Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-11
A Few of the important Laws
Enacted by the Goth Con-
gress, First Session.


Financial law whereby banks In
periods of financial stringency may
Issue currency to the amount OF
$500, 100000, depositing as security
therefor bonds, commercial paper OF
other assets, such emergency currency |
being so taxed as to insure its retire
ment as soon as the stringeney mas
passed.
Public buildings bill, authorizing
many needed structures, purchase OF
sites, ETC., including site for Depart
ments of State and Commerce ana
Labor, adjoining Treasury and Whlle
House grounds.
National monetary commission
created to devise a sound monetary
system for the Government.
Two new battleships, at cost OF
s6,0OO,O0O each, exclusive OF armor
and armament; ten torpedo boat ae,
stroyers, three steam Golfers ana
eight submarines.
Consular service reorganlzeo' apol,
ishing unnecessary consulship anu
consul generalshtps ana ESTABLISHING
those most needed.
Widows pensions increased from
So to S12 a month and certain I'M
necessary restrictions abolished.
Investigation of tariff, preliminary
10 revision, confined to Ways ana
Means and Finance Committees:
Model child labor law for District
of Columbia. -
Fmployers' liability bill enacted to
renlace that pronounced unconstltu-
tional by Supreme Court.
Government liability law, provld-
ing compensation to all Federal EN-.
pIoyes for injuries received IN line Oh
duty. -, oo.,s
Efficiency of army medical corps
increased by additional ofhcers anu
creation of reserved medical corps
Increasing army pay, officers APP
rroyimateIv $500 a year and enlisted
men about forty per cent. increase
applying to both retired and active
lists. ,d
Increasing navy pay, officers ana
enlisted men practically equallzed
with army. Enlisted force increased
Restrictions on land of the FIVE civ
lived tribes removed, adding $780,
100000 to taxable property OF Okla
homa. $50
Numerous additional lights, light
houses and buoys.
Granting 5000 pensions to desery-
ing veterans of the Civil and Spanish
wars.
Creation of commission and appro'
priation of $1,500,000 for repres.g5n
tation of the United States at the ~
kio Exposition. ,o
Prohibiting dissertation ana lllpIO
per use of the flag.
PEI AUTHORIZATION mr. of S29,227.OOO FOL
the Panama Canal. 90,
Anarchistic and seditious puDNcd
tons and intoxicants and cocaine eA
cluded from the mails.
Secretary of War authorized U
expend S25O,000 for the relief OF SUI
ferers from cyclone of April, 1905, Il
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi an'
Louisiana.
Interstate Commerce Commission
authorized to prescribe regulation
for the transportation by common
carriers of explosives, to promote IN
safety of passengers and employees.
Railroads engaged in lnterstas
commerce prohibited after January
1910, from using any locomotLY
equipped with an ashpan when ne
cessitates any employees getting III
der the engine.
9Sixty-two laws authorizing cor
struction of bridges over navigaDl
T.
Five laws authorizing constructlo
of dams in navigable streams:
Nine laws affecting Federal court
judicial districts, etc.
Seven laws affecting custom
granting increased privileges to ce
tain ports, etc. Ill
twenty-five laws affecting puDl
lands. making special grants, etc.
Seven laws for the District OF 20
umbia. including prohibition Of
betting within the District, and pr
Wiling for free examination OF sputu
in suspected cases of tuberculosis.
investigation of wood pulp indu
try; House committee reported
warrant for altering tariff at this tin
and no conclusive evidence of a trui
hut suficient ground for further
vestigation. II
X one hundred and fifty-two pun
laws were enacted.
There were 1900 invalid pensi
acts and about 700 private pensi
acts. 49, ...o,. o
nils introduced in House over
"A 400: in Senate, over 1000.