Light-house, North Manitou Island, Mich. An act to authorize the Light-House Board to proceed with the construction of the light-house and fog signal on North Manitou Island, Lake Michigan. April 13, 1896 . Public lands, New Orleans Pacific grant. An act for the relief of settlers upon lands within the Fog signal, Menominee, Mich. An act authorizing the construction of a fog signal on the north Right of way, Indian reservations, Kans. and Nebr. An act granting to the Atchison and Nebraska of Yerba Buena (or Goat Island), in the harbor of San Francisco, California, and for other purposes. April 24, 1896.. 66 Colorado Springs, reservoir. An act to grant certain lands to the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. April 24, 1896.. Right of way, Indian Territory. An act to amend an Act approved August twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled An Act to authorize purchasers of the property and franchises of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to organize a corporation and to confer upon the same all the powers, privileges, and franchises vested in that company." April 24, 1896. District of Columbia, reassessments. An act to authorize reassessments for improvements and general taxes in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. April 24, 1896... Appropriations, Department of Agriculture. An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. April 25, 1896... Rights of way, stations, etc., Indian Territory. An act to grant to railroad companies in Indian Territory additional powers to secure depot grounds. April 25, 1896. Hot Springs, Ark., sewer. An act to provide for reimbursement of the expense of constructing a sewer upon the permanent reservation at Hot Springs, Arkansas. May 1, 1896.. Bridge, Columbia River. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and to establish it as a post road." May 4, 1896.. 109 110 Bridge, Arkansas River. An act to revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Little Rock, Arkansas," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. May 4, 1896.. 110 111 Bridge, Corpus Christi Channel, Tex. An act authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings Ship Channel, in Aransas County, Texas. May 4, 1896.. Bridge, Monongahela River. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Union Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River,” approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. May 4, 1896. District of Columbia, medical and dental colleges. An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of medical and dental colleges in the District of Columbia. May 4, 1896.. Greer County, Okla. An act to establish and provide for the government of Greer County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes. May 4, 1896.. 111 112 112 113 Fur-seal fishery claims. An act to provide for the fulfillment of the stipulations of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed at Washington on the eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. May 7, 1896.. Condemned cannon, New Rochelle, N. Y. An act empowering and directing the Secretary of the Navy to furnish not more than four pieces of condemned cannon to the village of New Rochelle, New York. May 8, 1896.. Condemned cannon, Leavenworth, Kans., and Burlington, Iowa. An act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate condemned cannon to Custer Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Leavenworth, Kansas, and Mathies Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Burlington, Iowa. May 9, 1896. Shipping, unlading vessels. An act to amend section twenty-eight hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States, fixing time for vessels to unlade. May 9, 1896............. 115 115 115 115 Light-house, Choctaw Point, Ala. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange in behalf of the United States the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile County, Alabama, now belonging to the United States and held for light-house purposes, with the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company for any other tract or parcel of land in said county equally well or better adapted to use for light-house purposes. May 11, 1896.. Town sites vacated, Oklahoma. An act to provide for the disposal of public reservations in vacated town sites or additions to town sites in the Territory of Oklahoma. May 11, 1896.. Condemned cannon, Saint Paul, Minn. An act to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Navy to donate one condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to the cemetery association in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, to be used at or near the foot of the soldiers' monument in said cemetery. May 11, 1896.. Canadian Cree Indians. An act making provision for the deportation of refugee Canadian Cree Indians from the State of Montana and their delivery to the Canadian authorities. May 13, 1896.... Bridge, Arkansas River. An act to revive and reenact an Act to authorize the construction of a free bridge across Arkansas River, connecting Little Rock and Argenta. May 13, 1896.... District of Columbia, marriages. An act to regulate marriages in the District of Columbia. May 13, 1896.. Right of way, electric companies. An act to amend the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, granting the right of way upon the public lands for reservoir and canal purposes. May 14, 1896.. District of Columbia, pipe lines. An act to permit Rene C. Baughman to lay pipes in a certain street in the city of Washington. May 15, 1896.. Military parks. An act authorizing the Secretary of War to make certain uses of national mili- Syracuse, N. Y., port of delivery. An act constituting Syracuse, New York, a port of delivery. Life-saving station, Point Bonita, Cal. An act to provide a life-saving station at or near Point District of Columbia, storage. An act to regulate the business of storage in District of Columbia. Page. 116 116 117 117 118 118 120 120 120 121 121 121 122 Exhibited articles, return. An act to allow the return free of duty of certain articles exported from 122 122 Conneaut, port of entry. An act to establish the port of Conneaut, in the State of Ohio, as a sub- Public lands, Fort Lewis, Colo. An act to restore the lands embraced in the Fort Lewis Military Patents, specifications, etc. An act amending the statutes relating to the sale of printed copies of patents. May 19, 1896.... District of Columbia, unclaimed freight, etc. An act to authorize and regulate the sale of unclaimed 123 123 123 124 124 124 125 Texas, lands in Valverde County. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to reconvey to the former owners a certain tract of land in Valverde County, Texas. 126 District of Columbia, harbor regulations. An act to establish certain harbor regulations for the District of Columbia. May 19, 1896.... 126 127 Pipe lines, Colorado and Wyoming. An act to grant right of way over the public domain for pipe lines in the States of Colorado and Wyoming. May 21, 1896.. Right of way, Indian Territory. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Denison and Northern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes." May 21, 1896... District of Columbia, recording trusts, etc. An act requiring bills of sale, conditional sales, mortgages, or deeds of trust of chattels in the District of Columbia to be recorded. May 21, 1896. District of Columbia, sale of lot. An act authorizing the sale of the title of the United States lot five, square eleven hundred and thirteen, in the city of Washington. May 21, 1896.. Condemned cannon, Lambertville, N. J. An act granting to Major C. A. Angel Post, Numbered Twenty, Grand Army of the Republic, of Lambertville, New Jersey, four condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls. May 21, 1896. Liens for freight, etc., imports. An act to amend section twenty-nine hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. May 21, 1896.. 128 128 128 129 129 Condemned cannon, Colorado. An act to donate eight condemned cannon and one hundred cannon shot to the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Association of Colorado. May 21, 1896. 129 Condemned cannon, Bridgeton, N. J. An act granting to A. L. Robeson Post, Numbered Fortytwo, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, four condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls. May 21, 1896.. Condemned cannon, New Jersey. An act granting to the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument Association, of the county of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, four condemned cannon and thirty cannon balls. May 21, 1896. Condemned cannon, Allegan, Mich. An act donating four condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to the Soldiers' Monument Association of Allegan, Michigan. May 21, 1896... Condemned cannon, Evans City, Pa. An act donating ono condemned cannon and cannon balls to Grand Army of the Republic Post, Numbered Five hundred and seventy-three, of Evans City, Pennsylvania. May 21, 1896. Condemned cannon, Washington, Ind. An act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate one condemned cannon and condemned cannon balls to U. S. Grant Post, Numbered Seventy-two, Grand Army of the Republic, of Washington, Indiana, Department of Indiana, and for other purposes. May 21, 1896.. Bridge, Illinois River. An act to establish a railroad bridge across the Illinois River near Grafton, Condemned cannon, etc. An act donating condemned cannon and cannon balls. May 21, 1896... Condemned cannon, Westerly, R. I. An act granting to Budlong Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in the town of Lewiston, in the county of Niagara, State of New York. May 22, 1896.. United States Courts, California. An act changing the time of holding terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States in the northern district of California. May 25, 1896... Nary, contracts, etc. An act to amend section thirty-seven hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes relative to guarantees on proposals for naval supplies. May 25, 1896... Condemned cannon, Elmwood, Ill. An act authorizing the Secretary of Navy to deliver one condemned cannon to the city of Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, and for other purposes. May 25, 1896. Territories, divorces. An act making one year's residence in a Territory a prerequisite to obtaining a divorce there. May 25, 1896.. Indian Territory, shooting at trains, etc. An act making it unlawful to shoot at or into any railway locomotive or car, or at any person thereon, or to throw any rock or other missile at or into any locomotive or car in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. May 25, 1896.. Florida, Arredondo grant. An act to provide for settlement of titles and disposition of public lands in the Arredondo grant, in Columbia County, Florida. May 25, 1896. Life-saving station, Port Huron, Mich. An act to authorize the establishment of a life-saving Page. 130 130 130 130 131 131 132 133 133 133 133 134 134 135 136 136 136 136 137 station at Port Huron, on the coast of Lake Huron, Michigan. May 25, 1896.. District of Columbia, physicians' testimony. An act relating to the testimony of physicians in the courts of the District of Columbia. May 25, 1896 138 138 Bridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri 138 tive, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes. May 28, 1896 Bridge, Red River of the North. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North. May 28, 1896... District of Columbia, Capital Railway. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Capital Railway Company," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. May 28, 1896.. Shipping, officers of vessels. An act to amend section forty-one hundred and thirty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to improve the merchant-marine engineer service and thereby also to increase the efficiency of the Naval Reserve, and for other purposes. May 28, 1896.. South Dakota, selection of lands. An act to authorize and empower the State of South Dakota to select the Fort Sully Military Reservation in said State as a part of the lands granted to the State under the provisions of an Act to provide for the admission of South Dakota into the Union, approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for indemnity school lands, and for other purposes. May 28, 1896.... Right of way, forest reserves, Colo. An act granting to the Denver, Cripple Creek and Southwestern Railroad Company a right of way for a railroad through the South Platte and Plum Creek forest reserves, in the State of Colorado. May 28, 1896... 140 186 187 188 189 190 Bridge, Tallahatchie River. An act declaring a certain bridge across the Tailahatchie River, in Tallahatchie County, State of Mississippi, a lawful structure, and for other purposes. May 28, 1896..... 190 District of Columbia, property in hands of police. An act to amend section four hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia. May 29, 1896..... District of Columbia, dry measures. An act defining the standard shape and size for dry measures in use in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. May 30, 1896..... Condemned cannon, Hastings, Mich. An act empowering and directing the Secretary of the Navy to furnish four pieces of condemned cannon to the city of Hastings, Michigan. May 30, 1896.. District of Columbia, married women, etc. An act to amend the laws of the District of Columbia as to married women, to make parents the natural guardians of their minor children, and for other purposes. June 1, 1896 . National University. An act to incorporate the National University. June 1, 1896. Fruit brandy. An act to amend section thirty-two hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning the distilling of brandy from fruits. June 3, 1896... Alcohol in the arts. An act to repeal section sixty-one of an Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes, which became a law August twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. June 3, 1896....... Bridge, Missouri River. An act authorizing the construction of a wagon and motor bridge over the Missouri River at Saint Charles, Missouri. June 3, 1896.. Public lands, commutations. An act relating to commutations of homestead entries, and to confirm such entries when commutation proofs were received by local land officers prematurely. June 3, 1896. District of Columbia, medical and surgical licenses. An act to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery, to license physicians and surgeons, and to punish persons violating the provisions thereof in the District of Columbia. June 3, 1896.. Appropriations, rivers and harbors. An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. June 3, 1896.... District of Columbia, free library. An act to establish and provide for the maintenance of a free public library and reading room in the District of Columbia. June 3, 1896. Public lands, settlers in Minnesota. An act for the relief of settlers on the Northern Pacific Railroad indemnity lands. June 3, 1896... District of Columbia, Great Falls Railway. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company." June 3, 1896... Navy, Judge-Advocate-General. An act amending the Act of June eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to authorize the President to appoint an officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps to perform the duties of solicitor and judge-advocate-general, and so forth, and to fix the rank and pay of such officer," and for other purposes. June 5, 1896... District of Columbia, gas. An act relating to the sale of gas in the District of Columbia. June 6, 1896.. Right of way, Arizona. An act granting the Flagstaff and Canyon Railroad Company right of way for railroad purposes through the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve in northern Arizona. June 6, 1896.. Filled cheese. An act defining cheese, and also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of "filled cheese." June 6, 1896. Appropriations, fortifications. An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes. June 6, 1896.. Arizona, funding bonds. An act amending and extending the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act approving with amendments the funding act of Arizona," approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the Act amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto approved August third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. June 6, 1896.. Postal service, fourth-class matter. An act to regulate mail matter of the fourth class. June 8, 1896.. Customs, special delivery of imported articles. An act to expedite the delivery of imported parcels and packages not exceeding five hundred dollars in value. June 8, 1896.. District of Columbia, Baltimore and Washington Railway. An act to authorize the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company, of Maryland, to enter the District of Columbia. June 8, 1896. Appropriations, deficiencies. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropri ations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for Appropriations, postal service. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Salmon fisheries, Alaska. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection Appropriations, navy. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year end- Page. 191 192 193 193 194 195 195 195 197 198 202 244 245 246 251 251 253 253 256 262 262 263 264 267 313 316 317 318 321 321 321 361 Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kans. An act to establish a site for the erection of a penitentiary on the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and for other purposes. June 10, 1896.. Collisions at sea, fog signals. An act to amend an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea." June 10, 1896 Exposition, Omaha, Nebr. An act to authorize and encourage the holding of a transmississippi and international exposition at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. June 10, 1896 Ports of entry and delivery, Florida. An act to provide for subports of entry and delivery in the State of Florida. June 10, 1896... Port of entry, Santa Barbara, Cal. An act to make the city of Santa Barbara, county of Santa Barbara, State of California, a subport of entry. June 10, 1896 Gettysburg Park, Pa., roads. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to improve and maintain the public roads within the limits of the national park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. June 10, 1896.. Life-saving station, N. H. or Mass. An act to establish a life-saving station on the coast of New Condemned cannon, Manistique, Mich. An act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Right of way, Texas. An act to grant a right of way through the new Fort Bliss Military Reserva- Bridge, Allegheny River. An act to authorize the Butler and Pittsburg Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Allegheny River. June 11, 1896... Immediate transportation, Erie, Pa. An act to make the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, a port of immediate transportation. June 11, 1896.... Appropriations, District of Columbia. An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes. June 11, 1896... Appropriations, sundry civil expenses. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninetyseven, and for other purposes. June 11, 1896.. Bridge, Saint Louis River. An act to authorize the county of Saint Louis, in the State of Minnesota, ations for expenses of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. June 11, 1896. Postal service, postmasters' losses. An act to amend section one of "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act authorizing the Postmaster-General to adjust certain claims of postmasters for loss by burglary, fire or other unavoidable casualty,'" approved May ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. June 11, 1896............. RESOLUTIONS. Monthly Summary, statistics. Joint resolution providing for the printing of the Monthly Summary Statement of Imports and Exports of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department. December 18, 1895.. December salaries, 1895, Congressional employees. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the Seuate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, on the twentieth day of said month. December 20, 1895... Scranton and Williamsport, Pa., public buildings. Joint resolution granting the State of Pennsylvania permission to use the United States court-house at Scranton, Pennsylvania, and at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. December 23, 1895.. Engraving and Printing Bureau appropriation. Joint resolution ratifying the use of the appropriation for materials and Miscellaneous Expenses for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six for the purchase of articles provided for in the appropriation for the miscellaneous expenses of the Treasury Department, and authorizing the continued use of the same for the remaining portion of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. December 27, 1895... "Katahdin." Joint resolution authorizing and directing the acceptance of the ram Katahdin, thereby making said ram a part of the United States Navy. January 4, 1896.......... Page. 380 381 382 384 384 384 385 385 385 386 386 388 391 391 393 393 413 455 456 457 458 459 459 459 460 460 |