March 13, Pensions, proof of death. An act regulating proof of death in certain Pension cases. 1896 Condemned cannon, North Carolina troops. An act granting to the First Regiment North Carolina District of Columbia, Scottish Rite Masons. An act to incorporate the Supreme Council of the District of Columbia, Diocese of Washington convention. An act to incorporate the convention of the Appropriations, Army. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal New Orleans customs district. An act to extend the limits of the port of entry of New Orleans. First National Bank of Sprague, Wash. An act to authorize the First National Bank of Sprague, Washington, to change its location and name. March 20, 1896. Condemned cannon, Sedan, Kans. An act donating one condemned cannon and four pyramids of condemned cannon balls to Stone River l'ost, Numbered Seventy-four, Grand Army of the Republic, Sedan, Kansas, and for other purposes. March 20, 1896.. Appropriation, Navy Department printing. An act to provide for printing and binding for the Navy Department. March 20, 1896... Pension agents, duties. An act to repeal section six of an Act entitled "An Act to define the duties of pension agents, to prescribe the manner of paying pensions, and for other purposes," approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and now being section forty-seven hundred and eighty-four, Revised Statutes of the United States. March 23, 1896 . Bridge, Mississippi River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, in the county of Aitkin, State of Minnesota. March 23, 1896. Commissions, Executive Departments. An act to regulate the issue and recording of the commissions of officers in several of the Departments. March 28, 1896..... District of Columbia, weights, etc. An act to amend section nine of an Act entitled "An Act to Bridge, Calumet River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Calumet River. Right of way, Indian Territory. An act to authorize the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad Company to extend its line of railroad into the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. March 28, 1896.. Bridge, Hennepin Canal. An act for the right of the Rock Island, Muscatine and Southwestern Railway Company to build a bridge across the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. March 28, 1896.. Bridge, Tennessee River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee Rock Island bridge. An act for the reconstruction of the Rock Island bridge. March 28, 1896.... Condemned cannon, New York troops. An act to grant certain condemned cannon and cannon balls Army and Navy appointments. An act to repeal section twelve hundred and eighteen of the Revised Public lands, Fort Klamath Reservation. An act providing for disposal of lands lying within the Fort Klamath Hay Reservation, not included in the Klamath Indian Reservation, in Oregon. March 31, 1896.. Logging trains, etc. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to promote the safety of employees An act to provide an American register for the steamer Matteawan. April 4, 1896. Right of way, Indian Territory. An act authorizing the Arkansas Northwestern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. April 6, 1896.. Public lands, cash entries. An act to confirm certain cash entries of offered lands. April 7, 1896.. Arizona, school lands. An act to authorize the leasing of lands for educational purposes in Arizona. April 7, 1896... 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 indemnity limits of the grant to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. April 14, 1896... United States courts, Tennessee. An act repealing chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the Right of way, Indian Territory. An act to amend an Act to authorize the Interoceanic Railway Fog signal, Menominee, Mich. An act authorizing the construction of a fog signal on the north pier of the entrance to Menominee Harbor, Michigan. April 15, 1896... Bridge, Chattahoochee River. An act to authorize the construction of a wagon and foot bridge across the Chattahoochee River at or near the city of Columbia, Alabama. April 16, 1896.. Public lands, Fort Assinniboine, Mont. An act providing for disposal of lands on abandoned portions of the Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation in Montana, and for the relief of certain settlers thereon. April 18, 1896 Right of way, Indian reservations, Kans. and Nebr. An act granting to the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad Company and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, its lessee in perpetuity, the right of way over a part of the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian Reservation in the States of Kansas and Nebraska. April 18, 1896..... Cannon, Grant Park, Galena, Ill. An act authorizing the transfer of a cannon from the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, to Grant Park, in Galena, Illinois. April 24, 1896... Naval training station, San Francisco. An act providing for a naval training station on the island of Yerba Buena (or Goat Island), in the harbor of San Francisco, California, and for other purposes. April 24, 1896.. 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 Ter ritory 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.. 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. Bridge, Corpus Christi Channel, Tex. An act authorizing the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway Bridge, Monongahela River. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Union Rail- lation of medical and dental colleges in the District of Columbia. May 4, 1896. 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 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 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 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 Reservation, in the State of Colorado, to the public domain. May 19, 1896. District of Columbia, pipe lines. An act to permit the Pintsch Compressing Company to lay pipes in certain streets in the city of Washington. May 19, 1896.. 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 Texas, lands in Valverde County. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury of the United District of Columbia, harbor regulations. An act to establish certain harbor regulations for the District of Columbia. May 19, 1896... 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.. 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. Page. 116 116 117 117 118 118 120 120 120 121 121 121 122 122 122 123 123 123 124 124 124 125 126 126 127 128 128 128 129 129 129 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 one condemned cannon and cannon balls to 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, Ports of delivery, Colorado. An act to establish customs ports of delivery at Pueblo, Durango, and 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 station at Port Huron, on the coast of Lake Huron, Michigan. May 25, 1896.... Bridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Boonville, Missouri. May 25, 1896... Appropriations, legislative, executive, and judicial. An act making appropriations for the legislative, 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 Southwest- Page. 130 130 130 130 131 131 132 133 133 133 133 134 134 135 136 136 136 136 137 138 138 138 140 186 187 188 189 190 190 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 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 appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for prior years, and for other purposes. June 8, 1896.. 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 expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian 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 |