And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report the amount due each claimant, at the commencement of each session, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall lay the same before Congress for consideration: Amounts found due to be reported Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the Accounts not to re-examination and payment of any claim or account which has been be reopened, exonce examined and rejected, unless reopened in accordance with exist- cept, &c. ing law. [June 14, 1878.] CHAPTER 193. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE RE Foreign relations; laws extended to Tripoli, Tunis, Laws extended to other countries with which like Be it enacted, &c., That section forty-one hundred and twenty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall hereafter read as follows: June 14, 1878. 20 Stat. L., 131. Foreign relations; laws extend to Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, Muscat, and Navigator Islands. Substitute for R. S., § 4127. Consuls therein SEC 4127. The provisions of this title, so far as the same are in conformity with the stipulations in the existing treaties between the United States and Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, Muscat, and the Samoan or Navigator Islands, respectively, shall extend to those countries, and shall be executed in conformity with the provisions of the treaties and of the provisions of this title by the consuls appointed by the United States to reside therein, who are hereby ex officio invested with the powers herein invested with cerdelegated to the ministers and consuls of the United States appointed tain judicial powto reside in the countries named in section four thousand and eighty- R. S., §§ 4083, three, so far as the same can be exercised under the provisions of trea- 4127. ties between the United States and the several countries mentioned in this section, and in accordance with the usages of the countries in their intercourse with the Franks or other foreign Christian nations. ers. And whenever the United States shall negotiate a treaty with any Laws extended foreign government, in which the American consul-general or consul to other countries shall be clothed with judicial authority, and securing the right of trial with which like treaties may be to American citizens residing therein before such consul-general or con- hereafter made, sul, and containing provisions similar to or like those contained in the &c. treaties with the governments named in this act, then said title, so far 1874, March 23, as the same may be applicable, shall have full force in reference to said treaty, and shall extend to the country of the government negotiating the same. [June 14, 1878.] ch. 62. CHAPTER 194. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO June 14, 1878. 20 Stat. L., 131. [SECTION 1], That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, Commissioners and they hereby are, authorized and directed to make and enforce such to make regularules and regulations relative to the sale of coal in the District of Co- sale of coal in Dislumbia as shall insure full weight to purchasers of coal; tions relative to trict of Columbia. R. S., §§ 3711-3713. -and building regulations. Effect of regulations. Also, such building regulations for the said District as they may deem advisable. SEC. 2. That such rules and regulations made as above provided shall have the same force and effect within the District of Columbia as if enacted by Congress. [June 14, 1878.] CHAPTER 196. June 14, 1878. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WEST- SECTION SECTION 1. District judge for western district of Tennes- 3. Judge for middle and eastern district. 2.- salary and powers. Be it enacted, &c. [SECTION 1], That there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a district judge for the western district of Tennessee, who shall, from and after the time of his appointment, hold the terms of the United States district court in said district at the times and places required by law. SEC. 2. Said district judge shall be paid the same salary and in the same manner as the judge of the middle and eastern districts of Tennessee, and shall exercise all the circuit and district court power and jurisdiction now conferred on said judge and said court. SEC. 3. The present district judge of said State shall be and remain the district judge of the United States for the middle and eastern districts thereof, as if originally appointed thereto. SEC. 4. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed [June 14, 1878.] June 15, 1878. 20 Stat. L., 133. Lands with Railroad restored CHAPTER 211. AN ACT TO RESTORE CERTAIN LANDS IN IOWA TO SETTLEMENT UNDER THE HOME- SECTION 1. Lands withdrawn for Mississippi and Missouri Be it enacted, &c. SECTION Settlers on; provisions for. 2. Not to include certain lands. [SECTION 1], That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, drawn for Missis- directed to restore to settlement under the pre-emption and homestead sippi and Missouri law, by published notice, all vacant unappropriated lands heretofore to settlement un- withdrawn for the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, in the State of der homestead and Iowa, situated more than twenty miles from the amended line of route pre-emption laws. as located under the act approved June second eighteen hundred and 1856, ch. 28 (11 sixty-four, entitled "An act to amend an act making a grant of land to Stat. L., 9). 1864, ch. 103 (13 the State of Iowa in alternate sections to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State", approved May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six: Stat. L., 95). -settlers on; provisions for. Provided, That all actual settlers now residing on said lands shall be permitted to enter not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres for each head of a family or single man over twenty-one years of age, embracing improvements, in preference to any other person, on making proof of such settlement in accordance with rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further, That all actual settlers now residing upon the lands hereinbefore mentioned shall be permitted to make the final proof now required by law, and receive their patents at the expiration of five years from the date of their actual settlement. Not to include SEC. 2. That this act shall not include any lands embraced in the confirmatory act approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sev- certain lands. enty-three, entitled "An act to quiet title to certain lands in the State of Iowa." [June 15, 1878.] 1873, ch. 83 (17 Stat. L., 421). CHAPTER 213. AN ACT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF GAME AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS IN THE DIS- [SECTION 1], That no person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in either his or her possession, either dead or alive, any partridge otherwise quail, between the first day of February and the first day of November, under a penalty of five dollars for each bird so killed or in possession. SEC. 2. That no person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any pheasant, otherwise ruffed grouse, between the first day of February and the first day of August, under a penalty of five dollars for each bird so killed or in possession. SEC. 3. That no person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any woodcock, between the first day of February and the first day of July, under a penalty of five dol lars for each bird so killed or in possession. SEC. 4. That no person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any prairie-chicken, otherwise pinnated grouse, between the first day of February and the first day of September under a penalty of five dollars for each bird so killed or in possession. SEC. 5. That no person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any snipe, or plover, between the first day of May and the first day of September, under a penalty of five dollars for each bird so killed or in possession June 15, 1878. 20 Stat. L., 134. Penalties for killing at certain periods in District of Columbia ofQuail. Pheasant. Woodcock. Prairie-chicken. Snipe, or plover. Ducks, geese, Water-rails, SEC. 6. That no person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any wild duck, wild goose, or wild and brandt. brandt, between the first day of April and the first day of September, under a penalty of five dollars for each bird so killed on [or] in possession. SEC. 7. That no person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in his or her possession, either dead or alive, any water-rail, or ortolan, or reed- reed-birds, and orbird, or rice-bird, between the first day of February and the first day of September, under a penalty of two dollars for each bird so killed or in possession. SEC. 8. That no person shall expose for sale or have in his or her possession, any deer-meat, or venison, between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of August, under a penalty of twenty cents for each and every pound of deer-meat so exposed for sale or had in possession. tolan. Venison. Certain birds not time. SEC. 9. That no person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in his or to be killed at any her possession, dead, at any time any turkey-buzzard, wren, sparrow, blue-bird, humming bird, blue jay, robin or migratory thrush, wood or song robin, martin, mockingbird, swallow, oriole, red or cardinal bird, cat-bird, pewit, whip-poor-will, gold-finch, sap-sucker, hanging-bird, wood-pecker, crow black-bird, or any other insectivorous bird, save as herein provided, under a penalty of two dollars for each bird killed or in possesssion dead. Robbing, &c., wild birds' nests. Trapping wild birds. Killing wild ducks, &c., with hibited. SEC. 10. That no person shall rob the nest of any wild bird of eggs or young, or destroy such nest, unless in the necessary prosecution of farming business, under a penalty of two dollars for each egg or bird so taken, and under a penalty of five dollars for each nest destroyed. SEC. 11. That no person shall trap, net, or ensnare any wild bird or water-fowl, or have in possession any trap, net, or snare, with the intent to capture or kill any wild bird or water-fowl, under a penalty of five dollars for every bird or water-fowl so trapped, netted, or ensnared, and under a further penalty of twenty dollars for having in possession any such net, trap, or snare; and such net, trap, or snare shall be forfeited and destroyed SEC. 12. That no person shall at any time kill or shoot at any wild duck, wild goose, or wild brandt with any other gun than such as are certain guns pro- habitually raised at arm's length and fired from the shoulder, under a penalty of five dollars for each and every wild fowl so killed, and under the further penalty of twenty-five dollars for firing such gun at any wild fowl as aforesaid, or having said gun in possession. -birds at night. -birds for scientific purposes. SEC. 13. That no person shall kill or shoot at any bird or wild fowin the night-time, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars for every bird or wild fowl so killed, and under the further penalty of ten dollars for shooting at any bird or wild fowl in the night-time as aforesaid. SEC. 14. That persons in killing birds for scientific purposes, or in possession of them for breeding, shall be exempt from the operations of this act by proving affirmatively such purposes; and the possession shall in all cases be presumptive evidence of unlawful purpose. Trespassing on SEC. 15. That any person who shall knowingly trespass on the lands another's lands in of another for the purpose of shooting or hunting thereon, after due hunting. notice, or notice as provided for in the following section, by the owner or occupant of lands, shall be liable to such owner or occupant in exemplary damages to an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars, and shall also be liable to a fine of ten dollars for each and every trespass so committed. Notice to trespassers. Destroying signboards, &c. Shooting or car The possession of implements of shooting on such lands shall be presumptive evidence of the trespass. SEC. 16. That the notice referred to in the preceding section shall be given by erecting and maintaining sign-boards at least eight by twelve inches in dimension, on the borders of the premises, and at least two such signs for every fifty acres; And any person who shall maliciously tear down or in any [any] manner deface or injure any of such sign-boards shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every sign-board so torn down, defaced or injured. SEC. 17. That there shall be no shooting, or having in possession in rying gun on Sun- the open air the implements for shooting, on the first day of the week, day. Repeal. called Sunday; And any person violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars nor less than ten dollars for each offense. SEC. 18. That all acts or parts of acts now in force in the District of Columbia, inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. [June 15, 1878.] CHAPTER 215. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. SECTION 10. Certain poisons not to be retailed without -nor without making inquiry, &c. Entry of sales to be made in book always open Restrictions not applicable to medical prepa- Druggists not to sell or give away liquors as 11. Itinerant venders of drugs, nostrums, &c., to 12. Penalty for false representations. -for conducting pharmacy without regis- 13. Fines, &c., how prosecuted for by United June 15, 1878. 20 Stat. L., 137. [SECTION 1], That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be In District of Counlawful for any person, not a registered pharmacist within the mean- lumbia, unregis ing of this act, to conduct any pharmacy or store for the tered persons not of repurpose tailing, compounding, or dispensing medicines or poisons, for medical to conduct pharuse, in the District of Columbia, except as hereinafter provided. SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful for the proprietor of any store or Proprietors of pharmacy to allow any person, except a registered pharmacist, to com- stores, &c., not to pound or dispense the prescriptions of physicians, or to retail or dis- allow unregistered pharmacists to pense poisons for medical use, except as an aid to, and under the immecompound, &c. diate supervision of, a registered pharmacist. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every such offense. Commissioners SEC. 3. That immediately after the passage of this act, and biennially thereafter, or as often as necessary, the Commissioners of the Dis- of pharmacy to be trict of Columbia shall appoint three pharmacists and two physicians, appointed. all of whom shall have been residents of the District of Columbia for five years and of at least five years' practical experience in their respective professions, who shall be known and styled as Commissioners of Pharmacy for the District of Columbia, who shall serve without compensation, and who shall hold office for two years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Said commissioners shall, within thirty days after the notification of - to take oath. their appointment, each take and subscribe to an oath to impartially and faithfully discharge their duties as prescribed by this act. The position of any commissioner who shall fail to so qualify within -vacancies; how the time named shall be vacant, and the vacancy or vacancies so occur- filled, &c. ring, or any vacancy or vacancies that may occur, shall be filled by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. to keep register SEC. 4. That the commissioners of pharmacy shall keep a book of registration open at some convenient place within the city of Washington, of pharmacists, of which due notice shall be given through the public press, and shall &c. record therein the name and place of business of every person registered under this act. without examina tion. It shall be the duty of said commissioners of pharmacy to register, to register existwithout examination, as registered pharmacists, all pharmacists and ing druggists, &c., druggists who are engaged in business in the District of Columbia at the passage of this act as owners or principals of stores of pharmacies for selling at retail, compounding, or dispensing drugs, medicines, or chemicals for medicinal use, or for compounding and dispensing physicians' prescriptions, and all assistant pharmacists, twenty-one years of age, engaged in said stores or pharmacies in the District of Columbia at the passage of this act, and who have been engaged as such in some |