to be reported. General Land Commissioner. ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual_estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each. * [Par. 12.] (10) General Land Office: * Assistant Commissioner Office, Assistant to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent R. S., § 446. of the Senate, who shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and 1895, Mar. 2, ch. documents, and to perform such other duties as may be directed by 177, § 3, ante, p.418. the Commissioner, may act as Commissioner. - salary. Indian Office, and shall act as Commissioner in the absence of that officer or in case of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner, three thousand five hundred dollars; [Par. 13.] (11) Indian Office: Assistant Commissioner, who Assistant Commis- shall also perform the duties of chief clerk, three thousand dollars; sioner. R. S., § 462. [Par. 14.] (12) Patent Office: Assistant Commissioner, who Assistant Commis- shall perform such duties pertaining to the office of Commissioner as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner, three thousand dollars; sioner. R. S., 476. Post-route maps, sale. 1878, June 17, ch. 259, § 2 (1 Supp. R. S., 187). 1890, July 11, ch. 667, par. 8 (1 Supp. R. S., 773). Court of Private Land Claims. 1891, Mar. 3, ch. 539, § 19 (1 Supp. R. S., 917). 1895, Mar. 2, ch. 177, par. 22, ante, p. 417. functions of, when to cease. - papers to be custody. [Par. 15.] (13) And the Postmaster-General may authorize the sale of post route maps to the public at cost of printing and ten per centum thereof added, the proceeds of such sales to be used as a further appropriation for the preparation and publication of post-route maps. [Par. 16.] That section nineteen of an Act entitled "An Act to estab lish a court of private land claims, and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as amended in Legislative, Executive, and Judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 19. That the powers and functions of the court established by this Act shall cease and determine on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and all papers, files, and records in the possession of said court returned to proper belonging to any other public office of the United States shall be returned to such office, and all other papers, files, and records in the possession of or appertaining to said court shall be returned to and filed in the Department of the Interior." Indian Territory. and marshal to re * * [Par. 17.] (14) That section twenty-four of the Act of May twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, making appropriations for the U. S. attorney Legislative, Executive, and Judicial expenses of the Government, for ceive a salary. the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety1896, May 28, ch. seven, and for other purposes, be and is hereby amended by striking 252, 66 19, 21, 22, out the words "Indian Territory or," so that said Act shall apply to the 24, ante, pp. 485- Indian Territory except as herein otherwise provided: 488. NOTES. (10) As to previous enactments of this same provision, see 1896, May 28, ch. 252, par. 10, and note, ante, p. 477. (11) As to previons enactments of this same provision, see 1896, May 28, ch. 252, par. 11, and note, ante, p. 477. (12) As to previous enactments of this same provision, see 1896, May 28, ch. 252, par. 12, and note, ante. p. 477. (13) See 1896, May 28, ch. 252, par. 15, and note, ante, p. 477, for previous enactments of this same provision (14) The act of 1896, May 28, ch. 252, §§ 6-24, ante, p. 479, abolished the fee system in the payment of United States attorneys and marshals and substituted salaries. § 24 excluded the Indian Territory and the Territory of Alaska from the operation of these provisions. This act removes the Indian Territory from the exception and fixes the salary for the district attorneys and marshals in the Territory. (15) Provided further, that the provisions of Sections nineteen, U. S. commistwenty-one, and twenty-two of said Act shall not apply to the Indian sioners, duties, Territory: &c. Provided further, that each of the (16) District Attorneys in the Salary of attorIndian Territory shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per neys. annum, and each of the Marshals shall receive a salary of four thousand dol- of marshals. lars per annum. For Court of ap [Par. 18.] (17) Court of Appeals, District of Columbia: reporter, one thousand dollars: Provided, That the reports issued by him shall not be sold for more than five dollars per volume; SEC. 3. Section nine hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 996. (18) No money deposited as aforesaid shall be withdrawn except by order of the judge or judges of said courts respectively, in term or in vacation, to be signed by such judge or judges, and to be entered and certified of record by the clerk; and every such order shall state the cause in or on account of which it is drawn. peals, D. C., price of reports. Money deposited in court Substitute for R. S., 996. -withdrawn only on order of judge, &c. form of order. when to be And it shall be the duty of the judge or judges of said courts, respectively, to cause any moneys deposited as aforesaid, which have placed in U. S. deremained in the registry of the court unclaimed for ten years or longer, pository. to be deposited in a designated depository of the United States, to the credit of the United States." SEC. 4. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act are Repeal. repealed. [February 19, 1897.] NOTES.—(15) The provisions of § § 19, 21 of the act referred to, 1896, May 28, ch. 252, ante, p. 485-487, relate to the terms of office and fees of U. S. Commissioners. § 22 provides for investigation by the Attorney-General of the compensation of clerks of U. S. courts. The law governing Commissioners in the Indian Territory is contained in 1890, May 2, ch. 182, §§ 39, 40 (1 Supp. R. S., 737), and 1895, March 1, ch. 145, §§ 4, 5, ante, pp. 394-396. (16) The offices of attorney and marshal for the Indian Territory were created by 1889, March 1, ch. 333, § 2 (1 Supp. R. S., 671). The Territory was divided into three judicial districts by 1895, March 1, ch. 145, § 1, ante, p. 392, and by §2 of that act an attorney and marshal was authorized in each district. (17) See similar enactment, 1896, May 28, ch. 252, par. 18, ante, p. 477. (18) The amendment contained in this act is the addition of the final paragraph, beginning "And it shall be." CHAP. 268.—An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the February 20, 1897. fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Be it enacted, &c., * [Par. 1.] (1) The salary of a consular officer not a citizen of the United States shall be paid out of the amount specifically appropriated for salary at the consular office to which the a lien officer is attached or appointed. * [Par. 2.] (2) Paying for the keeping and feeding of prisoners in China, Korea, Japan, Siam, and Turkey, nine thousand dollars: Provided, That no more than fifty cents per day for the keeping and feeding of each prisoner while actually confined shall be allowed or paid for any such keeping and feeding. This is not to be understood as covering cost of medical attendance and medicines when required by such prisoners: And provided further, That no allowance shall be made for the keeping and feeding of any prisoner who is able to pay, or does pay, the above sum of fifty cents per day, NOTES. (1) This provision has occurred in the appropriation acts for a number of years. See 1893, Mar. 1, ch. 182, par. 4, ante, p. 95; 1896, Feb. 27, ch. 34 (29 Stat. L., 36). (2) See previous enactments of this same provision in annual appropriation acts of 1893, Mar. 1, ch. 182, par. 5, ante, p. 95; 1894, July 26, ch. 166, par. 1, ante, p. 207. The amount allowed was reduced from seventy-five cents to fifty cents by the act of 1894, and in this form has since been annually repeated. See 1895, Mar. 2, ch. 185 (28 Stat. L., 824), and 1896, Feb. 27, ch. 34 (29 Stat. L., 37). 29 Stat. L., 579. Diplomatic and consular service. Consular officers not citizens how paid. Keeping and feeding prisoners in China, &c. Maximum. Self-supporting prisoners, no al lowance to. Certificate. Measures, &c., and the consular officer shall certify to the fact of inability in every case; [Par. 3.] (3) Publication of diplomatic, consular, and other commerto be reduced to cial reports: That all terms of measure, weight, and money shall terms of United be reduced to, and expressed in, terms of the measure, weight, and coin of the United States, as well as in the foreign terms; States. Consular re ports. Bureau of Sta (4) that each issue of consular reports shall not exceed seven thousand copies: And provided further, That the Secretary of State be, and he is tistics changed to hereby, authorized to change the name of the Bureau of Statistics to Bureau of Foreign the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, (5) and that the foregoing provision shall apply with the same force and effect to the Bureau of Foreign Commerce as to the Bureau of Statistics. Commerce. Bureau of American Republics. Money received to be paid into the Treasury. [Par. 4.] Commercial Bureau of American Republics, Provided, That any moneys (6) received from sale of the Bureau publications, from rents, or other sources shall be paid into the Treasury as a credit in addition to the appropriation, and may be drawn therefrom upon requisitions of the Secretary of State for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the Bureau: Official mail Provided, That the provisions of the (7) fifth and sixth sections of matter trans- the Act entitled "An Act establishing post routes, and for other purmitted free. 1877, Mar. 3, ch. poses," approved March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, 103, 5, 6(1 Supp. for the transmission of official mail matter, be, and they are hereby, R. S., 135). extended and made applicable to all official mail matter of the Bureau of the American Republics established in Washington by recommendation of the International American Conference, representing the International Union of American Republics. [February 20, 1897.] NOTES.-(3) This provision first appears in the appropriation act for 1894, July 26, ch. 166, ante, p. 207, and is repeated in 1895, March 2, ch. 185 (28 Stat. L., 825) and 1896, Feb. 27, ch. 34 (29 Stat. L., 38). (4) This is an extension of the limit fixed by 1895, Jan. 12, ch. 23, § 89, ante, p. 363, of 1,000 copies, fixed for reports, publications, and documents. (5) By R. S., § 201, provision is made for six bureau chiefs in the State Department, none of them designated as Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. By 1874, June 20, ch. 328 par. 4 (1 Supp. R. S., 17), the Secretary of State is authorized to prescribe the duties for all the employees in the Department and make changes and transfers therein. The Bureau of Statistics in the Treasury Department is authorized by R. S., § 334, and its duties prescribed by R. S., §§ 335–342, and by 1875, Mar. 3, ch. 129, par. 5 (1 Supp. R. S., 71). (6) See former appropriation acts containing this provision, 1894, July 26, ch. 166; 1895, Mar. 2, ch. 185 (28 Stat. L., 151, 825); 1896, Feb. 27, ch. 34 (29 Stat L., 38). It is provided by 1894, Aug. 18, ch. 301, par. 23, ante, p. 259: The Bureau of American Republics shall be placed under the control and direction of the Secretary of State." (7) The sections herein referred to are those relating to the transmission of official mail matter through the mail free of postage, the wrapper to contain the words, "official business;" also the name of the Department whence transmitted, and, in addition, the penalty for unlawful use should appear thereon. 29 Stat. L., 590. February 20, 1897. CHAP. 269.-An Act To reorganize the judicial districts of Arkansas, and for other purposes. (1) Be it enacted, &c., That the State of Arkansas is hereby divided into two districts, which shall be called the eastern and western districts of Arkansas. Arkansas judi cial districts. R. S., § 533. Eastern. Divisions in eastern district. The western district shall hereafter include the counties of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Boone, Madison, Newton, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Sebastian, Scott, Yell, Polk, Sevier, Howard, Pike, Little River, Hempstead, Miller, Lafayette, Nevada, Columbia, Union, Ouachita, and Calhoun. The eastern district shall hereafter include the residue of said State. SEC. 2. That the eastern district is hereby divided into three divisions, to be known as the western division, the eastern division, and the northern division. NOTE. (1) For review of previous acts relating to courts and judicial districts in Arkansas, see note to 1892, February 9, ch. 6, ante, p. 2. All process, civil and criminal, hereafter issued against persons residing in the counties of Mississippi, Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, Clay, Craighead, Poinsett, Greene, Cross, Saint Fraucis, and Monroe, which shall constitute the eastern division, shall hereafter be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Helena; and all process, civil and criminal, against persons residing in the counties of Independence, Cleburne, Stone, Izard, Baxter, Searcy, Marion, Sharp, Fulton, Randolph, Lawrence, and Jackson, which shall constitute the northern division, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Batesville; and all process, civil and criminal, against persons residing in any of the remaining counties of the eastern district of the State, which shall constitute the western division, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Little Rock. SEC. 3. That the terms of the United States circuit and district courts for the eastern district of Arkansas shall be held in each year at the times and places as follows: At the city of Batesville, in the county of Independence, commencing on the second Mondays in June and December; at the city of Helena, in the county of Phillips, on the second Mondays in March and October; at the city of Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski, the district court on the first Mondays in April and October, and the circuit court on the Rock. second Monday in April and the fourth Monday in October. SEC. 4. That all causes, civil and criminal, now pending in the courts, respectively, at Little Rock against persons residing in any of the counties made returnable to the courts to be held at Batesville, as herein provided, shall be determined and disposed of by said courts, and all causes, civil and criminal, now pending against persons residing in the county of Marion, in the courts, respectively, at Fort Smith shall be determined and disposed of by said courts. at Little Pending causes. Divisions in - Texarkana. SEC. 5. That the western district is hereby divided into two divisions, to be known as the Texarkana and Fort Smith divisions, respectively. western district. All process, civil and criminal, hereafter issued against persons residing in the counties of Sevier, Howard, Pike, Little River, Hempstead, Miller, Lafayette, Columbia, Nevada, Ouachita, Calhoun, and Union, which shall constitute the Texarkana division, shall hereafter be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Texarkana; and all process, civil and criminal, hereafter issued against persons residing in any of the remaining counties of the western district of the State, which shall constitute the Fort Smith division, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Fort Smith. SEC. 6. That the terms of the United States circuit and district courts for the western district of Arkansas shall be held in each year at the times and places as follows: At the city of Texarkana, in the county of Miller, on the second Mondays in May and November; at the city of Fort Smith, in the county of Sebastian, on the second Mondays in January and June. And the causes, both civil and criminal, now pending at Little Rock against persons residing in the counties of Calhoun and Union shall be disposed of in said courts. All causes, process, bonds, recognizances and other things pending in, returnable or having relation to, the terms of said courts at Texarkana and Fort Smith now provided by law shall be proceeded with in the terms provided by this Act, with the same force and effect that would have been lawful had the times of holding said courts at said places not been changed. SEC. 7. That all crimes or offenses hereafter committed in any of the divisions of the said districts shall be cognizable within such division, Fort Smith. Terms of court, western district. R. S., §§ 572, 658. at Texarkana, at Fort Smith. Pending causes. Crimes, where cognizable. - heretofore committed. clerks. and all prosecutions for crimes or offenses heretofore committed in the districts as heretofore constituted shall be commenced and proceeded with as if this Act had not been passed. Additional SEC. 8. That there shall be appointed in the northern division of the eastern district of the State of Arkansas one additional clerk of the district court and one of the circuit court, who shall reside and keep their respective offices in the city of Batesville. Repeal. SEC. 9. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [February 20, 1597.] 29 Stat. L., 592. National Guard. February 24, 1897. CHAP. 310.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue Springfield rifles to each State and Territory for the National Guards thereof, in exchange for other rifles now held. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized -to be furnished to issue to the governors of the several States and Teriitories such with Springfield number of Springfield breech-loading rifles, caliber forty-five one-hundredths of an inch, as are now required (1) for arming all of the regularly organized armed and equipped militia (generally known as the National Guard) of each State and Territory that are not already sup plied with this arm: rifles. Old arms to be Prorided, That each State or Territory be required on receipt of the returned to Ord- new arms to turn into the Ordnance Department, United States Army nance Depart (without receiving any money credit therefor, an equal number of the arms now in its possession, except its Springfield rifles, caliber forty-five one-hundredths of an inch. ment. Annual return of arms. 1887, Feb. 12, ch. 129, 31 Supp. R. S., 538). SEC. 2. That each State and Territory shall hereafter make an annual return (2) to the Secretary of War of all the arms issued to them under this or any former Act of Congress as provided for in the Act of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, making a permanent annual appropriation for arming and equipping the militia. Stores and supSEC. 3. That any State or Territory may, in addition to the stores plies furnished at and supplies issued under the provisions of this Act and the Act of regulation prices. February, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, purchase for the use of its national guard or reserve militia, at regulation prices for cash at place of sale, such stores and supplies from any department of the Army as, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, can be spared. [February 24, 1897.] NOTES.—(1) R. S., § 1661, provides that $200.000 shall be appropriated annually to provide arms and equipments for the whole body of the militia, either by purchase or manufacture, by and on account of the United States. By 1887, Feb. 12, ch. 129, § 1 (1 Supp. R. S., 537), the annual appropriation was increased to $400,000, to be apportioned among the several States and Territories, under the direction of the Secretary of War, according to certain specified conditions. By 1889, March 2, ch. 372, par. 4 (1 Supp. R. S., 679), the cost to the Ordnance Department of all ordnance and ordnance stores issued as above was credited to the appropriation for the manufacture of arms at national armories, and used to procure like ordnance stores, and the annual appropriation was made available until exhausted, not exceeding two years. This provision is repeated, 1890, June 13, ch. 423 (26 Stat. L., 156). By 1894. Aug. 18, ch. 301, par. 16, ante, p. 256, it was provided that this annual appropriation should not lapse with any fiscal year, nor be turned into the surplus fund, but is to remain a permanent appropriation and be available until expended or otherwise disposed of by Congress. For issuance of arms in case of Indian raids, see 1876, July 3, Res. No. 13, and note (1 Supp. R. S., 124). (2) By 1887, Feb. 12, ch. 129, § 3 (1 Supp. R. S., 537), it was required that arms, ordnance and quartermaster stores, etc., furnished to any State or Territory, should be receipted for by the governors thereof, and annually accounted for, for which purpose the Secretary of War was to furnish the necessary blanks. |