the same shall be proceeded in to final disposition as if this act had not been passed. Approved, February 3, 1879. CHAP. 44-An act authorizing the Secretary of War to erect headstones over the graves of Union soldiers who have been interred in private, village, or city cemeteries. Feb. 3, 1879. Headstones for Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to erect headstones over the graves of soldiers who soldiers' graves in served in the Regular or Volunteer Army of the United States during private cemeteries. the war for the Union, and who have been buried in private village or city cemeteries, in the same manner as provided by the law of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, for those interred in national military cemeteries; and for this purpose, and for the expenses incident to such work, so much of the appropriation of one million dollars, made in the act above mentioned, as has not been expended, and as may be necessary, is hereby made available. The Secretary of War shall cause to be preserved in the records of his Department the names and places of burial of all soldiers for whom such headstones shall have been erected by authority of this or any former acts. Approved, February 3, 1879. 1873, ch. 229, 17 Stat., 545. Expenses. Records. CHAP. 45.-An act to amend section thirty-eight hundred and thirty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to deficiency in postmasters accounts. Feb. 4, 1873. R. S. 3835. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section thirty-eight hundred and thirty-five of the Revised Statutes is amended by adding the following: "Hereafter, when a deficiency shall be discovered in the accounts of Postmasters' acany postmaster, who after the adjustment of his accounts fails, to make counts. good such deficiency, it shall be the duty of the Sixth Auditor of the Treasury Department to notify the Postmaster-General of such failure, and upon receiving such notice the Postmaster-General shall forthwith deposit a notice in the post-office at Washington, District of Columbia, ties of deficiencies. addressed to the sureties respectively upon the bond of said postmaster, at the office where he or they may reside, if known; but a failure to give or mail such notice shall not discharge such surety or sureties upon such bond. Approved, February 4, 1879. Notice to sure CHAP. 46.—An act making an appropriation for the purchase of a site, and for the erection thereon of a military post, at El Paso, Texas. Feb. 4, 1879. Appropriation. Military post at Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purchase of the necessary grounds, and the erection thereon of a military post, at El Paso, Texas, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That before the expendi- El Paso, Texas. ture of any of the appropriation hereby made, good and sufficient title shall be made to the United States for the land contemplated by this act. Approved, February 4, 1879. Proviso. Feb. 4, 1879. CHAP. 47.-An act for the relief of the Domestic and Indian Missions and Sunday Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation. States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty-seven cents is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Education of the payment, to the Domestic and Indian Missions and Sunday School Pottawatomie In- Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, the sum due under contract with the United States for clothing and tuition furnished to the pupils in the Pottawatomie mission-school in Kansas, for the quarters ending September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty, and December thirtyfirst, eighteen hundred and sixty. dians. Feb. 4, 1879. Idaho. Approved, February 4, 1879. CHAP. 48.--An act to create an additional land-district in the Territory of Idaho Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the Territory of Idaho described and bounded as follows, namely: Commencing Oneida land-dis- at the southeastern corner of said Territory: thence running west on the trict. line between said Territory and the Territory of Utah to the line between ranges numbered twenty-three and twenty-four east, Boise meridian; thence north to the southern boundary of Lemhi County; thence west to the western line of said Lemhi County; thence north on said western line of said county to the line between the Territories of Idaho and Montana; thence easterly on said Territorial line to the eastern boundary of the Territory of Idaho; thence south on the line of the eastern boundary of Idaho Territory to the place of beginning, shall constitute a separate land district, to be called Oneida land-district, the office of which shall be located at Oxford, in Oneida County: Provided, The President of the United States may change the location of said land-office, from time to time, as the public interests may require. Proviso. Register and re-ceiver. Unfinished busi ness. Feb. 6, 1879. lumbia. SEC. 2. That the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, a register and a receiver of public moneys for said district; and said officers shall reside in the place where said land-office is located, and shall have the same powers and responsibilities; and shall receive the same fees and emoluments as like officers now receive in other land-offices in said Territory. SEC. 3. That all persons in said district who, prior to the opening of said Oneida land-office, shall have filed their declaratory statements, or application for pre-emption, homestead, or other land rights, in any landoffice, in said Territory of Idaho, shall hereafter make proofs and entries at said Oneida land-office; and all unfinished business in any other landoffice relating exclusively to lands in said Oneida land-district shall be transferred to said Oneida land office when notified by the officers of the opening thereof. Approved, February 4, 1879. CHAP. 49.-An act declaratory of the law relating to descents and inheritance in the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Co- States of America in Congress assembled, That the issue of any marriage Law of inherit of colored persons, contracted and entered into according to any custom ance and descent prevailing at the time in any of the States wherein the same occurred, as to colored per- shall, for all purposes of descent and inheritance and the transmission of both real and personal property within the District of Columbia, be deemed and held to be legitimate, and capable of inheriting and transmitting inheritance, and taking as next of kin and distributee according to law, from and to their parents, or either of them, and from and to sons. those from whom such parents, or either of them, may inherit or transmit inheritance, anything in the laws of such State to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as implying that any such marriage is not valid, or such issue legitimate for all other purposes. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 6, 1879. CHAP. 50.—An act relating to tax-sales and taxes in the District of Columbia Proviso. Feb. 6, 1879. District of Co List of tax-sales. Certificate of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the collector of taxes for the District of Columbia to prepare and keep in his lumbia. office, for public inspection, a list of lots and squares, arranged in numerical order, of all real estate in the city of Washington heretofore sold, or which may hereafter be sold, for the non-payment of any general or special tax or assessment levied or assessed upon the same, said list to show the date of sale and for what taxes sold; in whose name assessed at the time of sale; the amount for which the same was sold; when and to whom conveyed if deeded, or, if redeemed from said sale, the date of redemption. And it shall be the duty of said collector, whenever called upon, to furnish, in addition to the regular tax-bills, a certified state taxes due. ment, over his hand and official seal, of all taxes and assessments general and special, that may be due and unpaid at the time of making said certificate, and which may in any manner be a lien upon any real estate located in said District; and for each and every certificate so furnished by said collector, the party requesting the same, shall pay into the treasury of said District a fee of fifty cents; and said certificate when furnished as aforesaid, shall be a bar to the collection and recovery, from cate. any subsequent purchaser, of any tax or assessment omitted from and which may be a lien upon the real estate mentioned in said certificate, and said lien shall be discharged as to such subsequent purchaser but shall not affect the liability of the person who owned the property at the time such tax was assessed to pay the same. And it is hereby declared that all public records which have any reference, or in any way relate, to real or personal property in said District, shall be open to the public for inspection free of charge. Approved, February 6, 1879. CHAP. 65.-An act authorizing the Windham National Bank to change its location. Whereas the stockholders of the Windham National Bank, now located at Windham Centre, in the town and county of Windham and State of Connecticut, representing more than three-fourths of the capital of said bank, at a meeting specially called fer that purpose in the month of December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, did vote to change its location from Windham Centre to the village of Willimantic, in the town and county of Windham and State aforesaid: Therefore, Fee. Effect of certifi Public records. Feb. 10, 1879. Preamble. Windham Na Change of loca Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Windham National Bank now located at Windham Centre, in the town and county of Wind- tional Bank. ham and State of Connecticut, is hereby authorized to change its location to the village of Willimantic, in said town of Windham and State afore- tion. said. Before changing its location as aforesaid, the president and cashier of said bank shall execute a certificate, under the corporate seal of fact. the bank, specifying the action already taken by the stockholders of said bank and their determination as to such change of location, and shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the Comptroller of the Currency. And thereupon such change of location shall be effected, Certificate of Liabilities, etc., not affected. Feb. 14, 1879. and the operations of discount and deposit of said bank shall be carried on in the village of Willimantic. SEC. 2. That nothing in this act coutained shall be so construed as in any manner to release the said bank from any liability or affect any action or proceeding in law in which the said bank may be a party or interested, and when the time for such change shall have been determined upon by the directors of said bank notice thereof and of such change shall be published in a weekly newspaper in the said village of Willimantic not less than three weeks. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 10, 1879. CHAP. 68-An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending 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 they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the government, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes: Naval service. Pay. Retired list. Petty-officers, seamen, etc. Secretaries, cierks, etc. For the pay of the Navy, for the active list, namely: One admiral, one vice-admiral, eleven rear-admirals, eight chiefs of bureau (commodores), twenty-four commodores, forty-seven captains, ninety commanders, eighty lieutenant-commanders, two hundred and eighty lieutenants, one hundred and one masters, oue hundred ensigns, one hundred and four midshipmen, fourteen medical directors, fifteen medical inspectors, fifty surgeons, eighty-six passed assistant surgeons, fourteen assistant surgeons, twelve pay directors, thirteen pay-inspectors, fifty paymasters, thirty passed assistant paymasters, twenty assistant paymasters, sixty-nine chief engineers, ninety-eight passed assistant engineers, sixty-six assistant engineers, twenty-four chaplains, twelve professors of mathematics, ten naval constructors, five assistant naval constructors, nine civil engineers, two hundred and one warrant-officers, forty-three mates, two hundred and fifty cadet-midshipmen, additional for thirty-eight cadet-midshipmen at sea, one hundred cadet-engineers and twenty-five to be admitted in eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, additional for twenty-three cadet-engineers when at sea, one acting master, one acting ensign, three acting passed assistant surgeons, and eighteen acting assistant surgeons, three million eight hundred and twentytwo thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. For pay of the retired list, namely: For forty-six rear-admirals, twentyfive commodores, sixteen captains, thirteen commanders, fourteen lientenant-commanders, six lieutenants, fourteen masters, five ensigns, two midshipmen, four surgeon-generals, twenty-one medical directors, one medical inspector, two surgeons, two passed assistant surgeons, five assistant surgeons, three paymaster-generals, five pay directors, three paymasters, two passed assistant paymasters, two assistant paymasters, four chief engineers, seventeen passed assistant engineers, twenty-four assistant engineers, seven chaplains, six professors of mathematics, one chief constructor, four naval constructors, nine boatswains, five gunners, thirteen carpenters, and thirteen sailmakers, six hundred and forty-five thousand four hundred dollars. For pay to petty-officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys, including men in the engineers' force, and for the Coast Survey service, not exceeding seven thousand five hundred men in all, two million three hundred thousand dollars. For secretaries to the Admiral and Vice-Admiral, clerks to fleet-paymasters, paymasters of vessels, clerks at inspections, navy-yards, and stations, and extra pay to men enlisted under honorable discharge; ex Balances to meet change and mileage, and for the payment of any such officers as may be For contingent expenses of the Navy, namely: For rent and furniture Contingent. of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, examining boards, with clerks' and witnesses' fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing paymasters' offices at the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; copying; mail and express wagons and livery and express fees and freight; all books for the use of the Navy; care of library; experts' fees and costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress and pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; care and transportation of the dead; reports, professional investigation, and information from abroad; and all other emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, eighty thousand dollars. For the purchase of ordinary postage-stamps for use on official matter, Foreign postage. to be sent to foreign countries in pursuance of the requirements of the United Postal Union Treaty, five thousand dollars; to be available on and after April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. To pay for clothing and bedding of officers and others in the Navy Clothing, etc., and Marine Corps destroyed to prevent the spread of disease, one thou- destroyed. sand two hundred dollars; to be available immediately. For gratuities and medals of honor, under section fourteen hundred Medals of honor. and seven of the Revised Statutes, five hundred dollars; to be available immediately. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. For foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war, forty-five Navigation supthousand dollars. plies For services and materials in correcting compasses on board ship, and for adjusting and testing compasses on shore, three thousand dollars. For nautical and astronomical instruments, nautical books, maps, charts, and sailing directions, and repairs of nautical instruments for ships of war, nine thousand dollars. For books for libraries for ships of war, two thousand dollars. For Navy signals and apparatus, namely, signal-lights, lanterns, rockets, running-lights, drawings, and engravings for signal-books, six thousand dollars. For compass-fittings, binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships' compasses, three thousand dollars. For logs and other appliances for measuring the ship's way, and leads and other appliances for sounding, three thousand dollars. For lanterns and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on board ship, including those for the cabin, wardroom, and steerage, for the holds and spirit-room, for decks and quartermasters' use, five thousand dollars. For bunting and other materials for flags, and making and repairing flags of all kinds, four thousand dollars. |