any enumerator in his district, and fill the vacancy thereby caused or otherwise occurring; and in such cases but one compensation sha'l be allowed for the entire service, to be apportioned among the persons performing the same in the discretion of the Superintendent of Census.

SEC. 24. All laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions Repeals. of this act are hereby repealed; and all censuses subsequent to the tenth census shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of this act unless Congress shall hereafter otherwise provide. Approved, March 3, 1879.

CHAP. 196.-An act giving the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact entered into between the States of Virginia and Maryland respecting the boundary between said States.

March 3, 1879.

Maryland and

Preamble.

Whereas arbitrators duly appointed on the part of the State of Virginia and on the part of the State of Maryland for the purpose of ascer- Virginia boundary. taining and fixing the boundary between the States of Virginia and Maryland, did proceed in the premises to examine into and ascertain the true line of said boundary, and did award as to the same in words following, to wit:

"AWARD.

"And now, to wit, January sixteenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, the undersigned, being a majority of the arbitrators to whom the States of Virginia and Maryland, by acts of their respective legislatures, submitted the controversies concerning their territorial limits, with authority to ascertain and determine the true line of boundary between them, having heard the allegations of the said States, and examined the proofs on both sides, do find, declare, award, ascertain, and determine that the true line of boundary between the said States, so far as they are conterminous with one another, is as follows, to wit:

"Beginning at the point on the Potomac River where the line between Virginia and West Virginia strikes the said river at low-water mark, and thence, following the meanderings of said river, by the low-water mark, to Smith's Point, at or near the mouth of the Potomac, in the latitude thirty-seven degrees fifty-three minutes eight seconds, and longitude seventy-six degrees thirteen minutes forty-six seconds; thence crossing the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, by a line running north sixty-five degrees thirty minutes east, about nine and a half nautical miles, to a point on the western shore of Smiths Island, at the north end of Sassafras Hammock, in latitude thirty-seven degrees fifty-seven minutes thirteen seconds, longitude seventy-six degrees two minutes fifty-two seconds; thence across Smith's Island south eighty-eight degrees thirty minutes east, five thousand six hundred and twenty yards, to the center of Horse Hammock, on the eastern shore of Smith's Island, in latitude thirty-seven degrees fifty-seven minutes eight seconds, longitude seventyfive degrees fifty-nine minutes twenty seconds; thence south seventynine degrees thirty minutes east, four thousand eight hundred and eighty yards, to a point marked A on the accompanying map, in the middle of Tangier Sound, in latitude thirty-seven degrees fifty-six minutes forty-two seconds, longitude seventy-five degrees fifty-six minutes twenty-three seconds, said point bearing from Janes Island light south fifty-four degrees west, and distant from that light three thousand five hundred and sixty yards; thence south ten degrees thirty minutes west, four thousand seven hundred and forty yards, by a line dividing the waters of Tangier Sound, to a point where it intersects the straight line from Smith's Point to Watkin's Point said point of intersection being in latitude thirty-seven degrees fifty-four minutes twenty-one seconds, longitude seventy-five degrees fifty-six minutes fifty-five seconds, bearing from Jane's Island light south twenty-nine degrees west, and from Horse Hammock south thirty-four degrees thirty minutes east; this point of intersection is marked B on the accompanying map; thence north eighty-five degrees

Award.

Award, cont'd.

fifteen minutes east, six thousand seven hundred and twenty yards, along the line above mentioned, which runs from Smith's Point to Wat kin's Point until it reaches the latter spot, namely, Watkin's Point, which is in latitude thirty-seven degrees fifty-four minutes thirty-eight seconds, longitude seventy-five degrees fifty-two minutes forty-four seconds; from Watkin's Point the boundary line runs due east seven thousand eight hundred and e:ghty yards, to a point where it meets a line running through the middle of Pocomoke Sound, which is marked C on the accompanying map, and is in latitude thirty-seven degrees fifty-four minutes thirty-eight seconds, longitude seventy-five degrees forty-seven minutes fifty seconds; thence by a line dividing the waters of Pocomoke Sound, north forty-seven degrees thirty minutes east, five thousand two hundred and twenty yards, to a point in said sound marked D on the accompanying map, in latitude thirty-seven degrees fifty-six minutes twenty-five seconds, longitude seventy-five degrees forty-five minutes twenty-six seconds; thence following the middle of the Pocomoke River by a line of irregular curves, as laid down on the accompanying map, until it intersects the westward protraction of the boundary line marked by Scarborough and Calvert, May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, at a point in the middle of the Pocomoke River and in the latitude thirty-seven degrees fifty-nine minutes thirty-seven seconds, longitude seventy-five degrees thirty-seven minutes four seconds; thence by the Scarborough and Calvert line, which runs five degrees fifteen minutes north of east, to the Atlantic Ocean: the latitudes, longitudes, courses, and distances here given have been measured upon the Coast Chart, number thirty-three, of the United States Coast Survey (sheet number three, Chesapeake Bay) which is herewith filed as part of this award and explanatory thereof; the original charter line is marked upon the said map and shaded in blue; the present line of boundary, as ascertained and determined, is also marked and shaded in red, while the yellow indicates the line referred to in the compact of seventeen hundred and eighty-five, between Smith's Point and Watkin's Point; in further explanation of this award, the arbitrators deem it proper to add that— "First. The measurements being taken and places fixed according to the Coast Survey, we have come as near to perfect mathematical accuracy as in the nature of things is possible; but in case of any inaccuracy in the described course or length of a line or in the latitude or longitude of a place, the natural objects called for must govern.

"Second. The middle thread of Pocomoke River is equi-distant as nearly as may be between the two shores without considering arms, inlets, creeks, or affluents as parts of the river, but measuring the shore lines from headland to headland.

"Third. The low-water mark on the Potomac, to which Virginia has a right in the soil, is to be measured by the same rule, that is to say, from low-water mark at one headland to low-water mark at another, without following indentations, bays, creeks, inlets, or affluent rivers. "Fourth. Virginia is entitled not only to full dominion over the soil to low-water mark on the south shore of the Potomac, but has a right to such use of the river beyond the line of low-water mark as may be necessary to the full enjoyment of her riparian ownership, without impeding the navigation or otherwise interfering with the proper use of it by Maryland, agreeably to the compact of seventeen hundred and eightyfive.

"In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands the day and year aforesaid

"J. S. BLACK

"Of Pennsylvania "CHAS. J. JENKINS

"Of Georgia

"A. W. GRAHAM

"Secretary

And whereas the said award has been ratified and confirmed by the legislatures of the States of Virginia and Maryland respectively: Therefore,

Cousent of Con

Proviso.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the Congress of the United States is hereby given to the said agreement or award, gress. and to each and every part and article thereof: Provided, That nothing therein contained shall be construed to impair or in any manner affect any right of jurisdiction of the United States in and over the islands and waters which form the subject of the said agreement or award. Approved, March 3, 1879.

CHAP. 197.—An act granting jurisdiction and authority to the Court of Claims in the case of the schooner Don Pedro.

.March 3, 1879.

Schooner Don

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim or claims of the legal or equitable owners or claimants of the schooner Don Pedro, her Pedro. cargo, freight, and personal effects contained in her, alleged to have Claim referred been damaged, injured and sunk by collision with the United States to Court of Claims. revenue cutter U. S. Grant, on or about the eighteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy seven, be referred to the Court of Claims, with jurisdiction and authority to hear and determine the same to judgment, with right of appeal, as in other cases: Provided, That no suit shall be brought under the provisions of this act after six months from the date of the passage thereof.

Approved, March 3, 1879.

Proviso.

CHAP. 198.-An act for the relief of certain pensioners.

March 3, 1879.

Peusions.

Rate for loss of

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all pensioners now on the pension-rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, for amputation of either leg at the hip joint, shall receive a pension at the rate of thirty- leg at hip joint. seven dollars and fifty cents per month from the date of the approval of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1879.

CHAP. 199.-An act donating four condemned cannon and sixteen cannon-balls to "Monongahela Cemetery", to be placed in a lot held as a free burial-ground for exsoldiers, sailors, and marines, and for other purposes.

March 3, 1879.

Condeinned can

To Monongahela

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 and directed to deliver to the "Mononga- non, etc. hela Cemetery", Monongahela City, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Cemetery. four condemned cannon, to be placed in a lot in said cemetery held by a post of the Grand Army of the Republic as a free burial-ground for exsoldiers, sailors, and marines who have been honorably discharged from the United States service.

SEC. 2. That said "Monongahela Cemetery", a body corporate in law, shall receipt for said condemned cannon and cannon-balls.

SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War be authorized and directed to deliver to the city of Pontiac, Michigan, six condemned cannon for a monument to Major-General Israel P. Richardson and other Union soldiers buried in the cemetery in the city of Pontiac, Michigan.

To Pontiac, Mich.

To Des Moines,

SEC. 4. That the Secretary of War be authorized and directed to deliver to the city of Des Moines, Iowa, four condemned carriages and Iowa. cannon, to be placed in the cemetery around the monument erected to

To McLean County, Ill.

To Lacon, Ill.

March 3, 1879.

Pensions. 1878, ch. 261, Ante, 144.

General Nathaniel B. Baker; and a like number to the board of supervisors of McLean County, Illinois, for monumental purposes; and also a like number to the city of Lacon, Illinois, for the same purpose.

Approved, March 3, 1879.

CHAP. 200.-An act for the relief of soldiers and sailors becoming totally blind in the service of the country.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, entitled "An act to increase the pensions of certain soldiers and sailors who have lost both their hands or both their feet, or the sight of both eyes, in the service of the country", For total blind- be so construed as to include all soldiers and sailors who have become totally blind from causes occurring in the service of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1879.

ness.

March 3, 1879.

J. B. Collins.

and retired.

CHAP. 201.-An act for the relief of Joseph B. Collins.

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 Restored to Army is hereby authorized to reinstate Major Joseph B. Collins, late of the United States Army, and to retire him in that grade, as of the date he was previously mustered out; charging him with all extra pay and allowances, paid him at that time. Approved, March 3, 1879.

March 3, 1879.

of Health.

Meetings.

CHAP. 202.-An act to prevent the introduction of infectious or contagious diseases into the United States, and to establish a National Board of Health.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United National Board States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be established a National Board of Health to consist of seven members, to be appointed by-the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than one of whom shall be appointed from any one State, whose compensation, during the time when actually engaged in the performCompensation of ance of their duties under this act, shall be ten dollars per diem each civilian members. and reasonable expenses, and of one medical officer of the Army, one medical officer of the Navy, one medical officer of the Marine Hospital Service, and one officer from the Department of Justice, to be detailed by the Secretaries of the several Departments and the Attorney General, respectively, and the officers so detailed shall receive no compensation. Said board shall meet in Washington within thirty days after the passage of this act and in Washington or elsewhere from time to time upon notice from the president of the board, who is to be chosen by the members thereof, or upon its own adjournments, and shall frame all rules and regulations authorized or required by this act, and shall make or cause to be made such special examinations and investigations at any place or places within the United States, or at foreign ports, as they may deem best, to aid in the execution of this act and the promotion of its objects. SEC. 2. The duties of the National Board of Health shall be to obtain information upon all matters affecting the public health, to advise the several departments of the government, the executives of the several States, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, on all questions submitted by them, or whenever in the opinion of the board such advice may tend to the preservation and improvement of the public health.

Duties.

Report.

SEC. 3. That the Board of Health with the assistance of the Academy of Science, which is hereby requested and directed to cooperate with

them for that purpose, shall report to Congress at its next session a full statement of its transactions, together with a plan for a national public health organization, which plan shall be prepared after consultation with the principal sanitary organizations and the sanitarians of the sev eral States of the United States, special attention being given to the subject of quarantine, both maritime and inland, and especially as to regulations which should be established between State or local systems of quarantine and a national quarantine system.

SEC. 4. The sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the salaries and expenses of said board and to carry out the purposes of this act.

Approved, March 3, 1879.

Report, cont'd.

Appropriation.