The Princeton union., 1894-08-09

oil appropriations Tor the necessary.
operations Of the government for pen
sions ard for the district Of Coluuabia.
They were twice extended for thirty
days from June 80 and fifteen days.
from July 80. and resolution continu-
ing for thirty days the employment Of
mechanics and laborers under lhe law
department was passed under ;lle same
circumstances. By resolution the Secre-
tary of the treasury was authorized to
make partial pa yments on vessels built
by contract, the amount not to exceed
IS per- cent of the work done, and to
advance to the public printer sums not
exceeding fourffths of his bond to
pay for work and materials. Two
special appropriation bills for alaries
OF employees of cor gress was necessary,
anft one for the expenses Of investiga-
tlon ordered by the senate. By resol'l-
tlcn the secretary OF the treasury was
ordered to receive from r. Il. WI son
y Co, and Place to. the credit Of the
Cherokee Nation, $6,74O,ODO for the
Cherokee outlet.
Among tie laws oe benefit to mer-
chant marine interests enacted was one
to prevent collisions at sea, prescribing
a system Of signals; one to facilitate the
entry OF steamships by authorizing the
customs officers to permit the unload
iLg Of a vessel Of a regular established
line on receivig from the master q
sworn manifest of the cargo; resolu-
ton directing the secretary Of war to
appoint commission of engineers to
report upon the cost of the harbors of
Superior and uluth, and thei: en-
frances to uniform depth Of twenty
feet. *
The acts pertaining to the Judiciary
Of the United States included an act
providing that the criminal cases in
the district If Minnesota sh1n be
brought and prosecuted in the district
in which the Offer ses were committed.
The secretary Of war was authorized
to restore to the State Of Michigan two
flags Of the Twenty regiment,
Michigan volunteers, among the re-
captured flags in the war department.,
and to the State of Iowa the flag of the
Twenty-secnod regiment, Iowa yolun-
teer infantry, and to donate four obso-
lete gun carriages to the city of Mar
shalltown, Iowa. ,l > '..
Much legislation relahrg to public
lSrds was accomplished. One ct ex-
tends to January, 1897, the time with
in which persons may purchase rail-
road grant lands forfeited to the gov
ernment by the act of Sept. "a, 1890,
under the conditions of purchase in
that act. AS a measure of relief to
the West. during the business depres-
sion, the requirement that on each
mining claim located not less than S1OO
worth of improvements or labor lie
Yn16n o1Rh af Frs
feiture, was suspcl, dcd for the year
1884. An act was passed disqra.ify-
lEg registers or receivers Of land offices
from hearing cases in which they were
interested. and providing that the Sec
retary of the interior shall designate
special agents tc hear such cases. The
time for making final proof and pay
mcnt for all lands located under the
homestead and desert laws was extend
ed for one year, and the time for final
payments under the pre-emption act,
when ent'ymen ale prevented from
making payment from causes beyond
their control. The donation act of 1850
was amended so that persons wLo lad
made proof Of settlement in Oregon.
Washington and Idaho, but failed to
file proof OF their continued residence
and cultivation, are given until Jan. /.
1896, to make final proof. Other land
acts were: For the protection Of par
iec heretofore allowed to m7ke entries
for lands within the former Mile Laos
Indian reservation, confirming entries
which would have been made invalid
by a decision Of the land office; grant
ing to tile State tf North Dakota lands
set apart as a wood reservation for
Fort Totten, for the use Of the state
militia. Bills granting rights Of way
were granted to the Braincrd & North
ern Minnesota Railway company
through the Leech Lake Indian reser-
vation in Minnesota; to the st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba railway
through the White Earth, Leech Lake
Chippewa and Fond du Lac Indian res
ervaGons in minnesota.
Among the bridge tiils are: For tic
Dubuque 4 Wisconsin Bridge compnn1,
across the Mississippi from Eaglc
Point Dubuque, to Grant county, Wis