adopted, for the regulation of the Indian service, so far as the same may be applicable. Each of the agents appointed as aforesaid shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give bond in such penalties and with Bond of agents. such conditions and such security as the President or Secretary of the Interior may require, and shall hold his office for the term of four years, unless sooner removed by the President, and shall receive an annual salary. salary at the rate of eighteen hundred dollars. Term of office, Physician, SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That there may be appointed, in the manner prescribed by law, for each of said reservations, if in the opinion blacksmith, of the Secretary of the Interior the welfare of said Indians shall require farmer, carpenit, one physician, one blacksmith, one assistant blacksmith, one farmer, ter, &c. and one carpenter, who shall each receive compensation at rates to be Pay. determined by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding fifty dollars per month. veyed. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That hereafter, when it shall become Reservations, necessary to survey any Indian or other reservations, or any lands, the how to be sursame shall be surveyed under the direction and control of the general land-office, and as nearly as may be in conformity to the rules and regulations under which other public lands are surveyed. not to visit SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all Indian agents shall reside Indian agents at their respective agencies, and shall in no case be permitted to visit the to reside where; city of Washington except when ordered to do so by the commissioner of Washington exIndian affairs. And it is hereby made the duty of the said commissioner to report all cases of the violation of this section to the President, with the request that the agents disregarding the provisions herein contained be at once removed from office. cept, &c. Repealing clause. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and all offices and employments connected with Indian affairs in Califor- Offices, &c., nia not provided for in this act be, and the same are hereby, abolished. APPROVED, April 8, 1864. abolished. CHAP. XLIX An Act to incorporate the Union Gaslight Company of the District of April 8, 1864. Columbia. Union Gas Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Sayles J. Bowen, William Elmer, William Bates, Robert W. Milbank, Andrew M. Kinney, light Company incorporated. William H. Baldwin, Z. D. Gilman, D. C. Forney, S. P. Brown, John Green, and Gamaliel Gay, and their associates and assigns, be, and they Name; auare hereby, created a body corporate, under the name of "The Union thority. Gas-light Company of the District of Columbia," with authority to manufacture and sell gas, to be made of coal, zinc, oil, tar, pitch, peat, turpentine, or other material, and to be used in lighting the city of Washington and the streets thereof, and any buildings, manufactories, or houses therein situated, and to lay mains and pipes for the purpose of conducting gas in any of the avenues, streets, lanes, or alleys of the said city: Provided, however, That the said company shall so conduct the manufacture, and lay said mains and pipes, as not to create a nuisance or injure either nuisance. private or public property: And provided, further, That the said mains To be under and pipes shall be laid subject to such conditions and in compliance with direction of city such regulations as may be prescribed by the municipal authorities of the authorities. city of Washington; and the right to erect and establish any buildings, apparatus, or machinery for the manufacture of gas, shall be subject to such regulations and restrictions as may be from time to time prescribed by the said municipal authorities of Washington. Not to create a Number of shares. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of the said Capital stock. company shall not be less than five hundred thousand, nor more than one million dollars, and that the said stock shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall be deemed personal property and Pay, if minister resident at Ecuador is appointed commis sioner. 1856, ch. 127, § 9. ment of claims, signed at Quito, on the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the commissioner to be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be allowed a compensation, in full for his services, of three thousand dollars, and ten dollars a day in commutation of travelling expenses for the time actually and necessarily occupied in going from the place of his residence to Guayaquil and returning to his home after the termination of his duties. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the President shall elect to appoint the minister resident of the United States in Ecuador to perform the duties of commissioner under the convention aforesaid, said minister shall receive a compensation for his services of fifty per centum of the sum hereinbefore mentioned, pursuant to the provisions of the ninth section of the act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, "to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States." SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and hereby Contingent ex- is, authorized to make such provision for the contingent expenses of the penses and those of umpire. commission under the said convention, including the moiety of the United States for the compensation of the umpire, and of the secretary who may be chosen by the commissioners, pursuant to the provisions of the convention, as he shall deem just and proper. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That such sums of money as may Appropriation. be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act be, and they are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 28, 1864. April 1, 1864. CHAP. XLV. -An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Military Acade- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following my appropriation. sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the military academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, one hundred and seventeen thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars. For commutation of subsistence, four thousand one hundred and sixtyone dollars. For pay in lieu of clothing to officers' servants, sixty dollars. For current and ordinary expenses, as follows: repairs and improvements, fuel and apparatus, forage, postage, telegrams, stationery, transportation, printing, clerks, miscellaneous and incidental expenses, and departments of instruction, forty-one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For gradual increase and expense of library, one thousand dollars. For forage for artillery and cavalry horses, eight thousand six hundred and forty dollars. For supplying horses for artillery and cavalry exercise, one thousand dollars. For repairs of officers' quarters, one thousand five hundred dollars. Construction of 75, § 35. Vol. xii. p. 736. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the thirty-fifth section of the act entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for act of 1863, ch. other purposes," approved March three, eighteen hundred and and sixty-three, shall not be deemed hereafter to prohibit the payment to enlisted men employed at the military academy of the extra-duty pay heretofore allowed by law to enlisted men when employed at constant labor for not less than ten days continuously. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the annual pay of cadets at the military academy at West Point shall be the same as that allowed to midshipmen at the naval academy, and the amount necessary for that purpose is hereby appropriated. Pay of cadets, and appropria tion. Cadets found SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That cadets found deficient at any deficient at examexamination shall not be continued at the military academy, or be reination. [Repealed. Post, p. appointed except upon the recommendation of the academic board. 467.] SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That no part of the money hereby Appropriation appropriated shall be applied to the support or pay of any cadets here- to apply only to cadets regularly after appointed not in conformity with the express provisions of law regu- appointed. lating appointments of cadets at that academy. APPROVED, April 1, 1864. CHAP. XLVI. — An Act to increase the Pension of the Revolutionary Pensioners now on the Rolls of the Pension Office. April 1, 1864. Pension to sur the Revolution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one viving soldiers of hundred dollars per annum to each of the surviving soldiers of the Revolution, now on the pension rolls, during their natural lives, in addition to the pensions to which they are now entitled under former acts of Congress; said payment to date from, and commence on, the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to cease at their death. APPROVED, April 1, 1864. CHAP. XLVII. - An Act relating to Acting Assistant Paymasters in the Navy, and regu- April 1, 1864. lating the Appointment of Cadets in the Naval Academy. ant paymasters Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the President Appointment of the United States shall nominate any acting assistant paymaster in the of acting assistvolunteer naval service, on account of his faithful, diligent, and efficient in the navy. discharge of duty in the volunteer service, to be an assistant paymaster in the navy, it shall be no objection to his appointment and confirmation that he is over twenty-six years of age: Provided, That he be not over thirty years of age: And provided, further, That the number of paymasters and assistant paymasters, as authorized by law, be not increased thereby. Age. Number. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the students of the naval Age of stu academy, when examined for admission thereto, shall be between the dents at naval ages of fourteen and eighteen years. APPROVED, April 1, 1864. CHAP. XLVIII — An Act to provide for the better Organization of Indian Affairs in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the first day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the state of California shall, for Indian purposes, constitute one superintendency, for which there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a superintendent of Indian academy. April 8, 1864. 1865, ch. 122. Post, p. 538. California to constitute one Indian superintendency. Superintendent, salary, bond, oath of office. affairs for said superintendency, at a salary of three thousand six hundred dollars per annum, who shall reside at a point within said state, to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior, and who, upon executing a bond, upon such terms and such sum as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and taking the usual oath of office, shall have under his control and management, in like manner and subject to like rules and regulations as are prescribed for superintendents of other superintendencies, the Indians and Indian reservations that are or may hereafter be established in said state: Provided, That the superintendent shall be Clerk, salary. authorized to appoint a clerk, at a compensation not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum. tions in Califor nia. Location. Proviso. Improvements in such locations SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be set apart by the Indian reserva- President, and at his discretion, not exceeding four tracts of land, within the limits of said state, to be retained by the United States for the purposes of Indian reservations, which shall be of suitable extent for the accommodation of the Indians of said state, and shall be located as remote from white settlements as may be found practicable, having due regard to their adaptation to the purposes for which they are intended: Provided, That at least one of said tracts shall be located in what has heretofore been known as the northern district: And provided, further, That if it shall be found impracticable to establish the reservations herein conteniplated without embracing improvements made within their limits by white persons lawfully there, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to contract for the purchase of such improvements, at a price not exceeding a fair valuation thereof, to be made under his direction. But no such contract shall be valid, nor any money paid thereon, until, upon a report of said contract and of said valuation to Congress, the same shall be approved and the money appropriated by law for that pu"Tracts may or pose: And provided, further, That said tracts to be set apart as aforesaid may, or may not, as in the discretion of the President may be deemed for the best interests of the Indians to be provided for, include any of the Indian reservations heretofore set apart in said state, and that in case any such reservation is so included, the same may be enlarged to such an extent as in the opinion of the President may be necessary, in order to its complete adaptation to the purposes for which it is intended. to be purchased, after report to Congress. may not include present reservations. Reservations surveyed and offered for sale. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several Indian reservations in California which shall not be retained for the purposes of Indian reser. not retained to be vations under the provisions of the preceding section of this act, shall, by the commissioner of the general land-office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, be surveyed into lots or parcels of suitable size, and as far as practicable in conformity to the surveys of the public lands, which said lots shall, under his direction, be appraised by disinterested persons at their cash value, and shall thereupon, after due advertisement, as now provided by law in case of other public lands, be offered for sale at public outery, and thence afterward shall be held subject to sale at private entry, according to such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior Minimum price. may prescribe: Provided, That no lot shall be disposed of at less than the ducted. appraised value, nor at less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per Sale, how con- acre: And provided, further, That said sale shall be conducted by the register and receiver of the land-office in the district in which such reservation or reservations may be situated, in accordance with the instructions of the department regulating the sale of public lands. reservation. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Agent for each States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint an Indian agent for each of the reservations which shall be established under the provisions of this act, which said Residence, du- agent shall reside upon the reservation for which he shall be appointed, and shall discharge all the duties now or hereafter to be required of Indian agents by law, or by rules and regulations adopted, or to be ties. adopted, for the regulation of the Indian service, so far as the same may be applicable. Each of the agents appointed as aforesaid shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give bond in such penalties and with Bond of agents. such conditions and such security as the President or Secretary of the Interior may require, and shall hold his office for the term of four years, unless sooner removed by the President, and shall receive an annual salary. salary at the rate of eighteen hundred dollars. Term of office, Physician, SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That there may be appointed, in the manner prescribed by law, for each of said reservations, if in the opinion blacksmith, of the Secretary of the Interior the welfare of said Indians shall require farmer, carpenit, one physician, one blacksmith, one assistant blacksmith, one farmer, ter, &c. and one carpenter, who shall each receive compensation at rates to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding fifty dollars per month. Pay. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That hereafter, when it shall become Reservations, necessary to survey any Indian or other reservations, or any lands, the how to be surveyed. same shall be surveyed under the direction and control of the general land-office, and as nearly as may be in conformity to the rules and regulations under which other public lands are surveyed. Indian agents not to visit SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all Indian agents shall reside at their respective agencies, and shall in no case be permitted to visit the to reside where; city of Washington except when ordered to do so by the commissioner of Washington exIndian affairs. And it is hereby made the duty of the said commissioner to report all cases of the violation of this section to the President, with the request that the agents disregarding the provisions herein contained be at once removed from office. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and all offices and employments connected with Indian affairs in California not provided for in this act be, and the same are hereby, abolished. APPROVED, April 8, 1864. cept, &c. Repealing clause. Offices, &c., abolished. CHAP. XLIX. —An Act to incorporate the Union Gaslight Company of the District of April 8, 1864. Columbia. Union Gas Name; au Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Sayles J. Bowen, William Elmer, William Bates, Robert W. Milbank, Andrew M. Kinney, light Company incorporated. William H. Baldwin, Z. D. Gilman, D. C. Forney, S. P. Brown, John Green, and Gamaliel Gay, and their associates and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate, under the name of "The Union thority. Gas-light Company of the District of Columbia," with authority to manufacture and sell gas, to be made of coal, zinc, oil, tar, pitch, peat, turpentine, or other material, and to be used in lighting the city of Washington and the streets thereof, and any buildings, manufactories, or houses therein situated, and to lay mains and pipes for the purpose of conducting gas in any of the avenues, streets, lanes, or alleys of the said city: Provided, however, That the said company shall so conduct the manufacture, and lay said mains and pipes, as not to create a nuisance or injure either nuisance. private or public property: And provided, further, That the said mains To be under and pipes shall be laid subject to such conditions and in compliance with direction of city such regulations as may be prescribed by the municipal authorities of the authorities. city of Washington; and the right to erect and establish any buildings, apparatus, or machinery for the manufacture of gas, shall be subject to such regulations and restrictions as may be from time to time prescribed by the said municipal authorities of Washington. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of the said company shall not be less than five hundred thousand, nor more than one million dollars, and that the said stock shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall be deemed personal property and Not to create a Capital stock Number of shares. |