PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS
CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.
ACTS OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Tennessee Centennial Exposition. An act to aid and encourage the holding of the Tennessee Cen-
tennial Exposition at Nashville, Tennessee, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
and making an appropriation therefor. December 22, 1896
Appropriations, pensions. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other
pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight, and for other purposes. December 22, 1896....
Appropriations, urgent deficiencies. An act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in
the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
seven, and for prior years, and for other purposes. December 22, 1896
Copyrights, dramatic and music. An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Stat-
utes, relating to copyrights. January 6, 1897
Inaugural ceremonies, flags, etc. An act authorizing the issuing and loaning of the ensigns, flags,
signal numbers, and so forth, of the United States for the purpose of decorating the streets
of the city of Washington on the occasion of inaugural ceremonies on the fourth of March,
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. January 6, 1897..
Utah University. An act extending the time within which the University of Utah shall occupy lands heretofore granted to it. January 8, 1897
"Tally-Ho," brig. An act to refer the claim of the owners of the brig Tally-Ho to the Court of Claims. January 9, 1897
Public building, Newport, Ky. An act to amend chapter one hundred and eleven of the Acts of the third session of the Fifty-third Congress. January 9, 1897... Public lands, reservoir sites. An act providing for the location and purchase of public lands for reservoir sites. January 13, 1897
Bridge, Caddo Lake. An act to approve and ratify the construction of a bridge over and across
Caddo Lake, at Mooringsport, Louisiana, by the Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Railway Company. January 13, 1897
Bridge, Black River. An act authorizing the Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Black River, in Louisiana. January 13, 1897 .. Death penalty. An act to reduce the cases in which the penalty of death may be inflicted. January 15, 1897.
New Mexico, bonds. An act approving certain acts of the legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, authorizing the issue of certain bonds of said Territory, and for other purposes. January 16, 1897.
Vessels with electric motors, etc. An act providing for certain requirements for vessels propelled by gas, fluid, naphtha, or electric motors. January 18, 1897
Public lands, Greer County, Okla. An act to provide for the entry of lands in Greer County, Okla-
homa, to give preference rights to settlers, and for other purposes. January 18, 1897...
American register, “Kahului.” An act to provide an American register for the steamer Kahului.
January 20, 1897...
Marking vessels' names, etc. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend section fortyone hundred and seventy-eight, Revised Statutes, in relation to the marking of vessels' names at bow and stern, and also to provide for marking the draft," approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. January 20, 1897...
Appeals in criminal cases. An act to withdraw from the Supreme Court jurisdiction of criminal cases not capital and confer the same on the circuit courts of appeals. January 20, 1897..