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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 37 STAT. · August 26, 1912 · Chapter 408

Chapter 408. Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve and for prior years, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 408.— An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve and for prior years, and for other purposes.August 26, 1912.[[H. R. 25970](/us/bill/62/hr/25970).][[Public, No. 340](/us/pl/62/340).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Deficiencies appropriations. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve and for prior years, and for other purposes, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.Department of State. International Prison Commission: For subscription of the UnitedInternational Prison Commission.Subscription, etc. States as an adhering member of the International Prison Commission, and the expenses of a commissioner, including preparation of reports, $2,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary. International Railway Congress: To pay the quota of theInternational Rail-way Congress.Pay of quota. United States as an adhering member of the International Railway Congress for the year nineteen hundred and twelve, $400.
International Seismological Association: For defraying the International Seismotogical Association.Contribution.necessary expenses in fulfilling the obligations of the United States as a member of the International Seismological Association, including the annual contribution to the expenses of the association, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $800. International Bureau at Brussels for Repression ofBureau for Repressing African Slave Trade.Vol. 27, p. 917. African Slave Trade:
For additional amount required to meet the share of the United States in the expenses of the special bureau created by article eighty-two of the general Act concluded at Brussels July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the repression of the African slave trade and the restriction of the importation into and sale in a certain defined zone of the African Continent of firearms, ammunition, and spirituous liquors, for the calendar year nineteen hundred and twelve, $13.36. International Congress on Uniform Letters of Exchange:International Congress on Uniform Letters of Exchange.Preparation, etc., of report.Vol. 36, p. 1364.
For preparation, translation, and publication of the report of the American delegate to the adjourned meeting of the International Conference on Uniform Letters of Exchange, held at The Hague, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, $2,000. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department. For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, grates, grateContingent expenses baskets and fixtures, blowers, coal hods, coal shovels, pokers, and tongs, $3,000.
The Secretary of the Treasury may employ such number of expertPaper-money laundering machines.Employees, etc. money assorted, feeders, and other employees, and expend such sums for contingent and miscellaneous items and for the purchase or construction and installation of paper-money laundering machines as may be necessary, in his judgment, to install, maintain, and operate such laundering machines in the Treasury at Washington and at the subtreasuries: *Provided*, That the money required to pay for such purpose*Provisos*.Amount available. shall not exceed $60,000. which sum is hereby appropriated, the 596 same to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred Estimates.and thirteen: *Provided further*, That estimates hereunder shall be submitted in detail for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen, and annually thereafter.
E. W. Durant, jr.Credit in accounts, Charleston, S. C., public building.Credits in the accounts of E. W. Durant, junior: The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby directed to allow in the accounts of E. W. Durant, junior, special disbursing agent, the sum of $504.95, as a charge against the appropriation for “Repairs and preservation of public buildings, nineteen hundred and eleven,” covering disbursements made by him under authority of the Treasury Department for materials and labor required to improve the grounds around the customhouse building at Charleston, South Carolina.
S. R. Jacobs.Credit in accounts for public buildings.Credits in the accounts of S. R. Jacobs: The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby directed to allow as a charge against the respective appropriations, as rendered, in the accounts of S. R. Jacobs, disbursing clerk, Treasury Department, all vouchers covering disbursements made by him under authority of the Treasury Department, for sprinkling streets around sites acquired for public buildings in the cities of Barre, Vermont, Beloit, Wisconsin, and Olean, New York, as specifically set forth in the statements of differences of the Auditor for the Treasury Department, audits numbered fifty-eight hundred and forty-four, six thousand and seventy-three, and sixty-one hundred and forty-seven, amounting, in all, to $15.47. public buildings.Public buildings.
General expenses.Vol. 35, p. 537.General expenses of public buildings: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to execute and give effect to the provisions of section six of the Act of May thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page five hundred and thirty-seven), being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, for payment of certain expenditures duly authorized by the department, arising under the appropriation “General expenses of public buildings, nineteen hundred and eight and nineteen hundred and nine,” $27.95.
Grand Rapids, Mich.Grand Rapids, Michigan, post office and courthouse: For completion of building under present limit, $2,523.56. Boston, Mass., customhouse.Boston, Massachusetts, customhouse: For expenses incident to the temporary removal of the force employed in the customhouse during the enlargement, remodeling, or extension, for the fiscal year ending Juno thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, $96,000. New York, N. Y., subtreasury.Use of balance for vaults, etc., assay of fire.Vol. 36, p. 708.The unexpended balance after the payment of outstanding liabilities of the appropriation of $170,000 for special repairs to the Subtreasury Building, New York, New York, contained in the sundry civil appropriation Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, is reappropriated and made available toward construction of vaults and work incidental to their installation in the assay office in the city of New York, New York; and said vaults and work incidental to their installation are authorized, at a total cost not exceeding $322,000, including the sum herein reappropriated therefor, and a contract or contracts are authorized to be entered into within such limit of cost.
General expenses.Authority is granted the Secretary of the Treasury to pay from the appropriation for “General expenses of public buildings, nineteen hundred and twelve,” the claims amounting to $47.32 arising in connection with the public building service, as set forth in House Document Numbered Eight hundred and twenty-six of the present session. Santa Fe. N. Mex., vault facilities.For additional vault facilities in the Federal Building at Santa Fe, New Mexico, in which to guard and care for the records and files belonging to the Federal court, $1,100. 597 collecting internal revenue.Internal revenue.
For salaries and expenses of forty revenue agents provided forAgents, etc. by law, and fees and expenses of gaugers, salaries and expenses of storekeepers and storekeepergaugers, $100,000. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to refund money coveredRefunding collections.Vol. 35. p. 325. into Treasury as internal-revenue collections, under the provisions of the Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, $50,000. Payment of judgments against internal-revenue officers:
To payCentral Trust Company.Paying judgment the Central Trust Company of New York the amount of a judgment obtained in the United States Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, against the collector of internal revenue for the second district of New York, as settled by the Auditor for the Treasury Department by his certificate numbered seventeen thousand and ninety-seven of August fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, $93,477.17. revenue-cutter service.Revenue-Cutter Service.
To reimburse the appropriations for the Revenue-Cutter Service,Kodiak, Alaska.Relief of sufferers from volcano. fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, and for expenses incurred and to be incurred during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen in the relief of sufferers through the action of a volcano in the neighborhood of Kodiak, Alaska, $30,000. public health and marine-hospital service.Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service. The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are authorizedW.
S. Richards and S. R. Jacobs.Credit in accounts. and directed to credit in the accounts of W. S. Richards, disbursing clerk, Treasury Department, $93.50, and S. R. Jacobs, disbursing clerk, Treasury Department, $101.16, being amounts disallowed by the said accounting officers for sums paid by the said disbursing clerks prior to April eighteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, for wrapping and addressing Public Health reports and other circulars and publications of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.
Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury toKate Burgess and Naomi Thompson.Payment to. pay from the appropriation for Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, nineteen hundred and eleven, the sum of $5.09 to Kate Burgess and the sum of $61.12 to Naomi Thompson for wrapping and addressing Public Health reports and other circulars and publications of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for increasedPortland, Me quarantine.*Ante*, p. 512. quarantine facilities at the port of Portland, Maine, $43,880. miscellaneous, treasury.Miscellaneous.
Payment to the Bankers Electric Protective Association:Bankers Electric Protective Association.Payment to. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the account of the Bankers Electric Protective Association for expenses incurred and for work done on the electric protective system in connection with vaults numbered one and four in the Treasury Building, Washington, District of Columbia, $106.65. Payment to Alfred Harrison, H. E. Ticknor, and F. W. Oakley:Alfred Harrison, H.
E. Ticknor, and F. W. Oakley.Payment of fees. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to adjust the accounts of the clerks of the United States courts for the western district of Wisconsin and pay to said clerks, respectively, out of any money in Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as maybe found due them as fees earned between January fist, nineteen hundred and twelve, and January twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and twelve, the same as though they had been clerks regularly reappointed on January first, nineteen hundred and twelve, the amounts of said accounts being as follows: 598 Alfred Harrison, at La Crosse, Wisconsin, $88.20;
H. E. Ticknor, at Superior, Wisconsin, $57.90; F. W. Oakley, at Madison, Wisconsin, $194.78; in all, $340.88. Hobart J. Shanley.Credit in accounts, Mexican Centennial Commission.Credit in the account of Hobart J. Shanley: The Auditor for the State and Other Departments is hereby authorized and instructed to give a credit of $1,501.75 to Hobart J. Shanley, special disbursing officer of the Department of State, for certain credits claimed and suspended for lack of itemization, and so forth, in the settlement of his Vol. 36, p. 775.account of disbursements for “Expenses of Commission, Centennial Republic of Mexico,” under appropriation made in deficiency Act of Vol. 36, p. 882.June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, to carry out the provisions of joint resolution of June twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and ten (Public Resolution Numbered Thirty-nine), creating a com-mission to represent the United States at the celebration of the first centennial of the Republic of Mexico. customs service.Customs Service.
Collecting revenue.To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, being additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, $350,000. J. Kennard and Sons Carpet Company.*Post*, p. 1288.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the J. Kennard and Sons Carpet Company, as authorized by Private Act Numbered Seventy-seven, approved August sixteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, $2,427.88.
Mary J. Manning.*Post*, p. 1289.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Mary J. Manning, as authorized by private Act Numbered Eighty-two, approved August seventeenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, $334.49. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.District of Columbia. Coroner’s office.Deputy coroner.Coroner’s office: For amount required to pay the deputy coroner for services during the absence of the coroner: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $140. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, 390.
Surveyor’s office.Supplies.Surveyor’s office: For additional amount required for purchase of supplies for temporary field party, and so forth, for fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, $66. Contingent expenses.Coroner’s office.Contingent and miscellaneous expenses: For additional amount required to meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for contingent expenses of coroner’s office, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, $3. Advertising.General advertising: For additional amount required for general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for school and tax notices; and notices of changes in regulations:
For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $1,362.07. For the fiscal year 1910, $23 40. Advertising tuxes in arrears.Advertising taxes: For additional amount required to meet the objects set forth in appropriation for advertising taxes in arrears, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $463.69. Motor tags.Motor tags: For additional amount required for the purchase of enamel, metal, or leather identification-number tags for motor vehicles in the District of Columbia, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $200.
Horse-drawn vehicle tags.Horse-drawn vehicle tags: For additional amount required for the purchase of metal identification-number tags for home-drawn vehicles used for business purposes in the District of Columbia— For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $550. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $500. 599 Cleaning snow and ice from streets: For additional amountCleaning snow and ice. required to meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for cleaning snow and ice from streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, and gutters, fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, $109,79.
Public schools: The unexpended balances of the appropriationsPublic schools.Teachers’ salaries. provided for salaries of teachers and for allowances to principals, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, are hereby re appropriated and made available for the payment of salaries of employees of the board of education, in accordance with the decision of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in the case of Mildred Dean against The District of Columbia. For additional amount required for fuel, gas, and electric light andFuel, etc. power, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $6,667.84.
Fire department: The Commissioners of the District of ColumbiaFire department. are authorized and directed to pay to the Potomac Electric Power Company the sum of $5.25 for fuel furnished without the usual inspection required by law, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven. Industrial Home School for Colored Children: For Industrial Home for Colored Children.Maintenance.maintenance, including purchase and care of horses, wagons, and harness: Fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $3,250.
Fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $837.62. Washington Asylum and Jail: For additional amount requiredWashington Asylum and Jail.Maintenance. to meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for maintenance Washington Asylum and Jail, District of Columbia, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $3,300. Payments to destitute women and children: For additionalAbandoned families. amount required for payments to destitute women and children, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $775.50.
Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital: For additionalEmergency Hospital. amount required for emergency care and treatment of, and free dispensary service to, indigent patients under a contract made with the Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital by the Board of Charities, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $2,245.50. Eastern Dispensary: For additional amount required forEastern Dispensary. emergency care and treatment of, and free dispensary service to, indigent patients under a contract or agreement made with the Eastern Dispensary by the Board of Charities, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $1,593.80.
Board of children’s guardians: For additional amountBoard of Children’s Guardians.Board of children. required to meet the objects sot forth in the appropriation for board and care of children committed to the guardianship of the board of children’s guardians by the courts of the District of Columbia, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $2,373. Authority is granted to pay, in addition to the sum of $1,500Child caring institutions. heretofore authorized, a further sum not to exceed $4,000 to institutions adjudged to be under sectarian control, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve.
Reform School for Girls: The accounting officers of theReform School for Girls.Services. District of Columbia and of the Treasury of the United States are hereby authorized and directed to allow in the accounts of the treasurer of the Reform School for Girls expenditures from the appropriation for maintenance of said institution not exceeding the sum of $203.66 for services of one additional teacher of industries and for typewriting and stenographic services, heretofore or hereinafter to be paid, fiscal years nineteen hundred and eleven and nineteen hundred and twelve.
Industrial Home School: For additional amount required toIndustrial Home School.Maintenance. meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for maintenance of Industrial Home School, District of Columbia: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $2,500. 600 For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $1,317. Workhouse.Coal.Workhouse, District of Columbia: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to pay to the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company the sum of $76.80 for thirty tons of coal delivered to the workhouse without the usual inspection certificate required by law, the coal being needed for emergency use, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve.
Carrie Madison.Refund to.Special assessment refunds: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to pay to Carrie Madison the sum of $146.47, amount paid by her on account of redemption of erroneous sale of special assessment taxes chargeable to property owned by her. Ida Steger.Payment to.Outstanding liabilities: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to pay to Ida Steger the sum of $4.43, being amount to her credit, account “Outstanding liabilities, District of Columbia,” for amount of check drawn in her favor and subsequently lost, without requiring surrender of said check as required by law.
Judgments.Judgments: For payment of the judgments, including costs, against the District of Columbia, set forth in House Documents Numbered 402, 634, 648, and 777, and Senate Document Numbered 909, of this session, $9,087.29, together with a further sum sufficient to pay the interest, at not exceeding four per centum, on said judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the. date of payment. Lunacy writs.Writs of lunacy: For additional amount required to meet the of acts set forth in the appropriation for writs of lunacy, District of Columbia:
Fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $700. Fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $177. Fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, $42.50. Fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, $7.50. Supreme Court, D. C.Miscellaneous expenses.Miscellaneous expenses, supreme court: For payment of such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Supremo Court of the District of Columbia and its officers, including the furnishing and collecting of evidence where the United Stales is or may be a party in interest, including also such expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, $21,349.95.
Support of convicts.Support of convicts: For support, maintenance, and transportation of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, on account of fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $20,000. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $16,277.61. National Training School for Boys.National Training School for Boys: For additional amount required for care and maintenance of boys committed to the National Training School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $7,106.
Support of prisoners.Support of prisoners: For additional amount required to meet the objects set forth in the appropriation for support of prisoners, District of Columbia, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $2,500. Home for Aged and Infirm.Home for the Aged and Infirm: For additional amount required to meet the object set forth in the appropriation for maintenance of Home for the Aged and Infirm, District of Columbia: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $1,700.
For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $1,433.75. Militia, Naval Battalion.Militia: For pay of officers and enlisted men of Naval Battalion for annual cruise, July, 1911, $1,447.77. Part from District revenues.Except as otherwise provided, one-half of the foregoing amounts to meet deficiences in the appropriations on account of the District 601 of Columbia shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. Reimbursement of State of Texas: To reimburse the StateTexas.Reimbursing for patrolling international boundary line. of Texas the amount expended for the increased force of rangers required for policing and patrolling the international boundary along the Rio Grande during the months of October, November, and December of the year nineteen hundred and eleven, and during the month of January of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, $9,039.41. The unexpended balance, not exceeding $1,369.42, of the amountWireless telephone.Balance reappropriated.Vol. 35, p. 734. appropriated in the Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and nine, for the purchase and development of wireless telephone apparatus, are, for the purposes heretofore appropriated, made available during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen.
Reimbursement to FiguerasFigueras Hermanos, Hermanos: To pay to Figueras Hermanos, of Manila, Philippine Islands, as reimbursement for expenses incurred in repairing damages to lorcha Tomas, $40. National cemeteries: For pay of seventy-six superintendentsNational cemeteries, superintendents.*Ante*, p. 240. of national cemeteries, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, $275. To carry out the provisions of Public Resolution Numbered Forty-eightMexican insurrection.Investigating claims for damages.*Post*, p. 641., entitled “A joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to investigate the claims of American citizens for damages suffered within American territory and growing out of the late insurrection in Mexico, approved August ninth, nineteen hundred and twelve, $5,000.
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.Army. subsistence department. For subsistence of the Army, including all objects mentioned underSubsistence. this head in Army appropriation act for fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve and on account of: Difference in cost of thirty million one hundred and twenty-oneDifference in cost of rations. thousand sixty-eight garrison rations (estimated for at 21.87 cents each, the actual present cost of which is 23.84 cents), at 1.97 cents each, $593,385.04;
Difference in cost of two million one hundred and seventy-one thousand one hundred and twelve Filipino rations (estimated for at 14 cents each, the actual present cost of which is 15.67 cents), at 1.67 cents each, $36,257.57; In all, $629,642.61. pay department. For pay of officers and enlisted men of the Army, $1,800,000.Pay.Mileage to officers.Mississippi Valley floods. For payment of mileage to officers and contract surgeons traveling under orders of the War Department in connection with the relief of sufferers from floods in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and for the reimbursement of the appropriation of the Pay Department for the amounts heretofore expended for this purpose, $4,500. settlement of accounts.
Credit in the accounts of Captain F. A. Grant: The accountingCapt. F. A. Grant.Credit in accounts. officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Captain F. A. Grant, quartermaster, United States 602 Army, the sum of $2,721.12 disallowed against him on the books of the Treasury. Lieut. Cul. D. E. McCarthy.Credit in accounts.Credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel D. E. McCarthy: The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel D.
E. McCarthy, Deputy Quartermaster General, United States Army, the sum of $13.03, disallowed against him on the books of the Treasury. Maj. James Curtis.Credit in accounts.Relief of Major James Curtis: The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of James Curtis, late major, United States Army, the sum of one thousand six hundred and thirty-one dollars charged against him on the books of the Treasury. Capt. George H.Credit in accounts.Credit in the accounts of Captain George H.
Scott: The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Captain George II. Scott, Medical Corps, acting quartermaster, United States Army, the sum of $700 disallowed against him on the books of the Treasury. First Lieut. George Ruhlen, jr.Credit in accounts.Credit in the accounts of First Lieutenant George Ruhlen, junior: The accounting officers of the Treasury arc authorized and (Erected to allow and credit in the accounts of First Lieutenant George Ruhlen, junior, Coast Artillery Corps, United States Army, the sum of $96.39, for which he is held on the books of the Treasury.
Lieut, Sauderford Jarman.Payment to.Relief of Lieutenant Sanderford Jarman: To pay Lieutenant Sanderford Jarman, Coast Artillery Corps, United States Army, $550.91. MILITARY ACADEMY.Military Academy. Cadets.For pay of cadets, Military Academy, $30,000. Fuel, etc.For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates, heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand, and for repairs of steam-heating and coal-conveying apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, furnaces, and mica, $10,000.
NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.Volunteer Soldiers’ Home. Subsistence.Vol. 36, p. 1408.For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, at the following branches, namely. Leavenworth, Kans.At the Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas, $6,000. Johnson City, Tenn.At the Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee, $6,500. Hot springs, S. Dak.At the Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota, $7,300.
State or Territorial homes.State or Territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors: For continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled Vol. 25, p. 450.volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, including all classes of soldiers admissible to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer *Provisos*.Intoxicants.Soldiers, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $67,407.14: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be apportioned to any State or Territorial home that maintains a bar or canteen where intoxicating Collections from inmates.liquors are sold: *Provided further*, That for any sum or sums collected in any manner from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for the support of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for, but this proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or widows of soldiers are admitted and maintained.
J. E. Parrish.Payment of judgment.To pay the judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States, Eastern District of Tennessee, Northwestern Division, against the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and in favor of J. E. 603 Parrish, being the principal sum of the judgment, with costs, as certified by the court, $22,826.62. RIVER AND HARBOR WORK.Rivers and harbors. To pay claims adjusted and settled under section four of the riverPaying claims for collisions, etc.Vol. 36. p. 676. and harbor appropriation Act, approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and certified to Congress in House Documents Numbered Three hundred and thirteen, Six hundred and sixty-four, Seven hundred and thirteen, and Eight hundred and twenty-three, at the present session, and Thirteen hundred and eighty-six, Sixty-first Congress, third session, $1,509.05.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. To pay the claims adjusted and determined by the Navy Department,Paying claims for collisions with naval vessels, etc.Vol. 36, p. 607. under the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-six Statutes at Large, page six hundred and seven), on account of damages occasioned to private property by collisions with vessels of the United States Navy and for which the naval vessels were responsible, certified to Congress at its present session in House Documents Numbered Three hundred and ninety-four, Four hundred and eighty-four, Five hundred and sixty-nine, Six hundred and six, Eight hundred and twenty-eight, and Senate Documents Numbered Nine hundred and one and Nine hundred and six, $2,371.54.
NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT.Navy. general account of advances. To reimburse “General account of advances,” created by the ActGeneral account of advances.Vol. 20, p. 167. of June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight (Twentieth Statutes at Large, page one hundred and sixty-seven), for amounts advanced therefrom and expended on account of the several appropriations named hereunder in excess of the sums appropriated there for the fiscal year given, found to be due the “general account” on adjustment by the accounting officers, the accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to credit by transfer from unexpended balances of appropriations for the Naval Establishment, fiscal years nineteen hundred and eleven and nineteen hundred and twelve, amounts as follows:
For pay of the Navy, nineteen hundred and eight, $1,719.22;Pay. For pay of the Navy, nineteen hundred and seven, $810.80; For contingent, Marine Corps, nineteen hundred and eight, $22.60;Marine Corps. For outfits on first enlistment, Bureau of Navigation, nineteenBureau of Navigation. hundred and eight, $219.73; For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, nineteen hundredBureau of Supplies and Accounts. and nine, $38.55; For Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, fiscalBureau of Medicine and Surgery. year nineteen hundred and eleven, $17,442.32;
For Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, $13,951.37; For Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, nineteen hundred and nine, $30; For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, nineteen hundred and eight, $24.58; For repairs and preservations at navy yards, nineteen hundred andRepairs and preservation. nine, $1,022.13; For maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks, nineteen hundredBureau of Yards and Docks. and ten, $14,419.71; 604 Naval Academy.For heating and lighting, Naval Academy, nineteen hundred and ten, 6 cents;
Bureau of Ordnance.For repairs, Bureau of Ordnance, nineteen hundred and ten, $849.70; Engineering experimental station.For engineering experimental station, Annapolis, Maryland, nineteen hundred and eleven, $44; Dry dock “Dewey” Marine Corps.For repairing dry dock Dewey, $3,552,54; For provisions, Marine Corps, nineteen hundred and eleven, $3,500; For fuel, Marine Corps, nineteen hundred and eleven, $1,400; For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps, nineteen hundred and ten, $7.37; in all, $59,054.68. pay, miscellaneous.
Pay, miscellaneous.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation “ Pay, miscellaneous,” including all objects mentioned under this title of appropriation in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, fiscal years as follows: Fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $40,000. Fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, $2.80. Fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, 80 cents. bureau of supplies and accounts.Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Provisions.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation “Provisions, Navy,” including all objects mentioned under tills title of appropriation in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $157,000. bureau of navigation.Bureau of Navigation.
Badges and ribbons.For badges and ribbons, to be distributed by the Secretary of the Navy to officers and men, now or formerly of the Volunteer and Regular Navy and Marine Corps, who have participated in engagements and campaigns deemed worthy of such commemoration, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, $2,500. bureau of ordnance.Bureau of Ordnance. Ammunition.For ammunition and other supplies for ships, fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, $116,250.17. public works, bureau of yards and docks.Public works.
Norfolk, Va.Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: To enlarge Dry Dock Numbered Three, $11,977.74. Timber dry docks.Timber dry docks: For four timber dry docks, $38,662.80. League island, Pa.Navy yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For power house for construction and repair, $2,711.31; For fittings and modifications dry dock and pumping plant, $4,319.47; For electric plant, extensions, $3,494.56; For water system, extensions, $2,694.56; For sewer system, extensions, $3,356.94; For fire-protection system, $3,597.81;
For sea wall, extensions, $36.86; For locomotive-crane track, extensions, $155.68; In all, $20,367.19. Mare Island naval magazine. Cal.Naval magazine, Mare Island, California: To complete one office building, including permanent furnishings and fixtures, $439.84. 605 bureau of medicine and surgery.Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation “Medical Department,”Medical Department including all objects mentioned under this title of appropriation in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $110,000. marine corpsMarine Corps.
For contingent, Marine Corps, including items specified under thisContingent head in the several naval appropriation Acts, fiscal years as follows; For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $11,500. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, $44.51. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, $1.28. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, $76.51. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, $12.30. For transportation, Marine Corps, including items specified underTransportation. this head in the several naval appropriation Acts, fiscal years as follows:
For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $13,000. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, $4.04. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, $5. For provisions, Marine Corps, including items specified under thisProvisions. head in the several naval appropriation Acts, fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $57,779.17. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, $7,759.22. For military stores, Marine Corps, including items specified underMilitary stores. this head in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $8,730.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.Interior Department. To reimburse the German ambassador at Washington, District of Columbia,German ambassador.Reimbursement for expenses incurred by him in procuring information for the Interior Department as to the whereabouts in Germany of the heirs of John A. Beck, and Frank A. Armbruster, who died at the Government Hospital for the Insane, $3.45. Capitol Building: For work at Capitol and for general repairsCapitol.Repairs, etc. thereof, including the objects of expenditure authorized hereunder in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $3,500.
To pay outstanding accounts for gasoline for fiscal years nineteen hundred and nine, nineteen hundred and ten, and nineteen hundred and eleven, $359.28. To pay Z. D. Gilman amount of account for sponges, $186.24.Z. D. Gilman.George W. Evans.Credit in accounts. The accounting officers of the United States Treasury are authorized and directed to credit the accounts of George W. Evans, chief disbursing clerk, Department of the Interior, with payments, amounting to $61.14, made by him in good faith and which were duly certified as being correct and approved and directed to be paid by the Superintendent of the United States Capitol Building and Grounds, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered six hundred and twenty-seven of the present session.
Enlarging the Capitol Grounds: The Secretary of the InteriorEnlarging Capitol Grounds.Rent of buildings, etc., until removal, authorized. is hereby authorized, until their removal becomes necessary, to rent for such periods and under such terms and conditions as he may deem proper, any building or buildings, or vacant land, that may be acquired under the provisions of the sundry civil Acts of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page seven hundredVol. 36, pp. 738, 1414. and thirty-eight), and March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page fourteen hundred and fourteen), or sub*Ante*, p. 454. 606 sequent Acts, for the enlargement of the Capitol Grounds, the proceeds to be deposited in the Treasury and a detailed report thereof to be submitted to Congress at the beginning of each regular session Care, etc.thereof.
The Superintendent of the United States Capitol Building and Grounds, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby charged with the immediate care of said buildings, and the direction and supervision of all repairs thereto, and the lands acquired *Provisos*.Maltby Building included.under the provision of the above-mentioned Acts: *Provided*, That the authority hereby granted shall also apply to the Maltby Building, now under the control of the United States Senate.
B. R. Rhees.Services.To reimburse B. R. Rhees for services and expenses incurred during the last half of August and the first three days in September, nineteen hundred and six, while engaged upon duty with the Interior Department, $193.26. George W. Evans.Credit in accounts for supplies.The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of George W. Evans, chief disbursing clerk, Department of the Interior, the sums, amounting in all to $2,157.50, which have been or will be disallowed by the Auditor for the Interior Department on the grounds that the purchases were not made under the general supply schedule in accordance with the provisions of Vol. 36, p. 531.section four of the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and ten, and as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered Eight hundred and twelve, Eight hundred and twenty-two, and Eight hundred and fifty-five of the present session.
Alaska.Care of insane.Care and custody of the insane of Alaska: For the care and custody of persons legally adjudged insane in the District of Alaska, including transportation and other expenses, $1,145.24. Arizona.Use of balance from enabling Act for State election expenses.Authority to use a certain unexpended balance by the State of Arizona: The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay to the governor of the States of Arizona, for the use of the said State of Arizona, any and all unused balance of the sum of $100,000 now remaining and unexpended, heretofore appropriated under an Act Vol. 36, p. 568.(H.
R. 18166) entitled “An Act to enable the people of New Mexico and Arizona to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and so forth,” to be used for the payment of election expenses of the first State election and in repaying to the different counties, pro rata, of the State certain amounts of money expended by them in such election and canvassing the returns thereof, after first paying the expenses of canvassing the general election returns to the persons and in the amounts certified by the governor of the Territory of Arizona.
New Mexico.Use of balance of enabling Act to pay election expenses.Authority to use a certain unexpended balance by the State of New Mexico: The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay over to the treasurer of the State of New Mexico the sum of $14,825.62, now in the Treasury of the United States, being the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $100,000 made Vol. 36, p. 578.under the provisions of the Act of Congress of June twentieth, nineteen hundred and ten, for the payment of the expenses of the constitutional convention and the election held upon the adoption of such constitution, said sum to be applied by the treasurer of the State of New Mexico for the payment of the expenses and the reimbursement to said State, and to the various counties thereof, pro rata, of the moneys already expended in the election and canvass *Ante*, p. 43.of the returns of the election held under the provisions of Public Resolution Numbered Eight (Senate Joint Resolution Numbered Fifty-seven), approved August twenty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, requiring the people of New Mexico to vote upon certain amendments to their constitution previous to the admission of said Territory as a State. 607 pension office.Pension office.
For the purchase of necessary furniture, supplies, and equipment,Furniture, etc. and purchase and exchange of typewriters, including $2,000 for stationery, for the temporary additional force for the Bureau of Pensions’, $10,000. indian office.Indian Department. To pay the Turner Produce Company, of Mitchell, South Dakota,Turner Produce Company.Payment to. the amount due said company under a contract dated November eighth, nineteen hundred and seven, for furnishing merchandise to the United States Indian School at Chamberlain, South Dakota, $20.32.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase not to exceedPottawatomie Indian School, Kans.Additional land. ten acres of land for an agency site for the Pottawatomie Indian School, Kansas, payable out of any money in the Treasury belonging to the Pottawatomie Indians, $500. bureau of education.Bureau of Education. To pay salary of Charles W. Hawkes worth, teacher in the UnitedCharles W. Hawkesworth.Salary. States public school at Barrow, Alaska, from June first to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, inclusive, $100. freedmen’s hospital and asylum.Freedmen’s Hospital.
Authority is granted the Secretary of the Interior to pay theFuel. White Oak Coal Company, of Washington, District of Columbia, for ten tons of anthracite egg coal furnished the Freedmen’s Hospital September twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eleven, in accordance with its contract and order from the hospital, from the appropriation for Freedmen’s Hospital, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve. public lands service.Public lands. To reimburse receivers of public moneys at United States landReimbursing receivers. offices for moneys erroneously deposited by them to the credit of the United States in excess of public moneys received by and due from them as shown on settlement of their final accounts by the Auditor for the Interior Department, namely:
Henry E. Cutting, late receiver at Pierre, South Dakota, balanceHenry E. Cutting. due from United States, $14; John Satterlund, late receiver at Bismarck, North Dakota, balanceJohn Satterlund. due from United States, $3; James H. Booth, late receiver at Roseburg, Oregon, balance due James H. Booth.from United States, account of duplicate charge, $410; In all, $427. For payment to certain United States deputy surveyors for surveysDeputy surveyors of public lands executed by them and necessary to complete the lines of surveys embraced in their contracts and special instructions issued thereunder, being the balance of the amounts found due them by the Commissioner of the General Land Office in the settlement of their accounts in accordance with the rates as authorized in the acts making appropriation for the survey and resurvey of public lands for the fiscal year in which the work was executed, namely:
Rufus S. Moore, $254.85;Rufus S. Moore.E. C. Babbitt E. C. Babbitt, $73.33; In all, $328.18. 608 Charles F. Read.Credit in accounts.The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of Charles F. Read, special disbursing agent. General Land Office, the sum of $14.40, being the amount disallowed by the Auditor for the Interior Department in the settlement of his accounts for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, under the appropriation for “Protecting public lands, timber, and so forth, nineteen hundred and ten and nineteen hundred and eleven,” for payment to witnesses residing in the Rocky Mountain States who testified in land hearings in connection with lands located east of such States in excess of $1.50 per diem and 5 cents per mile for travel by private conveyance as authorized by act of January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three.
Texas and New Mexico boundary.Expenses of remarking.Remarking boundary line between Texas and New Mexico: To cover a deficiency in the appropriation of $20,000 provided in Joint Resolution Numbered One hundred and twenty-four, approved February sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, for reestablishing and remarking the boundary lines between Texas and Vol. 36, p. 1454.New Mexico heretofore established by John II. Clark, United States boundary commissioner, in eighteen hundred and fifty-nine and eighteen hundred and sixty, including the items submitted and recommended by the Commissioner of the General Land Office and set forth on page three of House Document Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-six of this session, $581.13.
William B. Ellison.Credit in accounts for hearings in land entries.Credit in accounts of William B. Ellison: The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of William B. Ellison, special disbursing agent, General Land Office, the sum of $7.70, being the amount disallowed by the Auditor for the Interior Department in the settlement of his accounts for the quarters ending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, under the appropriation for “Expenses of hearings in land entries, nineteen hundred and eleven,” for payment to witnesses residing in the Rocky Mountain States who testified in land hearings in connection with lands located east of such States in excess of $1.50 per diem and 5 cents per mile for travel by private conveyance, as authorized by act of January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three.
William L. Distin.Repayment to.To repay William L. Distin, United States surveyor general at Juneau, Alaska, the amount deposited by him from his personal funds to the official credit of his account as disbursing agent to cover dis-allowances in the settlement of his accounts for the quarter ended September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, by the Auditor for the Interior Department, under the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, office of surveyor general of Alaska, nineteen hundred and nine,” as set forth in House Document Numbered Six hundred and eighty-three of the present session, $12.28.
Edwin G. Coleman.Repayment to.To repay Edwin G. Coleman, late receiver of public moneys and special disbursing agent, United States land office at Lemmon, South Dakota, the amount deposited by him from his personal funds to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, per certificate numbered five hundred and thirty-one, dated January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eleven, to cover a disallowance in the settlement of his accounts by the Auditor for the Interior Department, under the appropriation for “Contingent expenses of land offices, nineteen hundred and ten,” for payments made for repairs on typewriters, $11.15.
Andrew Christensen.Credit in accounts for hearings in land entries.The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of Andrew Christensen, Chief of Field Division and special disbursing agent, General Land Office, the sum of $10, being the amount disallowed in the settlement of his accounts for the quarter ended March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and ten, by the Auditor for the Interior Department, under the appropriation for 609 “Protecting public lands, timber, and so forth, nineteen hundred and nine and nineteen hundred and ten,” for payment to postmasters for serving subpoenas in land hearing cases under the Act of January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three.
The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directedCharles F. Read.Credit in accounts for hearings in land entries. to credit the accounts of Charles F. Read, special disbursing agent. General Land Office, under the appropriation for “Expenses of hearings in land entries, fiscal year ended June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten,” with the sum of $8.39, being the amount disallowed by said accounting officers on account of payments in excess of ten cents per folio made, by the disbursing officer to United States commissioners in the State of Colorado for taking depositions in land hearings under section four of the Act of January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three. surveying the public lands.
To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to completeNorthern Pacific grant.Classifying lands within.Balance available.Vol. 13, p. 365.Vol. 28, p. 633. the examination and classification of lands within the limits of the Northern Pacific grant under the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four (Thirteenth Statutes, page three hundred and sixty-five), as provided in the Act of February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five (Twenty-eighth Statutes, page six hundred and eighty-three), such examination and classification when approved by the Secretary of the Interior to have the same force and effect as a classification by the mineral land commissioners provided for in said Act of February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the unexpended balance, not exceeding $4,500, of the appropriation of $10,000 for the fiscal years of nineteen hundred and eleven and nineteen hundred and twelve, provided in the deficiency Act approvedVol. 36, p. 1307.
March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby continued and made available for expenditure in the examination and classification of said lands during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. goelogical survey.Geological Survey. To reimburse appropriation “For gauging the streams and determiningGauging water supply.Stolen transportation requests. the water supply of the United States, and so forth,” fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, being the amount paid from said appropriation as hereinafter stated, on account of transportation requests numbered forty-eight thousand three hundred and forty-three, forty-eight thousand three hundred and forty-four, forty-eight thousand three hundred and forty-five, forty-eight thousand three hundred and forty-six, forty-eight thousand three hundred and forty-seven, forty-eight thousand three hundred and forty-eight, forty-eight thousand three hundred and forty-nine, and forty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty, stolen from the Denver, Colorado, office during the month of July, nineteen hundred and ten, and settled by the Auditor for the Interior Department as set forth on page sixteen of House Document Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-seven of the present session, $171.80.
For the preparation of illustrations: For royalty for the useIllustrations.Royalty for “Williams process.” of “The Williams process,” in photography for the fiscal years ending nineteen hundred and eight, nineteen hundred and nine, nineteen hundred and eleven, and nineteen hundred and twelve, respectively, $1,055.70. bureau of mines.Bureau of Mines. The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are authorizedGeorge W. Evans.Credit in accounts. and directed to credit in the accounts of George W.
Evans, chief disbursing clerk, Department of the Interior, the payments made by 610 him during the quarters ended December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, and March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twelve, amounting to $254.38 and fully set forth in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and forty-eight of this session. government hospital for the insane.Government Hospital for Insane. M. Sanger.Credit in accounts for supplies.Vol. 35, p. 531.The accounting officers of the Treasury are. authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Al.
Sanger, special disbursing agent for the Government Hospital for the Insane, the sums amounting to $8,105.22, covering items disallowed, and to be disallowed, on the ground that the materials were not purchased under the general supply schedule in accordance with the provisions of section four of the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and ten, said items being shown in detail on pages seventeen to twenty-two, inclusive, of House Document Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-seven of the present session. reclamation service.Reclamation Service.C.
G. Duganne.Credit in accounts for supplies. The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to credit the account of C. G. Duganne, special fiscal agent, United States Reclamation Service, Washington, District of Columbia, with the sum of $390.71, covering items suspended and to be disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on the ground that the materials and supplies were not purchased under the general Vol. 36, p. 531.supply schedule, in accordance with the provisions of section four of the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and ten, said items being shown in detail in House Document Numbered Eight hundred and thirty-two of the present session, and with any further sum which may be suspended or disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department in the said fiscal agent’s accounts for the quarters ending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twelve, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, covering purchases which were not made in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Act.
Patents to desert-land entrymen within reclamation projects.Vol. 32, p. 388.That any desert-land entryman whose desert-land entry has been embraced within the exterior limits of any land withdrawal or irrigation project under the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, known as the reclamation Act, and who may have obtained a water supply for the land embraced in any such desert-land entry from the reclamation project by the purchase of a water-right certificate, may at any time after having complied with the provisions of the law applicable to such lands and upon proof of the cultivation Proof required.and reclamation of the land to the extent required by the reclamation Act for homestead entrymen, submit proof of such compliance, which proof, if found regular and satisfactory, shall entitle the entryman to a patent and a final water-right certificate under the same terms *Ante*, p. 265.and conditions as required of homestead entry men under the Act entitled “An Act providing for patents on reclamation entries, and for other purposes, approved August ninth, nineteen hundred and twelve.
” DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice. Miscellaneous.For miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing, fuel, lights, foreign postage, labor, repairs of buildings, care of grounds, books of reference, periodicals, typewriters and adding machines and exchange of same, and other necessaries, directly ordered by the Attorney General, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $52.03. Opinions of Attorneys General.Preparation.Opinions of Attorneys General: To enable the Attorney General to employ, at his discretion and irrespective of the provisions of section seventeen hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, 611 such competent person or persons as will, in his judgment, best per-form the service, to edit and prepare for publication and superintend the printing of volume twenty-eight of the Opinions of the Attorneys General, the printing of said volume to be done in accordance withPrinting.[R.
S., see. 383, p. 63](/us/rs/s383/p63). the provisions of section 383 of the Revised Statutes, $500. The payment of Assistant Solicitor, Department of CommerceEdward T. Quigley.Payment to. and Labor: The disbursing officer of the Department of Justice is hereby authorized to pay $100, from the appropriation made by the Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, for the salary of the Assistant Solicitor of the Department of Commerce and Labor, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, to Edward T.
Quigley, for services rendered as such officer from July first to July twelfth, inclusive, nineteen hundred and eleven. miscellaneous, department of justice.Miscellaneous. Detection and prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prosecutionProsecution of crimes. of crimes against the United States; the investigation of the official acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, clerks, and referees of the United States courts and the Territorial courts, and United States commissioners, for which purpose all the official papers, records, and dockets of said officers, without exception, shall be examined by the agents of the Attorney General at any time; for the protection of the person of the President of the United States; for such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice as may be directed by the Attorney General; to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $5,000.
Enforcement of antitrust laws: For the enforcement of antitrustEnforcing antitrust laws. laws, $60,000. Incidental expenses, District of Alaska: For furniture, fuel, books,Alaska.Incidental expenses. and other incidental expenses, for the offices of the marshals and attorneys: Fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $1,700. Fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $373.83. To pay Frank N. Allen for services in copying certain correspondenceFrank N. Allen.Payment to. for the use of the United States district attorney for the southern district of New York between April eighteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and January ninth, nineteen hundred and twelve, $456.50.
To pay W. and J. Sloane, New York City, for material and laborW. and J. Sloane.Payment to. furnished in malting alterations in the judges’ platform and screen, court of appeals addition to courthouse, Washington, District of Columbia, $175. JUDICIAL.Judicial. For the salary of the United States district judge for the State ofDistrict judge, New Mexico. New Mexico, from January first to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, at the rate of $6,000 per annum, $2,133.33. To pay the widow of John Marshall Harlan, late a justice of theJohn Marshall Harlan.Pay to widow of.
Supreme Court of the United States, $12,500. united states courts.United States Courts. For payment of such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorizedMiscellaneous expenses. by the Attorney General, for the United States courts and their officers, on account of fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, $58.75. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, $260.50. For payment of salaries, fees, and expenses of United States marshalsMarshals. and their deputies, to include payment for services rendered in behalf of the United States or otherwise, $80,000. 612 Creighton M.
Foraker.Payment to.The disbursing clerk of the Department of Justice is hereby authorized to pay from the appropriation known as “Salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, nineteen hundred and twelve,” the salary of Creighton M. Foraker, for acting as United States marshal during the period from January seventh, nineteen hundred and twelve, to March first, nineteen hundred and twelve, inclusive, at the rate of $4,000 per annum, and also the W. R. Forbes.Payment to.salary of W.
R. Forbes, for acting as chief office deputy marshal during the same period of time, at the rate of $1,800 per annum; and said disbursing clerk is further authorized to pay from the same Charles A. Overlock.Payment to.appropriation the salary of Charles A. Overlock for acting as United States marshal during the period from February fourteenth to March fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and to the regularly appointed deputy marshals acting under him for said period as per accounts rendered the Treasury Department by said marshal’s office and which would have been audited and paid if Arizona had remained a Territory.
District attorneys.For salaries of United States district attorneys and expenses of United States district attorneys and their regular assistants, on account of fiscal years, as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $35,000. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $1,200. Assistant attorneysFor payment of assistants to the Attorney General and to United States district attorneys employed by the Attorney General to aid in special cases, to be available also for the payment of foreign counsel employed by the Attorney General in special cases, and such counsel shall not be required to take oath of office in accordance with section three hundred and sixty-six, Revised Statutes of the United States, fiscal years as follows:
Fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $50,000. Fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, 84,500. Clerks’ fees.For fee of clerks, on account of fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $13,250. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, $2,227.78. Supplies.For supplies, including exchange of typewriting and adding machines for the United States courts and judicial officers, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, $26.75.
Bailiffs, etc.For pay of bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one crier in each court, except in the southern district of New York and the northern district of Illinois: *Provided*, That all persons employed *Provisos*.Actual attendance.[R. S., sec. 715. p, 136](/us/rs/s715/p136).under section seven hundred and fifteen of the Revised Statutes shall be deemed to be in actual attendance when they attend upon Traveling, etc., expenses of judges.the order of the courts: *Provided further*, That no such persons shall be employed during vacation; of reasonable expenses actually incurred for travel and maintenance of circuit and district judges of the United States and the judges of the district courts of the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, consequent upon their attending court or transacting other official business at any place other than their official place of residence, not to exceed $10 per day, said expenses to be paid by the marshal of the district in which said court is held or official business transacted upon the judge’s written Jury expenses.certificate of meals and lodgings for jurors in United States cases, and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, when ordered by the Jury commissioners.court, and of compensation for jury commissioners, $5 per day, not exceeding three days for any one terra of court, $9,000.
Support of prisoners.For support of United States prisoners, including the same object specified under this title of appropriation in the sundry civil appropriation Acts for fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, $23.35. 613 For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, $29.20. For support of the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia,Penitentiaries.Atlanta, Ga. as follows: For miscellaneous expenditures, in the discretion of the. Attorney General, including the same objects specified under this head for the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $2,087.13.
For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this headLeavenworth Kans. for the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $2,904.62. For support of United States penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington,McNeil Island, Wash. as follows: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head for the United States penitentiary at Leaven-worth, Kansas, in the sundry civil appropriation Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for supplies for guards, $1,184.17.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post Office Department. For fuel and repairs to heating, lighting, and power plant, includingFuel, etc. repairs to elevators; to pay the Potomac Electric Power Company for electric lamps purchased during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, $87.50. OUT OF THE POSTAL REVENUES.Postal service. For inland transportation by steamboat and other power-boatSteamboat, etc., routes. service, fiscal years as follows: Fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, $38,000.
Fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, $905.97. For mail messenger service, $5,652.28.Messenger service. For advertising for the Post Office Department and postal service,Advertising. $4,400. For supplies for the City Delivery Service, and so forth, to pay theCity delivery supplies. William H. Wiley and Son Company for one thousand two hundred leather letter-carrier satchels, at $3.53 each, fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, $4,236. audited settlements submitted by the auditor for the post office department.
Compensation to postmasters: For amount to reimburse thePostmasters.Compensation. postal revenues for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, being the amount retained by postmasters in excess of the appropriation, $525,910.41. For amount to reimburse the postal revenues for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, being the amount retained by post-masters in excess of the appropriation, $394,208.85. Special-delivery service, fees to messengers: For amount toSpecial delivery fees. reimburse the postal revenues for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, being the amount retained by postmasters in excess of the appropriation, 16 cents.
For amount to reimburse the postal revenues for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, being the amount retained by post-masters in excess of the appropriation, $15,656.04. For mail transportation, star, nineteen hundred and eleven,Star routes. $3,024.40. For mail transportation, boat, nineteen hundred and eleven,Steamboat routes. $710.06. 614 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.Department of Agriculture. forest service.Forest Service, Fighting forest fires.Payment for injuries and losses.To pay to former employees of the Forest Service and certain other persons named herein the amount recommended by the Secretary of Agriculture for injuries incurred in and losses resulting from fighting forest fires in nineteen hundred and ten, as follows:
D. R. Sullivan, Wallace, Idaho, $800; James G. Danilson, Pullman, Washington, $322.33; Anton Canyor, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, $2,500; Samuel W. Stockton, Phoenix, Arizona, 8995; Gust Keating, Grangeville, Idaho, 8200; Frank D. Freeman, Golf, Idaho, $732.50; R. L. Irwin, Goff, Idaho, $100; Doctor W. A. Foskett, White Bird, Idaho, 815; Mrs. Emma Woods, Pollock, Idaho, $25; Doctor T. R. Mason, Wardner, Idaho, $50; Doctor Albert Knudston, Kettle Falls, Washington, $80; in all, $5,819.83.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR.Department of Commerce and Labor. Building lease authorized.Authority to lease building for a five-year period: For the purpose of providing adequate space for those bureaus and branches of the Department of Commerce and Labor, the rent of which is now paid from the appropriation “Rent, Department of Commerce and Labor,” the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to enter into a contract for the lease, for a period not to exceed five years, of a modern fireproof office building, containing no less than approximately one hundred thousand square feet of available floor space for Government uses, at an annual rental not to exceed the present annual rental as now provided for by law and at a rate per square foot of available floor space not exceeding forty cents. lighthouse service.Lighthouse Service.
Light vessels.*Ante*, p. 238.Additional aids to navigation: For the construction and equipment of additional light vessels for general service, $250,000. Thimble Shoal. Va.*Ante*, p. 238.For the completion and reestablishment of the light and fog-signal station marking Thimble Shoal, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, $39,000. Cape Fear River, N. C.*Ante*, p. 238.Saint Marys River, Mich.>*Ante*, p. 239.For completing the lighting and marking with aids to navigation of Cape Fear River, North Carolina, $30,000.
For repairs and improvements to aids to navigation in Saint Marys River, Michigan, $60,000. bureau of immigration and naturalization.Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization.Galveston, Tex.Immigrant station. Immigration station, Galveston, Texas: For locating and correcting leak in cast-iron water main constructed at Galveston, Texas, for use of the United States immigration station, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, $3,000. bureau of navigation.Bureau of Navigation.
Radio communication.Expenses.Vol. 36. p. 629.*Ante*, p. 199.*Post*, p. 1565.Radio communication: To enable the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to enforce the acts of Congress “to require apparatus and operators for radio communication on certain ocean steamers ” and “to regulate radio communication“ and carry out the International Radiotélégraphie Convention, and to employ such persons and means as may be necessary, this employment to include salaries of employees in Washington not exceeding $5,000, traveling and subsistence expenses, printing, purchase and exchange of instruments, technical ooks, rent, and all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses 615 not included in the foregoing, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, $27,880.
LEGISLATIVE.Legislative. Statement of Appropriations: The statement of appropriationsStatement of Appropriations.Consolidation of first and second sessions. made during each session of Congress, including new offices created, offices omitted, and so forth, required by law to be prepared under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, for the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, shall be consolidated with the statement to be prepared of the appropriation bills for the second session of said Congress and included in the same volume. senate.Senate.
To pay Helen Frye White and Alice Frye Briggs, daughters of theWilliam P. Frye.Payment to daughters.Robert Love Taylor.Payment to widow. late Senator William P. Frye, from the State of Maine, $7,500. To pay Mamie Love Taylor, widow of the late Senator Robert Love Taylor, from the State of Tennessee, $7,500. To pay Kate I. Nixon, widow of the late Senator George S. Nixon,George S. Nixon.Payment to widow. from the State of Nevada, $7,500. To reimburse the official reporters of the proceedings and debatesOfficial reporters.Extra services. of the Senate for expenses incurred to July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, for cleric hire and other extra clerical services, $4,810.
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, $10,600.Miscellaneous items. For repairs to Maltby Building to continue available during theMaltby Building.Repairs. fiscal year, nineteen hundred and thirteen, $500. To pay E. C. Talbot $750, Addison T. Smith $500, and J. K. WhiteE. C. Talbot, Addison T. Smith, and J. K. White.Services. $150 tor services rendered to the Committee on Privileges and Elections making investigation of the charges against Isaac Stephenson involving his right to his seat in the United States Senate as a Senator from the State of Wisconsin; in all, $1,400.
To pay Harry B. Straight for extra clerical services, $360.Harry B. Straight.Services.F. H. Wakefield.History of legislation, etc. To pay F. H. Wakefield for preparing the history of legislation for the Senate in the first and second sessions of the Sixty-second Congress, for carrying out his tracing and notification plan to Members of the Senate and clerks of committees, $1,200. To pay Robert W. Farrar for extra services as clerk to the CommitteeRobert W. Farrar.Services. on Pensions, Sixty-second Congress, first and second sessions, $1,200.
To pay Dennis M. Kerr for services as assistant clerk by detail toDennis M. Kerr.Services. the Committee on Pensions, Sixty-second Congress, first and second sessions, $1,000. To pay Edward T. Clark for extra services rendered the CommitteeEdward T. Clark.Services. on Immigration during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, 360. To pay the assistant clerk to the Committee on Public BuildingsCommittee on Public Buildings.Assistant clerk.Clinton R. Thompson.Services. and Grounds, $360.
To pay Clinton R. Thompson for extra clerical services in connection with the work of the Committee on the District of Columbia, $500. To pay the assistant clerk to the Committee on Public Health andCommittee on Public Health, etc.Assistant clerk.Lorimer investigation committee.Services to. National Quarantine for extra clerical services, $360. For payment for services rendered to the special committee of the Senate making investigation of the election of William Lorimer as a Senator of the United States from the State of Illinois, as follows:
To E. L. Cornelius, $1,000; Miss Kathleen F. Lawler, $250; F. N. Webber, $250; Magnus L. Eidsness, $150; and Frank G. Jones, $50; in all, $1,700. To pay A. W. Prescott for extra clerical services, $360.A. W. Prescott 616 Robert H. Turner.To pay Robert H. Turner, for extra clerical services, $360. Senate kitchens.For the Capitol: For repairs, improvements, and equipment for Senate kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and Senate Office Building, including personal and other services to be expended by the superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds, under the supervision of the Committee on Rules, United States Senate, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, $17,500.
Senate Office Building.Maintenance.Senate Office Building: For maintenance, miscellaneous items, and supplies, and for all necessary personal and other services for the cure and operation of the Senate Office Building, under the direction and supervision of the Senate Committee on Rules, $2,460. house of representatives.House of Representatives. Compensation of Members, etc.For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from Territories, the Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico, and the Resident Commissioners from the Philippine Islands, $14,498.28.
A. C. Mitchell.Pay to widow.To pay the widow of A. C. Mitchell, late a Representative from the State of Kansas, $7,500. J. P. Latta.Pay to widow.To pay the widow of J. P. Latta, late a Representative from the State of Nebraska, $7,500. H. C. Loudenslager.Pay to widow.To pay the widow of H. C. Loudenslager, late a Representative from the State of New Jersey, $7,500. E. H. Madison.Pay to widow.To pay the widow of E. If. Madison, late a Representative from the State of Kansas, 57,500.
G. W. Gordon.Pay to widow.To pay the widow of G. W. Gordon, late a Representative from the State of Tennessee, $7,500. D. J. Foster.Pay to widowTo pay the widow of D. J. Foster, late a Representative from the State of Vermont, $7,500. E. H. Hubband.Pay to widow.To pay the widow of E. H. Hubbard, late a Representative from the State of Iowa, $7,500. R. C. Wickliffe.Pay to widow.To pay the widow of R. C. Wickliffe, late a Representative from the State of Louisiana, $7,500. George W.
Kipp.Pay to heirs.To pay the legal heirs of George W. Kipp, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, $7,500. George R. Malby.Pay to widow. To pay the widow of George R. Malby, late a Representative from the State of New York, $7,500. Contested election expenses.For allowance to the following contestants and contestees for expenses incurred by them in contested-election cases, as audited and recommended by the Committees on Elections: Gilbert N. Haugen.Gilbert N. Haugen, $2,000;
Daniel D. Murphy.Daniel D. Murphy, $2,000; Rankin Wiley.Rankin Wiley, $2,000; James Antony Hughes.James Antony Hughes, $2,000; Fred J. Crowley.Fred J. Crowley, $2,000; William W. Wilson.William W. Wilson, $2,000; in all, $12,000. Official reporters and stenographers.Extra services.To pay the official reporters of debates $735 each and the stenographers to committees $952.50 each to reimburse them for money actually expended by them for clerical assistance and for janitor service to July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, $8,220.
Restaurant.For expenses of making changes in and enlarging the restaurant and for furniture and equipment, $7,162.57. Expert services.Use of balance.Vol. 36, p. 1317.The unexpended balance of the sum appropriated for expert clerical and stenographic services, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House on vouchers approved by Representative Oscar W. Underwood is reappropriated and made available for expenditure during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen. Folding speeches.For folding speeches, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, $1,200. 617 To pay Marshall Pickering and Charles L.
Williams, messengersMarshall Pickering and Charles L. Williams. in the majority and minority caucus rooms at the rate of $1,200 per annum each during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, $2,400. To pay Fannie M. Page, widow of Fernando Page, late a messengerFannie M. Page.Payment to. of the House of Representatives on the soldiers’ roll, the sum of $90 accrued salary due said Fernando Page at the time of his demise. government printing office.Government Printing Office.
Of the appropriation to enable the Public Printer to comply withLeaves of absence. the provisions of law granting thirty days’ annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Office for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, the sum of $6,554.17 is made available to enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of law granting holidays to the employees of the Government Printing Office. For payment to Samuel Robinson, William Madden, and JosephSamuel Robinson, William Madden, and Joseph De Fontes.
De Fontes, as messengers on night duty during the present session of Congress, for extra services, $700 each; in all, $2,100. JUDGMENTS, UNITED STATES COURTS.Judgments, United States Courts. For payment of the final judgments and decrees, including costs ofPayment.Vol. 24, p. 505. suit, which have been rendered under the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven entitled “An Act to Provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States,” certified to Congress at its present session by the Attorney General in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-four and Senate Document Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-six, and which have not been appealed, namely:Classification.
Under Treasury Department, $972.35; Under War Department, $43,250.69; Under Navy Department, $3,143.15; Under Department of Justice, $420; in all, $47,786.19; together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on the respective judgments at the rate of four per centum per annum from the date thereof until the time this appropriation is made: *Provided*,Proviso.Appeal. That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired.
JUDGMENTS, COURT OF CLAIMS.Judgments, Court of Claims. For the payment of the judgments rendered by the Court of Claims,Payment. reported to Congress at its present session in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-five and Senate Document Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-four, namely: Under Treasury Department, $24,960.28;Classification. Under War Department, $190,253.62; Under Navy Department, $7,366.14; Under Interior Department, $6,104.51; Under Post Office Department, $70.83;
Under Department of Justice, $3,529.30; In all, $232,284.68: *Provided*, That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be*Proviso*.Appeal. paid until the right of appeal shall have expired. JUDGMENTS IN INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS.Judgments, Indian depredation claims. For payment of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims inPayment. Indian depredation cases, certified to Congress in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-six, and Senate Document 618 Numbered Nino hundred and twenty-five, at its present session, except the judgment in favor of Martha J.
Riddle, administratrix of James Anderson, reported to Congress at its present session in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-six, which has been Deductions.Vol. 26, p. 853vacated by the Court of Claims, $49,459; said judgments to be paid after the deductions required to be made under the provisions of section six of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An Act to provide for the adjustment and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations,” shall have been ascertained and duly certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the Reimbursements.Secretary of the Treasury, which certification shall be made as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act; and the amounts paid *Proviso*.Appeal.shall be reimbursed to the United States: *Provided*, That no one of said judgments provided in this paragraph shall be paid until the Attorney General shall have certified to the Secretary of the Treasury that there exists no grounds sufficient, in his opinion, to support a motion for a now trial or an appeal of said cause.
Sec. 2. Claims certified by accounting officers. That for the payment of the following claims, certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or Vol. 18, p. 110.carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under Vol. 23, p. 264.section two of the Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-eight, reported to Congress at its present session, there is appropriated as follows:
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Treasury Department.Vol. 35, p, 590.For collecting revenue from customs, $4,964.54. For refund of duties on anthracite coal, Act of February first, nineteen hundred and nine, $3,261.56. Vol. 36, p. 2024.For refund to the Gate of Heaven Church, South Boston, Massachusetts (Private Act Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven), $3,832.59. For salaries, office of Auditor for Interior Department, $31.18.
For repairs to canceling and cutting machines, office of Treasurer of the United States, nineteen hundred and eleven, $21.04. For maintenance of leprosy hospital, Hawaii, $178.75. For quarantine service, $2.76. For plate printing, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $327.80. For contingent expenses, office of Director of the Mint, $3.69. For miscellaneous expenses, Internal-Revenue Service, $11.23. For refunding internal-revenue collections, $150. For refunding taxes illegally collected, $91.64.
For allowance or drawback on stills exported, $20. For refund of stamps used on export manifests, $198. For payment of judgments against internal-revenue officers, $45,690.76. For expenses of Revenue-Cutter Service, $879.61. For Life-Saving Service, $3,208.16. For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, $41.82. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, $3,195.19. For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, $3,604.10. For repairs and preservation of public buildings, $85.94.
For heating apparatus for public buildings, $2.83. For vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings, $173.50. 619 For general expenses of public buildings, $4.64. For post office and courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, $8. For suppressing the African slave trade, $25.51. CIAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. For contingencies of the Army, 85 cents. For contingencies, Military Information Division, General StaffClaims allowed by Auditor for War Department. Corps, $10.50.
For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $220,309.96. For mileage to officers and contract surgeons, $448.93. For encampment and maneuvers, Organized Militia, $36.78. For subsistence of the Army, $3,335.25. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, $7,036.60. For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, $152.04. For horses for Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineers, $378.38. For barracks and quarters, $4,672.85. For military post exchanges, $245.28. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, $43,244.21.
For water and sewers at military posts, $378.80. For clothing, and camp and garrison equipage, $410.71. For Medical and Hospital Department, $66.35. For artificial limbs, $75.70. For replacing ordnance and ordnance stores, $185.93, For current and ordinary expenses, Military Academy, $50.50. For improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin, $177.21. For removing obstructions in Mississippi River, $4.67. For national cemeteries, $4.08. For headstones for graves of soldiers, $33.59. For burial of indigent soldiers, $40.
For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Central Branch, $6 75. For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, $2.93. For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Eastern Branch, $9.62. For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Southern Branch, $17.05. For bounty to volunteers and regulars on enlistment, $17.08. For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, $84.93. For horses and other property lost in the military service, $175.
To pay John T. Smith, alias John Wagner, amount found due by the Auditor for the War Department by certificate numbered 12248, $293. For pay of volunteers, Mexican War, $8.10. For Mexican hostilities, $345.05. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. For pay of the Navy, $53,201.34.Claims allowed by Auditor for Navy Department. For pay, miscellaneous, $3,453.62. For pay, Marine Corps, $1,538,81. For provisions, Marine Corps, $1. For transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps, $3.80.
For commutation of quarters, Marine Corps, $123.60. For contingent. Marine Corps, $381.61. For pay, Naval Academy, $311.44. For contingent, Naval Academy, $13.44. 620 For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, $955.68. For transportation, recruiting and contingent, Bureau of Navigation, $92.90. For gunnery exercises, Bureau of Navigation, $20.56. For outfits on first enlistment, Bureau of Navigation, $54.22. For outfits for naval apprentices, Bureau of Navigation, $21.11. For maintenance of naval auxiliaries, Bureau of Navigation, $1.50.
For naval training station, Rhode Island, Bureau of Navigation, $7.36. For naval training station, Great Lakes, Bureau of Navigation, $2. For Naval War College, Bureau of Navigation, $20. For ordnance and ordnance stores, Bureau of Ordnance, $1,904.30. For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, $33.98. For torpedo station, Bureau of Ordnance, $348.72. For equipment of vessels, Bureau of Equipment, $685.38. For coal and transportation, Bureau of Equipment, $2,559.73. For maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks, $3,904.48.
For contingent, Bureau of Equipment, $3.01. For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, $8.15. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $1,671.47. For freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $1,965.99. For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $134.71. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, $2,951.32. For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, $296.88. For engineering experimental station, Annapolis, Maryland, Bureau of Steam Engineering, nineteen hundred and ten, $22.40.
For indemnity for lost clothing, $43. For bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, $84.82. For enlistment bounties to seamen, $195.33. Vol. 28. p. 962.For indemnity for lost property, naval service, act March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, $2,145.61. For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, $15.36. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Interior Department.For contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, nineteen hundred and eleven, $266.77.
For contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, $3.78. For filing system, General Land Office and Indian Office, $26.27. For collecting statistics, Bureau of Education, $250. For distributing documents, Bureau of Education, $10.35. For maintenance, Office Building, Senate, nineteen hundred and eleven, $40.78. For Office Building, House of Representatives, $87.12. For maintenance, Office Building, House of Representatives, nineteen hundred and eleven, $245. For repairs, Government Hospital for the Insane, nineteen hundred and ten, $2,200.
For return of funds of patients, Government Hospital for the Insane, $5. For contingent expenses, office of surveyor general of Arizona, nineteen hundred and eleven, $10.08. For contingent expenses of land offices, $138.20. For expenses of hearings in land entries, $65.65. For protecting public lands, timber, and so forth, $313.95. For surveying the public lands, $82,478.40. For surveying forest reserves, $1.03. For restoration of lands in forest reserves, $138. For Geological Survey, $299.81. 621 For investigating mine accidents, $82.10.
For surveying and allotting Indian reservations, $746.42. For preventing the spread of trachoma among Indians, $1. For Indian schools, support, $160.45. For Indian school buildings, $1,030. For buildings at agencies, and repairs, $104.38. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and eleven, $20,801.39. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and ten, $4,320.66. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, $181.46.
For transportation of Indian supplies, $25.65. For expenses of Indian commissioners, nineteen hundred and eleven, $2.10. For traveling expenses of Indian inspectors, $8. For Indian school, Riverside, California, water system, $56.95. For Indian school, Lawrence, Kansas, $34.10. For irrigation system, Milk River, Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana (reimbursable), $22.45. For Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, nineteen hundred and eleven, $55.45. For incidentals in North Dakota, $31.75.
For support of Poncas, Oklahoma, $29.19. For protecting property interests of minor allottees, Five Civilized Tribes, nineteen hundred and eleven, $39.40. For protecting property interests of minor allottees, Five Civilized Tribes, nineteen hundred and ten and nineteen hundred and eleven, $13.32. For support of Indians of Klamath Agency, Oregon, $6.88. For support of Indians of Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, nineteen hundred and eleven, $3.38. For Indian school, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, nineteen hundred and ten, $0.82.
For Indian school, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, $4.40. For Indian school, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, heating plant, $1,269.86. For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, South Dakota, $170.15. For support of Indians of Colville and Puyallup Agencies, Washington, nineteen hundred and eleven, $181.57. For support of Nez Perces, Joseph’s Band, Washington, nineteen hundred and eleven, $3.86. For surveying and allotting Colville Reservation, Washington (reimbursable), $205.36.
For sale of Yakima Reservation, Washington (reimbursable), $2,913.54. For town sites and allotments, Yakima Reservation, Washington (reimbursable), $170.34. For Indian school, Tomah, Wisconsin, nineteen hundred and eleven, $110.01. For support of Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wisconsin, nineteen hundred and ten, $7. For support of Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wisconsin, $122.77. For Army pensions, $288.40. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. For public printing and binding, $4.03.Claims allowed by Auditor for State, etc., Department.
For increase of Library of Congress, $3.88. For Executive Office, contingent expenses, nineteen hundred and $12.63. 622 For transportation of diplomatic and consular officers, nineteen hundred and eleven, $2,836.19. For purchase of legation premises at Constantinople, $443.08. For contingent expenses, foreign missions, $20.80. For salaries, Consular Service, $192.72. For allowance for clerks at consulates, $269.41. For expenses of interpreters and guards in Turkish dominions, and so forth, $107.16.
For contingent expenses, United States consulates, $457.23. For contingent expenses, District of Alaska, nineteen hundred and eleven, $1.25. For Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution, $57.02. For preservation of collections, National Museum, $13.17. For Interstate Commerce Commission, $8.83. For general expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, $74.39. For meat inspection, Bureau of Animal Industry, $7.06. For general expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry, $321.38. For purchase and distribution of valuable seeds, $1,312.37.
For grass and forage plant investigations, $2.94. For general expenses, Forest Service, $594.48. For improvement of the national forests, $75. For entomological investigations, $74.92. For laboratory, Department of Agriculture, $15.28. For collecting agricultural statistics, $45.67. For irrigation investigations, $5.78. For public road inquiries, $1.31. For contingent expenses. Weather Bureau, $3.90. For general expenses, Weather Bureau, $23.18. For contingent expenses, Department of Commerce and Labor, $18.61.
For collecting statistics, Census Office, $186. For enforcement of the Chinese-exclusion Act, $215.95. For naturalization of aliens, $3.20. For equipment, Bureau of Standards, $107.15. For general expenses, Bureau of Standards, $18.87. For party expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey, $29.94. For salaries, keepers of lighthouses, $148.60. For repairs and incidental expenses of lighthouses, 53 cents. For expenses of light vessels, $34. For expenses of buoyage, $219.73. For expenses of fog signals, $1,375.
For supplies of lighthouses, $7.78. For miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Fisheries, $15.13. For miscellaneous expenses, Fish Commission, $1.32. Vol. 34, p. 1376For prosecution of Indians in Arizona, Act March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, $574.75. For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, $193.39. For salaries and expenses of district attorneys, United States courts, $174.13. For fees of clerks. United States courts, $2,698.22. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, $305.90.
For fees of jurors, United States courts, $44.70. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, $78.10. For supplies for United States courts, 54 cents. For support of prisoners, United States courts, $74.80. For United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, $4.40. 623 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. For inland mail transportation—star, $396.72.Claims allowed by Auditor for Post Office Department. For inland mail transportation—railroad, $14.09.
For indemnity for losses by registered mails, $292.27. For shipment of supplies, $236.21. For freight on mail bags, postal cards, and so forth, $15.59. For compensation to postmasters, $201.12. For special-delivery service, fees to messengers, 8 cents. For freight and expressage on mail bags, postal cards, and so forth, $13.07. For Rural Free-Delivery Service, $131.39. For rent, light, and fuel, $311.14. For Railway Mail Service, salaries, $43.01. For canceling machines, $37.50.
For clerk hire, first and second class, $125. For clerk hire, third class, $8. For clerk hire, separating, $72. For City Delivery Service, incidental expenses, $3.75. For claims for additional salary of letter carriers under sectionVol. 24, p. 355. two of Act of January third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, $8,315.81. Sec. 3. That for the payment of the following claims, certified toAdditional claims certified by accounting officers. be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five ofVol. 18, p. 110. the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred andVol. 23, p. 254. eighty-four, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-three, reported to Congress at its present session, there is appropriated as follows:
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. For collecting revenue from customs, $530.Claims allowed by Auditor for Treasury Department. For payment of judgments against internal-revenue officers, $2,066.33. For expenses of Revenue-Cutter Service, $602.06. For Life-Saving Service, $418.47. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, $56,270.66.Claims allowed by Auditor for War Department.Vol. 36, p. 1044. For commutation of quarters to paymaster’s clerk, Act of March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, $194.40.
For encampment and maneuvers, Organized Militia, $45.22. For subsistence of the Army, $8. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, $7,054.66. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, $1,083.83. For water and sewers at military posts, $26.40. For engineer depots, $28.95. For headstones for graves of soldiers, $2.03. For pay of volunteers, Cayuse Indian War of eighteen hundred and forty-seven and eighteen hundred and forty-eight, in Oregon, $582.85. 624 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Claims allowed by Auditor for Navy Department.For pay of the Navy, $13,602.95. For pay, miscellaneous, $152.67. For pay, Marine Corps, $576.21. For contingent, Marnie Corps, $6.08. For pay, Naval Academy, $952.08. For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, $511.83. For recruiting, Bureau of Navigation, $26.70. For ordnance and ordnance stores, Bureau of Ordnance, $665.92. For equipment of vessels, Bureau of Equipment, $159.28. For maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks, $3,281.15.
For Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, $17.50. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $10.56. For freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $332.84. For naval supply fund, $306.52. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, $1,463.58. For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, $48.10. For navy yard, Charleston, South Carolina, $1,075.60. For enlistment bounties to seamen, $366.67. Vol. 28, p. 962.For indemnity for lost property, naval service, Act March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, $120.30.
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Interior Department.For contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, nineteen hundred and eleven, $4.81. For contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, $12.75. For library, General Land Office, nineteen hundred and twelve, $120.77. For return of funds of patients, Government Hospital for the Insane, $19.86. For contingent expenses of land offices, $1.52. For surveying the public lands, $23,141.90.
For restoration of lands in forest reserves, $27.31. For Geological Survey, $14.92. For irrigation, Indian reservations, $35. For Indian schools, support, $168. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and eleven, $1,992.91. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and ten, $146.55. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, $12.52. For support of Sioux of different tribes, employees, and so forth, South Dakota, $26.23.
For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, South Dakota, $192.46. For support of Indians of Colville and Puyallup Agencies, Washington, nineteen hundred and eleven, $2.45. For support of Yakima and other Indians, Washington, nineteen hundred and twelve, $49.27. For indemnity to certain Chickasaw Indians for losses, Treaty June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, $13,205. For Army pensions, $36. 625 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
For transportation of diplomatic and consular officers, nineteenClaims allowed by Auditor for State, etc., Departments. hundred and eleven, $190.05. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, $6. For general expenses, Forest Service, $15.67. For general expenses, Weather Bureau, $0.85. For contingent expenses, Department of Commerce and Labor, $1.12. For special examiners, and so forth, Division of Naturalization, $4.21. For expenses of regulating immigration, $62.50.
For miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Fisheries, $102.65. For supplies of lighthouses, $1,614. For prosecution of Indians in Arizona, Act of March fourth, nineteenVol. 34, p. 1376. hundred and seven, $1,948.90. For support of prisoners, United States courts, $107.66. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. For inland mail transportation—star, $570.24.Claims allowed by Auditor for Post Office Department. For mail transportation—boat, $1,323.75. For indemnity for losses by registered mails, $72.40.
For shipment of supplies, $14.30. For freight on mail bags, postal cards, and so forth, $93.31. For compensation to postmasters, $209.32. For Rural Free Delivery Service, $34.20. For Rural Free Delivery Service—tolls, $3.80. For rent, light, and fuel, $187.50. For Railway Mail Service. $13.33. For claims for additional salary of letter carriers under sectionVol. 24, p. 355. two of Act of January third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, $455.49. Sec. 4. That, within the limits of the appropriation hereinafterFiftieth anniversary of Battle of Gettysburg.*Post*, p. 1457.Provision for supply of drinking water. made and the sum furnished by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for such purposes, the Secretary of War be authorized and directed:
First, To make all necessary and proper detail of officers of the United States Army to make such surveys, measurements, and estimates as may be necessary in providing a sufficient supply of good water for public use upon the first, second, third, and fourth days of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen, upon the battle field of Gettysburg, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, upon the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and to make all necessary provisions and perform all necessary acts in connection with bringing upon said battle field upon said occasion such sufficient supply of good water fit for drinking and other purposes connected with and incidental to such occasion.
Second. To provide for all necessary sewerage, sanitation, and hospitalSewerage, etc., service. service necessary for the health and accommodation of persons attending upon such occasion. Third. To provide and furnish all necessary camp and garrisonEquipment, rations, etc., to veterans. equipment for visiting veterans of the Civil War, together with all necessary rations and supplies for such veterans during said celebration. The steps authorized in this section to be taken by the War DepartmentAction to be completed by July 1, 1913. shall be fully completed before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and all camp equipment, supplies, and rations shall be fully ready for occupancy and use. 626 Control of exercises. etc.The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall have charge of the order of exercises during the celebration; the physical control of the camp and grounds and the movements of troops and marching bodies therein shall be in the hands of the Secretary of War, under such officers as he may detail for that purpose.
Appropriation for one-half of expenses.There is appropriated one-half of such sum as may be necessary to carry out the foregoing provisions of this section, said one-half not to exceed the sum of $150,000, to continue available during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and thirteen and nineteen hundred and *Provisos*.Contributive share of Pennsylvania.fourteen: *Provided*, That out of the sum of $250,000 heretofore pledged by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by act of the general assembly or that Commonwealth, adopted on the fourteenth day of June, nineteen hundred and eleven, the commission appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania, in accordance with said act and having charge of such celebration, shall set aside and appropriate a sum equal to the amount above appropriated, to wit, the sum of $150,000; so much of which as may be necessary shall be expended for the purposes provided Condition required.in this section, under the sole direction of the Secretary of War: *And provided further*, That until the said commission shall adopt a resolution agreeing that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall bear one-half of the expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section, and shall furnish to the Secretary of War a certified copy of such resolution, no part of the sum appropriated in this section shall be expended.
Sec. 5. Chicago, Ill.Modification of harbor lines permitted. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to modify and extend harbor lines in front of the City of Chicago in such manner as to permit park extension work which may be desired by the municipal authorities, including the changing and widening of the southern entrance to the Chicago Harbor. Sec. 6. Documentary stamps on foreign bills of exchange.Time extended for presenting claims for refund of. Refund of sums paid for documentary stamps:
The time within which claims may be presented for refunding the sums paid for documentary stamps used on foreign bills of exchange drawn between July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, against the value of products or merchandise actually exported to foreign countries, specified in the Act entitled “ An Act to provide for refunding stamp taxes paid under the Act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, upon foreign bills of exchange drawn between July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, against the value of products or Vol. 35, p. 590.merchandise actually exported to foreign countries and authorizing rebate of duties on anthracite coal imported into the United States from October sixth, nineteen hundred and two, to January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes,” approved February first, nineteen hundred and nine, be, and is hereby, extended to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twelve.
Sec. 7. Lump sum appropriations.Restriction on salaries paid from. No part of any money contained herein or hereafter appropriated in lump sum shall be available for the payment of personal services at a rate of compensation in excess of that paid for the same or similar services during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve; nor shall any person employed at a specific salary be hereafter transferred and hereafter paid from a lump-sum appropriation a rate of compensation greater than such specific salary, and the heads of departments shall cause this provision to be enforced.
Approved, August 26, 1912. No. 1: Providing for the termination of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-two between the United States and Russia. Public Resolution 1 37 Stat. 627 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 public [No. 1.] Joint Resolution Providing for the termination of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-two between the United States and Russia.December 21, 1911.[[H.
J. Res. 166](/us/bill/62/hjres/166).][[Pub. Res., No. 13](/us/bill/62/pubres/13).] Whereas the treaty of commerce and navigation between the UnitedRussian treaty of commerce mid navigation.Public Treaties, p. 666.Preamble. States and Russia, concluded on the eighteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, provides in Article XII thereof that it “shall continue in force until the first day of January, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and if, one year before that day, one of the high contracting parties shall not have announced to the other, by an official notification, its intention to arrest the operation thereof this treaty shall remain obligatory one year beyond that day, and so on until the expiration of the year which shall commence after the date of a similar notification“; and Whereas on the seventeenth day of December, nineteen hundred and eleven, the President caused to be delivered to the Imperial Russian Government, by the American Ambassador at Saint Petersburg, an official notification on behalf of the Government of the United States, announcing intention to terminate the operation of this treaty upon the expiration of the year commencing on the first of January, nineteen hundred and twelve; and Whereas said treaty is no longer responsive in various respects to the political principles and commercial needs of the two countries; and Whereas the constructions placed thereon by the respective contracting parties differ upon matters of fundamental importance and interest to each:
Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Notice of termination ratified.That the notice thus given by the President of the United States to the Government of the Empire of Russia to terminate said treaty in accordance with the terms of the treaty is hereby adopted and ratified. Approved, December 21, 1911. No. 2: To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nine-teen hundred and eleven, on the twenty-first day of said month.
Public Resolution 2 37 Stat. 627 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 2.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nine-teen hundred and eleven, on the twenty-first day of said month.December 21, 1911.[[H.
J. Res. 185](/us/bill/62/hjres/185).][[Pub. Res., No. 14](/us/bill/62/pubres/15).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congressional officers, etc., to be paid December salaries, December 21, 1911. That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and eleven, on the twenty-first day of said month.
Approved, December 21, 1911. 627 No. 3: To pay Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners, their allowance for clerk hire for December, nineteen hundred and eleven, on the twenty-first day of that month. Public Resolution 3 37 Stat. 628 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public 628 [No. 3.] Joint Resolution To pay Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners, their allowance for clerk hire for December, nineteen hundred and eleven, on the twenty-first day of that month.December 21, 1911.[[H.
J. Res. 189](/us/bill/62/hjres/189).][[Pub. Res., No. 15](/us/bill/62/pubres/15).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,House of Representatives.Clerk hire for December to be paid December 21, 1911. That the Clerk of the Mouse of Representatives is authorized and directed to pay to Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners, their clerk hire for the month of December, nineteen hundred and eleven, on the twenty-first day of said month.
Approved, December 21, 1911. No. 4: Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver two condemned cannon to the Grand Army of the Republic. Public Resolution 4 37 Stat. 628 1912-01-18 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver two condemned cannon to the Grand Army of the Republic.January 18, 1912.[[S.
J. Res. 11](/us/bill/62/sjres/11).][[Pub. Res., No. 16](/us/bill/62/pubres/16).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Grand Army of the Republic.Condemned cannon donated to. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to deliver to the order of Cola D. R. Stowits, quartermaster general of the Grand Army of the Republic, two dismounted, condemned bronze cannon used in the Civil War, to be used by the Grand Army of the Republic for the purpose of furnishing *Proviso*.No expense.official badges of the order: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused to the United States through the delivery of said condemned cannon.
Approved, January 18, 1912. No. 5: Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy, at West Point, Mr. José Pasos Diaz, of Nicaragua. Public Resolution 5 37 Stat. 628 1912-01-26 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy, at West Point, Mr.
José Pasos Diaz, of Nicaragua.January 26, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 68](/us/bill/62/sjres/68).][[Pub. Res., No. 17](/us/bill/62/pubres/17).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*,José Pasos Diaz, of Nicaragua.May be admitted to Military Academy. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit Mr. José Pasos Diaz, of Nicaragua, to receive instruction at the United States Military *Provisos*. No expense.Academy, at West Point: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby, and that the said José Pasos Diaz shall agree to comply with all regulations for the police and discipline of the academy, to be studious, and to give his utmost efforts to accomplish the courses in the various departments of instruction: *And Oath and service.[R.
S. secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227](/us/rs/sec1320/p227).provided further*, That in the case of said José Pasos Diaz the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, January 26, 1912. No. 6: Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents and cots for the use of the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, to be held at Macon, Georgia, in May, nineteen hundred and twelve. Public Resolution 6 37 Stat. 628 1912-02-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents and cots for the use of the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, to be held at Macon, Georgia, in May, nineteen hundred and twelve.February 9, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 184](/us/bill/62/hjres/184).][[Pub. Res., No. 18](/us/bill/62/pubres/18).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, Macon, Ga.Loan of tents, cots, etc., to.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to loan, at his discretion, to the executive committee of the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, to be held at Macon, Georgia, in the month of May, nineteen hundred and twelve, such tents, with necessary poles, ridges, and pins, as may be required at said reunion; also such a number of cots as the War *Provisos*. No expense, etc.Department may be able to conveniently furnish: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused the United States Government by the delivery and return of said property, the same to be delivered to said committee designated at such time prior to the holding of said 629 reunion as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and Walter A.
Harris, general chairman of said executive committee: *And Bond required.provided further*, That the Secretary of War shall, before delivering such property, take from said Walter A. Harris a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States. Approved, February 9, 1912. No. 7: Making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for support of the workhouse of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve.
Public Resolution 7 37 Stat. 629 1912-02-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 7.] Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for support of the workhouse of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve.February 10, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 238](/us/bill/62/hjres/238).][[Pub. Res., No. 19](/us/bill/62/pubres/19).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Appropriation for workhouse. That the sum of sixty-one thousand five hundred dollars is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, payable one-half from the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half by the United States, to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the support of the workhouse of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, including the objects set forth in the appropriation therefor in the District of Columbia appropriationVol. 36, p. 1002.
Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve. Approved, February 10, 1912. No. 8: Granting the temporary use of certain lands in the Presidio of San Francisco and Fort Mason (California) Military Reservations to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company. Public Resolution 8 37 Stat. 629 1912-02-16 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Granting the temporary use of certain lands in the Presidio of San Francisco and Fort Mason (California) Military Reservations to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company.February 16, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 194](/us/bill/62/hjres/194).][[Pub. Res., No. 20](/us/bill/62/pubres/20).] Whereas the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company,Panama-Pacific Ex-position. a corporation existing under the laws of California, has applied forPreamble. the use of certain portions of the lands of the United States military reservations at the Presidio of San Francisco and Fort Mason, California; and Whereas it appears that said International Exposition Company desires the use of said lands for temporary use for exposition pur-poses, and that said portions of said military reservations that are not occupied by buildings are available for such temporary use; and Whereas it also appears that said International Exposition Company agrees that at the expiration of the exposition, and not later than December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, it will vacate the said lands and deliver over the same to the United States Government for the use of the War Department; *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Presidio of San Francisco and Fort Mason.
That the Secretary of War be, and ho is hereby, authorized to grant to the said Panama-PacificPortions of, may be used by Exposition Company. International Exposition Company permission to occupy and utilize for exposition purposes, and until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, such portion or portions of the United States military reservations of the Presidio of San Francisco and Fort Mason, State of California, as may be designated by the Secretary of War for such purposes and subject to such conditions, provisions, restrictions, and regulations as the Secretary of War may from time to time prescribe: *Provided*, That all improvements, alterations,*Provisos*.Delivery at end of grant. and additions, except buildings of a temporary character, made necessary on said Government land by its use for exposition purposes shall, on expiration of the grant hereby made, be delivered over to the United States Government by said Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company for the use of the War Removal, etc.Depart- 630 ment: *And provided further*, That all work necessary to be done to effect the removal of all buildings or improvements on said lands not desired by the War Department shall be done by the said exposition company without cost to the United States.
Streets to be temporarily closed.The permission of Congress is hereby given unto said Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company temporarily to close until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, the following streets of San Francisco, California, to wit: Lyon Street, from Lombard Street to the Bay of San Francisco; Lewis Street, from the Presidio to Fort Mason; Tonquin Street, from the Presidio to Fort Mason; Jefferson Street, from the Presidio to Fort Mason;
Beach Street, from the Presidio to Fort Mason; North Point Street, from the Presidio to Fort Mason; Bay Street, from the Presidio to Van Ness Avenue; Francisco Street, from the Presidio to Van Ness Avenue; and Chestnut Street, from the Presidio to Van Ness Avenue. Approved, February 16, 1912. No. 9: Making appropriations to meet certain contingent expenses of the Senate. Public Resolution 9 37 Stat. 630 1912-03-12 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Making appropriations to meet certain contingent expenses of the Senate.March 12, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 83](/us/bill/62/sjres/83).][[Pub. Res., No. 21](/us/bill/62/pubres/21).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Senate.Appropriation for contingent expenses. That the following sums be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the contingent expenses of the Senate of the United States:
Folding.For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, four thousand dollars; Miscellaneous items.For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, forty thousand dollars; Inquiries and investigations.For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers to committees, at such rates as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and a quarter per printed page, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Approved, March 12, 1912. No. 10: To amend the joint resolution to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war front any seaport of the United States. Public Resolution 10 37 Stat. 630 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 10.] Joint Resolution To amend the joint resolution to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war front any seaport of the United States.March 14, 1912.[[S.
J. Res. 89](/us/bill/62/hjres/189).][[Pub. Res., No. 22](/us/bill/62/pubres/22).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Export of war material. That the joint resolution to Vol. 30, p. 739.prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States, approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: President may limit export of arms to American country where domestic violence exists.*Post*, p. 1733.That whenever the President shall find that in any American country conditions of domestic violence exist which are promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States, and shall make proclamation thereof, it shall be unlawful to export except under such limitations and exceptions as the President shall prescribe any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.
Sec. 2.Punishment for violations. That any shipment of material hereby declared unlawful after such a proclamation shall be punishable by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both. Approved, March 14, 1912. No. 11: To authorize allotments to Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota, of lands valuable for coal. Public Resolution 11 37 Stat. 631 1912-04-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public 631 [No. 11.] Joint Resolution To authorize allotments to Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota, of lands valuable for coal.April 3, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 263](/us/bill/62/hjres/263).][[Pub. Res., No. 23](/us/bill/62/pubres/23).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Idaho.Coal lands may be allotted to Indians of.Vol. 36, p. 455.
That allotments to the Indians of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, in the State of North Dakota, authorized by section two of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the survey and allotment of lands embraced within the limits of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, in the State of North Dakota, and the sale and disposition of a portion of the surplus lands after allotment, and making appropriation and provision to carry the same into effect,” approved June first, nineteen hundred and ten, may be made of lands classified as coal lands or valuable for coal, with a reservation, however, in any patent which may issue uponReservation for Idaho. any such allotment, of the coal deposits in the lands allotted, and of the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Bond required of prospectors before entry.
That when such deposits are by Congress opened for disposition, any qualified coal claimant may enter upon these allotted lands for the purpose of prospecting for coal only after the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of a bond or undertaking given by such prospector as security for the payment of all damages occasioned by reason of such prospecting. Approved, April 3, 1912. No. 12: Extending the operation of the Act for the control and regulation of the waters of Niagara River, for the preservation of Niagara Falls, and for other purposes.
Public Resolution 12 37 Stat. 631 1912-04-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 12.] Joint Resolution Extending the operation of the Act for the control and regulation of the waters of Niagara River, for the preservation of Niagara Falls, and for other purposes.April 5, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 232](/us/bill/62/hjres/232).][[Pub. Res., No. 24](/us/bill/62/pubres/24).] Whereas the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the controlPreamble.Vol. 34, p. 626. and regulation of the waters of Niagara River, for the preservationVol. 35, p. 1169. of Niagara Falls, and for other purposes,” approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, and extended to June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eleven, by joint resolution (Public Resolution Numbered Fifty-six), and further extended to March first, nineteen hundred and twelve, by joint resolution (Public Resolution Numbered*Ante*, p. 43.
Nine), approved August twenty-second, nineteen hundred and eleven, expires March first, nineteen hundred and twelve: Be it therefore *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Niagara Falls preservation.Provisions of Act for, extended. That the provisions of the aforesaid Act be, and they are hereby, reenacted and extended from March first, nineteen hundred and twelve, being the date of the expiration of said Act, to March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen.
Approved, April 5, 1912. No. 13: To amend an Act entitled “An Act appropriating three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of maintaining and protecting against impending floods the levees on the Mississippi River,” approved April third, nineteen hundred and twelve. Public Resolution 13 37 Stat. 631 1912-04-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 13.] Joint Resolution To amend an Act entitled “An Act appropriating three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of maintaining and protecting against impending floods the levees on the Mississippi River,” approved April third, nineteen hundred and twelve.April 9, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 96](/us/bill/62/sjres/96).][[Pub. Res., No. 25](/us/bill/62/pubres/25).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mississippi River floods.
That the appropriation made by the Act entitled “An Act appropriating three hundred and fiftyUse of appropriation for levees on tributary rivers.*Ante*, p. 78. thousand dollars for the purpose of maintaining and protecting against impending floods the levees on the Mississippi River,” approved April third, nineteen hundred and twelve, is hereby made available for the purpose of maintaining and protecting against impending floods the levees on rivers tributary to the Mississippi River.
Approved, April 9, 1912. No. 14: Authorizing the Librarian of Congress to furnish a copy of the daily and bound Congressional Record to the Under Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada in exchange for a copy of the Parliamentary Hansard. Public Resolution 14 37 Stat. 628 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public 632 [No. 14.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Librarian of Congress to furnish a copy of the daily and bound Congressional Record to the Under Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada in exchange for a copy of the Parliamentary Hansard.April 10, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 93](/us/bill/62/hjres/93).][[Pub. Res., No. 26](/us/bill/62/pubres/26).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congressional Record.
That the Librarian of Copy to Canada in exchange for Parliamentary Hansard.Congress is hereby authorized to furnish a copy of the daily and bound Congressional Record to the Under Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada in exchange for a copy of the Parliamentary Hansard, and that the Public Printer is hereby directed to honor the requisition of the Librarian of Congress for such copy. The Parliamentary Hansard so received shall be the property of the Department of State.
Approved, April 10, 1912. No. 15: Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point Messrs. Humberto Mencia and Juan Dawson, of Salvador. Public Resolution 15 37 Stat. 632 1912-04-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point Messrs.
Humberto Mencia and Juan Dawson, of Salvador.April 19, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 87](/us/bill/62/sjres/87).][[Pub. Res., No. 27](/us/bill/62/pubres/27).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Humberto Mencia and Juan Dawson.May be admitted to Military Academy. That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized to permit Messrs. Humberto Mencia and Juan Dawson, of Salvador, to receive instruction at the United States *Provisos*.No expense.Conditions.Military Academy at West Point: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby, and that the said Humberto Mencia and Juan Dawson shall agree to comply with all regulations for the police and discipline of the academy, to be studious, and to give their utmost efforts to accomplish the course in the various departments of instruction, and that the said Humberto Mencia and Juan Dawson shall not be admitted to the academy until they shall have passed the mental and physical examinations prescribed for candidates from the United States, and that they, or either of them, shall be immediately withdrawn if deficient in studies or conduct and so recommended by the academic board: *And provided further*, That in the Oath and service.R.
S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227.cases of the said Humberto Mencia and Juan Dawson, the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, April 19, 1912. No. 16: Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point Mr. Manuel Agüero y Junqué, of Cuba. Public Resolution 16 37 Stat. 628 1911-04-19 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 16.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point Mr. Manuel Agüero y Junqué, of Cuba.April 19, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 91](/us/bill/62/sjres/91).][[Pub. Res., No. 28](/us/bill/62/pubres/28).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Manuel Aguero y Junqué.May be admitted to Military Academy.
That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized to permit Mr. Manuel Agüero y Junqué, of Cuba, to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy *Provisos*.No expense.Conditions.at West Point: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby, and that the said Manuel Agüero y Junqué shall agree to comply with all regulations for the police and discipline of the academy, to be studious, and to give his utmost efforts to accomplish the course in the various departments of instruction, and that the said Manuel Agüero y Junqué shall not be admitted to the academy until he shall nave passed the mental and physical examinations prescribed for candidates from the United States, and that he shall be immediately withdrawn if deficient in studies or conduct and so recommended by the academic board: *And provided further*, That in the Oath and service.case of the said Manuel Agüero y Junqué the provisions of sections R.
S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227.thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, April 19, 1912. No. 17: Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for the use of the Grand Army of the Republic encampment, to be held at Pullman, Washington, in June, nineteen hundred and twelve. Public Resolution 17 37 Stat. 633 1912-04-22 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public 633 [No. 17.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for the use of the Grand Army of the Republic encampment, to be held at Pullman, Washington, in June, nineteen hundred and twelve.April 22, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 77](/us/bill/62/sjres/77).][[Pub. Res., No. 29](/us/bill/62/pubres/29).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Grand Army of the Republic.Loan of tents, etc., for encampment at Pullman, Wash.
That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to loan, at his discretion, to the general committee of the Grand Army of the Republic encampment, to be held at Pullman, Washington, in the month of June, nineteen hundred and twelve, such tents, with necessary poles, ridges, and pins, as may be required at said encampment: *Provided*, That no expense*Provisos*.No expense, etc. shall be caused the United States Government by the delivery and return of said property, the same to be delivered to said committee designated at such time prior to the holding of said encampment as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and A.
B. Baker, chair-man of said general committee: *And provided further*, That the SecretaryIndemnity for safe return, etc. of War shall, before delivering such property, take from said A. B. Baker a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States. Approved, April 22, 1912. No. 18: Relative to the rebuilding of certain levees on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Public Resolution 18 37 Stat. 633 1912-04-30 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Relative to the rebuilding of certain levees on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.April 30, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 102](/us/bill/62/sjres/102).][[Pub. Res., No. 30](/us/bill/62/pubres/30).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mississippi River.Rebuilding levees on, and tributaries authorized. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to rebuild, by contract or otherwise, in accordance with such plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission as may be approved by the Chief of Engineers, such portions of the levees on the Mississippi River and its tributaries as may have been or may hereafter be broken by the existing flood in said rivers, or so materially weakened as to necessitate rebuilding, and the sum of one million five hundredAppropriation. thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for this purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War shall*Proviso*.To be deducted from regular appropriations.*Ante*, p. 218. keep an account of the actual cost of all work done under the provisions of this resolution, and upon completion of the work he shall report the total cost thereof to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a sum equal to the cost so reported to be deducted from the appropriations that shall first here-after be made for improving the Mississippi River from Head of Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, and to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury.
Approved, April 30, 1912. No. 19: Making appropriations for the relief of sufferers from floods in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Public Resolution 19 37 Stat. 633 1912-05-09 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 19.] Joint Resolution Making appropriations for the relief of sufferers from floods in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.May 9, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 312](/us/bill/62/hjres/312).][[Pub. Res., No. 31](/us/bill/62/pubres/31).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mississippi and Ohio floods.Appropriation for relief of sufferers. That there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums for the relief of sufferers from floods in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, namely: war department.War Department Under the Quartermaster General:
For providing tents and otherQuartermaster supplies, etc. necessary supplies and services and for reimbursement of the several*Post*, p. 640. appropriations of the Quartermaster’s Department, United States 634 Army, from which temporary relief has already been or may be afforded, four hundred and two thousand one hundred and Subsistence supplies,seventy-nine dollars and sixty-five cents. Under the Commissary General: For rations issued and to be issued *Post*, p. 640.by the Commissary Department and for reimbursement of appropriations for subsistence of the Army from which temporary relief has already been or may be afforded, eight hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars.
Approved, May 9, 1912. No. 21: Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for contingent expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 21 37 Stat. 634 1912-05-30 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 21.] Joint Resolution Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for contingent expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, and for other purposes.May 30, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 319](/us/bill/62/hjres/319).][[Pub. Res., No. 32](/us/bill/62/pubres/32).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Deficiencies appropriations. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, namely: Senate.SENATE. Folding speeches,For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, three thousand dollars.
House of Representatives.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Miscellaneous items, and special and select committees.For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, $55,000. Stationery.For stationery for Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from Territories, and Resident Commissioners, and for the use of the committees and officers of the House, $1,000. Folding speeches.For folding speeches, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, $5,000.
United States courts.UNITED STATES COURTS. Witness fees.Fees of witnesses, United States courts: For fees of witnesses and for payment of the actual expenses of witnesses, as provided by section eight hundred and fifty, Revised Statutes of the United States. $90,000. Miscellaneous.For payment of such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney General, for the United States courts and their *Proviso*.Alaska.officers, $50,000: *Provided*, That in so far as it may be deemed necessary by the Attorney General, this appropriation shall be available for such expenses in the District of Alaska.
Approved, May 30, 1912. No. 22: To authorize and direct the Great Northern Railway Company and the Spokane and British Columbia Railway Company in the matter of their conflicting claims or rights of way across the Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, in the San Roil River Valley, to readjust their respective locations of rights of way at points of conflict, in such manner as to allow each company an equal right of way through said valley; and in ease of their failure so to do to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to readjust said rights of way.
Public Resolution 22 37 Stat. 634 1912-06-04 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 22.] Joint Resolution To authorize and direct the Great Northern Railway Company and the Spokane and British Columbia Railway Company in the matter of their conflicting claims or rights of way across the Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, in the San Roil River Valley, to readjust their respective locations of rights of way at points of conflict, in such manner as to allow each company an equal right of way through said valley; and in ease of their failure so to do to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to readjust said rights of way.June 4, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 142](/us/bill/62/hjres/142).][[Pub. Res., No. 33](/us/bill/62/pubres/33).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Colville Indian Reservation.Settlement of conflicting rights of way through,Vol. 30, p. 430 That the Great Northern Railway Company, whose right of way in the San Poil River Valley, Colville Indian Reservation, State of Washington, as filed and located by the Washington Improvement and Development Company and 635 approved under the Act entitled “An Act granting to the Washington Improvement and Development Company a right of way through the Colville Indian Reservation in the State of Washington,” approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and thereafter acquired by the Great Northern Railway Company; and the Spokane and British Columbia Railway Company, whoso right of way along said San Foil River Valley, said Colville Indian Reservation, as filed and located by the said company, and approved under the Act entitledVol. 18, p. 482.
“An Act granting to railways a right of way through the public lands of the United States,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and under the Act entitled “ An Act to provide for theVol. 30, p. 990. acquiring of rights of way by a railway company through Indian reservations, Indian lands, and Indian allotments, and for other purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine; and which rights of way are overlapping in and in conflict for aReadjustment by companies. considerable distance, shall proceed, within three months after the passage and approval of this resolution, to ascertain and determine the points of overlapping and conflict of their said respective locations, and shall proceed to readjust the same at all points of over-lapping and conflict in such a way as to allow both companies an equal right of way through said valley with as little added expense or loss to either of them as possible, and in such manner that equalDivision of expense. justice will be done to each, and each to bear whatever additional expense it may be put to by reason of any relocation or readjustment of its line in pursuance of this Act, but the relocation or readjustment herein provided for shall be so made that the expense incurred thereby to either shall be as nearly equal as practicable; and when such relocationApproval by Secretary of the Interior. or readjustment has been completed the same shall be filed with and shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior; where-upon either of said companies may proceed with the building of its respective road through the said valley and on the lines as readjusted, and the pending suit of the Government be dismissed.
The rights of way so adjusted shall be in lieu of the rights of way heretofore granted and approved to the said companies, respectively, under the aforesaid Acts of Congress: *Provided*, That if the said companies*Proviso*.Proceedings on disagreement. shall fail to agree and file such readjustment of said rights of way with the Secretary of the Interior within the time and as herein provided, the said companies shall on or before sixty days from and after the expiration of the aforesaid time for filing the said readjustment, present their matters of difference to the Secretary of theHearings.
Interior, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Secretary to give said companies a hearing, and the Secretary shall thereupon readjust the said rights of way at all points of overlapping and conflict in such a way as to allow both companies an equal right of way through said valley with as little added expense or loss to either of them as possible, and in such manner that equal justice will be done to each, and each to bear whatever additional expense it may be put to by reason of the readjustment of its line by the Secretary in pursuance of this Act, such readjustment to be so made that the expense incurred by either company shall be as nearly equal as practicable.
And when suchNotification of readjustment. readjustment has been completed by the Secretary of the Interior and the said companies notified thereof by the Secretary, either of said companies may proceed with the building of its respective road through the said valley and on the line as readjusted by the Secretary; and upon the completion of such readjustment by the Secretary theEffect on pending suit. pending suit of the Government shall be dismissed. The rights of way so adjusted by the Secretary shall be in lieu of the rights of way heretofore granted and approved to the said companies, respectively, under the aforesaid Acts of Congress.
Each of said companies, asPayment for damages. a condition precedent to approval of its right of way hereunder, shall pay such compensation for the taking or damaging of land and 636 improvements of Indian allottees as the Secretary of the Interior shall find to be justly due from and hitherto unpaid by such company; Reversion for non-user.and each of said rights of way is hereby expressly declared to be subject to the condition that so much thereof as shall not have been occupied by a completed railway at the expiration of five years from and after the date of the approval thereof under this Act by the Secretary of the Interior shall ipso facto revert to the United States without any act of reentry or judicial or legislative declaration of forfeiture.
Approved, June 4, 1912. No. 23: Authorizing Charles F. Riddell, cashier in the office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to sign all checks, requisitions, and papers in the place of U. S. Jackson, Sergeant at Arms, to obtain money appropriated for the salaries and mileage of Members of the House of Representatives during the temporary disability of the said U. S. Jackson. Public Resolution 23 37 Stat. 636 1912-06-04 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 23.] Joint Resolution Authorizing Charles F. Riddell, cashier in the office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to sign all checks, requisitions, and papers in the place of U. S. Jackson, Sergeant at Arms, to obtain money appropriated for the salaries and mileage of Members of the House of Representatives during the temporary disability of the said U. S. Jackson.June 4, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 323](/us/bill/62/hjres/323).][[Pub.
Res., No. 34](/us/bill/62/pubres/34).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,House of Representatives.Charles F. Riddell may sign checks, etc., during disability of Sergeant at Arms. That Charles F. Riddell, cashier in the office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sign all necessary checks, requisitions, and papers in the place of U. S. Jackson, Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to secure the money appropriated for the salaries and mileage of the Members of the House of Representatives during the temporary disability Bond required.*Post*, p. 637.of the said U.
S. Jackson, Sergeant at Arms; and the Treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to pay the said money to the said Riddell, cashier, in conformity to the provisions of this resolution, upon the approval, by the Secretary of the Treasury, of a bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, of the said Riddell, payable to the United States of America. Approved, June 4, 1912. No. 24: Making provision for the Fifth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Commercial and Industrial Associations.
Public Resolution 24 37 Stat. 636 1912-06-07 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 24.] Joint Resolution Making provision for the Fifth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Commercial and Industrial Associations.June 7, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 72](/us/bill/62/sjres/72).][[Pub.
Res., No.35](/us/bill/62/pubres/35).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congress of Chambers of Commerce, etc.President to invite foreign nations to Fifth International. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to extend to the Governments of the commercial nations of the world an invitation to be represented officially at the Fifth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Commercial and Industrial Associations, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, September twenty-fourth to twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twelve.
Cooperation of foreign business organizations requested.That the Secretary of State is hereby requested to ask the Governments of the commercial nations of the world to notify the leading business organizations of their respective countries of this action by the Congress of the United States of America and suggest their cooperation. Approved, June 7, 1912. No. 25: Authorizing the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography to occupy temporary structures erected by the American Red Cross and to erect temporary structures in Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia.
Public Resolution 25 37 Stat. 636 1912-06-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 25.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography to occupy temporary structures erected by the American Red Cross and to erect temporary structures in Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia.June 10, 1912.[[S.
J. Res. 97](/us/bill/62/sjres/97).][[Pub. Res., No. 36](/us/bill/62/pubres/36).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,American Red Cross.Temporary structures in Potomac Park built by, may remain for Congress on Hygiene etc.*Ante*, p. 36. That the American Red Cross is hereby given permission to allow the temporary structure erected by it in Potomac Park, under the provisions of the joint resolution approved May eleventh, nineteen hundred and eleven, to remain in position for a sufficient length of time to be used for exhibition pur637poses by the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography at its meeting in nineteen hundred and twelve, and that authority is hereby given to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to grant permission to the responsible officers of the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography to erect on the public grounds, on a site to be approved by the Chief of Engineers, such additional temporary structures as may be necessary for exhibition purposes: *Provided*, That the United States shall be put to no*Proviso*.
No expense for removal, etc. extra expense of any kind thereby, and that all the structures shall be promptly removed by the American Red Cross at the close of the meeting, and the site cleared of all débris and put in as good condition as before the erection of the structures. Approved, June 10, 1912. No. 26: Authorizing and directing Charles F. Riddell, cashier in the office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to draw checks, requisitions, and execute all papers necessary to obtain from the United States Treasury the money appropriated for salaries and mileage of Members, Delegates, and Resident Commission era of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Public Resolution 26 37 Stat. 637 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 26.] Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing Charles F. Riddell, cashier in the office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to draw checks, requisitions, and execute all papers necessary to obtain from the United States Treasury the money appropriated for salaries and mileage of Members, Delegates, and Resident Commission era of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.June 25, 1912.[[S.
J. Res. 120](/us/bill/62/sjres/120).][[Pub. Res., No. 37](/us/bill/62/pubres/37).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Charles F. Riddell.May draw checks for salaries of Representatives, etc., until a Sergeant at Arms is elected. That Charles F. Riddell, cashier in the office of Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to draw checks, requisitions and execute all papers necessary to obtain from the United States Treasury the money appropriated for salaries and mileage of Members, Delegates and Resident Commissioners of the House of Representatives, until a Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives has been duly elected and qualified; and the.
Treasurer of the United States is hereby authorized to pay the said money to the said Riddell, cashier, in conformity with the provisions of this resolution; and that the bond executed by said Riddell, as cashier inBond extended.*Ante*, p. 686. the Office of Sergeant At Arms in the House of Representatives, in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars, payable to the United States of America, by authority of Public Resolution Numbered thirty-four, approved June fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, be, and the same is hereby, with the consent of the sureties on said bond, extended in force and effect to cover the faithful discharge of the aforesaid cashier’s duties as herein authorized and directed, until a Sergeant At Arms of the House of Representatives has been elected and qualified.
Approved, June 25, 1912. No. 27: To appoint Andrew D. White a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 27 37 Stat. 637 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 27.] Joint Resolution To appoint Andrew D. White a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.June 26, 1912.[[S.
J. Res. 101](/us/bill/62/hjres/101).][[Pub. Res., No. 38](/us/bill/62/pubres/38).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Smithsonian Institution.Andrew D. White reappointed Regent. That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in the class other than Members of Congress, shall be filled by the reappointment of Andrew D. White, a citizen of New York. Approved, June 26, 1912. No. 28:
Proposing an international maritime conference. Public Resolution 28 37 Stat. 637 1912-06-28 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 28.] Joint Resolution Proposing an international maritime conference.June 28, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 299](/us/bill/62/hjres/299).][[Pub. Res., No. 39](/us/bill/62/pubres/39).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, International Maritime Conference.President authorized to invite maritime nations to hold.
That the President be authorized to convey to maritime nations the desire of Congress that an international maritime conference be held, and that he be also authorized to appoint commissioners to represent the United States at any such conference, whether called by the United States or any other 638 Subjects for consideration.nation, the purpose of said conference being to consider uniform laws and regulations for the greater security of life and property on merchant vessels at sea, including, if practicable, regulations to establish standards of efficiency of the officers and crews of merchant vessels and the manning of such vessels; regulations for the construction and inspection of hulls, boilers, and machinery ; regulations for equipment of ocean steamers with radio apparatus, searchlights, submarine bells, lifeboats, and other life-saving and fire-extinguishing appliances ; regulations concerning lights, sound signals, steering and sailing rules; regulations for an international system of reporting and disseminating information relating to aids and perils to navigation; the establishment of lane routes to be followed by trans-Atlantic steamers; and such other matters relating to the security of life and property at sea as may be proposed.
Sec. 2.Appropriation. That, in case such international maritime conference shall be called by the United States or any other nation, the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of the representatives of the United States at said conference. Approved, June 28, 1912. No. 29: Extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under certain contingencies. Public Resolution 29 37 Stat. 638 1912-07-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 29.] Joint Resolution Extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under certain contingencies.July 1, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 331](/us/bill/62/hjres/331).][[Pub. Res., No. 40](/us/bill/62/pubres/40).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations for the last fiscal year continued through July unless previously made.*Post*, pp. 640, 642.
That all appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government, and for the payment of pensions under existing laws, which shall remain unprovided for on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and twelve, be, and they are hereby, continued and made available for and during the month of July, nineteen hundred and twelve, unless the regular appropriations provided therefor in bills now pending in Congress shall have been previously made for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise *Provisos*.Proportionate amounts.appropriated, to carry on the same: *Provided*, That no greater amount shall be expended for such operations than as the sum of one-twelfth of the appropriations made for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve bears to the whole of the appropriations of said fiscal year: *Total expenditure for the year not to exceed final appropriations.Provided further*, That the total expenditures for the whole of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen under the several appropriations hereby continued, and under the several appropriation bills now pending, shall not exceed in the aggregate the amounts finally appropriated therefor in the several bills now pending, except in cases where a change is made in the annual, monthly, or per diem compensation or in the numbers of officers, clerks, or other persons authorized to be employed by the several appropriations hereby continued, in which cases the amounts authorized to be expended shall equal one-twelfth of the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, and eleven-twelfths of the appropriations contained in the several bills now pending when the same shall have been finally passed, unless the salary or compensation of any office shall be increased or diminished without changing the grade or the duties thereof, in which case such salary or compensation shall relate to the entire fiscal year Session employees of Congress.and run from the beginning thereof: *And provided further*, That the session employees of the Senate and House of Representatives now authorized by law shall be continued upon the rolls until the end of the present session of Congress and paid at the rate per diem or Appropriation.month at which they are now paid ; and a sufficient amount is hereby 639 appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay the same.
This joint resolution shall be construed as authorizing the continuanceCentras Office. Salaries, etc., continued. of the salaries and other expenses under the organization of the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce and Labor as the latter existed June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, for the period of time and under the conditions provided herein for all other branches of the public service. Approved, July 1, 1912. No. 30: Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in the class other than Members of Congress.
Public Resolution 30 37 Stat. 639 1912-07-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in the class other than Members of Congress.July 3, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 94](/us/bill/62/hjres/94).][[Pub.
Res., No. 41](/us/bill/62/pubres/41).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Smithsonian Institution.Charles W. Fairbanks appointed Regent. That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in the class other than Members of Congress, caused by the resignation of James B. Angell, of Michigan, be filled by the appointment of Charles W. Fair-banks, a citizen of Indiana. Approved, July 3, 1912.
No. 32: To convey the thanks of Congress to Captain Arthur Henry Rostron, and through him to the officers and crew of the steamship Carpathia of the Cunard Line, for the prompt and heroic service rendered by them in rescuing seven hundred and four lives from the wreck of the steamship Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean. Public Resolution 32 37 Stat. 639 1912-07-06 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 32.] Joint Resolution To convey the thanks of Congress to Captain Arthur Henry Rostron, and through him to the officers and crew of the steamship Carpathia of the Cunard Line, for the prompt and heroic service rendered by them in rescuing seven hundred and four lives from the wreck of the steamship Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean.July 6, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 111](/us/bill/62/sjres/111).][[Pub. Res., No. 42](/us/bill/62/pubres/42).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Arthur Henry Rostron.Thanks of Congress to, anti officers and crew of Carpathia,“ for services, wreck of “Titanic.
” That the thanks of Congress be, and the same are hereby, presented to Captain Arthur Henry Rostron, and through him to the officers and crew of the steamship Carpathia of the Cunard Line, for promptly going to the relief of the steamship Titanic and heroically saving the lives of seven hundred and four people who had been ship wrecked in the North Atlantic Ocean. Sec. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby authorizedGold medal to be presented to. and requested to cause to be made and presented to Captain Rostron a suitable gold medal appropriately inscribed, which shall express the high estimation in which Congress holds the service of this officer, to whose promptness and vigilance was due the rescue of three hundred and seventy-four women and children and three hundred and thirty men.
Sec. 3. That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereofAppropriation. as may be necessary for the purchase or manufacture of said medal, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not other-wise appropriated. Approved, July 6, 1912. No. 33: Appropriating one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for encampment and maneuvers for the Organized Militia. Public Resolution 33 37 Stat. 628 1912-07-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 33.] Joint Resolution Appropriating one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for encampment and maneuvers for the Organized Militia.July 8, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 332](/us/bill/62/hjres/322).][[Pub. Res., No. 43](/us/bill/62/pubres/43).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Army.Appropriation for expenses of encampment, etc., Organized Militia. That the sum of one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for paying the expenses of the Organized Militia of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, which may be authorized by the Secretary of War to participate in such encampments as may be 640 Vol. 32, pp. 777, 779.established for the field instruction of the troops of the Regular Army, as provided by section fifteen hundred and twenty-one of the Act of January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three, entitled “An Act to promote the efficiency of the Militia, and for other purposes,” to be immediately available.
Approved, July 8, 1912. No. 35: Making appropriation to be used in exterminating the army worm. Public Resolution 35 37 Stat. 640 1912-07-30 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 35.] Joint Resolution Making appropriation to be used in exterminating the army worm.July 30, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 340](/us/bill/62/hjres/340).][[Pub. Res., No. 44](/us/bill/62/pubres/44).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Army worm.Appropriation for exterminating. That the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used by the Secretary of Agriculture in exterminating a dangerous pest commonly called the army worm, now devastating crops in various sections of the United States.
Approved, July 30, 1912. No. 36: Providing for the payment of the expenses of the Senate in the impeachment trial of Robert W. Archbald. Public Resolution 36 37 Stat. 640 1912-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 36.] Joint Resolution Providing for the payment of the expenses of the Senate in the impeachment trial of Robert W.
Archbald.August 1, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 122](/us/bill/62/sjres/122).][[Pub. Res., No. 45](/us/bill/62/pubres/45).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Robert W. Archbald.Appropriation for expenses of impeachment trial. That there be appropriated from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to defray the expenses of the Senate in the impeachment trial of Robert W.
Archbald. Approved, August 1, 1912. No. 37: To continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled “Joint resolution extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under certain contingencies.” Public Resolution 37 37 Stat. 640 1912-08-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 37.] Joint Resolution To continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled “Joint resolution extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under certain contingencies.”August 1, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 344](/us/bill/62/hjres/344).][[Pub. Res., No. 46](/us/bill/62/pubres/46).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Appropriations for last fiscal year continued during first half of August.
That the provisions of a joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under certain contingencies,” approved July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, be, *Ante*, p. 638.and the same are, extended and continued in full force and effect *Post*, p. 642.for and during the first half of the month of August, nineteen hundred and twelve. Approved, August 1, 1912. No. 39: Authorizing the Secretary of War to supply tents and rations to American citizens compelled to leave Mexico.
Public Resolution 39 37 Stat. 640 1912-08-02 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 39.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to supply tents and rations to American citizens compelled to leave Mexico.August 2, 1912.[[S. J, Res. 127](/us/bill/62/sjres/127).][[Pub. Res., No. 47](/us/bill/62/pubres/47).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mexican disturbances.Tents, etc., to be furnished American refugees from, in Texas.Balance of fund for Mississippi River floods to be used That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to expend not to exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars out of any unexpended balance of the money appropriated for the Mississippi flood sufferers May ninth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and directed to cause to be supplied, *Ante*, p. 633.through the proper military officers at El Paso, Texas, necessary tents, together with temporary rations, for the care and relief of American citizens who have no other means of obtaining shelter and food and have been compelled to remove and are yet removing from threatened danger in the Republic of Mexico, and who are seeking refuge in El Paso, Texas, and adjacent portions of the United States.
Approved, August 2, 1912. No. 40: Directing the Secretary of War to investigate the claims of American citizens for damages suffered within American territory and growing out of the late insurrection in Mexico. Public Resolution 40 37 Stat. 641 1912-08-09 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public 641 [No. 40.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to investigate the claims of American citizens for damages suffered within American territory and growing out of the late insurrection in Mexico.August 9, 1912.[[S.
J. Res. 103](/us/bill/62/sjres/103).][[Pub. Res., No. 48](/us/bill/62/pubres/48).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Mexican insurrection.Claims of citizens for damages in American territory from troops etc., to be investigated.*Ante*, p. 601. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to make, or cause to be made under his direction, a full and thorough investigation of each and all claims of American citizens and of persons domiciled in the United States which may be called to his attention by claimants or their attorneys for damages for injuries to their persons or property, received by them or by those of whom claimants may be the legal representatives, within the boundaries of the United States, by means of gunshot wounds or otherwise inflicted by Mexican Federal or insurgent troops during the late insurrection in Mexico in the year nineteen hundred and eleven.
For the purpose of such investigation the Secretary of War isCommission of Army officers to be appointed. authorized to appoint a commission of three officers of the Army, one of whom shall be an inspector general. Such commission shall have authority to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and to takeAuthority, etc. evidence on oath relating to any such claim and to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers in any such proceeding by application to the district court of the United States for the district within which any session of the commission is held, which court is hereby empowered and directed to make all orders and issue all processes necessary for that purpose, and said commission shall have all the powers conferred by law upon inspectors general of the United States Army in the performance of their duties.
SuchReport to Congress. commission shall report to Congress, through the Secretary of War, as soon as practicable, its findings of fact upon each and all the claims presented to it and its conclusion as to the justice and equity thereof and as to the proper amount of compensation or indemnity thereupon. Approved, August 9, 1912. No. 42: To provide transportation for American citizens fleeing from threatened danger in the Republic of Mexico. Public Resolution 42 37 Stat. 641 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 42.] Joint Resolution To provide transportation for American citizens fleeing from threatened danger in the Republic of Mexico.August 12, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 129](/us/bill/62/sjres/129).][[Pub. Res., No. 49](/us/bill/62/pubres/49).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mexican disturbances.Transportation to be furnished Americans fleeing from. That until March first, nine-teen hundred and thirteen, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, he is hereby authorized to furnish transportation, which shall not be negotiable or transferable, from places in the United States on or near the Mexican border to other places in the United States, to those American citizens who shall have fled or may hereafter flee from the Republic of Mexico who are now or who may hereafter be unable to pay for their own transportation.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of thisAppropriation.*Post*, p. 643. joint resolution the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, upon vouchers to be approved by the commander of the United States forces at Fort Bliss, Texas. Approved, August 12, 1912.
No. 43: To authorize the loan of obsolete Springfield rifles, and so forth, to the Historical Pageant Committee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Public Resolution 43 37 Stat. 641 1912-08-13 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 43.] Joint Resolution To authorize the loan of obsolete Springfield rifles, and so forth, to the Historical Pageant Committee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.August 13, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 333](/us/bill/62/hjres/333).][[Pub. Res., No. 50](/us/bill/62/pubres/50).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Historical Pageant Committee.Loan of Springfield rifles, etc., for Constitution celebration. That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to loan to the Historical Pageant Committee of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for use in the ceremonies per- 642 taining to the celebration of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the framing of the Constitution of the United States, not to exceed two thousand obsolete Springfield rifles, caliber forty-five, and such number of obsolete swords or sabers as may be desired *Provisos*.Bond for safe return etc.and are on hand and available: *Provided*, That prior to the issue of these articles the committee shall execute a good and sufficient bond in such sum as may be fixed by the Secretary of War, guaranteeing the safe return of the articles to the Government arsenal from which originally issued, and guaranteeing the payment of the value of all articles not returned and the cost of repairs, if any be required, to No expense.such articles as may be damaged: *Provided further*, That this issue shall be made without any expense to the United States.
Approved, August 13, 1912. No. 44: To further continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled “Joint Resolution extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under certain contingencies. ” Public Resolution 44 37 Stat. 642 1912-08-15 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 44.] Joint Resolution To further continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled “Joint Resolution extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under certain contingencies. ”August 15, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 356](/us/bill/62/hjres/356).][[Pub. Res., No. 51](/us/bill/62/pubres/51).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations for last fiscal year continued during last half of August.
That the provisions of a joint resolution entitled “Joint Resolution extending appropriations for the necessary operations of the Government under certain *Ante*, pp. 638, 640.contingencies,” approved July first, nineteen hundred and twelve, be, and the same are, further extended and continued in full force and effect for and during the last half of the month of August, nineteen hundred and twelve. Approved, August 15, 1912. No. 45: Authorizing Federal bureaus doing hygienic and demographic work to participate in the exhibition to be held in connection with the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography.
Public Resolution 45 37 Stat. 642 1912-08-17 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 45.] Joint Resolution Authorizing Federal bureaus doing hygienic and demographic work to participate in the exhibition to be held in connection with the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography.August 17, 1912.[[S.
J. Res. 126](/us/bill/62/sjres/126).][[Pub. Res., No. 52](/us/bill/62/pubres/52).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congress on Hygiene, etc.Exhibits from bureaus. etc., authorized. That the several Federal bureaus doing hygienic and demographic work are hereby authorized to prepare and install exhibits at the exhibition to be held in connection with the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, at Washington, District of Columbia, September sixteenth to *Proviso*.Use of materials now available.October fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve: *Provided*, That such exhibits shall consist of such materials as are now available in such bureaus, or can be prepared and installed without requiring any special appropriation for this purpose.
Approved, August 17, 1912. No. 46: Requesting the President of the United States to direct the Secretary of State to issue invitations to foreign Governments to participate in the Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene. Public Resolution 46 37 Stat. 642 1911-08-19 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 46.] Joint Resolution Requesting the President of the United States to direct the Secretary of State to issue invitations to foreign Governments to participate in the Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene.August 19, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 327](/us/bill/62/hjres/327).][[Pub. Res., No. 53](/us/bill/62/pubres/53).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,School Hygiene Congress.Foreign Governments invited to attend Fourth International. That the President of the United States is hereby requested to direct the Secretary of State to issue invitations to foreign Governments to participate in the Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene, to be held in Buffalo, New York, August twenty-fifth to thirtieth, nineteen hundred and *Proviso*.No appropriation.thirteen: *Provided*, That no appropriation shall be granted at any time hereafter in connection with said congress.
Approved, August 19, 1912. No. 47: Appropriating the sum of twenty thousand dollars out of money appropriated by Senate Joint Resolution No. 129, for subsistence of American citizens who shall have fled or who may hereafter flee from threatened danger in the Republic of Mexico into the States of the United States bordering on the Republic of Mexico. Public Resolution 47 37 Stat. 643 1912-08-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public 643 [No. 47.] Joint Resolution Appropriating the sum of twenty thousand dollars out of money appropriated by Senate Joint Resolution No. 129, for subsistence of American citizens who shall have fled or who may hereafter flee from threatened danger in the Republic of Mexico into the States of the United States bordering on the Republic of Mexico.August 21, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 133](/us/bill/62/sjres/133).][[Pub. Res., No. 54](/us/bill/62/pubres/54).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Mexican disturbances.Use of appropriation for transportation to citizens fleeing from, to furnish subsistence.*Ante*, p. 641.
That out of the money appropriated by Senate Joint Resolution 129 (Public Resolution No. 49) providing for transportation for American citizens fleeing from threatened danger in the Republic of Mexico, there may be expended, until December tenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars for the subsistence of American citizens who shall have fled or who may hereafter flee from the Republic of Mexico into the States of the United States bordering on the Republic of Mexico and who are now and who may hereafter be unable to pay for their own subsistence.
Approved, August 21, 1912. No. 48: Requesting the President to cause an investigation of the Patent Office and make a report with recommendations to Congress. Public Resolution 48 37 Stat. 643 1912-08-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 48.] Joint Resolution Requesting the President to cause an investigation of the Patent Office and make a report with recommendations to Congress.August 21, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 337](/us/bill/62/hjres/337).][[Pub. Res., No. 55](/us/bill/62/pubres/55).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Patent Office.Investigation of administration of, by Economy and Efficiency Commission. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, requested to cause the accountants and experts from official and private life now or hereafter employed in the inquiry into methods of transacting the public business of the Government in the several executive departments and other executive Government establishments, known as the Commission on Economy and Efficiency, to investigate fully and carefully the administrationScope. of the Patent Office with a view of determining whether or not the present methods, personnel, equipment, and building of said office are adequate for the performance of its functions, taking into consideration the present character and volume of business, and also such increase in complexity or volume as may reasonably be expected in the future, and to ascertain and recommend specifically to CongressReport and recommendations. not later than December tenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, what changes in law, what increases in appropriations, and what additional building accommodations, may be necessary to enable the Patent Office to discharge its functions in a thoroughly efficient and economical manner, and to what extent any expenditures which may be recommended can be met by increases of Patent Office fees.
All expense incurred in carrying out the purposes of this resolutionAppropriation for expenses. shall be paid out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, and the sum necessary for said purposes is hereby appropriated: *Provided*, That the total expense authorized*Proviso*.Limit. by this resolution shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. Approved, August 21, 1912. No. 49: Appropriating money for the payment of certain claims on account of labor, supplies, materials, and cash furnished in the construction of the Corbett tunnel.
Public Resolution 49 37 Stat. 643 1912-08-24 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 49.] Joint Resolution Appropriating money for the payment of certain claims on account of labor, supplies, materials, and cash furnished in the construction of the Corbett tunnel.August 24, 1912.[[S.
J. Res. 134](/us/bill/62/sjres/134).][[Pub. Res., No. 56](/us/bill/62/pubres/56).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Corbett Tunnel, Wyo.Appropriation for paying claims for labor, etc., on account of. That there be, and is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the reclamation fund in the Treasury the sum of forty-two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of and to be paid to those persons who have and hold and who have presented, or may present, 644 claims, remaining unpaid, on account of labor, supplies, materials, or cash furnished to the contractor or the subcontractor and used in the construction of the Corbett tunnel, as a part of the Shoshone irrigation project, in the State of Wyoming, under any contract or contracts let for that purpose by the Government of the United States; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized andInvestigation, etc. directed to forthwith, and as soon as may be, investigate, hear evidence about, determine and declare the several amounts due and remaining unpaid, if any, on account thereof, and to whom so due, and to certify the amounts due to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized to pay the several amounts so ascertained to the persons entitled to the same.
Approved, August 24, 1912. No. 50: Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for the use of the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, to be held at Ada, Oklahoma, in September, nineteen hundred and twelve. Public Resolution 50 37 Stat. 644 1912-08-24 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 50.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for the use of the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, to be held at Ada, Oklahoma, in September, nineteen hundred and twelve.August 24, 1912.[[H.
J. Res. 349](/us/bill/62/hjres/349).][[Pub. Res., No. 57](/us/bill/62/pubres/57).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, Ada, Okla.Loan of tents, etc., to. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to loan, at his discretion, to the executive committee of the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, to be held at Ada, Oklahoma, in the month of September, nineteen hundred and twelve, such cots and tents, with necessary poles, ridges, and pins, as may be required at said reunion: *Provided*, That no expense shall be*Provisos*.No expense, etc. caused the United States Government by the delivery and return of said property, the same to be delivered to said committee designated at such time prior to the holding of said reunion as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and the general chairman of said executive committee: *And provided further*, That the SecretaryBond required. of War shall, before delivering such property, take a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States.
Approved, August 24, 1912. 51 37 Stat. 644 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 51.] Joint Resolution August 24, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 360](/us/bill/62/hjres/360).][[Pub. Res., No. 58](/us/bill/62/pubres/58).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Congressional officers, etc., to be paid August, 1912, salaries on day of adjournment.
That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of August, nineteen hundred and twelve, on the day of adjournment of the present session; and the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized to pay, on said day, to Members and Delegates their allowances for clerk hire for the said month of August, notwithstanding said Members and Delegates may not have designated by name their clerks for and during said month of August.
Approved, August 24, 1912. No. 52: Authorizing the erection on the public grounds in the city of Washington of a joint memorial to Major Archibald W. Butt and Francia Davis Millet. Public Resolution 52 37 Stat. 644 1911-12-21 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 52.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on the public grounds in the city of Washington of a joint memorial to Major Archibald W.
Butt and Francia Davis Millet.August 24, 1912.[[S. J. Res. 108](/us/bill/62/sjres/108).][[Pub. Res., No. 59](/us/bill/62/pubres/59).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Major Archibald W. Butt and Francis Davis Millet. That the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to 645 grant permission for the erection on public grounds of the UnitedPermission to erect memorial to, in public grounds, Washington, D.
C. States in the city of Washington, other than those of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and the White House, of a joint memorial, of simple and artistic form, to Major Archibald W. Butt, United States Army, and Mr. Francis Davis Millet, vice chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, officers of the United States who perished in the Titanic disaster: *Provided*, That the site chosen and the design of the*Proviso*. Approval of site and design. memorial shall be approved by the President of the United States upon the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, and that the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of the saidNo expense. memorial.
Approved, August 24, 1912. No. 53: Amending the Army Appropriation Bill. Public Resolution 53 37 Stat. 645 1912-08-24 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 2025-02-24 62 2 public [No. 53.] Joint Resolution Amending the Army Appropriation Bill.August 24, 1912.[[H. J. Res. 1912](/us/bill/62/hjres/1912).][[Pub.
Res., No. 60](/us/bill/62/pubres/60).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Army appropriations Act.Restriction on details of officers amended.*Ante*, p. 571. That in the “Act making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes,” there be substituted for the word “hereafter” where it first occurs in the first proviso under the heading “Pay of Officers of the Line,” the words: on and after December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve Approved, August 24, 1912.
H. J. Res., No. 39: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution providing that Senators shall be elected by the peopled the several States. Proposed Constitutional Amendment 39 May 5, 1912 public Proposing an amendment to the Constitution providing that Senators shall be elected by the peopled the several States.[[H. J. Res. 39](/us/bill/62/hjres/39).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein)*,Election of Senators, That in lieu of the first paragraph of section three of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, and in lieu of so much of paragraph two of the same section as relates to the filling of vacancies, the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States:
"Proposed amendment to the Constitution.“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. “When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: *Provided*, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
“This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.”" Champ Clark, *Speaker of the House of Representatives.* J S Sherman *Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.* I certify that this Joint Resolution originated in the House of Representatives. South Trimble *Clerk.* Deposited in Department of State May 5, 1912. 646 PUBLIC LAWS OF THE SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES *Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December, 1912, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the fourth day of March, 1913*.
William Howard Taft, President; Augustus O. Bacon, President of the Senate *pro tempore*, December 2 to 15, 1912, January 5 to 18, and February 2 to 15, 1913;Jacob H. Gallinger, President of the Senate *pro tempore*, , to January 4, 1913, January 19 to February 1, and February 16 to March 4, 1913;Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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