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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
OFFICIAL.

Laws of the United States passed at the
First Session of the Forty Third Con-
gress.
GENERAL SATrnE-No. g.
AN ACT in relation to the customs duties on
imported fruits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the Secretary Of the Treasury is hereby
directed to suspend the payment of all
duties heretofore paid on imported fruits
until further legislation by Congress au-
thorizing the same, or until the final de-
cision Of the Supreme Court, except in
cases where suits in court have been dis
continued by instructions of the Secretary
of the Treasury. And the error in the
punctuation of the clause relating to fruit
plats, in the fifth section of the act, ap-
proved June six, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, entitled IAN act to reduce
duties on imports, and to reduce internal
taxes, and for other purposes" of insert
ing comma instead of hyphen after
the word " fruit" is hereby corrected, and
said clause shall read as follows: Fruit
plants tropical and semi-tropical for the
purpose of propagation or cultivation;
provided, that the duties imposed by vir-
tue of this amendment shall not be levied
or collected upon fruits entered for con-
sumption at any port of entry prior to
July first, eighteen hundred and seventy.
four.
Aruro1,od Nfa1, 1914
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Approved April II, 1874.
OFFICIAL.

Laws of the United States passed at
the First Session Of the Forty. Third
Congress.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. %
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled IAN act
for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels
to be employed in the coasting trade or
fisheries. snd for regulating the same"
passed February eighteen, seventeen hun
dred and ninety three.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the United
States Of America in Congress assem-
bled, That the act to which this is a
supplement shall not be 50 construed
as to extend the provisions of the said
act to canal boats, or boa is employed
on tho internal waters or canals Of any
State and all such boats, excepting
only such as are provided with sails OF
propelling machinery Of their own
adapted to lake or coastwise naviga.
ton, and excepting such as are en-
ployed in trade with the Canadas. shall
be exempt from the provisions Of the
said act, and from the payment of all
customs and other fees under any act of
Congress.
Approved April 10, 1874.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
OFFICIAL.

Laws of the United States passed at tho
First Session of the Forty-Third Con.
gress.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. So.
AN ACT to amend IN act entitled IAN act to
reorganize the courts in the District of Co.
lumbia, and for other purposes" approved
March ), 1868.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled, That
the justice Of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia, holding criminal
term for said District, may, when not
engaged in the proper business Of the
criminal term, hold sittings Of the cir
cult court, and employ the petit juries
drawn for the criminal term in the trial
Of such cases depending in said circuit
court as the justice presiding therein
may assign to him for that purpose; and
the business done at such sittings shall
be recorded in the minutes Of the cir
cult court.
Approved June Is, 1874.
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structsd or used BY the United etatss tfen
malieious injury and obetxNekion.

strueted or used BY the United etatse from
malicious injury and Obstruction.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives fthe United States 81
America in Congress assembled, That
any person or persons who shall wilfully
or maliciously injurc or destroy any Of
the works or property or material of any
telegraphic line constructed and owned,
or in process Of construction, by the
United States, or that may be hereafter
constructed and owned or occupied and
controlled by the United States, Or who
shall wilfully or maliciously interfere in
any way with the work or use Of any
such telegraphic line, or who shall will
fully or maliciously ohstruct, hinder, or
delay the transmission of any communi.
cation over any such tclegraphic line,
shall he deemed guilty of misdemes-
nor, and, on conviction thereof in any
district court of the United States hav.
ing jurisdiction of the same, shall be
punished by fine Of not less than one
hundred nor more than one thousand
dollars. or with imprisonment for a term
not exceeding three years, or with both,
in the discretion OF the court
Approved June %, 1874.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
Approved May IL, 1874.
OFFICIAL


Laws Of the United States passed at the
First Session of the Forty Third Con-
gress.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 30.
AN ACT to amend IN act, entitled IAN act
to provide for the establishment Of . mill
tary prison, and for it, government" ap-
proved March third, eighteen hundred and
seventy three.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
said act be, and the same is, hereby SO
amended that all acts and things therein
required to he done and performed at
Rock Island, in the State of Illinois,
shall be done and performed on the mill
tary reservation at Fort Leavenworth, in
the State of Kansas; provided, that the
government buildings now on said ress<-
vation at Fort Leavcnworth shall be mod
flied and used so far as practicable for the
purposes Of said prison.
Approved May 81, 1874.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30

CUTTING RIVAL INTO P1ECEs.-A
most horrible murder was committed Sat
urday evening last, on Slate Creek, in the
vicinity Of Jacksonville, Kentucky. A
Mrs. Stephens went 10 tho house Of a
ncighbor-a woman-and literally cut
her to pieces with hand-ax, from tho
effects Of which the woman expired al
most instantly. The green.eyed monster
was at the bottom Of the affair.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30

x6WS Ol Tue OQlCeU states p8SSCO AZ Inc
First Session of the Forty Third Con-
gress.
GENERAL NATpRE-N0. 98.]
AN ACT to protect persons Of foreign birth
against forcible constraint or involuntary
sorvitude.
He it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of tie United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
whoever shall knowingly and wilfully
bring into the United States, or the Ter
ritories thereof, any person inveiglcd or
forcibly kidnapped In any other country,
with intent to hold such person 20 invei-
gled or kidnapped in confinement or to
any involuntary service, and whoever
shall knowingly and wilfally sell or
cause to be sold, into any condition of
involuntary servitude, any other person
for any term whatever, and every person
who shall knowingly and wilfully hold
to involuntary service, any person 80
sold and bought, shall be deemed guilty
Of felony, and, on conviction thereof.
be imprisoned for term not exceeding
five years and pay fine not exceeding
five thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. That every person who shall
bc accessory to any OF the fclonies herein
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Approved May Q, 1874.
OFFICIAL

Laws of the United States passed at the
First Session of the Forty Third Con-
gress.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. %.
AN ACT to estahlish m assay Office at Helena,
in the Territory of Montana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of tie United States
Of America in Congress assembled, That
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and required to establish an
assay Office at Helena, in the Territory of
Montana, the said ay-ofice to be con-
Quoted under the provisions of the act
entitled IAN act revising and amending
the laws relative to the minis, assay Offices,
and coinage of the United States" ap-
proved February twelfth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy three.
Sec 2. That the Secretary of the Treas
ury is hereby authorized and directed to
cause to be constructed a suitable build
ing at Helena, in the Territory of Monta-
ma, for the purpose Of said assay Office,
and provide the same with necessary fix
lures and apparatus, at a cost not exceed
ing fifty thousand dollars, which sum is
hereby appropriated out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved Nav IL, 1874.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30

Laws Of the United States passed At
the First Session Of the Forty-Third
Congress.
GENERAL NATuRE-No. POI
AN ACT concerning tho practice in terrific
rial courts, and appeals therefrom.
Whereas, by tho organic acts estab-
fishing several of the Territories of
the United States, it is provided that
certain courts thereof shall have cou,.
mon law and chaacery jurisdiction,
and doubts have been entertained
whether said jurisdictions must be ex-
ercised separately, or whether they may
be exercised together in tho same pro-
ceediog, and whether the codes and
rules Of practice adopted in said Ter
ritories which have authorized ming
ling of said jurisdictions in the same
proceeding, or = uniform course Of
proceeding in all cases legal aud equit.
able, are repugnant to the said organic
acts respectively: Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the United
States Of America in Congress assem-
bled, That it shall not be ccccssary in
any Of the courts of the several Terri.
tories of tho United to exercise sepa-
rately the common law and chaneery
jurisdictions vested in eaid courts ; and
that tho several codes and rules Of
practice adopted in said Territories
respectively, 10 20 far as they authorize
= mingIing of said Jurisdictions, or .
uniform course Of proceeding in al
cases whether legal or equitable, b
confirmed; and that oil proceedings
heretofore had Or taken in said courts
in conformity with said respective
codes aud rules Of practice, 90 far as
relates to the form and mode Of pro.
ceeding, be, and tho same are, hereby
validated and confirmed PROVIDED,
That no party has been, or shall be,
deprived Of the right Of trial BY jury,
in cases equitable at common law.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
OFFICIAL.

Laws Of the United States passed at
the First Session of the For: y-Third
Congress.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 21.1
AN ACT to amend tho act entitled IAN act
relating to the enrolment and license OF
certain vessels"
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled, That the provisions in the act re-
latins to the enrolment and license of
vessels navigating the western rivers,
and the waters on the northern, north.
eastern, and north western frontiers of
the United States, otherwise than by
sea, approved February twenty eighth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-ive, are
hereby extended to include all vessels
Of the United States navigating the
waters of the United States.
Approved April II, 1874.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
AuRYNY

U931C1A1.
Laws Of the Unithe States passed at the
First Session of the Forty!Third Con-
gress.
GENERAL AATURE-No. "a.
AN ACT to provide for tho improvement Of
the Oostenaul% River, in tho State Of
Georgia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
the same is hereby appropriated out OF
the money in the treasury of the United
States, for the improvement of the Ooste.
naula River, in the State Of Georgia.
Approved June %, 1874.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
Approved May Z, 1874.
OFFICIAL.


Laws Of the United States passed at the
First Session Of the Forty Third Con-
gTess.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 27.1
AN ACT 70 amend the thirty first section Of
an act entitled IAN act for enrolling and
calling out the national militia, and for
other purposes" approved March third.
Gig hteen hundred and sixty three.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
all officers on duty at any point west of a
line drawn north and south through
Omaha city, and north of line drawn
east and west upon the southern boundary
of Arizona, shall be allowed sixty days
leave of absence without deduction Of
pay or allowances; provided, that the
same is taken but once in two years; and
provided further, that the leave of alb
sence may be extended to three months,
if taken once only in three years; or four
months, if taken once only in four years.
Approved May 8, 1874.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30

GENERAL NATURE-NO. SOL
AN ACT to constitute Montgonpry, in the
State Of Alabama, = port of delivery.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
Mont gomery, in the State Of Alabama,
shall he, and is hereby constituted a port
of delivery, within the collection.district
of Mobile; aud there shall be appointed
= deputy collector Of customs, Ia reside
1T said port, who shall receive salary,
to be Diet ermined by the Secretary Of the
Treasury, not exceeding one thousand
five hundred dollars per annum.
Approved Jund %, 1874.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
OFFICIAL,

Laws Of the United States passed at
the First Session Of the Forty-Third
Congress.
TGENERAL NATURE-NO. 25.1
AN ACT relative to private contracts or
agreements made with lpdi3ns prios to MaY
twenty first, eighteen hundred and seventy
two.
Be it enacted BY the Senate aud
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30

al existing contracts os ass,e.eo.s.
With" the purvisw Of thin sot, BOW on
a!s in biz Office, OF Of tho olkoe Of the
Commissioner Of Indian AEairs, or
any other odlcs or bureau 6nder his
eo"tss', asd BY special notice to TIE
party o. parties in interest compel, in
The caae Of each such contract or agree.
ment - found On ale, the same strict
ness Of ol6cial exsmination, and in
do1sensent, record and sworn statement
Of feet, - 10 required BY the several
prnvnions Of this. ,ct; provs'sd, th.s
tho investigation Of facte touching the
character Of any contract OF agree
n'ent contemplated by this eet may be
made by = commissioner appointed by
the President for that purpose, who
shall report I'll such faets 70 the Sec
rotary Of the Interior in writing.
Approved April 20, 1874.
OFFICIAL.
Laws OF the United States passed at tn,
First Session of the FOrty-Thiril Con-
, gress.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 3d.
AN ACT rsps.iinr the .et s1sitlsd IAN act
sizing The ti0s for tho election Of Repre-
se.tstives from the State Of Caliloflis to
the Forty Fourth CosGrsss.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled, That
the act entitled IAN act fixing the time
for the election Of Representatives from
the State Of California to the Forty fourth
Congress-" approved March third, eigh-
teen hundred and seventy. three, be, and
the same il, hereby repealed.
Approved May 81, 1874.
OFFICIAL.
Laws of the United States passed at the
First Session Of the Forty Third Con-
gress.
GENERAL NATURE-N0. &C.
AN ACT to amend the aot e.titlsd IAN ast
to regulate tho carriage of passengsrs in
steamships and Other vessels" approved
March three, eighteen hundred and ffty-
five.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled, That
the thirteenth section of the act entitled
IAN act to regulate the carriage of pas
sengers in steamships and other vessels"
approved March third, eighteen hundred
and fifty-five, he, and the same is, hereby
repealed; and that hereafter each and
every collector of customs to whom shall
be delivered the manifests or lists of pas
sengers prescribed by the twelfth section
of the act aforesaid, approved March
third, eighteen hundred and fifty.fivc,
or lists Of passengers to the Secretary of
the Treasury of the United States, in such
manner as shall be prescribed by that
of the same shall be prepared and pub.
lished.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
Approved juno %, 1874.
OFFICIAL.

Laws of the United Staaes passed at the
First Session of the Forty Third Con-
gress.
GENERAL NATURE-No. $751;
AN ACT for the relief of savings institu-
tions having no capital stock, and doing
business solely for tho benefit Of deposit
tors.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
no farther collection of internal rcvenve
taxes shall be made on the earnings of
savings banks or institutions for savings,
having NO capital stock and doing no
be loaned or invested for the sole bene-
fit of the parties making such deposits,
without profit or compensation Of the
association or company, whether the
earnings of the same have been or may
hereafter be divided annually, semi-a n-
nuelly or at other periods.
Approved June %, 1874.
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OFFICIAL.

Laws of the United States passed at the
First Session Of the Forty Third Con-
gress.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
VOLUME VII.

G. HENDERSON 4 CO.,
Bank, Passage, & Foreign Ex-
change Business,
LIE ROY, MIMI.
Tickets to AID from all parts Of Europe by
he<Auohor, Guiau, aud all other lines, sold
- 10 rates.
Rsepoasibls parties can obtain Tickets on
Credit, atliLsral rates, uattl after next hsr-
vert 4 desired.
Neli0y loaned On Real Estate or Collateral
Securities.
Leroy. Nina. Feb. 18th. 1874.
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Official.
LAWS
OF THE
United States
PASSED AT THE
rGENERAL NAwmE-N0 SGT

FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY.
THIRD CONGRESS.
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OF FlClAL..

Laws Of the United States passed at the
First session of the Forty Third Con
gress.
(QEFERAL NATURE-NO. O5.
AN ACT to protect lines Of telegraph con-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30
BABY GIGS,
eanbu1ators,
BOYS CARTS, etc.
} 31AlD1XllfBAll

now offer N .,ox., tho BEST MADE good,
ever brought to this market. They will have
. larger and 6uer stock than they have ever
yet exhibited, and offer
Better Inducements in Prices
than can b obtained elsewhere.
They arc prepared in oil cases to substan.
tate whatever they advertise. 81
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OFFICIAL.

Laws of the United States passed At
the First SESSION Of the Forty-Third
Congress.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30

i SEC. 4. That no such contrac: Of
agreement shall be recognized BY any
officer or employe of the United States
until che Secretary Of the interior
shall, after full consideration Of any
such contract or agreement, together
with the proofs and papers in this ac'
required to be fled, and such as the
Secretary of the Interior or Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs may require
in addition thereto, the Secretary Of
the Interior shall consider to be just
and reasonable, aud not tainted with
fraud, and not exorbitant in its de.
mands provided, that the Secretary
of the Interior shall in al! cases enter,
in writing, on such original contract
on the record in the Office of the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, wherein
such original contract is recorded, an
official statement. showing that the
contract or agreement and proofs have
been filed in accordance with the pro
visions Of this act, and considered BY
him, and in his opinion said contract
or agreement or assignments thereof
are not e1orbitant, AID not fraudu'
lent, and that they are just, the same
shall be valid.
But if, in the opinion Of tho Score
tary of the Interior, such contract 81
agreement, or the assignment thereof
is frs udulent or exorbitant, he shall
officially enter his rejection, in writing
upon tho record Of such contract Of
agreement, and they shall not be con
sidered of binding force by any Offices
or employe Of the United States.
SEC. S. That it il hereby made thu
duty Of the Secretary Of tho Interior
t. cause an investigation to be u,ads q
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Laws Of the United States passed at the
First Session of the Forty Third Con.
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OFFICIAL.

OFFICIAL.
Laws Of the United States passed at the
First Session of the Forty-Third Con-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-30

Laws Of the United States passed at
the First Session of the Forty Third
(!nn0rosa
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Laws of the United States passed ct the
First Session Of the Forty Third Con-
grcSs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-02
Chinese trust.

In all places in China you may see q
string Of coolies rushing through the
streets carrying loads of money. There
is not a policeman to be seen, except oc.
casionally at the gates or in time Of
trouble. You may see shroff with a
lot of dollars in fat tray, examining
them intently as they pass, click, over
his thumb; sometimes a posse of idlers,
consisting of chair-bearers, coolies,
cooks and servants, all looking on.
There does not seem to be even the sus-
picion that any one might attempt to
kick the tray over and bolt with what
he could get in the scramble. Why,
even in that nest of iniquity, Hong
Kong, you may see at that most com
Portable of buildings, the Oriental bank,
a lot Of Cinnamon counting and examin-
ing, perhaps, thousands of dollars that
are being paid to them, and some of the
greatest scoundrels unhanged passing
constantly; perhaps they think the men
in the streets would most likely be hon
est enough to catch them, but it is rather
doubtful if they dare. Money and valu-
ables are exposed in way that would
never be dreamed OF in England; and
the similarity of dress, the narrowness
and crowded state of the streets in
China, all would aid in the escape Of
rnhhar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-02
Sncren PIGEONS.

1t seems that Venice has not only her
sacred lion of St Mark, but her sacred
pigeons also. Like the storks Of Hol-
land, the buzzards of India, and the
crocodiles of Egypt, these pigeons of
the belfry of st. Mark are regarded with
superstitious pride and fear by the com
mon people. They say, when the
pigeons leave St. Mark place the sea
will swallow us up" They are the pride
OF the town.
Many of the citizens have left them
considerable legacies, and they fare like
the idle and patrician birds they really
are. Whoever Injuries one OF them is
instantly arrested For the first oifense,
ten dollars; for the second, the prison.
Formerly the punishment was death.
These wise birds know when the bell
is to be rung, and, if the duty is neg
lected refuse to retire or be appeased
until it is performed The feeding Of
these pigeons-always by pretty Yene-
tan girl in the public square-is said to
be one of the most picturesque sights IN
Venice.