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distribution, to the Superintendent of Documents. That the Senators, Members, and Delegates, of the Fifty-fourth Congress be, and are hereby, authorized to designate to the Superintendent of Documents the names of persons to whom their respective quotas of said document shall be sent from time to time as the volumes are published: Provided, That in the distribution to the Senate and House of Representatives the fraction in each case shall be delivered to the compiler: And provided further, That the Public Printer shall bind in black half-Turkey morocco one copy for the use of each Senator, and Member, and Delegate in the Fifty-fourth Congress.

Approved, April 30, 1896.

[No. 51.] Joint Resolution Relative to the medal of honor authorized by the Acts of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Proviso.

Surplus to compiler.

Special binding.

May 2, 1896.

Medals of honor.
Issue of rosettes and

Vol. 12, pp. 623, 751.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue to any person to whom a medal of ribbons to holders. honor has been awarded, or may hereafter be awarded, under the provisions of the Joint Resolution approved July twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, a rosette or knot to be worn in lieu of the medal, and a ribbon to be worn with the medal; said rosette or knot and ribbon to be each of a pattern to be prescribed and established by the President of the United States, and any appropriation that may hereafter be available for the contingent expenses of the War Department Expenses. is hereby made available for the purposes of this Act: Provided, That whenever a ribbon issued under the provisions of this Act shall have been lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued, the Secretary of War shall cause a new ribbon to be issued to such person without charge therefor.

Approved, May 2, 1896.

[No. 52.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the Mountain View Cemetery Association, at Oakland, California, certain cannon, and so forth.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to donate and deliver, under such conditions as he may deem necessary in order to insure the proper fulfillment of the purposes of this resolution, to the Mountain View Cemetery Association, at Oakland, California, six condemned cannon and six pyramids of condemned cannon balls for the purpose of decorating the Grand Army burial plat, reserved for the burial of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the Union, and to be placed around and near the soldiers' monument already erected there: Provided, That such articles only be donated, under the authority herein contained, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy may be spared without detriment to the public interests: Provided further, That the United States shall not be subjected to any expense in connection with the donation of the articles referred to.

Approved, May 18, 1896.

[No. 53.] Joint Resolution Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, to be held in Nashville, Tennessee, in eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits, and allowing articles imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition to be imported free of duty, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Proviso.
Renewal of ribbons.

May 18, 1896.

Donated to cemetery, Oakland, Cal.

Condemned cannon.

Provisos.
Condition.

Expense.

May 18, 1896.

Whereas the Tennessee Centennial Exposition Company of Nash- Preamble. ville, Tennessee, have extended invitations which have been accepted

nial Exposition.

eign exhibitors. Vol. 23, p. 332.

for

by the several nations, and space for installing foreign exhibits has been applied for and duly apportioned, and concessions and privileges granted by the exposition management to the citizens and subjects of foreign nations; and

Whereas for the purpose of securing the production upon the exposition grounds of scenes illustrative of the architecture, dress, habits, aud modes of life, occupation, industries, means of locomotion and transportation, amusements, entertainments, and so forth, of the natives of foreign countries, it has been necessary for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition Company to grant concessions and privileges to certain firms and corporations conceding the right to make such productions: Therefore,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Tennessee Centen of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Congress approved Admission of con- February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, prohibiting the importation of foreigners under contract to perform labor, and the Acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese persons into the United States, and the Acts amendatory of these Acts, shall not be so construed, nor shall anything therein operate to prevent, hinder, or in anywise restrict any foreign exhibitor, 1epresentative, or citizen of a foreign nation, or the holder, who is a citizen of a foreign nation, of any concession or privilege from the Tennessee Centennial Exposition Company of Nashville, Tennessee, from bringing into the United States, under contract, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees, natives of their respective foreign countries, as they, or any of them, may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparations for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any concession or privilege which may have been granted by the Tennessee Centennial Exposition Company of Nashville, Tennessee, in connection with such exposition: Provided, however, That no alien shall by virtue of this Act enter the United States under contract to perform labor except by express permission, naming such alien, of the Secretary of the Treasury; and any such alien who may remain in the United States for more than one year, after the close of said exposition, shall thereafter be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to aliens coming in violation of the alien-contract-labor law aforesaid.

Proviso.
Permit.

Free entry of articles for exhibition.

Sales.

Proviso.

Duty on articles sold.

SEC. 2. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhibition to sell, for delivery at the close of the exposition, any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such article by the revenue kaws in force at the date of importation, and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal.

Approved, May 18, 1896.

May 21, 1896.

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[No. 55.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to deliver condemned cannon to Chamberlain Post, Grand Army of the Republic, to be posted by the soldiers' monument at Saint Johnsbury, Vermont.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Condemned cannon. of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Chamberlain

Donated for soldiers' monument, Saint

Proviso.

Post, Grand Army of the Republic, to be posted by the soldiers' monument in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, two light pieces of condemned Johnsbury, Vt. cannon and twenty cannon balls: Provided, That said delivery shall Expense. be made without expense to the United States Government and without detriment to the naval service.

Approved, May 21, 1896.

[No. 56.] Joint Resolution Granting permission to the circuit and county courts in Rockingham County, Virginia, to occupy the Federal court room in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

May 28, 1896.

Harrisonburg, Va.
Use of public build-

rily.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That full permission be, and the same is hereby, granted to the State of Virginia, and to the circuit and county ing for State courts courts of Rockingham County, in said State, to occupy the United permitted tempora States court room and the rooms connected therewith at Harrisonburg, in said county of Rockingham, in Virginia, for and during the period necessary for said county of Rockingham to erect a new court-house of its own in said town of Harrisonburg, for the purpose of holding the sessions of said circuit and county courts of Rockingham County in said United States court room for the period named therein, which period shall not exceed three years; and that during said period concurrent jurisdiction, so far as is necessary, over said property be, and the same is hereby, ceded to the State of Virginia for said purposes, so that the sessions of said courts in said building and rooms may be, during said period, fully legalized: Provided, That said rooms shall be kept in good repair at the expense of the State of Virginia, and the board of supervisors of said county of Rockingham, in Virginia, shall further provide necessary light and heat for said rooms at their own expense. When occupied by said courts, and at the end of the period herein pro vided for, the use of said rooms shall be relinquished to the United States by the said State of Virginia and said courts of Rockingham County in as good condition as before their occupancy by said court: Provided, further, That the sessions of said courts shall in no way interfere with the sessions of the circuit and district courts of the United States.

Approved, May 28, 1896.

[No, 57.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to lend to the mayors of the cities of East Saint Louis, Illinois, and Saint Louis, Missouri, and vicinity, a number of tents.

Provisos.
Repairs, etc.

Not to interfere with Federal sessions.

May 28, 1896.

Loan of tents to East

etc.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to lend to the mayors of the cities of East Saint St. Louis, St. Louis, Louis, Illinois, Saint Louis, Missouri, and vicinity, under such regulations and restrictions as he may deem proper, a sufficient number of tents to temporarily shelter such citizens of said cities as may have lost their homes by the tornado of yesterday, and to render such other relief in the premises as he may deem necessary. Approved, May 28, 1896.

[No. 58.] Joint Resolution To authorize a scientific investigation of the fur-seal fisheries.

June 8, 1896.

Fur-seal fisheries.
Appropriation for

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to expend, from any moneys in the Treas- scientific investiga. ury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to provide for the tion. employment of persons to conduct a scientific investigation, during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-six and eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, of the present condition of the fur-seal herds on the Pribilof, Commander, and Kurile Islands in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, said amount not to exceed for both said years the sum of five thousand dollars.

Stenographer.

Detail.

Expenses.

Use of vessel.

June 9, 1896.

Officers, etc.. of Consalaries the day after

gress to be paid June adjournment.

June 10, 1896.

Detroit, Mich.
Bronze tablet to be

ing.

The Secretary is also authorized to employ a stenographer in connection with this investigation at a rate of compensation not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and to pay his compensation and expenses out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

The President is authorized to detail, for the purposes of assisting in this investigation, any officer or 'officers or employees of the United States Government, their actual' expenses and the expenses of the person or persons employed under the preceding paragraph to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

The President may detail a vessel of the United States for the purpose of carrying out this investigation.

Approved, June 8, 1896.

[No. 59.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives on the day following adjournment.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, on the day of said month next following adjournment.

Approved, June 9, 1896.

[No. 60.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to place a bronze tablet or inscription on the Government building now being erected in Detroit, Michigan.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury placed in public build. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be prepared and placed in some suitable position on the Government building now being erected in the city of Detroit, Michigan, a bronze tablet or an inscription commemorative of the fact that the said public building is erected on the site of the British Fort Lernoult, which was surrendered to the United States in seventeen hundred and ninety-six; and is also on the site of the American Fort Shelby, which was demolished in eighteen hundred and twenty-six: Provided, That the cost of such tablet shall be paid from the appropriation already made for the said building.

Proriso.
Payment.

June 11, 1896.

Navy.

Honorable dis

charges and reenlist ment bounty extended

to all enlisted men.

R. S.. secs. 1426. 1573,

pp. 251, 269.

Approved, June 10, 1896.

[No. 62.] Joint Resolution Extending the benefits of sections fourteen hundred and twenty-six and fifteen hundred and seventy-three of the Revised Statutes to all enlisted persons in the Navy.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the benefits of honorable discharge as conferred by section fourteen hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes, and of three months' pay upon reenlistment after honorable discharge as conferred by section fifteen hundred and seventythree upon seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, firemen, coal heavers and boys, be, and the same are hereby, extended and made applicable Paymasters' ac to all enlisted persons in the Navy. And all accounts of paymasters so made to be allowed. who have made payments to enlisted men, not of the classes named in sections fourteen hundred and twenty-six and fifteen hundred and seventy-three, Revised Statutes, as if they had been included in the provisions of said sections, shall be allowed and passed by the accounting officers of the Treasury as if they had been included in said sections. Approved, June 11, 1896.

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