Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-20
DO nothing CONGRESS HAD LONG
LIST OF RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED


Increasing navy pay. officers AM
enlisted men practically equalizet
with army. Enlisted force increased
5000 men.
Marine corps increased approx.
mately 800 officers and enlisted men
Restrictions on lands of the Five
Civilized Tribes removed. adding
$150,0O0,O00 TO taxable property OF
Oklahoma.
Addition of one member to Philip.
pine Commission.
Numerous additional lights. light.
houses and buoys.
Creation of rank of captain in
Philippine scouts. companies having
heretofore been commanded by lieu
tenants.
Enlarging the classification of EN-
ployes to whom railroads may grant
free transportation.
Provision that appeals from dec..
sions of Federal Courts on habeal
corpus proceedings shall be had only
when such court or u justice OF tn /,
Supreme Court decided there "a
ground for appeal.
immigration station established at
Philadelphia at cost of $25O,OOO.
Efficiency of life saving service
promoted by raising compensation
and providing pensions.
Additional safeguards for passen-
ger carrying ships provided.
Payment Of damages of $500, 900
for Catholic church property destroy
ed In Philippines.
Establishing thirty additional Ash
hatcheries and otherwise increasing
efficiency of Fish Commission.
Granting 5000 pensions to deserv-
Ing veterans of the Civil and Spanish
wars.
Repeating application Of coast wis
laws to the Philippine Islands.
Secretary of the Navy authorized
to receive and care for gifts to naval
vessels.
Creation CT commission and appro-
priation OF $l.5OO,OOO for rcpresen-
tation of the United States at the
Toxic Exposition.
Prohibiting dissertation and i'm
proper use Of the Flag.
Revenue cutter service increased
by transfer to that service Of gun
boat vicksburg.
Salaries OF assistants to Cabinet Of
fcers raised to 5000 year.
Appropriation of $14,50O to meet
expelsesaof counting. ,slcstssal vote.
Appropriation Of $29.227.0O0 for
the Panama Canal. Z Es -
Appropriation OF 100000 tor con
tinIns SURVEY and making boundary
between the United States and Can
ada.sl 81 EI 2 ~ 's's 2
Female nurse corps established'f for
navy hospitals and navy hospital
ships. -
Military bands must not compete
with civilian musicians.
Drainage of public lands in Min
nesota, including all unpatented
lands.
Joint maneuvers OF army and mi
litia authorized, with $1,000. 900 APP
Remission of $10,SOO,OOO of the
indemnity resulting from
Boxer uprising.
Anarchistic and seditious publica-
tons and intoxicants and cocaine ex-
cluded from the mails. "a.
Attorney General directed to In
stitute suits to compel forfeiture 70
the United States of certain lands
granted to the Central Pacific, Ore
gon Short Line, ETC., on ground Of
violation of contract. sN
Invitation extended to all nations
to send delegates to the Information
Al Tuberculosis Congress, to be held
at Washington beginning Sept. II.
1908. .+.a
Chippewa national forest reserve
created In Minnesota.
Patent law. amended SO that all
patents shall issue within three
months after final fee Is paid, and
that In the event of the death of pat
entee any patent pending shall issue
to his legal heirs.
Secretary OF War authorized to ex-
pend $250,0O0 for the relief OF suf-
ferers from cyclone of April. 1903. in
Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi, and
Louisiana.
Interstate Commerce Commission
authorized to prescribe regulations
for the transportation by common
carriers Of explosives, to promote the
safety of passengers and employees.
Penalty imposed on soldiers who
sell their arms. uniforms or accou-
mitigated.
Railroads engaged in interstate
prohibited after January
1, 1910, from using any locomotive
equipped with an ashpan which ne
cessitates an employees getting under
the engine.