December 17, 1915. [S. J. Res. 38.] (Pub. Res., No. 1.] Exposition. sition transferable CHAP. 3.-Joint Resolution To transfer the Government exhibit from the Panama Pacific International Exposition to the Panama-California Exposition, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Panama California States of America in Congress assembled, That all laws and parts of laws Foreign exhibits at relating to foreign exhibits at the Panama Pacific International ExpoPanama Pacific Exposition, including importations of the same, and of material necessary for buildings, or otherwise, for their proper exhibit are made applicable to the Panama California International Exposition now in operation at San Diego, California, during the remainder of the year nineteen hundred and sixteen or during the continuance of the latter exposition during said period. Government exhibits may be transferred. Post, p. 854. expenses. Vol. 38, p. 77. SEC. 2. That the Government exhibit at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, or such portion thereof as may be determined by the President is advisable, is transferred to the Panama California International Exposition during its continuance at San Diego, California, and until not later than December thirty-first, nineteen hunAppropriation for dred and sixteen. And any unexpended balance of the appropriation of $500,000 made in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen is reappropriated and made available for expenses attending the transfer and maintenance of said Government exhibit during said period ending not later than the close Continuance of Gov- of the year nineteen hundred and sixteen; and all laws or parts of laws relating to said Government exhibit and constituting a Government exhibit board and authorizing the detail of civilians and Army and Navy officers of the United States in connection with said Government exhibit at the Panama Pacific International Exposition are continued and made applicable so far as the same may be applicable to the Panama California International Exposition at San Diego, California, during its said continuance. ernment exhibit board, etc. Nonliability of United States declared. December 17, 1915. (H. J. Res. 59.] [Pub. Res., No. 2.] revenue taxes. Sec. 3. That in the passage of this Act the United States does not assume any liability of any kind whatever, and does not become responsible in any manner for any bond, debt, contract, expenditure, expense, or liability of the said Panama California International Exposition, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or incident to or growing out of the said exposition beyond the reappropriation of the unexpended balance of the appropriation heretofore made in connection with the said Government exhibit. Approved, December 17, 1915. CHAP. 4.-Joint Resolution Extending the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the internal revenue, and for other purposes," approved October twentysecond, nineteen hundred and fourteen, to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Emergency internal States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the Act continued dur- Act entitled "An Act to increase the internal revenue, and for other ing 1916. Vol. 38, p. 745. purposes," approved October twenty-second, nineteen hundred and Port, p. 792. fourteen (Statutes at Large, volume thirty-eight, pages seven hundred and forty-five to seven hundred and sixty-four, inclusive), are continued in full force and effect until and including December thirtyfirst, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Appropriations made available. Vol. 38, p. 1017. SEC. 2. That the appropriation for salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, deputy collectors, surveyors, clerks, messengers, and janitors in internal-revenue offices for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen is made available for all expenses arising under the provisions of this joint resolution during the last half of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, including not exceeding $6,050 for payment of necessary personal services in the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in the District of Columbia. Approved, December 17, 1915. CHAP. 5.-Joint Resolution Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen, as follows: DEPARTMENT OF STATE. For the participation by the Government of the United States in, and to meet the necessary expenses of, the Second Pan American Scientific Congress, whose sessions at Washington have been fixed for December twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to January eighth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, inclusive, in addition to the sum of $50,000 heretofore appropriated therefor and including the same purposes authorized therein, the further sum of $35,000. POSTAL SERVICE. OUT OF THE POSTAL REVENUES. For mail bags, $100,000. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PATENT OFFICE. For printing the weekly issue of patents, designs, trade-marks, and labels, exclusive of illustrations; and for printing, engraving illustrations, and binding the Official Gazette, including weekly, monthly, bimonthly, and annual indices, at the Government Printing Office, $56,444.17. LEGISLATIVE. CAPITOL POLICE. For sixteen additional privates at the rate of $720 per annum each, from December sixteenth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, both dates inclusive, onehalf of said privates to be selected by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and one-half by the Sergeant at Arms of the House, $6,240; one-half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. Approved, December 17, 1915. CHAP. 6.-Joint Resolution Authorizing payment of the salaries of officers and employees of Congress for December, nineteen hundred and fifteen. December 17, 1915. [H. J. Res. 60.] [Pub. Res., No. 3.] Urgent deficiencies appropriations. Department of State. tific Congress. Pan American Scien Vol. 38, pp. 450, 1126. Postal service. Mail bags. Interior Department. Patent Office. Printing weekly issue of patents, etc. Legislative. Capitol police. Additional privates. December 17, 1915. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives are authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and fifteen, on the day of adjournment of the present session for the holiday recess; and the Clerk of the House is authorized to pay on the same day to Members, Resident CommisDelegates, and Resident Commissioners their allowance for clerk hire sioners. for the said month of December. Approved, December 17, 1915. Clerk hire to Members, Delegates, and December 18, 1915. Allegheny River. bridge at Oil City, Pa. CHAP. 7.-An Act Authorizing the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Allegheny River at Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Pennsylvania Rail- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Pennsylvania bridge CPX Railroad Company, a railroad corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Allegheny River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in Oil City, County of Venango, and State of Pennsylvania, 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 Construction. Amendment. December 18, 1915. [S. J. Res. 56.] [Pub. Res., No. 5.] bia. SIX. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, December 18, 1915. CHAP. 8. Joint Resolution Extending the time for filing the report of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Fiscal Relations between the District of Columbia and the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Colum- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Joint Committee Time extended for of the two Houses of Congress, appointed pursuant to the act of Conmittee on Fiscal Rela- gress, approved March third, nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby given until the tenth day of January, nineteen hundred and sixteen, in which to file the report required by the said Act. Approved, December 18, 1915. tions with. Vol. 38, p. 894. January 12, 1916. [H. R. 3681.] [Public, No. 4.] Arkansas River. Tulsa County, Okla., CHAP. 9.-An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River at or near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the County of may bridge, at Tulsa. Tulsa, in the State of Oklahoma, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Arkansas River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Tulsa, Oklahoma, 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. Construction. Amendment. January 14, 1916. Rock River. Time extended for and Rock Island coun Vol. 37, pp. 24, 665. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 12, 1916. CHAP. 10.-An Act Granting an extension of time to construct a bridge across Rock River at or near Colona Ferry, in the State of Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for the combridging, by Henry mencement of the bridge authorized by the Act entitled "An Act ties, Ill., Colena Ferry. to construct a bridge across Rock River at or near Colona Ferry, in the State of Illinois," by the counties of Henry and Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, approved August nineteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby extended to one year from the date of the passage of this Act, and the time for completion of the bridge extended three years from the date of approval of this Act. Amendment. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 14, 1916. CHAP. 11.—An Act To authorize Butler County, Missouri, to construct a bridge across Black River. January 14, 1916. [H. R. 4717.] [Public, No. 6.] Butler County, Mo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Black River. States of America in Congress assembled, That Butler County, Missouri, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across Black River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation at or near the south line of section ten, township twenty-three north, range seven east, Butler County, in the State of Missouri, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navi- Vol. 34, p. 84. gable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Construction. Location. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, January 14, 1916. CHAP. 12.-An Act To authorize the Ohio-West Virginia Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Ohio River at the city of Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. January 17, 1916. Ohio River. Ohio-West Virginia bridge, at Steubenville, Ohio. Bridge Company may Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Ohio-West Virginia Bridge Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of West Virginia, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Ohio River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, to and into Cross Creek District, in the County of Brooke, in the State of West Virginia, from the southern end of the city of Steubenville, in the County of Jefferson, State of Ohio, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate Vol. 34, p. 84. 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, January 17, 1916. Construction. Amendment. CHAP. 13.-An Act To authorize the construction of bridges across the Fox River at Aurora, Illinois. January 18, 1916. Fox River. Chicago, Burlington Company may bridge, Aurora, III. and Quincy Railroad at Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate two bridges across the Fox River, in the city of Aurora, State of Illinois, in accordance with the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to regulate Vol. 34, p. 84. the construction of bridges across navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six, as follows: (1) A bridge over the east branch or channel of the Fox River in the city of Aurora, State of Illinois, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, about four hundred feet below the existing North Avenue Bridge over the Fox River. (2) A bridge over the west branch or channel of the Fox River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, about sixteen hundred feet below the North Avenue Bridge, in the city of Aurora, State of Illinois. Construction. Location. SEC. 2. And it is further authorized that the work which has already been done upon these bridges, which may be approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, may be used as a part of the proposed bridges. SEC. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 18, 1916. January 24, 1916. (H. R. 320.] [Public, No. 9.] Pend Oreille River. Idaho, may bridge, at CHAP. 14.-An Act To authorize the county of Bonner, Idaho, to construct a bridge across Pend Oreille River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Bonner County States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of Bonner, State of Idaho, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, and approaches thereto, across Pend Oreille River, at Priest River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in township fifty-six north, ranges four and five west, Boise meridian, in the county of Bonner, in the State of Idaho, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Construction. Vol. 34, p. 84. Amendment. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 24, 1916. January 24, 1916. [H. R. 775.] (Public, No. 10.] Chattahoochee River. may bridge, between Counties, Ga. CHAP. 15.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to J. P. Jones and others to construct one or more bridges across the Chattahoochee River between the counties of Coweta and Carroll, in the State of Georgia. it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United J. P. Jones, etc., States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress Coweta and Carroll is hereby granted to J. P. Jones, of the county of Coweta, or to the county of Coweta, or to the county of Carroll, all of the State of Georgia, acting jointly or separately, and their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges and approaches thereto across the Chattahoochee River at a point or points suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Jones's ferry, also known as the old Moore ferry, or at Strickland's ferry, or at both, between the counties of Coweta and Carroll, in the State of Georgia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twentythird, nineteen hundred and six. Construction. Vol. 34, p. 84. Amendment. January 26, 1916. [H. R. 7611.] [Public, No. 11. Back River. Railway Company SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 24, 1916. CIAP. 16.—An Act Authorizing the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, a corporation, to construct and operate a bridge, and approaches thereto, across what is known as "Back River," a part of the Savannah River, at a point between Jasper County, South Carolina, and Chatham County, Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Seaboard Air Line States of America in Congress assembled, That the Seaboard Air Line may bridge, near Sa- Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Virginia, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across what is known as Back River, a part of vannah, Ga. |