by striking out the word "three" and inserting the word "five," and inserting the words "or its legal successor, the Duluth, Superior and Western Railroad Company," so that the bill will read:

construction by Du

"SEC. 5. That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by said Time extended for company or its legal successor, the Duluth, Superior and Western luth, Superior and Railroad Company, unless the road shall be constructed through the Western Railroad said reservations within five years after the passage of this Act." Approved, February 23, 1897.

Company.

[No. 18.] Joint Resolution Admitting free of duty needlework and similar articles imported by New York Association of Sewing Schools for exhibition purposes.

Whereas the New York Association of Sewing Schools is collecting" through diplomatic and consular representatives of the United States in Europe, specimens of needlework and similar work done in the public schools of Europe, some of which specimens have already reached this country and are now in customs custody at New York: Therefore,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles of needlework and similar articles which have been made by pupils in the schools of Europe, which have or shall be imported from Europe for the sole purpose of exhibition by said New York Association of Sewing Schools, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe for the due exportation thereof at the close of such exhibition. Approved, February 24, 1897.

February 24, 1897.

Preamble.

Needlework.

Free entry for ex

hibition by New York ing Schools.

Association of Sew

[No. 19.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to the mayor of Buffalo tents, in loan, for the convenience of the Grand Army of the Republic at its annual encampment, to be held this year at that city.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, at his discretion, to deliver out of the quartermaster stores to the order of Mayor Edgar B. Jewett, of the city of Buffalo, for the use of said city of Buffalo and its committees on the Thirty-first National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Buffalo August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the following, namely: Sibley tents, common "A" tents, and flood sufferers' tents, with poles, ridges, and pins for each, under such restrictions as is usual in such cases and with the proviso that no expense shall be caused the United States by the delivery and return of such property; the same to be delivered to the mayor of Buffalo at such time anterior to the event as may be agreed upon between the War Department and the mayor of the city of Buffalo.

Approved, February 24, 1897.

[No. 20.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver a condemned cannon to the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Buffalo.

February 26, 1897.

Grand Army of the

donated for annual encampment.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby Republic. authorized to deliver to the order of Augustus F. Scheu, president of Condemned cannon the citizens' committee of the Thirty-first National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Buffalo, New York, one dismounted condemned cannon, used in the late civil war, to be used by the said citizens' committee for the purpose of furnishing memorial

Proviso.
Condition.

February 26, 1897.

regulations.

directed.

badges commemorative of the holding of such encampment at Buffalo, New York: Provided, That no expense shall be caused to the United States through the delivery of said condemned cannon.

Approved, February 26, 1897.

[No. 21.] Joint Resolution Providing for printing the reports from diplomatic and consular officers of the United States on the passport regulations of foreign countries.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Foreign passport of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed, under the Printing of report direction of the Department of State, a special edition of three thousand copies of the reports from diplomatic and consular officers of the United States on the passport regulations of foreign countries for the Department of State, and three thousand copies for the use of Congress, of which one thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, and two thousand for the use of the House.

March 3, 1897.

Comprehensive In

dex of Government Publications.

ized.

Approved, February 26, 1897.

[No. 23.] Joint Resolution To enable the Secretary of War to detail an officer of the United States Army to accept a position under the Government of the Greater Republic of Central America.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail an officer of the United States Army, not above the rank of captain, who shall be permitted to accept from the Government of the Greater Republic of Central America the position of instructor in a military school in said Republic and the emoluments pertaining thereto.

Approved, March 3, 1897.

[No. 24.] Joint Resolution Providing for a comprehensive index to Government publications from eighteen hundred and eighty-one to eighteen hundred and ninetythree.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be prepared for publication in a single volume, under the direction of John G. Ames, the Preparation author- Compiler of the Comprehensive Index of Government Publications, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine to eighteen hundred and ninety-three, an index to all publications of the Government from eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the date at which the Descriptive Catalogue of Government Publications by Ben: Perley Poore terminates, to eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the date at which the index by the superintendent of documents begins, said index to conform in its general plan to the above-named Comprehensive Index; and the compiler shall be entitled to receive, as compensation for this work, at the rate of one thousand dollars per Congress, to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury as follows: Five hundred dollars whenever he shall certify to said officer that the index to the documents of any entire Congress is completed, and the balance when the copy for the entire work is ready for delivery to the Public Printer.

Pay to compiler.

Departmental, etc.. publications to be furnished.

Copies for Senate and House.

SEC. 2. That the heads of the several Departments, Bureaus, and offices of the Government shall, upon the request of the compiler of the index, supply him with copies of all their publications issued dur ing the period above indicated, or such information as will enable him to prepare the index herein provided for.

SEC. 3. That in addition to the usual number, fifteen hundred copies of said index be printed and bound, five hundred for the use of the Senate and one thousand for the use of the House of Representatives. Approved, March 3, 1897.