And the President is hereby authorized, under said section, to make and publish regulations for the government of the Army in accordance with existing laws. [March 1, 1875.] 23 C. Cls., 458. CHAP. 117.—An act explanatory of the act passed June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sev enty-four. March 1, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 337. District of Co Cleaning streets, p. 22. Be it enacted, &c., That it was the true intent and meaning of the act passed June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, for lumbia. the government of the District of Columbia, that the sweeping, repairing sewers, cleaning, and removing all refuse and filthy accumulations in the &c., are municistreets, alleys, and avenues of the cities of Washington and George- pal objects. town, and the repairs and cleaning of the sewers, are necessary 1874, June 20, municipal objects, which belong to the current expenses of the same, ch. 337, § 2, ante, to be paid for in money as other ordinary municipal expenses; And the proper District authorities are hereby directed to pay the ch. 180, § 3, post, parties that have heretofore performed this class of work, from the p. 175. treasury of said District, out of any money not otherwise appro- 227, pars. 3, 4, priated, the amount and value of said work done since the passage post, p. 464. of the act, with legal interest from the time the same fell due under the contract, but not till after their accounts have been approved and audited as the law directs. [March 1, 1875.] 1878, June 11, 1884, July 5, ch. CHAP. 119.-An act further supplemental to the various acts prescribing the mode of obtaining evidence in cases of contested elections. Be it enacted, &c. [Section 1 superseded by 1887, March 2, ch. 318, post, p. 553.] March 2, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 338. Congressional contested elec tions, time for tak SEC. 2. That section one hundred and seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall be construed as requiring all testimony in cases of contested election to be taken within ninety days from the ing testimony in, day on which the answer of the returned member is served upon the limited. contestant. [March 2, 1875.] R.S., § 107. CHAP. 126.—An act in relation to the Quartermaster's Department, fixing its status, reducing its numbers, and regulating appointments and promotions therein. Be it enacted, &c., That the Quartermaster's Department of the Army shall hereafter consist of the Quartermaster-General, with the rank, pay and emoluments of a brigadier-general; four assistant quartermasters-general, with the rank, pay and emoluments of colonels of cavalry; eight deputy quartermasters-general, with the rank, pay and emoluments of lieutenant-colonels of cavalry; fourteen quartermasters, with the rank, pay and emoluments of majors of cavalry; and thirty assistant quartermasters, with the rank, pay and emoluments of captains of cavalry. March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 338. Quartermaster's Department of Army; of what officers to consist. R.S., § 1132. -military storekeepers; office R.S., § 1132. abolished, &c. -rank, &c., of present officers not reduced. SEC. 2. That no more appointments shall be made in the grade of military storekeepers in the Quartermaster's Department, and this grade shall cease to exist as soon as the same becomes vacant by death, resignation, or otherwise of the present incumbents. SEC. 3. That no officer now in service shall be reduced in rank, or deprived of his commission by reason of any provision of this act. SEC. 4. That no officer shall be promoted or appointed in the Quartermaster's Department in excess of the organization prescribed by this act, and that so much of section six of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled (1) "An act making ch. 93, par. -promotions and appointments in. R. S., S 1194. 1883, March 3, par. 4 NOTE 1) The provisions of the act of 1869, ch. 124, § 6 (14 Stat. L., 318), here referred to, and in post, p. 400. part repealed, are incorporated into Revised Statutes in § 1194. The whole section is repealed by 15 Opins., 330. 1577, March 3, ch. 100, post, p. 134. appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other purposes", as applies to the Quartermaster's Department, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. [March 3, 1875.] CHAP. 127.—An act to further protect the sinking-fund and provide for the exigencies of the Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act there shall be levied and collected on all distilled spirits thereafter produced in the United States, a tax of ninety cents on each proof gallon, or wine-gallon when below proof, to be paid by the distiller, owner or person having possession thereof, before removal from the distillery bonded warehouse; and so much of section three thousand two hundred and fifty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. [Rest of act superseded by 1883, March 3, ch. 121, and 1890, Oct. 1, ch. 1244, post, pp. 404, 812.] [March 3, 1875.] March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L.. 340. Postmaster's salary, N. Y. R. S., § 3852. 1883, March 3, ch. 142.4.post.p. 420. CHAP. 128.-An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes. [Par. 1.] The salary of the post master of the city of New York is hereby fixed at eight thousand dollars per annum. Weighing of [Par. 2.] Out of the appropriation for inland-mail transportation mails to be paid the Postmaster General is authorized hereafter to pay the expenses for out of appro- of taking the weights of mails on railroad routes, as provided by priation for inland the act entitled (1) "An act making appropriations for the service transportation. R. S., § 4002. of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three; and he is hereby directed to have the mails weighed as often as now provided by law by the employees of the Post-Office Department, and have the weights stated and verified to him by said employees under such instructions as he may consider just to the Post-Office Department and the railroad-companies. 1876, July 12, ch. 179.51, post.p.110. 1878,June 17, ch. 259, par. 3, post, p. 187. Accounts P. O. Dept. * * SEC. 4. That hereafter the Sixth Auditor shall keep the accounts in his office so as to show the expenditures of the Post-Office DepartR. S.. § 4049. ment under each item of appropriation provided by law. 1890. Sept. 30. ch. 1126, par. 2, post, p. 811. be franked, &c. R. S., § 3896. Congressional SEC. 5. That from and after the passage of this act, the CongresRecord, &c., may sional Record, or any part thereof, or speeches or reports therein contained, shall, under the frank of a member of Congress, or dele1874. June 23,ch. gate, to be written by himself, be carried in the mail free of postage, 456, 13.ante.p.45; under such regulations as the Postmaster-General may prescribe. 1877, March 3, ch. | Remainder of $5 and § 6 are temporary.] 103,7, post.p.1 p. 773. SEC. 7. That seeds transmitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture, or by any member of Congress or delegate receiving seeds for distribution from said Department, together with agricultural reports emanating from that Department, and so transmitted, shall, under such regulations as the Postmaster-General shall prescribe, pass through the mails free of charge. And the provisions of this section shall apply to ex-members of Congress and ex-delegates for the period of nine months after the expiration of their terms as members and delegates. [March 3, 1875.] NOTE. (1) The provisions here referred to in act of 1873, ch. 231, § 17 (18 Stat. L., 341) are incorporated in Revised Statutes in § 4002. CHAP. 129.-An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventysix, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c., * [Pur. 1.] Hereafter clerks of committees of either branch of Congress (except those whose salaries are fixed by specific appropriations,) shall be paid not more than six dollars per day, and during the session only. * ** * March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 343. Clerks to com pay. mittees per diem 1886, June 28, Res. 15, post, p. 516. Capitol police, &c., to receive no pay when sus [Par. 2.] That hereafter, whenever a member of the Capitol police or watch force is suspended from duty for cause, said policeman or watchman shall receive no compensation for the time of such suspended, if, &c. pension if he shall not be re-instated. R. S., § 1823. [Par. 3.] It shall be lawful for the Congressional Printer to print Congress i o n al and deliver, upon the order of any Senator or Member of the House Record, extracts how printed. of Representatives, or Delegate, extracts from the Congressional 1874, June 20, Record, the person ordering the same paying the cost thereof. Res, No. 12, and note, ante, p. 57. 1886, April 15, Res. No. 11, post, p.515. [Par. 4.] The chief of the Bureau of Accounts may be appointed Disbursing clerk, by the head of the Department disbursing-clerk of the Department State Department. of State. * * ** * railroads, &c., and [Par. 5.] It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Bu- Bureau of Stareau of Statistics to gather, collate, and annually report to the Secre- tistics to gather tary of the Treasury, for transmission to Congress, statistics and facts relating to facts relating to commerce with foreign nations and among the sev- to publish reports eral States, the railroad systems of this and other countries, the quarterly. construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of such con- R. S., § 339. struction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of transporting 1884, July 5, ch. freights and passengers on railroads, and on canals, rivers, and 221, § 4, post, p. other navigable waters of the United States, the charges imposed for such transportation of freight and passengers, and the tonnage transported; and the reports now by law required to be prepared and published monthly in the said Bureau of Statistics shall hereafter be prepared and published quarterly under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. * * 462. National Home fines and forfeit [Par. 6.] (1) That so much of the act entitled (2) "An act to incorporate a National Military and Naval Asylum for the relief of totally for Disabled Voldisabled officers and men of the volunteer forces of the United States," unteers not to have approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty five, and of all ures of soldier as acts amendatory thereof, as provides "that for the establishment and before. support of said asylum there shall be appropriated all stoppages or R. S., § 4831. fines adjudged against officers and soldiers by sentence of courtmartial or military commission, over and above the amounts necessary for the re-imbursement of the Government or of individuals; all forfeitures on account of desertion from the service; and all moneys due deceased officers and soldiers which now are or may be unclaimed for three years after the death of such officers and soldiers,' be, and the same is hereby, repealed, to take effect on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. And from and after April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, clerks not to be no clerk shall be employed or paid in any Department of the Gov- employed in rela NOTES. (1) The permanent legislation to March 3, 1891, beside R. S., §§ 4825-4837, and this act, in (2) The provisions of the acts here referred to, 1865, ch. 91, § 5 (13 Stat. L., 510), and 1866, ch. 21, §5 7 tion to such fines, ernment for services rendered under any provision of said act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, or the acts amendatory thereof. &c. -to draw no And from and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and money except seventy-five, no money shall be appropriated or drawn for the supupon annual ap- port and maintenance of what is now designated by law as the "Napropriations. tional Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," except by direct and specific annual appropriations by law. nished, &c. R. S., SS 414, 1798, 3660, 3669, And it shall be the duty of the managers of said home, on or before the first day of August in each year, to furnish, to the Secretary of War, estimates, in detail, for the support of said home for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July thereafter; and the Secretary of War shall annually include such estimates in his estimates for his Department. And no moneys shall, after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, be drawn from the Treasury for the use of said home, except in pursuance of quarterly estimates, and upon quarterly requisitions by the managers thereof upon the Secretary of War, based upon such quarterly estimates, for the support of said home for not more than three months next succeeding such requisition. And no money shall be drawn or paid upon any such requisition while any balance heretofore drawn or received by said home, or for its use, from the Treasury, under the laws now or heretofore existing, and now held under investment or otherwise, shall remain unexpended. And the managers of said home shall, at the commencement of each quarter of the year, render to the Secretary of War an account of all their receipts and expenditures for the quarter immediately preceding, with the vouchers for such expenditures; And all such accounts and vouchers shall be authenticated by the officers of said home thereunto duly appointed by said managers, and audited, and allowed, as required by law for the general appropriations and expenditures of the War Department. * * Estimates for SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the heads of the several Exappropriations, ecutive Departments, and of other officers authorized or required to when to be fur- make estimates, to furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the first day of October of each year, their annual estimates for the public service, to be included in the Book of Estimates prepared by law under his direction; and the Secretary of the Treasury 1881, Feb. 23, ch. shall submit, as a part of the appendix to the Book of Estimates, 73. § 1; 1884, July such extracts from the annual reports of the several heads of De7, ch. 334, par. 2, post, pp. 317, 470. partments and Bureaus as relate to estimates for appropriations, and the necessities therefor. [March 3, 1875.]. 3814. March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 371. CHAP. 130.-An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes. Life-saving sta- Be it enacted, &c. * * [Par. 1.] For new life-saving stations. 1878, June tions on Long Island Sound, one at Eaton's Neck, and one at Point 18, ch. 265, and Judith. note, post, p. 190. Acquisition of sites for life-saving stations, &c. 1878.June 18, ch. 265 and note, post, p. 190. 1888, Aug. 1, ch. 728, and note, Bank notes to be * * [Par. 2.] And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized whenever he shall deem it advisable, to acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf of the United States, the right to use and occupy sites for life-saving or life-boat stations, houses of refuge, and sites for pier-head beacons the establishment of which has been, or shall hereafter be, authorized by Congress. post, p. 601. * ** [Par. 3.] That the national-bank notes shall be printed under the printed on dis- direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and upon the distinctive or special paper which has been, or may hereafter be, adopted by tinctive paper, &c. him for printing United States notes. * * * * R. S., §§ 5171, 5172, 1874, June 20, ch. [Par. 4.] For notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States. Provided, That the above-named notes, currency, and other securities of the United States be executed with not less than three plateprintings: 5430. expenses of engraving and printing * * 343, 5, ante, p. 28. Notes, &c., to have three printings. And provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall one or two to be have executed one or two of such printings by such responsible and done by bank-note capable and experienced bank-note companies or bank-note engravers company R. S., § 3577. as may contract for the same at the lowest cost to the Government, 1877, March 3, and at prices not greater than those heretofore paid for the same ch.105, par.4, post, class of work; no company or establishment executing more than p. 136. one printing upon the same note or obligation, and the final printing and finishing to be executed in the Treasury Department. (1) [Par. 5.] That the additional compensation authorized by section Compensation four thousand seven hundred and forty-four of the Revised Statutes, for investigating to be paid to clerks detailed to investigate suspected attempts of pension frauds. fraud upon the Government through and by virtue of the pension- 1882, July 25, ch. R. S., § 474, 4744. laws, shall be the actual and necessary expenses of transportation, 349, § 2, 3, post, p. and a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding four 360. * dollars per diem. (2) * * * * fisheries, Alaska, [Par. 6.] For salaries and traveling-expenses of agents at seal fish- Agents of sealeries in Alaska; and for recessary traveling-expenses not to be paid from of agents going to and returning from Alaska; And indefinite approhereafter no payment whatever shall be made for this purpose from priations. indefinite appropriations. * * * * 1816. R. S., SS 1973, 1976. 1876, July 31, ch. 246, par. 6, post, p. 115. [Par. 7.] And no work of art not the property of the United States No private stushall be exhibited in the Capitol, nor shall any room in the Capitol dios or works of art in Capitol be used for private studios or works of art, without permission from without permisthe Joint Committee on the Library, given in writing; and it shall sion. be the duty of the Architect of the Capitol Extension to carry these R. S., SS 1815, provisions into effect. 1879, March 3, ch. 182, § 1, par. 9, post, p. 251. 1883, March 3, ch. 141, par. 2, post, p. 416. [Par. 8.] That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, author- Secretary of State ized to rent, furnish, and keep suitable buildings, with grounds may rent, &c., appurtenant, at Peking, for the use of the legation in China, at an king for legation. buildings at Peannual cost not exceeding five thousand dollars; that the period of R. S., § 1680. such lease shall be for two or more years, and with renewals, as the Secretary of State shall determine. (3) [Par. 9.] That hereafter the salary of the supervising surgeongeneral of the United States marine hospital service shall be paid out of the marine hospital fund, at the rate of four thousand dollars per year; and the supervising surgeon-general shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. * * * * Supervising surgeon of marine hospitals. 1875, March 3, ch. R. S., § 4802. 156, §7.post, p.95. 1884,June 26, ch. 121, § 15, post, p. 443. [Par. 10.] That the provisions of the third section (4) of the act Patent for prientitled "An act to reduce the expenses of the survey of the public vate land claim lands in the United States," approved May thirtieth, eighteen hun- may issue before dred and sixty-two, requiring that the cost of survey and platting Payment for surshall be paid by the claimant for any private land claim before a R. S., § 2400. patent therefor shall be issued, be, and the same is hereby repealed. * * vey. 1876, July 31,ch. 246, par. 7, post, NOTES. (1) This provision, it is understood, has been held, for several years past, by the Treasury P. 115. Department not to be of a permanent nature If permanent, it may perhaps be considered as super- 1885, March 3, seded by 1877, March 3, ch. 105. par. 4, post, p. 136. It is impossible to determine extra-judicially ch. 360, par. 2, whether this and many other provisions in annual appropriation acts are permanent or temporary, post, p. 486. Where the language is such as to admit of doubt on the question, the provisions have been inserted in this edition. 1891, March 3.ch. (2) Since 1882, Aug. 5, ch. 389 (22 Stat. L., 248), the annual appropriation acts have limited the allow 539, § 10, post, p. ance for subsistence of special examiners in pension cases to not exceeding $3 per diem, although the 921. above provision has never been repealed. See 22 Stat. L., 557; 23 Stat. L., 16, 187, 418; 24 Stat. L., 201, 624: 25 Stat. L., 286, 736; 26 Stat. L., 258, 938. (3) This same provision is enacted again in the next following act (18 Stat. L., 405). It is not deemed necessary to repeat it in this volume. (4) The provisions of 1862, ch. 86, sec. 3 (12 Stat. L., 409), here referred to, are incorporated into Revised Statutes in § 2400. |