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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 33 STAT. · April 28, 1904 · Chapter 1832

Chapter 1832. Making appropriation for national trophy and medals for rifle contests

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CHAP. 1832.— An Act Making appropriation for national trophy and medals for rifle contests. April 28, 1904.[[H. R. 15527](/us/bill/33/hr/15527).][[Public, No. 264](/us/pl/33/264).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Rifle contest trophies.Appropriation for.*Ante*, p. 274. That for the purpose of furnishing a national trophy and medals and other prizes to be provided and contested for annually, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, said contest to be open to the Army.
Navy, Marine Corps, and the National Guard or organized militia of the several States, Territories, and of the District of Columbia, and for the cost of the trophy, prizes, and medals herein provided for. the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended for the purposes hereinbefore prescribed under the direction of the Secretary of War. Approved, April 28, 1904. RESOLUTIONS.
No. 1: In relation to commuted rations for midshipmen. Public Resolution 1 33 Stat. 581 1903-12-17 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public 581 [No. 1.] Joint Resolution In relation to commuted rations for midshipmen. December 17, 1903.[[H. J. Res. 66](/us/bill/33/hjres/66)][[Pub. Res., No. 1](/us/bill/33/pubres/1)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provision under the heading “Supplies and accounts,” in the Act making appropriationsNavy.Commuted rations for midshipmen. for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes, approved March third,Vol. 32, p. 1190. nineteen hundred and three, for “Provisions, Navy,” shall not be so construed by the accounting officers of the Treasury as to deprive midshipmen of the benefit of commuted rations as provided by section[R.
S., sec. 1577, p. 270](/us/rs/s1577/p270). fifteen hundred and seventy-seven of the Revised Statutes. Approved, December 17, 1903. No. 2: To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, one thousand nine hundred and three, on the eighteenth day of said month. Public Resolution 2 33 Stat. 581 1903-12-17 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, one thousand nine hundred and three, on the eighteenth day of said month. December 17, 1903.[[H. J. Res. 70](/us/bill/33/hjres/70)][[Pub. Res., No. 2](/us/bill/33/pubres/2)] 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 18, 1903.
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, one thousand nine hundred and three, on the eighteenth day of said month. Approved, December 17, 1903. No. 3: Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to permit the erection of certain poles and overhead wires in connection with the work of eliminating grade crossings in the city of Washington.
Public Resolution 3 33 Stat. 581 1904-01-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Col umhin to permit the erection of certain poles and overhead wires in connection with the work of eliminating grade crossings in the city of Washington.
January 7, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 64](/us/bill/33/hjres/64)][[Pub. Res., No. 3](/us/bill/33/pubres/3)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners ofDistrict of Columbia, union station.Permission for temporary erection of poles for wires. the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to permit the temporary erection of poles and the stringing of overhead wires thereon for lighting and power purposes over and along such streets and avenues and alleys in the District of Columbia as in their opinion are necessary and proper for carrying out the provisions of the ActsVol.32. p. 909. of Congress providing for the elimination of grade crossings in the city of Washington and the construction of a union station: *Provided,* That*Provisos*.Restrictions. said poles and wires shall be used only for the work authorized by said Acts and shall be erected under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall be removed whenever, in the judgment of said Commissioners, they shall no longer be necessary: *Provided, further,* That no expense or damage on account of or due toNonliability of United States, etc., for expense or damage. the erection, operation, or removal of the said temporary poles and wires shall he incurred by the United States or the District of Columbia.
Approved, January 7, 1904. No. 4: Authorizing the erection and maintenance of a monument in memory of the late President, Benjamin Harrison, upon land owned by the United States in the city of Indianapolis, State of Indiana. Public Resolution 4 33 Stat. 582 1904-01-25 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public 582 [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection and maintenance of a monument in memory of the late President.
Benjamin Harrison, upon land owned by the United States in the city of Indianapolis. Stute of Indiana. January 25, 1904[[S. J. Res. 31](/us/bill/33/sjres/31)][[Pub. Res., No. 4](/us/bill/33/pubres/4)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Indianapolis, Ind,Permission tn erect statue to President Benjamin Harrison granted. That the Benjamin Harrison Monument Association of Indiana lie. and it is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, on property owned by the United States in square Numbered thirty-six. in the city of Indianapolis.
State of Indiana, a monument in honor of the life and services of the late President, Location.Benjamin Harrison. The said monument shall be constructed south of the post-office, court-house, and custom-house building, now in course of erection on said square, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, January 25, 1904. No. 5: To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 5 33 Stat. 582 1904-01-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. January 27, 1904[[S. J. Res. 32](/us/bill/33/sjres/32)][[Pub. Res., No. 5](/us/bill/33/pubres/5)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Smithsonian Institution.John B. Henderson and Alexander Graham Bell reappointed regents of. That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress, shall he filled by the reappointment of John B.
Henderson and Alexander Graham Bell, residents of the city of Washington, whose terms of office empire on January twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and four. Approved, January 27, 1904. No. 6: To provide for the removal of snow and ice from the streets, cross walks and gutters of the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 6 33 Stat. 582 1904-02-05 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution To provide for the removal of snow and ice from the streets, cross walks and gutters of the District of Columbia. February 5, 1904[[H. J. Res. 98](/us/bill/33/hjres/98)][[Pub. Res., No. 6](/us/bill/33/pubres/6)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, District of Columbia.Removal of snow and ice from streets, etc.Vol. 29, p. 609.*Ante*, p. 6.One-half from District revenues.
That the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to he immediately available, for the removal of snow and ice from the streets, cross walks and gutters in the District of Columbia: one-half of said sum to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half out of the Treasury of the United States, Approved, February 5, 1904. No. 7: For the transportation of Porto Rican teachers to the United States and return.
Public Resolution 7 33 Stat. 582 1904-02-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution For the transportation of Porto Rican teachers to the United States and return. February 12, 1904[[H. J. Res. 79](/us/bill/33/hjres/79)][[Pub. Res., No. 7](/us/bill/33/pubres/7)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Porto Rico.Transportation of teachers to the United States and return.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, during the year nineteen hundred and four, at such time as requested by the governor of the island of Porto Rico, to transport front the island of Porto Rico to the United States and to return from the United Slates to Porto Rico, on one of the vessels engaged in the transport service of the United States, not to exceed six hundred of the Porto Rican teachers in the public school of said island, and in addition thereto not to exceed twenty-five necessary attendants, such teachers and attendants to be selected by the commissioner of education of said island, for the purpose of attending the various summer schools of the universities, colleges, and other 583institutions of learning in the United States during said year: *Provided,* *Proviso.*Subsistence charge.That a subsistence charge of one dollar per day for each day on such vessel shall be collected from each of such persons so trans-ported; and that the Government of the United States shall not be liable for. and shall not defray, the expenses of said teachers and attendants, or of any such of them, incurred while in the United States.
Approved, February 12, 1904. No. 8: Providing for the editions to be printed of the annual and special reports of the Librarian of Congress. Public Resolution 8 33 Stat. 583 1904-02-24 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Providing for the editions to be printed of the annual and special reports of the Librarian of Congress.
February 24, 1904[[S. J. Res. 37](/us/bill/33/sjres/37)][[Pub. Res., No. 8](/us/bill/33/pubres/8)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That of the annual andLibrarian of congress.Printing of reports ordered. special reports of the Librarian of Congress hereafter submitted to Congress, but including the report for nineteen hundred and three, there be printed and bound in cloth five thousand copies for the use of the Library of Congress.
Approved, February 24, 1904. No. 9: Amending public resolution numbered eight, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, approved February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and one, "providing for the printing annually of the report on field operations of the Division of Soils, Department of Agriculture." Public Resolution 9 33 Stat. 583 1904-03-14 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Providing for the editions to be printed of the annual and Special reports of the Librarian of Congress. March 14, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 106](/us/bill/33/hjres/106)][[Pub. Res., No. 9](/us/bill/33/pubres/9)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That public resolution numberedDepartment of Agriculture.Division of Soils, field operations, re- port on.Vol. 31, p. 1462, amended.Number of copies to be printed. eight, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, approved February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and one, be amended by striking out all after the resolving clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
That there shall be printed ten thousand five hundred copies of the report on field operations of the Division of Soils, Department of Agri- culture, of which one thousand five hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate, three thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and six thousand copies for the use of the Depart- ment of Agriculture: *Provided*, That in addition to the number of*Proviso*.Advance sheets. copies above provided for there shall be printed, as soon as the manu- script can be prepared, with the necessary maps and illustrations to accompany it, a report on each area surveyed, in the form of advance sheets, bound in paper covers, of which five hundred copies shall be Distribution.for the use of each Senator from the State, two thousand copies for the use of each Representative for the Congressional district or dis- tricts in which the survey is made, and one thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture.
Approved, March 14, 1904. No. 10: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use five thousand dollars of the amount appropriated by the Act approved February eighteenth, nineteen hundred and four (Public Numbered Twenty-two), for clerical work and labor connected with the sale and leasing of Creek lands and the leasing of Cherokee lands in Indian Territory. Public Resolution 10 33 Stat. 583 1904-03-17 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use five thousand dollars of the amount, appropriated by the Act approval February eighteenth. nineteen hundred and four (Publie Numbered Twenty-two), for clerical work and labor connected with the sale and leasing of Creek lands and the leasing of Cherokee lands in Indian Territory. March 17, 1904[[H. J. Res. 118](/us/bill/33/hjres/118)][[Pub. Res., No. 10](/us/bill/33/pubres/10)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theIndian Territory.Payment for clerical work sale, etc., of Creek and Cherokee lands.
Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to use the sum of five thou-sand dollars of the amount appropriated “for the purpose of placing allottees in unrestricted possession of their allotments, fifteen thousand 584*Ante*, p. 34.dollars,” by the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to sup-ply urgency deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for prior years, and for other purposes,” approved February eighteenth, nineteen hundred and four (Public Numbered Twenty-two), in the payment for clerical work and labor connected with the sale and leasing of Greek lands and the leasing of Cherokee lands in the Indian Territory.
Approved, March 17, 1904. No. 11: Authorizing the reprinting of certain documents to be sold by the superintendent of documents. Public Resolution 11 33 Stat. 584 1904-03-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the reprinting of certain documents to be sold by the superintendent of documents.
March 28, 1904[[S. J. Res. 58](/us/bill/33/sjres/58)][[Pub. Res., No. 11](/us/bill/33/pubres/11)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Diseases of the Horse and Cattle.Publication of special reports on.Reprinting ordered for sale.*Post*, p. 593.Vol. 28, p. 610. That there shall be printed three thousand copies of the Special Report on Diseases of the Horse and fifteen hundred copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle, for sale by the superintendent of documents under the pro-visions of section sixty-one of an Act providing for the public printing, binding, and the distribution of documents, approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five; and the superintendent of documents is hereby authorized to order reprinted, from time to time, such public documents as may be required for sale, such order for reprinting to be subject to the approval of the Secretary or head of the Department in which such public document shall have originated:*Proviso*.Reimbursement *Provided,* That the appropriation for printing and binding shall be reimbursed for the cost of such reprints from the moneys received by the superintendent of documents from the sale of public documents.
Approved, March 28, 1904. No. 12: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to print an extra edition of the map of the United States for nineteen hundred and four, and making the appropriation for maps made in the Acts of April seventeenth, nineteen hundred, and of March third, nineteen hundred and one, available for that purpose. Public Resolution 12 33 Stat. 584 1904-03-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to print an extra edition of the map of the United States for nineteen hundred and four, and making the appropriation for maps made in the Acts of April seventeenth, nineteen hundred, and of March third, nineteen hundred and one, available for that purpose. March 28, 1904[[S. J. Res. 55](/us/bill/33/sjres/55)][[Pub. Res., No. 12](/us/bill/33/pubres/12)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Map of the United States.Extra edition of, ordered printed.Vol. 31, pp. 121, 997.Vol. 32. p. 893.Unexpended balances available.
That the unexpended balance of the appropriations made for the United States and other maps in the Acts of April seventeenth, nineteen hundred, and March third, nineteen hundred and one, respectively, which were made available for expenditure during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, in the deficiency Act of July first, nineteen hundred and two, be and the same is hereby, made available for expenditure during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and four and nineteen hundred and five, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to use the same in the printing of a further edition of the map of the United States, nineteen hundred and four, for delivery to the Senate and House of Representatives.
The appropriation of four thousand three hundred and twenty *Ante*. p. 30.Mounting for Congress.dollars, made in the deficiency Act approved February eighteenth, nineteen hundred and four, for mounting with rollers the United States maps of the consolidated issue of nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same is hereby, made available for the mounting with rollers of the maps of the United States of nineteen hundred and four hereinbefore authorized.
Approved, March 28, 1904. No. 13: For the printing of five thousand copies, with accompanying maps and illustrations, of the report of the governor of New Mexico to the Secretary of the Interior for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and the printing of one thousand copies of the latest map of said Territory. Public Resolution 13 33 Stat. 585 1904-03-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public 585 [No. 13.] Joint Resolution For the printing of five thousand copies, with accompanying maps and illustrations, of the report of the governor of New Mexico to the Secretary of the Interior for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and the printing of one thousand copies of the latest map of said Territory. March 28, 1904[[H. J. Res. 113](/us/bill/33/hjres/113)][[Pub. Res., No. 13](/us/bill/33/pubres/13)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed fiveNew Mexico.Report of the governor of.Printing ordered. thousand copies of the report of the governor of the Territory of New Mexico, with accompanying maps and illustrations, to the Secretary of the Interior for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, five hundred thereof for the use of the Delegate in Congress and four thousand five hundred thereof for the use of the said governor, and also that there be printed one thousand copies of the latest mapMap. of the Territory of New Mexico for the use of the Delegate in Congress from said Territory.
Approved, March 28, 1904. No. 14: Providing that the bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnology be printed in octavo. Public Resolution 14 33 Stat. 585 1904-03-29 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 14. ] Joint Resolution Providing that the bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnology be printed in octavo.
March 29, 1904[[H. J. Res. 133](/us/bill/33/hjres/133)][[Pub. Res., No. 14](/us/bill/33/pubres/14)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the bulletinsBureau of American Ethnology.Bulletins of, to be printed in octavo.Vol. 28. p. 613. issued by the Bureau of American Ethnology shall be in octavo size instead of royal octavo. Approved, March 29, 1904. No. 15: Providing for the publication of the reports of the Board of Managers and Inspectors of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.
Public Resolution 15 33 Stat. 585 1904-03-31 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Providing for the publication of the reports of the Board of Managers and Inspectors of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.
March 31, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 55](/us/bill/33/hjres/55)][[Pub. Res., No. 15](/us/bill/33/pubres/15)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall he printedNational Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.Reports of Board of Managers.Additional copies ordered printed. of the report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, in addition to the usual number, for the use of the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, five hundred copies of the report proper, hound in cloth; two hundred copies of the report of the inspection of the State Homes, bound in paper, and two hundred copies of the record of members, bound in cloth; and that hereafter the additional number of copies herein named of future annual reports of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, bound in the same manner as above described, shall be printed for the use of the National Homes.
Approved, March 31, 1904. No. 16: Authorizing the printing of additional copies of Agricultural Bulletin Numbered One hundred and twenty-four, being a report on irrigation in Utah. Public Resolution 16 33 Stat. 585 1904-04-01 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the printing of additional copies of Agricultural Bulletin Numbered One hundred and twenty-four, being a report on irrigation in Utah.
April 1, 1904[[S. J. Res. 28](/us/bill/33/sjres/28)][[Pub. Res., No. 16](/us/bill/33/pubres/16)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be printed fromIrrigation.Reports of investigation in Utah.Printing ordered. the stereotype plates of the Report of Irrigation Investigation in Utah, tinder the direction of Edward Mead, chief of irrigation investigation, ( Office of Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture, four thou-586sand copies, of which four hundred shall be for the use of the Senate, six hundred for the use of the House of Representatives, and three thousand for the use of the Department of Agriculture.
Approved, April 1, 1904. No. 17: Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Alfonso Zelaya, of Nicaragua. Public Resolution 17 33 Stat. 586 1904-04-05 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Alfonso Zelaya, of Nicaragua.
April 5, 1904[[S. J. Res. 34](/us/bill/33/sjres/34)][[Pub. Res., No. 17](/us/bill/33/pubres/17)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Military Academy.Alfonzo Zelaya, of Nicaragua, to be admitted in. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit Alfonso Zelaya, of Nicaragua, to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point:*Proviso*.No expense.Oath and service.[R. S., secs, 1320, 1321, p. 227](/us/rs/s1320/s1321/p227). *Provided,* That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: *And provided further.* That in the case of the said Alfonso Zelaya the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended.
Approved, April 5, 1904. No. 18: Requesting the President of the United States to negotiate and, if possible, conclude negotiations with the Government of Great Britain for a review and revision of the rules and regulations which now govern the taking of fur seals in the open waters of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, and so forth. Public Resolution 18 33 Stat. 586 1904-04-08 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Requesting the President of the United States to negotiate and, if possible, conclude negotiations with the Government of Grent Britain for a review and revision of the rules and regulations which now govern the taking of fur seals in the open waters of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, and so forth. April 8, 1904[[S. J. Res. 61](/us/bill/33/sjres/61)][[Pub. Res., No. 18](/us/bill/33/pubres/18)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Alaskan fur seals.Revision of regulations proposed.VoL 28, pp. 52, 1455.
That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to negotiate and if possible, conclude negotiations with the Government of Great Britain for a review and revision of the rules and regulations which now govern the taking of fur seals in the open waters of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, pursuant to the treaty articles of the award of the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration. made at Paris, August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- three; said review to determine what revision of these rules and regulations shall be made, if any can be devised and agreed upon, which will restore and preserve the fur-seal industry upon the Seal Islands of Alaska and abate the killing of nursing mother seals on the high seas, now permitted and conducted.
Sec. 2. Negotiations with Russia. Japan, etc.That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to negotiate and, if possible, conclude negotiations with the Governments of Russia and Japan and other maritime nations to the end of securing their adherence to and a common agreement with the terms of any satisfactory revision of the rules and regulations specified in section one of this Resolution which may be agreed upon by the Governments of Great Britain and the United States.
Sec. 3. Appropriation.That all expenses incident to said review, investigation, acquisition of authentic data, and the preparation of expert reports of the case of the United States, ordered and approved by the President, shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated and which amounts are hereby appropriated. Approved, April 8, 1904. No. 19: To extend the invitation of Congress to the Interparliamentary Union, and making an appropriation for the entertainment of its members.
Public Resolution 19 33 Stat. 587 1904-04-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public 587 [No. 19.] Joint Resolution To extend the invitation of Congress to the Interparliamentary Union, and making an appropriation for the entertainment, of its members. April 9, 1904[[H. J. Res. 82](/us/bill/33/hjres/82)][[Pub.
Res., No. 19](/us/bill/33/pubres/19)] Whereas the Interparliamentary Union for the Promotion of International Arbitration, at its last conference at Vienna, has decided toPreamble. hold its next session in the United States during the fall of this year; and Whereas the membership of said Union is composed exclusively of members of the parliaments and national legislative bodies of the different countries of Europe: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a cordial invitation be,Interparliamentary Union.Members invited to visit the United States.Appropriation. and the same is hereby, extended to the members of said Union to visit the United States, and that the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to the conference above referred to, to be expended under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
Approved, April 9, 1904. No. 20: Amending the law relating to the printing of the Statutes. Public Resolution 20 33 Stat. 587 1904-04-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 20.] Joint Resolution Amending the law relating to the printing of the Statutes. April 12, 1904.[[H. J.
Res. 143](/us/bill/33/hjres/143)][[Pub. Res., No. 20](/us/bill/33/pubres/20)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of StateStatutes at Large.Marginal references to include the number of the bills, etc. be, and be is hereby, directed to include in the marginal references of the United States Statutes at Large for the Fifty-eighth and subsequent Congresses, the Number of the Senate Bill. House Bill, Senate Joint Resolution, or House Joint Resolution (designating same as S. for Senate Bill.
H. R. for House Bill, S. J. Res. for Senate Joint Resolution. and H. J. Res. for House Joint Resolution, as the case may be) under which each Act was approved and became a law, said marginal reference to be placed within brackets immediately under the marginal date of the approval of each Act at the beginning of each chapter as the same is now printed. Approved, April 12, 1904. No. 21: To enlarge the scope of an Act entitled "An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.
Public Resolution 21 33 Stat. 587 1904-04-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 21.] Joint Resolution To enlarge the scope of an Act entitled “An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.
April 12, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 5](/us/bill/33/sjres/5)][[Pub. Res., No. 21](/us/bill/33/pubres/21)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the powers given toDistrict of Columbia.Permanent system of highways outside of cities.Powers of Commissioners extended.Vol. 27, p. 532, amended. the Commissioners and others under the Act entitled “An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities,”’ approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall apply to and he capable of being exercised upon and through Beatty and Hawkins’s addition to Georgetown, where it may be necessary to connect streets in parts of the District lying outside of cities, or to connect any street in the city with streets in the District of Columbia.
Approved, April 12, 1904. No. 22: Providing for the extension of the time for the removal of the temporary dam and construction of locks in Bayou Lafourche, State of Louisiana. Public Resolution 22 33 Stat. 588 1904-04-13 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public 588 [No. 22.] Joint Resolution Providing for the extension of the time for the removal of the temporary dam and construction of locks in Bayou Lafourche, State of Louisiana.
April 13, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 126](/us/bill/33/sjres/126)][[Pub. Res., No. 22](/us/bill/33/pubres/22)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Bayou Lafourche, La.Time extended for removal of dam, etc., in.Vol 32. p. 378. That the limit of time fixed by an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, for the removal of a temporary dam and construction of locks in Bayou Lafourche, State of Louisiana, be, and the same is hereby, extended for an additional period of three years, to be computed from and after the expiration of the time fixed in said Act.
Approved, April 13, 1904. No. 23: Authorizing the issue of duplicate medals where the originals have been lost or destroyed. Public Resolution 23 33 Stat. 588 1904-04-15 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the issue of duplicate medals where the originals have been lost or destroyed.
April 15, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 9](/us/bill/33/sjres/9)][[Pub. Res., No. 28](/us/bill/33/pubres/28)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Lost medals.President authorized to issue duplicates of. That in any case where tins President of the United States has heretofore, under any Act or resolution of Congress, caused any medal to be made and presented to any officer or person in the United States on account of distinguished or meritorious services, on a proper showing made by such person to the satisfaction of the President that such medal has been lost or destroyed through no fault of the beneficiary, and that diligent search has been made therefor, the President is hereby authorized to cause to be prepared Cost.and delivered to such person a duplicate of such medal, the cost of which shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 15, 1904. No. 24: For the acceptance of a statue of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, to be presented to the United States by the Polish-American citizens. Public Resolution 24 33 Stat. 588 1904-04-18 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 24.] Joint Resolution For the acceptance of a statue of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, to be presented to the United States by the Polish-American citizens.
April 18, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 84](/us/bill/33/hjres/84)][[Pub. Res., No. 24](/us/bill/33/pubres/24)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Gen. Thaddeus Koseiuszko.Acceptance of statue of, presented by Polish-American citizens. That the offer of a statue of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, to be erected on one of the corners of Lafayette square, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, by and at the expense of the Polish-American organizations and of the Polish-American people of the United States generally, as an expression of their loyalty and devotion to their adopted country, for the liberties of which Koseiuszko so nobly fought, which offer has been made through Theodore M.
Helinski, president of the central committee of the Polish-American organizations of the United States be, *Proviso*.Commission to approve statue and site.and the same hereby is. accepted: *Provided,* That the selection of the site on Lafayette square, the approval of the statue offered, and the manner of its erection shall be under the control and direction of a commission, consisting of the Secretary of War and the chairmen of the Committees on the Library of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fifty-eighth Congress.
Approved, April 18, 1904. No. 25: As to the provisions of "An Act for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands, and to provide for the payment of certain fees, purchase money, and commission paid on void entries of public lands," approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. Public Resolution 25 33 Stat. 589 1904-04-18 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public 589 [No. 25.] Joint Resolution As to the provisions of “An Act for the relief of certain settlers on the public kinds, and to provide for the payment of certain fees, purchase money, and commission paid on void entries of public lands,” approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. April 18, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 44](/us/bill/33/sjres/44)][[Pub. Res., No. 25](/us/bill/33/pubres/25)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Public lands.Proof of loyalty not required in refunding certain fees.Vol. 21, p. 287.
That the provisions of “An Act for the relief of certain settlers on the public lands, and to provide for the payment of certain fees, purchase money, and commission paid on void entries of public lands,” approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, shall be construed to abolish the necessity for proof of loyalty in the cases mentioned in said Act, and no proof of loyalty shall be required in the cases mentioned in said Act. Approved, April 18, 1904. No. 27: To authorize the lowering of the height of the Government dams in the Illinois River at Kampsville and Lagrange.
Public Resolution 27 33 Stat. 589 1904-04-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 27.] Joint Resolution To authorize the lowering or the height of the Government dams in the Illinois River at Kampsville and Lagrange. April 21, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 85](/us/bill/33/hjres/85)][[Pub.
Res., No. 26](/us/bill/33/pubres/26)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of WarIllinois River, Ill.Permission granted the sanitary district of Chicago to lower Government dams at Kampsville and Lagrange. is hereby authorized, in his discretion, with the concurrence of the Chief of Engineers, to permit the sanitary district of Chicago, at the expense of said corporation, to lower the height of the Government darns in the Illinois River at Kampsville and Lagrange, Illinois, in accordance with such plans as he may prescribe and subject to such stipulations and conditions as, in his judgment, may be necessary to protect, the interests of the United States.
Approved, April 21, 1904. No. 28: Authorizing the Librarian of the Library of Congress to deliver to the governor of the State of Vermont a record or records of certain conventions held in Vermont in the years seventeen hundred and seventy-six and seventeen hundred and seventy-seven for the purpose of organizing a State. Public Resolution 28 33 Stat. 589 1904-04-22 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 28.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Librarian of the Library of Congress to deliver to the governor of the State of Vermont a record or records of certain conventions held in Vermont in the years seventeen hundred and seventy-six and seventeen hundred and seventy-seven for the purpose of organizing a State. April 22, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 64](/us/bill/33/sjres/64)][[Pub. Res., No. 27](/us/bill/33/pubres/27)] Whereas there is in the Library of Congress a manuscript record orPreamble. records of certain conventions in Vermont held in the years seventeen hundred and seventy-six and seventeen hundred and seventy-seven for the purpose of organizing a State and adopting a constitution:
Whereas said record or records constitute a document of primary importance, to the, history of the State of Vermont, and may therefore more properly be considered of State rather than of national interest; and its location in Vermont may best serve the interests of the State; and Whereas said record or records have been accurately photographed and reproduced in fac simile, without expense to the Government, and will in this form be available for use in the Library of Congress:
Therefore. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Librarian of saidVermont.Librarian of Congress to deliver certain records to governor of. Library of Congress be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver said record or records to the governor of Vermont, the same to be deposited in the archives of said State, Approved, April 22, 1904. No. 29: Providing for printing annually the Report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture.
Public Resolution 29 33 Stat. 590 1904-04-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public 590 [No. 29.] Joint Resolution Providing for printing annually the Report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture. April 27, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 103](/us/bill/33/hjres/103)][[Pub.
Res., No. 28](/us/bill/33/pubres/28)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Agricultural Department.Report of Director of the Office of Experiment Stations.Ordered printed. That there be printed eight thousand copies of the Report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, prepared under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, on the work and expenditures of that office and of the agricultural experiment stations established in the several States and Vol. 24. p. 440.Territories under the Act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, for nineteen hundred and three, 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 five thousand copies Annual reports.for the use of the Department of Agriculture: and that annually here-after a simitar report shall be prepared and printed, the edition to be the same as for the report herein provided.
Approved, April 27, 1904. No. 30: Providing for the printing of Senate Document Numbered Two hundred and forty, relating to the beet-sugar industry in the United States. Public Resolution 30 33 Stat. 590 1904-04-27 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of Senate Document Numbered Two hundred and forty, relating to the beet-sugar industry in the United States.
April 27, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 67](/us/bill/33/sjres/67)][[Pub. Res., No. 29](/us/bill/33/pubres/29)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Beet-sugar industry of the United States.Special report on. ordered printed. That there be printed one hundred and ten thousand copies of Senate Document Numbered Two hundred and forty, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, being a special report on the beet-sugar industry in the United States, ten thousand copies for the use of the Semite, twenty thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and sixty thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture.
Approved, April 27, 1904. No. 31: To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the Minnesota Historical Society the steering wheel of the former ship Minnesota. Public Resolution 31 33 Stat. 590 1904-04-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 31.] Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the Minnesota Historical Society the steering wheel of the former ship Minnesota.
April 28, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 6](/us/bill/33/sjres/6)][[Pub. Res., No. 30](/us/bill/33/pubres/30)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Minnesota Historical Society.Steering wheel of old “Minnesota” donated to. the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to donate to the State Historical Society of the State of Minnesota the steering wheel of the old vessel Minnesota, said wheel being now at the navy yard at Boston.
Massachusetts. Approved, April 28, 1904. No. 32: Accepting a reproduction of the bust of Washington from certain citizens of the Republic of France, and tendering the thanks of Congress to the donors therefor. Public Resolution 32 33 Stat. 590 1904-04-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 32.] Joint Resolution Accepting a reproduction of the bust of Washington from certain citizens of the Republic of France, and tendering the thanks of Congress to the donors therefor.
April 28, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 36](/us/bill/33/sjres/36)][[Pub. Res., No. 31](/us/bill/33/pubres/31)] Preamble.Whereas Count de Rochambeau, Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Grasse, Mr. Henry Jouin, and other citizens of France, have tendered to the Government of the United States a reproduction of the bust of Washington by David d'Angers which was destroyed in the fire at the Capitol in 1851, to be placed in the Capitol of the United States; Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Bust of Washington.Acceptance of, given by certain citizens of France.
That said gift is hereby accepted in the name of the People of the United States, and the thanks of Congress are tendered to the donors therefor. 591 Sec. 2. That the Joint Committee on the Library are hereby instructedArrangements for formal presentation of gift. to make arrangements for the formal presentation of said gift to Congress on a day to be hereafter fixed by said committee, and that said committee shall cause said bust to be placed in an appropriate and conspicuous place in the Capitol Building.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of State be directed to transmit a copyCopy of joint resolu tion to donors. of this joint resolution to the donors, through the Government of the French Republic. Approved, April 28, 1904. No. 33: Directing the Secretary of the Interior to institute an investigation relative to the use of the waters of the Colorado River for irrigation, and to report to Congress thereon. Public Resolution 33 33 Stat. 591 1904-04-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 33.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of the Interior to institute an investigation relative to the use of the waters of the Colorado River for irrigation, and to report to Congress thereon. April 28, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 71](/us/bill33/sjres/71)][[Pub. Res., No. 32](/us/bill/33/pubres/32)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the InteriorColorado River.Investigation of waters of, for irrigation purposes.Vol. 32, p. 388. is hereby directed to institute an investigation of and report to the Congress On the various questions involved in connection with the use of the waters of the lower Colorado River for the irrigation of arid hinds in the State of California and the Territory of Arizona with the view of determining the extent to which the waters of the said stream may be made available for the said purpose through works under the national irrigation Act and by private enterprise, and as to what legislation, if any. is necessary to grant or confirm to present and future appropriators and users thereof perpetual rights to the use of said waters for irrigation.
Approved, April 28, 1904. No. 34: Amending an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States," approved March third, nineteen hundred and three. Public Resolution 34 33 Stat. 591 1904-04-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 34.] Joint Resolution Amending an Act entitled “ An Act. to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and three.
April 28, 1904.[[S. J. Res. 73](/us/bill/33/sjres/73)][[Pub. Res., No. 33](/us/bill/33/pubres/33)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the words “SecretaryImmigration of aliens.Secretary of Commerce and Labor substituted for “Secretary of the Treasury.”Vol. 32, p. 1213, amended. of the Treasury,” wherever used in the Act entitled “ An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and three, or in amendments thereto, or in prior Acts in relation to alien immigration, be stricken out, and the words “ Secretary of Commerce and Labor” inserted in lieu thereof.
Approved, April 28, 1904. No. 35: Providing for the transfer of certain military rolls and records from the Interior and other Departments to the War Department. Public Resolution 35 33 Stat. 591 1904-04-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 35.] Joint Resolution Providing for the transfer of certain military rolls and records from the Interior and other Departments to the War Department.
April 28, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 29](/us/bill/33/hjres/29)][[Pub. Res., No. 34](/us/bill/33/pubres/34)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the military rolls andWar Department.Transfer of certain military rolls, etc., to. records of the Indian wars or any other wars prior to the civil war, now preserved in the interior or other Departments, be transferred to the War Department, to be preserved in the Record and Pension Office of that Department, and that they shall be properly indexed and arranged for use.
Approved, April 28, 1904. No. 36: Relating to the exemption of all private property at sea, not contraband of war, from capture or destruction by belligerent powers. Public Resolution 36 33 Stat. 592 1904-04-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public 592 [No. 36.] Joint Resolution Relating to the exemption of all private property at sea, not contraband of war, from capture or destruction by belligerent powers.
April 28, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 102](/us/bill/33/hjres/102)][[Pub. Res., No. 35](/us/bill/33/pubres/35)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Maritime warfare.Declaration as to exempting private property, not contrabrand of war, from capture, etc. That it is the sense of the Congress of the United States that it is desirable, in the interest of uniformity of action by the maritime states of the world in time of war, that the President endeavor to bring about an understanding among the principal maritime powers with a view of incorporating into the permanent law of civilized nations the principle of the exemption of all private property at sea, not contraband of war, from capture or destruction by belligerents.
Approved, April 28, 1904. No. 37: For appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Public Resolution 37 33 Stat. 592 1904-04-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 37.] Joint Resolution For appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer, Soldiers.
April 28, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 136](/us/bill/33/hjres/136)][[Pub. Res., No. 36](/us/bill/33/pubres/36)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, National Home for Disabled Volunteers.Appointment of Board of Managers of. That Martin T. McMahon, of New York; John M. Holley, of Wisconsin; William Warner, of Missouri; Henry H. Markham, of California: Henry E. Palmer, of Nebraska: and Franklin Murphy, of New Jersey, be and the same are hereby, appointed as members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States— General Martin T.
McMahon to succeed himself, his term of service expiring April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four: John M. Holley to succeed John L. Mitchell, his term of service expiring April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four; William Warner to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Colonel Sidney G. Cooke, whose term of service expires April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six; Henry H. Markham to succeed Major William H. Bonsall, whose term of service expires April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four;
Captain Henry E. Palmer to succeed himself, his present term of service expiring April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four; Franklin Murphy to fill a vacancy caused by the death of General Alfred L. Pearson, whose term of service expires April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six. Approved, April 28, 1904. No. 38: Authorizing the Secretary of War to allow to the AnheuserBusch Brewing Association a right of way through the eastern limits of the arsenal grounds at Saint Louis, Missouri.
Public Resolution 38 33 Stat. 592 1904-04-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public [No. 38.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to allow to the AnheuserBusch Brewing Association a right of way through the eastern limits of the arsenal grounds at Saint Louis, Missouri.
April 28, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 149](/us/bill/33/hjres/149)][[Pub. Res., No. 37](/us/bill/33/pubres/37)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Saint Louis, Mo.Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association granted right of way through arsenal grounds at. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow to the AnheuserBusch Brewing Association a right of way through the extreme eastern limits of the United States arsenal grounds at Saint Louis, Missouri, for rail- road purposes, upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, reserving to the United States the right to remove, at the expense of the said association, the rails, ties, and other parts of said road when- ever the Secretary of War shall direct, without any claim or right of damages on the part of said company.
Approved, April 28, 1904. No. 39: Providing for the publication of fifty thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle. Public Resolution 39 33 Stat. 593 1904-04-28 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 2025-03-31 58 2 public 593 [No. 39.] Joint Resolution Providing for the publication of fifty thousand copies of the Special Report on the Diseases of Cattle.
April 28, 1904.[[H. J. Res. 150](/us/bill/33/hjres/150)][[Pub. Res., No. 38](/us/bill/33/pubres/38)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed andDiseases of Cattle.Special import on, ordered printed.*Ante*, p. 584. bound in cloth fifty thousand copies of the Special Report on the Dis-eases of Cattle, with accompanying illustrations, the same to be first, revised and brought to date under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, thirty thousand for the use of the House of Representatives,Distribution. fifteen thousand for the use of the Senate, and five thousand for the use of the Department of Agriculture.
Approved, April 28, 1904.
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