BY THE PBBS1DKNT or TBI
'BfATKS ir AMKKICA.
A PROGLAM ATION.
Whkrcas an additional article to :he
treaty of navigation and comtuer.e
between the United States of Aiueri.
ea and the Emperor of R-iesia, of the
18lh of Decern tier. 1834, cooclud
ei aud signed at Was-bioton by,
their reep-etive plei'ip nentiaries, on
the SHU day of Janu irj , j IsstM, the
origiooal ot which .l litiounl articles
id word for r.l a f iis.: rM
The .Un led Stage's 1 America-end
his Majesty tbe Emperor of all th Rua
sUs. deeming it advisable tba. there
should be n additional arVcle to the
treaty ot cinru f-e hfrKn them of
the six eigbteentb.lectiber, 1032,have
for tbia yariKia named as tbeir pleni
potentiaries', the Pye-tdeni of tbetJui-,,
ted S ales, YY -.Hiiro II Sewsnl, Secre
tary of State, aid his Mj8j tbe En
peror of alt t e Ruseis. the Privy
Councillor, Edward de Sioeckl , accred
ited as bid Euvoy Extraordinary and
Minister Pl-i.iposentiary to tbe V .ited
Stales ; and the said plenipotentiaries,
a'ter an examination ot their respective
full power, which were tt uj1 to be in
good and due form, bare agreed to and
signed tbe following :
Additional Akticlk.
Tbe high contracting parties, desir
ing to secure complete aud rJi :ient
protection to tbe manufacturing indus
try of their respective tiiisens and sub
jects, agree thai any counterfeiting to
one ot the two countries of tbe trade
marks affixed to the other on merchan
dise to s'iow its origin and quality,
sball be strictly prohibited and represed
and shall give (round f"r " action of
damages in favor ot tbe injured pit:?,
to be prosecuted in tbe courts of the
reumry in which tbe rounterf-it shall
be proven. j
Tbe trade m 11 ks in whi.-b tbe citizens
or subjects of one of the two countries
amy wit-b to secure tbe right ot prop
erty in the other, most be lodged exclu
sively, to wit. the marks of citizens of
tbe United Mates i . the department of
manufactures aud inland commerce at
St. Petersburg, and the marks of Rus
sian subjects at the patent offi-e at
Washington
This additional article shall be term
inable by either party, pursuant to tbe
12ih article of tbe treaty to which it ia
an addition. It shall be ratiti-d by tbe
President by and with .be advice and
consent of the Senate,: f the United
Slates, and by his Majesty tbe Empt-rjr
of all tbe Russtas, and tbe respective
ratifications of the same shah be ex
changed at St. Petersburg within nine
months from tbe date hereof, or sooner
It possible. .
lu faitb whereof tbe respective plea
ipotentiaries have signed tbe present
- additional article in duplicate and affix
ed thereto the seal of their arms.'
Done at Washington, tbe tweotys
seventh day of January, in tbe year of
grace one thousand eight hundred and
six'y-eigoi.
WIDLIAM H SEWARD
EDOUAKD DE STOECKL.
And whereas tbe said additional arti
cle baa been duly ratified on both parts
and and tbe respective ratifications ot
tbe same were exchanged at St. Peters
burg oo tbe 21st day of September last
by Cassias M. Clay, esqure, envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipotenti
ary of tbe United States, and Vladimir
de Westmano, acting minister ef for
eign affiirs of bis M jesty tbe Emperor
ot all tbe Russtas, on tbe part of tbeir
respective governments.
Naw therefore, be it known that. I,
A sons w Johssom, President of tbe
United Slates ot America, have caused
tbe said additional article ta be marie
public, to tbe end that "tbe same, and
every clause and part thereof, may be
observed and fulfilled with good fiith
by the United State and the citizens
thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my band and caused tbe seal of tbe
United Slates to be affixed.
Done at tbe city of Washing-
L -.1
t" J
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for
pub'ist i ig Specifications and Draw-
ings of Paieut-Offi;e.
lie it reWncJ by the Scaatc and Hottc of
ReprrneutiUinn of the tuiuU Utatesof Amer
ica in Ooiiyre uieeaibled : .
That tbe publication of the absrarta
of specifications and or tbe engravings
heretofoie accompanying tbe annual
r port ot the commissioner of patents
be di.-con'iuue i after tbe publication
of thst poitiuu ot Lhx report for eighteen
hundred and s-xty nine, for which tbe
plates have already been prepared ; aud
that, in lieu thereof, the commissioner
be au'boris-d lo have printed, for gra.
tuitous distribution, not to exceed one
hundred and fitly copies of tbe complete
specifications and-drawings ot each
sntewt - subsequently is a d, 'together
with stiiable indexes to be issaed from
t time, to time, one copy to be placed for
free public inspection in each capitol
of every Stale, and, Territory, one for
the like purpose in tbe clerk's office of
tbe district of each' judicial district of
tbe Uoited States, except when such
offices are located to State or territori
al cipitols, and one iu the library uf
Congress, which copies shall be taken
and received in all courts as evidence
of all matter- therein contained, and
sball be cert fid to under ibe hand of
of tbe commissioner and seal ot the
patent-office, and sball be taken and
received in all courts as evidence, said
copies not to be taken Irom said drp s
itories tor any other purpose than to be
used as evidence ; and the commission
er of patents is hereby authorized and
directed to have printed such additional
numbera of copies of specifications and
drawings, certified a hereinbefore pro
vided, at a price not to exceed the coo
tract price for meb drawings, for sale,
as may be warranted by tbe actual de
mand for tbe same ; and tbe commis
sioner is also hereby author Bed to
farnisb a complete set of such specifi
cations aod drawings to any public
library which will pay for binding the
same into volames lo correspond with
those in tbe patent offi -e, and for tbe
transportation of tbe same, and which
shall also provide proper custody for
the same, with convenient access for
tbe public thereto, under such regula
tions as the commissioner shall deem
reasonable : And provided, als", Tbat
all contract for making copies of draw
ings sball be made under tbe provis
ions ot chapter one hundred and fi'tr
five, section nine, of act of Congress
approved June twenty-five, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, which read
as follows : Sso 9. Aad be it further
enacted. That all lithographing and
engraving, where the probable total
cost of tbe maps or plates illustrating
or accompanying any one work exceeds
two hundred and fifty dollars, sball be
awarded to the lowest and best bidder
for tb interests of tbe goveromentue
regard being paid to "be execuiot uf
tbe work, after due advertisement by
the superinlecdent of public pring,
under tbe direetion of toe j int eSiinit
te on priuliDg : Provided, Thai tbe
j int cotcmittee on public printing be
aatborised to empower the superin
tendent uf public printing to make im
mediate contracts for engraving, when
ever, in tbeir opinion, tbe exigencies
ot tbe public service will not justify
waiting for advertisement and award."
Approved, January 1 1, 1871.
JOINT REFOLD HON .declaratory of
- of the Meaning ot tbe Act entitled
" An A ot. to red a c internal Taxes,
- and for other Purposes,' approved
July fonr'een, e gbteen hundred and
seventy. No. 18 3 - !
Be it Ttiolved by the Senate and ffoute of
Representative ef the United Stale of
America in Congrttt aitembled:
. Tuat all foreign merchandise which
arrived at a port of tbe Uoited States
on of before tba thirtj -first day of Da
ce m be r, eighteen hundred and seventy,
and not entered or transferred to a puo
ton this fifteenth day of Oi-to- lie store or bonded warehouse, shall be
ber. in tbe year of oar Lord
seal. 3 one thousand eight, hundred
and sixty-eight, and of the In
dependence tf the' United
States the ninety-third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President 5 ' ' . i
William B. Sswabd,-
Secretary of State. -
AN ACT to authorize the Removal of
the Custnm-Bouse from St. Mark's
to Cedar Keys, Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Uoute
ef Representative of Ike U-iled State of
. America in Cvngret aitembled :
Tbat the port of entry of the collec
tion district of St. Mark's, in the State
Of Florid, be, and the same ia hereby,
removed from the town of St. Mark's
to tbe town of Cedar Keys in said dis
trict, and the said town t-f St. Mark's is
hereby made and declared to be a port
of delivery in said district. -
Approved, February 8, 1871.
entailed to the beoffits cf tbe tweoty-
six'b section.of an act entitled " An act'
to reduce internal taxes, and fot other
purposes," approved July fourteen,;
eighteen hundred and seventy, tbe
same as such merchandise would have
been entitled to had ft actually been in
pnblie store or bonded warehouse on
or prior to the thirty-first day of Decem
ber, eighteen- hundred and seventy :
Provided, Tbat Ibe owner of sucb mer
chandise thai', within thirty days from
the passage of this resolution, make
application therefor in writing to tbe
collector of the port at which sucb mer
chandise arrived.
Sao. 1. And be it further reeotved,
That, tbe said act is hereby furtoer
amended by inserting the word " here
in," in tbe twenty first section iberecf,
between tbe words ' otherwise" an 1
' provided," wherever the said words
occur together In -the said section, and
section, aad this ameodmeot sball take
effect from and after January - first,
eighteen hundred and eeveotyone.
Ppproved, January 30, 1871.
AN ACT relating to internal taxes.
No 44 3
CHAP. CX1X. Aa Act mnkiuf Appropri
ation Jtr the 0-nntrHC,tiont Prcmerontion,
and Itepnire of certain Fvrtijietitione and
other W.urk of JJeJenme.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifotiee of
Bepreteutiitieeu of the United State uf Amer
ica in C'nijrei aascmblett, That tbe follow-
uir sums be, aud tbe samu are, lieiehy
appropriated out of any money in ibe
treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the following fortifications and oth
er works of defense:
For Fort Gorges, Portland, harbor,
Mtine, fifteen thousand dollars.
For Fort Preble, Portland barbor, -Maine,
twenty-eight thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For Fort Scammell, Portland harbor
Maine, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Warren, Boston harbor,.
Massachusetts, fitly thousand dollars.
For battery on Long I-laud bead,
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, thirtj
seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Wiutbrop. B stoo harbor,
Massachusetts, forty-five thousand five
hundred dollars.
or Fort Independence, Boston harbor
Massachusetts, twenty-seven thousand
6-n hundred dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, Etst river. New
York, fifty-seven thousand five hun
dred dolUrs
For fort at Wtltett's point, East river,
New York, for -five tbouaud dolUrs.
For Fort Hamilton and additional
batteries. New York barbor, twenly
fi tbouian i dollars.
For ort on site of Fart Tompkin,
New York haroor, fifty-two tbousaud
dollars.
For B.ttery Hudson, New York bar
bir, sixteen thousand five hundred
dollars.
For Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia,
twentjxix thousand dollars.
For battery on Fiun'a point, Dela
ware ri7er, twenty thousand dollars.
For new fort opposite Fori D -la ware,
Delaware shore, fi'ty thousand dollars.
For Fort Moultrie, Cnarleston bar
bor, tweoty-fir tbousaad dollars.
For Fort Humpter, Charleston har
bor, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Pulaski, Swannab river,
twenty six thousand five hundred dol
lars. For F rt Jeff rson, Girden K-sy.
Florida, fjrty-iwo tbousaud fie hun
dred dollars.
For Fort Jackson, Mississippi river,
L tuistaua, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Stint Pnilip, Mississippi
river, Louisiana, thirty-seven tbousand
five hundred dollars.
For fort at Fort point, entrance to
Sao Francisco harbor, California, fifty
thousand dollars.
For fort at Lime potct, one hundred
tbousand dollar.
For fort oo Alcatras Island, in the
baroor of Sin Francisco, California,
Severn; -fie tbousand dollars.
For purchase ot sights proposed to
be occupied for permanent aeacoat
defenses : Provided, Toat no sucb pur
chase aball ba-made ae-pt ep.rn ue
approval of lis exiiedieuey by tbe Sec
retary of War, and of tbe validity of
tbe title by tbe Attorney General, one
hundred and fifty tbousand dollars ;
And provided farther, Tbat no con
tracts or ooligatiun be incurred for fu
ture expenditures therefor.
- For contingencies of fortifications,
two hundred and fifty tbousand dol
lar. For sea-coast mortar batteries, one
hundred thousand dollars
: For survey tor military defenses, one
hundred anl fifty tbousand dollars,
and tbe unexpended balance of appro
priations for ' permanent defenses at
Narragansett Bay, Raode Island," re
maining on tbe thirtieth day of June;
eigbteeo hundred and seventy, aad Ibe
unexpended balances of the appropria
tions made by tbe act approved July
eleven, eighteen hundred and seventy,
entitled An act making appropria
tions for the construction, preserva
tion, and repairs of certain fortifica
tions, and other works of defense, for
tbe fi-cal year : endi jg June ' thirty,
eighteen hundred aud seveuty one,"
re hereby appropriated for tbe 'same
purpose.
i Approved March 3. 1871. : ;
AN ACT prescnb ng en oatb of office
to be tiken by persons wbo partici
pated in the late rebellion, but wbo
are not disqualified from holding of
fi ;a by the fourteenth amendment to
the Constitution of tbe United Slates.
No. 21.
Be it enatej by the Senile and House
of Representatives of the United Slates of
America in Ct ngress assembled)
Tbat wben .any person, wbo is not
rendered ineligible to offine by the pro
visions of tbe fourteenth amendment to
the Constitution, shall be elected or
appointed to any office of honor or trust
under the 'government of tbe United
States, and shall not be able ou account
of bis participation in tbe late rebellion
to take the oatb prescribed in the act
of Congress approved Suly two, eight
een hundred and sixty-two, said person
sball, in lieu of sad oatb, before en
tering upon tbe duties of said office,
take and subscribe the oatb prescribed
in an act of Congress entitled ' An act .
prescribing an oatb of office to be taken .
by persons from whom legal disabilities
sball have been removed," approved
July eleven, eighteen hundred and sixiy
eigbt. ',i
3. G. BLAINE,
S,eaker of tne House of Representative.
SCHUYLER COLFAH,
Vice-President of tne Vmtnd State
and Presiden of the Senate.
Received by the President February
3, 1871.
SorS BY TBI DaPABTM KBT or STATS.
Tbe foregoing act having been pre,
sented to the President of tbe United
States for bis approval, and not having
been returned by him to tbe bouse of
Congress in which it originated within
the time prescribed by the Constitution
of tbe Uoited States, has become a law
without his approval. 3
AN ACT to amend an act tor the relief
of Jearurn Atkins, adproved July fif
teen, eighteen hundred aLd stventy.
No. 67.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
mcrica in Congress assembled :
Tbat tbe act entitled " An act 'or the
relie' of Jearum Atkins," approved July
fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy,
be, and tbe same is hereby, amended so
as to read as follows : ' Tbat the Com
missioner of Patents be, and he hereby
is, authorized to entertain aad exercise -jurisdiction
over a petition of Jearum
- Atkins for tbe extension of letters-pat-eoj
granted to htm on the twenty-first
day of December, eighteen bundled and
fifty two, for a further term ot seven
years from tbe day on which such ex
tension may be granted, and lo bear
and determine upon tbe said petition in
tbe same manner and with tbe same ef
fect as if the original term of said pat
ent bad not expired, and to grant OX
re use sucb extension upon tbe same -principl'
s that govern bis decisions
upon such applications when made in
due course of law : Provided, Tbat be
fore granting any extension upon such
petifon, the Commissioner shall be sat
isfied tbat tbe same will inure to the
sole henefi uf said Atkins : And provi
ded further. Tbat no p-rson sball be
held liable for tbe infringement of said
patent, if extended, for making use of
said invention since tbe expiration of
Ibe original term of said patett, and
prior lo tbe date of its extension."
Approved, March 3, 1871.
Be it enabled by the Senate and Home
of Representative of the United State of
America in Cony r ess assembled, :
Tbat from and after tbe passage of
' this act no tax sball be imposed upon
any uodistrtbutahle sum added to the
' reatiatient fund ot any fire, marine, in
. laud, life, health, accident, or like in
surance company, nor open any un
earned premium or premriams received
for risks assumed by such companies,
nor shall any tax be hereafter collected
wbicb may have been assessed, or which
. shall have become liable to be assessed
upon sucb sums, fund, or premiums
V . . . . ' prior to the passage of ,ttti act..
AM inT l. i.,rt.iit. Im Ik. damntian r .
of copper and o'ber token coins. Approved, March 3, 1871.
Br ft enaeted by the Senate and House ff v , ., -. ; , , , . ,
Brpresentaeive of the United State of Aji ACT to enable J. H. Scbnell, of
America in Congres assembled : " California, lo enter and pay for a
That th. Saearv of tha ireaaurv wctlon of public land in CalifJrnV
, . .u.t.j -.ni,i for bit teas cvlony.
JOINT RE-OLUTION to enable owners
to obttin duplicates of lost and des
troyed registered bonds of tbe United
" States. No. I8.3
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Uniited State of
America in Cony res assembled :
That the Secretary of tbe Treasury
ibe, and hereby is, authorized and di
rected, whenever it is proved by clear
. aad satisfactory evidence that any duly
registered bond of tbe United States,
bearing interest, issued for valuaol
consideration in pnruance of law, bas
been lost or destroyed, so tbat tbe same
is not held by any person as bis own
, property, to issne a duplicate of said
registered bond, 10 be so marked, of
like aoiount,and bearing likeinterest as
the bond so proved to be loet or destroy
ed : Provided, That tbe owner of such
mi-sing bond shall file in the treasury,
a bond fn a penal sum equal to tbe
amount of said missing bond, aud tbe
" interest which would accrue thereon,
until tbe principal thereof is due and
payable, with two good and sufficient
snrities, residents of the Uoited States,
to the approval of tbe Secretary of tbe
Treasury, with condition to indemnify
and save harmless tbe Untied Slates
from any claim because of tbe said lost
ordestrojed bond.
Approved, March 3, 1871.
A Resolution directing the Secretary of
W. r to sell Bergen Heigts Arsenal.
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled;
That tbe Secretary of War be, and he
is hereby authorised and directed to
sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, tbe lands and tenements belong
ing to tbe United States, situated in tbe
county of Hudson and State of New
Jersey, and known aa tbe Bergen
Heigbta arsenal. Tbe aale ahail be
made on the ground after thirty days'
notice in the Newark Daily Advertiser
sod Newark Evening Courier, papers
published iu-the city of Newark ; in tbe
Daily Fimes and Evening Journal, pa
pers published in Jersey City, New
Jersey ; anl in the New York Times
od New York Tribune. papers publish
ed in tbe city ot New York ; and ibe
proceeds arising from said sale sball be
paid into ibe treasury of tbe United
States ; and the Secretary of - War ia
hereby anihorised upon tbe aaid aale to
make a good and sufficient conveyance
of the said property to tbe purchaser or
purchasers thereof.
Approved, February 3, 1871.
AN ACT to amend an act to revise, con
solidate, and amend the statutes re
lating to patent and copyrights.
No. 64
Be it resolved by the Senata and Hons
of Representativei of the United States of
America in Congres assembled.
That part of section thirty-three of
an act entitred " Aa act to revise, con
solidate, aad amend tbe statutes relat
ing 10 patents aad copyrights, ".approv
ed Jnly eiiibt, eighteen hundred and
seventy, wbicb requires that, in case of
application by assignees for reissue of
letters-patent, the application sball be
made nod the specification sworn to by
tbe investor or discoverer, if living,
sball not be construed to apply to pat
ents iasoed and assigned prior to July
elgt, eighteen hundred and seventy.
1 Approved, Marco 3, 1871.
AN ACT to authorise the restoration of
-. James Belger to the rank of major
. and quartermaster in tbe army.
No. 65.3 , -
1 Bs it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representative of the United State of Amer
ica ta Congress assembled,
That the President be, and be is bere
" by, authorized to restore James Belger
- to rank of msjor aad quartermaster in
. tbe army to date from the day of his
restoration to bit rank under this act.
s- A pp roved , March 3,1 8 7 1 .
is 'hereby aatborised and required to
redeem in lawful money, under sucn
mles and regulations as be may from
time to time prescribe, all copper, bronse
copier-nickel, and base metal coinage
ot every kind beretofere authorised by
law, wben presented in sums ot not less
than twenty dollars ; and whenever un
der this authority these coins are pre
sented for redemption in sucb quantity
ns to show the amount outstanding to
be redundant, the Secretary 01 the
Treasury is antboris-d to discontinue
or dimmish tbe manufacture aad Issue
of eueb coinage nntil otherwise ordered
by him.
Approved, March 16, 1871.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Rl-presentatires of the United States of Amer
ica in Cong'essassembled,
Thai J H. Scbnell, of California, be
authorized to enter, at tbe proper Uni
ted Slates land office, a quantity of land
not exceeding six hundred and forty
acre', at tbe minimum price, according
to ibe lines of his improvements, tea
gardens, and other cult ure, in the county
of El Dorado, in tbe State of California
and to which there may not be any ad
verse claim except tbat of tbe Uoited
States. '
Approved, February 27, 1871.
AN ACT to restore Robert Boyd, junior
! to tbe active listnf'tbe navy of the
; United Slatas.-Ne. (S6
f - ' f.os .
Be it enaeted by tde Senate ann House
-ef Representative of Ue United State of
Amerxda in Congrits assembled:
That tbe President of the United
Stttes bs authorised to nominate, aad,
by and with tbe advice and consent of
tbe Senate, to appoint Robert Boyd,
junior, now on tbe retired list, as a
commander on the active list of the
navy. :
Approved, March 3, 1871.'
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