courts of appeals and to define and regulate in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes,' shall be held on the third Tuesday in June, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-one; and if, from any casualty, the first meeting of any of said courts shall fail to be so held on that day, the first meeting of any such court so failing to be held, shall be held on such day subsequent thereto as the chief justice, or any justice of the Supreme Court of the United States assigned to such circuit, shall direct: And be it further resolved, That nothing in said act shall be held or construed in anywise to impair the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court or Pending cases not any circuit court of the United States in any case now pending before

affected.

it, or in respect of any case wherein the writ of error or the appeal shall have been sued out or taken to any of said courts before the first day of July, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Approved, March 3, 1891.

March 3, 1891.

Oregon.

build

railroad over United States lands at Cas

River.

Proviso.

Non-interference with Government works.

March 3, 1891.

Mississippi River.

Appropriation for Head of the Passes

to

Ohio River.

Provisos.

[No. 18.] Joint resolution authorizing the State of Oregon to construct, maintain and operate a portage railroad over the property of the United States at the Cascades of the Columbia River, Oregon.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one million dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, which sum shall be immediately available and shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission: Provided, That no portion of this appropriation shall be expended to repair or build levees for the purpose of reclaiming lands or preventing injury to lands or private property by overflows: Provided, however, That the commission is authorized to repair and build levees, if in their judgment it should be done, as part of their plans to afford ease and safety to the navigation and commerce of the river and to deepen the channel: Provided further, That the Salaries, Mississippi Office, clerical, and traveling expenses and salaries of the Mississippi

River Commission.

River Commission may be paid from this appropriation.
Approved, March 3, 1891.

Repairing levees.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of Oregon is hereby authorized to construct, maintain and operate a portage railroad over the lands belonging to the United States at the Cascades of the Columbia River in the State of Oregon and to use in the construction of the same and in the operation thereof, the Government roads upon said lands: Provided, That such occupation and use shall not interfere with the Government works at said Cascades, and shall be under such restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of War shall prescribe.

Approved, March 3, 1891.

[No.19.] Joint resolution appropriating one million dollars for the improvement of the Mississippi River and making the same immediately available

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SESS. II

[No. 20.] Joint resolution to print one hundred thousand copies of report on Diseases of the Horse.

Diseases of the
Horse.
Special report on, to

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed one
hundred thousand copies of the special report on Diseases of the
Horse, prepared under the supervision of the Chief of the Bureau be printed.
of Animal Industry; twenty thousand copies for the use of members
of the Senate; seventy thousand copies for the use of members of
the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress; and ten
thousand copies for the use of the Secretary of Agriculture, to be
paid out of the appropriation hereinafter made.

[No. 21.] Joint resolution to increase the number of members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and fill vacancies in such Board.

March 3, 1891.

SEC. 2. That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much Appropriation. thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of printing and binding said report, and for illustrations for the same.

Approved, March 3, 1891.

[No. 22.] Joint resolution providing for the greater security of the public buildings in the District of Columbia and their contents from destruction or damage by fire.

March 3, 1891.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Number of managers increased.

soldiers.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Board of Managers for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall hereafter consist of eleven members, and the following named persons be, and are hereby, appointed Managers of the National Home Appointments. for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, that is to say: Edmund N. Morrill, of Kansas, for the unexpired term of office of John A. Martin, deceased; Alfred L. Pearson, of Pennsylvania, for the unexpired term of office of John F. Hartranft, deceased; James Barnett, of Ohio, for the unexpired term of office of Leonard A. Harris, deceased; George H. Bonebrake, of California, for the unexpired term of office of Henry H. Markham, resigned; and William B. Franklin, of Connecticut, John C. Black, of Illinois, Francis Fessenden, of Maine, and George W. Steele, of Indiana, for the terms of office commencing on the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety, to fill vacancies occasioned by the expiration of terms of office and by the increase provided hereby.

Approved, March 3, 1891.

March 3, 1891.

Electric fire-alarm

in files

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, "That to enable the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Department of the Appropriation for, Interior to place electrical fire-alarm apparatus in the especially Treasury and Interior exposed file and storerooms of the various buildings occupied by Departments. their respective Departments, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 3, 1891.

March 3, 1891.

Agricultural Report for 1591 to be printed.

Appropriation.

[No. 23.] Joint resolution providing for the printing of the Agricultural Report for eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed four hundred thousand copies of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one; seventyfive thousand copies for the use of the Senate; three hundred thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and twentyfive thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture; the illustrations for the same to be executed under the supervision of the Public Printer in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee on Printing, said illustrations to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture.

SEC. 2. That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of printing said report.

Approved March 3, 1891.

INDEX

FOREGOING PUBLIC LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS.