Temporary appropriations. Joint resolution to continue the provisions of a joint resolution en-
titled a "Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government."
September 1, 1888..
Ladies' Silk-Culture Society, California. Joint resolution to correct an error in the act making
an appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and for other purposes. September 6, 1888...
Temporary appropriations. Joint resolution to continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution
entitled a "Joint Resolution to continue the provisions of a joint resolution entitled a
Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government." Sep-
tember 15, 1888..
Epidemic diseases. Joint resolution appropriating two hundred thousand dollars to suppress
infection in the interstate commerce of the United States. September 26, 1888...
Temporary appropriations. Joint resolution to continue the provisions of existing laws pro-
viding temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. September 26, 1888..
Fairport, Ohio. Joint resolution declaring the meaning of a clause in the river and harbor act
of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. October 1, 1888...
Fence, Lafayette Square, D. C. Joint resolution relating to the inclosure of certain points of
especial interest on the battle-field of Gettysburgh. October 12, 1888
Yellow fever. Joint resolution in aid of the sufferers from yellow fever. October 12, 1888
Labor report. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of the third annual report of the
Commissioner of Labor. October 12, 1888.....
Decisions, Interior Department. Joint resolution providing for the printing of decisions of the
Department of the Interior regarding public lands and pensions, for sale. October 18,
Henry Lecomte. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at
the Military Academy at West Point Henry Lecomte, of Switzerland. October 19, 1888..
Aqueduct Tunnel, D. C. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to protect the Wash-
ington Aqueduct Tunnel. October 19, 1888
Agricultural Report. Joint resolution to print the Agricultural Report for eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight. October 20, 1888
Employees, Congress. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the
House of Representatives to pay to the officers and employees of the Senate and House of
Representatives borne on the annual rolls their respective salaries for the month of October
on the twentieth day of said month. October 20, 1888...
Session employees, Congress. Joint resolution making appropriations to enable the Secretary of
the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay to session employees of the
Senate and House for the full month of October. October 20, 1888...
Cincinnati Exposition. Joint resolution authorizing the exhibits made by the Government at
the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States at Cincinnati, Ohio, to
remain at said Exposition until and including the fifteenth day of November, eighteen
hundred and eighty-eight. October 20, 1888..
(STATUTES II.-1888-1889.).
Bridge, Mississippi River. An act to authorize the building of a bridge or bridges across the
Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin. December 10, 1888..
Bridge, Kentucky River. An act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Kentucky
River and its tributaries by the Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine and Beattyville Railroad
Company. December 10, 1888..
Tacoma, Washington Territory. An act granting the use of certain lands in Pierce County,
Washington Territory, to the city of Tacoma, for the purposes of a public park. Decem-
ber 17, 1888..
Deficiency appropriation. An act making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appro-
priation for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. December 17, 1888.
Land district, N. Mex. An act to establish a land office at Folsom, in the Territory of New
Mexico. December 18, 1888..
Deficiency appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appro
priation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes. December 22, 1888..
Andrew J. Smith. An act authorizing the President to appoint and retire Andrew J. Smith,
late colonel of the Seventh United States Cavalry and a major-general of volunteers.
cember 24, 1888
Right of way, Ariz. An act granting to Citrous Water Company right of way across Papago
Indian Reservation in Maricopa County, Arizona. January 1, 1889
American Historical Association. An act to incorporate the American Historical Association.
January 4, 1889
An act to authorize the Cairo and Tennessee River
Railroad Company to construct bridges across the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.
January 8, 1889.
Marine Hospital Service. An act to regulate appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the
United States. January 4, 1889
Bridges, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.
National cemetery, Florence, S. C. An act to construct a road from Florence, South Carolina,
to the national cemetery adjacent thereto. January 8, 1889..
Chippewa Indians, Minn. An act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in
the State of Minnesota. January 14, 1889..
Montana, arms, etc. An act authorizing the Secretary of War to issue to the governor of the
Territory of Montana military stores for the use of the regularly enlisted, organized, and
uniformed active militia. January 16, 1889...
Oregon, arms, etc. An act to provide certain arms, ammunition, and equipage to the State of
Oregon for the militia thereof. January 16, 1889...
Right of way, Minn. An act granting the right of way through certain lands in the State of
Minnesota to the Moorhead, Leech Lake and Northern Railway Company. January 16,
1889
Special delivery letters. An act to amend the postal laws of the United States in reference to
letters bearing special delivery stamps. January 16, 1889..
Right of way, Fla. An act granting the right of way to the Pensacola and Memphis Railroad
Company over and through the public lands of the United States in the States of Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and granting the right of way to said railroad
company over and through the United States naval and military reservations near Pensa-
cola, in the State of Florida. January 17, 1889..
Public building, Milwaukee, Wis. An act for the erection of a public building at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. January 21, 1889...
Public building, Omaha, Nebr. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of
a public building thereon, at Omaha, Nebraska. January 21, 1889...
Public building, San Francisco, Cal. An act to increase the appropriation for the purchase
of a site for a building for a post-office, court-house, and other offices in San Francisco,
California. January 21, 1889..
Water reserve lands, Wis. An act to amend an act entitled "An act declaring that certain
water reserve lands in the State of Wisconsin are and have been subject to the provisions
of the act of Congress entitled 'An act granting to railroads the right of way through the
public lands of the United States,' approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-
five," approved September tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eigh. January 30, 1889.
International money-orders. An act to increase the maximum amount of international money-
orders from fifty to one hundred dollars. January 30, 1889..
Railroads, D. C. An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to permit
the temporary occupation and crossing of certain streets in the city of Washington and Dis-
trict of Columbia by the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, to meet
the demands of increased travel incident to the inaugural ceremonies on the fourth of
March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. February 1, 1889..
United States courts. An act to abolish circuit court powers of certain district courts of the
United States, and to provide for writs of error in capital cases, and for other purposes.
February 6, 1889.
Discharged seamen, Navy. An act to provide a temporary home for certain persons discharged
from the United States Navy. February 8, 1889
Soldiers' Homes, Cannon for. An act to authorize the furnishing of obsolete serviceable cannon
to Soldiers' Homes. February 8, 1889..
Light-ships. An act for the establishment of light-ships, with fog-signals, at Sandy Hook, New
York Harbor, and off Great Round Shoal, sea-coast of Massachusetts, near Nantucket.
February 8, 1889...
Seamen's deposits. An act to provide for the deposit of the savings of seamen of the United
States Navy. February 9, 1889
Age of consent, females, D. C. An act to punish, as a felony, the carnal and unlawful knowing
of any female under the age of sixteen years. February 9, 1889..
Columbus, Ohio. An act to constitute Columbus, Ohio, a port of delivery, and to extend the pro-
visions of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act to amend
the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other pur-
poses," to said port of Columbus. February 9, 1889.....
Department of Agriculture. An act to enlarge the powers and duties of the Department of Ag
riculture and to create an Executive Department to be known as the Department of Agri-
culture. February 9, 1889..
Pensions, loss of hands or feet. An act to increase pensions in certain cases. February 12, 1889.
Bowen assessments, D. C. An act for the relief of certain property in the District of Columbia.
February 12, 1889.
Right of way, Mont. An act granting to the Big Horn Southern Railroad Company a right of way
through a part of the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana Territory. February 12, 1889.
Supreme Court Reports. An act to amend section six hundred and eighty-three of the Revised
Statutes relating to the distribution of the Reports of the Supreme Court. February 12,
1889..
Potomac River, D. C. An act to provide for keeping open the Potomac River. February 12, 1889.
Military Academy appropriations. An act making appropriations for the support of the Mili-
tary Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety..
February 12, 1889...
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. An act to extend to the port of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the privileges
of inland transportation in bond. February 13, 1889
Flagstaff, Ariz. An act for the relief of the occupants of the town of Flagstaff, county of
Yavapai, Territory of Arizona. February 13, 1889
Nautilus, American register. An act to provide for an American register for the steam-yacht
Nautilus, of New York, New York. February 13, 1889..
Right of way, Ind. Ter. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the Choctaw Coal
and Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory,
and for other purposes," approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-
eight. February 13, 1889.
Inaugural ceremonies, 1889. An act to secure the maintenance of public order during the inau-
guration ceremonies of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes. Feb-
ruary 13, 1889
Public building, Sedalia, Mo. An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the city
of Sedalia, in the State of Missouri. February 13, 1889..
Wabash River, Ill. An act to authorize and empower the Mount Carmel Development Company
to draw water from the Wabash River, or its tributaries, in the county of Wabash and
State of Illinois. February 14, 1889..
William F. Smith. An act for the relief of General William F. Smith. February 14,1889
Georgia, United States courts. An act to create the northeastern division of the southern Fed-
eral judicial district of Georgia, and to take certain counties from the northern district and
add to the southern district, and to provide for holding courts in said northeastern divis-
ion, and for other purposes, February 15, 1889..
Corporation trustees, D. C. An act to amend section five hundred and fifty-five, Revised Stat-
utes, relating to the District of Columbia. February 15, 1889
Useless papers.
An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the Ex-
ecutive Departments. February 16, 1889..
Timber, Ind. Ter. An act in relation to dead and fallen timber on Indian lands. February 16,
1889
Nicaragua Canal. An act to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua. February
20, 1889
Admission of new States. An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two States and to
enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form con-
stitutions and State governments and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States. February
22, 1889.
Randolph County, Ill. An act granting the title of the United States in certain lands to the
county of Randolph and State of Illinois, on certain conditions. February 23, 1889..
Right of way, Yankton Reservation, Dak. An act granting the right of way to the Yankton
and Missouri Valley Railway Company through the Yankton Indian Reservation in Da-
kota. February 23, 1889...
Indian lands, Idaho. An act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the Shoshones,
Bannocks, and Sheepeaters of the Fort Hall and Lemhi Reservation in Idaho May four-
teenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. February 23, 1889..
Bridge, Mississippi River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge or bridges across
the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin. February 23, 1889.
Georgia, United States courts. An act to change the date for the commencement of the March
terms of the district court for the northern district of Georgia. February 23, 1889..
Right of way, Mont. An act granting to the Big Horn Southern Railroad Company a right
of way across the Fort Custer Military Reservation, Montana February 23, 1889.. Mount Vernon Boulevard. An act directing a survey of a road from the Aqueduct Bridge to Mount Vernon and making an appropriation therefor. February 23, 1889.. Life-saving station, Me. An act to establish a life-saving station on the Atlantic coast at or near the mouth of Saint George River, Maine. February 23, 1889. Right of way, Wyo. An act to authorize the Cheyenne Street Railroad Company to build its road on and across the Fort D. A. Russell military reservation. February 25, 1889... Bridge, Missouri River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, between the city of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas, and Platte County, in the State of Missouri. February 25, 1889.
United States courts, appeals, etc. An act to provide for writs of error or appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States in all cases involving the question of the jurisdiction of the courts below. February 25, 1889.
Right of way, Ariz. An act granting right of way to the Pima Land and Water Company across Fort Powell military reservation, in Arizona, and for other purposes. February
Old Settlers' claims. An act to authorize Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render final
judgment upon the claim of the Old Settlers or Western Cherokee Indians. February 25,
1889
Isthmus of Panama. An act to enable the President to protect the interests of the United
States in Panama. February 25, 1889...
Bridges, Tenn. An att to amend an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-
five, to authorize the construction of bridges across the Cumberland and Caney Fork Rivers,
in Tennessee. February 25, 1889..
Right of way, Minn. An act granting to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
Company the right of way through the White Earth Indian Reservation in the State of
Minnesota. February 25, 1889
Diplomatic and consular appropriations. An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and
consular service of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and ninety. February 25, 1889
Legislative, etc., appropriations. An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive,
and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and ninety, and for other purposes. February 26, 1889
Right of way, Ind. Ter. An act granting the right of way to the Fort Smith, Paris and Dar-
danelle Railway Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone
line from Fort Smith, Arkansas, through the Indian Territory, to or near Baxter Springs,
in the State of Kansas. February 26, 1889
William S. Rosecrans. An act for the relief of William S. Rosecrans. February 27, 1889.
Jurors, D. C. An act to amend the laws relating to the selection and service of jurors in the su-
preme court of the District of Columbia. March 1, 1889.
Portland, Oregon. An act to extend the limits of the port of Portland as a port of entry.
March 1, 1889 ..
Tacoma and Seattle, Wash. Ter. An act to create ports of entry at Tacoma and Seattle, in
Washington Territory. March 1, 1889....
Tampa, Fla. An act establishing a customs-collection district in Florida, to be known as the
collection district of Tampa, and for other purposes. March 1, 1889..
Bridge, Missouri River. An act authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Missouri
River at or near Kansas City, Kansas, and not over ten miles above the Hannibal and
Saint Joseph Railway bridge at Kansas City, Missouri. March 1, 1889
Bridge, Bayou Bartholemew. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Bayou
Bartholemew, at or near Ward's Ferry, Louisiana. March 1, 1889
Bridge, Tensas River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tensas River,
at or near Daniel's Ferry, Louisiana. March 1, 1889
Bridges, Oregon. An act granting to the Astoria and South Coast Railway Company the right
to construct a bridge across Young's Bay, a navigable stream in the county of Clatsop and
State of Oregon. March 1, 1889
Bridges, Red River, Dak. An act to amend an act entitled "An act granting to the city of
Grand Forks, Dakota, the right to build two free bridges across the Red River," approved
May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. March 1, 1889..
Creek Indian lands. An act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Muscogee (or Creek)
Nation of Indians in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. March 1, 1889..
Bridges, Kentucky River. An act to authorize the Kentucky Union Railway Company to con-
struct a bridge, across the Kentucky River and its tributaries. March 1, 1889
Eleventh census. An act to provide for taking the eleventh and subsequent censuses.
1, 1889.
William English. An act authorizing the President to appoint William English an officer in the
Regular Army of the United States. March 1, 1889
Black Bob Indian lands. An act to provide for the settlement of the titles to the lands claimed
by or under the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians in Kansas, or adversely thereto, and
for other purposes. March 1, 1889 ...
Bridge, Coosa River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Coosa River
at Gadsden, in the State of Alabama. March 1, 1889...
Life-saving station, Oregon. An act providing for the establishment of a life-saving station at
mouth of Coquille River, Oregon. March 1, 1889...
Light-house, Cape Hatteras, N. C. An act for the erection of a light-house on or near Diamond
Shoal, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. March 1, 1889...
Public building, Kalamazoo, Mich. An act for the erection of a public building at the city of
Kalamazoo, Michigan. March 1, 1889..
Hettinger County, Dak. An act for the relief of certain settlers in Hettinger County, Dakota.
March 1, 1889
Land district, N. Mex. An act to establish the Lincoln land district in the Territory of New
Mexico. March 1, 1889..
Militia, D. C. An act to provide for the organization of the militia of the District of Columbia.
March 1, 1889 ..
Houston, Tex. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell block of land one hundred and eight in the city of Houston, Texas. March 1, 1889.
Alley, square 493, D. C. An act to re-appropriate to pay for alley condemned in square num-
bered four hundred and ninety-three. March 1, 1889.
Apprentices, Navy. An act to encourage the enlistment of boys as apprentices in the United
States Navy. March 1, 1889.
Pensions appropriations. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other
pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and ninety, and for other purposes. March 1, 1889.
Indian Territory court. An act to establish a United States court in the Indian Territory, and
for other purposes. March 1, 1889..
Public building, Fort Worth, Tex. An act for the erection of a public building at Fort Worth,
Texas. March 2, 1889.
Bridge, Mississippi River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge for railway purposes
across the Mississippi River between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota, to be located
north of and in the vicinity of the city of Alma, Wisconsin. March 2, 1889.
Memphis, Tenn. An act to extend the limits of the port of Memphis, Tennessee. March 2,
1889
"George H. Parker." An act to admit to registry the steamer George H. Parker. March 2, 1889. Light-house, Oregon. An act providing for the establishment of a light-house at Heceta Head, near the mouth of the Siuslaw River, in the State of Oregon, and not to exceed in cost the sum of eighty thousand dollars. March 2, 1889..
School farm lands, S. C. An act to extend the time for the redemption of school farms in Beau-
fort County, South Carolina. March 2, 1889..
Ohio River, gas, etc., pipes. An act to authorize the Union Gas Company to lay conduit pipes
across the Ohio River. March 2, 1889.
Light-house, Tex. An act providing for the re-establishment of the light-house at Point Isabel,
Texas. March 2, 1889
Lights, Coney Island, N. Y. An act to establish lights on the western end of Coney Island,
New York. March 2, 1889
Lake View water-works. An act to authorize the city of Lake View, Illinois, to erect a crib in
Lake Michigan for water-works purposes. March 2, 1889..
Light-house, Chicago. An act for the establishment of a light-house and steam fog-signal on
the outer breakwater at the harbor of Chicago, Illinois. March 2, 1889..
Lights, Miss. An act providing for the establishment of certain lights on the cost of Missis-
sippi. March 2, 1889..
Sabine Pass, Tex. An act to amend section twenty-five hundred and seventy-nine of the Revised
Statutes of the United States. March 2, 1889..
Great Lakes, steam-tender. An act providing for the construction of a steam-tender for service
on the Great Lakes. March 2, 1889.
District of Columbia, appropriations. An act making appropriations to provide for the ex-
penses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes. March 2, 1889..
Naval appropriations. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes. March 2, 1889.
Army appropriations. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes. March
2, 1889..
Agricultural Department appropriations. An act making an appropriation for the Department
of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and
for other purposes. March 2, 1889..
Postal service appropriations. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office
Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety. March
2, 1889..
Washington and Sandy Spring R. R. An act to incorporate the Washington and Sandy Spring
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company. March 2, 1889
Bridge, Missouri River. An act authorizing the construction of a high wagon-bridge across
the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa. March 2, 1889
Wagon-road grants, Oregon. An act providing in certain cases for the forfeiture of wagon-
road grants in the State of Oregon., March 2, 1889....
Right of way, Sioux Reservation. An act granting right of way to the Forest City and Water-
town Railroad Company through the Sioux Indian Reservation. March 2, 1889.
Public building, Detroit, Mich. An act to increase the appropriation for the public building at
Detroit, Michigan. March 2, 1889...
Public building, Winona, Minn. An act to
public building at Winona, Minnesota.
Public lands withdrawn from private entry. An act to withdraw certain public lands from
private entry, and for other purposes. March 2, 1889...
Interstate commerce regulations. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate com-
merce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. March 2, 1889..
Fort Leavenworth, Kans. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to lease a certain tract of
land to the Leavenworth City and Fort Leavenworth Water Company, March 2, 1889...
Right of way, Fort Hays Reservation. An act to authorize the Omaha, Dodge City and Southern
Railway Company to build its road across the Fort Hays Military Reservation. March 2,
1889.
Light-house, N. Y. An act for the establishment of a light-house and fog-signal at Old
Orchard Shoal, in Princess Bay, New York, and for other purposes. March 2, 18.89...
Public building, New Berne, N. C. An act to provide for the erection of a public building at the
city of New Berne. North Carolina. March 2, 1889..
Bridge, Illinois River. An act to establish a railway bridge across the Illinois River, between a
point within five miles of Columbiana, in Greene County, and a point within five miles of
Kampsville, in Calhoun County, in the State of Illinois. March 2, 1889....
Bridge, Tallapoosa River. An act to authorize the Montgomery and Sylacauga Railroad Com-
pany to construct a bridge across the Tallapoosa River. March 2, 1889
Bridges, Ala. An act to grant to the Gulf and Chicago Air-Line Railway Company the
increase the appropriation for the erection of a
March 2, 1889.
right to construct bridges over the Tombigbee, Warrior, and Tennessee Rivers, and across Grand Pass to Dauphin's Island, in the Gulf of Mexico. March 2, 1899.. Desertion charges. An act for the relief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico. March 2, 1889...
Flathead Indian lunds. An act to provide for the sale of lands patented to certain members of the Flathead band of Indians in Montana Territory, and for other purposes. March 2,
Laws, D. C. An act to secure for the District of Columbia a compilation of the laws of said
District, and for other purposes. March 2, 1889..
Counterfeit money. An act to punish dealers and pretended dealers in counterfeit money and
other fraudulent devices for using the United States mails. March 2, 1889..
Washington and Western Maryland Railroad. An act to incorporate the Washington and
Western Maryland Railroad Company....
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