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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 34 STAT. · June 30, 1906 · Chapter 3947

Chapter 3947. To authorize the sale of certain real estate in the District of Columbia belonging to the United States

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CHAP. 3947.— An Act To authorize the sale of certain real estate in the District of Columbia belonging to the United States. June 30, 1906. [[H. R. 4169](/us/bill/59/s/4169).] [[Public, No. 416](/us/pl/59/416).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia. Sale of 204 L street SW. authorized. That the Chief of Engineers of the Army is hereby authorized to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, provided such highest bid be deemed reasonable and just by the said Chief of Engineers, the house and lot known as number two hundred and four L street northwest, being part of lot eight in square five hundred and fifty-eight in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, said house and lot being the property of the United States and now under the charge of the Chief of Engineers in pursuance[R.
S. sec. 1797, p. 319](/us/rs/s1797/p319).Vol. 32, p. 152. of section seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, Revised Statutes, as amended by the Act of April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two. Approved, June 30, 1906. 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 and five, on the twentieth day of said month. Public Resolution 1 34 Stat. 821 1905-12-08 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 2025-03-19 59 1 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 and five, on the twentieth day of said month. December 18, 1905. [[H. J. R. 48](/us/bill/59/hjres/48).] [[Pub. Res., No. 1](/us/59/pubres/1).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of theOfficers, etc., of Congress to be paid December salaries, December 20, 1905.
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, nineteen hundred and live, on the twentieth day of said month. Approved, December 18, 1905. No. 2: Relating to the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Public Resolution 2 34 Stat. 821 1906-01-17 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution Relating to the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 17, 1906. [[H. J. R. 68](/us/bill/59/hjres/68).] [[Pub. Res., No. 2](/us/59/pubres/2).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriation madeHouse of Representatives.Contingent expenses, 1906.Miscellaneous items made available for labor, etc.Vol. 33, p. 638. for the miscellaneous items of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six is hereby made available for the payment of salaries and labor heretofore or hereafter specifically ordered by the House of Representatives of the present Congress, in addition to the purposes for which said appropriation is otherwise available.
Approved, January 17, 1906. No. 3: To authorize use of transport Sumner to convey members of Santiago Battlefield Commission and others to Cuba and return. Public Resolution 3 34 Stat. 821 1906-01-25 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 3.] Joint Resolution To authorize use of transport Sumner to convey members of Santiago Battlefield Commission and others to Cuba and return.
January 25, 1906. [[H. J. R. 87](/us/bill/59/hjres/87).] [[Pub. Res., No. 3](/us/59/pubres/3).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is Santiago Battlefield Commission.Use of transport Sumner authorized.authorized to employ the United States Army transport Sumner to convey, from New York to Santiago de Cuba, and return, the members of the Santiago Battlefield Commission, and the representatives of the President, and of the State and War Departments, to enable them to attend the ceremonies to be held at the dedication of battle monuments at El Caney, Fort San Juan, San Juan Ridge, and San Juan de Mayaras Hill, in the immediate vicinity of Santiago de Cuba: *Provided*, That the total additional expense shall not exceed ten thousand *Proviso.*Maximum expense.dollars.
Approved, January 25, 1906. No. 4: Providing for an extension of time for completing the highway bridge and approaches across the Potomac River at Washington, District of Columbia. Public Resolution 4 34 Stat. 821 1906-02-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Providing for an extension of time for completing the highway bridge and approaches across the Potomac River at Washington, District of Columbia.
February 19, 1906. [[S. J. R. 23](/us/bill/59/sjres/23).] [[Pub. Res., No. 4](/us/59/pubres/4).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for completingDistrict of Columbia.Highway bridge across the Potomac River. the construction of the highway bridge and approaches across the 821 822 Time for completion of, extended.Potomac River, authorized by section twelve of the Act of Congress approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, entitled, “An Vol. 31, p. 772.Act to provide for eliminating certain grade crossings on the line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, in the city of Washington, Vol. 32, p. 598.District of Columbia, and requiring said company to depress and elevate its tracks, and to enable it to relocate parts of its railroad therein, and for other purposes,” as amended by the District of Columbia appropriationVol. 33, p. 1283, amended.
Act, approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, and as amended by “joint resolution providing for an extension of time for completing the highway bridge and approaches across the Potomac River, at Washington, District of Columbia,” approved February Time of completion.*Post*, p. 1419.eighteenth, nineteen hundred and five, be, and is hereby, extended to December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and six. Approved, February 19, 1906. No. 5: To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Public Resolution 5 34 Stat. 822 1906-02-23 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. February 23, 1906. [[S. J. R. 28](/us/bill/59/sjres/28).] [[Pub. Res., No. 5](/us/59/pubres/5).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Smithsonian Institution.Richard Olney reappointed regent.
That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than members of Congress shall be filled by the reappointment of Richard Olney, a citizen of Massachusetts. Approved, February 23, 1906. No. 6: Providing for the return of certain archives now in possession of the Department of State to the State of North Carolina. Public Resolution 6 34 Stat. 822 1906-02-28 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Providing for the return of certain archives now in possession of the Department of State to the State of North Carolina. February 28, 1906. [[S. J. R. 26](/us/bill/59/sjres/26).] [[Pub. Res., No. 6](/us/59/pubres/6).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, North Carolina.Secretary of State authorized to deliver “State archives” to. That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to withdraw from the files of the Department of State and deliver to the State of North Carolina purely “State archives.” bearing date from seventeen hundred and fifty to eighteen hundred, with a few of a later date, and including copies of letters from the Delegates to the Continental Congress, State militia papers, papers relating to the rebuilding of the State capitol, *Proviso.*Restriction.and papers of a like local character: *Provided*, That no papers commonly called “Confederate archives.” or any original papers belonging to the records of the Continental Congress, or needed for the uses of the Government shall be delivered, under the provisions hereof, to said State.
Approved, February 28, 1906. No. 7: Extending the tribal existence and government of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory. Public Resolution 7 34 Stat. 822 1906-03-02 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution Extending the tribal existence and government of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory.
March 2, 1906. [[S. J. R. 37](/us/bill/59/sjres/37).] [[Pub. Res., No. 7](/us/59/pubres/7).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Five Civilized Tribes, Ind. T. That the tribal existence and present tribal governments of the Choctaw, Chickasaw. Cherokee, Tribal government, etc., continued.Creek, and Seminole tribes or nations of Indians in the Indian Territory are hereby continued in full force and effect for all purposes under *Ante*, pp. 148, 342.existing laws until all property of such tribes, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the individual members of said tribes unless hereafter otherwise provided by law.
Approved, March 2, 1906. No. 8: Instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies in coal and oil, and report on the same from time to time. Public Resolution 8 34 Stat. 823 1906-03-07 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public 823 [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies in coal and oil, and report on the same from time to time.
March 7, 1906. [[S. J. R. 32](/us/bill/59/sjres/32).] [[Pub. Res., No. 8](/us/59/pubres/8).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Interstate Commerce Interstate Commerce Commission.Railroad discrimination, etc., in transporting coal and oil.Investigation authorized.*Ante*, p. 705.Scope of investigation.Interests of railroads in coal and oil properties.Commission he, and is hereby, authorized and instructed immediately to inquire, investigate, and report to Congress, or to the President when Congress is not in session, from time to time as the investigation proceeds— First.
Whether any common carriers by railroad, subject to the interstate-commerce Act, or either of them, own or have any interest in, by means of stock ownership in other corporations or otherwise, any of the coal or oil which they, or either of them, directly or through other companies which they control or in which they have an interest, carry over their or any of their lines as common carriers, or in any manner own, control, or have any interest in coal lands or properties or oil lands or properties.
Second. Whether the officers of any of the carrier companies aforesaid, Officers, etc., owning stock who control distribution of cars.or any of them, or any person or persons charged with the duty of distributing cars or furnishing facilities to shippers are interested, either directly or indirectly, by means of stock ownership or otherwise in corporations or companies owning, operating, leasing, or otherwise interested in any coal mines, coal properties, or coal traffic, oil, oil properties, or oil traffic over the railroads with which they or any of them are connected or by which they or any of them are employed.
Third. Whether there is any contract, combination in the form of Conspiracy, etc., to restrain interstate commerce.trust, or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, in which any common carrier engaged in the transportation of coal or oil is interested, or to which it is a party; and whether any such common carrier monopolizes or attempts to Monopolizing trade, etc.monopolize, or combines or conspires with any other carrier, company or companies, person or persons to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce in coal or oil, or traffic therein among the several States or with foreign nations, and whether or not, and if so, to what extent, such carriers, or any of them, limit or control, directly or indirectly, Limiting, etc., the output of coal mines, etc.the output of coal mines or the price of coal and oil fields or the price of oil.
Fourth. If the Interstate Commerce Commission shall find that Report as to effect upon independent operators, etc.the facts or any of them set forth in the three paragraphs above do exist, then that it be further required to report as to the effect of such relationship. ownership, or interest in coal or coal properties and coal traffic, or oil, oil properties, or oil traffic aforesaid, or such contracts or combinations in form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy or such monopoly or attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire as aforesaid, upon such person or persons as may be engaged independently of any other persons in mining coal or producing oil and shipping the same, or other products, who may desire to so engage, or upon the general public as consumers of such coal or oil.
Fifth. That said Commission be also required to investigate and Report on system of car supply and distribution.report the system of car supply and distribution in effect upon the several railway lines engaged in the transportation of coal or oil as aforesaid, and whether said systems are fair and equitable, and whether the same are carried out fairly and properly; and whether said carriers, or any of them, discriminate against shippers or parties wishing to become shippers over their several lines, either in the matter of distribution of ears or in furnishing facilities or instrumentalities connected with receiving, forwarding, or carrying coal or oil as aforesaid.
Sixth. That said Commission be also required to report as to what Report on remedies.remedy it can suggest to cure the evils above set forth, if they exist. 824 Seventh. On other facts, etc. That said Commission he also required to report any facts or conclusions which it may think pertinent to the general inquiry above set forth. Eighth. Early investigation, etc. That said Commission be required to make this investigation at its earliest possible convenience and to furnish the information above required from time to time and as soon as it can be done consistent with the performance of its public duty.
Approved, March 7, 1906. No. 9: For a report, and so forth, upon the preservation of Niagara Falls. Public Resolution 9 34 Stat. 824 1906-03-15 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution For a report, and so forth, upon the preservation of Niagara Falls. March 15, 1906. [[H.
J. R. 83](/us/bill/59/hjres/83).] [[Pub. Res., No. 9](/us/59/pubres/9).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Niagara Falls.International Commission to report on preservation of.Vol. 32, p. 373.*Ante*, p. 626. That the members representing the United States upon the International Commission created by section four of the river and harbor Act of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and two, be requested to report to Congress, at an early day, what action is, in their judgment, necessary and desirable to prevent the further depletion of wafer flowing over Niagara Falls; and the said members are also requested and directed to exert, in conjunction with the members of said Commission representing the Dominion of Canada, if practicable, all possible efforts for the preservation of the said Niagara Falls in their natural condition.
Approved, March 15, 1906. No. 10: Authorizing assignment of pay of teachers and other employees of the Bureau of Education in Alaska. Public Resolution 10 34 Stat. 824 1906-03-21 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution Authorizing assignment of pay of teachers and other employees of the Bureau of Education in Alaska.
March 21, 1906. [[H. J. R. 97](/us/bill/59/hjres/97).] [[Pub. Res., No. 10](/us/59/pubres/10).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Alaska.Teachers employed by Bureau of Education in, may assign pay. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit teachers and other employees of the United States Bureau of Education employed in Alaska to make assignments of their pay. under such regulations as he may prescribe, during such time as they may be in the employ of the Bureau of Education in Alaska; and the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized, in his discretion, under such regulations as he Reimbursement.may prescribe, to reimburse school-teachers in Alaska for expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties and paid from their personal funds.
Approved, March 21, 1906. No. 11: Amending joint resolution instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies, and report on the same from time to time, approved March seventh, nineteen hundred and six. Public Resolution 11 34 Stat. 824 1906-03-21 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 11.] Joint Resolution Amending joint resolution instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies, and report on the same from time to time, approved March seventh, nineteen hundred and six. March 21, 1906. [[H. J. R. 115](/us/bill/59/hjres/115).] [[Pub. Res., No. 11](/us/59/pubres/11).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Interstate Commerce Commission.May investigate railroad discriminations, etc.*Supra.* That joint resolution instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies, and report on the same from time to time, approved March seventh, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby amended by adding the following thereto:
Ninth. Powers to secure evidence given. To enable the Commission to perform the duties required and accomplish the purposes declared herein, the Commission shall have and exercise under this joint resolution the same power and authority 825to administer oaths, to subpoena and compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and to obtain full information, which said Commission now has under the Act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred Vol. 24, p. 379.*Ante*, p. 584.and eighty-seven, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto now in force or may have under any like statute taking effect hereafter.
All the requirements, obligations, liabilities, and immunities imposed or conferred by said Act to regulate commerce and byVol. 27, p. 443.*Ante*, p. 798. “An Act in relation to testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission in cases under or connected with an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate commerce,’ approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and amendments thereto,” approved February eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall also apply to all persons who may be subpoenaed to testify as witnesses or to produce documentary evidence in pursuance of the authority herein conferred.
Approved, March 21, 1906. No. 12: Extending the time for opening to public entry the unallotted lands on the ceded portion of the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Public Resolution 12 34 Stat. 825 1906-03-28 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution Extending the time for opening to public entry the unallotted lands on the ceded portion of the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.
March 28, 1906. [[H. J. R. 117](/us/bill/59/hjres/117).] [[Pub. Res., No. 12](/us/59/pubres/12).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for opening toShoshone or Wind River Reservation, Wyo.Time extended for opening to entry.Vol. 33, p. 1021. amended.*Post*, p. 3208. public entry the ceded portion of the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming having been fixed by law as the fifteenth day of June, nineteen hundred and six, it is hereby provided that the time for opening said reservation shall be extended to the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and six, unless the President shall determine that the same may be opened at an earlier date.
Approved, March 28, 1906. No. 13: To correct abuses in the public printing and to provide for the allotment of cost of certain documents and reports. Public Resolution 13 34 Stat. 825 1906-03-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 13.] Joint Resolution To correct abuses in the public printing and to provide for the allotment of cost of certain documents and reports.
March 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 127](/us/bill/59/hjres/127).] [[Pub. Res., No. 13](/us/59/pubres/13).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter, in the printingPublic printing and binding.Appropriations for, to be charged to Departments, etc., where documents originate. and binding of documents or reports emanating from the Executive Departments, bureaus, and independent offices of the Government, the cost of which is now charged to the allotment for printing and binding for Congress, or to appropriations or allotments of appropriations other than those made to the Executive Departments, bureaus, or independent offices of the Government, the cost of illustrations, composition. stereotyping, and other work involved in the actual preparation for printing, apart from the creation of manuscript, shall be charged to the appropriation or allotment of appropriation for the printing and binding of the Department, bureau, or independent office of the Government in which such documents or reports originate: the balance of Balance of cost.cost shall be charged to the allotment for printing and binding for Congress, and to the appropriation or allotment of appropriation of the Executive Department, bureau, or independent office of the Government, in proportion to the number delivered to each; the cost of Exception.any copies of such documents or reports distributed otherwise than through Congress, or the Executive Departments, bureaus, and independent offices of the Government, if such there be, shall be charged as heretofore: *Provided*, That on or before the first day of December in each *Proviso.*Estimates of cost.fiscal year each Executive Department, bureau, or independent office of the Government to which an appropriation or allotment of appro826priation for printing and binding is made, shall obtain from the Public Printer an estimate of the probable cost of all publications of such Department, bureau, or independent office now required by law to be printed, and so much thereof as would, under the terms of this resolution, be charged to the appropriation or allotment of appropriation of the Department, bureau, or independent office of the Government in which such publications originate, shall thereupon be set aside to be applied only to the printing and binding of such documents and reports, and shall not be available for any other purpose until all of such allotment of cost on account of such documents and reports shall have been fully paid.
EffectThis resolution shall be effective on and after July first, nineteen hundred and six. Approved, March 30, 1906. No. 14: To prevent unnecessary printing and binding and to correct evils in the present method of distribution of public documents. Public Resolution 14 34 Stat. 826 1906-03-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 14.] Joint Resolution To prevent unnecessary printing and binding and to correct evils in the present method of distribution of public documents. March 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 128](/us/bill/59/hjres/128).] [[Pub. Res., No. 14](/us/59/pubres/14).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Public printing.Documents, etc., to be printed in two or more editions. That the Joint Committee on Printing is hereby authorized and directed to establish rules and regulations, from time to time, which shall be observed by the Public Printer, whereby public documents and reports printed for Congress, or either House thereof, may be printed in two or more editions, *Provisos.*Maximum copies.instead of one, to meet the public requirements: *Provided*, That in no case shall the aggregate of said editions exceed the number of copies now authorized or which may hereafter be authorized: *And provided further*, Requisitions on Public Printer.That the number of copies of any public document or report now authorized to be printed or which may hereafter be authorized to be printed for any of the Executive Departments, or bureaus or branches thereof, or independent offices of the Government may be supplied in two or more editions, instead of one, upon a requisition on the Public Printer by the official head of such Department or independent office, but in no case shall the aggregate of said editions exceed the number of copies now authorized, or which may hereafter Allotments to Senators and Representatives not affected.be authorized: *Provided further*, That nothing herein shall operate to obstruct the printing of the full number of any document or report, or the allotment of the full quota to Senators and Representatives, as now authorized, or which may hereafter be authorized, when a legitimate demand for the full complement is known to exist.
Approved, March 30, 1906. No. 15: For the publication of eulogies delivered in Congress on Honorable John W. Cranford, late a Representative in Congress. Public Resolution 15 34 Stat. 826 1906-02-04 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution For the publication of eulogies delivered in Congress on Honorable John W.
Cranford, late a Representative in Congress. April 2, 1906. [[H. J. R. 11](/us/bill/59/hjres/11).] [[Pub. Res., No. 15](/us/59/pubres/15).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, John W. Cranford.Eulogies on, ordered printed. That the eulogies delivered in the Senate and House during the third session of the Fifty-fifth Congress on the late Honorable John W. Cranford, a Representative in Congress from the Fourth district of Texas, who died but a short time before the end of the Fifty-fifth Congress, and the eulogies on whose life and character were delivered in the Senate and House before the adjournment of said Congress, but for some unknown reason were never published and under the law can not now be published except by joint resolution, be published in the form and manner usually followed in the publication of eulogies in Congress on deceased members, to the Copies.number of one thousand copies to be distributed by the Representative 827from the First district of Texas and the regular number bound in the usual style for the family of the deceased.
The usual number shall not be printed. Approved, April 2, 1906. No. 16: For the relief of sufferers from earthquake and conflagration on the Pacific coast. Public Resolution 16 34 Stat. 827 1906-04-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution For the relief of sufferers from earthquake and conflagration on the Pacific Coast.
April 19, 1906. [[S. J. R. 48](/us/bill/59/sjres/48).] [[Pub. Res., No. 16](/us/59/pubres/16).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That The Secretary of War isEarthquake, etc., sufferers.Purchase of military supplies for, authorized.*Infra.**Ante*, p. 644.*Post*, p. 828. hereby authorized and directed to procure, in open market or otherwise, subsistence and quartermasters supplies in addition to such supplies belonging to the Military Establishment, and available, and issue the same to such destitute persons as have been rendered homeless or are in needy circumstances as a result of the earthquake which occurred April eighteenth, and the attending conflagration and in executing this Joint Resolution, the Secretary of War is directed to cooperate with the authorities of the State of California and the mayors of the cities of the cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda and such other cities on the Pacific Coast as may have sustained damages;
Be it further resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury, SecretaryUse of naval, etc., vessels. of the Navy and Secretary of Commerce and Labor are hereby directed to cooperate with the Secretary of War in extending relief and assistance to the stricken people herein referred to, to the extent of the use of the naval vessels, revenue cutters, and other vessels and Government supplies, under their control on the Pacific Coast; Be it further resolved, That to enable the Secretary of War to executeAppropriation. the provisions of this Joint Resolution, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one million dollars, to be expended under the direction and in the discretion of the Secretary of War.
Approved, April 19, 1906. No. 17: Construing the joint resolution approved April nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled “Joint Resolution for the relief of sufferers from earthquake and conflagration on the Pacific coast.” Public Resolution 17 34 Stat. 827 1906-04-21 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 17.] Joint Resolution Construing the joint resolution approved April nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled “Joint Resolution for the relief of sufferers from earthquake and conflagration on the Pacific Coast.
” April 21, 1906. [[S. J. R. 49](/us/bill/59/sjres/49).] [[Pub. Res., No. 17](/us/59/pubres/17).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriation ofEarthquake, etc., sufferers.Former appropriation available for medical supplies.*Supra*. one million dollars, made by joint resolution approved the nineteenth instant, entitled “Joint Resolution for the relief of sufferers from earthquake and conflagration on the Pacific Coast,” shall be available under the discretion of the Secretary of War to procure medical supplies, in addition to such supplies belonging to the Military Establishment, and issue the same, in like manner as the subsistence and quartermaster’s supplies specifically mentioned in the joint resolution aforesaid.
Approved, April 21, 1906. No. 18: To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 18 34 Stat. 827 1906-04-23 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 18.] Joint Resolution To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
April 23, 1906. [[S. J. R. 46](/us/bill/59/sjres/46).] [[Pub. Res., No. 18](/us/59/pubres/18).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the BoardSmithsonian Institution.Andrew D. White reappointed regent. of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than mem828bers of Congress shall be filled by the reappointment of Andrew D. White, a citizen of New York, whose term expires June second, nineteen hundred and six.
Approved, April 23, 1906. No. 19: For the further relief of sufferers from earthquake and conflagration on the Pacific coast. Public Resolution 19 34 Stat. 828 1906-04-24 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution For the further relief of sufferers from earthquake and conflagration on the Pacific Coast.
April 24, 1906. [[H. J. R. 141](/us/bill/59/hjres/141).] [[Pub. Res., No. 19](/us/59/pubres/19).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Earthquake, etc., sufferers.Additional appropriation for relief of.*Ante*, p. 827. That for the further relief of sufferers from earthquake and conflagration on the Pacific Coast, as provided in the Joint Resolution approved April nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six, as amended by the Joint Resolution approved April twentieth, nineteen hundred and six, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of one million live hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as may Use of appropriation.be necessary; and authority is hereby specifically given to the Secretary of War to use this sum and the former appropriation for this purpose amounting in all to two million live hundred thousand dollars, not only to buy additional supplies which may be needed for the relief of the sufferers, as directed in said resolutions of April nineteenth and April twentieth, but also for the purpose of replacing by purchase such subsistence, quartermaster’s and medical supplies which may have been furnished by the Secretary of War for such relief from the stores on hand for the use of the Army; and for the purpose of defraying all extra cost to the War Department incurred in mileage of officers, transportation of troops, and all other expenditures which would not have been necessary but for the relief measures herein described and authorized.
Approved, April 24, 1906. No. 20: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to present the bell of the late United States sloop of war Germantown to the Site and Relic Society, of Germantown, Pennsylvania. Public Resolution 20 34 Stat. 828 1906-04-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 20.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to present the bell of the late United States sloop of war Germantown to the Site and Relic Society, of Germantown, Pennsylvania.
April 26, 1906. [[S. J. R. 7](/us/bill/59/sjres/7).] [[Pub. Res., No. 20](/us/59/pubres/20).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Site and Relic Society, Germantown, Pa.Donation of bell of sloop of war “Germantown” to. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to present to the Site and Relic Society, of Germantown, Pennsylvania, the bell of the United States sloop of war Germantown, which vessel was destroyed by the United States authorities at the Norfolk Navy-Yard in eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the bell of which was recovered about a year ago.
Approved, April 26, 1906. No. 21: For appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Public Resolution 21 34 Stat. 828 1906-05-07 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 21.] Joint Resolution For appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
May 7, 1906. [[H. J. R. 145](/us/bill/59/hjres/145).] [[Pub. Res., No. 21](/us/59/pubres/21).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.Appointments to Board of Managers.Names and terms. That Charles M. Anderson, of Ohio; William Warner, of Missouri; Franklin Murphy, of New Jersey, and James W. Wadsworth, of New York, be, and the same hereby are, appointed as members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States;
Charles M. Anderson, William Warner, and Franklin Murphy to succeed themselves, their terms of service expiring April twenty-829first, nineteen hundred and six; James W. Wadsworth to succeed General Martin T. McMahon, deceased, whose term of office expires April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and ten. Approved, May 7, 1906. No. 22: Extending the thanks of Congress to General Horace Porter. Public Resolution 22 34 Stat. 829 1906-05-09 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution Extending the thanks of Congress to General Horace Porter. May 9, 1906. [[H. J. R. 149](/us/bill/59/hjres/149).] [[Pub. Res., No. 22](/us/59/pubres/22).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of the peopleHorace Porter.Thanks of Congress to, for recovery of body of John Paul Jones. of the United States are justly due and are hereby tendered to General Horace Porter, late ambassador to France, for his disinterested and patriotic services in conducting, upon his own initiative and at his own expense, a series of researches and excavations extending over a period of six years and resulting in the recovery of the body of Admiral John Paul Jones from a forgotten grave in a foreign land and its return to the country which he had loved so well and so heroically served: *Resolved*, That General Porter be requested to furnish Congress*Proviso.*Address at Annapolis to be printed in the Record. a copy of his remarks at the exercises at Annapolis.
April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and six, and that, when received, said remarks be printed in the Record. Approved, May 9, 1906. No. 23: Authorizing the construction and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures in Lake Michigan, adjoining certain lands in Lake County, Indiana. Public Resolution 23 34 Stat. 829 1906-05-16 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the construction and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures in Lake Michigan, adjoining certain lands in Lake County, Indiana. May 16, 1906. [[H. J. R. 134](/us/bill/59/hjres/134).] [[Pub. Res., No. 23](/us/59/pubres/23).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the owners of the propertyLake Michigan. Ind.Permission granted to build wharves, etc., on, in Lake County. known as sections numbered thirty-three and thirty-four, township thirty-seven, range eight west.
Lake County, Indiana, be permitted to till the whole or such portions, as they may elect, of the bed of Lake Michigan adjacent to such property. anti within the boundary established by the extension of such section lines, out to a depth of water not exceeding twenty-five feet, and that such owners may be permitted to build wharves, piers, and such other structures as may be useful for occupancy or to promote navigation inside of and out to such twenty-five-foot line: *Provided*, That the owners thereof shall*Provisos.*Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. present a map, showing the line to which they intend tilling, and complete plans to the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers, and until they shall approve the same this permission shall not be effective: *Provided further*, That this permit shall not conflict with any law orRestriction. statute of the State of Indiana, in which said property is located.
Approved, May 16, 1906. No. 24: Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish brass cannon to the General Howell Post, Numbered Thirty-one, Grand Army of the Republic, of Woodbury, New Jersey. Public Resolution 24 34 Stat. 829 1906-06-04 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 24.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish brass cannon to the General Howell Post, Numbered Thirty-one, Grand Army of the Republic, of Woodbury, New Jersey.
June 4, 1906. [[H. J. R. 98](/us/bill/59/hjres/98).] [[Pub. Res., No. 24](/us/59/pubres/24).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of WarGrand Army of the Republic.Brass cannon donated to General Howell Post, Woodbury. be, and is hereby, authorized to deliver to the. General Howell Post, Numbered Thirty-one, Grand Army of the Republic, Woodbury, New Jersey, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, two brass cannon, now at the Frankford Arsenal.
Philadelphia. Penn830sylvania, one marked “One hundred and seventy-nine, Revere Copper Company,” twelvepounder, weight one thousand two hundred and forty-six pounds, eighteen hundred and sixty-two model, T. J. R. brass gun, and the other marked “Two hundred and twenty-six, H. N. H. and Company,” twelvepounder, weight one thousand two hundred and thirty-five pounds, model eighteen hundred and sixty-three, T. J. R. brass gun, the same to be used in front of the monument erected on *Proviso.*No expense.the court-house grounds at Woodbury, New Jersey: *Provided*, That the donation shall be without expense to the United States.
Approved, June 4, 1906. No. 25: Directing the selection of a site for the erection of a bronze statue in Washington, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Public Resolution 25 34 Stat. 830 1906-08-06 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 25.] Joint Resolution Directing the selection of a site for the erection of a bronze statue in Washington, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
June 8, 1906. [[S. J. R. 20](/us/bill/59/sjres/20).] [[Pub. Res., No. 25](/us/59/pubres/25).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, District of Columbia.Commission appointed to select site for statue to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. That the chairman of the Committee on the Library of the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on the Library of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of War, and the President of the Longfellow National Memorial Association are hereby created a commission to select and prepare a site on property belonging to the United States in the city of Washington, other than the grounds of the Capitol or Library of Congress, and erect thereon a suitable pedestal for a statue in bronze of the late Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, to be provided by the Longfellow National Memorial Association.
Sec. 2. Appropriation. That for the preparation of the site so selected and the erection of the pedestal the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money *Proviso.*Design.in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided*, That the design for said statue shall be approved by the commission herein created. Approved, June 8, 1906. No. 26: Authorizing a change in the weighing of the mails in the fourth section.
Public Resolution 26 34 Stat. 830 1906-09-06 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 26.] Joint Resolution Authorizing a change in the weighing of the mails in the fourth section. June 9, 1906. [[S. J. R. 54](/us/bill/59/sjres/54).] [[Pub. Res., No. 26](/us/59/pubres/26).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Weighing the mails.Time for ascertaining “average daily weight” reduced in the fourth section.
That on account of the earthquake calamity in California on April eighteenth, nineteen hundred and six, the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized and directed to use the average daily weight of mails ascertained during the successive working days from February twentieth to April seventeenth, nineteen hundred and six, both inclusive, in adjusting the compensation, according to law, on all railroad routes in the, fourth section for the transportation of mails during the quadrennial term beginning Vol. 33, p. 1088.July first, nineteen hundred and six, notwithstanding the provision of the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, requiring that the average daily weight shall be ascertained by the weighing of the mails for such a number of successive working days not less than ninety.
Approved, June 9, 1906. No. 27: Accepting the recession by the State of California of the Yosemite Valley grant and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, and including the same, together with fractional sections five and six, township five south, range twenty-two east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, within the metes and bounds of the Yosemite National Park, and changing the boundaries thereof. Public Resolution 27 34 Stat. 831 1906-11-06 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public 831 [No. 27.] Joint Resolution Accepting the recession by the State of California of the Yosemite Valley grant and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, and including the same, together with fractional sections five and six, township five south, range twenty-two east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, within the metes and bounds of the Yosemite National Park, and changing the boundaries thereof. June 11, 1906. [[H. J. R. 118](/us/bill/59/hjres/118).] [[Pub.
Res., No. 27](/us/59/pubres/27).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the recession and regrantingYosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove.Recession of, by California to the United States ratified.Reserved as forest lands, etc. unto the United States by the State of California of the cleft or gorge in the granite peak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, situated in the county of Mariposa, State of California, and the headwaters of the Merced River, and known as the Yosemite Valley, with its branches or spurs, granted unto the State of California in trust for public use, resort, and recreation by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act authorizing a grant to the State of California of the Yosemite Vol. 13, p. 325.Valley and of the land embracing the Mariposa Big Tree Grove,” approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four (Thirteenth Statutes, page three hundred and twenty-five), as well as the tracts embracing what is known as the “Mariposa Big Tree Grove,” likewise granted unto the State of California by the aforesaid Act of Congress, is hereby ratified and accepted, and the tracts of land embracing the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, as described in the Act of Congress approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, together with that part of fractional sections five and six, township five south, range twenty-two east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, lying south of the South Fork of Merced River and almost wholly between the Mariposa Big Tree Grove and the present south boundary of the Yosemite National Park, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States and set apart as reserved forest lands, subject to all the limitations, conditions, and provisions of the Act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to set apart certain tracts of land in the State Vol. 26, p. 651.of California as forest reservations,” as well as the limitations, conditions, and provisions of the Act of Congress approved February seventh, nineteen hundred and five, entitled “An Act to exclude from Vol. 33, p. 702the Yosemite National Park, California, certain lands therein described, and to attach and include the said lands in the Sierra Forest Reserve.” and shall hereafter form a part of the Yosemite National Park.
The south and west boundary lines of the Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park.Boundaries changed.Description.are hereby changed as follows: Beginning at the point on the line between sections thirty-five and thirty-six, township four south, range twenty-one east, where same intersects the middle of the channel of the South Fork of the Merced River; thence north on section line to the southwest corner of section twenty-five; thence west on section lines to the southwest corner of section twenty-eight; thence north on section line to the northwest corner of section twenty-eight; thence west on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty and twenty-nine; thence north through the middle of section twenty to the center thereof; thence east through the middle of section twenty to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty and twenty-one; thence north on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections sixteen and seventeen; thence west through middle of section seventeen to the center thereof; thence north through the middle of sections seventeen, eight, and five to the quarter-section corner of north boundary of section five on township boundary, all in township four south, range twenty-one east; thence north through the middle of section thirty-two, township three south, range twenty-one east, to the center thereof; thence west through the middle of section thirty-two, said township, and section thirty-six, township three south, range twenty east, to the quarter-section corner between sec832tions thirty-five and thirty-six; thence north on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty-five and twenty-six; thence east through the middle of section twenty-five to the center thereof; thence north through the middle of sections twenty-live and twenty-four to the center of section twenty-four; thence west through the middle of sections twenty-four, twenty-three, and twenty-two to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty-one and twenty-two, township three south, range twenty east, on the present Lands excluded and made part of Sierra Forest Reserve.western boundary of the Yosemite National Park.
And all that portion of the Yosemite National Park lying between the boundary line last above mentioned and the present boundary line of said national park is excluded from said park: and the said lands so excluded, and all thereof, are added to and made a part of the Sierra Forest Reserve, and shall hereafter form a part of said Sierra Forest Reserve, and shall be subject to all of the Acts of Congress with relation *Provisos.*Payment for privileges.Vol. 31, p. 790.thereto: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior may require the payment of such price as he may deem proper for privileges on the land herein segregated from the Yosemite National Park and made a part of the Sierra Forest Reserve accorded under the Act approved February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, relating to rights of way over certain parks, reservations, and other lands, and other Acts Right of way to railroads.Restriction.concerning rights of way over public lands: *And, provided further*, That in the grant of any right of way for railway purposes across the lands placed under this measure within the Sierra Forest Reserve it shall be stipulated that no logs or timber shall be hauled over the same without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, and under regulations to be promulgated by him.
Sec. 2. Patented lands, etc. That none of the lands patented and in private ownership in the area hereby included in the Sierra Forest Reserve shall have the privileges of the lieu-land scrip provisions of the land laws, but otherwise to be in all respects under the laws and regulations affecting the forest reserves, and immediately upon the passage of this Act all laws, rides, and regulations affecting forest reservations, including the right to change the boundaries thereof by Executive proclamation, shall take effect and be in force within the limits of the territory excluded by this Act from the Yosemite National Park, except as herein otherwise provided.
Sec. 3. Revenues expended for improvements, etc.Vol. 26. p. 651.Vol. 33, p. 702. That all revenues derived from privileges in the park authorized under the Act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, the Act of February seventh, nineteen hundred and five, as well as under this measure, or from privileges accorded on the lands herein segregated from said park and included within the Sierra Forest Reserve, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the management, protection, and improvement of the Yosemite National Park.
Approved, June 11, 1906. No. 28: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for assistant custodians and janitors of public buildings. Public Resolution 28 34 Stat. 832 1906-11-06 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 28.] Joint Resolution To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for assistant custodians and janitors of public buildings.
June 11, 1906. [[H. J. R. 170](/us/bill/59/hjres/170).] [[Pub. Res., No. 28](/us/59/pubres/28).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Public buildings.Deficiency appropriation, assistant custodians and janitors. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of forty-five thousand dollars to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for pay of assistant custodians and janitors, including all personal services in connection with the care of public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of 833Columbia, exclusive of marine hospitals, mints, branch mints, and assay offices, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.
Approved, June 11, 1906. No. 29: To supply a deficiency in an appropriation for the postal service. Public Resolution 29 34 Stat. 833 1906-06-13 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 29.] Joint Resolution To supply a deficiency in an appropriation for the postal service. June 13, 1906. [[H.
J. R. 172](/us/bill/59/hjres/172).] [[Pub. Res., No. 29](/us/59/pubres/1).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, Postal service.Deficiency appropriation for stamped envelopes and wrappers.out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighty thousand dollars, to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six.
Approved, June 13, 1906. No. 30: Providing for payment for dredging the channel and anchorage basin between Ship Island Harbor and Gulfport, Mississippi, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 30 34 Stat. 833 1906-06-14 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Providing for payment for dredging the channel and anchorage basin between Ship Island Harbor and Gulfport, Mississippi, and for other purposes.
June 14, 1906. [[H. J. R. 166](/us/bill/59/hjres/166).] [[Pub. Res., No. 30](/us/59/pubres/30).] Whereas on the twentieth day of February, anno Domini nineteen Preamble.hundred and one, a contract was entered into between Major W. T. Rossell, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, by and in behalf of the United States of America, and Spencer S. Bullis, for dredging a channel and anchorage basin in Mississippi Sound between Ship Island Harbor and Gulfport, Mississippi, which contract was made in accordance with a provision of the river and harbor act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, authorizing the payment of the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for securing a specified width and a depth of nineteen feet in such channel and anchorage basin; and Whereas under said contract, for several years past, the said channel and anchorage basin have been dredged to the approximate depth and width required in said contract, and the said channel is now and has been available for use by vessels drawing nineteen feet of water and more:
Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury, or other proper officer of the Spencer S. Bullis.Payment to, for dredging channel, etc., between Ship Island Harbor and Gulfport, Miss.Vol. 30. p. 1127.*Post*, p. 1088.United States, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Spencer S. Bullis, with whom said contract was made, or to his assigns or agents now authorized to receive payment as aforesaid, the contract price for dredging said channel and anchorage basin, to wit, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, being the amount heretofore appropriated by Congress and now in the Treasury for payment for the work included in said contract : and it is declared to be the intention of Congress that so much of said contract as relates to securing the depth and width of said channel and anchorage basin provided for therein shall be regarded as complied with at the date of the taking effect of this resolution: *Provided*, That the said amount shall not be paid over to the said *Proviso.*Charges for use of wharves, etc.Spencer S.
Bullis, or other person or persons as aforesaid, until the person or persons, companies, or corporations owning or controlling docks, wharves, or terminals in, along, or upon said basin, or connected directly or indirectly therewith, shall execute an agreement that the charges for the use of said docks, wharves, and terminals shall be such as the Secretary of War may from time to time approve. Sec. 2. That this resolution shall take effect and be in force from Effect.and after its passage.
Approved, June 14, 1906. No. 31: Authorizing the construction and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures in Lake Michigan adjoining certain lands in Lake County, Indiana. Public Resolution 31 34 Stat. 834 1906-06-14 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public 834 [No. 31.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the construction and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures in Lake Michigan adjoining certain lands in Lake County, Indiana.
June 14, 1906. [[H. J. R. 162](/us/bill/59/hjres/162).] [[Pub. Res., No. 31](/us/59/pubres/31).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Lake Michigan.Permission granted to build wharves, piers, etc., on, in Lake County, Ind. That the owners of those parts of the property known as sections numbered fifteen, sixteen, and twenty-two, township thirty-seven, range nine west. Lake County, Indiana, abutting on Lake Michigan, be permitted to fill the whole, or such portions its they may elect, of the bed of Lake Michigan adjacent to such property, and within the boundary established by the extension of such section lines, out to a depth of water not exceeding twenty-five feet, and that such owners may be permitted to build wharves, piers, and such other structures as may be useful for occupancy or to promote navigation inside of and out to such twenty-five foot line: *Proviso.*Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. *Provided*, That the owners thereof shall present a map showing the line to which they intend filling and complete plans to the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers, and until they shall approve the same Restriction.this permission shall not be effective: *Provided further*, That this permit shall not conflict with any law or statute of the State of Indiana, in which said property is located.
Approved, June 14, 1906. No. 32: Granting condemned cannon for a statue to Governor Stevens T. Mason, of Michigan. Public Resolution 32 34 Stat. 834 1906-06-23 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 32.] Joint Resolution Granting condemned cannon for a statue to Governor Stevens T.
Mason, of Michigan. June 23, 1906. [[S. J. R. 47](/us/bill/59/sjres/47).] [[Pub. Res., No. 32](/us/59/pubres/32).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Michigan.Condemned cannon donated to, for statue of Stevens T. Mason. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the governor of the State of Michigan six bronze or brass condemned cannon, to be used to make a life-size statue of Stevens T.
Mason, late governor of *Proviso.*No expense.Michigan: *Provided*, That the Government shall be at no expense in connection with this gift. Approved, June 23, 1906. No. 33: Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Mr. Jose Martin Calvo, of Costa Rica. Public Resolution 33 34 Stat. 834 1906-06-23 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 33.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point Mr. José Martin Calvo, of Costa Rica. June 23, 1906. [[S. J. R. 66](/us/bill/59/sjres/66).] [[Pub. Res., No. 33](/us/59/pubres/33).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, José Martin Calvo, of Costa Rica, admitted to West Point. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to permit Mr.
José Martín Calvo, of Costa Rica, to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West *Provisos.*No expense.Oath and service.[R. S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227](/us/rs/s1320/1321/p227).Point: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: *And provided further*, That in the case of the said José Martin Calvo the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, June 23, 1906.
No. 34: Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the board of trustees of Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana, such obsolete arms and other military equipments now in possession of said university, to be used in military instruction. Public Resolution 34 34 Stat. 834 1906-06-25 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 34.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the board of trustees of Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana, such obsolete arms and other military equipments now in possession of said university, to be used in military instruction. June 25, 1906. [[S. J. R. 52](/us/bill/59/sjres/52).] [[Pub. Res., No. 34](/us/59/pubres/34).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Vincennes University, Ind.Obsolete arms, etc., donateci to.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to donate to the board of trustees of the Vincennes University, at Vincennes, Indiana, such obsolete arms 835and other military equipments now in possession of said university, to be used in military instruction. Approved, June 25, 1906. No. 35: Providing for the purchase of material and equipment for use in the construction of the Panama Canal. Public Resolution 35 34 Stat. 835 1906-06-25 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 35.] Joint Resolution Providing for the purchase of material and equipment for use in the construction of the Panama Canal. June 25, 1906. [[S. J. R. 60](/us/bill/59/sjres/60).] [[Pub. Res., No. 35](/us/59/pubres/35).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That purchases of material Isthmian Canal.Material for construction of, restricted to domestic production and manufacture.and equipment for use in the construction of the Panama Canal shall be restricted to articles of domestic production and manufacture, from the lowest responsible bidder, unless the President shall, in any case, deem the bids or tenders therefor to be extortionate or unreasonable.
Approved, June 25, 1906. No. 36: Expressing the sympathy of the people of the United States with the Hebrews on account of the massacres of members of their race in Russia. Public Resolution 36 34 Stat. 835 1906-06-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 36.] Joint Resolution Expressing the sympathy of the people of the United States with the Hebrews on account of the massacres of members of their race in Russia.
June 26, 1906. [[S. J. R. 68](/us/bill/59/sjres/68).] [[Pub. Res., No. 36](/us/59/pubres/36).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the people of the United Massacre of Hebrews in Russia.Sympathy extended to those bereaved by the.States are horrified by the reports of the massacre of Hebrews in Russia, on account of their race and religion, and that those bereaved thereby have the hearty sympathy of the people of this country.
Approved, June 26, 1906. No. 37: Authorizing the President of the United States to appoint a commission to examine and report upon a route for the construction of a free and open waterway to connect the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. Public Resolution 37 34 Stat. 835 1906-06-28 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 37.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the President of the United States to appoint a commission to examine and report upon a route for the construction of a free and open waterway to connect the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. June 28, 1906. [[H. J. R. 21](/us/bill/59/hjres/21).] [[Pub. Res., No. 37](/us/59/pubres/37).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of theChesapeake and Delaware Canal.Commission to appraise, etc., value of works, etc., authorized.Members of.
United States is hereby authorized to appoint a commission, consisting of an officer or retired officer of the Engineer Corps of the United States Army, an officer of the United States Navy, and one person from civil life, to examine and appraise the value of the works and franchises of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, connecting the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, with reference to the desirability of purchasing said canal by the United States and the construction over the route of the said canal of a free and open waterway having a depth and capacity sufficient to accommodate the largest vessel afloat at mean low water.
Said commission, to the extent that theInvestigation of Sassafras route. same can be done from the surveys heretofore made under the direction of the War Department and within the limits of the appropriation herein made, shall also examine and investigate the feasibility, for the purpose of such a waterway, of the route known as the Sassafras route. The said commission shall make a report of its work, togetherReport on probable cost, etc., of routes. with its conclusions upon the probable cost and commercial advantages and military and naval uses of each of said routes, to the Secretary of War, who shall transmit the same to Congress at its next session.
The sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,Appropriation. is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the expenses of said commission, including such clerical assistance as may be deemed necessary by said commission, and such reasonable compensation for the services of the members of said commission as the President in his discretion may see fit to allow. Approved, June 28, 1906. No. 38: Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish a certain gun carriage to the mayor of the city of Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee.
Public Resolution 38 34 Stat. 836 1906-06-28 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public 836 [No. 38.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish a certain gun carriage to the mayor of the city of Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. June 28, 1906. [[H. J. R. 160](/us/bill/59/hjres/160).] [[Pub.
Res., No. 38](/us/59/pubres/38).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Ripley, Tenn.Teninch carriage for Rodman gun donated to. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to deliver to the mayor of the city of Ripley, Lauderdale County. Tennessee, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, one ten-inch carriage for Rodman gun now at New York Arsenal. Governors Island. New York Harbor, the same to be used for the mounting thereon of a ten-inch columbiad cannon recovered from the ruins of Fort Pillow.
Lauderdale County, Tennessee, by the said municipal corporation of Ripley and the county of Lauderdale, Tennessee, acting through their respective agents and officers, to be used and mounted as a monument in the court-house *Proviso.*No expense.yard or on the public square in said town of Ripley: *Provided*, That the donation shall be without expense to the United States. Approved, June 28, 1906. No. 39: Amending section two of joint resolution approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, construing the Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.
Public Resolution 39 34 Stat. 836 1906-06-28 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 39.] Joint Resolution Amending section two of joint resolution approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, construing the Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.
June 28, 1906. [[H. J. R. 158](/us/bill/59/hjres/158).] [[Pub. Res., No. 39](/us/59/pubres/39).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Disability, etc., pensions.Vol. 32, p. 750. That section two of joint resolution approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, he amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 2. Effect of final honorable discharge.Extended to officers.Vol. 32, p. 750 amended. That in the administration of the pension laws any enlisted man or commissioned officer of the Army, including regulars, volunteers. and militia, or any appointed or enlisted man or commissioned officer of the Navy or Marine Corps, who was honorably discharged from any subsequent contract of service entered into by him during the late war of the rebellion, shall be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from all previous contracts of service as commissioned officer or enlisted man previously entered into by him with the *Proviso*.Subsequent enlistments, etc.United States during said war: *Provided*, That such en listed or appointed man or commissioned officer served not less than six months under any subsequent enlistment, appointment, or commission; that his entire service under any said subsequent enlistment, appointment, or commission was faithful, and that he did not receive by reason of said enlistment, appointment, or commission any bounty or gratuity other than from the United States in excess of that to which he would have been entitled if he had continued to serve faithfully until honorably discharged under any contract of service previously entered into by him, either in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, during the war of the rebellion.
” " Approved, June 28, 1906. No. 40: To print the Fourth Annual Report of the United States Reclamation Service. Public Resolution 40 34 Stat. 836 1906-06-29 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 40.] Joint Resolution To print the Fourth Annual Report of the United States Reclamation Service.
June 29, 1906. [[S. J. R., 17](/us/bill/59/sjres/17).] [[Pub. Res., No. 40](/us/59/pubres/40).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Reclamation Service.Printing of Fourth Annual Report authorized. That the Director of the Geological Survey be, and he is hereby, authorized to print four thousand copies of the Fourth Annual Report of the United States Reclamation Service, the cost thereof to be paid out of the reclamation fund.
Approved, June 29, 1906. No. 41: To protect the copyrighted matter appearing in the “Rules and Specifications for Grading Lumber Adopted by the Various Lumber Manufacturing Associations of the United States.” Public Resolution 41 34 Stat. 836 1906-06-29 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 41.] Joint Resolution To protect the copyrighted matter appearing in the “Rules and Specifications for Grading Lumber Adopted by the Various Lumber Manufacturing Associations of the United States.
” June 29, 1906. [[S. J. R. 67](/us/bill/59/sjres/67).] [[Pub. Res., No. 41](/us/59/pubres/41).] Whereas the proprietors of certain copyrighted grading specifications and other copyrighted matter have consented to the use of such 837copyrighted matter in the “ Rules and Specifications for Grading Lumber Adopted by the Various Lumber Manufacturing Associations of the United States,” a publication prepared in the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; and Whereas sufficient authority to publish and pay for the printing of said “ Rules and Specifications for Grading Lumber Adopted by the Various Lumber Manufacturing Associations of the United States” is given in the bill making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture:
Therefore Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Forest Service.“Rules and Specifications for Grading Lumber by the Various Lumber Manufacturing Associations of the United States,” published by, protected by copyright. That said copyrighted matter, wherever it appears in said “ Rules and Specifications for Grading Lumber Adopted by the Various Lumber Manufacturing Associations of the United States,” shall be plainly marked as copyrighted matter, and shall be as fully protected under the copyright laws as though published by the proprietors themselves; and the permission for the use of such matter shall be deemed to be limited to the purposes of this resolution.
Approved, June 29, 1906. No. 42: Directing that the Sulphur Springs Reservation be named and hereafter called the “Platt National Park.” Public Resolution 42 34 Stat. 837 1906-06-29 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 42.] Joint Resolution Directing that the Sulphur Springs Reservation be named and hereafter called the “Platt National Park.
” June 29, 1906. [[S. J. R. 69](/us/bill/59/sjres/69).] [[Pub. Res., No. 42](/us/59/pubres/42).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theSulphur Springs Reservation.Name changed to Platt National Park, in honor of the late Senator Platt, of Connecticut. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to change the name of the Sulphur Springs Reservation, an Indian reservation now in the State of Oklahoma, formerly in the Indian Territory, so that said Reservation shall be named and hereafter called the “Platt National Park,” in honor of Orville Hitchcock Platt, late and for twenty-six years a Senator from the State of Connecticut and for many years a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in recognition of his distinguished services to the Indians and to the country.
Approved, June 29, 1906. No. 43: Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the Southern Historical Society certain unidentified battle flags. Public Resolution 43 34 Stat. 837 1906-06-29 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 43.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the Southern Historical Society certain unidentified battle flags.
June 29, 1906. [[H. J. R. 92](/us/bill/59/hjres/92).] [[Pub. Res., No. 43](/us/59/pubres/43).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of WarConfederate flags.Delivery of unidentified, to Confederate Memorial Literary Society, Richmond, Va. be, and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the Confederate Memorial Literary Society of Richmond, Virginia, all of the Confederate battle Hags now in the custody of the War Department which it has been found impossible, after thorough investigation, to trace to the former ownership or custody of the troops of any particular State.
Approved, June 29, 1906. No. 44: Providing for the improvement of the harbor at South Haven, Michigan. Public Resolution 44 34 Stat. 837 1906-06-29 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 44.] Joint Resolution Providing for the improvement of the harbor at South Haven, Michigan.
June 29, 1906. [[H. J. R. 178](/us/bill/59/hjres/178).] [[Pub. Res., No. 44](/us/59/pubres/44).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of WarSouth Haven, Mich.Dredging of harbor, authorized.Vol. 33, p. 1136. be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to expend such sum as may be necessary, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, out of any appropriation heretofore made, for improving the harbor at South 838Haven, Michigan, for the purpose of dredging said harbor to a depth of sixteen feet in accordance with a report submitted in House Document Numbered One hundred and nineteen, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session.
Approved, June 29, 1906. No. 45: Providing for the improvement of a certain portion of the Mississippi River. Public Resolution 45 34 Stat. 838 1906-06-29 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 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 45.] Joint Resolution Providing for the improvement of a certain portion of the Mississippi River.
June 29, 1906. [[H. J. R. 179](/us/bill/59/hjres/179).] [[Pub. Res., No. 45](/us/59/pubres/45).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Mississippi River.Improvement of, from mouth of Ohio to mouth of the Missouri.Use of unexpended appropriation for.Vol. 33, p. 1195. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to expend any portion of the balance now remaining to the credit of the improvement for the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to and including the mouth of the Missouri River, for the repair or completion of improvements already under way, or for the construction of other works, in accordance with general plans already made or approved: *Proviso*.Restriction. *Provided*, That such expenditures shall only be made for improvements which shall be useful for purposes of navigation.
Approved, June 29, 1906. No. 46: Directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and report on block signal systems, and appliances for the automatic control of railway trains. Public Resolution 46 34 Stat. 838 1906-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 46.] Joint Resolution Directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and report on block signal systems, and appliances for the automatic control of railway trains.
June 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 153](/us/bill/59/hjres/153).] [[Pub. Res., No. 46](/us/59/pubres/46).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Interstate Commerce Commission.Investigation of railroad block signal systems, etc., directed.Employment of experts. That the Interstate Commerce Commission be, and it is hereby, directed to investigate and report on the use of and necessity for block signal systems and appliances for the automatic control of railway trains in the United States.
For this purpose the Commission is authorized to employ persons who are familiar with the subject, and may use such of its own employees as are necessary to make a thorough examination into the matter. Reports.In transmitting its report to the Congress the Commission shall recommend such legislation as to the Commission seems advisable. Powers of Commission.To carry out and give effect to the provisions of this resolution the Commission shall have power to issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, require the production of books and papers, and receive depositions taken before any proper officer in any State or Territory of the United States.
Approved, June 30, 1906. No. 47: Fixing the date upon which the Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, shall go into effect. 47 34 Stat. 838 1906-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 47.] Joint Resolution Fixing the date upon which the Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate commerce,” approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, shall go into effect. June 30, 1906. [[S. J. R. 72](/us/bill/59/sjres/72).] [[Pub. Res., No. 47](/us/59/pubres/47).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Interstate Commerce regulations.Vol. 24, p. 379.*Ante*, p. 595, amended.
That the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate commerce,’ approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission,” shall take effect and be in force sixty days after To take effect in 60 days.its approval by the President of the United States. Approved, June 30, 1906. No. 48: Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for a life-size statue of General Henry Leavenworth, at Leavenworth Kansas.
Public Resolution 48 34 Stat. 839 1906-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public 839 [No. 48.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cannon for a life-size statue of General Henry Leavenworth, at Leavenworth, Kansas. June 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 43](/us/bill/59/hjres/43).] [[Pub.
Res., No. 48](/us/59/pubres/48).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of WarGeneral Henry Leavenworth Monument Committee, Leavenworth, Kans.Donation of condemned cannon to, for statue. be, and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the General Henry Leavenworth Monument Committee of Leavenworth, Kansas, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, such condemned bronze cannon as he may deem proper, not to exceed five thousand pounds in weight, to be used in the erection of a life-size statue to the memory of the late General Henry Leavenworth, at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Approved, June 30, 1906. No. 49: Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish a bronze cannon, with its carriage, limber, and accessories, to Junction City Post, Numbered One hundred and thirty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Kansas. Public Resolution 49 34 Stat. 839 1906-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 49.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish a bronze cannon, with its carriage, limber, and accessories, to Junction City Post, Numbered One hundred and thirty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Kansas. June 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 177](/us/bill/59/hjres/177).] [[Pub. Res., No. 49](/us/59/pubres/49).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of WarGrand Army of the Republic, Junction City, Kans., Post.Donation of field gun to, authorized. be, and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to Junction City Post, Numbered One hundred and thirty-two, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Kansas, at Junction City Kansas, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, one twelvepounder bronze field gun, now at Fort Riley, Kansas, with its carriage, limber, and accessories belonging to it. to be the property of said post: *Provided*,*Proviso.*No expense.
That the donation shall be without expense to the United States. Approved, June 30, 1906. No. 50: Providing for the printing of reports ordered by the river and harbor Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five. Public Resolution 50 34 Stat. 839 1906-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 50.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of reports ordered by the river and harbor Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five.
June 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 183](/us/bill/59/hjres/183).] [[Pub. Res., No. 50](/us/59/pubres/50).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That at any time prior toRivers and harbors.Printing of reports on preliminary examinations and surveys. the assembling of Congress in December, nineteen hundred and six, all reports of preliminary examinations and surveys ordered in the river and harbor Act of March third, nineteen hundred and live, thatVol. 33, p. 1147. may be ready for printing shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be printed by the Public Printer as documents of the Fifty-ninth Congress.
Approved, June 30, 1906. No. 51: Relative to the printing of twelve thousand copies of the report on the progress of the beet-sugar industry. Public Resolution 51 34 Stat. 839 1906-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 51.] Joint Resolution Relative to the printing of twelve thousand copies of the report on the progress of the beet-sugar industry.
June 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 186](/us/bill/59/hjres/186).] [[Pub. Res., No. 51](/us/59/pubres/51).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed twelveBeet-sugar Industry.Report of progress on, ordered printed.Distribution. thousand copies of the report on the progress of the beet-sugar industry in the united States in nineteen hundred and five; one thousand copies for the use of the Senate, three thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and eight thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture, and that the Secretary of Agriculture be authorized to print and distribute annually hereafter eight thousand copies of such annual reports covering the progress of the beet-sugar 840 *Proviso.*Future publication.industry: *Provided*, That the preparation and publication of such annual reports shall be within the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Approved, June 30, 1906. No. 52: Authorizing the purchase of the manuscript of a Digest of the United States Laws and Decisions. Public Resolution 52 34 Stat. 840 1906-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 52.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the purchase of the manuscript of a Digest of the United States Laws and Decisions.
June 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 187](/us/bill/59/hjres/187).] [[Pub. Res., No. 52](/us/59/pubres/52).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Digest of Customs Laws and Decisions.Purchase of manuscript authorized. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized to purchase from the legal owners thereof, at a cost not to exceed two thousand dollars, payable out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, the manuscript of a Digest of the United States Customs Laws and Decisions, compiled by Robert M.
Cousar, deceased, and to have printed, with such revision as in his judgment may be necessary, not to exceed one thousand copies, Appropriation.for the official use of the Treasury Department; and the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby Reprinting authorized.appropriated for said purpose. And the superintendent of documents is hereby authorized to reprint this document for sale at two dollars per copy. Approved, June 30, 1906. No. 53:
Making an additional appropriation for expenses under the Interstate Commerce Commission. Public Resolution 53 34 Stat. 840 1906-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 53.] Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for expenses under the Interstate Commerce Commission.
June 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 188](/us/bill/59/hjres/188).] [[Pub. Res., No. 53](/us/59/pubres/53).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Interstate Commerce Commission.Appropriation for additional expenses of. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighty-one thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-three cents for additional expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, Vol. 24, p. 386.*Ante*, p. 595.authorized under the “Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to regulate commerce’ approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and all Acts amendatory thereof and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
” Approved, June 30, 1906. No. 54: To correct an error in enrollment of and repealing a certain provision in the bill H. R. 19844, making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses for the fiscal year, ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven and for other purposes, approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six. Public Resolution 54 34 Stat. 840 1906-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-03-19 59 1 public [No. 54.] Joint Resolution To correct an error in enrollment of and repealing a certain provision in the bill H. R. 19,844, making appropriations for the Sundry Civil Expenses for the fiscal year, ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven and for other purposes, approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six. June 30, 1906. [[H. J. R. 189](/us/bill/59/hjres/189).] [[Pub. Res., No. 54](/us/59/pubres/54).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, New building for Departments of State.
Justice, and Commerce and Labor. That the provision in the bill (H. R. 19,844), making appropriations for the Sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven and for other purposes, approved June thirtieth, *Ante*, p. 700, repealed.nineteen hundred and six, appropriating three million dollars for the acquisition by purchase, condemnation or otherwise of a site for the erection of a building for the Department of State, Justice, and Commerce and Labor be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, June 30, 1906. PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December, 1906, and was adjourned without day on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1907.* Theodore Roosevelt, President; Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice-President; William P. Frye, President of the Senate *pro tempore*; Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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