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District of Columbia, alley, square 185. An act to provide for the closing of a part of an alley
in square one hundred and eighty-five in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.
August 11, 1894..
Public Lands, Omaha Reservation. An act extending the time of payment to purchasers of
lands of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, and for other purposes. August 11,
1894

Port of entry. Oakland, Cal. An act to make the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, State
of California, a subport of entry. August 11, 1894..
"S. Oteri." An act to provide an American register for the steamer S. Oteri. August 13, 1894.
District of Columbia, bonds. An act to provide for the payment of the eight per centum
greenback certificates of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. August 13,
1894....

Bonds of contractors. An act for the protection of persons furnishing materials and labor for
the construction of public works. August 13, 1894.
State taxation of notes. An act to subject to State taxation national-bank notes and United
States Treasury notes. August 13, 1894...

Bonds from security companies. An act relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonds, and
undertakings, and to allow certain corporations to be accepted as surety thereon.
August 13, 1894.
Bridge, Chattahoochee River. An act to authorize the construction of a wagon and foot bridge
across the Chattahoochee River at or near the town of Columbia, Alabama, August 13,
1894...

Lights, fishing vessels. An act relating to lights on fishing vessels. August 13, 1894.
Bridge, Perdido River. An act to authorize a bridge across the Perdido River between the
States of Florida and Alabama. August 13, 1894..

District of Columbia, assessing real estate. An act to provide an immediate revision and equal-
ization of real-estate values in the District of Columbia; also to provide an assessment
of real estate in said District in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six and every third
year thereafter, and for other purposes. August 14, 1894..........
Public lands, surveying contracts. An act to further amend section twenty-three hundred and
ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. August 15, 1894...
Revenue cutter, San Francisco. An act making an appropriation and providing for the con-
struction of a United States revenue cutter for service in the harbor of San Francisco,
State of California. August 15, 1894....
Appropriations, Indian Department. An act making appropriations for current and contin-
gent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various
Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five,
and for other purposes. August 15, 1894.
Appropriations, rivers and harbors. An act naking appropriations for the construction,
repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other
purposes. August 18, 1894...

Consular bills of health. An act to amend section two of the act approved February fifteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An Act granting additional quarantine
powers and imposing additional duties upon the Marine-Hospital Service." August 18,
1894..
Appropriations, sundry civil expenses. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses
of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-five, and for other purposes. August 18, 1894..
Public lands, surveys. An act to amend sections twenty-four hundred and one and twenty-
four hundred and three of the Revised Statutes. August 20, 1894...
Deficiencies appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the
appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
four, and for prior years, and for other purposes. August 23, 1894...
District of Columbia, deputy coroner. An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia to appoint a deputy coroner, and for other purposes. August 23, 1894..
Bridge, Columbia River, Washington. An act extending the time for the completion of a
railroad bridge over the Columbia River at or near Vancouver, in the State of Wash-
ington. August 23, 1894...

Immediate transportation, Ocala, Fla. An act to extend the privileges of the transportation
of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the city of Ocala, in the State of
Florida. August 23, 1894..

Right of way, Indian reservations, Minnesota. An act granting to the Northern Mississippi
Railway Company right of way through certain Indian reservations in Minnesota.
August 23, 1894.

Bridge, Contentnea Creek, North Carolina. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge
across the Contentnea Creek at Grifton, Lenoir County, North Carolina, and to estab-
lish it as a post road. August 23, 1894..

Life-saving station, Rocky Point, N. Y. An act to authorize the construction of a life-saving station at or near Rocky Point or East Marion, Long Island, New York. August 23, 1894 Public lands, opening abandoned reservations. An act to provide for the opening of certain

abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes. August 23, 1894... Chicago, Ill., pier. An act to repeal House resolution numbered one hundred and four, first session Fifty-first Congress, granting to Secretary of War a permit to license to use a pier at mouth of Chicago River. August 23, 1894.... Volunteer Soldiers' Home, use of funds. An act to amend section forty-eight hundred and thirty-three, Revised Statutes, and for other purposes. August 23, 1894.

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District of Columbia, electric railway. An act to amend an act entitled "An Act to incorporate
the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway." August 23, 1894.
District of Columbia, Mount Vernon Railway. An act to authorize the Washington Alexan-
dria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company to extend its line of road into and
within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. August 23, 1894..
Pensions, oaths before postmasters. An act empowering fourth-class postmasters to administer
oaths to pensioners. August 23, 1894..

Bridges, Bayou Des Glaises and Atchafalaya River, Louisiana. An act to authorize the Saint
Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway Company to bridge Bayou Des Glaises and
Atchafalaya River in the State of Louisiana. August 23, 1894.
District of Columbia, streets. An act to open, widen, and extend alleys in the District of
Columbia. August 24, 1894...

District of Columbia, subdivisions. An act to prevent the recording of subdivisions of land in
the District of Columbia in the office of the recorder of deeds. August 24, 1894.
Right of way, etc., Choctaw Coal and Railway Company. An act to authorize purchasers of
the property and franchises of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to organize a
corporation and to confer upon the same all the powers privileges, and franchises vested
in that company. August 24, 1894..

Georgia, courts. An act to amend an act entitled "An Act to create a new division of the
northern judicial district of Georgia," approved March third, eighteen hundred and
ninety-one. August 27, 1894 ..

Right of way, Indian reservations, Minnesota. An act granting to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad Company a right of way through the Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota. August 27, 1894.

Right of way, Indian Territory. An act to amend an act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act graning the right of way to the Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company through the Indian Territory."" August 27, 1894 ..

Public building. Little Rock, Ark. An act to provide for the improvement of the building and
grounds of the United States court and post-office at Little Rock, Arkansas. August 27,
1894..

Bridge, St. Croix River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint
Croix River between Wisconsin and Minnesota. August 27, 1894.
Omaha Reservation, school. An act authorizing the issue of a patent to the Presbyterian Board

of Home Missions for certain lands on the Omaha Indian reservation for school purposes.
August 27, 1894.
"Skudesnaes." An act for the registry and enrollment of the bark Skudesnaes. August 27,
1894

Appropriations, internal revenue, Venezuela arbitration. An act to provide for the collection
of internal revenue and for other purposes. August 27, 1894.
Tariff, etc. An act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other
purposes. August 27, 1894...

Bridge, Biloxi Bay, Miss. An act to authorize the Biloxi and Back Bay Bridge Company to
construct and maintain a bridge over that portion of the Bay of Biloxi, in the State of
Mississippi, known as Back Bay. August 27, 1894.

Bridge, Osage River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River,
in the State of Missouri. August 27, 1894..
Bridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri
River at De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri, and to establish it as a post-road. August
27, 1894..

RESOLUTIONS.

Appropriations, Chinese exclusion. Joint resolution providing for the payment of salaries and expenses of additional deputy collectors of internal-revenue to carry out the provisions of the Chinese exclusion act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. December 7, 1893. World's Fair, diplomas. Joint resolution conferring diplomas upon designers, inventors, and expert artisans. December 15, 1893..

Congressional employees, December salaries, 1893. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employés of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, on the twenty-first day of said month. December 19, 1893.

Settlers, Indian reservation, Minn. Joint resolution for the protection of those parties who
have heretofore been allowed to make entries for lands within the former Mille Lac
Indian Reservation, in Minnesota: December 19, 1893..........

Public Grounds, D. C., use of. Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to grant
permits for the use of the Monument grounds and reservations or public spaces in the
city of Washington, and for other purposes. December 19, 1893.
Employees, Ford's Theater disaster. Joint resolution relieving the employees of the Record and
Pension Office who were injured in the Ford's Theater disaster from the operation of the
law restricting the amount of sick leave, with pay that may be granted by heads of
Departments. December 25, 1893..

Grazing Mexican border. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to per-
mit the owners of cattle and horses transporting them into Mexico to reimport same
into the United States at any time within twelve months from date of the passage of this
resolution, and for other purposes. January 15, 1894...

Library of Congress, facilities to District judges. Joint resolution authorizing the chief jus-
tice and associate justices of the court of appeals and of the supreme court of the Dis-
trict of Columbia to use and take books from the Library of Congress. January 27,
1894....

Fire escapes, Printing Office, etc. Joint resolution providing for the erection of fire escapes
and bridges at the Government Printing Office and fire escapes at the Maltby Building.
February 2, 1894.
Antwerp International Exposition. Joint resolution providing for the appointment of a com-
mission to the Antwerp International Exposition. March 12, 1894...
Report, Capitol centennial. Joint resolution to provide for the printing of the report of the
joint committee of Congress and proceedings at the centennial celebration of the lay-
ing of the corner stone of the Capitol. March 14, 1894.
Smithsonian Institution, regents. Joint resolution to fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution. March 19, 1894
Chicago, Ill., court rooms. Joint resolution authorizing the transfer of furniture and carpets
to the rooms now occupied by the United States courts at Chicago. March 30, 1894...
Cherokee Nation fund. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treas-
ury to receive at the subtreasury in the city of New York from R. T. Wilson and Com-
pany, or assigns, the money amounting to six million seven hundred and forty thou-
sand dollars, to be paid to the Cherokee Nation, and to place the same to the credit of
the Cherokee Nation. March 31, 1894.

Ely Moore and Daniel Woodson. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to
cause the settlement of the accounts of Special Agents Moore and Woodson, under the
treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, with the Delaware Indians, and so forth. April
2, 1894..
International arbitration, history. Joint resolution to provide for the printing of a History
and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United States was a party,
and for other purposes. April 2, 1894....
Appropriation, Chinese exclusion. Joint resolution providing for the payment of salaries and
expenses of additional deputy collectors of internal revenue to carry out the provisions
of the Chinese exclusion act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended
by the act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. April 4, 1894 .
Agricultural Report, 1893. Joint resolution to print Agricultural Report for eighteen hundred
and ninety-three. April 10, 1894..

Capitol Centennial tablet. Joint resolution providing for the placing of a tablet upon the
Capitol to commemorate the laying of the corner stone of the building September eigh-
teenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-three. April 27, 1894.
Library of Congress, extra clerks. Joint resolution providing additional clerical force for the
Librarian of Congress. May 4, 1894 ...

Mississippi River, examinations. Joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to cause an
examination to be made to determine if there is probability and danger of the Mississippi
River cutting through the space dividing such river from the Saint Francis River in the
vicinity of Walnut Bend, Arkansas. May 4, 1894.

Payment for vessels, Treasury. Joint resolution providing for partial payments for work, and
so forth, for vessels constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
May 5, 1894.

Army and Navy Union badge. Joint resolution authorizing the wearing of the distinctive
badge adopted by the Regular Army and Navy Union upon all occasions of ceremony.
May 11, 1894.
Iowa, regimental flag. Joint resolution instructing the Secretary of War to return to the
State of Iowa the flag of Twenty-second Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry. May
11, 1894...
Congressional employees, May, 1894, salaries. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employés
of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of
May, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on the twenty-ninth day of said month. May
28, 1894.

Senate inquiries and investigations. Joint resolution making an appropriation to defray
expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate. June 5, 1894.
Gettysburg, Pa., battlefield, land. Joint resolution authorizing the purchase or condemnation
of land in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. June 5, 1894..
Baltimore, Md., court-house. Joint resolution granting full permission to the State of Mary-
land and to the several State courts within the city of Baltimore to occupy the old
United States court-house in the city of Baltimore for the period of five years. June
22, 1894..
Annual appropriations extended. Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures
of the Government. June 29, 1894..

Superior and Duluth harbors. Joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to appoint a
commission of engineers to examine and report upon the cost of deepening the harbors
of Superior and Duluth and their entrances to a uniform depth of 20 feet. June 29,

1894. Volunteer Soldiers' Home, managers. Joint resolution to appoint three members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. July 3, 1894. Navy-yard, mechanics, etc. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to continue

the employment of certain mechanics and laborers. July 9, 1894. International Geodetic Association. Joint resolution authorizing the President to appoint del egates to attend the meetings of the International Geodetic Association. July 23, 1894,

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Annual appropriations extended. Joint resolution to continue the provisions of a joint reso-
lution approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled a "Joint
Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government." July 31,
1894.
Women and children's work and wages, investigation. Joint resolution providing for an inves-
tigation relative to the work and wages of women and children. August 1, 1894...
Observatory circle, D. C. Joint resolution to establish an observatory circle as a provision for
guarding the delicate astronomical instruments at the United States Naval Observatory
against smoke or currents of heated air in their neighborhood and undue vibrations from
traffic upon the extension of public thoroughfares in the vicinity, and for other purposes.
August 1, 1894....
Arizona, Indian prisoners. Joint resolution authorizing proper officers of the Treasury
Department to examine and certify claims in favor of certain counties in Arizona.
August 6, 1894...

Machinery and labor investigation. Joint resolution providing for an investigation relating
to the effects of machinery on labor. August 15, 1894..
Annual appropriations extended. Joint resolution to continue the provisions of existing laws
providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. August 15, 1894.
Maryland and Washington Railway, D. C. Joint resolution to extend the charter of the Mary-
land and Washington Railway Company, August 23, 1894.
Health Department, D. C. Joint resolution providing for clerical assistance in the health
department of the District of Columbia. August 23, 1894..
United States courts, Meridian, Miss. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treas-
ury to provide rooms for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district
courts and their officers, at Meridian, Mississippi. August 27, 1894..
Saginaw, Mich., land. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer
a certain piece of land in the State of Michigan to the city of Saginaw. August 27, 1894.
Massachusetts, regimental flags. Joint resolution instructing the Secretary of War to return
to the State of Massachusetts the flags of certain regiments of Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry. August 27, 1894.

Congressional employees, August, 1894. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employés of
the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of
August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on the twenty-third day of said month.
August 27, 1894...

W. F. Niedringhaus. Joint resolution to change the initials of a name in the Indian appro-
priation bill. August 28, 1894

STATUTE III-1894-1895.

Arlington Reservation, Mount Vernon Railway. An act granting the right of way through the
Arlington Reservation for electric railway purposes. December 8, 1894 -
Public lands, bounty warrants, etc. An act to provide for the location and satisfaction of out-
standing military bounty land warrants and certificates of location under section three
of the act approved June second, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. December 13, 1894.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Park. An act providing for the dedication of the Chickamauga
and Chattanooga National Park. December 15, 1894...
Remission of fines on vessels. An act to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or miti-
gate fines, penalties, and forfeitures. December 15, 1894.
Bridge, Mississippi River. An act to amend the act entitled "An Act to authorize the construc-
tion of a bridge across the Mississippi River above New Orleans," approved January
twenty-six, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. December 24, 1894.
Deficiencies appropriation, printing.. An act making an appropriation to supply an urgent defi-
ciency in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and ninety-five, for public printing and binding. December 24, 1894.
Deficiencies appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in
the appropriations for the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes. December 24, 1894
Bridge, Contentnea Creek. An act to amend section eight of the act entitled "An Act to author-
ize the construction of a bridge across the Contentnea Creek, at Grifton, Lenoir County,
North Carolina, and to establish it as a post road," approved August twenty-third,
eighteen hundred and ninety-four. December 26, 1894.

Shiloh Park. An act to establish a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh. Decem-
ber 27, 1894.

Public lands, entries. An act to amend section three of an act to withdraw certain public
lands from privat entry, and for other purposes, approved March second, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-nine. December 29, 1894.
Yuma, Colo., land title. An act to perfect the title to a quarter section of land in the town
of Yuma, Colorado. December 29, 1894..
Potomac Flats suit, District of Columbia. An act supplementary to an act entitled "An Act
establishing a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,'
approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. January 7, 1895...
Portland Exposition. An act to exempt the articles of foreign exhibitors at the Portland Uni-
versal Exposition, at Portland, Oregon, from the payment of duties. January 8, 1895.
Bridge, Missouri River. An act to amend an act entitled "An Act to authorize the construc-

tion of a bridge across the Missouri River at some point within one mile below and one
mile above the present limits of the city of Jefferson, Missouri," approved May twenty-
eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. January 8, 1895...

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Printing and binding. An act providing for the public printing and binding and the distri-
bution of public documents. January 12, 1895.
Registry, etc., of vessels. An act to repeal section forty-one hundred and forty-five of the
Revised Statutes of the United States, and to amend sections forty-one hundred and
forty-six and forty-three hundred and twenty, also section one of the act amending sec-
tion forty-two hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, approved March third,
eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes. January 16. 1895.
"Claribel" and "Athos." An act to provide registers for the steamers Claribel and Athos.
January 16, 1895.

“Empress." "An act to provide an American register for the steamer Empress. January 16,

1895.

Galveston, Tex., light-house. An act to establish a light-house at the entrance to Galveston
Harbor, in the county of Galveston, in the State of Texas. January 16, 1895.
"Linda" and "Archer." An act to provide American registers for the barks Linda and
Archer. January 16, 1895

Appropriations, Military Academy. An act making appropriations for the support of the
Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
six. January 16, 1895....

Bridge, Little River. An act to amend the act entitled "An Act authorizing the Texarkana
and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Little River in the State of Arkansas,"
approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. January 19, 1895..
Homestead settlers, burnt districts. An act for the relief of homestead settlers in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and Michigan. January 19, 1895-
Venezuela awards. An act to make disposition of the accretions upon the fund received by
the Government of the United States upon the account of the payment of the Caracas
awards of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and to apply said accretions to the payment
of the new awards made in eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and
ninety under the Washington Commission. January 21, 1895..
Public lands, right of way. An act to permit the use of the right of way through the public
lands for tramroads, canals, and reservoirs, and for other purposes. January 21, 1895..
Registry of vessels. An act to provide for the measurement of vessels. January 21, 1895...
Kennebec River, Me., lights, etc. An act authorizing the establishment of lights, fog signal,
and beacon on the Kennebec River, Maine. January 22, 1895...
Deficiencies appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in
the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
five, and for other purposes. January 25, 1895.

Condemned cannon, Chicago, Ill. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to issue four con-
demned iron guns and projectiles to the officer in charge of the Government lot in Oak-
wood Cemetery, near Chicago, Illinois. January 25, 1895..
Navy, oaths. An act authorizing certain officers of the Navy and Marine Corps to administer
oaths. January 25, 1895

Bridges, Fourche la Fevre and Petit Jean rivers. An act authorizing the Little Rock and Pacific
Railway Company, its successors and assigns, to construct and maintain bridges acros8
the Fourche la Fevre and Petit Jean rivers, in Arkansas. January 25, 1895..
Public lands, allotments to Indians. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to correct
errors where double allotments of land have erroneously been made to an Indian, to
correct errors in patents, and for other purposes. January 26, 1895..
Bridges, Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, Texas. An act to authorize the
Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge
across Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, in the State of Texas. February
1, 1895..
North Dakota judicial district. An act to amend an act entitled "An Act to divide the judicial
district of North Dakota," and to provide for the fees and compensation of the officers
of the circuit and district courts of the said judicial district. February 4, 1895.
"James H. Hamlen." An act to provide an American register for the barkentine James H.
Hamlen. February 4, 1895

Circuit judge, seventh circuit. An act providing for an additional circuit judge in the seventh
judicial circuit, and for other purposes. February 8, 1895..
Charlotte, N. C., park. An act to authorize the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, to beautify
and use as a public park the United States mint property in said city, under rules and
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. February 8, 1895..
Interstate commerce, mileage tickets. An act to amend section twenty-two of an act to regu
late commerce, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Febru-
ary 8, 1895...
Bridge, South Canadian River. An act authorizing the El Reno Bridge Company to construct
a bridge across the South Canadian River, between Blaine County, Oklahoma, and the
Wichita Indian Reservation. February 8, 1895.

Asylum lot, Mississippi. An act authorizing the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home
in the District of Columbia to sell certain property known as the "Asylum lot," on Pasca-
goula Bay, Mississippi. February 8, 1895

Great Lakes, rules to prevent collisions. An act to regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters. February 8, 1895

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Georgetown, D. C., abolished. An act changing the name of Georgetown, in the District of
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