RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] Joint resolution authorizing the printing of the annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on Internal Commerce for eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. December 5, 1890. Internal commerce. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed fifteen thousand additional copies of the annual report of the Chief printed. of the Bureau of Statistics on Internal Commerce, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, House Executive Document numbered six, First session Fifty-first Congress; four thousand five hundred copies for the use of the members of the Senate, and nine thousand copies for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, and one thousand copies for the use of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department; and that the sum of eight thousand two hundred and eighty-four dollars and fifty cents, or so much of the same as may be necessary to defray the expenses of printing such report, be appropriated and paid out of the money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, December 5, 1890. Appropriation. December 9, 1890 James B. Beck. Eulogies on, to be printed. Extra bound copies. [No. 2.] Joint resolution to print the eulogies on Honorable James B. Beck. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress on the late James B. Beck, a Senator in the Fifty-first Congress from the State of Kentucky, twenty-five thousand copies, of which number six thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and nineteen thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and that of the quota to the Senate the Public Printer shall reserve fifty copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when complete to the family of the deceased; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed a portrait in the usual manner of the late James B. Beck to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof Appropriation. as shall be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, December 9, 1890. Portrait. [No. 3.] Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to issue one thousand stands of arms to each of the States of North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Nebraska. December 9, 1890 kota, Wyoming, Mon Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United North and South DaStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War, tana, and Nebraska. under such regulations as he may prescribe, be, and he is hereby, tect from Indians, isauthorized to issue to the States of North and South Dakota, Wyo- sued. (1111) Post, p. 1114. Provisos. ming, Montana, and Nebraska, out of any ordnance stores which may belong to the United States and which have been superseded and are no longer issued to the Army, one thousand rifles each and ammunition for the same, not to exceed fifty ball cartridges for each arm, to enable the authorities of said States to assist the United States in protecting citizens and their property against depredations by Indians: Provided, That the said ordnance stores shall remain the property of the United States, and that the governors of said States shall each furnish security satisfactory to the Secretary of War for the care and return of said arms when the same shall be Militia quota not di- demanded: And provided further, That the quotas to said States under the act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eightyseven, for arming and equipping the militia shall not be hereby diminished. Return, etc. minished. Vol. 24, p. 401. December 18, 1890. Department of the Interior. Public lands and pensions decisions to be printed for sale. Approved, December 9, 1890. [No. 4.] Joint resolution providing for the printing of decisions of the Department of the Interior regarding public lands and pensions, for sale. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to print from the stereotype plates, and to bind in full sheep, one thousand copies each of volumes eight to twelve, inclusive, of decisions of the Department of the Interior relating to public lands, and of volumes three, four, and five of decisions of the Department of the Interior relating to pensions, to be sold by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of joint resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, providing for the sale of public documents: Provided, That one copy each of such decisions shall be deMembers of Con- livered without cost to each member of the present Congress, and that such additional number of copies shall be published, and that there be appropriated ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution. Vol. 24, p. 647. Proviso. gress Appropriation. December 20, 1890. December salaries to be paid Congres sional employees De cember 20, 1890. December 24, 1890. Approved, December 18, 1890. [No. 5.] Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety, on the twentieth day of said month. 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 instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety, on the twentieth day of said month. Approved, December 20, 1890. [No. 6.] Joint resolution concerning the publication of the United States map for the use of Congress. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United United States map. States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution Latest edition to be of January twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, provid ing for the publication of the United States map for the use of Congress, be amended by substituting the words "latest edition" in the published. place of "edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven," so that it shall read, "The United States map prepared by the General Land Office of the latest edition." Approved, December 24, 1890. [No. 7.] Joint resolution defining a quorum of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. December 24, 1890. Commissioners of the District of Colum Acting Engineer Commissioner. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any two of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, sitting as a board, shall con- bia. stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and that the senior Quorum of board. officer of the Corps of Engineers of the Army who shall for the time being be detailed to act as assistant (and in case of his absence from the District or disability, the junior officer so detailed) shall, in the event of the absence from the District or disability of the Commissioner who shall for the time being be detailed from the Corps of Engineers, perform all the duties imposed by law upon said Commissioner. Hereafter such Engineer Commissioner may, in the dis-Engineer Commiscretion of the President of the United States, be detailed from among pointed from capthe captains or officers of higher grade having served at least fifteen tains. years in the Corps of Engineers of the Army of the United States. Approved, December 24, 1890. sioner may be ap January 28, 1891. Eulogies on, to be [No. 8.] Joint resolution to print the eulogies on Hon. Edward J. Gay. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed Edward J. Gay. of the eulogies delivered in Congress on the late Edward J. Gay, a printed. Representative in the Fifty-first Congress from the State of Louisiana, twenty-five thousand copies, of which number six thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and nineteen thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed Portrait. a portrait of the said Edward J. Gay to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of one thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That of the quota to the House of Representatives the Public Printer shall set apart fifty copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the family of the deceased. Approved, January 28, 1891. [No. 9.] Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to issue ordnance and ordnance stores to the Washington High School. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is authorized to issue, at his discretion and under proper regulations to be prescribed by him, out of ordnance and ordnance stores belonging to the Government, and which can be spared for that purpose, such as may appear to be required for military instruction and practice by the students of the High School of Washington, District of Columbia, and the Secretary shall require a bond in each case, in double the value of the property, for the care and safe keeping thereof, and for the return of the same when required. Approved, February 5, 1891. Appropriation. Extra bound copies. February 5, 1891. District of Columbia. High School. Issue of ordnance to [No. 10.] Joint resolution to increase from fifty to one hundred the number of copies of the eulogies on the late Samuel Sullivan Cox to be delivered to his widow. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the number of copies of the eulogies delivered in both Houses of Congress upon Samuel Sullivan Cox, deceased, late a Representative from the State of New York, authorized under House joint resolution one hundred and fifty, to be specially bound by the Public Printer and delivered to his widow, is hereby increased from fifty to one hundred. Approved, February 7, 1891. February 18, 1891. Tariff of 1890. Correction of error. Cong., p. 593. [No. 11.] Joint resolution to correct an error of punctuation in the tariff act of eighteen hundred and ninety. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the punctuation in Laws, 1st Sess., 51st paragraph three hundred and sixty-two of "An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes," approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, be corrected so as to include in the parenthesis in said paragraph only the words "except binding twine," so that the said paragraph will read as follows: 362. Cables, cordage, and twine (except binding twine) composed in whole or in part of istle or Tampico fiber, manila, sisal grass, or sunn, one and one-half cents per pound; all binding twine manufactured in whole or in part from istle or Tampico fiber, manila, sisal grass, or sunn, seven-tenths of one cent per pound; cables and cordage made of hemp, two and one-half cents per pound; tarred cables and cordage, three cents per pound." Duty on cable, cords, and twine. 66 Approved, February 18, 1891. March 2, 1891. Arms to Dakotas, [No. 12.] Joint resolution amendatory of and supplementary to joint resolution number three, approved December ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That joint resolution number three, entitled "Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of Equipments to be War to issue one thousand stands of arms to each of the States of etc. Ante, p. 1111. issued. North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Nebraska," approved December ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "rifles each" the words "together with all infantry equipments necessary to their use in the field." Approved, March 2, 1891. March 2, 1891. Preamble. Washington and Ar [No. 13.] Joint resolution correcting an error in an enrolled bill Whereas the act to incorporate the Washington and Arlington Railway Company, as enrolled, fails to express the intent of the two houses as manifested by the adoption of the report of the conference committee on the amendments between the two houses thereon: Now, therefore, for the purpose of correcting said error and for no other purpose, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United lington Railway Com- States of America in Congress assembled, That section four of the Error in enrollment act entitled "An act to incorporate the Washington and Arlington Railway Company of the District of Columbia" be, and same is pany. of charter corrected. Ante, p. 791. hereby, amended so that the last sentence of said section after the words "in accordance herewith" shall read as follows: "And bonds to be secured by mortgage or deed of trust upon the property of the company may be issued to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the entire issue of stock and bonds shall not exceed the actual cost of constructing and equipping the road, including the bridge: And provided also, That the total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed double the amount of paid up stock, and every certificate of stock shall show the amount paid on the same. Approved, March 2, 1891. [No. 14.] Joint resolution to print ten thousand additional copies of the work known as the "Growth of Industrial Art." March 2, 1891. "Growth of Industrial Art. Additional copies to Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed ten thousand additional copies of the work known as the "Growth of Industrial Art," of which three thousand copies shall be for the use be printed. of the Senate, six thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and the remaining one thousand copies to be turned over to the Secretary of the Interior to be sold by him under the provisions of the law providing for the sale of public documents by said Secretary approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty seven. The compiler of said work, the Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, having prepared illustrations of several other arts since the same was published, may add them to the work without increased cost. That the Public Printer is hereby authorized to contract for the printing and binding Contracts. of the second edition proposed in this resolution, provided it can be done advantageously to the Government. Resolved, That there be appropriated for the purposes of this resolution, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars. Approved, March 2, 1891. Vol. 24, p. 647. Appropriation. [No. 15.] Joint resolution providing for printing the Fifth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor. March 2, 1891. Fifth Annual Labor Distribution. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed thirty-five thousand copies, in cloth binding, of the Fifth Annual Report to be printed. Report of the Commissioner of Labor; twenty thousand copies for use of the members of the House of Representatives, and ten thousand copies for use of members of the Senate, and five thousand copies for the use of the Department of Labor. SEC. 2. That the sum of twenty-one thousand dollars, or so much Appropriation. thereof as may be necessary to defray the cost of the publication of said report, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 2, 1891. [No. 17.] Joint Resolution to provide for the organization of the circuit courts of appeals. March 3, 1891. Circuit courts of appeals. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first meetings of the several circuit courts of appeals mentioned in the act of Congress passed at this present session, entitled "An act to establish circuit ing., Time of first meet- |