Legal tender, etc. to be known as the McKinley souvenir dollar, struck in commemoration of the erection of a memorial to William McKinley, late President of the United States of America, in the city of Niles, Ohio, his birthplace, the devices and designs upon which coins shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; and all provisions of law relative to the coinage and legal-tender quality of the standard gold dollar shall be applicable to the coins issued under this Act, and when so coined said souvenir dollars shall be delivered, in suitable parcels, Delivery at par to at par, and without cost to the United States, to the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Association and the dies shall be destroyed. Approved February 23, 1916. Memorial Association. February 23, 1916. [H. R. 73.] [Public, No. 21.] United States courts. Post, p. 55. Iowa Judicial districts. Northern district. sion. Central division. Western division. Terms. CHAP. 32.-An Act To amend chapter two hundred and thirty-one, known as the Judicial Code, Act of March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, volume thirtysix, United States Statutes at Large, section eighty-one, page eleven hundred and eleven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section eighty-one, Act of March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, known as the Judicial Code, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: The State of Iowa is divided into two judicial districts, to be known as the northern and southern districts of Iowa. The northern district shall include the territory embraced on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Allamakee, Dubuque, Buchanan, Clayton, Delaware, Fayette, Winneshiek, Howard, Chickasaw, Bremer, Blackhawk, Floyd, Mitchell, and Jackson, which shall Cedar Rapids divi- constitute the eastern division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Jones, Cedar, Linn, Johnson, Iowa, Benton, Tama, Grundy, and Hardin, which shall constitute the Cedar Rapids division; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Emmet, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Calhoun, Carroll, Kossuth, Humboldt, Webster, Winnebago, Hancock, Wright, Hamilton, Worth, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, and Butler, which shall constitute the central division; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Dickinson, Clay, Buena Vista, Sac, Osceola, O'Brien, Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth, Woodbury, and Monona, which shall constitute the western division. Terms of the district court for the eastern division shall be held at Dubuque on the fourth Tuesday in April and the first Tuesday in December, and at Waterloo on the second Tuesday in May and September; for the Cedar Rapids division, at Cedar Rapids on the first Tuesday in April and the fourth Tuesday in September; for the central division, at Fort Dodge on the second Tuesdays in June and November; and for the western division, at Sioux City on the fourth Tuesday in May and the third Tuesday in October. The southern district shall include the territory embraced on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Louisa, Henry, Des Moines, Lee, and Van Buren, which shall constitute the eastern division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Marshall, Story, Boone, Greene, Guthrie, Dallas, Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Marion, Warren, and Madison, which shall constitute the central division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Crawford, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Cass, Pottawattamie, Mills, and Montgomery, which shall constitute the western division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Lucas, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, and Wayne, which shall constitute the southern division of said district; also the territory embraced on the Southern district. Central division. Western division. Southern division. Ottumwa division. Terms. date last mentioned in the counties of Scott, Muscatine, Washington, Davenport division. and Clinton, which shall constitute the Davenport division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Davis, Appanoose, Mahaska, Keokuk, Jefferson, Monroe, and Wapello, which shall constitute the Ottumwa division of said district. Terms of the district court for the eastern division shall be held at Keokuk on the sixth Tuesday after the fourth Tuesday in February and the eighth Tuesday after the third Tuesday in September; for the central division, at Des Moines on the tenth Tuesday after the fourth Tuesday in February and the tenth Tuesday after the third Tuesday in September; for the western division, at Council Bluffs on the fourth Tuesday in February and the sixth Tuesday after the third Tuesday in September; for the southern division, at Creston on the fourth Tuesday after the fourth Tuesday in February and the third Tuesday in September; for the Davenport division, at Davenport on the eighth Tuesday after the fourth Tuesday in February and the second Tuesday after the third Tuesday in September; and for the Ottumwa division, at Ottumwa on the second Tuesday after the fourth Tuesday in February and the fourth Tuesday after the third Tuesday in September. The clerk of the court for said district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Davenport and at Ottumwa for the transaction of the business of said divisions. Approved, February 23, 1916. CHAP. 33.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to sell the old post office and site thereof in the city of Dayton, Ohio. Offices. February 23, 1916. Dayton, Ohio. building in, author Sale of old Federal ized. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to sell and convey the old Federal building and the site thereof in the city of Dayton, Ohio, located at the southwest corner of Fifth and Main Streets, in such manner and upon such terms as he may deem to be to the best interests of the United States and to convey such property to the purchasers thereof by the usual quitclaim deed; the proceeds Proceeds. of such sale to be deposited in the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt. Approved, February 22, 1916. February 25, 1916. Public Utilities Com ity of. Railway, CHAP. 34.-An Act To amend an Act relating to the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section eight, para-on, DC graph one, of an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations to Washington and Old provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Colum-Dominion outside of the District, bia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and excluded from authorfourteen, and for other purposes," approved March fourth, nineteen Vol. 37, p. 975, hundred and thirteen, relating to the Public Utilities Commission amended. of the District of Columbia (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and seventy-five), be amended by adding to the names of the companies excluded from the operation of said section, after the words "the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay," in the third subdivision of said paragraph, on page nine hundred and seventyfive, the following: "and the Washington and Old Dominion Railway, excepting as to the regulation of its operation inside of the District of Columbia." Approved, February 25, 1916. Post, p. 536. February 26, 1916. Sandusky, Ohio. Construction author ized. Proviso. CHAP. 35.-An Act To purchase a site and erect thereon a suitable building for post office and other governmental offices at Sandusky, Ohio, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of section three of the public building Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, as authorizes the construction of a post-office building at Sandusky, Ohio, upon ground now owned by the United States, at a cost not exceeding $130,000, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "United States post office at Sandusky, Ohio, $215,000: Provided, That said limit of cost shall include the purchase of a new site which Limit of cast in- is hereby authorized, and the building herein authorized shall be erected on such new site." creased. Former appropriations made available. Vol. 38, p. 828. Sale of old, on completion of new, building. Proviso. February 28, 1916. Missouri River. SEC. 2. That the appropriations of $80,000 and $12,000 made by the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and fifteen (Thirty-eighth Statutes, eight hundred and twenty-eight), pursuant to said provision of the public building Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for temporary quarters and moving expenses for the Government officials in the present building, be, and the same are hereby, reappropriated and made immediately available for the purchase of said new site and the commencement of said new building. And that the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed, upon the completion and occupancy of said new building, to sell the present public building and the site thereof in Sandusky, Ohio, at such time, in such manner, and upon such terms as he may deem advisable; to convey said property to the purchasers thereof by the usual quit-claim deed; and to deposit the proceeds of said sale in the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt: Provided, That said property shall not be sold for less than $70,000. Approved, February 26, 1916. CHAP. 36.—An Act Permitting the Wolf Point Bridge and Development Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Missouri River in the State of Montana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Wolf Point Bridge States of America in Congress assembled, That the Wolf Point Bridge and Development and Development Company, a corporation organized under the laws of between Sheridan and the State of Montana, its successors and assigns, be and are hereby Richland Counties, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and Company may bridge Mont. Construction. Vol. 34, p. 84. Amendment. February 28, 1916. (H. R. 9416.] [Public, No. 26.] approaches thereto across the Missouri River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, from the north bank thereof in the county of Sheridan, State of Montana, to the south bank thereof in the county of Richland, State of Montana, all in section twenty-two, township twenty-seven north, range forty-seven east, Montana principal meridian, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 28, 1916. CHAP. 37.-An Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and prior years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Urgent deficiencies States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro appropriations. priated, to supply further urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and prior years, and for other purposes, namely: LINCOLN MEMORIAL COMMISSION. For improvements in and additions to the Lincoln Memorial, and for masonry steps and approaches and terrace wall, not heretofore provided for, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, $263,000, to remain available until expended, and the limit of cost of the said Lincoln Memorial is hereby increased from $2,000,000 to $2,594,000. BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY. Expenses of investi gations, etc. Transfer of officials, For investigating duplication of statistical and other work in the various branches of the Government service, $1,200: Provided, That hereafter the Division of Efficiency of the Civil Service Commission shall be an independent establishment and shall be known as the ment. Bureau of Efficiency; and the officers and employees of the said division etc. shall be transferred to the Bureau of Efficiency without reappoint- Post, p. 76. ment, and the records and papers pertaining to the work of the said division and the furniture, equipment, and supplies that have been purchased for it shall be transferred to the said bureau: And pro Vol. 37, p. 418. vided further, That the duties relating to efficiency ratings imposed Duties transferred upon the Civil Service Commission by section four of the legislative, Commission. executive, and judicial appropriation Act approved August twentythird, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the duty of investigating the administrative needs of the service relating to personnel in the several executive departments and independent establishments, imposed on the Civil Service Commission by the legislative, executive, and judi- Vol. 37, p. 750. cial appropriation Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, are transferred to the Bureau of Efficiency. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Civil Service Commission. etc. For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners Traveling expenses, acting under the direction of the commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, and attendance at meetings of public officials, $6,000. For field examiners at the rate of $1,500 per annum each, for Field examiners. work in connection with members of local boards and other necessary work as directed by the commission, $300. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. Interstate Commerce Commission. For authorized expenditures necessary in the execution of laws to Expenses. regulate commerce, including the same objects specified under this head in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, $100,000. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. FOREIGN INTERCOURSE. Department of State. Foreign intercourse. ex Panama Exposition. Exposition in city of Panama: For additional amount for the suitable participation by the United States in an exposition to be penses. held in the city of Panama, including the same objects specified under this head in the Diplomatic and Consular appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, and also such compensation to the Commissioner of the United States appointed by the President as the Secretary of State shall determine, $7,500. Payment to Panama: To enable the Secretary of State to pay to the Government of Panama the fourth annual payment, due on Pay of commissioner. Panama. United States and Canada boundary. Great Britain. Vol. 35, p. 2003. February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, from the Government of the United States to the Government of Panama under article fourteen of the treaty of November eighteen, nineteen hundred and three, $250,000. International boundary, United States and Canada: To enable the Reimbursement to Secretary of State to reimburse to the Government of Great Britain the excess paid by the Canadian Section of the International Waterways Commission over one-half of the joint expenses incurred under article four of the treaty of April eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, between the United States and Great Britain, in ascertaining and reestablishing accurately the location of the international boundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada from the Saint Lawrence River near the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude, through the Great Lakes to the mouth of Pigeon River, $8,044.21. International Bureau Permanent Court of Arbitration. Emergencies. Latitude observatory, Ukiah, Cal. Maintenance. International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration: For an additional amount for the share of the United States for the calendar year nineteen hundred and fourteen, including the same objects specified under this head in the Diplomatic and Consular appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, $661.31. Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: For emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, including the same objects specified under this head in the Diplomatic and Consular appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, $75,000. International Latitude Observatory at Ukiah, California: For the maintenance of the International Latitude Observatory at Ukiah, California, and the continuance of the international latitude work there from March first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, until the International Geodetic Association shall find it possible to resume its Deducted from support of the observatory, $2,500: Provided, That so much thereof quota to Geodetic As- as may be used for the purposes mentioned shall be deducted from the quotas due from the United States as an adhering member of the International Geodetic Association for the Measurement of the Earth. Proviso. sociation. To pay the subscription of the United States to the International Geodetic Association for the years nineteen hundred and fifteen and nineteen hundred and sixteen, $3,000. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. PUBLIC BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION, SITES, AND RENT. For sites, commencement, continuation, or completion of public buildings within the respective limits of cost authorized by law, severally, as follows: Aberdeen, Washington, post office: For continuation, $45,000. Alliance, Nebraska, post office: For continuation, $29,000. |