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For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and for the "Bulletins" and annual volumes of the "Proceedings" of the National Museum, the editions of which shall not be less than three thousand copies, and binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library, twelve thousand dollars.

For the United States Geological Survey as follows:

For engraving the illustrations necessary for the report of the Director, seven thousand dollars;

For engraving the illustrations necessary for the monographs and bulletins, ten thousand dollars;

Proviso.

Gauging streams re

For printing and binding the monographs and bulletins, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter the reports of the Geological Survey in relation to the gauging of streams and to the methods of ports. utilizing the water resources may be printed in octavo form, not to exceed one hundred pages in length and five thousand copies in number; one thousand copies of which shall be for the official use of the Geological Survey, one thousand five hundred copies shall be delivered to the Senate, and two thousand five hundred copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives, for distribution.

For the Department of Justice, nine thousand dollars.

For the Post-Office Department, exclusive of the Money-Order Office, one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.

For the Department of Agriculture, including ten thousand dollars for the Weather Bureau, eighty-five thousand dollars.

For the Department of Labor, seven thousand dollars.

For the Supreme Court of the United States, seven thousand dollars.

For the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For the Court of Claims, twelve thousand dollars.

For the Library of Congress, twelve thousand dollars.

For the Executive Office, two thousand dollars.

Distribution.

Vol. 28. p. 612.

For printing and binding the annual report of the Secretary of Agricultural Report. Agriculture, as required by the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Division of appro priation.

And no more than an allotment of one half of the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended in the first two quarters of the fiscal year, and no more than one-fourth thereof may be expended in either of the last two quarters of the fiscal year, except that, in addition thereto, in either of said last quarters, the unexpended balances of allotments for preceding quarters may be expended: Provided, That the amount herein specified for printing and binding the annual report excepted. of the Secretary of Agriculture, as required by the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall not be included in said allotments.

To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the law granting thirty days' annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Office, one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Proviso.
Agricultural Report

Leaves of absence.

No accumulation allowed.

The employees of the Government Printing Office, whether employed Regulation of leaves. by the piece or otherwise, shall be allowed leaves of absence with pay to the extent of not exceeding thirty days in any one fiscal year under such regulations and at such times as the Public Printer may designate at the rate of pay received by them during the time in which said leave was earned; but such leaves of absence shall not be allowed to accumulate from year to year. Such employees as are engaged on piecework shall receive the same rate of pay for the said thirty days' leave as will be paid to day hands: Provided, That those regularly employed on the Congressional Record shall receive leave, with pay, at the close of each cord employees. session. pro rata for the time of such employment: And provided further, That it shall be lawful to allow pay for pro rata leave to those serving Pro rata leaves. fractional parts of a year; also to allow pay for pro rata leave of absence

Provisos.
Congressional Rec-

representatives.

to employees of the Government Printing Office in any fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that thirty days' leave of absence, with pay, may have been granted to such employees in that fiscal year on account of Payment to legal service rendered in a previous fiscal year. And the Public Printer is hereby authorized to pay to the legal representatives of any employees who have died during the fiscal years of eighteen hundred and ninetyfour, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, eighteen hundred and ninetysix, or may hereafter die, who have or hereafter may have any accrued leave of absence due them as such employees, and said claims to be paid out of any unexpended balances of appropriations for the payment of leaves of absence to the employees of the Government Printing Office, for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-four, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and out of any future appropriations for leaves of absence.

Congressional Rec

ord.

bers changed. Vol. 28, p. 617.

That paragraph forty-six, section seventy-three, of an Act entitled Allotment to Mem. "An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents," approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, be, and the same hereby is, amended by striking out the following words: "Of which number eight copies shall be sent by the Superintendent of Documents, one each to such public or school libraries other than designated depositories as shall be designated for this purpose by each Representative and Delegate in Congress."

Government Printing Office. Boiler house.

To enable the Public Printer, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to purchase two lots of land immediately adjoining the Purchase of land, etc. site of the Government Printing Office on the west, said lots running north and south from H street to Jackson alley, and containing eight thousand four hundred and twelve square feet, more or less; and to purchase in addition a site in the vicinity of the Government Printing Office, within that part of square six hundred and twenty-four, bounded on the south by G street northwest, on the east by North Capitol street, and on the north by Jackson alley, and containing eight thousand four hundred and twelve square feet, more or less, and to erect thereon a boiler house and coal sheds; and for the purchase and erection of two three-hundred horsepower steel steam boilers, with all necessary fittings and connections to connect said boilers to the Government Printing Office, one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available.

Condemnation ceedings.

Vol. 26, p. 174.

Vol. 26, p. 413.

pro

Cotton States Exposition.

ing expenses.

Vol. 28, p. 421.

If from any cause the Public Printer, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be unable to purchase said land at a satisfactory price from the owners, he is hereby directed and empowered, within thirty days after the passage of this Act, to secure the same by condemnation proceedings, as provided in the Act approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to authorize the acquisition of certain parcels of real estate embraced in square numbered three hundred and twenty-three of the city of Washington, to provide an eligible site for a city post office," and the amendment to said Act contained in the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes," approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is, authorized and Government Build directed to pay over to the Cotton States and International Exposition Company to reimburse said company for expenses incurred and paid in connection with the Government Building and exhibit all those portions of the appropriations heretofore made under the Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the building and for the exhibit by the Government at the Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Georgia, which shall remain unexpended after all the liabilities incurred by the Government on account of said building and exhibit shall have been fully paid off and discharged.

Sums for salaries to be in full.

SEC. 2. That all sums appropriated by this Act for salaries of officers and employees of the Government shall be in full for such salaries for

the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; and all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Approved, June 11, 1896.

Repeal.

CHAP. 421.—An Act To authorize the county of Saint Louis, in the State of Minnesota, to build or authorize the building of a foot and wagon bridge across the Saint Louis River between Minnesota and Wisconsin, at a point near Fond du Lac, in said State of Minnesota.

June 11, 1896.

Saint Louis County may bridge Saint

Location.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of Saint Louis, in the State of Minnesota, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, Louis River, Fond du establish, and maintain, or authorize the erection, establishment, and Lac, Minn. maintenance of a foot and wagon bridge across the Saint Louis River, in section numbered seven, in township numbered forty-eight north of range numbered fifteen west, said section being partly in the county of Saint Louis and partly in the county of Douglas and State of Wisconsin, at a point described as follows: Commencing at or near the intersection of Cherokee street and One hundred and thirty-fifth avenue west, in the city of Duluth, Minnesota, at the suburban village known as Fond du Lac, thence crossing the Saint Louis River in a line at right angles to the channel of said river to a point on the Wisconsin shore about one hundred feet westerly from the mouth of Dubray Creek. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted.

SEC. 2. That the bridge under this Act shall consist of a timber approach on the Minnesota side with pile-bent foundation having openings of at least twenty feet; a two-hundred-and-fifty-foot drawspan across the Minnesota channel, beginning at about the shore line and having a pivot pier at center and giving clear openings of one hundred and ten feet each; a fixed span of one hundred feet; a two-hundredand fifty-foot drawspan across the Wisconsin channel similar to the one on the Minnesota side, and a timber approach on the Wisconsin side similar to that on the Minnesota side. The drawspan shall have a clear height of not less than fifteen feet and the fixed span not less than ten feet above low-water datum.

Free navigation.

Construction.

post route.

SEC. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act, and according Lawful structure and to these provisions and conditions, shall be a lawful structure, over which may be transmitted the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States free of charge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said bridge.

Secretary of War to

SEC. 4. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of the approve plans, etc. navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe, and to secure that object the corporation named shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river and the shore line at high water and low water, the direction and strength of the current, and the soundings, correctly showing the bed of the stream; and shall furnish such other information as shall be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject. And until the said plans and location of the bridge are decided by the Secretary of War to be such as will not materially affect the interest of navigation, the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of such bridge during Changes. the progress of construction, or after construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall at all times be so kept and managed as to afford reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels under such structure, so

Lights, etc.

Amendment, etc.

Commencement and completion.

as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river; the draws of such bridge shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats; and such lights or other signals shall be maintained on said bridge, by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, as the Light House Board shall prescribe; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation and modification by law when the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require, without any expense or charge to the United States.

SEC. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

SEC. 6. 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 date hereof.

Approved, June 11, 1896.

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CHAP. 422.-An Act To change the time and places for the district and circuit courts of the northern district of Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Texas shall be composed of the counties hereinafter named, and the terms of the said courts shall be held in each year at the time and places as follows:

At Dallas, in the county of Dallas, on the second Monday of January and the third Monday of May.

At Waco, in the county of McLennan, on the second Monday of April and the third Monday of November.

At Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant, on the first Monday of March and the third Monday in September.

At Abilene, in the county of Taylor, on the third Monday of March and the third Monday in October.

At San Angelo, in the county of Tom Green, on the fourth Monday of March and the first Monday in November.

SEC. 2. That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Brazos, Robertson, Leon, Limestone, Freestone, McLennan, Falls, Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Bosque, Somervell, and Hill shall be returned to Waco. All process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Navarro, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman, Dallas, Rockwall, Hunt, Collin, Denton, Cooke, and Montague shall be returned to Dallas. All process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Comanche, Hood, Erath, Tarrant, Parker, Palo Pinto, Wise, Clay, Jack, Young, Archer, Wichita, Wilbarger, Baylor, Hardeman, Cottle, Motley, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Armstrong, Randall, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hutchinson, Hansford, Sherman, Moore, Hartley, and Dallam shall be returned to Fort Worth. All process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Eastland, Stephens, Throckmorton, Shackelford, Callahan, Taylor, Jones, Haskell, Knox, Nolan, Fisher, Stonewall, Kent, Dickens, King, Crosby, Garza, Lub. bock, Gaines, Andrews, Mitchell, Scurry, Borden, Howard, Martin, and Midland shall be returned to Abilene. All process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton, Irion, Mills, Runnels, Coleman, and Brown shall be returned to San Angelo.

SEC. 3. That all actions or proceedings now pending in the courts of said district against parties residing in either of the counties from which process is made returnable to the courts to be held at Fort Worth, San Angelo, and Abilene, respectively, may, on the application of either party to such actions or proceedings, be transferred to the court at which the said proceedings would be returnable, as provided in this Act; and in case of such transfer all papers and files therein, with

copies of all journal entries, shall be transferred to the office of the deputy clerk of the said court, and the same shall proceed in all respects as if originally commenced in said court.

SEC. 4. That there shall be appointed, in the manner required by Deputy clerks. law, a deputy clerk, who shall keep his office at the city of Fort Worth, and also one who shall keep his office at the city of Abilene, and also one who shall keep his office at the city of San Angelo.

Terms at Graham abolished.

Vol. 20, p. 319; Vol.

SEC. 5. That no session of the said circuit court and district court of the northern district of the State of Texas shall be held at the city of Graham after this law shall take effect, and the records of said courts 23, p. 48. shall be removed from said town of Graham to the said town of Abilene, and the change of the places of holding the terms of the said courts as herein provided shall not affect the validity of any process or any bond or other obligation heretofore issued or made, and the same shall be held and taken as returnable and otherwise to the respective courts to which they would be returnable, as provided after this law takes effect.

Approved, June 11, 1896.

CHAP. 423.-An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for expenses of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, namely:

SENATE.

June 11, 1896.

Deficiencies appropriations.

Senate.

Clerks to committees on Revolutionary

To make the salaries of the clerks to the Committees on Revolutionary Claims and Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, from Claims and Corpora the first day of January to the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred tions in District of and ninety-six, at the rate of twenty-one hundred dollars per annum, six hundred and sixty dollars.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Columbia.

House of Represent

atives.

For compensation and mileage of Members of the House of Repre- Compensation and sentatives and Delegates from the Territories, twenty-five thousand mileage.

dollars.

For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, twelve thousand dollars.

Miscellaneous, etc.

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For care of the Capitol grounds in repairing damages to trees, foliage, Repairing damages. and planting, made necessary by recent storms, nine hundred dollars.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to credit the appropriation for the "Revenue-Cutter Service, eighteen hundred and ninety-six," with a portion of the unexpended balance, not exceeding nine thousand dollars, of the appropriation for said Service, for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and a portion of the unexpended balance, not exceeding eleven thousand dollars, of the appropriations for the "Refuge Station at Point Barrow, Alaska.”

Approved, June 11, 1896.

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