PUBLIC LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. 1895-1896. (iii) LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. ACTS OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. STATUTE I.-1895-1896. Venezuelan Commission. An act making an appropriation for the expenses of a commission to investigate and report on the true divisional line between the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana. December 21, 1895... Chicago customs district. An act to amend section twenty-six hundred and one of the Revised Statutes relative to ports of entry. December 27, 1895.. United States courts, Iowa. An act fixing the times for holding the Circuit and District Courts of the Northern District of Iowa, and of the Southern District of Iowa. January 4, 1896.... Port of entry, Palm Beach, Fla. An act to make Palm Beach, Florida, a subport of entry and delivery. January 6, 1896. District of Columbia, highways. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. January 21, 1896.. Aransas Pass harbor. An act for improving Aransas Pass. January 21, 1896 "Miami." An act to provide an American register for the steamer Miami. January 22, 1896 Public lands, purchasers on forfeited grants. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes, approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the several Acts amendatory thereof." January 23, 1896. International Marine Conference. An act to reconvene the delegates of the United States to the International Marine Conference of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. February 5, 1896.. District of Columbia, medical school. An act to incorporate the Post Graduate School of Medicine of the District of Columbia. February 7, 1896. "Three Brothers," "Johan Ludwig." An act to provide American registers for the barks Minde and Johan Ludwig. February 7, 1896.. District of Columbia, pugilistic encounters, etc. An act to prohibit prize-fighting and pugilism and fights between men and animals and to provide penalties therefor, in the Territories and District of Columbia. February 7, 1896... United States courts, appeals Indian Territory. An act to extend the jurisdiction of the United States circuit court of appeals, eighth circuit, over certain suits now pending therein on appeal and writ of error from the United States court in the Indian Territory. February 8, 1896.. Public lands, purchasers. An act to amend section four of an Act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes. February 12, 1890.... Right of way, Indian Territory. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. February 13, 1896.. Bridge, Saint Lawrence River. An act to amend chapter seventy-six, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three. February 15, 1896. Hot Springs, Ark., incline railway. An act to extend the time for the completion of the incline railway on West Mountain, Hot Springs Reservation. February 15, 1896.. Military Academy, chaplain. An act to amend section thirteen hundred and nine, Revised Stat utes, providing a chaplain for the Military Academy. February 18, 1896.. Daughters of American Revolution. An act to incorporate The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. February 20, 1896.... Public lands, Colville reservation. An act to extend the mineral-land laws of the United States to lands embraced in the north half of the Colville Indian Reservation. February 20, 1896.. V Page. 1 1 2 233 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 District of Columbia, trial boards. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to punish false swearing before trial boards of the Metropolitan police force and fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. February 20, 1896.. American Island, S. Dak. An act to amend section twenty-one of an Act entitled "An Act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations, and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder, and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. February 20, 1896. District of Columbia, Maryland and Washington Railway. An act extending the time within which the Maryland and Washington Railway Company shall be required to complete the building of the road of said company, under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by an Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. February 20, 1896.. Colorado, mineral claims on forest reservations. An act to open forest reservations in the State of Colorado for the location of mining claims. February 20, 1896 Right of way, Indian reservations, Minn. An act granting to the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company a right of way through the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and Chippewa Indian Reservation, in Minnesota. February 24, 1896... Right of way, Indian Territory. An act to authorize the Arkansas and Choctaw Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Choctaw Nation, in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. February 24, 1896 Settlers, Yankton Reservation, S. Dak. An act granting leave of absence for one year to homestead settlers upon the Yankton Indian Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes. February 26, 1896.. Chippewa Indians, Minn., pine lands. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota. February 26, 1896.. Appropriations, urgent deficiencies. An act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninetysix, and for prior years, and for other purposes. February 26, 1896 Appropriations, diplomatic and consular. An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninetyseven. February 26, 1896.. United States courts, Tennessee. An act to change and fix the time for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States for the northern division of the eastern district of Tennessee. February 27, 1896. Condemned cannon, Eldorado, Kans. An act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Navy to donate one condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to W. H. Wallace Post, Numbered Sixty-six, Grand Army of the Republic, of Eldorado, Kansas, and for other purposes. February 27, 1896 Remission of forfeitures. An act to amend section fifty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relative to the power of the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for other purposes. March 2, 1896.. Right of way, Indian Territory. An act to grant the Fort Smith and Western Coal Railroad Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. March 2, 1896.Public lands, annulling patents. An act to provide for the extension of the time within which suits may be brought to vacate and annul land patents, and for other purposes. March 2, 1896 Public lands, timber culture. An act relating to final proof in timber-culture entries. March 4, 1896 Right of way, Indian Territory. 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." March 4, 1896 Right of way, Colville Reservation, Wash. 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. March 6, 1896.. Appropriations, pensions. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other Bridge, Lake Saint Francis, Ark. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Lake Saint Appropriations, Military Academy. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Saint Marys River, anchorage. An act relating to the anchorage and movements of vessels in Saint Condemned cannon, Hope Valley, R. I., Taylorville, Ill., and Newton, N. J. An act granting to Lincoln Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hope Valley, Rhode Island, one condemned cannon; also, to the Woman's Relief Corps of Taylorville, Illinois, four condemned cannon and four condemned cannon balls for the purpose of decorating a soldiers' monument lately erected there by said corps; and, also, to the town of Newton, in the State of New Jersey, four pieces of condemned cannon and twenty cannon balls for the decoration of the new soldiers' and sailors' monument in that town. March 7, 1896. Judge, Florida southern district. An act to repeal section five hundred and fifty-three of the |