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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
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1 AT THE FIRST SESSION
KOKTY-T1I1KD COKGKKSS.
OF THK i
(Published by authority.
Addition!' articles of ntp-eement be
tween the Post-Office. iJetart merit of the
United States of Amenta ami the Postal
Administration of Switzerland for an
eschaiige of postal e ards between the tiro
countries
Arm
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For the ;ir'-'
facilities of mail -the
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land, it Is V.
the ITntted Stat
any post-lIie
addressed to Swltze
cards raaile I u any
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land jym'1 'lilre--e.l
t lie jxisttie on whifli snail nave lieen ttniy
premie to destination, at the rates herein
after state-1. i-.m heneefort h be exchanged
between the inhabitants of the United
Stutes and of Switzerland. Hut nnjiRid or
lmrafneienTiy jxiid postal cants win not ue
forwanled In the mails between the two
countries.
ARTKXK II.
Postal cards shall ! forwarded exclu
sively by means of such direct steamersas
stialffrom time to time be employed in
the transportation of the direct tlerman-
Ameriean neiils between New York and I
Bremen or Hamburg. lOach of the two I
post Oerwrtments shall pay the entire ex- j
pensos of the Intermediate sea and terri- I
tonal transixu-t oi the postal cards which i
are sent from iis territory.
Article hi.
The postaire on lmstal cards sent in each I
direction is fixed as follows:
1. At J eeeta when sent from the United I
Staaes of America. i
2. At It! centimes when sent from I
Switzerland.
Each department shall retain to its ex-
elusive use the post aire which it collects at I
the prescribed rates on the postal cards j
aunt from its territory.
Article IV.
The regulations and instructions gov- !
ernmir the use and treatment of fiostal
cards In the domestic m:iil ot the I lined
Hates and of Switzerland respectively,
hall apptv euuallv to- the postal cards
mailed in either country and addressed to
the other country.
Article y.
This asrreeroent shall so into effect on
the 1st of May, IS74, and shall have equal
duration with the t istal eon vent ion of 11
Octolier, lsr,7, and with the additional con
ventions concluded thereto.
1 lone in duplicate and siued in ash
Inston the -21t A'uil, 1S7, and in Berne
the Slst March, 1S74.
SE.VL.J JNO. A. J. fRESWEI.I..
Pli8tultxt'-r Ga H-rxit of t . S.
SEAL. 3 EC KNE SoRD.
Thr F.tieral Wat Depot tmmt.
I heri'by a prove tlve aforegoing addi
tional articles, and in testimony thereof. I
have caused the seal of the United States
to lie affixed.
seal.i V, S. GRANT.
By the President :
HAMILTON Fisn,
S arrears of State.
Washington, April 21, 1874.
Postal Gonrenti
States of America
ernmetU of A w S
between the United
it tlif i 'olonial Uor
Ji Wales.
The undersigned, being thereunto duly
authorized by tl-ir respective govern
ments, have agreed upon 'be following
articles establishing and regulating the
exchange of correspondence between the
United -States of America and the coloiA
of New South Wales:
article 1.
There shall be an exchange of corres
pondence between the United States of i
Americo and New South Wales by means i
of the direct line of colonial mail packets
plving between San Francisco and said I
eoleiiv, as well as by such cither means of
I direct mail steamship transportation lie-
tveettlBe I lincu suites aii'i .IK ikhiiu
Wales as shall hereafter be established,
with the approval of the respective post
departments ot the two countries, com
prising letters, newspapers printed mat
ter of every kind, and patterns and sam-
s ot merchandise, onginnt mg m en her
countrv. and addressed to and delivera
ble in the other country, as well as cor
resTiondeiice in closed mails originating
in New South Wales and destined tor tor-
lgn countries ty way of the United
States.
Article 2.
ThTost office of San Francisco shall be
the United States office of exchange, and
Sydney the office of exchange of the colo-
nyotew soul n vaies, tor an maus trans
mitted under this arrangement.
Article 3.
No accounts shall be kept between the
Post Depart meats of the two countries
upon the mternationa
written or printed. e.x
them, bat each country
espondence,
tuged between
tall retai n to its
own use. the posiasfcs whtch n oiiects.
The single rate ot International letter-
postage siiaJI t-e twelve ceniij in the
1 nited states, nsu.1 sixpence in . a xuin
Wales, on ea .1 letter weighing half an
ounce or less, and an ad luional rate of
twelve cents sixpence) foi eaeb single
weight of half aii ounce or fraction there
of which shall, in al! eases, lie prepaid at
least one single ra'-e. by means of postage
stamps, at the office of the mailing in
either country. Letters unpaid, or pre
paid less than one full rate of postage shall
not lie forwarded, but. insufficiently paid
letters on which a single rate or more has
been prepaid shall tie forwarded, charged
with the deficient postage, to lie collected
and retained by the Post Department of
the country of destination. Letters fully
prepaid, received in either country from
the 01 her. shall be delivered free of all
charges whatsoever.
The United States Post Office hnll lcvv
and collect to ifa own use. on newspapers
addressed to or received from New South
Wales, a postage charge of two cen ts : and
on all other articles of printed matter.
patterns and samples ot merchandise ad
dressed to or received from New South
Wales, a postage charge of four cents per
each weight of four ounces or fraction of
four ounces.
The post office of New South Wales shall
levy and collect to its own use, on news
papers and other articles of printed mat
ter, patterns and samples of merchandise
addressed to or received from the United
States, the regular rates of domestic post
age cliargeable thereon by the laws and
regulations of the colony of New South
w aies.
Newspapers and all other kinds of print
ed matter and jiatterns and samples of
merchandise, ar to lie subject to the laws
and regulations of each country respect
ively, in regard to their liability to be
rated with lector postage when containing
written matter, or for anv other cause
specified in sad laws and regulations, as
well as 111 regard to their liability to cus
toms duty under the revenue laws.
Article 4.
The. United States office eno-mres to n-rnnt
the transit through the United States, as
well as con vevance liv United states innll
packets, of the correspondence in closed
mails which the New South Wales post
office may desire to transmit via the
United states to Brills Columblu, the
Tiriiish North American Provinces, the
West Indies. Mexico. Central and South
America, and at the following rates of
United States transit-postage, viz:
r or the united states territorial transit
of closed malls from New South Wales for
Mexico, British Columbia, Canada, or
orther British North American Provinces,
when transmitted entirely by land routes,
six cents per ounce for letter malls and
sixteen cents per pound for all kinds of
printed matter.
transit of closed mails from New South
for 1 lie uuiicu owiiis icrniurmi uiu sen
Wales for British Uolumbla or other Brit
ish North American Provinces, Me-:ico,
Central and South America, or the West
India Islands, when transmitted from the
United States by sea, twenty-five cents per
ounce for letter mails and twenty cents
per pound for all kinds of printed matter.
The New South Wales post office shall
render an account to the United States
post office, upon letter-bills to accompany
each mall, of the weight of the letters, and
also of the nrlnted and other matter con
tained in such closed mails forwarded to
the United States for transmission to
either of the above-named countries and
colonies; and the accounts arising be
tween the two offices on this class of cor
respondence shall be stated, adjusted, and
settled quarterly, and the amounts of the
Tnited States transit cliarges found due on
such closed mails shall be promptly paid
over by the New South Wales post office to
the United States post office, In such man
ner as the Postmaster General of the
United States shall prescribe.
Article 5.
Prepaid letters from foreign countries
received in and forwarded from the I'nited
States to New South Wales, shall lie de
livered in said colony free of all charges
whatsoever, and letters received in New
South Wales from he United States ad
dressed to other colonies of Australia, will
lie forwarded to destination, subject tothe
same conditions as arc applicable to cor
respondence originating m New South
Wales and addressed to those countries.
Article 6.
In the event of any of the Australian
colonies not agreeing with New South
Waiesand New Zelatid to contribute to
tlie maintenance of any line of mail pack
ets plying between New South Wales and
New Zeland and tin' I'nited States of
America, and subsidized by New South
Wales and New Zeland, the New South
W'sles post office may require the United
Stales iKist office not to forward by such
subsidized packets any mails, letters,
hewspapdrs. or other art icles addressed to
such colony, and the New South Wales
post office may refuse to transmit to their
destination art mails, letters, newspapers.
or other printed matter addressed to such
colony, and received in New South Wide
front the I'nited States by such subsidized
packets, and nmv refuse to forward to
then destination by such subsidized rack
ets, all mails, letters, new si-capers, or other
printed matter revived in New South
Wales from such colony and addressed to
the United States o America, or else
where. Article 7.
The two Post Departments may by mu
tual agreement provided for tlie trans
mission of registered articles in the mails
exchanged between the two countries.
Tlie register let' for each article shall lie
ten cents in the I'nited Slates and four
pence in New South Wales.
Article 8.
The two Post Departments shall settle
by agreement between them, all measures
of detail and arrangement required to
carry this convention into execution, and
may" modify the sumo in like manner from
time time, as the exigencies of the seavice
may require.
Article 9.
Every fully prepaid letter dispatched
from one country to the other shall lie
plainly stamped with the words "paid
all," in red ink. on the right hand upper
corner of the address, in addition tothe
date stamp of the office at which it was
twisted: ami on Insufficiently paid letters
the amount of the deficient postage shall
be inscribed in black ink.
Articee 10.
Dead letters, which cannot lie delivered
from whatever cause, shall be mutually
returned without charge, monthly, or as
freuuenllv as the regulations of the re
spective offices will permit.
Article 11.
This convention shall come into opera
tion on the first day of February, 1S74. and
and shall be terminable at any time, on a
notice by either office of six mouths.
Done fit duplicate and signed in Wash
ington the fifteenth dity of January, in
the vear of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four.
Seal. Jno. A. J. Crksvell,
PuslmasttT lr nrrat of the
I 'h ited Status.
Seal. sac i, samvel,
Poslm'ott' r General of
A" South Wilt s.
I berebv approve the aforegoing con
vention, and in testimony thereof I have
caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Seal. U.S.GRANT.
By the President :
Hamilton fish,
W erelary of State.
Washington, January 13, 1S74.
Additional article to the regutation of
detail, a ft ordered eigned at liaris, No
vember 2s, 1S07, and concerning ihe ex
ehange of conrespondenoe between Switz
erland and tlie United States of America.
In accordance with Article 18 of the
Postal Convention concluded at Berne,
lietween Switzerland and the United
Slates, dated October 11, 1807, the two
Administrations have agreed to replace
Article 17 of the Detailed Regulations c f
November 28, 18fl7, relative to same Con
vention, by the following arrangements:
SOLE ARTICLE.
the two offices shall lie respectively es-
11 to aiiieew i ii.ii tin- a',iruin u
tablished upon the lette
mis. in the mini
ey of the dispatching office, excepting,
however, the internat ional rates on un
jiaid or insufficiently paid letters, which
must be calculated in the money of the
countrv where such letters are delivered.
As lar as concerns the international
rates, the reduction of the money shall
take place, in the general accounts, on the
basis of frs. s.loc. for one debar of the
United States.
In marking the foreign postages upon
the letter-bills in the money of the dis
patching office, the cent ol the United
States shall be considered as the equiva
lent of 5 centimes of Switzerland,
It is also understood that the quarterly
acbonnts shall lie liquidated respectively
in gold, of the denomination of the credi
tor office.
Signed at Berne the 6th March, and at
Washington the 26th of of March, lsi'.t.
DUBBS, ,
Chief qf the Department of Posts.
Jxo. A, J. Crkswell,
Puxtmaster-Crtiwal.
Postat Convention between the United
States of America and the Hawaiian
Kingdom.
The undersigned, being thereunto duly
authorized by tlicif respective govern
ments, have agreed upon the following
articles, establishing and regulating the
exchange of correspondence lietween the
United States of America and the Haw
aiian Kingdom :
Aieticle L
There shall lie an exchange of corres
pondence between the United states of
America and the. Hawaiian Kingdom, by
means or the subsidized line of United
States mail steamers plying between San
Francisco and Honolulu" as well as by oc
casional steamers, and by sailing vessels
running Honolulu and tlie ports of San
Francisco, California, Portland, Oregon,
or ports in Puget Sound, Teekalet. Olymp
ia, anil Port Townsend, comprising let
lei's, newspapers, and printed marter of
every kind, originating in either country,
and addressed to and delivered hi the
other country.
Akticlf. II.
San Francisco, New York, Boston, Port
land, Oregon, Teekalet. Olympia. and Port
Townsend shall be the United States
offices of exchange, and Honolulu and
Hilo tlie Hawaiian offices of exchange, for
all mails transmitted between the two
countries nnder this arrangement.
ARTICLE III.
The United States office chall defray the
expenses of the sea con veyunce of all mails
transmitted in both directions, by means
of its subsidized line of mall steamships,
so long as said line is maintained by the
Government of the United States; and the
Hawaiian office shall defray the expenses
ol the sea conveyance of all mails trats
mitted. in both directions, by means of
occasional steamships or by sailing ves-
AUTICLE IV.
No accounts sliall be kept lietween the
post office departments of the two coun
tries upon the correspondence exchanged
between them, but each country shall ire
tain to its own use the postages which it
collects. , , . .
The single rate of international letter-
ivstaie sbsll lie six tents on each letter
weighing half an ounce or less, and an ad
ditional rate of six cents for each addition
al weight of half an ounce or fraction
thereof, which shall In all cases lie fully
prepaid, bv means of postage stamps, at
the office of mailing in either country. If
not fnllv prepaid, thev shall not be for
warded."Letetrs received in either country
from the other sliall be delivered free of
all charge whatsoever.
The United States office ehall levy and
collect on newspapers, (wnether transient
or sent to regular subscribers,) addressed
to or received from the Hawaiian King
dom, the established rates of UnitedStates
domestic postage; and upon articles of
printed matter, except newspapers, ad
dressed to or received from the Hawaiian
Kingdom, a postage charge of tour cents
per each weight of four ounces or fraction
of four ounces.
Tlie Hawaiian post office shall levy and
collect on newspapers and other articles of
printed matter, addressed to or received
from the United States, the regular rates
of postage chargeable thereon by the laws
or regulations of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Article V.
Letters mailed in the Hawaiian Ling
dom and addressed to countries beyond
the United States, with which the United
States have direct postal relations, may bt
rot warded through the United States to
their respective destinations, subject to
the same additional liostage charges asare
IKiitl by the inhabitants of the United
States to such countries, which, in all cases
where prepayment is obligatory in the
Unitod States, may be paid by the send
ers in the Hawaiian Islands, by affixing
uncanceled United States postage stamps
of sufficient value to effect such prepay
ment. On the other hand, prepaid letters from
foreign count ries, received in and for
warded from the United Stales to the
Hawaiian Kingdom, shall lie delivered in
said kingdom free of all charges whatso
ever ; and letters reeelvi d in the Hawaiian
Kingdom from the United States, address
ed to Micronesia or neighboring islands,
will le forwarded to destination, subject
to the same conditions as are applicable to
correspondence originating in the Ha
waiian Kingdom and addressed to those
islands.
Article VI.
Every letter disiwtehcd from one coun
trytofnc other shall be plainly stamped
with the worda "paid all," in redlnk. on
therirht hand upper corner of the address
t in addition tothe date stamp of the office
at which it was posted
Aktici.c ATI.
Dead letlers, newspapers, Ac. which
cannot be delivered, from whatever enuse,
shall lie mutually returned, without
charge, monthly, or ns frequently as the
regulations of tlie respective offices will
permit.
Article viii.
The two offices may, by mutual consent,
make such detailed regulations as shall lie
foimn necessary to carry out the objects of
Ibis agreement, such regulations to ter
minate at any time on a reasonable notice
by either office.
Article IX.
This convention shall come into opera
tion on the 1st day of July. 1870, and shall
be terminable at any time on a notice by
either office of six months.
none in implicate and signed in Wash
ington on the 4th day of May. 1S70.
Seal. Jno. A. J. Or hs w ell,
Jostmastv&enerai XX. S.
Klisiia H. Ali.en.
Hig Uencaiian 3$tJestpJs Envoy.
I hereby approve the aforegoing con
vention, and in testimony thereof. I have
caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
llv the President : U. S. GRANT.
Hamilton Fish.
Secrtiarjj of State.
Washington, May 5. l70.
seal.
AN ACT making appropriations for
extraordinary expenses ol the naval
service.
He it enacted by the Senate and Uo'tse
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled.
That the following sums be. and they
are hereby, appropriated, to he paid
out of any money in tlie Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to meet ex
haordinary expenses in the naval
service during the fiscal vear ending-
Tune thirtieth, eighieen hundred and
seventy-four, namely :
For pay of the navy, three hundred
thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the
Navy Department, twenty-live thou
sand dollars,.
For the Bureau of Navigation,
twenty thousand dollars.
For the Bureau of Ordinance, five
hundred thousand dollars.
For the Burefu of Rqnipment and
Recruiting, live hundred thousand dol
lars. For the Bureau of Yards and Docks,
twenty thousand dollar-.
For the. Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing, three hundred thousand dol
lars. For the Bureau of Stetm Engineer
ing, thro h 1 ud red and thirty -live thou
sand dollars.
For the Bureau of Construction and
,-, . . .. . ,11.
l rvepair. two mini"" """.us.
Approved, December 31, 1873.
AN ACT to establish a post route
from the village of B'Anse. in the
comity of Houghton and State of
Michigan, to Huron Bay, in said
county and State.
j!e it, enacted by the Senate and Bouse
of Representatives of the I'nited States
o f Jimerrcu i n Congress assembled.
That a post route ft om the village ot
L'Anse. in the county of Houghton
and State of Michigan, to Huron Bay.
in said county and State, be and the
same is hereby, established.
Approved, .January 5,. 1874.
AN ACT relating to the limitation of
steam pressure of vessels used ex
clusively for towing and carrying
freight on the Mississippi river and
its tributaries.
He it. enacted bj the Senate and JTonse
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the provisions of an act entitled
"An act to provide for the better se
curity of life on vessels propelled in
whole or in part by steam,' &c, ap
proved February twenty-eighth, eight
een hundred and seventy-one, so far
as they relate 'to the carrying freight
on the Mississippi river and its tribu
taries, are hereby so far modified as to
substitute for such lioats one hundred
ami fifty pounds of steam pressure in
place of one hundred and ten pounds,
as provided in said act for the stand
ard pressure upon standard boilers of
forty-two inches diameter, and of
plates of one-quarter in thickness; and
such boats may, on the written permit
of the supervising inspector of the
district in which such boats shall carry
on their business, lie permitted to carry
steam above the standard pressure of
one hundred and ten pounds, but not
exceeding the standard pressure of one
hundred and fifty pounds to the square
iiieh.
Approved, January 6, 1874.
AN ACT to so amend the laws rela
tive to internal revenue as to ailow
distillery warehouses to be continued
"in use after changes have occurred
in the management of the business.
He it enacted by the Senate and House
oj Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That when from death or from any
other cause there shall be a chsnge in
the person, firm or company engaged
in the business of distilling at any dis
tillery, and the person firm or compa
ny that by reason of such change
ceases to carry on said business at such
distillery has at the time ot such
change spirits in the distillery ware
house, it shall be lawful tor the Com
missioner of internal Mevenue, upon
the written consent of the surviving
principals and sureties interested, and
under such rules and regulations, and
upon such other condstions, as he may
prescribe, to permit the succeeding
person, firm or company to use the
distillery warehouse on the premises
in the same manner as if it did not
contain distilled spirits belonging to
the original person, firm or company
alter setting apart and separating, by
a secure and unbroken partion such
nortion of it as may be necessary for
the storage and sand safe keeping of
the spirits aistuieu ny ine original per
son, nrrn or company, uurmg uie
neriod allowed by law for the removal
of distilled spirits from distillery ware
houses, or until said spirits are re
moved, and Uie tax paid thereon with
in that time: Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall impair or in
any way affect the lien existing at the
time of such change under section one
of the internal revenue act of July
twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, as amended, or other liabilities
under any internal revenue law, but
the existence of such lien shall be no
ground for rofusing to approve the
Bond ot the succeeding person, firm or
company, anything in section eight of
the said act of July twenty, eighteen
hundred and siqty-eight, as amended,
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, January 8. 1874.
AN ACT making an appropriation
for the legislative expenses of Colo
rado Territory.
Be it enacted bj the Senate ang Bouse
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress asse-mMed,
That twenty thousand dollars be. and
the same is hereb3", appropriated, for
compensation and mileage of the
members of the legislative assembly of
Colorado Territory, and for pay of
clerks, officers, and contingent ex
penses thereof.
Approved, January 14, 1874.
AX ACT repealing the increase of
salaries of members of Congress, ard
other officers.
He it enarisd bp the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer 'i
m in Conarcss asscnibl' f.
That so much of the act of March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, entitled "An act making appro
priations tor legislative, executive,
and judicial eqiieuses of the Govern
ment for the year ending June thir
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventv
fou," as provides for the increase of
the compensation of public officers and
employees, whether members of Con
gress. Delegates, or others, except the
President of the United States and the
Justices of the Supreme Court, he. and
the same is hereby, repealed, anil the
salaries, compensation, and allowances
of all said wrsous. except as aforesaid,
shall be as fixed by the laws in force
at the time of the passage of said act :
Prorideii, That the mileage snail not
be allowed for the first session of the
Forty-third Congrets; that all moneys
appropriated as compensation to tlie
members of the Forty-third Congress
in excess of the mileage and allow
ances fixed by law at the commence
ment of said Congress, and which shall
not have been drawn by the members
of said Congress respectively, or which
having been drawn, have been return
ed in any form to. the United States,
are hereby covered into the Treasury
of the I'nited States, and are declared
to be the moneys of the United States
absolutely, the" .same as if they bad
never been appropriated as aforesaid.
Approved, January 20, 1874.
AN ACT making appropriations to
pay for reporting the debates and
proceedings ot Congress.
He it enacteil byi the S nate ami House of
It presentntives of the United. Stales of Amer
ica in Congress assembled,
That there is hereby appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the stim ot
twenty-five thousand one hundred and
eighty-five dollars for the payment of
the live official reporters of " the pro.
ceeding and debates of the House of
Representatives during the first year
of the Forty-third Congress, said re
porters to lie. paid monthly at the rate
fixed by law.
Sec. 2. That there is hereby ap
propriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
the sum of one thousand six hundred
and thirty-six dollars and twelve cents
to pay D. F. Murphy, official reporter
of the Senate at the special session ot
March, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, according to the arrangement
made with him by the Committee on
Printing of the Senate, which was re
ported By said Committee to the Sen
ate on the twenty-first day ot March,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
Six. 3, That there is hereby ap
propriated for reporting the proceed
ings and debates of the Senate for the
Congressional year ending March four,
eighteen hundred and seventy-tour,
the sum of six thousand dollars," or so
much thereof as may be necessary,
which sum shall be addded to the con
tingent fund of the Senate and be dis
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate,
agreeably to the terms of the resolu
tion aforesaid : Prorideii. That from
and after the passage of this act a sum
not. exceeding forty -two thousand dol
lars shall lie paid for reporting the pro
ceedings of each House of Congress for
any one Congress, under the direction
of "the respective Houses : and all laws
inconsistent herewith are hereby re
pealed.
Approved, January 28, 1874.
AN ACT to abolish the office of Dej)
uty Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue.
He it enacted by the Senate and House of
wpresenmitvesofih" vnttea stales of Amer
ica in Conoress assnnbtelt-
That the office of Deputy Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, made va
cant by the death of General B. J,
Sweet, be, and tlie same is hereby.
abolished; and that the Secretary of
ttie treasury mav, upon the recom
mendation of the Coinmissioner of In
ternal Revenue, designate one of the
two remaining deputy commissioners
as First Deunty Commissioner, who
shall nerform the duties and be paid
only the salary prescribed tor the office
of deputy commissioner uereuy apoi
ished.
Approved, January 29, 187.4.
AN ACT changing the times tor hold
ing certain district courts ot the
T nitKd States, for the State of Iowa.
He it enacted bp the Senate and House of
Representatives of tlu- Umtea aiaies Of Amer
ica tn Jon qrress assemoieii.
That instead ot the times now fixed
bv law. the terms of the district courts
of the United States for the district of
Iowa, to be held in the city ot Keokuk
and the city of Council mutts, snail
commence at Keokuk on the third
Tuesday of January, and the third
Tuesday of June, and at Council Bluffs
on the fourth Monday ot juarcn ana
the fourth Monday of September, in
each year.
Sec. 2. That all causes, processes,
suits, and proceedings now pending or
commenced 'for said terms of court, or
hereafter to be commenced, shall be
continued or returned in and to said
courts at the several times herein spec
ified.
Approved, February 9, 1874.
AN ACT to establish certain post-
routes in the state ot Arkansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca in vonaress axsemoiea.
That the following are hereby estab
lished as post-routes. From Little
Rock, via Argenta, Reed's Landinj
Eagle Landing. AVampoo, Plumbayou.
Adamsburg, and Pastoria to Pine
Bluff. From Pine Bluff, via Carson,
Rob Ro3 New Gascony, Green Back,
Cooper's Landing. Willamette and
Sarassa to Arkansas Post. From
Watson Station on the Texas, Missis
sippi River and Northwestern Rail
Road, to Red Fork on the Arkansas
River. From Bath Station, on the
Texas. Mississippi River, and North
western Railroad to South Bend on the
Arkansas River.
Approved, February 27, 1874.
AN ACT to amend the act entitled
"An act to prevent the extermina
tion of fur-bearing animals in Alas
ka," approved July first eighteen
hundred and seventy.
Be it enacted fry th" S nate and House of
Ripresenieticesofthe United Stales of Amer
ica, in Conoress assembled.
That the act entitled "An act to
prevent the extermination of fur-bearing
animals in Alaska." approved
July first, eighteen hundred and sev
enty, is hereby amended so ns to au
thorize the Secretary of the Treasury,
and he is hereby authorized, to desig
nate the months in which fur-seals
may be taken for their skins on the
islands of Saint Paul and Saint George,
in Alaska, and in the waters adjacent
thereto, and the number to be taken
on or about each island respectively.
Approved, March 24, 1S74.
AN ACT to establish bonded ware
houses for the storing and cleansing
of rice intended for exportation.
Be tt enacted bp the Senate ard Housn of
Represe ntatives of tlie U it. d States of Amer
ica in Congressass m!t it.
That from and alter the passage of
this act importers' bonded warehouses,
to be used for the storage and cleansing
of imported rice intended for exporta
tion to foreign countries, may be es
tablished at any port of entry in the
United States, under suoh rules and
regulations as the Secretary of ttic
Treasury 11133' prescribe.
Approved, March 24, 1874.
AN ACT to provide for the redemp
tion of the loan of eighteen hundred
and fifty-eight.
He it I'nae.iif bp .he Senate and House of
Rrpl ese ntat ives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assetnVedi
That for the purpose of redeeming
the bonds issued under the act entitled
"An act to authorize a loan not ex
ceeding the sum of twenty millions of
dollars.' approved June fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, as
amended March third, eighteen hun
dred and fifty-nine, called the loan of
eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, it is
hereby declared to be the pleasure of
the I 'nited States to pay all the coupon
bonds of said loan on the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and seventy-four,
at which date the interest
thereon shall cease, and coin in the
Treasury sufficient to redeem said cou
pon bonds is hereby appropriated for
that purpose.
Si:c. 2. That the Secretary ol the
Treasury inav issue an equal amount.
at par of principal and iuierest, of five
per-centuni bonds ot the funded loan
under the act for refunding the nation
al debt, approved July fourteenth eigli
teen hundred and seventy, and the act
amendatory thereof, approved January
twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
for anv of the bonds of the
loan of eighteen hundred and fifty-
eight which the holders thereof may
on or before February first, eighteen
hundred and seventy-four, elect to ex
change lor the five -per-cen turn bonds
of the said funded loan with interest
from said January first : Prodded.
I'hat no commissions or allowances
whatever shall lie paid for the exchange
of bonds hereby authorized, and no in
terest shall be allowed on the new
bonds for anv time for which interest
is paid on the bonds exchanged.
J.G. BLAILE
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
MATT H. CAKPKNTEK
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, December 17th, 1S73.
U. S. GRANT.
AX ACT to amend the act entitled
"An act to encourage the growth of
timber on western prairies."
Re it. enacted bp the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Suites of Amer
ica in Congress assembled,
That the act entitled "An act to en
courage the growth of timlier on west
ern prairies," approved March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
be, and the same is hereby, amended
so as to lead as follows: That any
person who is the head of a family or
who has arrived at the age of twenty
one ydars, and is a citizen of tlie
United States, or who shall have filed
his declaration of intention to become
such, as required by the naturalization
laws of the United States, who shall
plant, protect, and keep in a healthy,
growing condition for eight years,
forty acres os timber, the trees thereon
not being more than twelve feet apart
each way, on any quarter section ot
any ot the public lands ot the United
States, or twenty acres or any legal
subdivision ot eighty acres, or ten
acres or am' legal subdivision of fort v
acres, or one fourth part of any frac
tional subdivision ot land less than
forty acres, shall be entitled to a pat
ent for the whole of said quarter sec
tion, of of such legal subdivision of
eighty or forty acres, or fractional
subeivision ot less than forty acres, as
the case may be, at the expiration of
said eight years, on making proof of
such tact by not less than tsvo credible
witnesses : 1'rovtded, That not more
than one qvarter of any section shall
be thus granted, and that no person
shall make more than one entry under
the provisions of this acr, unless fiac
tional subdivisions of less than forty
acres are entered which, in the aggre
gate, snail not exceed one quarter
section. Sec. 2. That the person applying
for the benefit of this act shall, upon
application to the registerer of the
land district in which he or she is
about to make such entry, make
affidavidit before the registerer. or tlie
receiver, or some other officer author
ized to administer oaths in the district
where the land is situated, who is re
quired by law to use an official seal,
teat said entry is made for the cultiva
tion of timber, and upon filing said
affldavidt with sad register and receiv
er, and on payment of ten dollars, he
or she sliall thereupon be permitted to
enter the quantity of land specified;
and the party making an entry of a
quarter section under the provisions of
this act shall be required to break ten
acres of the land covered thereby the
first year, ten acres the second year,
and twenty acres the third year alter
date ot entry, and to plant ten acres
of timber the second year, ten acres
the third year, and twenty acres the
fourth year after date of entry. A
party making an entry of eighty acres
shall break and plant at the the times
hereinbefore nresorihed nns i.otr r
, . x Ol I
the quantity required of a party who L
' , i"-ii lcit section, and a partv
entering forty acres shall break and
plant, at the times hereinbefore nre-
seriueu, one-quarter of the quantity 1
required of a nartv who nrra I
quarter section, or a proportionate
quantity lor any smaller fractional
subdivision . Provided, hcaeerer. That
no final certificate sliall be given or
patont issued for the land so entered
until the expiration of eight years from
the date of such entry; and, if at the
expiration of such time, or at any time
within five years thereafter, the per
son making such entry, or if he or she
be dead, his or her her heirs or legal
representatives shall prove, by two
credible witnesses, that he, or she, or
they have planted, and. for not less
than eight years, have cultivated and
protected such quantity and character
of timber aforesaid, they shall receive
a patent for such quarter section of
legal subdivision of eighty or forty
acres of land, or for any fractional
quantify of less than forty acres, as
herein provided. And in case ot the
death of a person who has complied
with the provisions of this act for the
period of three years, his heirs or legal
representatives shall have the option
to comply with the provisions of this
act. and receive, at the expiration ot
eight years, a patent for one hundred
and sixty acre's, or receive without
delay a patent tor forty acres, re
linquishing all claim to the remain
der. Sec. .'J. That if any time after the
filing of said affidavit, and prior to
the issuing of the patent for said laud,
the claimant sliall abandon the land,
or fail to do the breaking and planting
re uired by this act, or any part there
of, shall tail to cultivate, protect, and
keep in good condition such tinibe,
then, and in that event, such laud
shall be subject to entry under the
homestead laws, or by some other per
son under the provisions of this act :
Prodded, That the party making
claim to said land, either as a home
stead settler under this act, shall give
at the time of filing his application,
such notite to the origial claimant as
shall be prescribed by tlie rcles es
tablished by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, and the rights of
the parties shall be determined as in
otlier contested cases.
Sec. 4. That each and every person
who. under the provisions of the act
entitled "An act to secure homesteads
to actual settlers on the public do
main," approved May twentieth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or
any amendment thereto, having a
homestead on said public domain,
who, at any time after the end of the
third year of his or her residence
thereon shall, in addition to the settle
ment and improvements required by
law, have had under cultivation, for
two years, one acre of timber, the
trees thereon not being more than
twelve feet apart each way, and in a
good thrifty condition, for each and
sixteen acres of said homestead,' shall,
upon due proof of such fact by two
credible witness receive his or her pat
ent for said homestead.
Sec. 5. That no land acquired un
der the provisions of this act shall in
any event become liable to the satis
faction of any debt or debts contracted
prior to the issuing of certificate there
for. Sec. G. That the Commissioner of
the General Land Office is hereby re
quired to prepare and issue such rules
and regulations, consistent with this
act, as shall be necessary and projier
to carry its provisions into effect ; and
that the registers anil the receivers ot
the several land offices shall each be
entitled to receive two dollars at the
time of entry, and the Sfime sum when
the claim is finally established and the
Imal certificate issued.
Sec 7. That the fifth section of the
act "entitled "An act in addition toan
act to punish crimes against the United
States, and for other purposes,' ap
proved March third, eighteen hundred
and fifty-seven, shall extend to all
oaths, affirmations, and affidavits re
vuired or authorized by this act.
Sec. 8. That parties who have
already made entries under the act
approved March third, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-three, ot which this
is amendatory, shall be permitted to
complete the same upon full compli
ance with the provisions of this act.
Approved. March 13, 1874.
AN ACT making appropriations for
the COgstroction, preservation, and
repair of certain fortifications and
otlier works of defense, for the fiscal
3'ear ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventv-five.
Re it enacted bit the Senate and House of
jcepresemaavem Of ine 1. nitea mates of Amer
ica in Conoress asst mbted.
That the following sums be. and the
. same are hereby, appropriated, out of
any money in the treasury' not otlier
A'ise appropriated, for the following
fortifications and otlier works of de
fense, for the fiscal 3'ear ending June
thirtieth, eighteen bundled and seventy-five,
namely:
For Fort Preble. Portland Harbor,
Maine, twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort Scammel, Portland Hai
bor, Maine, thirty thousand dollars.
For batteries, Portsmouth Harbor,
New Hampshire, thirty thousand dol
lars. Foi batteries at Long Island Head,
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, forty
thousand dollars.
For Fort Adams, Newport Harbor,
twenty thousand dollars.
For fort on Dutch Island, west en
trrnce to Narragansett Bay, Rhode
Island, twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort Trumbull, New London
Harbor. Connecticut, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For fort on Willet's Point, East
River, New York, thirty thousand
dollars.
For Fort Schuy'ler, East River, New
York, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Hamilton and additional
batteries, (for completing the same,)
New York Harbor, New York, twenty-six
thousand dollars.
For fort on the site of Fort Tomp
kins, Statcn Island. New York Har
bor, New York, thirty thousand dol
lars. For Battery Hudson, New York
Harbor, New York, thirteen thousand
dollftrs.
For Fort Delaware, Delaware River,
Delaware, twenty-five thousand dol
lars. For battery at Finn's Point, Dela
ware River, New Jersey, tbtrty thou
sand dollars.
For New Fort, opposite Fort Dela
ware, Delaware River, thirty thousand
dollars.
For Fort Monroej Hampton Roads,
Virginia, thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort Monltrie, Charleston Har
bor, South Carolina, twenty thousand
uuiiars.
For "Fort, finmtpr. rii,i1c,An Tin-
bor. South Carolina, twenty thousand
dallars.
For Fort Pulaski, Savannah Rl very
Georgia, twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort fackson, Mississippi RiVery
Louisiana, thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort Saint Phillip, Mississippi
River, Louisiana, thirty thousand dol
lars. For Fort Taylor, Key West, Flori
da, twenty thousand dollars.
For fort at Fort Point, entrance to
San Francisco Harbor, California,
thirty thousand dollars.
For fort at Lime Point, San Fran
cisco Harbor, California, thirty thou
sand dollars.
For fort on Alcatraz Island, harbor
of San Francisco, California, twenty
thousand dollars.
For torpedoes for harbor-defenses,
and preservation of the same, one
hundred and twenty-tJve tltotisand dol
lars : Prodded, tliat the money herein
appropriated for torpedoes shall only
be used in the establishment and main
tenance of torpedoes to be operated
from shore-stations for the destruction
of an enemy's vessel approaching the
shore or entering the channel and fair
ways of harbors.
For contingencies of fortifications,
seventy-five thousand dollars.
For survey s and reconnaissances in
the military divisions and departments,
thirty thousand dollars.
For continuing exploration and sur
vey ot the Territories of the United
States west of the one hundred merid
ian, thirty thousand dollars.
Approved, April 3, 1874.
AN ACT to amend the fifteenth
section of an act approved June
eighth, eighteen hundred and seven-ty-tw.
entitled "An act to revise,
consolidated and amend the statutes
relating to the Post Office Depart
ment. Belt enacteil bp the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled,
That cection fifteen of tlie act "to re
vise, consolidate and amend the stat
utes relating to the Post Office Depart
ment. " approved June eighth, eight
een hundred and seventy-two, be
amended to read as follows :
"Sec. 15. That before entering up
on the duties, and before they shall
receive any salary', the Postmaster
Gendral, and all persons employed in
the postal service, shall respectively
take and subscribe before some mag
istrate or other competent officer
ruthorlzed to administer oaths by the
laws of the United States, or of any
State or Territon-, the following oath
or affirmation":
" " I, A. B. do solemnl3' swear (or
affirm, as the case mav be.) that I will
faithfully perforin all the duties re
quired of uie and abstain from every
thing forbidden by the laws in relation
to the establishment of post offices and
post roads within the United States;
and that I will honestly and truly ac
count for and pay over anv money
belonging to the said United States
which may come into my possession
or control; and I also further swear
(or affirm) that I will support the Con
stitution of the United States, so help
me God.'
And this oath or affirmation may lie
taken before any officer, civil or mili
tary holding a commission under the
i'nited States, and such officer is here
by authorized to administer and certi
fy such oath or affirmation."
Approved, March 5, 1874.
AN ACT to amend the act entitled
"An act making appropriations for
sundry civil expenses of the Govern
ment for tlie fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four,
and for other purposes,"
approved March third, eighteen huu
dred and seventy-three.
He it enacted bp the S note find House of
R' pres'-ntaiices of the United States of Amer-i
ctt in Coniress assi mhliil.
That the act entitle "An act mak
ing appropriations for sundry civil ex
penses of the Government for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-four, and for oth
er purposes," approved March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
be, and the same is hereby, amended
by adding to the proviso in the clause
of said act relating to the public print
ing and binding the following words:
"and ot the House of Representatives."
Approved, January 22, 1874.
AN ACT to establish the Bismarck
land district in the Territory of Da
kota. 72c it enacted bp the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Unitetl Slates of Anwr
ica in Conoress assembled,
That all that portion of Dakota Terri
tory lying north of the seventh stand
ard parallel and west of the ninth
guide-meridian be, and the same is
hereby, created into a separate land
district, to be known as the Bismarck
district ; and the land office for said
district shall be located at the town of
Bismarck, where the North Pacific
Railroad intersects the Missouri River.
Sec. 2. That a register and a re- .
ceiver shall be appointed for said dis
trict land office, who sliall be governed
by the same laws and receive the same
compensation as prescribed tor similar
officers in the other land districts or
said Territory.
Approved, April 24, 1874.
An Oregon Inventor. From the
San Francisco Bulletin ot September
19th we copy this :
An anger, patented by a Mr. Forst
ner. of Oregon, lias recently been ex
hibited in this city. The anger has no
gimlet or screw point like the ordinary
auger, but is simply provided with
two cutting bits. A band encircles
the cuttingliits and projects slightly
beyond them. The lower end of tlie
band is sharpened so that in boring a
hole working sufficiently in advance
of the cutting bits to make a perfectly
smooth hole. The bits cut a flat bot
tom, so that at whatever depth the
hole is bored it always has a smooth
bottom.
The First Baptist church, New Ha
ven, Conn., was bnrned on the morn
ing of the 1st inst. Loss, $50,000;
insurance, $25,000.
Mr. Carr, of Pierce comity, has just
returned from Yakima.nnd reports the
mines paying about $3 50 a-day to the
hand.
The charter with which it is pro
posed to clothe the town of Dallas, for--bids
the sale of spirituous liquors, ex
cept to persons armed with a doctor's
prescription-