February 13, 1896. District of Columbia. Convention authorized. [No. 16.] Joint Resolution Granting use of White Lot and Monument Grounds to "The Committee of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-six." Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Uscof White Lot for of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby Christian Endeavor authorized to grant to the committee known as "The Committee of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-six," of which W. H. H. Smith is chairman, having charge in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of the arrangements for the Fifteenth International Christian Endeavor Convention, permits for the temporary occupation and use, during July, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, of the reservation or public space known as the White Lot for the purpose of erecting three great tents and the necessary platforms, seatings, capable of seating about ten thousand persons each, for the meeting places of the Fifteenth International Christian Endeavor Convention, to be held July eighth to thirteenth, inclusive, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and such smaller tents as may be required for the distribution of literature, together with such portions of the Monument Grounds as said committee may require, if in his opinion such use will inflict no serious or permanent injury upon such grounds, reservation, or public space: Provided, That said "Committee of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-six" guarantee, at their own cost and expense, to restore and make good any temporary injury that may be inflicted to said grounds by reason of their use thereof. Approved, February 13, 1896. Proviso. Guarantee against injury. February 20, 1896. Alaskan boundary share in expense of Appropriation for making, etc. [No. 17.] Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to defray the joint expense of locating the boundary line between the Territory of Alaska and the British North American territory. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in view of the expediency of forthwith negotiating a convention with Great Britain for marking convenient points upon the one hundred and forty-first meridian of west longitude, where it forms, under existing treaty provisions, the boundary line between the Territory of Alaska and the British North American territory, and to enable the President to execute the provisions of such convention without delay when concluded, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, under the direc tion of the President, to defray the share of the United States in the joint expense of locating said meridian and marking said boundary by an international commission. Approved, February 20, 1896. February 26, 1896. Appropriation for survey, etc. [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Providing for certain surveys in the State of Florida. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Biscayne Bay, Fla. of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars be and the same hereby is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for a survey and plans for the improvement of the entrance to Biscayne Bay, Florida, as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in his letter of February 26th, 1895; and for a survey and plans for the construction of a breakwater at Palm Beach, Florida; and the Secretary of War is directed to report the result of such surveys, together with plans and estimates for contemplated improvements, to Congress at the earliest practicable moment. Approved, February 26, 1896. [No. 19.] Joint Resolution Extending the provisions of section seventy-nine of February 26, 1896. "An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents," approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, so as to include monographs, bulletins, and reports of the Geological Survey published in eighteen hundred and ninety-four and succeeding years. Geological Survey. Vol. 28, p, 621. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section seventynine of "An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the lications. distribution of public documents," approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, which section reads as follows: "There shall be distributed of monographs, bulletins, and reports of the United States Geological Survey, now in possession of said Survey, being publications prior to the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one copy of every such publication to every public library which shall be designated to the superintendent of documents, as follows: Two public libraries to be designated by each of the Senators from the States, respectively, two public libraries by the Representative in Congress from each Congressional district, and two public libraries by the Delegate from each Territory; such public libraries to be additional to those to which said publications are distributed under existing law," shall be extended to the monographs, bulletins, and reports of the Geological Survey which were published during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and to those which have been published since that year, and to those which may be published in the future: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the distribution of memoirs and reports, so far as the same is provided for by the joint resolution "To distribute copies of special memoirs and reports of the United States Geological Survey," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Approved, February 26, 1896. Proviso. Distribution of me moirs not affected. Vol. 24, p. 647. [No. 20.] Joint Resolution Calling upon the Secretary of War for certain information in relation to the harbor at Manitowoc, in the State of Wisconsin. March 2, 1896. Manitowoc, Wis. Resolved 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, requested to furnish the House with such information as harbor to be furnished he may have in his possession as to (first) the plans of the proposed the House. project for the establishment of a channel of the depth of from twenty to twenty-one feet in the harbor of the city of Manitowoc, in the State of Wisconsin; (second) the approximate cost of such project; and (third) whether the same could not be advantageously adopted as a needed addition to or extension of the existing Government improvements at that harbor. Approved, March 2, 1896. [No. 22.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit estimates for work upon Newtown Creek, New York. Resolved 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 submit estimates for work upon Newtown Creek, New York, with a view to secure a depth of eighteen feet and a width of one hundred and twenty-five feet at low water from its mouth to the head of navigation, in accordance with the plans heretofore submitted. March 13, 1896. Life-Saving Service. Edition of Annual Report not limited. [No. 23.] Joint Resolution To print the Annual Report, of the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section eighty-nine, second proviso, of the Act of January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, an Act providing for the public printing and binding, and so forth, be, and is hereby, amended by inserting after the words "tide tables' coast pilots," the words "Annual Report of the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service,". Approved, March 13, 1896. March 13, 1896. [No. 24.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to distribute the medals and diplomas awarded by the World's Columbian Commission to the exhibitors entitled thereto. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States World's Columbian of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury Exposition. Distribution of med- be, and he is hereby, authorized to distribute the medals and diplomas als and diplomas. of the World's Columbian Exposition to the several exhibitors entitled thereto, as designated and certified by the report of the Executive Committee on Awards to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Bureau of the Mint, and to this end the Secretary of the Treasury may adopt any method, or create any and all agencies, which to him may seem proper and necessary for the distribution of said medals and diplomas. But in case any of the exhibitors cannot be found who may be entitled to medals and diplomas, then, in every such case, such medals and diplomas shall be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury until they are called for by the exhibitors entitled thereto, or by persons To be sent free in authorized to receive the same. And the said Secretary in the distribution of the medals and diplomas may transmit the same through the Appropriation for mails free of charge. And the sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying out this resolution, and for the purposes hereof the said Secretary may temporarily employ, under such regulations as he may prescribe, the force now engaged in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in connection with the preparation of said diplomas, or so much of said force as may be necessary, said appropri ation to be immediately available. the mails. expenses. Approved, March 13, 1896. March 13, 1896. Jefferson City, Mo. Use of public build ing for county courts, one year. Provisos. [No. 25. Joint Resolution Granting the county of Cole, Missouri, permission to use certain rooms in the United States building at Jefferson City, Missouri. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That full permission be, and the same is hereby, granted to the county of Cole, State of Missouri, to occupy the United States court room and two jury rooms connected therewith in the United States building at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, during the months of March, July, and November, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, for the purpose of holding sessions of the circuit court of said Cole County therein, and that during said occupation concurrent jurisdiction, so far as it is necessary, over said building be, and is hereby, ceded to the State of Missouri and to said county of Cole, so that the ses sions of said court in said building and rooms may be, during said period, fully legalized: Provided, That said rooms shall be kept in good repair at the expense of said county of Cole, and at the end of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the use of said rooms shall be relinquished to the United States by said county, the premises to be in as good condition as before their occupancy by said circuit court of Cole County: Provided further, That the sessions of said circuit court of Cole County shall in no way interfere with the sessions of the circuit and district courts of the United States: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized in his discretion at any time to terminate this permit and the possession hereby granted of said premises upon thirty days' notice to the judges of the county court of said county. Approved, March 13, 1896. Not to interfere with Federal sessions. Prior termination of use. March 13, 1896. Conneaut, Ohio. [No. 26.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit a plan and estimate for the further improvement of Conneaut Harbor, in the State of Ohio. Resolved 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, directed to submit a plan and estimate for the further harbor to be subimprovement of Conneaut Harbor, in the State of Ohio, and to transmit mitted. the same to Congress at as early a date as practicable. Approved, March 13, 1896. [No. 27.] Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase and distribute seeds, bulbs, and so forth, as has been done in preceding years. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase and distribute valuable seeds for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, as has been done in preceding years; and as the public exigency requires that the valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, to be purchased may be ready for distribution at the earliest possible date, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to procure them by open purchase or contract at the places and in the manner in which such articles are usually bought and sold: Provided, That the said Secretary shall not, in said purchase, pay more than a reasonable and fair price for such commodities or for any of them. Received by the President, March 3, 1896. [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] [No. 28.] Joint Resolution For the return to the State of New Hampshire of the flag of the Eleventh Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Resolved 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 return to the State of New Hampshire the regimental flag of the Eleventh Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Approved, March 16, 1896. [No. 29.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the National Dredging Company to proceed with the work of dredging the channel of Mobile Harbor, under the direction of the Secretary of War. March 16, 1896. Regimental flag. New Hampshire. To be returned to March 16, 1896. Mobile, Ala. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the National Dredging Company, the contractor under the continuing contract for the improvement to continue under present contract. Proviso. Limit. Vol. 27, p. 92. of the harbor at Mobile, Alabama, proceed with the work of dredging, under the direction of the Secretary of War, until the channel under improvement shall be completed to a width of two hundred and eighty feet and a depth of twenty-three feet for its full width of two hundred and eighty feet, payment therefor to be made at the rate specified in said contract, seven and seven-tenths cents per cubic yard, out of appropriations as they shall hereafter from time to time be made: Provided, That the payments upon said contract shall be held to be due only after appropriation shall have been made therefor, and shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum limited for said work in the appropriation bill of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, authorizing a continuing contract for said work. Approved, March 16, 1896, March 19, 1896. Preamble. Federal census. Plan for permanent mitted. [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Relating to the Federal census. Whereas representatives of various Governments which make decennial enumerations of the people are making efforts to secure uniformity in the inquiries to be used in future censuses; and Whereas also it is expedient to give early consideration to some comprehensive plan for the establishment of a permanent census service: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Labor, now service to be sub. in charge of the Eleventh Census, is hereby authorized and directed to correspond and confer with the census officers of other Governments for the purpose of securing uniformity in the inquiries relating to the people to be used in future censuses; and that said Commissioner is also hereby directed to report to Congress for its consideration, as soon as practicable, a plan for a permanent census service. Approved, March 19, 1896. [No. 31.] Joint Resolution Directing the Public Printer to supply the Senate and House Libraries each with ten additional copies of the Congressional Record. Whereas the number of copies of the Congressional Record provided for the Senate Library by section seventy-three of the Act in regard to public printing, approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, has proved insufficient to supply the needs of the Senate: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section seventy-three of the Act of January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents, which reads: "To the Senate and House Libraries, ten copies each," be so amended as to read: "To the Senate and House Libraries twenty copies each." Approved, March 19, 1896. March 20, 1896. John P.J.Ryan, Johu R. Morris, and Chester [No. 32.] Joint Resolution For the relief of ex-Naval Cadets John P. J. Ryan, John R. Morris, and Chester Wells. Resolved, 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 nominate and, by and with May be appointed the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint John P. J. Ryan, John R. Morris, and Chester Wells to be assistant engineers in the Navy: Provided, That they shall pass an examination in steam engineering assistant engineers, Navy. Provisos. |