dav RESOLUTIONS. (No. 97. Jeint mwlation to authorize the Secretary of War to grant petite for the te f reservations and public spaces in the city ngton, and for orbet purposes. of W Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Inauguration United States of Amerien in Congress assembled, That the Permits to the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant permits to the Executive Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for the ton authorized." use of any reservations, or other public spaces, in the city of Washington, on occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, which in his opinion will inflict no serious or permanent injury upon such reservations or public spaces: and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate for such and other purposes such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in the District as they may deem proper and necessary therefor. Approved, January 26, 1893. [No. 10.] Joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to investiVol. 2 p.74. gate the subject of raft-towing on the Great Lakes and their connecting waters. Great Lakes. investigate etc. raft-towing. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to appoint Commission to "a board, to consist of three officers of the Engineer Corps of the Army, to investigate the subject of raft-towing on the Great Lakes and their connecting waters, and to report to Congress as to what restrictions, if any, should be placed upon the size and manner of constructing and towing rafts upon said Great Lakes and their connecting waters. Approved, February 3, 1893. February 23, Vol. 27, p. 756. George Wash. ington. Appropriation Vol. 21, p. 519. [No. 16.] Joint resolution to provide for the construction of a wharf as a means of approach to the monument to be erected at Wakefield, Virginia, to mark the birthplace of George Washington. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Birthplace of United States of America in Congress assembled. That the sum of eleven thousand one hundred and thirty-six dollars, for wharf at or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the amount Wakefield. appropriated by an act of Congress approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, for the purpose of erecting a monument at and marking the birthplace of George Washington, may be expended and used, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to construct a wharf as a means of approach to the said proposed monument at Wakefield, Virginia; the said wharf to be constructed of cast-iron screw piles, with a timber deck, as planned and estimated for by Colonel Thomas L. Casey, of the Engineer Corps, United States Army, in his letter of April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, to the honorable Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State. Approved, February 25, 1893. PRIVATE ACTS. CHAP. 60.-An act for the relief of Clement Reeves. February 3, 1893. Payment to. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Clement Reeves. the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay to Clement Reeves, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred and twentyseven dollars and eighty-five cents, in payment for earth deposited by him on the battery near Delaware City, Delaware, in eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Approved, February 3, 1893. CHAP. 80.-An act to refer the claim of Jessie Benton Fremont to February certain lands, and the improvement thereon, in San Francisco, Cali- 1893, fornia, to the Court of Claims. 10, Vol, 27, p. 816. Jessie Benton to Court of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Fremont. the claim of Jessie Benton Fremont to certain lands, and Claim referred the improvements thereon, at Port San Jose, in San Fran- Claims. cisco, State of California, and her claim for compensation for the taking, use, and occupation thereof, be referred to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the same to judgment, notwithstanding the lapse of time, with right of appeal as in other cases. The said Jessie Benton Fremont, her heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, shall commence their action in said Court of Claims by petition, filed within six months from the passage of this act, and the said court is hereby directed to ascertain concerning the ownership. or claim in law or equity of the said Jessie Benton Fremont, her heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, to the said land; also the facts constituting the ownership or claim in law of the United States thereto. Said court shall also ascertain and determine the value of said lands at the time they were taken by the United States for military purposes and the value of all improvements thereon. It shall also ascertain and determine the present value of said lands and what would be fair compensation for the use and occupation thereof from the time they were taken by the Government to the date of the finding by the court and report its judgment as to the sum that should be paid said Jessie Benton Fremont in full payment for the taking and use of said land by the United States. Approved, February 10, 1893. |