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homestead entry, such person, or his heirs, may enter one quarter-section of said land under the provisions of the pre-emption laws:

R. S., § 22572288.

And provided further, That the heirs of any deceased person who had Heirs of deceased made settlement and improvement as above described prior to June settlers may comfirst, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, may complete the pre-emption plete entry. or homestead entry of the person so deceased.

SEC. 2. [Makes an appropriation.] [July 21, 1876.]

CHAPTER 222.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RANK OF THE PAYMASTER-GENERAL
Paymaster-General of Army to rank as brigadier-general.

Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, the rank of the Paymaster-General of the United States Army shall be brigadiergeneral; but no pay or allowances shall be made to said officer other than from the date of appointment under this act. [July 22, 1876.]

July 22, 1876.

19 Stat. L., 95. Paymaster-General of Army to rank as brigadiergeneral. R. S., § 1182.

CHAPTER 226.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ARMY FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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[Par. 1.](1) No money appropriated by this act shall be paid for recruiting the Army beyond the number of twenty-five thousand enlisted men, including Indian scouts and hospital stewards. Nothing, however, in this act shall be construed to prevent enlistments for the Signal Service, which shall hereafter be maintained as now organized, and as provided by law with a force of enlisted men not exceeding four hundred after present terms of enlistment have expired.(1)

July 24, 1876.

19 Stat. L., 97.

Army reduced to 25,000 men.

R. S., § 1094, 1112, 1115, 1196. 1876, Aug. 12, ch.

263.

1876, Aug. 15, ch.

301.

1878, June 18, ch.

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[Par. 2.] Cavalry regiments may be recruited to one hundred men in each company, and kept as near as practicable at that number;

Cavalry regiments may have 1,000 men. R. S., § 1102, 1103.

And a sufficient force of cavalry shall be employed in the defense of to be employed the Mexican and Indian frontier of Texas:

Provided That such assignment of recruits shall not increase the total aggregate of the Army beyond the number of twenty-five thousand enlisted men, as provided in this act. (1)

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in defense of Texas frontier.

Army not to be increased by.

Secretary of War

tional cemeteries

[Par. 3.] The Secretary of War shall provide for the care and maintainance of the National Military Cemeteries and for this purpose shall to have care of nasubmit an estimate with his annual estimates to Congress and Section and to submit estifour thousand eight hundred and seventy-six of the Revised Statutes is mates to Congress. hereby repealed.(2) Repeal of R. S.,

NOTES (1) This provision is repeated in the act of 1877, ch. 1, first session of the Forty-fifth Congress (20 Stat. L., 2).

(2) In the second edition of the Revised Statutes section 4876 is printed in italics as repealed.

§ 4876.

certain cases at

Officers of Army SEC. 2. That when any officer travels under orders, and is not furto have mileage in nished transportation by the Quartermaster's Department, or on a coneight cents a mile. veyance belonging to or chartered by the United States, or on any railR. S., § 1273. road on which the troops and supplies of the United States are entitled 1874, June 16, ch. to be transported free of charge he shall be allowed eight cents a mile, 285, § 1. 14 Ct. Cl, and no more, for each mile actually traveled under such order, distances 16 Opin. Att'y- to be calculated by the shortest usually traveled route; and so much of Gen., 559. section twelve hundred and seventy-three of the Revised Statutes, or of any act as conflicts with the provisions of this section, is hereby repealed;

272.

Post-traders to

SEC. 3. That every military post may have one trader, to be appointed be appointed; one by the Secretary of War, on the recommendation of the council of adat each military ministration, approved by the commanding officer who shall be subject 15 Opin. Att'y- in all respects to the rules and regulations for the government of the Army.

post, &c.

Gen., 278.

16 Opin. Aty

Gen., 658.

[July 24, 1876.]

CHAPTER 227.

July 24, 1876.

19 Stat. L., 101.

Lands granted to Kansas for cer

R. S., §§ 22892317.

AN ACT TO DECLARE FORFEITED TO THE UNITED STATES CERTAIN LANDS GRANTED TO
THE STATE OF KANSAS IN AID OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS BY ACT OF
CONGRESS APPROVED MARCH THIRD, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE.
Lands granted to Kansas for certain railroad forfeited and made subject to entry under homestead
laws only.

Be it enacted, &c., That all lands which were granted by act of Contain railroad for- gress approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the feited and made State of Kansas to aid in the construction of a railroad, commencing at subject to entry Leavenworth, Kansas, and running, by way of the town of Lawrence under homestead and the Ohio City crossing of the Osage River, to the southern line of laws only. the State, in the direction of Galveston. Bay, in Texas, with a branch from Lawrence, by the Valley of the Wakarusa River, to a point on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, where said road intersects the Neosho River, and which have not been patented to said railroad company by the United States under said grant or earned by the completion of said road and to which said company are not lawfully entitled, are hereby declared forfeited to the United States, and shall hereafter be subject to entry only under the provisions of the homestead laws of the United States. [July 24, 1876.]

1863, ch. 98 (12 Stat, L., 772).

1875, March 3,

ch. 196,

July 26, 1876.

19 Stat. L., 102.

Voluntary assignment under State

laws for benefit of
all creditors not to
bar discharge.
R. S., § 5021,
5110.

1874, June 22, ch. 390, § 12.

14 Blatch., 14.

CHAPTER 234.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT AN ACT
ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF BANKRUPTCY THROUGH-
OUT THE UNITED STATES' APPROVED MARCH SECOND, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND
SIXTY-SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," APPROVED JUNE TWENTY-SECOND,
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR. (1)

Voluntary assignment under State laws for benefit When bankrupt may apply for discharge.
of all creditors not to bar discharge.

Be it enacted, &c. That section twelve of said act be, and the same s hereby, amended as follows:

After the word "committed," in line forty-four, insert: "Provided also, That no voluntary assignment by a debtor or debtors of all his or their property, heretofore or hereafter made in good faith for the benefit of all his or their creditors, ratably and without creating any preference, and valid according to the law of the State where made, shall of itself, in the event of his or their being subsequently adjudicated bankrupts

NOTE. (1) The whole bankrupt law was repealed by act of 1878, ch. 160.

in a proceeding of involuntary bankruptcy, be a bar to the discharge of such debtor or debtors."

That section fifty-one hundred and eight of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:(1)

When bankrupt

At any time after the expiration of six months from the adjudication of bankruptcy, or if no debts have been proved against the bankrupt, may apply for dís charge. or if no assets have come to the hands of the assignee, at any time after R. S., § 5108. the expiration of sixty days, and before the final disposition of the cause, 14 Blatch., 130. the bankrupt may apply to the court for a discharge from his debts. This section shall apply in all cases heretofore or hereafter commenced. [July 26, 1876.]

NOTE.-(1) This amendment is incorporated in the second edition of the Revised Statutes in § 5108.

CHAPTER 239.

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT APPROVED MAY EIGHT, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-
FOUR, IN REGARD TO LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF ARMY OFFICERS.

July 29, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 202.

Officers of Army may have certain leave of absence

Officers of Army may have certain leave of absence without deduction of pay. Be it enacted, &c., That an act approved May eighth, eighteen hun dred and seventy-four, in regard to leave of absence of Army officers, be and the same is hereby, so amended that all officers on duty shall be allowed in the discretion of the Secretary of War, sixty days' leave of of pay. absence without deduction of pay or allowance:

Provided, That the same be taken once in two years:

without deduction

R. S., § 1265. 1874, May 8, ch. 154.

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And provided further, That the leave of absence may be extended to three months, if taken once only in three years, or four months if taken Gen., 577, 619. only once in four years.

This act shall take effect from and after its passage. [July 29, 1876.]

CHAPTER 246.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY CIVIL EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEV-
ENTY-SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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SECTION 1.

Par. 5. Metropolitan Police of District of Co-
lumbia, powers, &c., of, extended to public
squares and places.

Par. 6. Two assistant agents at seal-fisheries in
Alaska discontinued.

Par. 7. Cost of survey of private land claims to
be kept and to be paid by parties before pat-
ents issue.

- of lands granted to railroads to be paid by
companies, &c.

Par. 8. Land offices at Chillicothe, Indianapolis,
and Springfield, recorder of land-titles in
Missouri, and surveyor-general of Kansas
abolished.

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[Par. 1.] That from and after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the Public Printer to employ no workmen not thoroughly skilled employ only in their respective branches of industry, as shown by a trial of their skill under his direction;

Public Printer to skilled workmen. R. S., § 3763. 1877, Feb. 16, ch

58.

in purchase of materials to invite proposals and

And whenever it becomes necessary for the Public Printer to make purchases of materials not already due under contracts he shall prepare a schedule of the articles required, showing the description, quantity, award contract to and quality of each article and shall invite proposals for furnishing the lowest bidder, &c.

3768.

4.

R. S., § 3767, 1876, Jan. 25, ch.

Public Printer

&c.

same either by advertisement or circular, as the Joint Committee on Public Printing may direct, and shall make contracts for the same with the lowest responsible bidder, making a return of the same to the Joint Committee on Public Printing, showing the number of bidders, the amounts of each bid and the awards of the contracts.

That so much of all laws or parts of laws as provide for the election to be appointed or appointment of Public Printer be, and the same are hereby, repealed, by President, with advice of Senate, to take effect from and after the passage of this act; and the President of the United States shall appoint by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a suitable person who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of book-binding, to take charge of and manage the Government Printing Office from and after the date aforesaid:

R. S., § 3758.

1874, June 20, ch.
328, par. 4.
1876, Aug. 15, ch.

287, par. 3.
his title, powers,

&c.

to give bond.

R. Š., § 3759.

Proclamations

one newspaper,

He shall be called the "Public Printer," and shall be vested with all the powers and subject to all the restrictions pertaining to the officer now known as the Public Printer;

He shall give bond in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, said bond to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

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[Par. 2.] That all executive proclamations, & all treaties required and treaties to be by law to be published, shall be published in only one newspaper the published in only same to be printed and published in the District of Columbia and to be &c., and advertise- designated by the Secretary of State and in no case of advertisement ments for contracts for contracts for the public service shall the same be published in any not to be published in District of Co- newspaper published and printed in the District of Columbia unless the lumbia, except, supplies or labor covered by such advertisement are to be furnished or performed in said District of Columbia.

&c.

R. S., § 3826

3828. 1881, Jan. 21, ch. 25.

ice to make annual report, &c.

Superintendent [Par. 3.] The person in immediate charge of the life saving service, of life-saving serv- under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall make a report annually to the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the manner in which all moneys appropriated for the maintenance of said service shall have been expended, and setting forth specifically the operations of said service during the year; and said report shall be transmitted to Congress with the papers accompanying the Annual Finance Report.

R. S., § 4242

4249.

1878, June 18, ch. 265, § 7.

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[Par. 4.] Hereafter upon the occurring of a vacancy in the grade of tenant for Revenue third lieutenant in the Revenue Marine Service, the Secretary of the Marine Service Treasury may appoint a cadet, not less than eighteen nor more than twenty-five years of age, with rank next below that of third lieutenant, 16 Opin. Att'y- whose pay shall be three-fourths that of a third lieutenant, and who Gen., 288. shall not be appointed to a higher grade until he shall have served a satisfactory probationary term of two years and passed the examination required by the regulations of said service; and upon the promotion of such cadet another may be appointed in his stead; but the whole number of third lieutenants and cadets shall at no time exceed the number of third lieutenants now authorized by law.

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Metropolitan Po- [Par. 5.] The duties devolved and the authority conferred upon the lice of District Co- board of Metropolitan Police by law, for police purposes, in said District, lumbia; powers, shall extend to and include all public squares or places; and said board &c., of,extended to public squares and is hereby authorized and required to make appropriate rules and regu places. lations in relation thereto. (1)

Two assistant

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[Par. 6.] For salaries and traveling expenses of agents at seal-fisheries agents at seal-fish- in Alaska,

eries in Alaska dis

continued.

Provided, however, That the two assistant agents whose salaries as

R. S., § 1973, fixed by law at two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars each per

1974.

1875, March 3,

ch. 130, § 1.

NOTE.-(1) This provision is repeated in the act of 1877, ch. 105 (19 Stat. L., 346).

annum, shall be discontinued from and after the first day of October eighteen hundred and seventy-six

Cost of survey

of private land

R. S., §§ 2218,

2223.

[Par. 7.] That an accurate account shall be kept by each surveyorgeneral of the cost of surveying and platting every private land claim, claims to be kept to be reported to the General Land-Office with the map of such claim; and to be paid by and that a patent shall not issue nor shall any copy of any such survey parties before patbe furnished for any such private claim until the cost of survey and ents issue. platting shall have been paid into the Treasury of the United States by the party or parties in interest in said grant or by any other party : And provided further, That before any land granted to any railroad company by the United States shall be conveyed to such company, or any persons entitled thereto under any of the acts incorporating or relating to said company, unless such company is exempted by law from the payment of such cost, there shall first be paid into the Treasury of the United States the cost of surveying, selecting, and conveying the same by the said company or persons in interest.

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of lands granted to railroads to be paid by companies,

Land offices at

[Par. 8.] That the land offices at Chillicothe, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana, Springfield, Illinois, and the office of recorder of land-titles of the Chillicothe, Indianapolis, and State of Missouri, (2) are hereby abolished, from and after the thirtieth Springfield, reday of September next and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- corder of landized to transfer to the States respectively aforesaid such of the tran- titles of Missouri, scripts, documents, and records of the offices aforesaid as may not be and surveyor-general of Kansas required for use of the United States, and as the States respectively in abolished. which said offices are situated may desire to preserve;

And the office of the surveyor-general of Kansas is hereby abolished from and after the thirtieth of September next. [July 31, 1876.]

NOTES.-(2) See notes to act of 1874, June 6, ch. 223, p. 28.

R. S., §§ 2207, 2256, pars. 1-3. 1874, June 6, ch.

223, § 3.

CHAPTER 255.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEV-
ENTY-SEVEN.

Quartermaster and commissary for cadets to be detailed and supplies furnished at cost.
Be it enacted, &c.

Aug. 7, 1876.

19 Stat. L., 124.

That the Secretary of War be hereby directed to detail a competent Quartermaster officer to act as quartermaster and commissary for the battalion of and commissary cadets, by whom all purchases and issues of supplies of all kinds for for cadets to be de tailed and supplies the cadets, and all provisions for the mess, shall be made, and that all furnished at cost. supplies of all kinds and descriptions shall be furnished to the cadets at actual cost, without any commission or advance over said cost; and 1341. such officer so assigned shall perform all the duties of purveying and supervision for the mess, as now done by the purveyor, without other compensation. [August 7, 1876.]

R. S., § 1309

CHAPTER 256.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW LAND-DISTRICT IN THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING. SECTION

SECTION

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Aug. 9, 1876.

19 Stat. L., 126.

Evanston land

[SECTION 1], That all the public lands in the Territory of Wyoming lying west of the thirty-first meridian of longitude west from Washing. district in Wyoton shall constitute a new land-district, to be called the Evanston district.

ming established. R. S., §2256, par. 91, 2d ed., p. 413.

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