estate and franchises of said railroad, as well as the line of said railroad now existing and such additions thereto at any time made, located, extended, or constructed: And provided, That said Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company shall not have its stock and bonds. outstanding at any one time to a greater amount than the actual cost of the construction and equipment of said railway; which actual cost shall be ascertained by the supreme court of the District of Columbia in such manner as the said court shall prescribe. SEC. 4. That the Belt Railway Company of the District of Columbia be, and the same hereby is, authorized to lay down and operate a doubletrack railway, with the necessary switches and turn-outs, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, through and along the followingnamed streets and avenues, to wit: Beginning at Fourth and O streets northwest; thence north on Fourth street west to Florida avenue; thence north crossing Florida avenue to Harewood street; thence along Harewood street to Elm street; thence west along Elm street to Linden street; thence north on Linden street to Pomeroy street; thence west on Pomeroy street to the east building line of Seventh street west extended. Also beginning at the present terminus of the Belt Railway on Water street, near N street south; thence south along Water street to P street south by an extension of the present tracks of the Belt Railway; thence by further extension of said tracks east along P street south to Delaware avenue: Provided, That if there is not sufficient room for two tracks on Water street without encroaching on tracks already there, that the said Belt Line Railway Company shall purchase, at its own cost, sufficient ground to open Water street from the terminus of its line as now located along said projected route to P street. Outstanding stock, etc., limited. Belt line. Location. Southern extension. Proviso. Tracks. Completion. Proviso. extensions uncom SEC. 5. That the construction of the extensions hereby authorized shall be completed within one year after the approval of this Act: Provided, That in case any one or more of the said extensions shall not be completed and operated regularly within the time specified, then so much pleted. of this Act as authorizes such uncompleted extensions shall be void and of no effect. Belt line. Provisos. SEC. 6. That said Belt Railway Company is authorized to increase its capital stock or to issue bonds for such amounts as may be necessary to bonds for extension. pay the actual cost of constructing and equipping the several extensions hereinbefore authorized: Provided, That the question as to the amount to be provided for in connection with each extension and the method of providing for the same, whether by issuance of stocks or bonds, shall be decided by a majority in value of the stockholders at a meeting to be called for the purpose after reasonable notice; and authority is hereby conferred upon said company, in case of issuance of bonds, to make due conveyance of its corporate franchises and property for the purpose of securing the same: Provided, however, That any such conveyance by Prior deed of trust. way of mortgage shall be subject to the prior lien already created by deed of trust dated July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and recorded in liber sixteen hundred and six, folios one hundred and ninetyseven and following, of the land records of the District of Columbia, which conveys all the real estate and franchises of said railroad as well as the line of said railroad now existing and such additions thereto at any time made, located, extended, or constructed: And provided, That said Belt Railway Company shall not have its stock and bonds outstanding at any one time to a greater amount than the actual cost of the construction and equipment of said railway, which actual cost shall be ascertained by the supreme court of the District of Columbia in such manner as the said court shall prescribe. SEC. 7. That such extensions of said railroads and each of them shall be constructed on such grade and in such manner as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Outstanding stock, limited. etc., Grade, etc. SEC. 8. That it shall be lawful for said railway companies and each Excavations, etc. of them, their and each of their successors or assigns, to make all needful and convenient trenches and excavations in any of said streets or places Expenses. Street pavements. Vol. 20, p. 105. Annual reports re quired from all street railroad companies. Contents. Fare. where said companies, or either of them, may have the right to construct and operate its road, and place in such trenches and excavations all needful and convenient devices for machinery for operating said railroad in the manner and by the means aforesaid. But whenever such trenches or excavations shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind which has been ordered by the Commissioners, then the expense necessary to change such underground construction shall be borne by the said railway company making such trench or excavation. SEC. 9. That each of the said corporations shall at all times keep the space between their tracks and rails and two feet exterior thereto in such condition as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their successors may direct; and whenever any street occupied by either of said railways is paved and repaired or otherwise improved, the said corporation shall bear all expense of improving the spaces above described. Should either of the said corporations fail to comply with the orders of the Commissioners the work shall be done by the proper officials of the District of Columbia, and the amounts due from such corporation shall be collected as provided by section five of the Act entitled "An Act providing for a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia," approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. SEC. 10. That every street-railroad corporation in the District of Columbia, and every such corporation which shall hereafter be organized, shall, on or before the first day of February in each year, make a report to each the Senate and the House of Representatives, which report shall be sworn to and signed by the president and treasurer of such corporation, and shall cover the period of one year ending the thirty-first day of December previous to the date of making the report. Such report shall state the amount of capital stock, with a list of the stockholders and the amount of stock held by each; the amount of capital stock paid in; the total amount now of funded debt; the amount of floating debt; the average rate per annum of interest on funded debt; amount of dividends declared; cost of roadbed and superstructure, including iron; cost of land, buildings, and fixtures, including land damages; cost of cars, horses, harness, and motors and other machinery; total cost of road and equipment; length of road in miles; length of double track, including sidings; weight of rail, by yard; the number of cars and of horses; the number of motors; the total number of passengers carried in cars; the average time consumed by passenger cars in passing over the road; repairs of roadbed and railway, including iron, and repairs of buildings and fixtures; total cost of maintaining road and real estate; cost of general superintendence; salaries of officers, clerks, agents, and office expenses; wages paid conductors, drivers, engineers, and motor men; water and other taxes; damages to persons and property, including medical attendance; rents, including use of other roads; total expense of operating road, and repairs; receipts from passengers; receipts from all other sources, specifying what, in detail; total receipts from all sources during the year; payments for maintenance and repairs; payments for interest; payments for dividends on stock, amount and rate per centum; total payments during the year; the number of persons injured in life and limb; the cause of the injury, and whether passengers, employees, or other persons. SEC. 11. That each of said companies shall receive a rate of fare not exceeding five cents per passenger, and the said companies, and each of them, shall make arrangements with all existing railway companies Interchange of tick in the District of Columbia for the interchange of tickets in payment of fare on its road: Provided, That within the limits of the District of Columbia six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents. ets. Proviso. Amendments, etc. SEC. 12. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, June 10, 1896. June 10, 1896. "Menemsha." Granted American register. CHAP. 396.—An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Menemsha. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer Menemsha, owned by Charles W. Hogan, a citizen of the United States, to be registered as a vessel of the United States. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and Inspection. directed to cause the inspection of said vessel, steam boilers, steam pipes, and their appurtenances, and cause to be granted the usual certificate issued to steam vessels of the merchant marine without reference to the fact that said steam boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States, and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to said laws; and the tests in the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes. Approved, June 10, 1896. CHAP. 397.—An Act Disposing of two condemned cannon. June 10, 1896. Condemned cannon. 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 hereby is, authorized and directed to supply the First Regiment of nois Infantry. Infantry of the Illinois National Guard with two condemned cannon, to be placed at the entrance to their armory at Michigan boulevard and Sixteenth street, Chicago, Illinois. Approved, June 10, 1896. CHAP. 398.-An Act Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 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 following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are specially provided for herein for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and fulfilling treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely: PAY OF INDIAN AGENTS. For pay of fifty-six agents of Indian affairs at the following-named agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cherokee School, North Carolina: Additional compensation to superintendent of said school for performing the duties heretofore required of the agent at the Cherokee Agency, two hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, one thousand seven hundred dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars; STAT L-VOL 29-21 June 10, 1896. Indian Department appropriations. Pay of agents at agencies. Indian agents-Continued. At the Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Lower Brulé Agency, South Dakota, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Hoopa Valley Agency, California, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Klamath Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Mescalero Agency, New Mexico, one thousand six hundred dollars: At the Mission Tule River Agency, California, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Navajo Agency, New Mexico, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Neah Bay Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Nevada Agency, Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Osage Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, Kansas, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pueblo and Jicarilla Agency, New Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Round Valley Agency, California, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, one thousand dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Santee Agency, Nebraska, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Siletz Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Southern Ute Agency, at Navajo Springs, Colorado, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Tongue River Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Tulalip Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Union Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; . At the Western Shoshone Agency, Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Yakima Agency, Washington, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Indian agents-Con. tinued. Provisos. agents. At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, eighty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the foregoing appropriations shall not take effect nor become available in any army officers as case for or during the time in which any officer of the Army of the agents. United States shall be engaged in the performance of the duties of Indian agent at any of the agencies above named: Provided further, Superintendents of That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the schools may act as Secretary of the Interior, may devolve the duties of any Indian agency upon the superintendent of the Indian training school located at such agency, whenever in his judgment such superintendent can properly perform the duties of such agency. And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents. For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the dis- Interpreters. cretion of the Secretary of the Interior, twelve thousand dollars; but no person employed by the United States and paid for any other service shall be paid for interpreting. For pay of five Indian inspectors, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, including also expenses of going to and going from the seat of Government, and while remaining there under orders and direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for a period not to exceed twenty days, seven thousand dollars. For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand dollars. Bond. Inspectors. Traveling, etc., in spectors. Superintendent schools. of Traveling, etc., ex penses. Provisos. For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, one thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That he shall be allowed three dollars per day for traveling expenses when actually on duty in the field, exclusive of cost of transportation and sleeping-car fare: And provided further, That he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. For buildings and repairs of buildings at agencies, thirty thousand Agency buildings. dollars. Other duties. |