Vol. 26, p. 1096. to which proof is to be presented or before an officer designated by the Act of May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, within the county in which the land is situated; but such claimant may have his or her personal evidence taken by a United States court commissioner or a clerk of any court of record under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Approved, March 4, 1896. March 4, 1896. Indian Territory. Right of way to Gainesville, McAles ter and St. Louis Rail road Company amend- Time extended. Smith, Ark. Right of way. CHAP. 41. An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to grant to the Gainesville, McAlester and Saint Louis Railroad Company a right of way through the Indian Territory." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section nine of the Act entitled "An Act to grant to the Gainesville, McAlester and Saint Louis Railroad Company a right of way through the Indian Territory," approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and the same hereby are, extended for a further period of three years. SEC. 2. That section one of said Act be so amended as to make the city of Fort Smith the terminus of said road on the western border of the State of Arkansas. SEC. 3. That section two of said Act be amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. That a right of way of one hundred feet in width through Width reduced, etc. said Indian Territory is hereby granted to the Gainesville, McAlester and Saint Louis Railway Company and a strip of land one hundred feet in width, with a length of two thousand feet in addition to the right of way is granted for such stations as may be established, but such grant shall be allowed but once for every ten miles of the road, no portion of which shall be sold or leased by the company, with the right to use such additional grounds where there are heavy cuts or fills as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, not exceeding fifty feet in width on each side of said right of way, or as much thereof as may be included in said cut or fill: Provided, That no more than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station: Provided further, That no part of the lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad, telegraph, and telephone line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall have been taken." Provisos. Secretary of Interior SEC. 4. That section six of said Act be amended by striking out all to approve route, etc. after the word "Provided," and inserting the following: "That a map of definite location showing the entire route of said road through the Indian Territory shall be filed and approved by the Secretary of the Interior before any part of the said road shall be constructed." Approved, March 4, 1896. March 6, 1896. Mountain Railway Company CHAP. 42.-An Act Granting to the Columbia and Red Mountain Railway Company a right of way through the Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Columbia and Red States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted granted to the Columbia and Red Mountain Railway Company, a corright of way Colville poration organized under the laws of the State of Washington, a right of way to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of the center line of said railway across the Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, commencing at a point at or near the Little Dalles on the Columbia River, in Stevens County, in said State, and running thence in a northerly direction by the most feasible route to the international boundary line between the United States and British Columbia, together Location, etc. with all the rights granted to railroads by the Act of Congress entitled "An Act granting to railroads a right of way through the public lands of the United States," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five; and for the purposes of this grant and the construction of said railway all the provisions of said Act are hereby declared to be applicable thereto to the same extent as though the lands in said reservation were open to settlement and sale. Approved, March 6, 1896. Vol. 18, p. 482. CHAP. 46.—An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes. March 6, 1896. Pensions appropria 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 the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury tions. not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes, namely: sions. For Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, minor Invalid, etc., children, and dependent relatives, army nurses, survivors and widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and with Mexico, and the survivors and widows of the Indian wars of eighteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and forty-two, inclusive, one hundred and forty million dollars: Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the same may be sufficient for that purpose: Provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately. Provisos. Accounts. Pensions restored after rejection, etc., to Vol. 26, p. 182. That whenever a claim for pension under the Act of June twentyseventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, has been, or shall hereafter be, date from first filing. rejected, suspended, or dismissed, and a new application shall have been, or shall hereafter be, filed, and a pension has been, or shall hereafter be, allowed in such claim, such pension shall date from the time of filing the first application, provided the evidence in the case shall show a pensionable disability to have existed, or to exist, at the time of filing such first application, anything in any law or ruling of the Department to the contrary notwithstanding. Fees, etc. Examinations. For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered Examining surgeons. within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each additional applicant on such day: Provided, That if twenty or more Provisos. applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined or said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made: Provided further, That no fee shall be paid to any member of an examining board unless personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant: Provided, That the report of such examining surgeons shall specifically state the rating which in their judgment the applicant is entitled to. For salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. For clerk hire, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the amount of clerk hire for each agency shall be apportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency, and the salaries paid shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. For fuel, two hundred and fifty dollars. No fee unless service rendered. Rating. Agents' salaries. Clerk hire. Apportionment. Fuel. Lights. Rents. For lights, five hundred dollars. For stationery and other necessary expenses, exclusive of clerical services, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, thirty thousand dollars. For rents, twenty-five thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars. March 6, 1896. CHAP. 47.—An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across Lake Saint Francis, in the State of Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United St. Francis Bridge States of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Francis Bridge pany may bridge Lake and Turnpike Company is hereby authorized to construct, operate, and St. Francis, Lakecity, maintain a drawbridge across Lake Saint Francis, at or near Lake City, and Turnpike Com Ark. Draw. in the State of Arkansas. Said bridge shall be constructed in accordance with such plans as the Secretary of War may decide to be neces sary in the interest of navigation; and the draw shall be constructed in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Secretary of War, and may be of pontoon or other construction, and may, by permission and under the direction of the Secretary of War, be changed. Wagon and foot Said bridge shall provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, and the said company may charge reasonable rates of toll, to be approved by the Secretary of War. bridge. Tolls. Lawful structure and post route. Provisos. SEC. 2. That said bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized as a post route, upon which no charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and Secretary of War to approaches for postal telegraph purposes: Provided, That before the construction of any bridge herein authorized is commenced, the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of such bridge and a map of the location, giving sufficient information to enable the Secretary of War to fully and satisfactorily understand the subject, and unless the plan and location of such bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the Aids to navigation. Structure shall not be built: Provided further, That any bridge con approve plans, etc. Lights, etc. Commencement and completion. Amendment, etc. structed under authority of this Act shall at all times be so kept and managed as to offer proper and reasonable means for the passage of vessels and other water crafts through or under said structure; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge from sunset to sunrise such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board when any vessel shall signal to pass. SEC. 3. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act. SEC. 4. That Congress shall have the power at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this Act, or any part thereof, if in its judgment the public interests so require. Approved, March 6, 1896. March 6, 1896. CHAP. 48.-An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Military Academy States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury appropriations. not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety seven: PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT. For pay of seven professors and a chaplain with the pay and allow. ances of a captain mounted, twenty-six thousand dollars; For pay of one associate professor of mathematics, two thousand dollars; For pay of cadets, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars; In all, for permanent establishment, one hundred and ninety-eight thousand dollars. For extra pay of officers of the Army on detached service at the Military Academy: For pay of one Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (colonel), in addition to pay as lieutenant-colonel of engineers, five hundred dollars; For one commandant of cadets (lieutenant-colonel), in addition to pay as captain, not mounted, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, five hundred dollars; For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, five hundred dollars; For pay of eight assistant professors (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, not mounted, four thousand dollars; For pay of three senior instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, not mounted, one thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of four assistant instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infautry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as second lieutenants, not mounted, two thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of one adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, not mounted, four hundred dollars; For pay of one treasurer, quartermaster, and commissary of cadets, in addition to pay as captain not mounted, seven hundred dollars; For additional pay of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars; For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on increased rank) for length of service, ten thousand three hundred dollars and fiftyone cents; In all, for extra pay of officers of the Army on detached service at the Military Academy, twenty-two thousand one hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-one cents. Permanent estab. lishment. Pay of professors, etc. Cadets. Extra pay to officers. Longevity pay. For pay of the Military Academy Band, field musicians, general army Pay of enlisted men. service, cavalry detachment, and enlisted men on detached service, and extra pay for enlisted men on special duty: For pay of the Military Academy Band: Six enlisted musicians, at thirty-four dollars per month, two thousand four hundred and fortyeight dollars; six enlisted musicians, at twenty dollars per month, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; twelve enlisted musicians, at seventeen dollars per month, two thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollars; additional pay for length of service, one thousand and fortyfour dollars; clothing on discharge, three hundred and sixty dollars; retained pay on discharge, two hundred and sixteen dollars; For pay of field musicians: One sergeant, two hundred and sixteen dollars; fourteen privates, two thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars; additional pay for length of service, sixty dollars; clothing on discharge, one hundred and twenty dollars; retained pay on discharge, seventy-two dollars; Pay of general army service: For one first sergeant. three hundred dollars; six sergeants, one thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars; seven corporals, one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars; one hundred and two privates, fifteen thousand nine hundred and twelve ice. Band. Field musicians. General army serv. Lights. Stationery, etc. Rents. For lights, five hundred dollars. For stationery and other necessary expenses, exclusive of clerical services, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, thirty thousand dollars. For rents, twenty-five thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars. March 6, 1896. CHAP. 47.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across Lake Saint Francis, in the State of Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United St. Francis Bridge States of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Francis Bridge pany may bridge Lake and Turnpike Company is hereby authorized to construct, operate, and St. Francis, LakeCity, maintain a drawbridge across Lake Saint Francis, at or near Lake City, and Turnpike Com Ark. Draw. in the State of Arkansas. Said bridge shall be constructed in accordance with such plans as the Secretary of War may decide to be neces sary in the interest of navigation; and the draw shall be constructed in accordance with such plans as may be approved by the Secretary of War, and may be of pontoon or other construction, and may, by permission and under the direction of the Secretary of War, be changed. Wagon and foot Said bridge shall provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, and the said company may charge reasonable rates of toll, to be approved by the Secretary of War. bridge. Tolls. Lawful structure and post route. Provisos. SEC. 2. That said bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized as a post route, upon which no charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and approaches for postal telegraph purposes: Provided, That before the construction of any bridge herein authorized is commenced, the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of such bridge and a map of the location, giving sufficient information to enable the Secretary of War to fully and satisfactorily understand the subject, and unless the plan and location of such bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the Aids to navigation. structure shall not be built: Provided further, That any bridge con Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. Lights, etc. Commencement and completion. Amendment, etc. structed under authority of this Act shall at all times be so kept and managed as to offer proper and reasonable means for the passage of vessels and other water crafts through or under said structure; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge from sunset to sunrise such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board when any vessel shall signal to pass. SEC. 3. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act. SEC. 4. That Congress shall have the power at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this Act, or any part thereof, if in its judgment the public interests so require. Approved, March 6, 1896. March 6, 1896. CHAP. 48.-An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Military Academy States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury appropriations. |