San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-03-17

lowing are the more important bills
enacted into laws by the fifty-second
copgres-: The car coupler bill the
Chinese exclusion bill the national
quarantine dill the immigration DILL
TO grant American registry 10 the two
lnman steamers 10 pension tue 'rvi-
vivor7 OF the Black Hawk and Sei.- aoie
Indian wars the intermediate pension
DILL. the cight-nour bill bill for the
adjustment OF claims OF men VINO
have worked over time 10 enable the
president to enforce reciprocal cIuai
arrangements With Canada pens on 10
army nurses. TO increase tine ray Ot
the crews OF life saving stations. the
omnibus, Lighthouse and fog signal
bill 10 amend the interstate commerce
law so rs 10 meet me Gresham ana
Counselman decisions ana correct
other defects n it: 10 amend the law
in reference 10 oils OF lading so as to
increase and make more clear the re-
spOusiUi-ities OF trans Dorters; the
appropriation Of $50. 900 for the
preparation OF the site ana
pedestal for the Sherman statue;
to establish a military board
20 review court martial hnd-
iugs: for the examination OF officers
OF the marine corps ana to regulate
promotions therein; for the compile
ton OF the allotment OF lands to the
Cheyeunes and ArapahOes; TO MAKE
the secretary of agriculture eligible
to the presidential succession; to au-
tnori-e the establishment OF q branch
national bank on the Worlds fair
grounds: TO create California mining
DEBRIS committee: to repeal the lie
saving pro iectiie law in 50 far as con-
Germs vessels navigating Likes. bays
or sounds exclusively; TO enable the
centennial board OF finance to wind
uD its affairs; to increase the pay OF
Drivates in the hospital corp-. to per-
nit enlisted men 10 be examined for
promotion 10 second lieutenant: 10
give commanding oihcers IN the army
power TO remit or mitigate findings of
summary court martials; to extend for
two years the time within which APP
plications may be made to remove
technical charges OF desertiOn against
Mexican war veterans; TO make
reductions in the naval en-
gineer CORPS; to establish q
court of appeals in the District
OF Columbia; to incorporate the
American university at hingtOn;
10 establish a military post near Lit
tie Rock. Ark: TO provide for the col
lection and arrangement OF the mill
tary records OF the revolution ana the
war OF 1872; to authorize the secre-
tary of the treasury TO obtain designs
for public building from royal arcni-
tects VINO may also be employed 10
suDerintend their construction; to
authorize the entry of lands chiefly
valuable for building stone under the
placer mining laws; for the perma-
1ent preservation ana CUSTODY OF the
records of the volunteer armies: 10
authorize the construction OF bridge
across the Mississippi river near New
Orleans: to extend the seal pro-
tecting status 10 the north Pacific
ocean; directing the secretary
OF war to investigate raft towing on
the great lakes: 20 amend the gen
eraI land grant forfeiture OF the last
congress 50 that persons entitled to
purchase forfeited lands under that
act may have few years from the
date of It's passage: TO provide for the
punishment OF Ofenses on the high
seas. making an important amend
trent in the DfeSent law Dermittinr
suits TO De brought IN district courts
and the court OF claims against The
United States for lana patents within
a year IRON the date at which the
right OF action accruel; fer the trial
in me court OF claims OF charges of
fraud alleged against the Wells and
La Aora Mexican awards. ana estaD-
fishing a standard gauge for sheet and
plate iron and steel