general term to hear an appeal from any judgment or decree or order which he may have rendered at the special term. SEC. 3. The general Two circuit court term may order two terms of the circuit court to be held at the same terms. time, whenever, in their judgment the business therein shall require it; and they shall designate by an order of the court, the time and places of holding the same, and the justices by whom they shall, respectively, be held; and shall make all necessary orders for a division of the docket between the justices holding such term; and petit juries shall be drawn therefor, in the same manner as is provided for in such circuit court, at least ten days before the commencement of any such sitting. SEC. 4. The final judgment or decree of the supreme court of the District of Columbia in any case where the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, ex- preme court. ceeds the value of twenty-five hundred dollars, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the supreme court of the United States, upon writ of error or appeal in the same manner and under the same regulations as are provided in cases of writs of error on judgments or appeals from decrees rendered in a circuit-court. SEC. 5. All acts or parts of Repeals. acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act act are hereby repealed. Approved, February 25, 1879. Appeals to su CHAP. 100.-An act to authorize the restoration of Michael O'Brien to the rank of first lieutenant in the Army Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be and he is hereby authorized to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint Michael O'Brien, late first lieutenant First Regiment of Artillery, a first lieutenant of artillery in the army of the United States, with his original rank and date of commission; and that he shall be assigned to the first vacancy occurring in his grade in the artillery arm of the service: Provided, however, That he shall receive no pay for the period he was out of the service Approved, February 25, 1879. CHAP. 101.-An act directing the Secretary of War to purchase a lot of ground, situated near the city of Columbus, Ohio, now used by the United States as a cemetery. Feb. 25, 1879. M. O'Brien. Army. Feb. 25, 1879. Cemetery. Purchase of site. 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, Camp Chase and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase from the present owners a certain lot of ground, containing two and one-half acres, more or less, situated near the city of Columbus, Ohio, on the site of what was formerly known as Camp Chase, and used by the United States as a burial-place for the rebel prisoners who died while confined in the said Camp Chase (Ohio) military prison; and the sum of five hundred dollars Appropriation. is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for this purpose. Approved, February 25, 1879. CHAP. 102.-An act to authorize the issue of certificates of deposit in aid of the refunding of the public debt. Feb. 26, 1879. Public debt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to issue, in exchange for lawful money of the United States that may be presented for such exchange, aid of refunding. certificates of deposit, of the denomination of ten dollars, bearing interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, and convertible at any time, with accrued interest, into the four per centum bonds described in Proceeds. the refunding act; and the money so received shall be applied only to the payment of the bonds bearing interest at a rate of not less than five per centum in the mode prescribed by said act, and he is authorized to prescribe suitable rules and regulations in conformity with this act. Approved, February 26, 1879. ors. Feb. 26, 1879. Customs service. 1874, ch. 391, 18 Stat., 186. CHAP. 103.-An act to amend section twenty-three of the act approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "An act to amend customs-revenue laws and to repeal moieties." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Salaries of naval States of America in Congress assembled, That the twenty-third section officers and survey- of an act entitled "An act to amend customs-revenue laws and to repeal moieties", approved the twenty-second day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended, to take effect from that date, as follows: After the words "to the naval officers of the districts of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts; and San Francisco, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," insert the words "and Baltimore, Maryland; and New Orleans, Louisiana"; and after the words "to the surveyors of the ports of Boston, Massachusetts, and San Francisco, California, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, each five thou sand dollars," insert the words "Provided, the surveyors at Portland, Maine, and Baltimore, Maryland, shall each receive the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars, and the surveyor at New Orleans, Louisiana, shall receive the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars; " Approved, February 26, 1879. Feb. 26, 1879. National Road. ties in Ohio. CHAP. 104.-An act relating to the Cumberland Road in the State of Ohio, and to authorize the same to become a free road. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the United Donated to conn- States shall be, and is hereby, given to an act of the general assembly of the State of Ohio, passed April sixth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled "An act to authorize the commissioners of the several counties in that State through which the National (Cumberland) Road passes to take under their care and control so much of said road as lies within the limits of such counties respectively"; and also to an act passed March twenty-second, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, to amend section three of said last named act, granting authority to said commissioners to make certain parts of said road a free road. May be made a free road. Proviso. SEC. 2. That the consent of the United States is hereby granted to the State of Ohio to authorize any portion of the Cumberland Road lying east of Springfield, Ohio, and in said State, to become, or to be declared, a free road: Provided, That this consent shall have no effect in respect of creating or recognizing any duty or liability whatever on the part of the United States. Approved, February 26, 1879. Feb. 26, 1879. CHAP. 105.-An act to promote a knowledge of steam-engineering and iron-ship building among the students of scientific schools or colleges in the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Naval engineers. States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of promotMay be assigned ing a knowledge of steam-engineering and iron-ship building among the as professors in young men of the United States, the President may, upon the applicascientific schools. tion of an established scientific school or college within the United States, detail an officer from the Engineer Corps of the Navy as professor in such school or college: Provided, That the number of officers so de- CHAP. 106.-An act to amend an act entitled "An act 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", approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Proviso. Proviso. Feb. 26, 1879. 1878, ch. 359, Ante, 207. Public binding. Rule as to, not to apply to Libraries Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, of Patent Office and for other purposes", approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and State Departand seventy-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to ment. the clause of said act relating to the binding of books for the departments of the government, after the words "Congressional Library", the following words: "nor to the Library of the Patent Office", nor to the Library of the Department of State. Approved, February 26, 1879. CHAP. 109.-An act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to accept for the purposes of a voyage of exploration by way of Behring's Straits, the ship Jeannette, tendered by James Gordon Bennett for that purpose. Feb. 27, 1879. vice. Enlistment and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Polar Expedibe, and he is hereby, authorized to accept and take charge of, for the tion. use of a North Polar Expedition by way of Behring's straits, the ship Ship Jeannette Jeannette, owned by James Gordon Bennett, and by him devoted to accepted for serthis purpose; that he may use, in fitting her for her voyage of explora tion, any material he may have on hand proper for the purposes of an Arctic voyage; and that he is further authorized to enlist the necessary crew for the said vessel for "special service", their pay to be temporarily pay of men. met from the pay of the Navy, and to be paid or refunded by James Gordon Bennett to the Navy Department under the order of the Secretary of the Navy and as he may require; the vessel to proceed on her voyage of exploration under the orders and instructions of the Navy Department; that the men so "specially enlisted" as above shall be subject in all respects to the Articles of War and Navy Regulations and discipline; and that all parts of the act approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, inconsistent with the above, be, and they are hereby, repealed: Provided, That the government of the United States shall not be held liable for any expenditure incurred or to be incurred on account of said exploration. Approved, February 27, 1879. CHAP. 110.—An act to provide for the settlement of tax-lien certificates erroneously issued by the late authorities of the District of Columbia. Subject to Articles of War. 1878, ch. 38, Ante, 31. Proviso. Feb. 27, 1879. District of Co Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to settle and pay to the holders of certain tax-lien certificates purporting to have been lumbia. issued pursuant to an act of the legislative assembly of the District of Columbia approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventythree, which the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may deter Erroneous taxlien certificates. arrearages. Receivable for mine to have been erroneously issued by the late authorities of the said District against property exempt from taxation at the time the taxes were imposed, or property upon which the taxes purporting to be represented by said certificates had been paid, the Commissioners of the District be, and they are hereby, authorized to receive the same in satisfaction of any arrearages of taxes prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, except special improvement taxes; and immediately upon the redemption of such erroneously issued certificates, the same shall be canceled, and a proper record of such payment and cancellation be made. Approved, February 27, 1879. CHAP. 112.—An act extending the limits of the port of New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the collection-district of the port of New York shall hereafter include, in addition to the other territory embraced therein, all that part of the county of Hudson, in the State of New Jersey, and the waters adjacent, now within the collectiondistrict of Newark, New Jersey, east of Newark Bay and the Hackensack River. Approved, February 28, 1879. March 1, 1879. E. R. Clarke. CHAP. 114.-An act for the relief of Edwin R Clarke Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of law regulating appointments in the Army by promotion in the line are hereby suspended for the purposes of this act, and only so far as they affect Restoration to Edwin R. Clarke; and the President can, if he so desire, in the exercise Army. of his own discretion and judgment, nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint said Edwin R Clarke, late second lieutenant of the Tenth Regiment of United States Infantry, to the same grade and rank of second lieutenant held by him on the twelfth day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, in any vacancy occurring in the grade of second lieutenant in said regiment: Provided, however, That no pay, compensation, or allowance whatever shall ever be given to said Clarke for the time between said twelfth day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and the date of the appointment hereunder: And provided further, That the acceptance of any benefit under this act by said Edwin R. Clarke shall be taken and construed to be, by his election, a bar to any claim for pay or allowances from the date of his discharge to his acceptance of a commission, if one be granted him under the provisions of this act. Approved, March 1, 1879. Proviso. Proviso. March 1, 1879. CHAP. 115.-An act for the relief of the officers and privates of the New Mexico Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United New Mexico States of America in Congress assembled, That the Court of Claims shall Mounted Volun- take jurisdiction of and adjudge the claims of officers and privates of the New Mexico Mounted Volunteers in the service of the United States teers. Claims referred to Court of Claims, during the war of the rebellion, on account of losses of horses and equipments, although the same shall not be presented within six years from the time they accrued: Provided, That no such claim shall be considered unless the petition setting forth the same be filed within one year from the passage of this act Approved, March 1, 1879. CHAP. 116.-An act donating condemned cannon and cannon-balls to the Colchester March 1, 1879. Colchester Mon Condemned can 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 to deliver, if the same can be done without ument Association. detriment to the government, to the Colchester Monument Association, of Colchester, State of Connecticut, four condemned cannon, to be placed on a monument erected in honor of the deceased soldiers of said Colchester. Approved, March 1, 1879. CHAP. 117.—An act donating condemned cannon and cannon-balls to Ledyard Monument Association, of Ledyard, Connecticut, for monumental purposes. 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 to deliver, if the same can be done without detriment to the government, to the Ledyard Monument Association of Ledyard, State of Connecticut, four condemned cannon, to be placed on a monument erected in honor of the deceased soldiers of said Ledyard. Approved, March 1, 1879. CHAP. 118.-An act donating a condemned cannon and cannon-balls to Post Number One hundred and forty-five, Grand Army of the Republic, district of Massachusetts. non, etc., to. March 1, 1879. Ledyard Monument Association. Condemned can non, etc., to. March 1, 1879. Grand Army of Condemned cannon, etc., to Post 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 to deliver, if the same can be done without the Republic. detriment to the government, one condemned cannon and four cannonballs, for monumental purposes, to Post Number One hundred and forty- 145.' five of the Grand Army of the Republic, district of Massachusetts, the same to be placed in Woodlawn Cemetery, in the town of Attleborough, in said State. Approved, March 1, 1879. CHAP. 119.—An act donating condemned cannon to Bayard Post for mentioned. Grand Army of Condemned can 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 to deliver to Bayard Post, Number Eight, the Republic. Grand Army of the Republic, of Trenton, New Jersey, four condemned non to Bayard cannon, to be placed in a lot in Greenwood Cemetery, Trenton, held by Post. said post as a free burial-ground for ex-soldiers, sailors, and marines who have been honorably discharged from the United States service. SEC. 2. That James N. Rue, Joseph H. Sutterly, and Joseph R. Woodruff, the board of corporators of said Bayard Post, Number Eight, Grand Army of the Republic, shall receipt for the said condemned cannon. Approved, March 1, 1879. CHAP. 120.—An act donating condemned cannon to the city of Boston for monumental purposes. March 1, 1879. Boston, Mass. 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 is hereby, authorized, if the same can be done without detriment to the government, to donate ten twelve-pounder bronze guns to the non to. Condemned can |