tee of Accounts upon proper certification by the chairmen of the respective committees named in said resolutions, whether said clerks were sworn or not, at the time they were respectively employed. Approved, June 19, 1878. June 19, 1878. [No. 40.] Joint resolution to pay certain contested election expenses. Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas Contested-elec- ury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of any tion expenses. money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated the following sums to the parties herein named on account and in part of the amounts due them for expenses of contest for seats in the House of Representatives, Forty fifth Congress of the United States: J. J. Finley, second district Florida, one thousand dollars. Jere Haralson, fourth district Alabama, one thousand dollars. John S. Richardson, first district South Carolina one thousand dollars. G. D. Tilman fifth district South Carolina, one thousand dollars. Peter D. Wigginton, fourth district California, one thousand dollars. R. Pacheco, fourth district California, one thousand dollars. Thomas M. Patterson, Colorado, one thousand dollars. James B. Belford Colorado, one thousand dollars. J. H. Acklen third district Louisiana one thousand dollars. Chester B. Darrall third district Louisiana one thousand dollars. John R. Lynch sixth district Mississippi, five hundred dollars; and to M. P. OConnor sixth district South Carolina the sum of five hundred dollars in full for all his expenses of contest Approved, June 19, 1878. June 20, 1878. litia. [No. 41.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to turn over to the Governor of West Virginia such tents, poles, and pins as he may require for the use of the militia and volunteer organizations of the State at their summer and fall encamp ment. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States West Virginia. of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he Tents, etc., for is hereby, directed to deliver to the Governor of West Virginia such er campment of mi- tents, poles, and pins, and camp and garrison equipage, as he may require, and as may be in the Quartermaster's Department, and can, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be spared for such purpose. The QuarBond for return. termaster shall take a good and sufficient bond for the return of such property in good condition after such use of the same: Provided, The Secretary of War approve thereof. Proviso. Approved, June 20, 1878. June 20, 1878. ral. [No. 42.] Joint resolution to amend the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy nine, and for other purposes." Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United First Assistant States of America in Congress assembled, That "An act making appropriPostmaster-Gene- ations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the govern ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes, approved June nineteenth eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be amended so as to make the footing of the paragraph making appropriations for the office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General read seventy thousand one hundred and forty dollars instead of seventeen thousand one hundred and forty dollars. Approved, June 20, 1878. Correction of ap propriation for of fice of. 1878, ch. 329, Ante, p. 202. PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTY-FIFTH 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 third day of December, 1878, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the fourth day of March, 1879. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, President. WILLIAM A. WHEELER, Vice-President and President of the Senate. THOMAS W. FERRY was elected President of the Senate pro tempore on the fourth of March, 1879. SAMUEL J. RANDALL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. 2.-An act establishing the rank of the senior inspector-general. Dec. 12, 1878. Inspector-Gen Rank of. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act the rank of the senior inspector-general of the United States eral. army shall be brigadier-general; but no pay or allowances shall be made to said officer other than from the date of appointment under this act: And provided, That nothing herein enacted shall authorize any increase in the number or the rank of the other officers of the Inspector-General's Department as fixed by the first section of the act of June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. Approved, December 12, 1878. CHAP. 3.-An act for the relief of William Gibson Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to restore William Gibson, now a commander, from the retired to the active list of the Navy: Provided, however, In case of such restoration, the said Gibson shall be entitled to no higher rank on said active list than that held by him as a lieutenantcommander at the time of his transfer to the retired list: And provided further, That no claim for arrearages of pay shall accrue to said Gibson by reason of restoration under the provisions of this act Approved, December 12, 1878. CHAP. 4.-An act to aid in the protection of the public buildings and property against loss and damage by fire Dec. 12, 1878. W. Gibson. Restored to active list of Navy. Dec. 13, 1878. Protection of from firo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a commission composed of the Commissioner of Patents, the Supervising Architect of the Treasury public buildings Department, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby constituted and authorized to examine such automatic signal telegraph systems as may be submitted to them by the owners and agents thereof, (257) XX-17 Dec. 16, 1878. 1878, ch. 359, Ante, 230. Commission. Term of office. 1877, ch. 108, 19 Stat., 377. and to ascertain which of the same is best adapted for the purpose of the earliest and most certain transmission by signal of the occurrence of fire, and also the adaptability, usefulness, and need of the same for the further protection of the buildings and property of the government in the several departments in Washington, and to report the results of their examination to the next session of Congress Approved, December 13, 1878. CHAP. 5.—An act to correct an error of enrollment in bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation. States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay for clerk hire, engineering, marshal's fees, Hot Springs salaries, and other expenses of the Hot Springs Commission; and the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint with the advice and consent of the Senate, three discreet, competent, and disinterested persons, who shall constitute a board of commissioners, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, who shall hold their offices for the period of one year from the date of their appointment, and shall have the same powers and authority in all respects as was provided for the commissioners appointed under the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act in relation to the Hot Springs reservation in the State of Arkansas"; which act is hereby revived and continued in full force for the purpose of enabling said board of commissioners to take possession of all records, papers, and proofs, and to determine the claims presented to the board of commissioners appointed under said act, whose term of office has expired, and to do and perform all other acts and duties authorized by said act. Arlington Hotel And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to lease to the grounds. present proprietors of the Arlington Hotel or their assigns the grounds, not exceeding one acre, now occupied by them, for a period of ten years, unless otherwise provided by law, at an annual rental of one thousand dollars. And he is further directed to lease the bath-houses of a permanent nature now upon the Hot Springs reservation to the owners of the same, and lease to any person or persons upon such terms as may be agreed ou, sites for the building of other bath-houses for the term of five years, unless otherwise provided by law, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe; and the tax imposed shall not exceed fifteen dollars per tub per annum, including land rent: Provided, That said leases shall in no way prejudice any legal right that any person or persons may have acquired under the act hereby revived and continued, Limit to bath to any improvements on said ground: And provided further, That to prevent monopoly, no bath-house or hotel shall be supplied with more than enough water for forty bath-tubs of the usual size, unless there shall be more than enough hot-water to supply all other demands for the same, in which case no single establishment shall be allowed more than forty bath-tubs of the usual size: And provided further, That the superintendent shall provide and maintain a sufficient number of free baths for the use of the indigent, and the expense thereof shall be defrayed out of the rentals herein before provided for. Bath-houses. Tax tubs. Free baths. Fractions of lots. In cases where fractions of lots are made by straightening, widening or laying out streets, the commissioners shall have power to determine the disposal of the same, giving the preference to the owners of abutting Conditions of lots: Provided, That all titles given or to be given by the United States shall explicitly exclude the right to the purchaser of the land, his heirs or assigns, from ever boring thereon for hot water; and the Hot Springs, with the reservation and mountain are hereby dedicated to the United States, and shall remain forever free from sale or alienation. titles. Approved, December 16, 1878. CHAP. 8.—An act authorizing the donation of twenty condemned bronze cannon to aid in the erection of a monument to the memory of General George A. Custer, at the Military Academy at West Point. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to deliver to the commandant of the United States Military Academy twenty condemned bronze cannon, if the same can be spared without detriment to the public service to be disposed of by him as he may see proper for the purpose of aiding in the erection of a monument to the memory of General George A. Custer on the grounds of the Military Academy at West Point. Approved, December 21, 1878. CHAP. 9.—An act changing the time of holding the terms of the United States Circuit Dec. 21, 1878. Geo. A. Custer. ument. Dec. 21, 1878. West Virginia. Time for holding term of circuit Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of West Virginia shall be held at Parkersburg on the tenth days of January and June. And when either court at Parkersof said dates shall fall on Sunday the term shall commence on the fol- burg. lowing Monday. And all pending cases, process, rules, and proceedings shall be conducted in the same manner and with the same effect as to time as if this act had not passed. Approved, December 21, 1878. CHAP. 10.-An act to provide for a deficiency in the appropriation for transportation of mails by railroads for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to meet the deficiency in the appropriation for the transportation of mails by railroads for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine: Provided, That no increase in the postal-car service beyond what existed on the first of December eighteen hundred and seventy-eight shall be made during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Approved, December 21, 1878. CHAP. 11.—An act to amend an act approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and to fix the rate of interest on bonds authorized by said act to be issued by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provision of the act making appropriation for sundry civil expenses approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to issue bonds to redeem certain bonds of said District falling due January first and March first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that the last clause of the paragraph containing said provision shall read as follows: "Said bonds shall be registered or coupon bonds and shall be of the denomination of one hundred dollars or five hundred dollars or both and shall be payable twenty years after date, and bearing a rate of interest, not exceeding six per centum, and not to be sold for less than their par value, and to be awarded to the most favorable bidder or bidders, after having been advertised by the Treasurer of the United States, as sinking Dec. 21, 1878. Appropriation. of mail. No increase of postal-car service. 1879, ch. 180, Post, 357. Dec. 23, 1878. District of Co lumbia. 1878, ch. 359, Ante, p. 208. Issue of bonds. Character. Interest. Sales. Redemption of maturing bonds. Re-assessment penses. fund commissioner of said District, for ten successive insertions in two daily papers in Washington and two in New York; the bids to be opened in the presence of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the award to be subject to his approval." SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to advance to the sinking-fund commissioner, upon requisition of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, a sum not exceeding two hundred and eighty-one thousand and five hundred dollars, to pay the bonds of said District falling due as aforesaid, and the amount so advanced shall be reimbursed to the United States from the sale of the bonds to be issued in accordance with the provisions of this act. SEC. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be authorand census ex- ized to expend a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars to defray the expenses of the re-assessment of real property and taking the census in said District, as directed in the act of Congress approved April third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Approved, December 23, 1878. Jan. 13, 1879. Tennessee. CHAP. 12.-An act to authorize the proper accounting-officer of the Treasury to audit and pay the claim of the State of Tennessee for keeping United States military pris oners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accountingPayment for officer of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized to audit, and, when keeping military audited, to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approprisoners. priated, the amount due the State of Tennessee if any amount is found due for keeping and maintaining United States military prisoners. Approved, January 13, 1879. Jan. 20, 1879. CHAP. 19.-An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations. States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury Military Acad- not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty: For pay of two professors, at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, seven thousand dollars. emy. Pay of professors and others. Salary of adjutant. For pay of seven professors, at three thousand dollars per annum each, twenty-one thousand dollars. For additional pay of professors for length of service, seven thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and thirty-three cents. For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, uine hundred dollars. For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars. For pay of eight assistant professors, in addition to pay as first lieutenants, four thousand dollars. For pay of three instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, in addition to pay as first lieutenants, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of four assistant instructors of tactics, commanding companies, in addition to pay as second lieutenants, two thousand four hundred dollars. For pay of adjutant, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, three hundred dollars: Provided, That the sum paid to said officer shall not exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. For pay of one master of the sword, one thousand five hundred dollars. |