Kickapoo Indian lands, Kansas. An act to provide for the sale of certain Kickapoo Indian lands in Ute Indian Reservation, Colorado. An act relating to lands in Colorado lately occupied by the Un- Revised Statutes, section 2133, amended. An act to amend section twenty-one hundred and thirty-three Right of way. An act to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the lands of the Copyright. At act to amend the statutes in relation to copyright. August 1, 1882. Right of way. An act to grant a right of way for a railroad and telegraph line through the lands Oregon Short-Line Railway Company. An act creating the Oregon Short-Line Railway Company a Passenger act, 1882. An act to regulate the carriage of passengers by sea. August 2, 1882.. Ports of delivery. An act to establish ports of delivery at Kansas City and Saint Joseph, in the Meridional international conference. An act to authorize the President of the United States to call an international conference to fix on and recommend for universal adoption a common prime meridian to be used in the reckoning of longitude and in the regulation of time throughout the world. August 3, 1882... Public building, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. An act to authorize the purchase of a site and the erection of a suitable building for the United States district court, post-office, and other government offices at the city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. August 3, 1882.. Page. 177 178 179 179 180 180 181 181 181 181 185 185 186 191 214 215 215 216 217 217 Fort Larned military reservation. An act to provide for the disposition of the Fort Larned military reservation. August 4, 1882.. 217 Land title, Washington, D. C. An act to quiet title to certain land in Washington, District of Columbia. August 4, 1882.. 218 218 Fort Benton military reservation. An act to restore the Fort Benton military reservation to the public domain, and for other purposes. August 4, 1882... Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations. An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes. August 5, 1882. Deficiency appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for prior years, and for those certified as due by the accounting officers of the Treasury in accordance with section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, heretofore paid from permanent appropriations, and for other purposes. August 5, 1882. Naval appropriations. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes. August 5, 1882.. Umatilla Indian reservation. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of certain lands adjacent to the town of Pendleton, in the State of Oregon, belonging to the Umatilla Indian reservation, and for other purposes. August 5, 1882.. Trade-marks. An act relating to the registration of trade-marks. August 5, 1882. 219 257 284 297 298 Nelson Post, No. 194, G. A. R. An act granting condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon balls for monumental purposes. August 5, 1882.... Right of way. An act granting the right of way to the Arizona Southern Railroad Company through the Papago Indian reservation in Arizona. August 5, 1882... Master armorer, Springfield Armory. An act to fix the compensation of the master armorer at the national armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. August 5, 1882... 299 299 299 Gross tonnage of vessels. An act to provide for deductions from the gross tonnage of vessels of the Public building, Saint Joseph, Missouri. An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city of Saint Joseph, in the State of Missouri. August 5, 1882.. 299 300 1882... 301 Revised Statutes, section 2504, amended. An act to correct an error in section twenty-five hundred and four of the Revised Statutes of the United States. August 7, 1882.. 301 Creek orphan fund. An act to reimburse the Creek orphan fund. August 7, 1882.. Sundry civil appropriations. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes. August 7, 1882. Omaha Indian Reservation. An act to provide for the sale of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes. August 7, 1882....... Alley, square 751, Washington, D. C. An act to provide for the closing of an alley in square seven hundred and fifty-one in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for the relief of the Little Sisters of the Poor. August 7, 1882.. Fees to officers of United States courts. An act to extend the fees of certain officers over the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona. August 7, 1882... Tenth census publication. An act to provide for the publication of the tenth census. August 7, 1882.. Pensions to widows or to children. An act to amend section forty-seven hundred and two, title fiftyseven, Revised Statutes of the United States, and for other purposes. August 7, 1882... Claims against Indian Bureau. An act to authorize the auditing of certain unpaid claims against the Indian Bureau by the accounting officers of the Treasury. August 7, 1882.... Burlington, Iowa. An act relinquishing the title which still remains in the United States to all lots or portions of ground which lie within the limits of the present city of Burlington, State of Iowa, to the said city of Burlington. August 7, 1882. Regulation of steam vessels. An act to amend section forty-four hundred, of title fifty two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the regulation of steam vessels. August 7, 1882.. Soldiers charged with desertion. An act to relieve certain soldiers of the late war from the charge of desertion. August 7, 1882... Donation of condemned cannon. An act donating cannon and cannon balls to Post Number Fourteen of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Logansport, Indiana, and for other purposes. August 7, 1882. Title to public lands, Ohio. An act in relation to land-patents in the Virginia military district of Ohio. August 7, 1882.. Donation of condemned cannon. An act donating condemned cast-iron cannon and cannon balls for monumental purposes. August 7, 1882.. Manufacture of salt, Indian Territory. An act for the manufacture of salt in the Indian Territory. Collection district, New Orleans. An act to amend the first subdivision of section twenty-five hundred and sixty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, title thirty four, collection of duties on imports. August 7. 1882.. Post-routes. An act to establish post-routes. August 7, 1882. Public building, Fort Wayne, Indiana. An act to provide for the construction of a public building at 1882 Ocean telegraph. An act to encourage and promote telegraphic communication between America and Europe. August 8, 1882. Ponton railway bridge, Mississippi River. An act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a pontoon railway bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the mouth of the Upper Iowa River, in the State of Iowa. August 8, 1982 Tobacco. An act to repeal so much of section thirty-three hundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes as imposes an export tax on tobacco. August 8, 1882... Pensions. An act to amend section forty-seven hundred and sixty-six, title fifty-seven, of the Revised Statutes of the United States. August 8, 1882... Donation of condemned cannon. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned castiron cannon and cannon balls for the soldiers' cemetery at Knoxville, Tennessee. August 8, 1882 Duties, Puget Sound district. An act authorizing the deputy collector of customs stationed at San Juan Island, in the Puget Sound district, to enter and clear vessels and collect duties. August 8, 1882 Donation of condemned cannon. An act donating condemned cast-iron cannon for monumental purposes. August 8, 1882.. Page. 301 302 341 343 344 344 345 345 346 346 347 348 348 348 349 349 350 369 370 371 372 372 373 374 374 374 Donation of condemned cannon. An act donating condemned cast-iron cannon, mortars, and cannon balls for monumental purposes. August 8, 1882.. 375 Donation of condemned cannon. An act donating condemned cannon to the town of Hatfield, Massachusetts for monumental purposes. August 8, 1882.. 375 Donation of condemned cannon. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned cast- 375 376 376 Garfield Memorial Hospital.__An act to authorize the transfer of the property of the National Soldiers' Donation of condemned cannon. An act authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to Edward Pye 376 376 RESOLUTIONS. Page. Extra pay. Joint resolution giving one month's pay to certain employés of the House of Rep- Sufferers from overflow, Mississippi River. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to use Sufferers from overflow, Mississippi River. Joint resolution making a further appropriation to relieve the sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. March 21, 1882.... Canal and grounds south of Capitol. Joint resolution making an appropriation for filling up, draining, and placing in good sanitary condition the ground south of the Capitol along the line of the old canal, and for other purposes. April 1, 1882... Sufferers from overflow, Mississippi River. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River. April 1, 1882.. Monument to Thomas Jefferson. Joint resolution providing for the erection of a monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson. April 18, 1882.. Printing and binding deficiency. Joint resolution making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. April 21, 1882.... Light-house service, Mississippi River. Joint resolution making an appropriation to enable the Light House Board to meet the extraordinary expenses consequent upon the flood in the Mississippi River. May 1, 1882 Donation, condemned cannon. Joint resolution granting condemned cannon to the Morton Monumental Association. May 5, 1882. Fuel, lights, deficiency appropriation. Joint resolution making an appropriation for fuel, lights, water, and so forth, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes. May 15, 1882.. Donation, condemned cannon. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the city of Waterloo, Iowa, three condemned cannon and four cannon balls for decoration of soldiers' cemetery. May 17, 1882........ Mifflin Kennedy and Richard King. Joint resolution authorizing the withdrawal from the Department of State of a certificate of indebtedness in favor of Mifflin Kennedy and Richard King against the Republic of Mexico. May 19, 1882 Toner collection. Joint resolution to authorize the Librarian of Congress to accept the library offered to be donated to the United States by Doctor Joseph Merideth Toner, of Washington, D. C. May 19, 1882. Army pensions, deficiency. Joint resolution making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriations for the payment of Army pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. May 25, 1882... Report of Special Ordnance Board. Joint resolution relating to the report of Special Ordnance Board authorized by act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. June 5, 1882... Memorial address, James A. Garfield. Joint resolution for the printing of the memorial address on the life and character of James A. Garfield, late President of the United States. June 7, 1882.. Potomac fishing season, District of Columbia. Joint resolution extending the fishing season in the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia, to the fifteenth of June, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two. June 7, 1882.... Giuseppe Garibaldi. Joint resolution expressive of the sympathy of the government and people of the United States upon the death of General Garibaldi. June 10, 1882 Exploration, Arctic Seas. Joint resolution making an appropriation to continue the work of observation and exploration in the Arctic Seas. June 27, 1882.. Appropriations, temporary. Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the government. June 30, 1882. Memorial column, Newburg, New York. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to erect at Washington's headquarters in the city of Newburg, New York, a memorial column and to aid in defraying the expenses of the centennial celebration to be held at that city in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three. July 1, 1882... 377 377 377 378 378 378 378 378 379 379 379 379 380 380 380 380 381 381 381 382 383 383 383 383 384 384 384 Husbandry of the Angora goat. Joint resolution to print Doctor John L. Hayes's pamphlet upon the husbandry of the Angora goat. July 1, 1882 385 386 Page. Drinking-fountain, Washington, D. C. Joint resolution accepting the offer of Doctor H. D. Cogswell Printing public documents. Joint resolution to provide for the printing of public documents for International Fishery Exhibition. Joint resolution concerning an International Fishery Exhibition to be held at London in May, eighteen hundred and eighty-three. July 18, 1882 Appropriations, temporary. Joint resolution to continue the provisions of a joint resolution approved Memorial cards, &c. Joint resolution relating to the memorial cards to accompany the memorial a "Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the government." August Congressional Record. Joint resolution to furnish the Congressional Record to each State and Terri- Revised Statutes, second edition. Joint resolution providing for additional copies of the Revised Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association. Joint resolution authorizing and requiring the Secretary of War Journals Senate and House of Representatives. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the Secre tary of the Interior to distribute copies of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives to public and law libraries. August 5, 1882.. 386 386 387 387 387 387 389 389 389 389 390 390 390 391. 391 391 391 392 392 392 392 Report Director Geological Survey. Joint resolution to print eleven thousand copies of each of the second and third annual reports of the Director of the United States Geological Survey. August 5, 1882.. 392 Codified land laws. Joint resolution for the printing of additional copies of House Executive Docu- Best Post No. 75, Grand Army of the Republic, of Montrose, Iowa, one piece of condemned Extra pay employés of Senate. Joint resolution providing one month's extra pay for certain employés of the Senate. August 8, 1882.. Salary chief clerk War Department. Joint resolution to correct an error in the enrollment of the "Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes." August 8, 1882... American ship-building. Joint resolution providing for a joint select committee to inquire into the condition and wants of American ship-building and ship-owning interests. August 8, 1882... Steamer Jeannette. Joint resolution instructing the Secretary of the Navy to convene a court of inquiry to investigate as to the circumstances of the loss of the exploring steamer Jeannette. August 8, 1882.. Digest contested-election cases. Joint resolution to provide for preparing the report of contested-election cases in the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses. August 8, 1882. Fees district attorneys, deficiency. Joint resolution making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for fees of district attorneys of the United States. for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. August 8, 1882. Report Commissioner of Agriculture, 1881. Joint resolution providing for printing the annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for eighteen hundred and eighty-one. August 8, 1882.... 393 393 394 394 394 394 395 395 395 PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Tuesday, the sixth day of December, 1881, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the eighth day of August, 1882. CHESTER A. ARTHUR, President; DAVID DAVIS, President of the Senate. THOMAS F. BAYARD was elected President of the Senate pro tempore on the tenth day of October, 1881, at a special session of the Senate, and so acted until the thirteenth day of October, on which day DAVID DAVIS was elected President of the Senate pro tempore, and so acted until the end of the regular session. J. WARREN KEIFER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. 1.—An act granting the franking privilege to Lucretia R. Garfield. Dec. 20, 1881. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all mail matter carried by Franking privipost to Lucretia R. Garfield, widow of the late James A. Garfield, or lege granted to Lusent by her, under her written autograph signature, be conveyed free cretia R. Garfield. of postage during her natural life. Approved, December 20, 1881. CHAP. 2.--An act to amend section nine hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States for the District of Columbia, and an act entitled "An act to amend section nine hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States for the District of Columbia", approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. Dec. 20, 1831. day. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any day set Legal holidays, apart as a legal holiday within the District of Columbia shall fall on the District of Columfirst day of the week, commonly called Sunday, then and in such event bia, falling on Sunthe day next succeeding shall be a holiday within the District of Columbia, and shall for all purposes of presenting for payment or acceptance, amended. for the maturity and protest and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of 20 Stat., 277. exchange, bank-checks, and promissory notes or other negotiable or commercial paper, be treated and considered as is the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and all notes, drafts, checks, or other commercial or negotiable paper falling due or maturing on such holiday shall be deemed as having matured on the Saturday previous. Approved, December 20, 1881. Dec. 21, 1881. CHAP. 3.-An act to legalize the election of the Territorial legislature of New Mexico held November second, eighteen hundred and eighty, 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 election for members Election of legof the Territorial legislature of New Mexico held on the second day of islature of New November, eighteen hundred and eighty, is hereby declared valid, and Mexico legalized. 20 Stat,, 175. that the legislature so elected is fully authorized to transact such business as belongs to the legislatures of any of the Territories, although not elected according to the provisions of the act of Congress approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight; and that all their acts shall be held to be as legal as if the provisions of said act of (1) |