January 23, 1896. CHAP. 8.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes,' approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the several Acts amendatory thereof.". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That "An Act to amend an Forfeited land Act entitled 'An Act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the grants. purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purVol. 26, p. 496. poses,' approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the several Acts amendatory thereof," approved December twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: Right of settlers to purchase extended. Vol. 27, pp. 59, 427. Vol. 28, p. 15. "That section three of an Act entitled 'An Act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes,' approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same is, amended so as to extend the time within which persons entitled to purchase lands forfeited by said Act shall be permitted to purchase the same, in the quantities and upon the terms provided in said section, at any time prior to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: Provided, That actual residence upon the lands by persons claiming the right to purchase the same shall not be required where such lands have been fenced, cultivated, or otherwise improved by such claimants, and such persons shall be permitted to Limit to purchases. purchase two or more tracts of such lands by legal subdivisions, whether contiguous or not, but not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in the aggregate." Proviso. Actual residence not required. Approved, January 23, 1896. CHAP. 9.-An Act To reconvene the delegates of the United States to the International Marine Conference of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to reconvene the delegates of the United States to the Washington International Marine Conference of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, whenever in his judgment it is expedient, for the further consideration of rules to prevent collisions at sea and in the waters of the United States. SEC. 2. That the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for necessary expenses incurred under this Act. SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress a detailed statement of expenditures incurred under this Act. Approved, February 5, 1896. CHAP. 10.-An Act To incorporate the Post Graduate School of Medicine of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Henry L. E. Johnson, Edmund L. Tompkins, J. Foster Scott, William W. Johnston, Samuel C. Busey, Charles W. Richardson, James Kerr, Middleton F. Cuthbert, Edward M. Parker, G. Wythe Cook, G. Byrd Harrison, Samuel S. Adams, George N. Acker, W. Holland Wilmer, Henry D. Fry, J. Ford Thompson, and Thomas E. McArdle, their associates and successors, physicians, be, and they are hereby, made a corporation by the name of Post Graduate School of Medicine of the District of Columbia, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions set forth in this Act. SEC. 2. That the said corporation may hold real and personal estate to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 3. That the said Post Graduate School of Medicine is hereby empowered, from time to time, to make such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they may find necessary, and do and perform such other things as may be requisite for carrying this Act into effect, and which may not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States. SEC. 4. That the said Post Graduate School of Medicine of the District of Columbia is hereby endowed with all the rights, privileges, and immunities that appertain to other medical schools of the District of Columbia. SEC. 5. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 7, 1896. Property limit. Powers granted. Privileges, etc. Repeal. CHAP. 11.-An Act To provide American registers for the barks Minde and Johan Ludwig. February 7, 1896. "Minde" and "Johan Ludwig." American registers granted. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built barks Minde and Johan Ludwig, of the State of Florida, to be registered as vessels of the United States, the Minde to be registered under the name of "Three Brothers," the vessels being owned, respectively, by Albert Name of "Minde" F. Dewey, of Punta Gorda, Florida, a citizen of the United States, and the Gulf Transit Company, of Florida, incorporated under the laws of that State. Approved, February 7, 1896. changed to "Three CHAP. 12.—An Act To prohibit prize-fighting and pugilism and fights between men and animals and to provide penalties therefor, in the Territories and District of Columbia. February 7, 1896. Prize fighting, etc. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who, in any of the Territories or the District of Columbia, shall voluntarily engage tories and District of in a pugilistic encounter between man and man or a fight between a Columbia. man and a bull or any other animal, for money or for other thing of value, or for any championship, or upon the result of which any money or any thing of value is bet or wagered, or to see which any admission fee is charged, either directly or indirectly, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years. SEC. 2. By the term "pugilistic encounter," as used in this bill, is meant any voluntary fight by blows by means of fists or otherwise, whether with or without gloves, between two or more men, for money or for a prize of any character, or for any other thing of value, or for any championship, or upon the result of which any money or any thing of value is bet or wagered, or to see which any admission fee is charged, either directly or indirectly. Approved, February 7, 1896. Punishment. Definition of "pugil istic encounter.' CHAP. 14.—An Act To extend the jurisdiction of the United States circuit court of appeals, eighth circuit, over certain suits now pending therein on appeal and writ of error from the United States court in the Indian Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the jurisdiction of the United States circuit court of appeals for the eighth judicial circuit be, and is hereby, extended to all suits at law or equity now pending therein upon writ of error to or appeal from the United States court in the Indian Territory in all cases wherein such writ of error or appeal would have vested jurisdiction in said circuit court of appeals but for the Act of Congress approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of additional judges of the United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes." Approved, February 8, 1896. February 12, 1896. roads. Vol. 24, p. 557. Purchases from companies. Proviso. CHAP. 18.-An Act To amend section four of an Act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Land grants to rail- States of America in Congress assembled, That section four of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following proviso: "Provided further, That where the Government the such purchasers, their heirs or assigns, have paid only a portion of the purchase price to the company, which is less than the Government price of similar lands, they shall be required, before the delivery of patent for their lands, to pay to the Government a sum equal to the difference between the portion of the purchase price so paid and the Government price, and in such case the amount demanded from the company shall be the amount paid to it by such purchaser." Purchasers to pay balance due. Approved, February 12, 1896. February 13, 1896. Right of way, Kan. and Gulf Railroad Company, through In sas City, Pittsburg dian Territory. Vol. 27, p. 487. CHAP. 19.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,' approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting immediately after the word "Texas" in said section the following words, to wit: "With the Branch roads and right to locate, construct, operate, and maintain a branch railroad, bridges authorized. telegraph, and telephone line from some point on the main line of said railroad in the Indian Territory, south of the Arkansas River and north of the town of Poteau, by the most feasible and practicable route, to the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, and with the right to build in the line of said branch railroad a bridge across the Poteau River, whose plan of construction shall be first approved by the Secretary of War," and with the right to locate, construct, maintain, and operate a spur of its railroad from a point on said branch about four miles northeast of Scullyville, by the most practicable route to a point on the western line of the State of Arkansas about ten miles south of Fort Smith; and with the right to build in the line of said spur a bridge over the Poteau River, whose plan of construction shall first be approved by the Secretary of War, so that said first section when so amended shall read as follows: "That the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Missouri, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, operating, using, and maintaining a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point on the south line of Cherokee County near the town of Galena, in the State of Kansas, and running thence in a southerly direction through the Indian Territory, or through the State of Arkansas and the Indian Territory, by the most feasible and practicable route, to a point on the Red River near the town of Clarksville, in the State of Texas, with the right to locate, construct, operate, and maintain a branch railroad, telegraph, and telephone line from some point on the main line of said railroad in the Indian Territory, south of the Arkansas River and north of the town of Poteau, by the most feasible and practicable route, to the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, and with the right to build in the line of said branch railroad a bridge across the Poteau River, whose plan of construction shall be first approved by the Secretary of War, and with the right to locate, construct, maintain, and operate a spur of its railroad from a point on said branch about four miles northeast of Scullyville, by the most practicable route to a point on the western line of the State of Arkansas about ten miles south of Fort Smith; and with the right to build in the line of said spur a bridge over the Poteau River, whose plan of construction shall first be approved by the Secretary of War, and with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turn-outs, sidings, and extensions as said company may deem its interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds herein provided for." Approved, February 13, 1896. Location of right of way. CHAP. 20.-An Act To amend chapter seventy-six, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three. February 15, 1896. Saint Lawrence Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section four of the Act approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, authorizing the Saint Lawrence Railway Company, of the State of New York, bridging. to build and maintain a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at some point in Saint Lawrence County, State of New York, be, and is hereby, amended by extending the time for the completion of said bridge to February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, February 15, 1896. CHAP. 21.—An Act To extend the time for the completion of the incline railway February 15, 1896. our West Mountain, Hot Springs Reservation. Time extended for Vol. 28, p. 21. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the comple- Hot Springs, Ark. tion of an incline railway upon the West Mountain of the Hot Springs completing incline Reservation, as provided by Act of Congress approved December railway twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is hereby extended for the term of three years from and after the passage of this Act. SEC. 2. That said Act is hereby continued in full force and effect. Approved, February 15, 1896. February 18, 1896. 225, amended. CHAP. 22.—An Act To amend section thirteen hundred and nine, Revised Statutes, providing a chaplain for the Military Academy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Military Academy. States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of section thirteen Appointment of hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States as prochaplain and professor repealed. vides for the appointment at the United States Military Academy at R. S.. sec. 1309, P. West Point of "one chaplain, who shall also be professor of history, geography, and ethics, and one assistant professor of the same," is hereby repealed, Provided, That the duties of Chaplain at the Military Academy shall hereafter be performed by a clergyman to be appointed. by the President for a term of four years, and the said chaplain shall be eligible for re-appointment for an additional term or terms and shall, while so serving, receive the same pay and allowances as are now allowed to a captain mounted. Proviso. Chaplain to be appointed. Term, pay, etc. Approved, February 18, 1896. CHAP. 23.-An Act To incorporate The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Mary Park Foster (Mrs. John W. Foster), of Indiana; Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell (Mrs. William D. Cabell), of Virginia; Helen Mason Boynton (Mrs. Henry V. Boynton), of Ohio; Henrietta Greely (Mrs. A. W. Greely), of Washington, District of Columbia; Lelie Dent Saint Clair (Mrs. F. O. Saint Clair), of Maryland; Regina M. Knott (Mrs. A. Leo Knott), of Maryland; Sara Agnes Rice Pryor (Mrs. Roger A. Pryor), of New York; Sarah Ford Judd Goode (Mrs. G. Brown Goode), of Washington, District of Columbia; Mary Desha, of Kentucky; Sue Virginia Field (Mrs. Stephen J. Field), of California; Sallie Kennedy Alexander (Mrs. Thomas Alexander), of Washington, District of Columbia; Rosa Wright Smith, of Washington, District of Columbia; Sarah C. J. Hagan (Mrs. Hugh Hagan), of Georgia; Mary Stiner Putnam (Mrs. John Risley Putnam), of New York; Mary Leighton Shields (Mrs. George H. Shields), of Missouri; Ellen Hardin Walworth, of New York; Mary E. MacDonald (Mrs. Marshall MacDonald), of Virginia; Eugenia Washington, of Virginia; Alice M. Clarke (Mrs. A. Howard Clarke), of Massachusetts; Clara Barton, of Washington, District of Columbia; Mary S. Lockwood, of Washington, District of Columbia; Frances B. Hamlin (Mrs. Teunis S. Hamlin), of Washington, District of Columbia; Martha C. B. Clarke (Mrs. Arthur E. Clarke), of New Hampshire; Lucia E. Blount (Mrs. Henry Blount), of Indiana; Jennie A. Ó. Keim (Mrs. Randolph De B. Keim), of Connecticut; Louise Ward McAllister, of New York; Effie Ream Osborne (Mrs. Frank Stuart Osborne), of Illinois; Marie Devereux, of Washington, District of Columbia; Belinda O. Wilbour (Mrs. Joshua Wilbour), of Rhode Island; Georgina E. Shippen (Mrs. W. W. Shippen), of New Jersey; Julia K. Hogg (Mrs. N. B. Hogg), of Pennsylvania; Katherine C. Breckinridge (Mrs. Clifton R. Breckinridge), of Arkansas; Sara Isabella Hubbard (Mrs. Adolphus S. Hubbard), of California; Mary L. D. Putnam (Mrs. Charles E. Putnam), of Iowa; Delia Clayborne Buckner (Mrs. Simon B. Buckner), of Kentucky; Emily Marshall Eliot (Mrs. Samuel Eliot), of Massachusetts; Lucy Grey Henry (Mrs. William Wirt Henry), of Virginia; Elizabeth Blair Lee, of Maryland, Mrs. Francis P. Burrows (Mrs. Julius C. Burrows), Mrs. Mary H. McMillan (Mrs. James McMillan), Mrs. Emma Gregory Hull (Mrs. J. A. T. Hull), Mrs. Mary B. K. Washington (Mrs. Joseph Washington), and their associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, in the District of Columbia, by the name of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, for patriotic, historical, and educational purposes, to perpetuate the memory and |