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OFFICIAL.
LAWS
«* ™
UNITED WT A. r r E W,
Panned at the Flrnt Sennlon of the
Thirty*Ninth Congrca*.
AN ACT to aid in constructing telegraph line*, and
to secure to he government the n-e ot tne same (
for postal, military, and other purpose*.
Be it enacted by the fecoato and House of Repre- |
sentanvesot il.oV-ited States ot America in Gon
green assembled.^ That any telegraph company no
organ i/.-'
__ i may" hereafter be organised,
under'the laws • t any Mate jn this Union shall have
the right to construct maintain, and operate lu
the Uiiiioi
fierealter he declared i
ch have bee
across the
r ded, That such
and other materials tor
other needful uses in the construction, maintenance,
and operation of said tinea of telegraph, and may
pre • mpt and u.-e such portion of th? unoccuf
public lands
its Haul hnei
necessary for
said lines ot telegraph i
i pre-emption through
____ And be it further enacted. That telegraphic
communications between the several departments of
the government of the United Stat-sand their ofil
cers and agents shall, in tne r transmission over the
lines of any of said companies, have priority over ail
other business, and 'hall be sent at rates to b annu
ally fixed by the P stmaster General.
SEC. 3 And belt further enact** 1. ThtMhe rights
and privileges hereby granted shall not be transfei r-d
by any company acting under th • act to any other
corporacon, associ tion, or person: Provided
t'l of said companit-!
) and ob igations i
an u r u
pointment
i^'uenuc
sentativ
iuct«d b^ the Sena'e and House Repre
lubled. That the number allowed m each
me othvors on the activs U t of the navy
ne admiral, one vice admiral, ten rear-ad
aptains. nine
snail be one adim
mirals. twenty-five
ty commanders, a
corainumler , one
one hundred and
sixty ensigns, ami rapther
hundred and eig:
utidred and eight,
xty master-*, one
below of officer's who hav«
nt and faithful service dur
, and who possess the highest pro
u n merits. And
nhorizt-d by law foi
re i li-t those
squadrons b.
> have per
five lieutsoant commando:
? the navy on the a
masters, and seven
signs may be appointed
officers who have served in the volunteer
period of not less than t wo years,
grade shall be made until t
low the number fixed 1
provided further. That t
i number is reduced be
low the number fixed by law for that gra'te: And
authority given bi
,—----- ---------. _..... by thm
sect io. shall be exhausted when the number or vol
unteer officers above named aliail have been once
appointed.
BE*' 3. And he It further enacted. Th it the See
rotary of the Navy shall appoint a board consisting
of not less than three nival officers superior in rank
to the officers to be thus appointed in the regular
navy from the volunteer sorv.ee, which board, alter
examination of the claims of all candidates, sHall
se eot and report to the Secretary of the Navy the
moat merit .nous hi character, ability, professuina
competency, and honorable service the number
to be appointed and transferred to the sever*I
grades mentioned in tne second section of
this act : Provided, They shall rind that num
ber who are suitably ouabtied therefor. And
any officer who ha* served in the volunteer naval
service for the term of two years or more s all have
the right to-app'-ar betore the examining bo«rd and
present h * claim and oe exam ned for an ap oint
ment in the regular navy; and any volunteer officers
attached to ve se a at n-a < r on f reign stations may
*■" appointed to t e regular navy, anbject to the oon
. after their return
ditions contained i
1 he U nite i State*.
Sec 4. And be it, further enacted. That the Si
retary of the NavJ> be, and he hereby i*. authori/.
to retain, or to appoint nmler ex sting laws and r*'
illations such volunteer offic rs in the navy as t
exigencies of the serv ce may require.
further enacted. That lieut
, year, and fie shall be
o / v
tr.
n*a com pc
be ten thousand dol _ „ . ____ _________
c dtled to the services of a secretary, who shal!
oeive the annual sea pay of a lieutenant in the navy.
Bec. 7. And be it further enacted,—That naval
oonstru ter* and first and second aeftistaot wrgi
neers in the navy shall be appointed by the Presi
dent and confirmed t y the Benkte, and shal! have
nasal rank and pay a* officers of the navy
8 eo. 8. And be it further enacted, that all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
Approved July 25, 1868.
AN ACT to revive the grade of general in the Unit
E?.L 0 '________■ ■ __ JHH
authorized, wnenever he shall deem it expedient, _.
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
tary service of the (Jni ed States most distinguished
for courage, skill, and ability, who bei* g ooinmi*
stoned a« general, may be authorized, under the di>
reotkm and daring the measure of the president, to
command the armies of the United St«r*«.
Hat'. X And be it farther enectod. That the
proper of the general shall be •
^ -------------------hundred SES
per mouth, and his a iowsnce for fuel and quartsrs.
when nis oeadquorte * are in Washington, shad lie
at the rate of three hundred dollars per month, and
his other allowances in ail respects the earns as are
a! owed to tfie lieutenant general by the second sec
*»©■ of the act approved February twenty-nine,
eighteen humored and sixty four, entitled "An act
reviving tue grails of lieutenant general in the Unit
ed Braces army," and the chief of staff o the
Hen tenant general shall be transferred and be the
chief of stuff to tne general, with the rank. pay. and
emoluments of a brigadier general in the arm* of
the United 8 ate*; and the act approved March
third, ei hteen hundred and sixt*-five,entitled "An
act to proviu* for a chief of staff to the lieutenant
general commanding the artni-s of the United
Mates," is hereby repealed; and the said g. nn<ul
aa* select, from the line of the army, for c-rrvice ap
on hi - at«ff, soefi number of aids, not exceeding n x.
ae he ma> j dge i-roper. who, daring the term ot
■wsh staff aervioe. shall each have the rank, pay, and
emolument* oiaeo one! of cavalry. And it i* here
by provided, that in lieu of the staff sow allowed by
law to the lieutenant general, he shall be entitled to
two aid* and one military eerstary. each to have the
rank, pay, and emolument*of a lieutenant cofooel of
•avalry iluny th^wrrr^uf such staff service.
AN ACT making appropriations for the consular
and diplomat w sxpennes or the government for the
year end ng tnirt ieth June, eighteen hundred and
aixtyseven, and for ether purpose).
Be it e acted by the Senate ad House of Repre
■enlatives of the Ucited Btates of America in (W
ff* 11 aesembied, That the following snms be, and
Sfyr?«s:S 725 ,, iasp? 'v'
ttrs?^r?
IBSSka-*
i appropriated, for the
■vassftsrtis?
1 °i ' wu °* u
rjurnS it.'flUrpm.r to tHa l.**tion to Chi
»» lory o?tft. m amUrr ot hotHin to Tukoj,
■—olwoww, throo thoonad dollora.
** s^L^ird. t ^ w '° n '
^ ,mmm of all the mJas ons abroad.
■ of foreign intercourse, six
4b* Barbary paw
uTSi
(
|
i ogne, Barce'ona. (A
n K>anu. Clifton. «
ndee Ki-irmre, Kne,
ioa. Gibraltar, ( la
i ax, Hamburg, Ha
t Prim e Kdvraid M
. Rotterdam. San .Juan «|
Saint John. Canada
rt Sarnia, Singapore. H
100k,
Funchal, Geneva.
a i tiH, 1 ieed *■ Leg
'. London Lyon*,
Matan/.as Marseille,
l.ah
Mo
Mu
l Indies.) New*
. I Rev-l. U.ode.la
III. < OMMHICIA I. .
ze, Honduras i Midagi
Hat
. Bah if
To
Bay of Inlands,
tba,
i-atkland Islands. Faya!. Guayaquil, L
Maranham. Matimoru?, Mexico, Montev-d
Paytii. J'.ira. Paso del Nor e, Piraeus. H
.ramie, .8 ibanida, Sa'iit < atheriue, Hast* i'ru
W st Irnli-s,' .Santiago. t ape* verde,i hpez/.i.
ttetiin, Tabasco, Tahita, Talcahuano, Tutube
r River. Apia. Goboon, Haint Paul de Loi
four hundred and twenty hie thousand
Provided, Thai the compensation of the
money rlitll
ed, under instruc'
es persons charged \
isnlar cfiurls
•Japan. China. Siam, and Turkey, and for wages of
th*-keepers of the same, nine thousand do'lars.
For salaries of commissioners and consul general
to Hayti, Liberia, and Dominica, nineteen thousand
dollars, ami tire title ot these diplomatic representa
t. vi s shall be hereafter minister resident andcons.il
general with no increase of salary
i;e II id-on * Bay and Puget', S ..
.inparty, three thousand dollars i
' and personal expenses
- * i -es under the neutrality act
Territory, thirte*
dollars
- pay men:
! tlie *
of tUe proportion contributed by t
• owurd tue capitalization of the Scheldt «
fiulril the stipulation? contained in thefourt
.t the convention be ween the United S'q
hel« in in *if tho twentieth ■ f May. e gbteen I
and sixty three, the snm of fifty five tboan
hundred and eighty tour dol ars in coin, a
futtoer sum a* may be necessary to carrv
stipulation "f 'he *
t h- principal r
ention providing for the pa
d sum and on the portion
id be it forth-r
expended
!.«* United St
icted. That
nt Secretar» of State in the Depi
ind also an examiner of claims for ■
nt, whoso salary shall bo three th
-annum; and tho salary of the S
eeretary of state «hail be thirty !
by any other pen
. be bait
Secretary of the
August, eigh
counted for _______ w
the name mode and manner
ignteen ot rhe act appr
. five hundred dollar, i
a the expenses *
of State, of which return shal be made to the Sec
retary of the Treasury . i he exce«* for that year shall
be paid to t he Secretary of the Treasury in the mode
(.r.vKied ferny raid act.
SE«\ I And t»« further enacted, Tha* the salary of
any envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten
ereafter appointed
minister resident, *nd nothing
he is appointed to one of the countries
United States are now represented by an
kordinary and minister p enipotentimry.
be the salary of i
Approved July 25, lkWJ.
AN ACT further to provide for
lives of passenger? on board of
in whole or in part by rteam, to r
nes * I steamboat laspectorv, an
file safety r,f the
vessel* propelled
HguUtr the snla
of Repro
.n, -n k -,»..,r or p.k.fc
I law by any i
board ot inspectors, shall, to the hindrance of com
inerce, wrongfully or unreaionably refuse to serve as
such n any steam vessel u* *u h rizsd by the term*
of his license, or uhail fail to deliver to the applicant
fur *uch services, at the time of such refusal, ir the
*ame shall lie demanded, a statement in writing,
signed by such engineer or pilot, of the reason*
ther for, rrif any pilot shall refuse to admi* into
the pilot house with him any person or persons
whom the captain or owners ol any steamboat may
desire to place there for the purpose of acquiring
the know edge r f piloting, he shill forfeit and pay
to the party aggrieved thereby the sum of three hun
dred dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt
founded on thin statute. And thereupon on such
recovery, a* well aa on #uch relusal to give such
statement in writing, or to admit such persons into
the pilot house a-* aforesaid, his license shall be im
mediately revoked, upon the same proceedings as
are provided by law in other cases of the revocation
of such licenses.
Sec 2. And be it furthsr enacted. That when boil
ers are so arranged on a steamer that there is em
ployed a water connecting pipe through which water
may pass from one boiler to anothei t here shall also
be provided a Gaidar steam non.**xio l. having an
area of opening into each t»oiler of at least one
square inch for every two square feet of effective
heating surface contained in anyone of the boilers
*o connected half the flue and ad other surface*
being oompuuvl as effective. And no boder aha 1 !
hereafter be 'allowed, under any c:rcum*tai)ce*. a
greater working pressure than one hundred and fifty
pounds to the square inch.
Sec. 3. An i be it further enacted, That one or
more additional safety-valve*, of such d mem-ions
and arrangement as shali be pre-ciibed by the
board of supervising inspectors, shell be pl*c*d on
the boiler, of every ,learner; and sha'l be loaded to
pressure not exceeding two pound* above the work
ing steam pressure allowed, and shall be s -cured by
tne inspector against the interference of *11 person
engaged in the management of the vessel and her
machinery And the alloyed metals now required
by law to be placed in or upon the flue* of boilers
shall be fusible, a* now required by law, and at a
temperature not exceeding lour hundred sad forty
five degree* of the Fahrenheit thermometer; and
a goad and reliable water gauge, and a full net of
gauge cocks, vhail be provided for each boiler,
wnether connected or otherwise.
Sec. 4 And be it further ense'ed. That no steam
boat boiler hereafter built, to winch the heatie ap
plied on the outside of the shell, shall be constructed
of plates of more than three-tenths of an inch in
thickness, (he ends or heads of the boiler only ax
oepted. Aud every steam boat, boiler hereafter built,
if employed on rivers flowing into the Gall of Hex
toe, or their tributaries, shall have not lees than
three inches of clear space lor water between and
around its internal flues. And steamers hereafter
built, which shall employ four or more boilers ret in
a battery, shall have the same divided m such a
manner that one-half, a* nearly aa may be. of the
number of boiler* employed, will act indeiendentiy
of the other half, seferas relates to tQc water con
n«xion; but the steam from all boilers may beoon
nected a* provided by this act.
8nr. 4 And be it farther enacted. That cotton,
hemp, hay, straw, or other easily ig»ttable com mod
" ~ ' the <to '
boa's orooming river* and than
such boat*, unless thes
Mtenger*. except c
then only on tne
ne shall be protei
ie and saitaMe covering of canvas or etftxr
proper material, to prevent ignition from spark*,
node* a pa ally of one hundred dollars for each
offense. Nor shall ooal oil or erode petroieatn be
hereeft-r earned on such steamers, except on the
docks and go <rds thereof, or in open holds where a
free circulation of air is secured, * n d at such di*
tanoe from the fnraaoes or fires aa may be prescribed
miM?t»r rTUOr * > '■^ >aeU>r - 09 board of
K*q.d And be it further enacted. That bargee
to hie bnokeU. aaee. and life p r seervers. Wov a vto
•^Gou. tba penalty shall be ene kun
Bec. 7. And ba it farther enacted. The* steamers
need aa freight boats shall be rattfeot to the >ame
inspection and requirement* as provided far lorry,
tog and canal boats, by an set —— -*■—*•---
Sec. A Aud Im it further enacted. That if any per
son cos nected. aa a member or o herwtse, with any
s a a mi s t len of steamboat pilots, engineers, masters
■r owner*, shall accept or attempt te exercise the
function* of the office of steamboat inspector, it
shal he a mi sdeme an or, for which he shall forfeit
higfoffioe^and ajtsdi J>e farther subject to a penalty
Rec. 9. And belt further enacted. That all vea*«is
Jmhm, inlets, rivers, h >r*>or* and other
JkM«0 BtatsflL except vessel* euEject
Jan of a fovuigu aowv*, and aega*ed
•■■da* a*d sot owned in whole or in part
a ef ttm UnMad fttata*. snail be subject to
TW
m
foremast-head
be construed i
— navigating bays. Ink*
r loan terry mats, and
ingoing st earners; an
tral r«nge < f two whit*
ve tne light at the :
t to be so constructed
>ugh twenty points of t
around the horizon
fSl.i 12 And it fur' 1
nual compensation pa.d t.
boats shall be hereafter ft
For the district of Port 1 ,
dred dollars.
For the district of Bo
Ma"sachusett8, one thou*:
For the district of New
five hundred dollars.
f or i he district of Norfoll
dred dollar*.
For the district of C'harlr
fiv hundred dollar-.
For tne district of Sava
id d .liar*. ^ ^
-teamers and
i*• n thereto,
-d after lig
id Charlestown, in
»u, in Connecticut,
in Maryland, twelve
h, in Georgia, four
Alabama, one thoq
I dred do
itry, Jx>aMini
1 vest on, in Te
i hundred dollars.
! 1-- r the distr c
j hundred do Jar?.
lor tne di-tn
I hundred d*dlars.
| 1 or the di-tric
hundred do!) ir
j 1' r the di-tri
ur the district of San Finn,
i hundred dollar-.
•r • be district < l Memphis, 'J
ir the district of Uaicua, 11!
:n Tennessee, four
i Kentucky, twelve
-t Virginia, five
ennsylvanfa, six
is, eight hundred
r of whmh Oswego is
.ree hundred dollars,
of winch liirlingti.n
cisco, California, ftf
i thousand five
onpensaiion alio
id dollars each.
enacted. That there
ilirtctioa of the .*ecre
-rk each in the local
i Irlein.?; and the *n
these clerki shall bo
shsii make such rule
ditioned for tie faithful perfo
of their resp. ctive offices, and
manner provide 1 by law, of a
Sf.o 16. And be it further e
N ACT increasing the per
orphan* and for other purp >;
Be it enacte 1 by the Senate <
provost marshals, deputy provo
tae d sonarge of their du
determining the amount of i
person* and tIieir dej»en lent,
voet marshals *ha!l tie. ranke
provost marshal* as rir«t nea
officers a* second liuim mints.
Si-;» ■. 2. And be it fur her ei
s on* to wi i.iw* of deceased
i of widows and
)>.titled, pro
wi j
be
i increased at vhe rate ot t
act*»d, That the pen
soldiers and a«i!ors,
ed >oidier* or sailor*,
dolia-s^er month lor
which there shall
r married ogam, or where *he ha* been deprived ot
rr pension under the provisig* * of section eleven of
n ai l entitled An a. t muO plementary to the wev
ing Ium s *hsil be in<:reaseil to
' st wonld be all
is to the widow
pun*k>n : Provided, That in no case shall more than
one pension W allowed to the naiie person.
f*E r . 3. And be it further enacted. That the pro
visions of an act entitled " An act to grant pen
sions, approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred
and sixty two, ar.d of th- acts supplementary th reto
and amen la'ory thereof, are hereby, so f&rasappb
cable, extended to the p**nsione'9 under previous
laws, excapr revvilutionary pen->i<>ner*
And t>e it fur her enacted. That if any per
Id have received a pension it they had been
thereunto entitled, under existing laws, on account
of services and death in the line of duty of such
per#>>n. shall have the right to de nand and receive
the accrued pension to wrnch he would have been
entitled had the oeitificate issued before bis death ;
and in all cases where suon person so entitled to an
io valid upnsioa ha* died, or shall hereafter dw, un
der c'Tcamstaoces hereinbefore mentioned, whether
by reason of a wound received or disease contracted
m the service of the United Siates and in the line of
duty or otherwise, without leaving a widow or such
relatives, then such accrued pension shall be paid t
i he executor or administrator of such person in like
manner and effect a* If sa d pension were so much
a-*eta belonging to the es ate of tho deceased at the
, eighteen hundred and sixty-..... m ____...
certain act* mentioned in the first section of said
ac*. shad not work a forfeiture of any rights accrued
under or graau-d by such par s of such ac>s so re
pealed; but such acts shah be recognized and allowed
in tha »arn« manner and te ail intent* and purport-*
as if >aid act had never passed, eic-pt that the in
valid pensioner shs'l be Entitled to draw from and
after tlie taking effect of said act the increased pen
thereby granted in lieu of that granted by such
parts of such _
H*<\ 8. And be :
the four h section or
entitled "An act snp
plemantary to the w-varal acts relating to pension*."
approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty
five, or in any other supplementary or smendat iry
act re'ating to pensions, shall h* so construed as to
impair tliv rinni of a wi ow whose claim for a pen
sion was pending at tne date of her re marriage, to
the pension to which she would othcrwiae been
tilled, had her deceased husband left no minor chhd
cr children under the age of sixteen year a
Approved July 25, It86.
AN ALT authorizing the construction of n pul in
and for the District of Colombia
Be it • nacted by the benate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United State* of America in '.ea
gres* assembled. That the secretary of the Interior
be, and is hereby, authorized fo select a suitable
*■" letjie
• »o seie ted
ity to provide for no fees man three hundred pri*
era, with suitable yards, bo*pi!a *, «ad so fevih,__
entire oost ot which shall not exceed the snm >f two
bund; ed thousand dollaia
Rec. 1 And bert further enacted. That aa soon a*
said Bite, and th* plan of a lad, ahaU be *o **ie ted
and agreed upon, tne -a d Secretary of th* Interior
shall employ an architect and have prepared a de
sign for said building, a d plans descriptive thereof
wish complete specification* of the work r-qnirrd
and th* materials to be used, and -hall publim no
t c* of a goto ic letting of ih- corn root for the budd
ing of tli* same, at least thirty days b fore ihe let
ting, in the principal newspapers in New York city.
g o etna. Philadelphia, CiaoutaalL BeHImneg, asd
W**nington, which notice shali direct a place wher
suoh specificaWous can be seen, and s time at which
the contract is to be let; aau the said Becretary shal
let said oontracr to the lowest reepon-mie bidder.
*nd th* eootrsetor shah enter into sufficient hon<l
for the faithrn I completion of the said ooMract tc
tiie approval ot Bee becrMaey.
Itt'.l And be it further enacted, That the said
Secretary ohafi pay V»thac a tractor or ooa tractor*
instalment*on ibe.ontract price a* the wo.a pro
gns m ru , to be certified to by the architect having the
dfreeaiou th ereof, bus twva-y per eenSum *f the eeti
mates shall be retained until the completion of the
contract.
hEC. 4. And ho it farther enacted. That ther* be.
and is hereby, appropriated, lot tha purpose afore
said oat of any money in tne treasury not otoerwi*
appropriated, tha ^nm of two hood red thousand dol
lar*, t~> ba orawn on the order of said Secrj ary of
t otoerwia
and is hereby, appropriated, for the pui
said out of a< y money in W>« treasury no _________
appropriated, the -urn of too hundred thousand dot
be ora an g8MffiffiMffijAiH|
"®Et*A And be it further ecaoted. That tbe Deere
tar/ of the Interior be, and Is hereby authorized to
self at public sale, on proper noth e thereof, the mats
rials if the old >ii, now located in Judiciary aquas*,
and the proceeds thereof to be paid into the treasury
of th* United ."tat**. . _
8*c. & And ha it farther enacted That for the
parpen* of reimbursing tbe t nitffi Stales for a pert
tne coat of s**id jail, it sha4l be the duty of iha
proper authorin*. of th* eify of Wa hingr n. and
then are aerehp. * quired. te rai*«. by tax err otherwise
ad pep Lis tne Uasaury of th# United Htales, aft er
^ ^ ■** -ntr
pay into the treasury of the United Sia'es *t or be
lure tne period aw.rei-aid. tlie bum of ten H ouserd
dollars, which >aid several sums shall he deemed *l e
fair propor ion of
chies and county of Washington;
and coun y authori'u-9. rc-p-env
able property ot naid c-tn-R and ''.x
ingtou a i*« sufficient to rm-e the
citv and said county reqnirec to '
BEf. 7. And b- it f'irth-rt i.i
detault of pavmen* of tin* su. n
id the Hai l ciii
, . are hereby a
such delinquent i
4 aforesaid, and it aba
id couMy < f Wash
inn'it Kuch levy and pro -*-- i i
said.
Approved July 25.186»5.
AN ACT to annul the tn.r
I >• hii'.i t. -
to tar a* it applies tu the !
Be it enacted bytheS-na
eentitive*of the Unite i St -
gross a setnbled. That thetl.i
p**i laratio i of Higtits of the ;*
hundred
tv fouitli ecttonofthe
ate of M 'ryland.adopt
a tins been recognized and adopted in the Dis'-ri.-t
.me is hereby, repealed and
. gifts, and devise - prohib
pasKuP
•eafter made.
cas** of gift
Ited by the
cor da nee therewith, shall be. whet
vali i and effectual: I'i• >■. i<h-d. Th
and devises tlie same shall be in a 1
endar month before the death id '
Approved July 25. 1st*.
AN ACT to establish in the II -ti
house of correction foi
Be it enacted bv the -Senate ant
sentativesof the United States of
gross assembled. I r.at there-hall
th** District of Columbia, on tne tr
as the government arm. a tit and convenient Eoust
of correcti-n, suitably and efficiently ventilated, with
convenient yard*, w .rkshoj*'. an t other suitable ao
coniiiK. iunons adjoining or appurtenant thereto, for
the safe keeping, correction, governing, and etnploy
>iumi ted thereto by author
t of land know n
1 *>n that land for the purpose
institution, togeth
ne tho
exceeding
Blent of said institution shall be ves'ed In a hoard of
seven trustees, to be appo nted and cotnuiisaioned
by the l'residentof the United States, one of whom
- sail be nominated for appoint merit by the ma-orof
Washington, one by the mayor of Georgetown, on*
of the county of Washington, and
shall r
■etary of the Inte
le^ufio
hoard )t t ruste
i the discharge of the dut
i of office of the said t>ustee«
but on the first appointment of
s two of the menifuTs shall he
appointed for one year, t wo for two years and three
lor tiire- years, to be determin'd by the President.
Mr, S And belt further ena* ted. That thesaid
board of trustees sf all be a co pore, ion, by the name
"t the trustees of the Reform S ho dfo-th** District
i f t cl nubia, for the purpose of taking and holding.
property may be conveyed, d.;
vised, dc
t*d. or bequeat hed fo
t hall the i
nto effect.
And be it further e
the duty ot the said board o
(» regulate and direct th- management ot
tion, which, however shall n t bs valid
ive 1 by the Secretary of the Inter or; and
vigilant RuperviMon over the institution,
ther enacted. 1 hat before en
• hoard of trustee
ent shall giv
be approv. d
reta-1 y "f the Inter
dollars «.*ndi ionc*<
for all the money rt
form all the dutie
tendent of said hoi
ering upon the du
office, give a iMitiu t>) the trustees, with
he approved by th* board of trustees and
-etary of the inn r.or. in the sum i t five
ollam,conditioned that he shall faithfully
... . • all the money received bv him as ire as
and H sliuh be his duty
abstract of the
i treasurer, and i
buildMg designated »
id !
utablv prepared for th* use ol
l correction; and, as soon as the build
id premise-, are prepared f r occupan.
the
nl give uot.ee io th- prop,
and court* of thectiesof Washington and George
town, and of the county of Washing ton, that the Be
form School is ready to receive inmates.
HEO. t. And heit further enacted. Tliat when any
boy under the age ol fourteen vears i* found guilty
in a court in the Distrctof Columbia of any crime
puni-hable by mp lsonrnent other than imprison
mint b*r life, he shall be
hu
nd ther
i any hoy (
sha'l I** found guil y in a court of the Disirlat
of Co unbia or an> crime pun.shable by
ni-^nt other than iinprisonmen'
the duty of the court trying tna case to consider
careful'y and decide whether he i.- or is not a fit sul>
jeot tor the house of correction, and make its *eu
fence accord with its decision of this quest on.
SF c ». And be it further enacted. That the auperu
regulatio
i the i
.... by-law*; shall employ them in agricultural,
chan icm, or other labor: shall give them instruction
in reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and such
other studies, and m *qch arts and trades as the
trustee* may direct; and shall employ such methods
discipliue as will, as iar as possible, reform
characters, preserve their health, promote regular
1«. And be it further enacted. That the super
infendenl shad have charge of tlie lands, buildings,
furniture, tools, implements, stock, provisions, and
every other species of property pertaining to the in
stitution, within the precincts thereof; and he >hall
keep, in suitable hook-, regular and complete
- income and expenses of the ins* itution; and
shall account to the treasure-, in such manner as the
trustees may preecnbe. for all Die money received by
him from the proceeds of the institution or other
wise: and he snail keep a register of the names and
of all boys c. mmilted to the mstitut on. with
the institution as he c n ubtai
Documents relating to the house « f correction .-hall
at all tunes be open to the iuaoection of the trustees,
who shall once or more, in every three months, care
fully examine hia accounts and the vouchers anddocu
merits connected therewith, and make a record of
the result oi such tixauunation.
HEC. 11 And be It further enacted. That all con
tracts on account of the institution shall be made by
the. superintendent, aud, when approved by the
tru«tee*. if their b laws sliaJl require their approval,
shad be binding ioliw, nd the * ipermtendcn', or
his successor,_may sue or be sued thereon 10 final
judgment
r, um/ ui be sued thereon '«»
,__._____idexecution; and no suits all abatjby
rneirm M the office of superintendent becoming va
cant during the pendency of such suit, but auy
cessor in tne office shall assume the prosecution or
defense of any pending suit, and continue the prose
cution or defence until such suit shall be concluded
r»EC. 12. And b<* it further enacted. That
or more of the trustees shall visit iho said bouse of
correction once, at least, in every two weeks, at
which time tho condition of the echo >1 shall be care
fully exa i Ined and the register inspected: a r#c«-rd
of the visits shall be kept n these boofe* of the su
periuten lent; once In every three months the -choot
shall be thoroughly examined in all its deparmenu
by not lees than three of the trueieee, and a report
of such exam nation shall be made *o the board;and
an ab-tract of The reports, tog ther with fu I ann ual
report* of the superintendent and tbe iretsurer.
shell he presented to tbe He ref ary of the Interior
on or before tlie fifteenth day of November in each
[SSB
Hac. 13. And be It further enacted. That when
a boy shall be committed 'o the said house of correo
tion, tne city m whicn he had hie res.dence at the
time of au< h commitment or. if his res dence waa
within the ounty of Madiiugum and not within
the city of Wa-liingtoo, or ib# city of Georgetown
April. July and Octob* r; ar*d any su>u so paid may
be recovered b such c ty or county »f any parent,
kindred, or guardia , HabU bv law t * maintain him.
REC 14. And be it further enacted. That for
the purpose of securing a transfer of the building
and other propery to the tr etees. preparing th*
premie** and building for occupancy, and for the
pa mem of oth»*r necessary **P th*r« *» here
by sppropria<ed. ont of any money in i bn treasury
not ni Tier wi** appropriated, the sum of tweve thou
sand dot .arts *o be paid only on i fie order of the Dec
rotary of 'he Interior; Provided teat eix boueand
do'lars of said ap ro pri alto n is hereby declared to be
tn« sum tliat shaft bi aaeeMsd and paid by the cltier
of Wa kin ton and Georgetown *nd the county o
Waahington: and D shal be the duty of »he propei
authorities of the cit of W marngton to rai e b» Ui
or otherwi-e, and pay into th# treasury of the United
Hr at-a, at or before A* tun# when th# premise* shall
be read) fur oooopancy fi» Uie hou-e of oorreetioa,
the sum of four thounsfidNv* hundred dollars; an 1
it -ball be the dnty o# th* pr* per authorities of the
city o Uvorpetown to raise and pay in like manner
tha gum of on# thousand dol ar-; and i t sba I be the
onto of the pr* per antnoriue* ot the county of
Washington to raise and pay in like manner the sum
at five hundred do*»ere: and >n case of default o#
such payment into the tr«a»*unr of th« United fi ahi
h, ttihor ot «id oitla- ot k, tua .aid ooanti »(
wMbit.fio*. tb» part, ao mil'll <MI*nl kbklf be
likMk to raoimdnr b.f-r* Ujk Hupr-m
Coil t A tbe Oi.lricl o( Oolumbik, at Ul.!»«»»«■
ot th. l),liW Blatkk attorn a, (orat'd IHa-rwt.to
abtom ba mom, vitb i taraal th.rcon .(tor tba
data of dolaoit.
»«c IK A ad ba it furtbor anMtod. That tbia
act .holt tot. of rat from tbe daw of Ita ooaMca.
XpWorad Jot; *. IM.
Ba ll cnatla- bj Uu Banal* and Hoaaa ot Bapra
aantMiv*. ot tba Caltoi St«Wa «f Amerw* la
< onmm m MaaaUaf, Tba* H- A. Kail
Partor, Will A. IMlori JaaaM CrwJ H »>*h(ia
sola, ll 0 i a-iiaa. L Adwia DoiUt, 0. if Vaa
ril dOM'» i V. A DP. .
hold me. and conveying rctl and
ex< r*-ding two hundred ttiou-an<l dollars in vulue;
which e-t te shah never he divided ameng the ip* n
hereof th-corj» > rat ion, but shall «i-9cc*nd to their
successorsf»r ihe promotion « f the interests and
genera! we'.'are ot the so diers andsanorsof this
corporation, who served in the Uni' ii nrray or navy
during the late war for the suppression of the re
bellion, and for ihe re ief and protection of their
irnfi
■ .1 And be it fu
x and by 1 c
■nactcd, Th it this cor
(j li ter and amend its
vided, Tii it they do no;
And In* it further rn
shall not vxerci-e
circulation i
icted. That said cor
ank^ng^unvilegos. * r
token, scrip, nr device.
Ski*. 5. And be it further enacted. That < ongre«s
reserves the rig .t lo alter or repeal th s act at any
.approved A pril 25,18f«.
AS ACT legalizing marriages, and for other pur
poses, n tne District of Columb a.
Be it enao oil by thr* Senate and House of Repre
tentative? of * he United States of America in ('on.
gre*T> assembled, That all colored persons in the Dis
triefc of Columbia who. prev.ou* t» their actual
emancipation, had undertaken and agreed to occupy
the relation io each other of hue hand and wife, and
are cohabiting together as such, or in any way recog
nizing the relation as ex stinx at the time of the
pas-age ot this act, wbethi r the rites ot marriage
have been celebrated between them or not, ftha 1 be
deemed husb-nd and wife, and be entitled »oall the
rights atm privileges, a d subject to ihe unties and
obligations • f that relation in like manner as if they
ha 1 neen duly married according to law, and all their
children shall be deemed legitimate, whether born
betore nr after the passage of tui* Hct. And when
the parties have ceased to cohabit before the passage
woman or from any other
the woman recogni
deemed legitimate.
of th 9 act in consequence of 'he death* of the
ny other cause, all t he children of
•gm/.ed by tlie man 'o be his shall be
------ „-----ate.
Appro ed July 25,1866.
AN ALT granting lands
md in the con-truction
Valley railroad and its extension to Red river.
Be it enacted by theRenute and House of Itepresent
•ti esot t e UmftdH atesot America in Uoiiaressaa
sembled, Tna' lor tn- pu-pose of aiding ihe K m-as
and Neosho Valley Railroad Company, the sume be
ng a corporation organized under tlie laws of the
State of Kansas, to construct aod operate a railro>d
from the cii'torn terminus of tho Union I'ucitic rail
road eastern division, at the line between Kau-a*
ami Missouri, at or near the mouth of the K in?as
river, on tlie s.»uth side tlit*reof,southwardty. through
theca-tern tier «f counties in Kansas, with a view
of its exscusion so as to effect a junction at Red
rivei witn a railroad now being constructed Irma
Galveston to Red river at or » ar Preston,
by odd numbers, to the extent
parts herei f. designated
tent ol ten sections per
d road, to be selected within
■sch side cf
twenty m les fr- ra the line nl sai l road; hut
it shall appear that the United States have, when
the line of said road ii detin «ely located, Sold any
s etion. r any part thereof, granted i-.s atoraeaid. or
that th-* r g t of preemption or home-tead settle
ment ' aitacht-d t »t ti- -ame. or that tho sa ne ha?
been reserved by the United .Mates for -ny purfiosa
whatever, then it shad be the duty of the He ro.ary
of tne Interior to cause to bo 8 iccted lor un pur
js>ses aforesaid, fr->ui the public Ian is of the United
Hta'es nearest t > the sect on? atur* specified, so
miidi land ■».->nil.ill be equal to the sin-uiit of such
lands as the United t»tcs have sold, reserved or
otherwise appropriated, or to which tho right of
home.-t ad ement or pre-empuon has attached
as aforesa-d. which lands, t!ius indicated by the di
rection of the .M-crstary ef tlie Interior, shall be re
and all lauds heretofore reserved to tne Unned
Mates bv any a t «)f Congre-s, or in any other n-anner
by compe-ent autnoritv, for the purpose of aiding m
auy objei t of internal improvement or outer pur
pose whatever be, and the same are hereby, reserved
and excepted fro n tho operation of this act. except
s> far as it may be found necessary to locate the
rout«of said road through s icii re-orved lands, in
which ea«e the right or wav two hundred feet in
wmtn is,hereby granted, mbiect T»j the ap roval of
the Fresideiit ot the United Mates; And provided
further. That tone of tho lands he. eby granted shall
beyond twenty ml es from' the hr
. 2 And b*> t further enacted. Thai thes
lei- thin double the minimum p i t* of fut.ho
lands when sold, nor .hall any of sai l 1 ii.ds become
subject to sale at private entry unti tne same sha'l
huv-been first otic. eJ at public s* e to tbe h g!ie-.r
bidde , at or aoo.e * u - - -
Fiovidod, i'hat oclt .... ......
pre emptio laws of tlie Unite*! Mates n-ay, utter
due proof of set'lem--n', improvement, and occupa
tion. a.now pr-<v ded by law, pure0*98 the same at
the price fixed for said andi at the date of such set
tlement, luiprovemcnt, and occupation And pro*
vidod also, t uai settlers under the i rovi-ions o the
homestead ai t, who make their settlement after ihe
passage ot tins act, and comply with tne terms ami
requirements of said act. shall ba entitled, within
the said limit? of ten mt!c9. to patents for itu am uut
not exceeding e gtity acres eacn.
hec. 3. Ana be* it further enacted, That the graut
of laud? hereby made i- up->n condi jd t at said
company. atl**r the c instruction of iis road, -hall
keep it in repair aud use, end that at all tunes be in
r au ness to tran^p rt troops, tiiuuitiouH of war,
supplies, and imbue stores u »on its road for the
hovernnient when equiied to do so by tbe govern
merit at tha coat, charge, and expense of said com
pany. And the lan.is -tereby gran ed held, and re
served as aforesaid sic.'
Hiatt* J Kansas ■ ha
usecutive miles of
11 certify th«t any s
i of i
pleted____„___
substaniial. and workman i ie manner a tir-t-c'ass
railroad, then tlie ssid Hecretary f the Interior
sha'l issue to ths said company pa ents for so many
section? of the land w tnm the limits above named
as are coterminous with sa d completed section nere
iuliefore granted; anil woen Certificat*? of the gov
ernor aforesaid shall bo presented to paid Secretary,
of ttie completion, a- aforesaid, of each successive
sect.on of ten' consecutive miles of said ro d. tne
sail hecretary shall iu like manner issue to said com
panv patent* tor the land for each of said sections of
loud as n i he first instance, uutil said road sfiaiJ be
couiple'ed: Provided, 1 hat it said road is not com*
pi ted within ten years tiom the date of the accept
ance of tlie grant Hereinbefore hia ie, the land? re
ntal ing unpa'enud shall revert t-» the Unite!
H ates: and provided further, that, tho said and*
shall rot, in any manner, he disposed of or incum
bereii by saidcomp.fi> or it? a signs, except a» the
sain-* are patented under the provisions ol this act.
Interior maps of its lioe, designating the route tnore
of, it * hall be the duty ot the said Secretary to wi h
dr iw from the market the lands granted by this act.
it*extension, under the direction of the Pont Office
fixed y
: 6. And b* tt further enacted, That the r'gbt
ot way through the public lands be, and ths same
is hv-renr, granted to said Kansas nd Hoonho Valley
Railroad company, it* successors and a>sigu», f r the
oostruction of a rai.rood as proposed; sad the
right is hereby given to said corporation to take from
tu* public I sous adjacent to tfi« tu.e of s.
material for the oodsi ruction thereof. Haid
rai-rood as proposed
___________. given to said corporation t«
public laous adjacent to tfi« tu.e of s«id road
atonal for the oodsi ruction thereof. Haid way is
granted to said railroad to the extent of one hundred
feet id width on each uiu« of said road wh-r# it may
posstnrough the public domain; also all necessary
g ound for station building-, workshops, depots,
machine-shops, switches, side tracks, l-m-tables,
aud water stations.
Hkc. 7. And be it further enacted. That the ac
ceptance or tne terras, conditions, aod impositions
of ihts act by the said Kansas «nd Neosho Valley
Railroad Company sha I b signified in writing, un
der the corporate seal ol the said company, du y exe
cuted pursuant io the direction of its board of di
rectors krai had and obtained, which acceptance
s.iah be made w.thin oue year after the pass-geef
this act, a- d not at urwards, and sha 1 be deposited
with tne vccTetary of the Int- nor.
DEC. a And be It further enacted. That said K«n
saa and Neosho Va-lev • ailroad t ompauy its sac
cessora and as igne, is hereby authoiizrd and em
powered to extend and construe its railr ad from
tbe southern boundary of K*n<>a* south, through
the Indian to-ri or>, to Red river, at cr near i-rea on,
in th« Hiatt* of T#xi.». so as to connect wit a the rai
way i ow being constructed from G*lv«t-ton to a point
•t or near Fresum. in said Htate: the r.ght of e
through the Ind an terntor wheiwer»uci
is now reserved or may hereafter be reserved ____
Un ted Htate . bv treaty witn the Inoisn tribex, is
hereby granted to s«id company to the rams extent
granted by the sixth section of tkio act t 'rough
way
toe pub ic lands: and
• where the rigbt of
be reserved to the government, me said . _
shall, betore constructing it road, procure the____
sent, of the tnbegor tribe-* inter«sted, which omaent,
eith all it* terms and oondit on?, sfiall he previ ualy
approved and in lorsed by the Frcsidvat, and filed
by tre ty or otherwise, not to exceed th- ratio per
mile granted iu the first section of this sot: ♦ ro
vided, Tha- said lanes become a pari of th* public
loads ef the Uni ed Slates
Roc 10. And be ift fur'her enacte 1. That said
K*n»aa and Neoeho Valley Railr--ad company, i a
kuco«s*o H and assigns, shall have the ngfit to > e«o
tiat# with, an-i acquire from, any Ind an nation or
tribe autnonxed by ch* 1 nited Mate, to oi puse cf
lands f r railroad purposes, and from any other ns
tion or inbe of Indiana through shoe* I nd. said
railroad may pose, a >bjrrt to the approval of the
Pr. si entwt tha United State-, or from any company
*»r parties incorporated or authorized for euch pur
poo«>, by snclt nstionwr tribe, or amish ■ on par ise
may have acquired under the laws of the United
states
fcwr. ll. And b* it farther enacted. That any rail,
road company chartered under any law of the United
D-au-s, orot the Stale of K naoa, which may have
hewn h retofors or shall her after ne recognized and
vnusnlized by any set of tk# (Nvngreee of the Unit, d
Ht tea, mat eoi.aee , un-to. and consolidate with mis
rai road eoinp ny. after th# aame shall be located to
tbe oali y of the Neosho river, upo-i jnet, fair, and
eqai'S Ie 'tmx labssfee i upon b-tween the par
t e , and shad not be again*i the p'-bl..- interest or
rhe lutenrst ef t e Unit d RUtos. nor .had any road
a**ho toed to*oanM4 as a oreoaid charge the rood
eoooniMWting a groatev tariff p-r m Ie fo freight or
poaseeg-re than i? e arged for the ram* per mile by
•t own road: And pr vided farther, T aft ah .aid
Lsaveawortn, Ijtwronce. and Fort t boon Kei<
Union Fscflc Hi * "
const ruct sod
_____ r *tf------------- __
- Val ey rai road shall #'•«*? th* »iim b for*
the said Rs* tossed Neoeho Valley Rai-roodOom
{May -hal have eonetrneteu and completed Its aid
r «d to said poi-t ib-Be tl in that event tbd*om
any n> fir ft reaching in eompleftLn the sa d point
on i n# wethers bon bj ary of th* tele of Kaiitow
' i author xr.i, upon obtain log the eriftton ar
ef fee Fr» idont of the Un.ted Stoto*. to oo*
and operate its l<n* of railroad t'om a d
Pr«*ton la th* Hfta*o oi
potoi to a p*kB« aft or ne*r Preston I* ft»* W»*# of
Texas, witn grpstbi ef land aooyrdtng o ths pro*
i >n* of tbt- Mi bntvpo* (h* fanner specialc-nd
ft* #, t##en«^TOa tha aid »k«lrood en psnysbai
' -- *- — d f«itb tkr-----*- —
base mmn a*ai
£rjx
0 bavin MWMBMd )d"
I'intina? to proneente the
n Io MITOT* t& ooto f de t i**
Bftbi^ilies tc ftb*
private property, when not otherwise provided for i
with the provision? of section"three of
Missouri river to the Pacific ocean and to secure
the government the nse of the same for postal, raili
tary, and other purpose?," approved .July "
eighteen hundred and sixty '
Approved Ju'y 2*. 1* 6.
i the construction of
_______________ leirranh lin#
Pacific railroad,
Oregon,
Bo it ena te i by the Senate and iloui-.e of Hep
Bentativt? of the United States of America in Ot
ereK? asHemhi d, Tliat the "California and O eg
Railroad t ' mpany," organized under an act of t
'to protect certain fiartie? i
with Marysville,
eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and such
pany organized under the lawn of Oregon as tho
legislature of said Mate shall hereafter designate,
b-, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered
to l?y out, locate, construct, finish, and maintain a
railroad and telegraph line between the city of Port
land in Oregon ana the Central Pacific fail wad. in
t'a ifornia, in the manner following, to wii ; Thesaid
California and Oregon Hadroad Company to con
struct, that part of the Raid railroad nnd telegraph
within tlie Htate of California, beginning at some
point (to be selected by said company < on the f'en
tral Pacific railroad in the Sacramento va'Ie , in Cue
Staie of California, and runuirig thence northerly,
through the Sacramento and Sr-a.-ta valleys, v • file
northern iHJtindary tf the State of California: and
th »*aid Oreg -n company to construct that part of
the said rtilroad and telegraph iine within the Htate
of Oregon, beginning at the city of Portland.
i Oregon,
the first named company: Provided, That tin*
pany comp eting its respective part of the said rail
road and telegraph from either of the termini herein
n«med to the line be ween Oali ornia and Oregon
before the other o mpany shull have likewise arrived
at the same line, shall have the right, and thesaid
company i? hereby authorized to continue in con
structmg the -nine biyond the tine aforesaid, with
the consent of the Htate in which the wnrini-hed part
may lie, up n the terms mentioned in this act, until
the said pnrt.s -hall meet and connect, and the whole
line of taul railroad and telegraph shall be com
pleted.
RBC- And be it further enacted. That there be.
and hereby ie, granted to the said conipariie?. their
» the amount of t enty alternate s
odd numbe
tiona per mile ten on each side, of said railroad line:
and when any ot said alternate sections or parts of
sections shall h) found to have been granted, so'd.
• rved, occupied by Juunestead settlers,
r otherwise disposed of o he. _____ .
*id. shall be selected by said
d.-
».*u thereof, under the direct,i
i of I
Secretary of the Interior, in alternate section?
B-1 ed by odd numbers a? afore-nmi nearest to and
ri 't more thanten miles bound the lumtsot said
first named alternate section , aud a? soon as the
said companies, or either ot them, shall file in the
office of the Hecretary of the Interior a map of the
suivev of said raiboad. or any portion thereof, not
less than sixty continuous m ft*.? from eitliei termin
us the Ht ere-ary of the interior shall withdraw from
sale pub'.c landr herein granted on each side of said
railroad, so far as located amt within the limits be
f ro specified. 'I he birdslierein granted ahull b« ap
plied to the budding of Mild road within the State*,
respectively, wherein they arw situated. And the
sections and part? ot sections of land which shall re
main in the United Kta'ea -ithinthe luu'tz oi the
af trvsaid grant ^hall not be sold for less than double
the minimum price f public lands when s dd Pro
vided. Tnat bona lido and actual settler, under the
preemption laws of the United States hib>, af cr
due proof of settlement, improvement, and occtips
as now provided bv law, purchase the same at
. rice fixed lor said lands at the date «-f such set
tlement, improvement, aud occupation: And pro*
the p
tlemc...|
homestead act, who comply with tbe terms
quirementopf said act. shall he entitled, within tho
That settlers under the provisions of the
limbs of said grant, to patents for au
exceeding eighty acre of iho land so m»erved by the
ates. anything in Una actio the contrary
noi w ithrtatidmg.
right of _______ „
name is hereby granted ...............
construction of said railroad and to egrapu line ; and
.._j u _a._ hereby given
icted. That
. lands be, and I
' said companies
by given to
-----------—as adjacent
io me huh oi said road, earth, aione, limber, eater,
and other materials for the con-(ruction thereof.
S.id right of wav-h granted t'j said railroad to the
extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of
'aid railroad where it may Das? over the public
lands, including all necessary grounds for stations,
buiulings, workshops. ib*p-.t», machine shops,
switches, mJ« tricks, turn tables, water stations, or
any other structures required in tin* construction
i r#nd and lelegraph line
examine the name, an-i it
twenty consecutive in' lea of railroad and
shall have been completed and equipped
spects ns required by this act. the sa d ci
. --------------, the extent
of and coterminous with the competed section of
mot railroa i aud telegraph line as afore aid. and
from t me to time whenever twenty or more con
secutive u.ilea of the eaid road and telegraph shall
been constructed, and the patent* ot the lanes here
in granted shad have been is-ued.
Sf.c. 5 And be it further e acted. That the grants
afor said are made upon the c ndition that the «aid
companies shall see.* said railroad ami telegraph in
repair and u-e and shall atall times tran«poil the
mails upon 9*i i railroad, and transm t dispatches
ph line for the government of the
by said
United .'
Htsu-s, when required ao to do by any depart
ment thereof and tbat the government aiialt at all
times ha«e the preference in tne u e of said railroad
and telegraph therefor a- fair and reavmable rates
of coinpeu&ali n. not to exceed ihe rate? paid by
private parties for the same kind of service. And
said railroad shall be*:id remain a public tngbway
fur the us-* of the government of the l?nii«if sI«im
free of all toll nr otner c
ro-jp* < f tbe U_________
• said roan i
•rporatitoM
:mup - mu own ng or operating the same, whet
eouired by the government of the I nited HUtea
HE*'. 6. And b« it mrtber enacted. Th«t the Haid
companies shall file their assent to this set in the
Dep rimen of the Interior within one year after t h*
pa sage hereof, and shall complete the first secti-'n
oi twenty miles of said railroad a d telegraph w thin
two years, and at least twenty miles io each year
thereafter, and 'he whole • n or before tbe first day
of July, one thousand eirnt hundred and s«venty
Hve: and the sad ran road snail be of tbe )ame
gauge sh the "Can rai Pacific railroad " of Califor
nia, and be connected therewith.
HKC. 7 And be it further enacted. That the said
comp nies named in this act are hereby required to
operate and u e the portions or parts of said railroad
and'elegraph mentioned in section one of tnis act
for all purposes of transportation travel, and com
munication, ao far as tbe government and public ar*
crimination whatever, i
And be it further enacted. That in case the
_________panies shal'fail to comp y with the term?
a doonditiuns r-quirvd, namely, by not filing their
assent thereto as provided in section six of tnis act,
or by nut co upioting the same as provided in said
section, this act shall he null and void, and all tue
lands not conve ed by patent to said company or
com pan ea, as the case may be. at the date of any
such failurr, shall revert to (ne United States. And
iu CA-e Ui* said rood and telegraph line shall not be
kept in repair and fit for use after me same shad
ha e been completed. Congress may pass an act to
put the same in repair and use, aud may direct Die
income of raid road and teUgrapH line to be there
after devoted to th* United States, to repay all ex
p nditure* caused i y tbe dsfaui and neglect of said
companies, or either of them, as tb** cow may be, or
may fii pec iniary responsibility, not exceeding the
value of he lands granted by this act.
Rvc. 9. and b# it further enact'd. That th* said
"California and Oregon Railroad Company" and
the said " Oregon Company " shall be governed by
th# provirions of tne general railroad end telegraph
lave of their respective etatos, as io tb* construc
tion aud man gementot be raid railroad and tele
graph line hereinbefore authorized in all matters
not provided for in Utis act. Wherever the word
" company" or " companies ' is used in this act, it
shall ba construed >o embrace the words " their asso
ciates, successors, and ajwign?."" the same os if the
woids bad been tnser *? or thereto annexed.
Sec. Iu. And be it farther enacted. That all min
era- laud' shall ba rxoepted from the operation of
t is out; but where tho some shall contain timbal,
so much of tbe timber there on as shal be required
tocon-kiruct said rood over such mineral laod i« here
by granted to said companies: Provided, That the
Urm miners leads shall not include Iona* contain
rag o *1 and iron.
Heo. II. And be It further enacted, That the
said com pan ies named in this sot shah obtain the
consent ot the legia atures of th«ir respective Htate*,
.*■ d be goverr ed by the statutory regu ationa thereof
in all matter* pertaining to toe right ef way,
wherever the Raid road ana telegraph line shall not
pass-vor or ti. rough the public lands of the United
Htatss.
Hk< 12. Andb* ift fnrth*r enacted, That Congress
may at #ny lime, nav ng due regard for the right* of
**iu Calif >rn*a and Oregon railroad companies, add
to, a»ter, amen • or roues! this get
Approved July B, UN.
? N ACT to change the pi ao* «f holding eourt in th*
northern district of (*e*rgia.
Be it •nactod by Ui* Renale end House of Repre
sentstiv** of tn* United States of America in Cou
arene seeen b'ed. That th* district • «-urt for tb*
Darfur** disinctod G ser g ia shall hereafter be held
at Atlanta, in-lead of Nanette; and tne clerk of
•a d nor hero di-*r>ct is hereby required to remove
al the books, papers, and record» b longing to his
offies front Uarirt'S to Atlanta
Bsc a And be it farther enacted. That oil process
made return.file to th* court before heM at Marietta
•boil be taken and considered returnable to the
AN ACT gram mg to A. Batro the rigbt Of way, and
gra tins othrr privileges. ioa*d is thaoonetxuc
t-oi <*t a draining sad exploring tunnel to the
Com -took lode. «a th* Bt.U at Nevada.
Be it mp (*d by the Beam• and Uou»~ ot Repre
sei.te m-ioi the United Mato#of aw erica in Con
greg. sesembled Tbsl for th* purpose of tb* oonetrac
non or s d*#p dr*»n>ng and exploring iobmi to and
d ths Cum-took lode, no en led. in tb* Rte • of
Hevada, th* right of eay i? harebr granted to A.
Dntro hi# Dfiraoed a>ngne. to »un. o-nstruot, and
onto a Mining, drain ng, and exploring tunnel;
to mar tai> ieg, war ing. or atr shaft# along th?
> ne or ceuas* of an>d tunnel and oenaoeiiite *i b
Ihe raise at any potato wb-eb may hen-after t* s*
Loto* H to* grant** hereto, b-e Wiyn or aaffigns
Te* -md to* m I* hall be at knnet eight f-et high and
bt f#*t end* and shad eemmsu * at eoaro point
to be s looted b tb* grant-* fterotn. hie foi rs or an
at the k> ll* near Onroea rionr. and wifthia th*
or less, to and lieyond said Comet ck lode —
Ksiil right oi way ehall extend northerlv anal
erlyon the course of esld lode, either wjtil
same, or ea-t or west of l he
along any ot li» r lode which may
vehqied by the said tunnel.
And Jmj it furthere r acted. Thattl
•-tifth ii-nt omoun'
is hereby granted to the said A
HHsians. to purchase.
renr't^e mouth of said tonne?
same, not exceeding two sections, a
not J»e mineral land or in the bona
oi her persons who claim under any
at the time of tne pa**ase of t ,ns n
als existing or which shall be r i?c- -red t|o»
excepted from the grant; that upon filing ,
.-aid land t!;« Secretary of ihe 1 r.ter or s —
draw the sflkie fre in aule, and upon paMuerja
same a pati nt tna 1 issue. And t -, s.-nq »1
hi - r eir^ and as-ignv. are heruty granted AR
to DUrohaae. at live dol!— m
.?and lodes within
side of said tunnel________
veloped hy running and
through its entire extent, with alt
shall bo c
« ;fi«|
gle» of such lodes, buhjeit. howev
provisions of this act and to .......
gres? may hereafter provide: Hr-vided
GomstoHck lode, with its dip . spur-, at,
■epted from this grant, and a i other
d angles, loeated witlunl
J wt_ may bi
f other person?._______
grant. And • he lodes here r.
tlie Comstock lode, shall be w .thl.vld 'froal
their dips, npur?, i__________ .
two thou-and feet, and which
pasas^e of th s act in the actual bon
hereby excepted !i
excepted,
- IT ,....... ...... withheld fi _
the United Htatesq aud if such lod-s shall b
donedor not worked, pos9es?et] an.l held r
puro-hane hy the grantee herein. Hi, he:
obtain from tue United HtatT-..
tribute and pay to the owners of said 7 1
same rate of charges for drain gc. ..rot hi
derived from said tunnei or it- bnvnche
been or may heres'ter be named in ;uu. i
tween such owners and the compani-s * ,
s majority ot the estimated value gt -Smi
of the passage of t!:.? art
>• 25, lwa.
AN ACT to authorize the construction
bridges, and to establish them a? post
Be it enacted by the Donate nnd House
tentative* of the United Htate- or Ament
t Cbjincy, I I noi*, and to lav u
iii.way tracks, tor tk
ny railroads that
terminating at s/.id river, a or opposite -aifl
sliall he a lowed ' to cross said
rea-onat 1? compensation, to be m
owner? of said bridge, under the
and condition* her*-matter provided A
of any lit uc«ti-n arising from anvobstn
leged obstruction to tlis free na .-igation (
the cau-e may be tried before n • Aiati
tne United States of any Htate m » -:-cli
of said obstruction or bridge touche?.
HEc. 2 And be it further etiacte-1 Tha
hunt under tne pr .vision? ot tin- act ma
tion of the company burding th# same, l
draw bridge, w I in a pivot or other form
with unbroken or continuous -p.tt:- l'r
if tile Mild bridge aha 1 be uiu-io n.tn ui.
continuous ip.ms, it sn#Ji i
fifty leet shove extreuu
■s ood at the pu nt cf ■
chord of the bridge
?aid bridge b - !e-» than two hundred
length, and Uae pier? • f said bridg
w ith the current of the river, ami t
he over the iumii channel cf t:.- i
than ttiree hundred feet in leni.;.
*l«o. Tliat if auy bridge !> lilt un.:. i
constructed as s drawbridge, tbe same -:,*l|'l
ntructed a? a pivot drawbridge with u
main channel of the r-ver at mm —?i
gabhs point, end with spans of not . -.?
dred and sixty feet ki length
. . hundred and___.. .
spariH sliall not be less than thirty feet a
-onabla Hignal for the pauage .
•truction sha 1 not he such a- to
sags under the , - rmanent span?
cgpt wticu trains *r»- ps-siug uv»
no ca-e nhsll unnecessary delay «
said draws dun -g or after the pi
Heo. 3. And be it further <
bridge constructed under t
j bigiier chsige shall he
mission over tne earn# of the :r. i l?,
the munition-of war of the United H
rate per mile Dsid fur iheir trausp>.r:
rai'road or public highways leading t
Hec. f. And be tt further enach-d, ■
lawful for the Chicago. Burlingt-- .. tr
road ivnitiany, a corporal ..n who--
completed to the Mi»?i>Nippi ri .* r an !
a railroad on the '-ppo*.t« aid.- ti •• •
obtained authority tnerefor troui tu-r
nois and low*, to construct s ran- >».l
rs?d river, upon the same term*, in -
under the same re.tnotions, and m 1 i
deg** a? is provided f>»r in ti.:- *.t
the bridge at (Juincy. Illinois.
Hei' 5. And i.e it further hi 1
may be constructed st the town • Its
Sts e c-t Mi-nouri, scroti* the Alt •eipi
to connect the Hannibal and H> .1 -. pi
the l*ike County and (irest NV. •«-m rn
nois, on tbe some term? and sul.- ' •.
■incti-ma as contained in th ? *-- •
tion of the budge at Quincy, Illicit
And l.e it furthsr
b term? and aubject
7. And
okuk and Hatnilu.
corporation existing under
Iowa, and the Hancock County Ur
corporation exiatmg under the lav
Illinois, -andi are hereby authori
maintain s brui
tween Keokuk. lows, and Hamilton, iflmui
-ame character, description, and c- n-truefe
vided in this set for the bridge* st ljuuu■. »f|
.. Quincy and Bu
terms of th s set.
HEC. h. And be it further ena* ted. Thxttf
and Ht. Peter railroad company.
opposite ban* of said river, in t
sin, with the consent of tfo* leguiatur
of Minnesota and Wisconsin; and
this section authorized, i? hereby il
route, and subject to all th* term?, restnc
9. And be it farther enacted. Ti
may be constructed and ma ntain d aero
stssippi river, between Dunleith. in tho hi
nois. and Dubuque in t)is Htate of Iowa, «
consent of ssui States previously given, -
Quincy, Illinois. _
HEC. 10 Abdle it farther enacted, ThxtMfl
pany authorized by the logi-lature of
constructs bridge across tbe MiRtouri river,J
city of Kansas, upon the *aiuc terms and o
provided for in thin set. -
HEC il. And be it further enacted. That t»J
Igjuis and Illinois hndge company." a - >rr
orgsair.ed under sn set ot the general Sb-eiun,
State of Missouri, approved icbriiary fifth.*
hundred and sixty tour, and an act amendi'"*
rsme, approved kebruary twentieth, eigi
dred aud sixty five, and also confirmed •
dron and sixty-four, or any other brjdge c
gauizwd under tlie laws of M:—■ irj *4!-l I In*
and the same is hereby, empowefPtrt-i ef
tain and operate * bridgeaoro-aths Mi?- -
lx.*t ween the city of Ht. Louis, in the State o
and the city of East Rt. Louis, in tbe Mate*. -—
subject to all th* conditions contained iu
iMofMIlM and aiucndment ? tneret". nndj
comostent with tne foil -wing t- rnts and I 1 ^
conteioed -n this set; and in case of auy Jm|
anting from any obstruction, or alleged deUC
to the fro# navigation of said waters, the c»l"
be tried before the district conn of the Unfis
of any Mate in which any portion of said o
or bridge touches. ..
Hue. 12. And be it further enacted. That t&B]
authorized by tbe protecting section to be t>*
not be a suspension bridg* or ursw bridge
or other form of draw, but shall be con»trqcs
continuou? or unbroken ?p>ns,and
conditions: First, that the ioNoat ix_
or bottom chord snail b?le»s then fifty
th* citv directrix st it* giestest
it shall have at least one
clear, or two
the clsar of----------------
used, the on* over the main steamboat ch*'
» citv dir--------— ------------
ihalf have at least one span fiv* hundred rew?
.._ar. or two spans of three hundred aud tii'JJ
the clear of abutments. If the two Utter »r^
us*d. the one over the main steamboat chsU _
b* fifty fe*t abov* Unicity directrix, messureiN
lowest partof the bridge st thecentr* of VMN
third, wo span over tbe water at ow voter uwR
Im* Was than two hundred feet in th* clear
menu. J
BO, 13. And b* it farther enacted. That tMi
to alter or amend this act, so as to preveot orv
uli material obstrnetions to th* navigatuvi^ffl
riv*r by the oenstrnction of bridge?,
pr-asly reserved
Approved July 25,1^36.
AN ACT to authorise W. J. Sib'ey and "tbsrij
toes, to veil and convey lot» umber nine. "
number seventy-six, in th* city of \ff*shn
Whereas loft number nine, in said square l
seventy six. in thesaid city of Washington.*
v*y«d by J. H. MeBioir to W. J RtbWy. R-» *
K. W. Bates, R. L. Handers, Benjamin Met
G. Spoor er. in trust, to erect iheroon r
worship for the as* o tb* p«cole ol color,
of the Methodist Episcopal C'uurch in the*
HUtes: end whereas tho said trustees have *
ihe moons o' crocking such church, and the r
has been abandoned. *Ld another churcti <
Asbn-y ebapel, has b*en erect, d
neighborhood of th* said !•(. vhuh — -
ie*irc to neil. and apply the proceeds tu the
H Md
' hods
of the oongr*gstiou
i hnpei. n--------
faros he
any intei*st (herein ha- aju)
. ibA*qn< '"
Therefore, , B
Beit enacted hy lh* Benate and Hou#
sentstiv** <rf the « mtod States of Am*r cs»|
t orn snenmbisd, Thai th* said W. J h'W*"
iekeftts, R W Bates. R L. Hand.r>, h?
otJoy. o>id G. Rpoarder, t r un tees of tbe • _
aboro nMntioMd. or th* surviv roof then.
- * erapoarrefl w—
e , m Ri'fl
Wa-lnngtM
l
tn*f are hereby authorized and ernp
and convey the said lot number font
bar seventy six. in the said eity of W
soon pr** as b«y shatl think | roper, or to*
and enrry ont any *ont«n-<t for sale airesuy
them wi'h any p*roo .nnd to oonvey the
cording!*, froed end dticbaxw • cf *. -
which the asm* was originally con-rad u> th*»
to apply th* p ros ** d « of sal* to the b»n#ot«
congregation worshiping in th* said Asburf*
ae to# proper nnd lngtd t utbority tnorm" 1
expedient, and for no <*h*r purpo-# wbat«
losssUsiti
The Bvixtua prtnce« Wtio l»'9^1
prince iisnaeat bu been prcoenWd 9|
king sin n tlO.OSO diamond neckla*- «