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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh day of December, 1903, and was adjourned without day on Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of April, 1904.
Theodore Roosevelt, President; William P. Frye, President of the Senate pro tempore; and Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
December 17, 1903.
[H.R. 1921.]
Chap. 1.—An Act To carry into effect a convention between the United States and the Republic of Cuba, signed on the eleventh day of December, in the year nineteen hundred and two.
Cuba. Preferential duties on imports from. Post, p. 2116. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the President of the United States shall receive satisfactory evidence that the Republic of Cuba has made provision to give full effect to the articles of the convention between the United States and the Republic of Cuba, signed on the eleventh day of December, in the year nineteen hundred and two, he is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation declaring that he has received such evidence, and thereupon on the tenth day after exchange of ratifications of such convention between the United States and the Republic of Cuba, and so long as the said convention shall remain in force, all articles of merchandise being the product of the soil or industry of the Republic of Cuba, which are now imported into the United States free of duty, shall continue to be so admitted free of duty, and all other articles of merchandise being the product of the soil or industry of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States shall be admitted at a reduction of twenty per centum of the rates of duty thereon, as provided by the tariff Act of the United States, Vol. 30, p. 151. approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, or as may be provided by any tariff law of the United States subsequently enacted. The rates of duty Duration. herein granted by the United States to the Republic of Cuba are and shall continue during the term of said convention preferential in respect to all like imports from other countries: Provisos. Limitations of sugar duties. Provided, That while said convention is in force no sugar imported from the Republic of Cuba, and being the product of the soil or industry of the Republic of Cuba, shall be admitted into the United States at a reduction of duty greater than twenty per centum of the rates of duty thereon, as provided by the Vol. 30, p. 168. tariff Act of the United States, approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and no sugar the product of any other foreign country shall be admitted by treaty or convention into the United States while this convention is in force at a lower rate of duty than that provided by the tariff Act of the United States approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: And provided further, Declaration as to origin of customs legislation. That nothing herein contained shall be held or construed as an admission on the part of the ​House of Representatives that customs duties can be changed otherwise than by an Act of Congress, originating in said House. Sec. 2. That so long as said convention shall remain in force, the laws and regulations adopted, or that may be adopted by the United States to protect the revenues and prevent fraud in the declarations and proofs, that the articles of merchandise to which said convention may apply are the product or manufacture of the Republic of Cuba, shall not impose any additional charge or fees therefor on the articles imported, excepting fees established, or which may be established by the United States for issuing shipping documents which fees shall not be higher than those charged on the shipments of similar merchandise from any other nation whatsoever; that articles of the Republic of Cuba shall receive, on their importation into the ports of the United States, treatment equal to that which similar articles of the United States shall receive on their importation into the ports of the Republic of Cuba; that any tax or charges that may be imposed by the national or local authorities of the United States upon the articles of merchandise of the Republic of Cuba, embraced in the revisions of said convention, subsequent to importation and prior to their entering into consumption into the United States, shall be imposed and collected without discrimination upon like articles whencesoever imported. Approved, December 17, 1903.
January 7, 1904. [S. 2022.] [Public, No. 2.]
Chap. 2.—An Act To afford protection to exhibitors of foreign literary, artistic, or musical works at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the author of any book, map, chart, dramatic composition, musical composition, engraving, cut, print, chromo, lithograph, or photograph published abroad prior to November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, but not registered for copyright protection in the United States copyright office, or the heirs and assigns of such author, shall have in the case of any such book, map, chart, dramatic composition, musical composition, engraving, cut, print, chromo, lithograph, or photograph intended for exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the sole liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing, copying, and vending the same within the limitsof the United States for the term provided herein provided for upon complying with the provisions of this Act. Sec. 2.That one copy of such book, map, chart, dramatic composition, musical composition, engraving, cut, print, chromo, lithograph, or photograph to be exhibited as herein provided shall be delivered) at the copyright office, Library of Congress, at Washington, District of Columbia, with a statement duly subscribed to in writing that the book or other article is intended for such exhibition and that the copyright protection herein provided for is desired by the copyright proprietor, whose full name and legal residence is to be stated in the application. Sec. 3.That the register of copyrights shall record the title of each volume of any such book or other article herein provided for, or if the article lacks a title, shall record a brief description of it sufficient identify it, in a special series of record books to be designated the "Interim copyright record books," and shall furnish to the copyright claimant a copy of record under seal of such recorded title or description, and the said title or description is to be included in the Catalogue of Title Entries provided for in section four of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Sec. 4.That a fee of one dollar and fifty cents shall be paid to the register of copyrights for each title or description to be recorded and a certified copy of the record of the same, and in the case of a work in more than one volume the same amount, one dollar and fifty cents, ​shall be paid for each volume, and the register of copyrights shall deposit all such fees paid in the Treasury of the United States, and report and account for the same in accordance with the provisions in relation to copyright fees of the appropriation act approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Vol. 29, p. 545. Sec. 5. That the copyright protection herein provided for shall be for the term of two years from the date of the receipt of the book or other article in the copyright office. Term. Sec. 6. That if at any time during the term of the copyright protection Extension of term.herein provided, for, two copies of the original text of any such book, or of a translation of it in the English language, printed from type set within the limits of the United States or from plates made therefrom, or two copies of any such photograph, chromo, or lithograph printed from negatives or drawings on stone made within the limits of the United States or from transfers made therefrom, are deposited in the copyright office, Library of Congress, at Washington, District of Columbia, such deposit shall be held to extend the term of copyright protection to such book, photograph, chromo, or lithograph for the full terms provided for in title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United StatesR.S., Title LX, ch. 3, p. 957., computed from the date of the receipt of the book, photograph, chromo, or lithograph and the registration of the title or description as herein provided for. Sec. 7. That in the case of an original work of the fine arts (a painting, drawing, statue, statuary, and a model or design intended to be perfected as a work of the fine arts) Temporary copyrights for exhibits of foreign paintings, etc.which has been produced without the limits of the United States prior to the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and four, and is intended for exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the author of such work of art, or his heirs and assigns, shall be granted copyright protection therefor during a period of two yearsTerm. from the date of filing in the copyright office, Library of Congress, at Washington, District of Columbia, a description of the said work of art and a photograph of it, and upon paying to the register of copyrights one dollar and fifty cents Fees.for the registration of such description, and a copy of record under seal of such recorded description. Sec. 8. Copyright law not permanently affected.That, except in so far as this Act authorizes and provides for temporary copyright protection during the period and for the purposes herein provided or, it shall not be construed or held to in any manner affect or repeal any of the provisions of the Revised Statutes relating to copyrights and the Acts amendatory thereof. Time limit for registration.That no registration under this Act shall be made after the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and four. Approved, January 7, 1904.
January 15, 1904. [H.R. 9160.] [Public, No. 3.]
Chap. 3.—An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four," approved March third, nineteen hundred and three..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture. Emergency fund for eradicationg contagious animal diseases. Vol. 32, p. 1165, amended.Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four," approved March third, nineteen hundred and three, as relates to the emergency appropriation to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to stamp out and eradicate the foot-and-mouth disease and other contagious diseases of animals to be used for no other purpose, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Mexican cotton-boll weevil, etc., added."Emergency appropriation: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to stamp out and eradicate the foot-and-mouth disease and other ​contagious diseases of animals, and to meet the emergency caused by the ravages of the Mexican cotton-boll weevil and other insects and diseases affecting cotton, and for no other purpose, five hundred thousand dollars, which sum shall remain available until the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five: Proviso. Expenditure.Provided, That of this sum not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars may be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture in such manner as he shall deem best, in cooperation with State experiment stations and practical cotton growers if the Secretary of Agriculture shall deem it advisable, to meet the emergency caused by the ravages of the Mexican cotton-boll weevil and other insects and diseases affecting cotton, and the remainder of the five hundred thousand dollars herein appropriated (not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, however) shall be used exclusively to stamp out and eradicate foot-and-mouth disease and other contagious diseases of animals. Approved, January 15, 1904.
January 15, 1904. [H.R. 9866.] [Public, No. 4.]
Chap. 4.—An Act making appropriations for clearing the Potomac River of ice and for the removal of snow and ice in the District of Columbia.
District of Columbia. Appropriation for removing ice and snow.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are hereby appropriated, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia, in equal part, namely: Potomac River.For clearing the Potomac River of ice within the District of Columbia, five thousand dollars. Cross walks and gutters. Vol. 28, p. 809. Post, p. 12.For cleaning snow and ice from cross walks and gutters, under the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, five thousand dollars.
Approved, January 15, 1904.
January 18, 1904. [S. 2300.] [Public, No. 5.]
Chap. 5.—An Act To supplement and amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near Grays Point, Missouri," approved January twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and one.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Grays Point, Mo. Time extended for bridging Mississippi River at. Vol. 31, p. 744, amended.That section thirteen of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near Grays Point, Missouri," be, and the same is hereby, so supplemented and, amended as to extend the time for the completion of the construction of the bridge and approaches by said Act authorized until the twenty-sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seven.
Approved, January 18, 1904.
January 21, 1904. [H.R. 7273.] [Public, No. 6.]
Chap. 6.—An Act To enable the city of Phoenix, the town of Tempe, and the town of Mesa, all in Maricopa County, Arizona Territory, severally to issue the bonds of said municipalities for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a freighting and wagon road from any convenient point in the Salt River Valley to the Salt River reservoir dam site in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Arizona. Wagon road in Maricopa County. Municipal bond issue for, authorized.That the city of Phoenix, the town of Tempe, and the town of Mesa, all situated in Maricopa County in the Territory of Arizona, are hereby severally authorized and ​empowered to issue their several bonds in any sum not exceeding two per centum of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property taxable for municipal purposes by said municipalities, respectively, as the same appears upon the last assessment roll of said municipalities, respectively, for the construction of a freighting and wagon road from any convenient point in the Salt River galley in Maricopa County, Territory of Arizona, to what is known as the Salt River reservoir dam site in said Maricopa County, Arizona. Special election required.Sec. 2. That before the bonds of either said city or said towns shall be issued a special election shall be ordered by the common council of said city or of said towns, or either of them, proposing to issue the bonds, at which election the question whether such bonds shall issue shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said city or of said town or towns whose names appear upon the last assessment roll of said city or said town or towns as assessed for municipal taxation. Notice.Thirty days’ notice of any such election shall be given by publication thereof in a newspaper printed and published and of general circulation in said city or town in which such election is proposed to be held for said period of thirty days before the day fixed for such election. Registration, etc.Sec. 3. That the registration for such elections, the manner of conducting the same, and the canvassing of the returns of said election shall be as nearly as practicable in accordance with the requirements of law in general or special elections in each of said municipalities, respectively, and said bonds shall be issued only upon condition that two-thirds of the votes cast at such election in said city or town shall be in favor of issuing said bonds. Interest on bonds.Sec. 4. That the bonds above specified, when authorized to be issued as hereinbefore provided, shall bear interest at not exceeding five per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and shall not be sold for less than their par valueInterest on bonds., with accrued interest, and shall be in denominations Denominations.of five hundred dollars each, and shall be payable in New York City or Phoenix, Arizona, at the option of the holder, in not less than fifteen years nor more than twenty years from date. Use of funds.Sec. 5. That no part of the funds arising from the sale of said bonds shall be used for any purpose other than that specified in this Act. Sale of bonds.Sec. 6. That said bonds shall be sold only in such amounts as the governing body of the municipality issuing the same shall direct, and the proceeds thereof, when expended, shall be disbursed Disbursements.under the order and direction of such governing body, from time to time, as the same may be required for the purposes aforesaid. Approved, January 21, 1904.
January 23, 1904. [S. 1496.] [Public, No. 7.]
Chap. 7.—An Act Supplemental to the Act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, incorporating the Columbian College in the District of Columbia, and the Acts amendatory thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, District of Columbia. Columbian College charter amended. Vol. 6, p. 255. Vol. 30, p.328.That the Act to incorporate the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia, approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, and the amendatory Act approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and the same are hereby, amended by repealing and striking out of the said charter the following words in lines twenty to twenty-five in section one of the said amendatory Act of March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, namely, Trustees."Two—thirds of said trustees, and also the president of the university, shall be members of regular Baptist churches; that is to say, members of churches of that denomination of Protestant Christians now usually known and recognized under the name of the regular Baptist denomination." ​Persons of any religious denomination made eligible as trustees. Vol. 6, p. 257.Sec. 2. That section thirteen of the original charter of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, which provides "That persons of every religious denomination shall be capable of being elected trustees; nor shall any person, either as president, professor, tutor, or pupil, be refused admittance into said college, or denied any of the privileges, immunities, or advantages thereof, for or on account of his sentiments in matters of religion," be, and the same is hereby, reenacted and shall be hereafter in full force as a part of said charter. Trustees empowered to change name of university, etc.Sec. 3. That power is hereby given to the board of trustees of said university to change the name of said university at any regular meeting by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the board, as described by the charter, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Education. That upon said action being taken a certificate, under the seal of the university, stating the name adopted and the date when the name shall go into effect not less than thirty days nor more than six months from the date of its adoption, together with the fact that said name has been adopted as herein prescribed, shall be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, and thereupon, upon the date specified for the name to go into effect, the university shall be known and designated by the name adopted, and by said new name the said university shall be vested with and convey its real estate, hold, control, and administer endowments and gifts of money and property heretofore and hereafter made for the maintenance of its educational work and do and Change of name not to affect rights, etc. Vol. 6, p. 255.perform all acts which it now has the power to do under its said charter. Such change of name shall not in any other way change, affect, or modify in any degree the rights, privileges, obligations, and powers of the said university under the charter of February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, and the amendatory Acts thereto. Repeal.Sec. 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, January 23, 1904.
January 25, 1904. [S. 465.] [Public, No. 8.]
Chap. 34.—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to permit the Pintsch Compressing Company to lay pipes in certain streets in the city of Washington," approved May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
District of Columbia. Pintsch Compressing Company. Vol. 29, p. 124, amended.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to permit the Pintsch Compressing Company to lay pipes in certain streets in the city of Washington," approved May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six be, and the same is hereby amended by adding a new section, to stand as section four, as follows:
May extend pipes to union station."Sec. 4. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to permit extensions of the pipe lines of the said Pintsch Compressing Company to reach the site of the union passenger station or the terminals connected therewith. And the said Commissioners are further authorized to permit the relaying of the pipes of said company to accommodate changes in the authorized grades of streets: Proviso. Work to be approved by the Commissioners. Vol. 29, p. 124.Provided, That all such work shall be done according to regulations to be approved by the said Commissioners, and under the conditions named in said Act approved May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six." Approved, January 25, 1904. ​ January 25, 1904. [S. 652.] [Public, No. 9.]
Chap. 35.—An Act making Chester, Pennsylvania, a subport of entry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Customs. Chester, Pa., made a subport of entry. R.S., sec. 2543, p. 501, amended.That Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania, be, and is hereby, constituted a subport of entry in the customs collection district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Approved, January 25, 1904.
January 30, 1904. [S. 2121.] [Public, No. 10.]
Chap. 39.—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter twenty-three of the Statutes of the United States entitled "An Act providing for public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents," approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five (Statutes at Large, twenty-eight, page six hundred and six), be, and is hereby, amended by inserting after the words "blank franks" where they occur in the second paragraph of section thirty-seven of said chapter, the following words, "printed on sheets and perforated, or singly, at the option of said Senators, Members, and Delegates."
Approved, January 30, 1904.
January 30, 1904. [H.R. 6804.] [Public, No. 11.]
Chap. 40.—An Act Providing for the appointment of a customs appraiser at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be in the customs collection district of Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, an appraiser, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and with compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum.
Approved, January 30, 1904.
February 2, 1904. [H.R. 7849.] [Public, No. 12.]
Chap. 88.—An Act To authorize the county of Poinsett, in the State of Arkansas, to construct a bridge across the Saint Francis River at or near the town of Marked Tree, in said county and State..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the county of Poinsett, one of the counties of the State of Arkansas, duly created and organized under and by virtue of the laws of said State, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, construct, and maintain a bridge, by and through its proper officers, over the Saint Francis River, at or near the town of Marked Tree, Arkansas: Proviso. Secretary of War to approve plans, etc. Wagon and foot bridge.Provided, That the plans and location of said bridge are approved by the Secretary of War before construction is commenced. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, under such rules and regulations as may be laid down by the proper officers of said county under the laws of the said State of Arkansas.
Lawful structure and post route.Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads of the United States; and no charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, ​Telegraph, etc., rightsand munitions of war of the United States. Equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal telegraph Changes.and telephone purposes; and any changes in the said bridge which the Secretary of War may require in the interests of navigation shall be made by the person or corporation owning or operating the same at their own expense.
Time of construction.Sec. 3. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized shall not be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval hereof.
Amendment.Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, February 2, 1904.
February 2, 1904. [H.R. 9292.] [Public. No. 13.]
Chap. 89.—An Act In relation to business streets in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last proviso of the Act District of Columbia. Street parking. Vol. 30, p. 570 amended.of July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to vest in the Commissioners of the District of Columbia control of street parking in said District," is amended so as to read as follows:
"That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to denominate portions of streets in the District of Columbia as business streets and to authorize the use, on such portions of streets, for business purposes by abutting property owners, under such general regulations as said Commissioners may prescribe, of so much of the sidewalk and parking as may not be needed, in the judgment of said Commissioners, by the general public, under the following conditions, Conditions.namely: First, where in a portion of a street not already denominated a business street a majority of a frontage not less than three blocks in length is occupied and used for business purposes; and, second, where a portion of a street has already been denominated a business street and there exists adjoining such portion a block or more whose frontage is occupied and used for business purposes."
Approved, February 2, 1904.
February 5, 1904. [S. 2795.] [Public. No. 14.]
Chap. 150.—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto," approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, District of Columbia. Practice of dentistry, etc. Vol. 27, p. 42, amended.That the Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto." approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out all of the proviso in section three of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following, Proviso. License to practice without examination. Conditions."Provided, That the board of dental examiners may issue a license to practice to any dentist who shall have been in legal practice for a period of five years or more, upon the certificate of the board of dental examiners of the State or Territory in which he practiced, certifying his competency and moral character, and upon the payment of the certification fee without examination as to his qualifications."
Approved, February 5, 1904.
February 6, 1904. [S. 540.] [Public, No. 15.]
Chap. 151.—An Act Providing for an additional officer in the district of Chicago, in the collection district of Indiana and Illinois.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be in the district of Chicago, Customs.in the collection district of Indiana and Illinois, in addition to the officers now provided for by law, Naval officer for Chicago, Ill., authorized. R.S., sec. 2602, p. 514, amended.a naval officer for the district, who shall perform the duties pertaining to that office, and shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars a year.
Approved, February 6, 1904.
February 8, 1904. [H.R. 8686.] [Public, no. 16.]
Chap. 152.—An Act To amend section eight hundred and ninety-five of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, District of Columbia Code.That section eight hundred and ninety-five of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia is Harbor regulations. hereby amended by adding the following to the first paragraph thereof: Vol. 32, p. 535, amended. Anchorage control extended."Sec. 895. Every vessel coming to anchor in any other portion of the navigable waters in the District of Columbia shall also be so moored under the direction of the harbor master, or the pilot of the police boat acting in the harbor master’s absence, as not to obstruct the channel, and be secured with an anchor at bow and stern as to keep the long axis of the vessel parallel with that of the channel and prevent it from swinging so as to obstruct the free passage of the channel by other vessels." Removing sunken vessels, etc., from docks. Vol. 32, p. 536.Sec. 2. That the provision in the third paragraph of said section requiring "any captain or owner of or anyone in charge of any barge, sand scow, or any vessel that may sink in said canals, shall raise and remove the same in five days," is hereby made applicable to the captain or owner of any sunken vessel or other structure in any dock or at the end of any wharf in the District of Columbia.
Approved, February 8, 1904.
February 9, 1904. [S. 707.] [Public, No. 17.]
Chap. 153.—An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act providing the terms and places of holding the courts of the United States in the district of Minnesota, and for other purposes," approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety.
United States courts. Minnesota judicial district. R.S. secs. 572, 658, pp. 100, 121.That section four of an Act entitled "An Act providing the terms and places of holding the courts of the United States in the district of Minnesota, and for other purposes,” approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be amended so as to read as follows: Terms of court. Vol. 26, p. 73, amended."Sec. 4. That regular terms of the circuit and district courts shall be held as follows: For the first division, on the third Tuesday in May and the third Tuesday in November; for the second division, on the fourth Tuesday in April and the fourth Tuesday in October; for the third division on the first Tuesday in June and the first Tuesday in December; for the fourth division, on the first Tuesday in April and the first Tuesday in October; for the fifth division, on the second Tuesday in January and the second Tuesday in July: for the sixth division, on the first Tuesday in May and the second Tuesday in November.” Effect, March 1, 1904.Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of March, anno Domini nineteen hundred and four.
Approved, February 9, 1904.
February 10, 1904. [H.R. 8688.] [Public, No. 18.] Chap. 155.—An Act To transfer jurisdiction of reservation numbered thirty-two, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the jurisdiction and control of public reservation numbered thirty-two, bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, Fourteenth street, E street, and Thirteen-and-a-half street northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, is hereby transferred from the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in order to provide a suitable approach to the new District building to be located fronting said reservation.
Approved, February 10, 1904.
February 10, 1904. [H.R. 10421.] [Public, No. 19.]
Chap. 156.—An Act To provide for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of every tenant or occupant of any lot or lots of ground within the fire limits of the District of Columbia improved by a house or building adjacent to any improved sidewalk, within the first four hours of daylight after the ceasing of any fall of snow, to cause said snow to lie removed from the paved sidewalk adjacent to such lot or lots to the extent in length to which said lot or lots abut thereon and to the extent in breadth of not less than six feet, and if such improved sidewalk be not of such width, then to the extent of the width thereof; Ice-covered walks to be sprinkled with sand, etc.and in the event any snow that may have fallen shall, before its removal, become so hardened by freezing or otherwise that it can not be removed without great difficulty, or at any time ice shall have formed on any such improved sidewalk by the freezing of rain, hail, melted snow, or in any other manner, it shall be the duty of such tenant or occupant, within the first four hours of daylight thereafter, to sprinkle. or cause such snow or ice, to the extent aforesaid, to be sprinkled with sand, sawdust, or other such substance. Penalty.And for any violation of the provisions of this section such tenant or occupant shall be Guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a line of five dollars and costs or by imprisonment in the workhouse of the District of Columbia not exceeding five days, and by an additional line of five dollars and costs or by additional imprisonment in the workhouse of the District of Columbia not exceeding five days for each additional twenty-four hours after the expiration of the time hereinbefore provided that such tenant or occupant shall suffer or permit such snow or ice to remain without being sprinkled or removed as hereinbefore provided.
Commissioners to remove snow in front of public property, etc.Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as soon as practicable after the ceasing of any fall of snow or after the accumulation of ice on the paved sidewalks of the District of Columbia in front of and adjacent to public buildings, public squares, and public reservations in the said District owned or leased by said District, Ice or hardened snow on sidewalks, etc., to be sprinkled with sand, etc.to cause such snow or ice to be removed, and also to cause the same to be removed from all cross walks of improved streets and places of intersection of alleys with improved sidewalks; but in the event of inability to remove such accumulation of snow or ice by reason of the hardening thereof. It shall be their duty, as soon as practicable, to cause such paved sidewalks, cross walks, and places of intersection of alleys with improved sidewalks to be sprinkled with sand, sawdust, or other such material. ​Vacant lots. Owners of, to remove snow on abutting sidewalksSec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the owner or owners of every vacant or unimproved lot within the fire limits of the District of Columbia fronting or abutting upon a paved sidewalk, within the first four hours of daylight after the ceasing of any fall of snow, as set forth in section one thereof, to cause such snow to be removed from the paved sidewalk in front of such lot or lots in the same manner, and to the same extent, and subject to the same penalty as provided in said section; Ice or hardened snow.and in the event any snow that may have fallen shall, before its removal, become so hardened by freezing or otherwise that it can not be removed without great difficulty, or if at any time ice shall have formed on any such sidewalk by the freezing of rain, hail, melted snow, or in any other manner, it shall be the duty of such owner or owners, within the first four hours of daylight thereafter, to sprinkle, or cause such frozen snow or ice, to the extent aforesaid, to be sprinkled with sand or sawdust or other such substance; Penalty. Ante, p.12.and for failure to do so such owner or owners shall be subject to the same penalty provided in section one of this Act. Removal, etc., by Commissioners on failure of owner.Sec. 4. That in the event of the failure of any such owner or owners of any vacant or unimproved lot to cause the removal of such snow or ice, or to sprinkle the same as hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as soon as practicable after the expiration of the time herein provided for the removal or sprinkling thereof, to cause the snow or ice in front of such lot to be removed or to cause the same to be sprinkled as hereinbefore directed to be done by such owner or owners; Assessments against unimproved, etc. lots.and upon each and every such removal or sprinkling by them they shall assess the sum of one dollar against each such lot, and where any such lot has a frontage in excess of twenty-five feet an additional sum of one dollar for each additional frontage of twenty-five feet or fractional part thereof, which said assessment shall be a lien on such lot when entered of record on the tax records of the District of Columbia, and to continue until paid, and shall be added to the general tax annually levied on such lot, and shall be collected in the same manner and as part of such general tax: Proviso. Assessments not to relieve owners from penalties.Provided, however, That such removal or sprinkling by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and assessment therefor, shall not relieve the owner or occupant from the penalty hereinbefore provided for failure to remove or sprinkle such snow or ice. Removal of dirt, etc., by owners.Sec. 5. That it shall he the duty of every owner of any unimproved or nontenanted improved lot or lots, and of the tenant or occupant of any improved lot or lots of ground in the District of Columbia, within three days after Notice.notice to do so by the Commissioners, to cause to be cleaned oil and removed all dirt, sand, gravel, or other refuse matter that may fall, wash, or be placed upon any paved sidewalk adjacent to such lot or lots in the District of Columbia, VAnte, p. 12.subject to the same penalty provided in section one of this Act. Removal of dirt, etc., by Commissioners.Sec. 6. That in the event of failure on the part of any owner, tenant, or occupant of any improved or unimproved lot or lots of ground in the District of Columbia to comply with the provisions of the preceding section of this Act within live days after the notice hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District to cause the removal of such accumulation of dirt, sand, gravel, or other refuse matter; Assessment. Supra.and upon any and every such removal by them they shall make an assessment on account thereof at the same rates and under the same provisions named in section four of this Act. Appropriation. One-half from District revenues.Sec. 7. That, to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to comply with the provisions of sections four and six of this Act, the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, one-half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropri​ated: Provided, however, That all assessments collected under the provisions of this Act shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation herein made, and shall form a continuous fund for the purpose of complying with the provisions of said sections four and six. Sec. 8. That all prosecutions under this Act shall be in the police court of the District of Columbia, in the name of said District, and by its attorney or one of is assistants. Sec. 9. That the Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks, cross walks, and gutters in the District of Columbia" be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, February 10, 1904.
February 16, 1904. [H.R. 7023.] [Public, No. 20.]
Chap. 158.—An Act To amend an Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia.
District of Columbia. Height of nonfireproof residence buildings etc., limited. Vol. 30, p. 922, amended.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia," approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be, and, the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the word hotel, in the fourth line thereof, the words "or as a hospital or dormitory," so that said section will read as follows: Hospitals and dormitories. Maximum height."That from and after the date of the approval of this Act no combustible or nonfireproof building intend to be used or occupied as a residence, or as an apartment house or hotel, or as a hospital or dormitory in the Districtof Columbia shall be erected to a height of more than five stories or raised to a height exceeding sixty feet above the sidewalk, the measurement to be made as hereinafter prescribed." Approved, February 16, 1904.
February 16, 1904. [H.R. 7024.] [Public, No. 21.]
Chap. 159.—An Act To name streets, avenues, alleys, highways, and reservations in that part of the District of Columbia outside of the city of Washington, and for other purposes.
District of Columbia. Commissioners to name streets outside of city limits.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to name or rename streets, avenues, alleys, highways, and reservations in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of the city of Washington, under such system of naming as they shall see fit to adopt, and such names when recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia shall thereafter be the official names of such streets, avenues, alleys, highways, and reservations. Sec. 2. That upon the abandonment of any street, avenue, road, or highway, or part thereof, under the provisions of “An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the title to the land contained in such abandoned portion shall revert to the owners of the land abutting thereon. Sec. 3. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed. Approved, February 16, 1904.
February 20, 1904. [S. 1490.] [Public, No. 23.]
Chap. 161.—An Act To authorize the sale of a part of what is known as the Red Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota.
Preamble. Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota. Vol. 32, p. 1009.Whereas James McLaughlin, United States Indian inspector, did, on the tenth day of March, anno Domini nineteen hundred and two, make and conclude an agreement with the adult male Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, which said agreement is in words and figures as follows: Agreement with Chippewa Indians for sale of."This agreement made and entered into this tenth day of March nineteen hundred and two, by and between James McLaughlin, United States Indian Inspector, on the part of the United States, and the Red Lake and Pembina bands of Chippewa Indians belonging on the Red Lake Reservation in the State of Minnesota, witnesseth: Lands ceded."Article I. The said Indians belonging on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, for the consideration hereinafter named do hereby cede, surrender, grant, and convey to the United States all claim, right, title and interest in and to all that part of the Red Lake Indian reservation situate within the boundaries of Red Lake County, Minnesota as said county is at present defined and organized the tract hereby ceded being more particularly described as embracing all that part of the said Red Lake Indian Reservation lying west of the range line between ranges thirty-eight (38) and thirty-nine (39) west of the Fifth (5th) Principal Meridian, the tract of land hereby ceded approximating two hundred and fifty-six thousand one hundred and fifty-two (256,152) acres, and also hereby agree that all of said Indians now residing on the tract hereby cede shall remove to the diminished reservation within six months after the ratification of this agreement, and shall be paid not exceeding five thousand (5000) dollars in cash by the Indians of said Red Lake Reservation out of the first payment received by them from the proceeds of this cession said five thousand (5000) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid equitable to those thus removing, in proportion to the value of their respective improvements, which payment by said Red Lake Indians, shall be in full for all improvements which they will abandon, and also for the removal within the diminished reservation of their dead from where they are now buried on the tract hereby ceded. Price."Article II. In consideration of the land ceded, relinquished and conveyed by Article I of this agreement, the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to said Indians, in the manner hereinafter provided, the sum of one million (1,000,000) dollars. Per capita payment in cash."Article III. It is understood that of the amount to be paid to said Indians, as stipulated by Article II of this agreement, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) dollars shall be paid in cash per capita, share and share alike, to each man, woman and child belonging on said Red Lake Indian Reservation, within ninety (90) days after the ratification of this agreement, and the remainder of the said sum of one million dollars, viz, seven hundred and fifty thousand (750,000) dollars shall be paid in cash, per capita, in fifteen (15) annual installments of fifty thousand (50,000) dollars each, the first of which fifteen annual installments to be paid in the month of October of the year following that in which payment of the said two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) dollars is made, as provided in this agreement, and in the month of October of each year thereafter of the succeeding fourteen years, covering the period of said fifteen annual installments. Apportionment of lands."Article IV. It is further agreed that the said Indians belong on said Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, shall possess their diminished Reservation independent of all other bands of the Chippewa tribe of Indians and shall be entitled to allotments thereon of one hundred and sixty (160) acres each, of either agricultural or pine land, the different class of land to be apportioned as equitably as possible among the allottees. ​Benefits under existing treaties not disturbed."Article V. It is understood that nothing in this agreement shall be construed to deprive the said Indians belonging on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, of any benefits to which they are entitled under existing treaties for agreements not inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement. Effect."Article VI. This agreement shall take effect and be in force when signed by United States Indian Inspector James McLaughlin and by a majority of the male adult Indians, parties hereto, and when accepted an ratified by the Congress of the United States. "In witness whereof the said James McLaughlin United States Indian Inspector, on the part of the United States, and the male adult Indians belonging on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, have hereunto set their hands and seals at Red Lake Indian Agency, Minnesota, this tenth day of March, A. D. Nineteen hundred and two. "James McLaughlin (seal). "United States Indian Inspector.
| No. | Name. | | Mark. | Age. | |
| 1 | Kah bay no din | Chief | x | 67 | (seal.) |
| 2 | Mays ko ko noy ay | -do- | x | 70 | (seal.) |
| 3 | Pay she ke shig | -do- | x | 35 | (seal.) |
| 4 | Nay ay tow up | -do- | x | 54 | (seal.) |
| 5 | Ak mun e ay ke shig | -do- | x | 76 | (seal.) |
| 6 | I con je gwon abe | -do- | x | 63 | (seal.) |
| 7 | Kay bay gah bow | -do- | x | 55 | (seal.) |
and 213 other male adult Indians." We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing agreement was fully explained by us in open council to the Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota; that it was fully understood by them before signing, and that the agreement was duly executed and signed by said Indians. Jos. C. Roy, C. W. Morrison, Peter Graves, Interpreters. Red Lake Agency, Minn., March 12, 1902. We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that we witnessed the signatures of James McLaughlin, U. S. Indian Inspector, and the two hundred and twenty (220) Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota, to the foregoing agreement. Daniel Sullivan, Overseer in charge of Subagency. Frank H. Kratka, Mayor of Thief River Falls, Minn. B. L. Fairbanks, White Earth Agency, Minn. Red Lake Agency, Minn., March 12, 1902. I hereby certify that the total number of male adult Indians, over eighteen (18) years of age, belonging on the Red Lake Reservation, is three hundred and thirty-four (334), of whom two hundred and twenty (220) have signed the foregoing agreement. G. L. Scott Maj. 10th Cavalry, Acting Indian Agent. Leech Lake Agency, Minnesota, March 17, 1902. ​And Whereas it is deemed for the best interests of the said Indians that said agreement be amended and modified as hereafter provided: Therefore, Agreement amended.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said agreement be, and the same is hereby, modified and amended so as to read as follows: Lands ceded."Article. I. The said Indians belonging on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, for the consideration hereinafter named, do hereby cede, surrender, grant, and convey to the United States all their claim, right, title, and interest in and to all that part of the Red Lake Indian Reservation lying west of the range line between ranges thirty-eight and thirty-nine, west of the fifth principal meridian, the tract of land hereby ceded approximating two hundred and fifty-six thousand one hundred and fifty-two acres, Removal of Indians to diminished reservation.and also hereby agree that all of said Indians now residing on the tract hereby ceded shall remove to the diminished reservation within six months after the ratification of this agreement, and shall be paid not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in cash by the Indians of said Red Lake Reservation out of the first payment received by them from the proceeds of this cession, said twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid equitably to those thus removing, in proportion to the value of their respective improvements, which payment by said Red Lake Indians shall be in full for all improvements which they will abandon and also for the removal within the diminished reservation of their dead from where they now are buried on the tract hereby ceded. Sale of ceded lands."Article. II. In consideration of the land ceded, relinquished, and conveyed by Article I of this agreement the United States stipulates and agrees to sell, subject to the homestead laws of the United States, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, in tracts not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres to each individual, all of said lands, except lands remaining unsold after five years from the first sale hereunder, which may be sold without reference to the provisions of the homestead law. Minimum price per acre.Said land shall be sold for not less than four dollars per acre, and shall be sold upon the following terms: Payments.One-fifth of the purchase price to be paid at the time of sale and the balance of the purchase price of said land to be paid in five equal annual installments due in one, two, three, four, and five years from date of sale, respectively, and to pay over to said Indians all of the proceeds realized from the sale of the said lands as herein provided. Per capita distribution."Article. III. It is understood that of the amount realized from the sale of said lands a sum of not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in cash per capita, share and share alike, to each man, woman, and child belonging on said Red Lake Indian Reservation within ninety days after the first sale herein provided for, and the remainder of the proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be paid in cash per capita in fifteen annual installments, the first of which fifteen annual installments is to be paid in the month of October of the year following that in which the payment of the said three hundred thousand dollars is made, as provided in this agreement, and in the month of October of each year thereafter, and all moneys received after the expiration of said fifteen years shall be apportioned in like manner among said Indians and paid to them on the first day of October in each year. Independent possession and allotment."Article. IV. It is further agreed that the said Indians belonging on the said Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, shall possess their diminished reservation independent of all other bands of the Chippewa tribe of Indians and shall be entitled to allotments thereon of one hundred and sixty acres each, of either agricultural or pine land, ​the different classes of land to be apportioned as equitably as possible among the allottees. Existing benefits not affected."Article. V. It is understood that nothing in this agreement shall be construed to deprive the said Indians belonging on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, of any benefits to which they are entitled under existing treaties or agreements not inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement. It is the intention of this agreement that the United States shall act as trustee for said Indians to dispose of said land and to expend and pay over the proceeds as received from the sale thereof only as received, as herein provided. Effect."Article. VI. This agreement shall take effect and be in force when accepted and ratified by the Congress of the United States." Ratification."Sec. 2. That said agreement be, and the same is hereby, accepted and ratified as herein amended. Lands to be sold subject to homestead laws."Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to sell, subject to the homestead laws of the United States, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in tracts not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres to each individual, all that part of the Red Lake Reservation, in the State of Minnesota, lying westerly of the range line between ranges thirty-eight and thirty-nine west of the fifth principal meridian, approximating two hundred and fifty-six thousand acres. And the said land shall be sold for not less than four dollars per acre, and shall be sold upon the following terms: One-fifth of the price bid therefor to be paid at the time the bid is made, and the balance of the purchase price of said land to be paid in five equal annual installments, due in one, two, three, four, and five years from date of sale, respectively, payment to be made to the receiver of the United States land office or the district in which said land may be situated. Forfeiture.And in case any purchaser fails to make such annual payments promptly when due, or within sixty days thereafter, all rights in and to the land covered by his or her purchase shall at once cease, and any payments made shall thereupon be forfeited and the Secretary of the Interior shall thereupon declare such forfeiture by reoffering said land for sale. Patents. And no patent shall issue to the purchaser until the purchaser shall have paid the purchase price and in all respects complied with the terms and provisions of the homestead laws of the United States: Provisos. Commutation. R.S., sec. 2301, p. 421.Provided, That such purchaser shall have the right of commutation as provided by section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, by paying for the land at the price for which it sold, receiving credit for payments previously made; Final proof.Provided further, That such purchaser shall make his final proof conformable to the homestead laws within six years from the date of sale; that aliens who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States may become purchasers under this Act, but before making final proof and acquiring title must take out their full naturalization papers; and that persons who may have heretofore exhausted their rights under the homestead law may become purchasers under this Act; Provided further, Minimumm price.That after the first sale hereunder shall be closed, the lands remaining unsold shall be subject to sale and entry at the price of four dollars per acre by qualified purchasers, subject to the same terms and conditions as herein described as to lands sold at said first sale; Sale, etc., of remaining lands.Provided further, That all lands above described which shall remain unsold at the expiration of five years from the date of the first sale hereunder shall he offered for sale at not less than four dollars per acre Prior residence and improvements.(and lands remaining unsold after such sale shall be subject to private entry and sale at said price), without any conditions whatever except the payment of the purchase price; And provided further, That wherever the boundary line of said reservation runs diagonally so as to divide any Government subdivision of a section, and the owner of that portion of such subdivision now being outside of the reservation becomes the ​purchaser of that portion of such subdivision lying within the reservation, residents and improvements upon either portions of such subdivision as provided by the homestead law shall constitute a compliance as to all such Government subdivisions. Removal of Indians to diminished reservation.All of the Indians residing upon the tract above described shall remove therefrom to the diminished reservation within six months after the passage of this Act; and there is hereby appropriated from the proceeds of said sale the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid to those thus removing in proportion to their respective Payment for improvements.improvements, which payment to the said Red Lake Indians shall be in full for all improvements which they will abandon, and also for the expense of removal within the diminished reservation of their dead from where they are now buried on the tract above described, and the expense of making allotments. Per capita distribution of proceeds.The proceeds of said lands as realized from time to time shall be paid into the United States Treasury to the credit of the Indians belonging on said reservation. Of the amount realized from the sale of said lands a sum not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in cash, per capita, share and share alike, to each man, woman, and child belonging on said Red Lake Indian Reservation within ninety days after the first sale herein provided for, and the remainder of the proceeds of the sale of said lands shall he paid in cash, per capita, in fifteen annual installments, the first installment to be paid in the month of October of the year following that in which the payment of the three hundred thousand dollars is made; and all moneys received after the expiration of said fifteen years shall be apportioned in like manner among said Indians and paid to them on the first day of October in each year. Regulations, etc.The Secretary of the Interior is hereby vested with full power and authority to make such rules and regulations as to the time of notice, manner of sale, and other matters incident to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act as he may deem necessary, and with authority to continue making sale of said lands until all of said lands shall have been sold. Entry fees, etc.In addition to the price to be paid for the land, the entryman shall pay the same fees and commissions at the time of commutation or final entry as now provided by law where the price of the land is one dollar an twenty-tive cents per acre. United States not bound to purchase land, etc.Sec. 4. That nothing in this Act contained shall in any manner bind the United States to purchase any portion of the land herein described, or to guarantee to find purchasers for said lands or any portion thereof, it being the intention of this Act that the United States shall act as trustee for said Indians to dispose of said lands and to expend and pay over the proceeds received from the sale thereof only as received as herein provided. Effect.Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 20, 1904.
February 24, 1904. [S. 1935.] [Public, No. 24.]
Chap. 163.—An Act Providing for the holding of an additional term of court in the northern district of West Virginia at Martinsburg, West Virginia.
United States courts.West Virginia judicial district. Additional term at Martinsburg, W. Va. R.S., sec. 572, p. 101. Vol. 31, p. 738.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the courts heretofore held in the northern district for the State of West Virginia, there shall be held an additional term of court at Martinsburg, West Virginia, on the second Tuesday in May in each year. Approved, February 24, 1904.
​one north, of range twenty-three west, in Wright County, and section six, in township thirty-two north, of range twenty-six west, in Sherburne County, Minnesota: Provisos. Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.Provided, That the plans for the construction of said dam and appurtenant works shall be submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War before the commencement of construction of the same: Modification of plans.And provided further, That the said Minnesota Power and Trolley Company, its successors or assigns, shall not deviate from such plans after such approval, either before or after the completion of said structures, unless the modification of said plans shall have previously been submitted to and received the approval of the Chief of Engineers and of the Secretary of War: Sluiceways for logs, etc.And provided further, That there shall be placed and maintained in connection with said dam a sluiceway so arranged as to permit logs, timber, and lumber to pass around, through, or over said dam without unreasonable delay or hindrance and without toll or charges: Aids to navigation.And provided,further, That the dam shall be so constructed that the Government of the United States may at any time construct in connection therewith a suitable lock for navigation purposes, and may at any time, without compensation, control the said dam so far as shall be necessary for purposes of navigation, but shall not destroy the water power developed by said dam and structures to any greater extent than may be necessary to provide proper facilities for navigation, and that the Changes.Secretary of War may at any time require and enforce, at the expense of the owners, such modifications and changes in the construction of such dam as he may deem advisable in the interests of navigation: Litigation.And provided further, That in case any litigation arises from the building of said dam, or from the obstruction of said river by said dam or appurtenant works, cases may be tried in the proper courts, as now provided for that purpose in the State of Minnesota and in the courts of the United States; Existing laws not modified.but nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt said structures from the operation of same. Fishways.Sec. 2. That suitable fishways, to be approved by the United States Fish Commissioner, shall be constructed and maintained at said dam by said corporation, its successors or assigns. Amendment.Sec. 3. That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved; and the same shall become null and void unless the construction of the dam hereby authorized be commenced Time of construction. within one year after the passage of this Act and completed within three years thereafter. Approved, March 12, 1904.
March 12, 1904. [H. R. 11287.] [Public, No. 48.]CHAP. 543.—An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Diplomatic and consular appropriations.That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
SCHEDULE A.
AmbassadorsAmbassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; ​Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Italy and Austria-Hungary, at twelve thousand dollars each, twenty-four thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Brazil, China, Japan, Cuba, and Spain, at twelve thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, Panama, Peru, Turkey, and Venezuela, at ten thousand dollars each, ninety thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, ten thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras, ten thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Denmark, Paraguay and Uruguay, Portugal, Sweden and Norway, and Switzerland, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, and diplomatic agent in Bulgaria, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Bolivia, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Ecuador, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Post, p . 394.Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Haiti, to be accredited also as charge d'affaires to Santo Domingo, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Korea, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Siam, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Persia, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Minister resident and consul-general.Minister resident and consul-general to Liberia, four thousand dollars;
Agent, etc., Cairo.Agent and consul-general at Cairo, five thousand dollars;
Chargés d'affaires.Charges d'affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, thirty five thousand dollars; Total, four hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred dollars.
SALARIES OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS WHILE RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS AND MAKING TRANSITS.
Instruction and transit pay.To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other officers of the United States for the periods actually and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from R.S., sec. 1740, p.309their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to act, in pursuance of the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, is hereby appropriated.
SALARIES OF SECRETARIES OF EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS.
Secretaries of embassies and legations.Secretaries of embassies to Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, eighteen thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars; Secretaries of legations to China and Japan, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; ​Secretaries of legation to Cuba and Panama, at two thousand dollars each, four thousand dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Colombia, two thousand dollars; Secretary of legation to Siam and consul-general at Bangkok, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Stockholm, one thousand five hundred dollars; Secretary of legation to Guatemala and Honduras, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretary of legation to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, who shall also be secretary of the diplomatic agency in Bulgaria, with residence at Athens, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, and to Chile, one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, Turkey, Spain, and Brazil, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, twelve thousand six hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Argentine Republic, Venezuela, and Peru, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, and Liberia, Switzerland, and Korea (who shall be consul-general to Seoul), at one thousand five hundred dollars each, nine thousand nine hundred dollars; Second secretaries.Second secretaries of embassies to Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand dollars each, fourteen thousand dollars; Second secretaries of legations to Japan and China, who shall be American students of the language of the court and country to which they are appointed, respectively, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote their time to the acquisition of such language, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Second secretary of legation to Turkey, who shall be an American student of the language of Turkey, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote his time to the acquisition of such language, one thousand six hundred dollars; Second secretary of legation to Cuba, one thousand five hundred dollars; Third secretaries.Third secretaries of embassies to Great Britain, France, Mexico, and Germany, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; Total, eighty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
SALARIES OF INTERPRETERS TO LEGATIONS.
Interpreters to legations.Chinese secretary, legation to China, and interpreter to legation to Turkey, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Assistant Chinese secretary to the legation to China, to be, appointed from the corps of student interpreters, two thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation to Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Korea, five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, five hundred dollars; Student interpreters in China.For ten student interpreters at the legation to China, who shall be citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Chinese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the legations and consulates in China, at one thousand dollars each, ten ​Provisos. Nonpartisan selection.thousand dollars: Provided, That said student interpreters shall be chosen in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan so far as may be consistent with aptness and fitness for the intended work: Term of service.And provided further, That upon receiving such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the legations and consulates in China so long as his said services may be required within a period of ten years; Cost of tuition, immediately available.For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at the legation to China at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum each, to be immediately available, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; Total, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Double salaries not allowed.But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer.
LEGATION TO SPAIN.
Spain. Clerk hire.For clerk hire at legation to Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES, FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Contingent expenses, foreign missions.To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such stationery, blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as be shall think necessary for the several embassies and legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, postage, telegrams, furniture, messenger service, clerk hire, compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomen, and porters, including compensation of interpreter, guards, and Arabic clerk at the consulate at Tangiers, and the compensation of Dispatch agents.dispatch agents at London, New York, and San Francisco, and for traveling and miscellaneous expenses Printing.of embassies and legations, and for printing in the Department of State, and for Loss by exchange.loss on bills of exchange to and from embassies and legations, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
STEAM LAUNCH FOR LEGATION AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
Steam launch, Turkey.Hiring of steam launch for use of the legation at Constantinople, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
RENT OF BUILDINGS FOR LEGATION AT PEKIN.
Rent. China.Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Pekin, or such other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand six hundred dollars.
GROUND RENT OF LEGATION AT TOKYO, JAPAN.
Japan.Annual ground rent of the legation at Tokyo, Japan, for the year ending March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and five, two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
ANNUAL EXPENSES OF CAPE SPARTEL LIGHT, COAST OF MOROCCO.
Cape Spartel Light. Annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and Tangiers Light on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.
BRINGING HOME CRIMINALS.
RESCUING SHIPWRECKED AMERICAN SEAMEN.
Life-saving testimonials.Expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck, four thousand five hundred dollars.
EXPENSES UNDER THE NEUTRALITY ACT.
Expenses, neutrality act.To meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the neutrality Act, to be expended under the direction of the President, pursuant to the requirement of R.S., sec. 291, p. 49.section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE.
Unforeseen emergencies.To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the diplomatic and consular service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States, to be expended R.S., see. 291, p. 49.pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
ALLOWANCE TO WIDOWS OR HEIRS OF DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS WHO DIE ABROAD.
Payment to heirs of diplomatic and consular officers dying abroad.Payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to the widows or heirs at law of diplomatic or consular officers of the United States dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties, R.S., sec. 1749, p. 311.five thousand dollars.
TRANSPORTING REMAINS OF DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS, CONSULS, AND CONSULAR CLERKS TO THEIR HOMES FOR INTERMENT.
Bringing home rmains of ministers and consuls, etc.Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic and consular officers of the United States, including consular clerks, who have died or may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, at their post or at home, five thousand dollars.
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
International Bureau of Weights and Measures.Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, in conformity with the terms Vol. 20, p. 714.of the convention of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said Bureau, on its certificate of apportionment, two thousand three hundred and six dollars and ninety-three cents.
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU FOR PUBLICATION OF CUSTOMS TARIFFS.
International Customs Tariffs Bureau. To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense for the year ending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and five, of sustaining the International Bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, one thousand three hundred and eighteen
INTERNATIONAL (WATER) BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
Mexican Water Boundary Commission Vol. 24, p. 1011. Vol. 26, p. 1512.To enable the commission to continue its work under the treaties of eighteen hundred and eighty-four and eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, ten thousand dollars.
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU AT BRUSSELS FOR REPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
Bureau for repression of African slave trade. Vol. 27, p. 917.To meet the share of the United States in the expenses of the special bureau created by article eighty-two of the general act concluded at Brussels, July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the repression of the African slave trade and the restriction of the importation into and sale in a certain defined zone of the African continent of firearms, ammunition, and spirituous liquors, for the year nineteen hundred and five, one hundred dollars.
INTERNATIONAL PRISON COMMISSION.
International Prison Commission.For subscription of the United States as an adhering member of the International Prison Commission, and the expenses of a commissioner, including preparation of reports, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
INTERNATIONAL GEODETIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF THE EARTH.
International Geodetic Association.To enable the Government of the United States to pay, through the American embassy at Berlin, its quota as an adhering member of the International Geodetic Association for the Measurement of the Earth, one thousand five hundred dollars.
REPAIRS TO LEGATION AND CONSULAR PREMISES.
Repairs to legations and consulates.To enable the Secretary of State to keep in repair the legation and consular premises owned by the Government of the United States and occupied by its agents, five thousand dollars.
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
Bureau of American Republics.Commercial Bureau of American Republics, thirty-six thousand dollars: Provisos Use of receipts from other Republics, sales, etc.Provided, That any moneys received from the other American Republics for the support of the Bureau, or from the sale of the Bureau publications, from rents, or other sources shall be paid into the Treasury as a credit in addition to the appropriation, and may be drawn therefrom upon requisitions of the Secretary of State for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the Bureau: And provided further, That the Public Printer be, and is hereby, authorized to print an edition of the Monthly Bulletin.Monthly Bulletin, not to exceed five thousand copies, for distribution by the Bureau every month during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five.
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION.
International Bureau of Permanent Court of ArbitrationTo meet the share of the United States in the expenses for the year nineteen hundred and three of the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, created under article twenty-two of the
Schedule B.SCHEDULE B.
Salaries.Salaries, Consular Service.
Consuls-general.CONSULS-GENERAL.
For salaries of consuls-general at the following places, namely: Calcutta, Constantinople, Cape Town (Africa), Habana, Hongkong, London, Ottawa, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Shanghai, at five thousand dollars each, fifty thousand dollars; Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars; Berlin, Canton, Mexico, Montreal, Mukden, Panama, Saint Petersburg, and Yokohama, at four thousand dollars each, thirty-two thousand dollars; Antwerp, Halifax, Hamburg, Singapore, and Vienna, at three thousand five hundred dollars each, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars; Apia and Nukualofa, Barcelona, Buenos Ayres, Coburg, Dresden, Frankfort, Guayaquil, Monterey, Rome, Rotterdam, Saint Gall, and Marseilles, at three thousand dollars each, thirty-six thousand dollars; Auckland (New Zealand), and Munich, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, five thousand dollars; Post, p. 394.Guatemala City (Guatemala), Maracaibo, Tangier, and Santo Domingo, at two thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars; Christiania, two thousand dollars; Total for salaries of consuls-general, one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars.
CONSULS.
For salaries of consuls at the following places, namely:
CLASS I.
At five thousand dollars per annum. Liverpool, England.
CLASS II.
At three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Amoy, China. Antung, Manchuria. Bremen, Germany. Callao, Peru. Dalny, Manchuria. Dawson City, Northwest Territory. Havre, France. Lourenso Marquez, Africa. Tientsin, China. Pretoria, South Africa. Southampton, England.
CLASS III.
At three thousand dollars per annum. Barmen, Germany. Bahia, Brazil. Basle, Switzerland. Belfast, Ireland. Bordeaux, France. Bradford, England. Chefoo, China. Chungking, China. Cienfuegos, Cuba. ​Colon, Panama. Fuchau, China. Georgetown, Demarara. Glasgow, Scotland. Hankau, China. Hangchow, China. Kingston, Jamaica. Kobe, Japan. Lyons, France. Manchester, England. Montevideo, Uruguay. Nagasaki, Japan. Nanking, China. Niuchwang, China. Nottingham, England . Nuremberg, Germany. Odessa, Russia. Para, Brazil. Pernambuco, Brazil. Prague, Austria. Quebec, Canada. Santiago de Cuba. Santos, Brazil. Valparaiso, Chile. Vera Cruz, Mexico.
CLASS IV.
At two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Aix la Chapelle, Germany. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Annaberg, Germany. Athens, Greece. Barbados, West Indies. Birmingham, England. Bombay, India. Brussels, Belgium. Chemnitz, Germany. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mexico. Cologne, Germany. Dundee, Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. Huddersfield, England. Jerusalem, Syria. Mainz, Germany. Plauen, Germany. Reichenberg, Austria. Saint Thomas, West Indies. San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua. Sheffield, England. Smyrna, Turkey. Stuttgart, Germany. Swansea, Wales. Sydney, New South Wales. Tunstall, England. Victoria, British Columbia. Vladivostock, Siberia.
CLASS V.
At two thousand dollars per annum. Acapulco, Mexico. Algiers, Africa. Amherstburg, Canada. Bamberg, Germany. Barranquilla, Colombia. Beirut, Syria. Belize, Honduras. Berne, Switzerland. Breslau, Germany. Brunswick, German. Budapest, Austria-Hungary. Calais, France. Cardiff, Wales. Chatham, Ontario. Chihuahua, Mexico. Collingwood, Canada. Copenhagen, Denmark. Cork, Ireland. Crefeld, Germany. Curacao, West Indies. Dublin, Ireland. Dunfermline Scotland. Dusseldorf, Germany. Erzerum, Turkey.Post, p.394. Freiburg Germany. Geneva Switzerland. Genoa, Italy. Ghent, Belgium. Glauchau, Germany. Hamilton, Bermuda. Hamilton, Ontario. Hanover, Germany. Hull, England. Kehl, Germany. La Guavra, Venezuela. Leeds, England. Leghorn, Italy. Leipsic, Germany. Liege, Belgium. London, Ontario. Lucerne, Switzerland. Magdeburg, Germany. Malta, Great Britain. Managua, Nicaragua. Mannheim, Germany. Martinique, West Indies. Mazatlan, Mexico. Milan, Italy. Moscow, Russia. Naples, Italy. Nassau, New Providence. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Palermo, Italy. Port Louis, Mauritius. Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. ​Rheims, France. Rosario, Argentine Republic. Roubaix, France. Saint Etienne, France. Saint Helena, Great Britain. Saint John, New Brunswick. Saint Johns, Newfoundland. Saint Thomas, Ontario. San Jose, Costa Rica. San Salvador, Salvador. Sarnia, Ontario. Sherbrooke, Canada. Solingen, Germany. Sydney, Nova Scotia. Tamatave, Madagascar. Tampico, Mexico. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Three Rivers, Canada. Toronto, Canada. Trieste, Austria. Trinidad, West Indies. Vancouver, British Columbia. Weimar, Germany. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Zanzibar, Zanzibar.
CLASS VI.
At one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Aden, Arabia. Alexandretta, Syria. Antigua, West Indies. Asuncion, Paraguay. Bristol, England. Brockville, Canada. Cartagena, Colombia. Castellamare di Stabia, Italy. Catania Italy. Ceiba, Honduras. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Coaticook, Quebec. Colombo, India. Cornwall, Canada. Durango, Mexico. Ensenada, Mexico. Florence, Italy. Fort Erie, Canada. Funchal, Maderia. Gaspé Basin, Canada. Gibraltar, Spain. Goderich, Ontario. Gothenberg, Sweden. Grenoble, France. Guadeloupe, West Indies. Guelph, Canada. Harput, Turkey. Kingston, Ontario. La Rochelle, France. Limoges France. Malaga, Spain. Matamoras, Mexico. ​Messina, Italy. Moncton, New Brunswick. Nantes, France. Niagara Falls, Ontario. Nice, France. Nogales, Mexico. Orillia, Ontario. Patras, Greece. Port au Prince, Haiti. Port Hope, Ontario. Port Limon, Costa Rica. Prescott, Ontario. Progreso, Mexico. Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Puerto Cortez, Honduras. Rouen, France. Saint Christopher, West Indies. Saint Hyacin the, Quebec. Saint Johns, Quebec. Saint Michaels Azores. Saint Pierre, Saint Pierre Island. Saint Stephen, New Brunswick. Saltillo, Mexico. Seville, Spain. Sierra Leone, Africa. Sivas, Turkey. Stanbridge, Canada. Stettin, Germany. Stratford Canada. Tamsui, Formosa. Tenerife, Spain. Turin, Italy. Turks Island, West Indies. Valencia, Spain. Venice, Italy. Wallaceburg, Ontario. Windsor, Ontario. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Woodstock, New Brunswick. Zittau, Germany.
SCHEDULE C.
CLASS VII.
At one thousand dollars per annum. Batavia, Java. Cape Haitien, Haiti. Riga, Russia. Tahiti, Society Islands. Utilla, Honduras. Windsor, Nova Scotia. Total salaries of consuls, four hundred and ninety-six thousand five hundred dollars.
SALARIES OF CONSULAR CLERKS.
SALARIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS NOT CITIZENS.
Payment to consular officers not citzens. The salary of a consular officer not a citizen of the United States shall be paid out of the amount specifically appropriated for salary at the consular office to which the alien officer is attached or appointed.
ALLOWANCES FOR CLERK HIRE AT UNITED STATES CONSULATES.
For allowance for clerk hire at consulates as follows: London, three thousand dollars; Paris, two thousand six hundred dollars; Hongkong, two thousand two hundred dollars; Mexico (city), two thousand one hundred dollars; Liverpool and Habana, at two thousand dollars each, four thousand dollars; Bradford and Manchester, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Southampton, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, three thousand two hundred dollars; Antwerp and Hamburg, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; Monterey, one thousand four hundred dollars; Barmen, Berlin, Bordeaux, Bremen, Brussels, Canton, Chemnitz, Crefeld, Frankfort, Havre, Kobe, Lyons, Marseilles, Montreal, Ottawa, Rotterdam, Vienna, and Yokohama, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, twenty-one. thousand six hundred dollars; Belfast, Calcutta, Coburg, Glasgow, Nuremburg, Saint Gall, Sheffield, and Sydney (New South Wales), at one thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars; Birmingham, nine hundred and sixty dollars; Beirut, Buenos Ayres, Cape Town, Colon, Dawson City, Dresden, Dundee, Guayaquil, Kingston (Jamaica), Leipsic, Maracaibo, Melbourne, Messing, Naples, Palermo, Panama, Port au Prince, Singapore, Smyrna, Tangier, Toronto, Tunstall, Vancouver, Vera Cruz, and Victoria, at eight hundred dollars each, twenty thousand dollars; Edinburgh, seven hundred and sixty dollars; Stockholm, seven hundred and fifty dollars; Prague, seven hundred and twenty dollars; Aix la Chapelle, Ciudad Jaurez, Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Halifax, and Lucerne, at six hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand two hundred dollars; Bahia, Cairo, Cologne, Constantinople, Huddersfield, Mainz, Munich, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham, Odessa, Para, Pernambuco, Solingen, Tampico, and Zurich, at six hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars; Cienfuegos, Kehl, and Santiago de Cuba, at five hundred dollars each, fifteen hundred dollars; Berne, Demerara, Florence, Genoa, Malaga, Mannheim, and Stuttgart, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; Total, clerk hire, ninety-six thousand seven hundred dollars. Consulates not specified.Allowance for clerks at consulates, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State at consulates not herein provided for in respect to clerk hire, no greater portion of this sum than five hundred dollars to be allowed to any one consulate in any one fiscal year, forty
SALARIES OF INTERPRETERS TO CONSULATES IN CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPAN.
Interpreters at consulates.Interpreters to be employed at consulates in China, Korea, and Japan, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fifteen thousand dollars. For interpreter at Vladivostok, Siberia, eight hundred dollars.
EXPENSES OF INTERPRETERS, GUARDS, AND SO FORTH, IN TURKISH DOMINIONS, AND SO FORTH.
Interpreters, guards, etc.Interpreters and guards at the consulates in the Turkish dominions and at Zanzibar, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars.
SALARIES OF MARSHALS FOR CONSULAR COURTS.
Marshals.Marshals for the consular courts in China, Korea, and Turkey, nine thousand three hundred dollars.
EXPENSES OF PRISONS FOR AMERICAN CONVICTS.
Consular prisons. Bangkok.Expenses of a prison and a prison keeper at the consulate-general in Bangkok, Siam, one thousand dollars. Shanghai.Actual expense of renting a prison at Shanghai for American convicts in China, seven hundred and fifty dollars; and for the wages of a keeper of such prison, eight hundred dollars; one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. Keeping prisoners.Paying for the keeping and feeding of prisoners in China, Korea, Siam, and Turkey, nine thousand dollars: Provisos, Maximum allowance.Provided, That no more than fifty cents per day for the keeping and feeding of each prisoner while actually confined shall be allowed or paid for any such keeping and feeding. This is not to be understood as covering cost of medical attendance and medicines when required by such prisoners: And provided further, Self-supporting prisoners.That no allowance shall be made for the keeping and feeding of any prisoner who is able to pay or does pay the above sum of fifty cents per day; and the consular officer shall certify to the fact of inability in every case. Rent, etc., Turkey.Rent of prison for American convicts in Turkey, and for wages of keepers of the same, one thousand dollars. Prison keeper, Korea.Wages of prison keeper in Korea, six hundred dollars. Total, thirteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
RELIEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN.
Relief of American seamen.Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands, or so much thereof as may be necessary, thirty thousand dollars.
FOREIGN HOSPITAL AT CAPE TOWN.
Foreign hospitals. Cape Town.Annual contribution toward the support of the Somerset Hospital (a foreign hospital) at Cape Town, twenty-five dollars, to be paid by the Secretary of State upon the assurance that suffering seamen and citizens of the United States will be admitted to the privileges of said hospital.
FOREIGN HOSPITALS AT PANAMA.
Panama.Annual contributions toward the support of foreign hospitals at Panama, five hundred dollars, to be paid by the Secretary of State ​upon the assurance that suffering seamen and citizens of the United States will be admitted to the privileges of said hospitals.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES, UNITED STATES CONSULATES.
Contingent expenses, consulates.Expenses of providing all such stationery, blanks, record and other books, seals, presses, flags, signs, rent, postage, furniture, statistics, newspapers, freight (foreign and domestic), telegrams, advertising, messenger service, traveling expenses of consular officers and consular clerks, compensation of Chinese writers, loss by exchange, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates, consular agencies, and commercial agencies in the transaction of their business, two hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. Approved, March 12, 1904.
March 14, 1904. [H. R. 10136.] [Public, No. 49.]CHAP. 544.—An Act Authorizing bail in criminal cases upon appeal in the courts of Indian Territory.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Indian Territory. That upon appeals in all criminal cases from inferior courts to the United States district courts, Bail allowed in criminal cases on appeals.and from the district courts to the court of appeals, in the Indian Territory, the defendants shall be admitted to bail pending the final determination of the cases upon appeal except in capital cases. Bond.The amount of bail shall be fixed and the bond shall be approved by the court trying the case or by one of the judges of the court of appeals. Such bond shall be conditional for the appearance of the defendant at all times, when required in the prosecution of said appeal, and that he will surrender himself in execution of the final judgment therein. Pending cases.Sec. 2. That the provisions of this Act shall apply to all cases now pending upon appeal in the courts of the Indian Territory. Approved, March 14, 1904.
March 14, 1904. [H. R. 3578.] [Public, No. 50.]CHAP. 545.—An Act To authorize the Mercantile Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, from a point in the borough of North Charleroi, Washington County, to a point in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Monongahela River, Pa. That the Mercantile Bridge Company, a proposed company or which application for a charter and letters patent has been made Mercantile Bridge Company may bridge.to the governor the State of Pennsylvania by Tom P. Sloan, John Percival, B. C. Sloan, A. H. Nelson, and Henry Sheets, is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a highway bridge across Location.the Monongahela River from a point in the borough of North Charleroi, county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, to a point on the opposite side of the river, in the township of Rostraver, county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania. The said bridge, when built in accordance with this Act, shall be a legal structure and may be used for all the purposes of a highway bridge. Construction.Sec. 2. That the channel span of any bridge built under the provisions of this Act shall not be less than fifty-four feet above the level of the water at pool full in said river, measured to the lowest part of the superstructure thereof, nor shall the said span be less than three hundred feet in length in the clear, and the piers of the bridge shall be
​general expenses of said District, as authorized by Congress, and to reimburse the Treasury for the portion of said advances payable by the District of Columbia out of the taxes and revenues collected for the support of the government thereof: Provisos. Interest on advances. Vol. 31, p. 766; Vol. 32, pp. 616, 981. Ante, p.390.Provided, That all advances made under this Act and under the Acts of February eleventh, nineteen hundred and one, June first, nineteen hundred and two, March third, nineteen hundred and three, and April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and four, not reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, shall be reimbursed to said Treasury out of the revenues of the District of Columbia from time to time, within five years, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and six, together with interest thereon at the rate of two per centum per annum until so reimbursed: Provided further, Report.That the Auditor for the State and other Departments and the auditor of the District of Columbia shall each annually report the amount of such advances, stating the account for each fiscal year separately, and also the reimbursements made under this section, together with the balances remaining, if any, due to the United States: And provided further, Street extensions.That nothing contained herein shall be so construed as to require the United States to bear any part of the cost of street extensions, and all advances heretofore or hereafter made for this purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be repaid in full from the revenues of the District of Columbia. Sec. 9. That all laws and parts of laws to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Act are repealed. Approved, March 3, 1905.
March 3, 1905. [H. R. 18468.] [Public, No. 140.] Diplomatic and consular appropriations.
Chap. 1407.—An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
SCHEDULE A. Schedule A.
Ambassadors.Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Brazil, Italy, and Austria-Hungary, at twelve thousand dollars each, thirty-six thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, China, Japan, Cuba, and Spain, at twelve thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Belgium, Chile, Colombia, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, Panama, Peru, Turkey, and Venezuela, at ten thousand dollars each, eighty thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, ten thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras, ten thousand dollars; ​Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Denmark, Morocco, Paraguay and Uruguay, Portugal, Roumania and Servia, Sweden and Norway, and Switzerland, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Greece and Montenegro and diplomatic agent in Bulgaria, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Bolivia, Ecuador, Haiti, Korea, Persia, and Siam, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, forty-five thousand dollars; Ministers resident and consuls-general.Minister resident and consul—general to Liberia, five thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul—general to Santo Domingo, five thousand dollars; Agent, etc., CairoAgent and consul—general at Cairo, five thousand dollars; Chargés d’affaires, etc.Chargés d’affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, thirty-five thousand dollars; Total, four hundred and thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
Secretaries of embassies and legations.SALARIES OF SECRETARIES OF EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS.
Salaries.Secretaries of embassies to Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, eighteen thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars; Secretaries of legations to China, Japan, and Turkey, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; Secretary of legation and consul—general to Stockholm, two thousand five hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Cuba, Panama, and Peru, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Secretary of legation and consul—general to Colombia, two thousand dollars; Secretary of legation to Siam and consul-general at Bangkok, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretary of legation to Guatemala and Honduras, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretary of legation to Greece and Montenegro, who shall also be secretary of the diplomatic agency in Bulgaria, with residence at Athens, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and San Salvador, one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, Spain, and Switzerland, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, twelve thousand six hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Argentine Republic and Venezuela, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, and Liberia and Korea (who shall be consul-general to Seoul), at one thousand five hundred dollars each, six thousand six hundred dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Roumania and Servia, one thousand five hundred dollars; Second secretaries of embassies to Austria—Hungary, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand dollars each, fourteen thousand dollars; Second secretaries.Second secretaries of legations to Japan and China, who shall be American students of the language of the court and country to which they are appointed, respectively, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of this Secretary of State, to devote their time to the acquisition of such language, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; ​Second secretary of legation to Turkey, who shall be an American student of the language of Turkey, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote his time to the acquisition of such language, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Second secretary of legation to Cuba, one thousand five hundred dollars; Third secretaries.Third secretaries of embassies to Great Britain, France, Mexico, Germany and Russia, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, six thousand dollars; Total, ninety-three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
SALARIES OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS WHILE RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS AND MAKING TRANSITS.
Instruction and transit pay.To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other officers of the United States for the periods actually and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to act, R.S., sec. 1740, p.309.in pursuance of the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six is hereby appropriated.
SALARIES OF INTERPRETERS TO LEGATIONS.
Interpreters to legations.Chinese secretary, legation to China, and interpreter to legation to Turkey, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Assistant Chinese secretary to the legation to China, to be appointed from the corps of student interpreters, two thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation to Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate—general to Korea, five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, five hundred dollars; Student interpreters in China.For ten student interpreters at the legation to China, who shall be citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Chinese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the legations and consulates in China, at one thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars: Proviso. Nonpartisan selection.Provided, That said student interpreters shall be chosen in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan, so far as may be consistent with aptness and fitness for the intended work: And provided further, That upon receiving Such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the legations and consulates in China Term of service.so long as his said services may be required within a period of ten years; Tuition.For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at the legation to China at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum each, to be immediately available, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; Total, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Restriction.But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer.
LEGATION TO SPAIN.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES, FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Contingent expenses, foreign missions.To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such stationery, blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as he shall think necessary for the several embassies and legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, postage, telegrams, furniture, messenger service, clerk hire, compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomans, and porters, including compensation of interpreter, guards, and Arabic clerk at the consulate at Tangiers, Dispatch agents.and the compensation of dispatch agents at London, New York, and San Francisco, and for traveling and miscellaneous expenses of Printing. embassies and legations, and for printing in the Department of State, and for Loss by exchange.loss on bills of exchange to and from embassies and legations, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
STEAM LAUNCH FOR LEGATION AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
Steam launch, Turkey.Hiring of steam launch for use of the legation at Constantinople, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
RENT FOR BUILDINGS FOR LEGATION AT PEKING.
Rent. China.Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Peking or such other (place in China as shall be designated three thousand six hundred dollars.
GROUND RENT FOR LEGATION AT TOKYO, JAPAN.
Japan.Annual ground rent of the legation at Tokyo, Japan, for the year ending March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and six, two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
ANNUAL EXPENSES OF CAPE SPARTEL LIGHT, COAST OF MOROCCO.
Cape Spartel light.Annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel and Tangiers Light on the coast of Morocco, including loss by exchange, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.
BRINGING HOME CRIMINALS.
RESCUING SHIPWRECKED AMERICAN SEAMEN.
EXPENSES UNDER THE NEUTRALITY ACT.
EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE.
ALLOWANCE TO WIDOWS OR HEIRS OF DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS WHO DIE ABROAD.
Payment to heirs of diplomatic and consular officers dying abroad R.S., sec. 1749, p. 311.Payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to the widows or heirs at law of diplomatic or consular officers of the United States dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties, five thousand dollars.
TRANSPORTING REMAINS OF DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS, CONSULS, AND CONSULAR CLERKS TO THEIR HOMES FOR INTERMENT.
Bringing home remains of ministers and consuls.Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic and consular officers of the United States including consular clerks, who have died or may die abroad or in transit, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, at their post or at home, five thousand dollars.
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
International Bureau of Weights and Measures. Vol. 20, p. 714.Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth. nineteen hundred and six, in conformity with the terms of the convention of May twenty-fourth. eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said Bureau, on its certificate of apportionment, two thousand three hundred and six dollars and ninety-three cents.
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU FOR PUBLICATION OF CUSTOMS TARIFFS.
International Customs Tariffs, Bureau. Vol. 26, p. 1518.To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense for the year ending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six, of sustaining the International Bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, one thousand five hundred dollars: this appropriation to be available on April first, nineteen hundred and five, pursuant to convention proclaimed December seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety.
INTERNATIONAL (WATER) BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU AT BRUSSELS FOR REPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
Bureau for repression of African slave trade. Vol. 27, p.917To meet the share of the United States in the expenses of the special bureau created by article eighty-two of the general act concluded at Brussels, July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the repression of the African Slave trade and the restriction of the importation into and sale in a certain defined zone of the African continent of firearms, ammunition, and spirituous liquors, for the year nineteen hundred and six, one hundred dollars.
INTERNATIONAL PRISON COMMISSION.
International Prison Commission.For subscription of the United States as an adhering member of the International Prison Commission, and the expenses of a commissioner, including preparation of reports, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
INTERNATIONAL GEODETIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF THE EARTH.
International Geodetic Association.To enable the Government of the United States to pay through the American embassy at Berlin, its quota as an adhering member of the International Geodetic Association for the Measurement of the Earth, one thousand five hundred dollars.
REPAIRS TO LEGATION AND CONSULAR PREMISES.
Repairs to legations and consulates.To enable the Secretary of State to keep in repair the legation and consular premises owned by the Government of the United States and occupied by its agents, five thousand dollars.
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
Bureau of American Republics. Proviso. Use of receipts from other Republics, sales, etc.Commercial Bureau of American Republics, thirty-six thousand dollars: Provided, That any moneys received from the other American Republics for the support of the Bureau, or from the sale of the Bureau publications, from rents, or other sources shall be paid into the Treasury as a credit in addition to the appropriation, and maybe drawn therefrom upon requisitions of the Secretary of State for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the Bureau: Monthly Bulletin.And provided further, That the Public Printer be, and is hereby, authorized to print an edition of the Monthly Bulletin, not to exceed five thousand copies, for distribution by the Bureau every month during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION.
International Bureau of Permanent Court of Arbitration. Vol. 32, p. 1793.To meet the share of the United States in the expenses for the year nineteen hundred and four of the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, created under article twenty-two of the convention concluded at The Hague, July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for the pacific settlement of international disputes, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONGRESS.
International Railway Congress.To pay the quota of the United States as an adhering member of the International Railway Congress for the year nineteen hundred and six, four hundred dollars.
INTERNATIONAL SANITARY BUREAU.
SCHEDULE B. Schedule B. Salaries, Consular Service.Consular service salaries.
Consuls-general. For salaries of consuls-general at the following places, namely: Calcutta, Constantinople, Cape Town (Africa), Habana, Hongkong, London, Ottawa, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Shanghai, at five thousand dollars each, fifty thousand dollars; Melbourne and Tientsin, at four thousand five hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars; Berlin, Canton, Mexico City, Montreal, Mukden, Panama, Saint Petersburg, and Yokohama, at four thousand dollars each, thirty-two thousand dollars; Antwerp, Callao, Halifax, Hamburg, Singapore, and Vienna, at three thousand five hundred dollars each, twenty-one thousand dollars; Apia and Nukualofa, Barcelona, Buenos Ayres, Coburg, Dresden, Frankfort, Guayaquil, Marseilles, Monterey, Rome, and Rotterdam, at three thousand dollars each, thirty-three thousand dollars; Auckland (New Zealand), Christiania, Munich, and Tangier, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, ten thousand dollars; Guatemala City (Guatemala), Maracaibo, and San Salvador, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Total for salaries of consuls-general, one hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars.
CONSULS.
For salaries of consuls at the following places, namely:
CLASS I.
At five thousand dollars per annum. Liverpool, England.
CLASS II.
At three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Amoy, China. Antung, Manchuria. Bremen, Germany. Chefoo, China. Dalny, Manchuria. Dawson City, Northwest Territory. Havre, France. Kobé, Japan. Lourenço Marquez, Africa. Niuchwang, China. Pretoria, South Africa. Saint Gall, Switzerland. Southampton, England. Forty-five thousand five hundred dollars.
CLASS III.
At three thousand dollars per annum. Barmen, Germany. Bahia, Brazil. Basle, Switzerland. Belfast, Ireland. Bombay, India. ​Bordeaux, France. Bradford, England. Chungking, China. Cienfuegos, Cuba. Colon, Panama. Fuchau, China. Georgetown, Guiana. Glasgow, Scotland. Hankau, China. Hangchow, China. Kingston, Jamaica. Lyons, France. Manchester, England. Montevideo, Uruguay. Nagasaki, Japan. Nankin , China. Nottingham, England. Nuremberg, Germany. Odessa, Russia. Para, Brazil. Pernambuco, Brazil. Prague, Austria. Quebec, Canada. Santiago de Cuba. Santos, Brazil. Valparaiso, Chile. Vera Cruz, Mexico. Ninety-six thousand dollars.
CLASS IV.
At two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Aix la Chapelle, Germany. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Annaberg, Germany. Athens, Greece. Barbados, West Indies. Barranquilla, Colombia. Birmingham, England. Brussels, Belgium. Burslem, England. Calais, France. Chemnitz, Germany. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mexico. Cologne, Germany. Colombo, Ceylon. Dundee, Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. Huddersfield, England. Jerusalem, Syria. Liege, Belgium. Mainz, Germany. Plauen, Germany. Reichenberg, Austria. Saint Thomas, West Indies. San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua. Sheffield, England. Smyrna, Turkey. Stuttgart, Germany. ​Swansea, Wales. Sydney, New South Wales. Three Rivers, Canada. Toronto, Canada. Trinidad, West Indies. Vancouver, British Columbia. Victoria, British Columbia. Vladivostok, Siberia. Zurich, Switzerland. Ninety-two thousand five hundred dollars.
CLASS V.
At two thousand dollars per annum. Acapulco, Mexico. Algiers, Africa. Amherstburg, Canada. Bamberg, Germany. Beirut, Syria. Belize, Honduras. Bergen, Norway. Berne, Switzerland. Breslau, Germany. Brunswick, Germany. Budapest Austria-Hungary. Cardiff, Wales. Chatham, Canada. Chihuahua, Mexico. Collingwood, Canada. Copenhagen, Denmark. Cork, Ireland. Crefeld, Germany. Curaçao, West Indies. Dublin, Ireland. Dunfermline, Scotland. Dusseldorf, Germany. Freiburg, Germany. Geneva, Switzerland. Genoa, Italy. Ghent, Belgium. Glauchau, Germany. Hamilton, Bermuda. Hamilton, Canada. Hanover, Germany. Hull, England. Jamestown, Saint Helena. Kehl, Germany. La Guayra, Venezuela. Leeds, England. Leghorn, Italy. Leipsic, Germany. London, Canada. Lucerne, Switzerland. Magdeburg, Germany. Malta Islands, Great Britain. Managua, Nicaragua. Mannheim, Germany. Martinique, West Indies. Mazatlan, Mexico. Milan. Italy. ​Moscow, Russia. Nantes, France. Naples, Italy. Nassau, New Providence. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Palermo, Italy. Port Limon, Costa Rica. Port Louis, Mauritius. Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Puerto Cortez, Honduras. Rheims, France. Rosario, Argentine Republic. Roubaix, France. Saint Etienne, France. Saint John, New Brunswick. Saint Johns, Newfoundland. Saint Thomas, Canada. San Jose, Costa Rica. Sarnia, Ontario. Sherbrooke, Canada. Solingen, Germany. Sydney, Nova Scotia. Tamatave, Madagascar. Tampico, Mexico. Iamsui, Formosa. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Teneriffe, Spain. Trebizond, Turkey. Trieste, Austria. Valencia, Spain. Weimar, Germany. Winnipeg, Canada. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Zanzibar, Zanzibar. Zittau, Germany. One hundred and sixty-four thousand dollars.
CLASS VI.
At one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Aden, Arabia. Alexandretta, Syria. Antigua, West Indies. Asuncion, Paraguay. Batavia, Java. Bristol, England. Brockville, Canada. Cape Haitien, Haiti. Cartagena, Colombia. Castellamare di Stabia, Italy. Catania, Italy. Ceiba, Honduras. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Coaticook, Quebec. Cornwall, Canada. Durango, Mexico. Ensenada, Mexico. Florence, Italy. Fort Erie, Canada. ​Funchal, Madeira. Gaspé Basin, Canada. Gibraltar, Spain. Goderich, Ontario. Gothenberg, Sweden. Grenoble, France. Guadeloupe, West Indies. Guelph, Canada. Harput, Turkey. Hermosillo, Mexico. Jalapa, Mexico. Kingston, Ontario. La Rochelle, France. Limoges, France. Malaga, Spain. Matamoras, Mexico. Messina, Italy. Moncton, New Brunswick. Niagara Falls, Ontario. Nice, France. Nogales, Mexico. Orillia, Ontario. Patras, Greece. Port au Prince, Haiti. Port Deitrick, Nicaragua. Port Hope, Ontario. Prescott, Ontario. Progreso, Mexico. Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Rouen, France. Saint Christopher, West Indies. Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec. Saint Johns, Quebec. Saint Michaels, Azores. Saint Pierre, Saint Pierre Island. Saint Stephen, New Brunswick. Saltillo, Mexico. Seville, Spain. Sierra Leone, Africa. Sivas, Turkey. Stanbridge, Canada. Stettin, Germany. Stratford, Canada. Turin, Italy. Turks Island, West Indies. Venice, Italy. Wallaceburg, Ontario. Windsor, Ontario. Woodstock, New Brunswick. One hundred and two thousand dollars.
SCHEDULE C. Schedule C.
CLASS VII.
Class VII. $1,000 a year. At one thousand dollars per annum. Colonia, Uruguay. Riga, Russia. Taihiti, Society Islands. Stavenger, Norway. ​Utilla, Honduras. Windsor, Nova Scotia. Six thousand dollars. Total salaries of consuls, five hundred and eleven thousand dollars.
SALARIES OF CONSULAR CLERKS.
Consular clerks.Eight consular clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, nine thousand six hundred dollars; and five consular clerks at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars; total, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars.
ALLOWANCES FOR CLERK HIRE AT UNITED STATES CONSULATES.
Clerks at consulates.For allowance for clerk hire at consulates as follows: London, three thousand five hundred dollars; Paris, three thousand dollars; Hongkong, two thousand two hundred dollars; Mexico City, two thousand one hundred dollars; Liverpool and Habana, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, five thousand dollars; Bradford and Manchester, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Southampton, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, three thousand two hundred dollars; Berlin, Antwerp, Hamburg, Kobé, and Lyons, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Monterey, one thousand four hundred dollars; Barmen, Bordeaux, Bremen, Brussels, Canton, Chemnitz, Coburg, Crefeld, Frankfort, Havre, Marseilles, Montreal, Ottawa, Rotterdam, Vienna, and Yokohama, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars; Belfast, Calcutta, Glasgow, Nuremburg, Plauen, Saint Gall, Sheffield, Singapore, and Sydney (New South Wales), at one thousand dollars each, nine thousand dollars; Birmingham, nine hundred and sixty dollars; Beirut, Buenos Ayres, Burslem, Cape Town, Colon, Dawson City, Dresden, Dundee, Guayaquil, Kingston (Jamaica), Leipsic, Mainz, Maracaibo, Melbourne, Messina, Naples, Palermo, Panama, Port au Prince, Smyrna, Tangier, Toronto, Vancouver, Vera Cruz, and Victoria, at eight hundred dollars each, twenty thousand dollars; Edinburgh, seven hundred and sixty dollars; Stockholm, seven hundred and fifty dollars; Prague, seven hundred and twenty dollars; Aix la Chapelle, Chihuahua, Ciudad Jaurez, Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Halifax, and Lucerne, at six hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; Bahia, Cairo, Cologne, Constantinople, Florence, Huddersfield, Liege, Munich, Newcastle—on-Tyne, Nottingham, Odessa, Para, Pernambuco, Reichenberg, Solingen, Tampico, and Zurich, at six hundred dollars each, ten thousand two hundred dollars; Cienfuegos, Kehl, and Santiago de Cuba, at five hundred dollars each, one thousand five hundred dollars; Berne, Georgetown (Guiana), Genoa, Malaga, Mannheim, and Stuttgart, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; Total, clerk hire, one hundred and three thousand and sixty dollars. Consulates not specified.Allowance for clerks at consulates, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State at consulates not herein provided for in ​respect to clerk hire, no greater portion of this sum than five hundred dollars to be allowed to any one consulate in any one fiscal year, fifty thousand dollars: Proviso. Limit.Provided, That the total sum expended in one year shall not exceed the amount appropriated.
SALARIES OF INTERPRETERS TO CONSULATES IN CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPAN.
Interpreters to consulates.Interpreters to be employed at consulates in China, Korea, and Japan, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, twenty thousand dollars. For interpreter at Vladivostok, Siberia, eight hundred dollars.
EXPENSES OF INTERPRETERS, GUARDS, AND SO FORTH, IN TURKISH DOMINIONS, AND SO FORTH.
Interpreters, guards, etc.Interpreters and guards at the consulates in the Turkish dominions and at Zanzibar, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, ten thousand dollars.
SALARIES OF MARSHALS FOR CONSULAR COURTS.
Marshals.Marshals for the consular courts in China, Korea, and Turkey, ten thousand three hundred dollars.
EXPENSES OF PRISONS FOR AMERICAN CONVICTS.
Consular prisons. Bangkok.Expenses of a prison and a prison keeper at the consulate-general in Bangkok, Siam, one thousand dollars. Shanghai.Actual expense of renting a prison at Shanghai for American convicts in China, seven hundred and fifty dollars; and for the wages of a keeper of such prison, eight hundred dollars; one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. Keeping prisoners.Paying for the keeping and feeding of prisoners in China, Korea, Siam, and Turkey, nine thousand dollars: Proviso. Maximum allowance.Provided, That no more than fifty cents per day for the keeping and feeding of each prisoner while actually confined shall be allowed or paid for any such keeping and feeding. This is not to be understood as covering cost of medical attendance and medicines when required by such prisoners: Self-supporting prisonersAnd provided further, That no allowance shall be made for the keeping and feeding of any prisoner who is able to pay or does pay the above sum of fifty cents per day; and the consular officer shall certify to the fact of inability in every case. Rent, etc., TurkeyRent of prison for American convicts in Turkey, and for wages of keepers of the same, one thousand dollars. Prison keeper, Korea.Wages of prison keeper in Korea, six hundred dollars. Total, thirteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
RELIEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN.
Relief of American seamen.Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands, thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
FOREIGN HOSPITAL AT CAPE TOWN.
FOREIGN HOSPITALS AT PANAMA.
Panama.Annual contributions toward the support of foreign hospitals at Panama, five hundred dollars, to be paid by the Secretary of State upon the assurance that suffering seamen and citizens of the United States will be admitted to the privileges of said hospitals.
REWRITING CONSULAR REGULATIONS.
Rewriting consular regulations.Expenses of rewriting the consular regulations, under the supervision of the Secretary of State, three thousand dollars.
FOREIGN CEMETERY AT TANGIER.
Cemetery, Tangier.Contribution toward the expense of a wall, gates, keeper's house, and so forth, in the foreign cemetery at Tangier, four hundred dollars.
SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE AT KOBÉ.
Seamen's Institute, Kobé.Contribution toward the support of the Seamen’s Institute of Kobe, to be paid by the Secretary of State upon the assurance that relief will be afforded by the said institute to indigent American seamen, twenty-five dollars.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES, UNITED STATES CONSULATES.
Contingent expenses, consulates.Expenses of providing all such stationery, blanks, record and other books, seals, presses, flags, signs, rent, postage, furniture, statistics, newspapers, freight (foreign and domestic), telegrams, advertising, messenger service, traveling expenses of consular officers and consular clerks, compensation of Chinese writers, loss by exchange, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates, consular agencies, and commercial agencies in the transaction of their business, two hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
Approved, March 3, 1905.
March 3, 1905. [H. R. 18965.] [Public, No. 141.] Philippine tariff revision law of 1905.
Chap. 1408.—An Act To revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of General Orders, Numbered Forty-nine, office of the United States military governor in the Philippine Islands, dated October twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, relating to customs duties on imports and exports of the Philippine Islands, and tonnage duties and wharf charges therein, and the several orders supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, are hereby amended to read as follows: Collection of duties.Sec. 2.That duties shall be collected on all articles, goods, and merchandise imported into the Philippine Islands at the rates hereinafter provided, except when expressly exempted from duty by this Act. Goods in transit.Sec. 3.That merchandise in transit at the time the present revision goes into effect may be entered under the provisions of law existing at the time of shipment: Proviso. Time limit.Provided, however, That this privilege shall not be extended beyond the period of sixty days after the date of the enforcement of the present tariff of duties and taxes. Rates.Sec. 4.That duties shall be collected at the rates hereinafter provided on such articles, goods, and merchandise exported from the Philippine Islands as are hereinafter specifically prescribed in this Act.
​Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.Sec. 4.That said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railroad trains, whether the same be operated by steam, electricity, or otherwise, and, at the option of the corporation by which it may be built, may be used for the passage of wagons, passenger cars, electric motors, and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals and for foot passengers and all kinds of common travel or communication, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.
Lawful structure and post route.Sec. 5.That the bridge shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads of the United States, and no charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, troops, and Telegraph, etc ., rights.munitions of war of the United States. Equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge Changesand its approaches for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes; and any changes in the said bridge which the Secretary of War may require in the interest of navigation shall be made by the person or corporation owning or operating the same, at their own expense.
Aids to navigation.Sec. 6.That the said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be kept and managed at all times to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, both by day and by night,Lights, etc. and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe, and such changes shall be made from time to time in the structure of said bridge as the Secretary of War may direct, at the expense of the said company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river.
Time of construction.Sec. 7.That this Act shall be null and void unless the bridge herein authorized be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof.
Amendment.Sec. 8.That Congress shall have power at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.
Approved, March 3, 1905.