CHAP. VIII. — An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropria- Feb. 12, 1868. tions for the Execution of the Reconstruction Laws, and for the Service of the Quartermaster's Department of the Government, for the fiscal Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, namely: To provide for the expenses of carrying into effect the "Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States ": for the first military district, the sum of fifty thousand dollars; for the second military district, the sum of one hundred and ten thousand dollars; for the third military district, the sum of ninety-seven thousand dollars; for the fourth military district, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and for the fifth military district, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; making, in all, the sum of six hundred and fifty-seven thousand dollars. To supply deficiencies in the service of the quartermaster's department, to wit: For regular supplies, three million five hundred thousand dollars. For transportation of the army, seven million three hundred and fifty To supply deficiencies in the office of the chief of engineers, for blank books, stationery, and miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars. Building corner of F and Seventeenth streets: Deficiency ap propriation. Reconstruction expenses. Quartermaster's department. Regular sup plies. Engineers. Building cor To supply deficiency for fuel, compensation of fireman, and miscella- ner of F and neous items, eight thousand dollars. Legislative. For increased compensation to congressional printer, to June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, one thousand three hundred and forty-four dollars and forty-four cents. 17th Streets. Congressional printer. House of Representatives. To supply a deficiency in the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives for the present fiscal year, the following sums, namely: For stationery, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, That from and after Senators and representatives the third day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, no senator or limited in newsrepresentative shall receive any newspapers except the Congressional papers and sta Globe, or stationery, or commutation therefor, exceeding one hundred and tionery. twenty-five dollars for any one session of Congress. For furniture, repairs, and packing-boxes for members, twenty thou sand dollars. For miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dollars. For folding documents, including materials, fifty thousand dollars. To supply a deficiency in the contingent expenses of the Senate for the present fiscal year, namely: For clerks to committees, and pages, horses, and carryalls, thirty-three thousand eight hundred and four dollars. For additional messengers and laborers, fifteen thousand dollars. For labor and materials in the folding-room, to be provided by the sergeant-at-arms, five thousand dollars. Senate. Judiciary. For salary of the marshal of the Supreme Court of the Judiciary United States from April third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, to June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, at thirty-five hundred dollars per annum, four thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy-seven cents. Department of education. Transfers of appropriations between differ - Department of Education. For amount required for salary of com missioner to March thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, one hundred and ninety-two dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the first section of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act furent branches of ther to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the any department, Treasury, War, and Navy Departments," as authorizes the President, on prohibited. 1809, ch. 28, 1. the application of the secretary of any department, to transfer the moneys Vol. ii. p. 585. appropriated for a particular branch of that department to another branch of expenditure in the same department, be, and the same is here- Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Senate pro tempore. Indorsed by the President: "Received Friday, January 31, 1868." [NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] Feb. 21, 1868. CHAP. IX. —An Act to facilitate the Collection of the direct Tax in the State of Delaware. Direct tax in Delaware, pro visions as to collection of. 1861, ch. 45, § 13, 63. Vol. xii. pp. 297, 811. Assessment list when to be Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the valuation enumerated in the assessment list for direct tax in the State of Delaware, completed April nineteenth, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, being the valuation of real estate as owned at or near the time of the completion of said assessment, is hereby declared and made a lawful assessment of the direct tax of seventy-four thousand six hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-three and one-third cents, apportioned to the State of Delaware by virtue of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide increased revenue from imports to pay interest on the public debt and for other purposes," approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, upon the valuation therein enumerated, with the same force and effect as if made with reference to the date mentioned in the thirteenth section of said act; and that all existing provisions of law for the collection of said direct tax in the loyal States, except as provided in the fifty-third section of said act, shall be applicable to the collection of the tax therein assessed. The notification of the time and place where appeals would be received and determined relative to said assessment, given by the assessor immediately after said completion, shall be deemed a lawful notice, and all proceedings under said notice, and in general in relation to said assessment, are hereby made as valid and legal as they would have been had the assessment been valid from its commencement. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the time within which the asdelivered to col-sessor is required to deliver the assessment list to the collector shall be within twenty days from the passage of this act. lector. Lien for how SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the lien provided for by the thirty-third section shall be and remain in force during two years after the taxes assessed in accordance with the first section of this act shall become due and payable. Expenses, SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all necessary expenses in pro- how to be paid. curing copies of the State assessment lists and for advertising connected with the assessment and collection of the tax shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the accounts for such expenses being first approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. APPROVED, February 21, 1868. CHAP. X.-An Act to authorize the Southern Minnesota Railroad Company to construct Feb. 21, 1868. and maintain a Bridge across the Mississippi River and establish a Post Route. consin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Southern Minnesota Southern MinRailroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of nesota R. R. Co. may bridge the Minnesota, is hereby authorized to construct and operate a railroad bridge Mississippi, at across the Mississippi river, between the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and La Crosse, Wisa point opposite, in the State of Minnesota, with the consent of the legislatures of the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and said bridge by this Bridge made a act authorized to be constructed is hereby declared a post route and sub- post route. ject to all the terms, conditions, restrictions, and requirements, and enti- Vol. xiv. p. 244. 1866, ch. 246. tled to all the privileges, named in an act approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to authorize the construction of certain bridges and to establish them as post roads." APPROVED, February 21, 1868. CHAP. XI. 1 An Act in Relation to additional Bounty. Feb. 21, 1868. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, if any person or persons Additional entitled to the bounty provided by sections twelve and thirteen of the act tain enlisted solbounty to cermaking appropriations for the civil service, approved July twenty-eight, diers, may be eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall have died or shall die before receiv- paid to heirs, if, ing said bounty, it shall be paid to the heirs of the soldiers as designated in said act in the order therein named, and to none other. APPROVED, February 21, 1868. &c. 1866, ch. 296, §§ 12, 18. Vol. xiv. p. 822. CHAP. XIII. - An Act for the Protection in certain Cases of Persons making Disclosures Feb. 25, 1868. as Parties, or testifying as Witnesses. of a witness, or Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no answer or other plead- The testimony ing of any party, and no discovery, or evidence obtained by means of any the disclosure of judicial proceeding from any party or witness in this or any foreign coun- a party in juditry, shall be given in evidence, or in any manner used against such party not to be used cial proceedings, or witness, or his property or estate, in any court of the United States, or against him in in any proceeding by or before any officer of the United States, in respect criminal cases in to any crime, or for the enforcement of any penalty or forfeiture by rea- courts, &c. son of any act or omission of such party or witness: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt any party or witness from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed by him in discovering or testifying as aforesaid. United States Proviso. Act to apply SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from its passage, and shall apply to all pending proceedings, as well as to those to pending pro hereafter instituted. ceedings, &c. APPROVED, February 25, 1868. March 2, 1868. CHAP. XV. - An Act to establish and declare the Railroad and Bridges of the New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad Company, as hereafter constructed, a PostRoad, and for other Purposes. The New Or leans, Mobile, & Chattanooga R. R. Co. may construct bridges across certain navigable waters. Roads and bridges declared lawful struct ures, &c. a post road. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad Company is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, build, and maintain bridges over and across the navigable waters of the United States on the route of said railroad between New Orleans and Mobile, for the use of said company and the passage of its engines, cars, and trains of cars, passengers, mails, and merchandise thereon; and said railroad and its bridges aforesaid, when constructed, completed, and in use, in accordance with this act and the laws of the several States through whose territory the same shall pass, shall be deemed, recognized, and known as lawful structures and a post road, and Drawbridges are hereby declared as such: Provided, however, That the said company, to be maintained in the construction of its bridges over and across the waters known as the East Pascagoula river, and the Bay of Biloxi, [and] the Bay of St. Louis, shall construct and maintain draw-bridges in the channels thereof, which, when open, shall give a clear space for the passage of vessels of not less than eighty feet in the channels of the East Pascagoula, and of the Bay of Biloxi, and of the Bay of St. Louis, and of not less than one hundred feet in the channel of the Great Rigolet; and said company shall at all times open the said draw-bridges, and shall provide reasonable and necessary facilities for the passage of all vessels requiring the same, except during and for ten minutes prior to and after the time of the passage of the mail and passenger trains of said company. in channels; when to be opened. Right to amend act expressly reserved. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said rivers, growing out of the construction of said bridges, is hereby expressly reserved. APPROVED, March 2, 1868. March 2, 1868. CHAP. XVI. Time for completing the Dubuque & Sioux City railroad extended. 1856, ch. 28. Vol. xi. p. 9. 1864, ch. 108. Vol. xiii. p. 95. Route of road. - An Act extending the Time for the Completion of the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for completing a line of railroad from Dubuque to Sioux City, in the State of Iowa, for the construction of which lands were granted in alternate sections to said State by act entitled "An act making a grant of lands to the State of Iowa in alternate sections to aid in the construction of railroads in said State," approved May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, be, and the same is, extended until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, subject to the reverter mentioned in said act at the expiration of the time herein limited: Provided, [That] said road shall be constructed on the most practical route by way of Webster City and Fort Dodge to Sioux City, which route shall be at all points within the limits of said land grant, and the same shall be completed to Fort Dodge on or before the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and there after at the rate of not less than forty miles each year; and the said road shall be constructed, operated, and maintained as one continuous and unbroken line of road from Dubuque to Sioux City; and no lands shall be disposal of lands. disposed of, or patented, or certified for said purposes more than forty miles in advance of the point to which said road may be constructed from time to time. Rate of completion. Road to be one line. Limitation to APPROVED, March 2, 1868. CHAP. XVII. — An Act in Relation to Islands in the Great Miami River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the case of such islands in the Great Miami river, in the State of Ohio, as are undisposed of, or any vacant public lands adjacent thereto, which are in the actual and exclusive occupancy of any persons who have made improvements thereon, or of their heirs or assigns, such occupants thereof shall have the preference right to enter the same at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, on making proof of the facts to the satisfaction of the commissioner of the general land office, and paying for the land within twelve months from the passage of this act, and patents shall issue for the tracts so entered as usual in entries of public lands. APPROVED, March 2, 1868. CHAP. XIX. March 2, 1868. Islands in the Great Miami river. -An Act authorizing the Sale of an unoccupied military Site at Water- March 4, 1868. ford, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Military site at Waterford, Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to sell to the Pa., may be highest and best bidder the military site of three acres of land at Water- sold. ford, Erie county, Pennsylvania, belonging to the United States, and pay the proceeds into the Treasury of the United States. APPROVED, March 4, 1868. CHAP. XX. - An Act restoring Lands to Market along the Line of the Pacific Rail- March 6, 1868. roads and Branches. 1862, ch. 120. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That nothing in the act approved Lands on line of Pacific railJuly first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to aid in the roads and construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the branches restorPacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for ed to market, postal, military, and other purposes," and the acts amendatory thereof, Vol. xii. p. 489. shall be held to authorize the withdrawal or exclusion from settlement 1864, ch. 216. Vol. xiii. p. 356. and entry, under the provisions of the pre-emption or homestead 1866, cli. 156. laws, the even-numbered sections along the routes of the several Vol. xiv. p. 79. roads therein mentioned which have been or may be hereafter located: Vol. xiv. pp. 355, Provided, That such sections shall be rated at two dollars and fifty cents Price of lands. per acre, and subject only to entry under those laws; and the Secretary Homestead of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to and pre-emption homestead settlement, pre-emption, or entry, according to existing laws, rights. all the even-numbered sections of land belonging to the government, and now withdrawn from market, on both sides of the Pacific railroad and branches, wherever said road and branches have been definitely located. APPROVED, March 6, 1868. 367. - An Act for the Relief of Settlers on the late Sioux Indian Reservation in March 6, 1868. the State of Minnesota. Actual settlers reservation in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the l United States of America in Congress assembled, That all actual settlers, who have duly filed their declaratory statements under the pre-emption laws on the late Sioux with the register of the proper local land office, upon the unsold lands now Minnesota, who included within the limits of the late Sioux Indian reservation, in the State have filed statements under of Minnesota, shall be allowed two years from and after the passage of pre-emption this act within which to make proof and payment for their claims, in ac- laws, to have cordance with the provisions of the second and third sections of the act two years to make proof and approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, providing for pay. the disposal of said reservation. APPROVED, March 6, 1868. 1863, ch. 119. Vol. xii. p. 819. |