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OF

THE PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS

OF CONGRESS

CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

ACTS OF THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

(STATUTES I.-1885-1886.)

Duplicate certificate of deposit. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a duplicate certificate of deposit to the People's National Bank of Lawrenceburghi, Indiana. January 19, 1886 Acting President. An act to provide for the performance of the duties of the office of President in case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability both of the President and VicePresident. January 19, 1886

Wyoming legislature. An act to legalize the election of the Territorial legislative assembly of Wyoming. January 19, 1886

Public building, New York City. An act making an appropriation for the purchase of the old Produce Exchange building, and the site bounded by Whitehall, Pearl, Moore, and Water streets, New York City, for Army purposes. February 2, 1886..

Northern Cheyennes. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use certain unexpended
balances for the relief of the Northern Cheyennes in Montaua. February 9, 1886..
National Bank of Winona, Minn. An act to change the name of the National Bank of Winona.
February 15, 1886

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Merchants' National Bank, Little Rock, Ark. An act to authorize the Merchants' National Bank of

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Caroline Miller. An act to provide for an American register for the steamship Caroline Miller, of Baltimore, Maryland. March 13, 1886....

Little Rock, Arkansas, to change its name to the First National Bank of Little Rock. ruary 15, 1886..

Public building, Fort Smith, Ark. An act to provide for a building for the use of the Federal courts, post-office, and internal revenue and other civil offices, and a United States jail, in the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. March 16, 1886.

Ozama.

An act to pro ide for an American register for the steamship Ozama, of New York City.
March 18, 1886...
Pensions, widows and dependent relatives. An act to increase the pensions of widows and dependent
relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors. March 19, 1886.
Urgent deficiencies appropriations. An act to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in
the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes. March 26, 1886.
National banks, receivers of. An act additional to an act entitled "An act to provide a national
currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and
redemption thereof," passed June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. March 29, 1886..
First National Bank, Shakopee, Minn. An act to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the
First National Bank of Shakopee, Minnesota. March 29, 1886..
Government Printing Office material. An act to enable the Public Printer to continue in effect the
provisions of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing the Public Printer to
remove certain material from the Government Printing Office," approved February sixth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-three. March 29, 1886...

Postal Laws and Regulations. An act to authorize the publication of a new edition of the Postal
Laws and Regulations. March 30, 1886....

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Acting Assistant Treasurer. An act to amend section three hundred and four of the Revised Statates of the United States, authorizing the temporary appointment of an Acting Assistant Treasurer. March 31, 1886

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Public building, San Antonio, Tex. An act providing for the erection of a public building at San
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Bridge, Mississippi River. An act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River at or near Alton, Illinois, and for other purposes. April 15, 1886.. Dam, etc., Mississippi River. An act to authorize the Mississippi Water-Power and Boom Company, of Brainard, Minnesota, to construct a dam across the Mississippi River. April 15, 1886.. Congressional Library building. An act authorizing the construction of a building for the accommodation of the Congressional Library. April 15, 1886... William P. Randall. An act authorizing the President of the United States to appoint Lieutenant William P. Randall a lieutenant commander on the retired-list of the Navy. April 17, Uniontown, D. C. An act to change the name of Uniontown to Anacostia. April 22, 1886... Bridges, Wisconsin, Chippewa, and Saint Croix Rivers. An act to amend the act of Congress approved June twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled "An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Wisconsin, Chippewa, and Saint Croix Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin." April 22, 1886

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Boxes, etc., Treasury Department. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the rightful owners the contents of certain boxes deposited in the Treasury Department by the Secretary of War. April 22, 1886 Light-ship, Chesapeake Bay. An act to establish a light-ship off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. April 22, 1886..

Revised Statutes, brewer's bond. An act to amend section thirty-three hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States. April 29, 1886... Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims. An act extending the time for the completion of the records of the clerk of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and the transfer of the same to the Department of State. April 30, 1886.. Immediate transportation, Portland, Oreg., Port Townsend, Wash. Ter., An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. May 1, 1886 Louisville, Ky., partition of land in. An act authorizing the partition of certain land in Louisville, Kentucky, belonging jointly to John Echols and the Government of the United States. May 1, 1886. Right of way, Arsenal and Naval Asylum grounds, Philadelphia, Pa. An act granting the right of way to the Schuylkill River East Side Railroad Company through the arsenal and naval asylum grounds at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 1, 1886.. Monument, Plymouth, Mass. An act in aid of the national monument at Plymouth, Massachusetts. May 1, 1886

National banks, change of names, etc. An act to enable national banking associations to increase their capital stock and to change their names or locations. May 1, 1886. Public building, Jackson, Tenn. An act making an appropriation to complete the public building

at Jackson, Tennessee, and to reappropriate an unexpended balance therefor. May 1, 1886.
Chattanooga, Tenn., street granted to. An act to grant for the use of the public a street across the
United States grounds in the city of Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee. May 1, 1886..
Light-house, Seul Choix Point, Michigan. An act to establish a light-house at Seul Choix Point,
Michigan. May 1, 1886.

Nebraska land districts. An act to establish two additional land-districts in the State of Nebraska.
May 3, 1886

Dubuque, Iowa, land to. An act to amend the act of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-
four, and for other purposes. May 3, 1886

Public building, Rochester, N. Y. An act limiting the cost of the erection of a public building at
Rochester, New York. May 3, 1886..

Right of way, powder-depot, Dover, N. J. An act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes
through the lauds of the United States powder-depot near Dover, New Jersey, to the Morris
County Railroad Company. May 6, 1886..

Public lands, homestead settlers. An act to protect homestead settlers within railway limits and for other purposes. May 6, 1886

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Oscar Eastmond and James W. Atwill. An act for the relief of Oscar Eastmond and James W. Atwill.
May 11, 1886

Missouri Home Guards. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certificates of dis-
charge to certain members of the Missouri Home Guards. May 15, 1886..
Alley, square 635, Washington, D. C. An act authorizing the District of Columbia to convey the
alley, fifteen feet wide, running cast and west between lots six and seven, in square six hun-
dred and thirty-five, comprising an area of three thousand four hundred and eighty square
fect of land, to the owner of said lots. May 15, 1886....

Bridge, Saint Croix River. An act to authorize the Chicago, Freeport and Saint Paul Railroad Com-
pany to construct a bridge across the Saint Croix River (or lake) at any accessible point be-
tween Prescott, Wisconsin, and Stillwater, Minnesota. May 15, 1886..
Bridge, Mississippi River. An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi
River at or near Keithsburg, in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. May 15, 1886..
Bridges, Illinois and Des Moines Rivers. An act authorizing the construction of bridges across tho
Illinois River, in the State of Illinois, and the Des Moines River, in the State of Iowa, and for
other purposes. May 15, 1886....

Bridge, Red River. An act to authorize the Red River Bridge Company of Texas to maintain a
bridge across Red River. May 15, 1886..

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Indian appropriations. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of
the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for
the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes.
May 15, 1886.......
Bridge, Mississippi River. An act to authorize the construction of a railroad and wagon bridge across
the Mississippi River from Winona, Minnesota, to the opposite shore in Wisconsin. May 15,
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Bridge. Fellowstone River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Yellowstone
River in Montana. May 15, 1886.....

Military Academy graduates. An act to regulate the promotion of graduates of the United States
Military Academy. May 17, 1886...

Port of entry, Mount Desert Ferry, Me. An act providing for the establishment of a port of entry
at Mount Desert Ferry, in the town of Hancock, in the State of Maine. May 17, 1886....
Fight of way, arsenal grounds, Philadelphia, Pa. An act granting the right of way to the Kensington
and Tacony Railroad Company through the arsenal grounds at Bridesburg, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. May 17, 1886.....
Charge of desertion removed. An act to remove the charge of desertion from the rolls and records
in the Office of the Adjutant-General of the Army against certain soldiers. May 17, 1886...
Statue of Maj. Gen. John A. Rawlins. An act authorizing the removal of the statue of Major-General
John A. Rawlius from its present location to a site to be selected by the Secretary of War.
May 17, 16.

Public building, Belfast, Me. An act for the extension and repair of the public building at Belfast,
Maine. May 17, 1886...

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Bridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River
at some accessible point within ten miles below and five miles above the city of Kansas City,
Missouri. May 17, 1886
Bridge, Tennessee River. An act to give the assent of Congress to the construction of a bridge by
the Nashville, Jackson and Memphis Railroad Company over the Tennessee River. May 17,
Public building, Dallas, Tex. An act for the addition of a third story to the public building in
Dallas, Texas. May 17, 1836..
Bridge, Missouri River. An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at
or near the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and for other purposes. May 17, 1886..
Bridge, Kansas River. An act authorizing the Inter-State Rapid Transit Railway Company to build
a bridge across the Kansas River. May 17, 1886..........
Public building, Fort Wayne, Ind. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase
an additional strip of ground on the east side of the United States court-house and post-
office building at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to be paid for out of the appropriation already
made. May 17, 1886..
Bridge Missouri Kirer. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River
at a point to be selected either in the counties of Clay and Jackson, in the State of Missouri,
or in the county of Clay or Platte, in said State, and the county of Wyandotte, in the State
of Kansas, and to make the same a post-route. May 17, 1886..
Bridge, Mississippi River. An act to authorize the construction of a pile and pontoon railway and
wagon bridge across the Mississippi River from the city of Red Wing, Minnesota, to the op-
posite shore, in the State of Wisconsin. May 17, 1886

Cridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River
at the most accessible point between the mouth of the Fenme Osage Creek and a point two
miles above the city of Saint Charles, in the county of Saint Charles, in the State of Mis-
souri. May 17, 1886....
Bridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River
at the most accessible point in Saline City, or within five miles above or five miles below the
same, in the county of Saline, in the State of Missouri. May 17, 1886 .
Fridge, Red River. An act grauting to the Gainesville and Chickasaw Bridge Company the con-
scut of the United States to construct and maintain a bridge over Red River at or near
Brown's Ferry, in Cooke County, Texas. May 17, 1886.

Bridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River
at some accessible point within two miles north and two miles south of the city of Atchi-
son, in the county of Atchison, in the State of Kansas. May 17, 1886..

Bridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge by the Dakota Central Railway Company across the Missouri River at Pierre, Dakota. May 17, 1885

hridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company to construct, operate, and maintain a bridge across the Missouri River near or in the Vicinity of Chamberlain, in the Territory of Dakota. May 17, 1886

light of way, Fort Selden Military Reservation. Au act granting the right of way through the Fort
Selden Military Reservation, in New Mexico, to the Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Rail-
road Company. May 18, 1886....

Alcoholic drinks and narcotics. An act to provide for the study of the nature of alcoholic drinks
and narcotics, and of their effects upon the human system, in connection with the several
divisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene, by the pupils in the public schools of the
Territorics and of the District of Columbia, and in the Military and Naval Academies, and
Indian and colored schools in the Territories of the United States. May 20, 1886..
Pridge, Ohio Riter. An act to authorize the Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railway and Bridge
Company to erect a bridge across the Ohio River. May 20, 1886.

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Public building, Wichita, Kas. An act for the completion of a public building at Wichita, Kansas.
May 24, 1886..

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Mississippi River, South Pass. An act making appropriation to supply deficiency in amount required for expenditure to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for examination and surveys required by acts of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to ascertain depth of water and width of channel at South Pass of Mississippi River. May 26, 1886...

Chicago, Ill., land in. An act to provide for the ascertainment of the market value of certain property in the city of Chicago, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell and convey said property. May 27, 1886..

Michigan. An act to authorize and direct the registry and enrollment of the barge Michigan, of Alpena, Michigan. May 28, 1886..

Deficiency appropriations for public printing, pensions, and pay of drmy. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for public printing, pensions, and pay of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty six. May 28, 1886 Right of way, Indian Territory. An act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. June 1, 1886

Port of entry, Cape Charles City, Va. An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States. June 1, 1886 Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad. An act to a nend an act entitled "Au act to grant a right

of way for a railroad and telegraph line through the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Nations of Indians to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company, and for other
purposes." June 1, 1886

Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims. An act to provide for closing up the business and pay-
ing the expenses of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, and for other purposes.
June 2, 1886..
Bridge, Arthur Kill. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Staten Island Sound,
known as Arthur Kill, and to establish the same as a post-road. June 16, 1886.
Shipping act. An act to abolish certain fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend
the laws relating to shipping commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other
purposes. June 19, 1886...

Arkansas, judicial districts. An act to detach the counties of Howard, Little River, and Sevier
from the western and add them to the eastern district of Arkansas. June 19, 1886..
Columbia County, Washington Territory. An act to authorize Columbia County, in Washington Ter-
ritory, to issue bonds for the construction of a court house. June 19, 1886..
Life-saving stations. An act to establish additional life-saving stations. June 19, 1886.
Aqueduct Bridge, District of Columbia. An act to authorize the purchase of the Aqueduct Bridge or
the construction of a bridge across the Potomac River at or near Georgetown, District of
Columbia. June 21, 1886

National Trades Unions. Án act to legalize the incorporation of National Trades Unions. June
29, 1886..
Money-orders. An act to reduce the fee on domestic money-orders for sums not exceeding five dol-
lars. June 29, 1886

Clerk-hire, post-offices. An act to make the allowances for clerk-hire to post masters of the first and
second-class post-offices cover the cost of clerical labor in the money-order business, and for
other purposes. June 29, 1886.

Military Academy appropriations. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military
Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
June 29, 1886

Leares of absence, Government Printing Office. An act granting leave of absence to employés in the
Government Printing Office. June 30, 1886...

Postal service appropriations. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office De-
partment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. June
30, 1886..
Army appropriations. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes. June 30,
1886.
Agricultural appropriations. Au act making an appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for
the fiscal year ending Jane 30, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes.
June 30, 1886
Right of way, Forts Russell and Laramie reservations. An act to authorize the Cheyenne and North-
ern Railway Company to build its road across the Fort Russell and Fort Laramie Military
Reservations. June 30, 1886
Public building, Savannah, Ga. An act for the erection of a public building at Savannah, Georgia.
June 30, 1886
Public building, Hannibal, Mo. An act making an appropriation to complete the public building
at Hannibal, Missouri, in accordance with the original plan of the Supervising Architect of the
Treasury, to make the same fire-proof. June 30, 1856..
Public building, Peoria, Ill. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the erection
of a public building in the city of Peoria, in the State of Illinois," approved May 9, 1882. June
30, 1886....

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Public building, Frankfort, Ky. An act appropriating money for the completion of the public building at Frankfort, Kentucky. June 30, 1886

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Florida, terms of court. An act to change the time of holding United States circuit and district courts in the southern district of the State of Florida. June 30, 1886..

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