President elect.Appropriation for expenses of Senate, etc. of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of the President of the United States March fourth, nineteen hundred and one, in accordance with such programme as may be adopted by a Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, to be appointed under a con-current resolution of the two Houses, including the pay for extra police for three flays, at three dollars per day, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the same to be immediately available.
Approved, February 8, 1901. No. 8: Providing for the printing annually of the Report on Field Operations of the Division of Soils, Department of Agriculture. Public Resolution 8 31 Stat. 1462 1901-02-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public 1462 [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing annually of the Report on Field Operations of the Division of Soils, Department of Agriculture.
February 23, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Department of Agriculture.Division of Soils.Report on Field Operations.Printing of, annually authorized. That there be printed seven-teen thousand copies of the Report on Field Operations of the Division of Soils, Department of Agriculture, for nineteen hundred, of which three thousand copies shall be for the, use of the Senate, six thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and eight thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture; and that annually hereafter a similar report shall be prepared and printed, the edition to be the same as for the report herein provided.
Approved, February 23, 1901. No. 9: Providing for reprint of Bulletin Numbered Eighty, entitled “The Agricultural Experiment Stations of the United States.” Public Resolution 9 31 Stat. 1462 1901-02-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Providing for reprint of Bulletin Numbered Eighty, entitled “The Agricultural Experiment Stations of the United States.
” February 23, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Bulletin Agricultural Experiment Stations, United States.Printing authorized. That there be printed from the stereotype plates in the Government Printing Office five thousand copies of Bulletin Numbered Eighty, office of Experiment Stations, entitled “The Agricultural Experiment Stations in the United States.” of which one thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and two thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture; the quality of paper and style of binding to be the same as in the original edition of the publication.
Approved, February 23, 1901. No. 10: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to remove from the files of the Department of the Interior certain letters to be donated to the State of Iowa. Public Resolution 10 31 Stat. 1462 1901-02-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to remove from the files of the Department of the Interior certain letters to be donated to the State of Iowa.
February 28, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Department of the Interior.Donation of letters from files of, to State of Iowa authorized. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized to remove from the files of the Department and donate to the State of Iowa such letters of Robert Lucas, John Chambers, and James Clark, addressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, as may be designated by the curator of the historical department of said State, copies being retained in the files of the Department of the Interior if the Secretary shall deem such letters or any of them of any value to the Government, Approved, February 28, 1901.
No. 11: Authorizing articles imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at the San Antonio International Fair and at the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition, to be held in the cities of San Antonio, Texas, and Dallas, Texas, to be imported free of duty, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Public Resolution 11 31 Stat. 1462 1901-02-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution Authorizing articles imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at the San Antonio International Fair and at the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition, to be held in the cities of San Antonio, Texas, and Dallas, Texas, to be imported free of duty, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. February 28, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * San Antonio Inter-national Fair, Texas.Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition, Texas.Imported exhibits admitted free of duty.
That all articles which shall he imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at the annual fair held under the auspices of the San Antonio Inter-national Fair Association and at the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition, held annually in the cities of San Antonio, Texas, and Dallas, 1463Texas, respectively, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhibition to—sale. seli, for delivery at the close of the said fairs and expositions, any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the fair and exposition buildings or on their grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: *Provided, **Proviso.*—payment of duty.That all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such article by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal.
Sec. 2. That for the purposes of the execution of this Act SanSan Antonio and Dallas temporary ports of delivery. Antonio, Texas, and Dallas, Texas, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be ports of delivery in the customs collection district in which they are situated: *Provided,* That all necessary*Proviso.*Payment of expenses, etc. expenses incurred, including salaries of customs officials in charge of imported articles, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States by the San Antonio International Fair and the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition Association, respectively, as the goods imported, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Approved, February 28, 1901. No. 12: Extending the time within which certain street railroads in the District of Columbia may be constructed. Public Resolution 12 31 Stat. 1463 1901-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution Extending the time within which certain street rail-roads in the District of Columbia may be constructed.
March 1, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the time within whichDistrict of Columbia.Washington and Gettysburg Railway, Md.Time extended to run lines into the District. the Washington and Gettysburg Railway Company, of Maryland, is allowed to extend its lines into and within the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, extended for two years from and after the passage of this resolution.
Sec. 2. That the time within which the Columbia Railway is authorizedColumbia Railway.Time for completing extension extended. to construct an extension of its lines from the intersection of Watts Creek and Anacostia road along the Anacostia road to its inter-section with the eastern boundary line of the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, extended for two years from the passage of this resolution: *Provided,* That said branch of said railway shall be*Proviso.*Plans. constructed in or along said Anacostia road in accordance with plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Approved, March 1, 1901. No. 13: Regulating licenses to proprietors of theaters in the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 13 31 Stat. 1463 1901-03-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 13.] Joint Resolution Regulating licenses to proprietors of theaters in the District of Columbia.
March 1, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That any license issued byDistrict of Columbia.Theater licenses may be terminated for indecent performances. the assessor of the District of Columbia to the proprietor of a theater or other public place of amusement in the District of Columbia may be terminated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia when-ever it shall appear to them that, after due notice, the person holding such license shall have failed to comply with such regulations as may he prescribed by the said Commissioners for the public decency.
Approved, March 1, 1901. No. 14: Giving the Commissioners of the District of Columbia authority to provide for the public comfort. Public Resolution 14 31 Stat. 1464 1901-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public 1464 [No. 14.] Joint Resolution Giving the Commissioners of the District of Columbia authority to provide for the public comfort.
March 2, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * District of Columbia.Inaugural ceremonies.Appropriation to provide for public comfort. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to expend a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars from the emergency fund of the District of Columbia to provide for the public comfort during the approaching inaugural ceremonies; and the said Commissioners may, front time to time, issue temporary permits for the aforesaid purpose, subject to such regulations as they may prescribe.
Approved, March 2, 1901. No. 15: Providing for the publication of the report of the board of management of the United States Government exhibit at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Public Resolution 15 31 Stat. 1464 1901-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Providing for the publication of the report of the board of management of the United States Government exhibit at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
March 2, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Tennessee Centennial Exposition.Printing authorized of report of board of managers Government exhibit.Vol. 29, p. 178. That so much as may be necessary of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars provided in section three of the Act to aid and encourage the holding of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition at Nashville in eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, approved December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be applied to the preparation of illustrations and the printing and binding at the Government Printing Office of six thousand copies of the report of the board of management of the United States Government exhibit at said exposition, under the direction of the chairman of said board.
Approved, March 2, 1901. No. 16: To regulate the distribution of public documents to the Library of Congress for its own use and for international exchange. Public Resolution 16 31 Stat. 1464 1901-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution To regulate the distribution of public documents to the Library of Congress for its own use and for international exchange.
March 2, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Library of Congress.Distribution of public documents to, regulated, etc. That of the publications described in this section the number of copies which shall be printed and distributed by the Public Printer to the Library of Congress for its own use and for international exchange in lieu of the number now provided by law shall be sixty-two, except as such number shall be enlarged to not exceeding one hundred copies by request of the Librarian of Congress, to wit:
The House documents and reports, bound; the Senate documents and reports, bound; the House Journals, bound; the Senate Journals, bound; all other documents bearing a Congressional number and all documents not bearing a Congressional number printed by order of either House of Congress, or by order of any Department, bureau, commission, or officer of the Government, except confidential matter, blank forms, and circular letters not of a public character; the Revised Statutes, bound; the Statutes at Large, bound; the Congressional Record, bound; the Official Register of the United States, bound.
Sec. 2. Additional copies furnished.That in addition to the foregoing the Public Printer shall supply to the Library of Congress for its own use two copies of each of the above-described publications, unbound, as published; five copies of a 1 bills and resolutions; ten copies of the daily Congressional Record; and two copies of all documents printed for the use of Congressional committees not of a confidential character. 1465 Sec. 3. That of any publication printed at the Government expenseNumber of copies of publications printed elsewhere than at Government Printing Office to be supplied Library. by direction of any Department, commission, bureau, or officer of the Government elsewhere than at the Government Printing Office there shall be supplied to the Library of Congress for its own use and for international exchange sixty-two copies, except as such number shall be enlarged to not exceeding one hundred copies by request of the Joint Committee on the Library.
Approved, March 2, 1901. No. 17: Concerning printing of additional copies of the Annual Report of the Geological Survey. Public Resolution 17 31 Stat. 1465 1901-03-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution Concerning printing of additional copies of the Annual Report of the Geological Survey.
March 2, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That of the volumes or partsGeological Survey.Printing of additional copies of annual report authorized. of the Annual Report of the Geological Survey which relate to hydrography, forestry, and mining and mineral resources there shall here-after be published one thousand copies in addition to the number now published, for distribution by the Geological Survey.
Approved, March 2, 1901. No. 18: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to cause bronze medals to be struck and distributed to certain officers and men who participated in the war with Spain, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 18 31 Stat. 1465 1901-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to cause bronze medals to be struck and distributed to certain officers and men who participated in the war with Spain, and for other purposes.
March 3, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theNavy and Marine Corps.Bronze medals to officers, etc., Spanish war authorized. Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be struck bronze medals commemorative of the naval and other engagements in the waters of the West Indies and on the shores of Cuba during the war with Spain, and to distribute the same to the officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps who participated in any of said engagements deemed by him of sufficient importance to deserve commemoration: *Provided,* That officers and men of the Navy or Marine Corps who rendered*Provisos*. specially meritorious service, otherwise than in battle, may be rewarded in like manner: *And provided further,* That any person whoBronze bar authorized instead of two medals. may, under the provisions of this Act, be entitled to receive recognition in more than one instance shall, instead of a second medal, be presented with a bronze bar, appropriately inscribed, to be attached to the ribbon by which the medal is suspended.
And to carry out the provisions ofAppropriation. this resolution the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1901. No. 19: Ratifying agreement between Tennessee and Virginia with reference to the boundary line of said States. Public Resolution 19 31 Stat. 1465 1901-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-26 56 2 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution Ratifying agreement between Tennessee and Virginia with reference to the boundary line of said States. March 3, 1901. *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That a recent compact orTennessee and Virginia boundary line.Interstate compact ratified. agreement having been made by and between the States of Tennessee and Virginia, whereby the State of Tennessee, by an act of its legislature approved January twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one, 1466ceded to the State of Virginia certain territory specifically described in said act and being the northern half of the main street between the cities of Bristol, Virginia, and Bristol, Tennessee, and the State of Virginia, by act of its general assembly, approved February ninth, nineteen hundred and one, having accepted said cession of the State of Tennessee, the consent of Congress is hereby given to said contract or agreement between said States fixing the boundary line between said States as shown by said acts referred to, and the same is hereby ratified.
Approved, March 3, 1901. PRIVATE LAWS of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA passed by the THE FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.1899–1901. 1467 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at thefirst session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the fourth day of December, 1899, and was adjourned without day on Thursday the seventh day of June, 1900.* William McKinley, President; William P. Frye, President of the Senate, *pro tempore*;
David B. Henderson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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