Ang. 2, 1876. Appropriation. Washington Monument. Property to be transferred to U.S. 1859, ch. €0, 11 Stat., 386. CHAP. 250.—An act providing for the completion of the Washington Monument. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby ap propriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars payable in four equal annual instalments to continue the construction of the Washington Monument in the city of Washington: Provided, That before any portion of said sum shall be expended, the proper officers of the Washington National Monument Society, incorporated by the act approved February twentysixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An act to incorporate the Washington National Monument Society," shall transfer and convey to the United States in due form all the property, easements, rights, and privileges, whether in possession, or in action, or in expectancy, belong. ing to the said corporation, to the uses and for the purposes set forth in said act of incorporation; and the said charter is so amended as to authorize the executive officers of said corporation to make said transfer and conveyance in consideration of the sum herein appropriated: Provided That nothing herein shall be so construed as to prohibit said society from continuing its organization for the purpose of soliciting and collecting money and material from the States, associations, and the people, in aid of the completion of the Monument and acting in an advisory and cooperative capacity with the Commission hereinafter named until the completion and dedication of the same. And the construction of said monument shall be under the direction and supervision of the President of supervise constructhe United States, the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, the Architect of the Capitol, the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, and the First Vice President of the Washington National Monument Society, which officers are hereby constituted a joint commission for that purpose, aud in accordance with the laws regulating contracts and the construction of public buildings by the Treasury Department; and detailed reports of such expenditures shall be annually submitted to Congress. SEC. 2. That prior to commencing any work on said monument an examination shall be made as to the foundation of the monument in order to thoroughly ascertain whether it is sufficient to sustain the weight of the completed structure, and if the same shall be found insufficient then the further continuance of the work shall not be authorized by anything herein contained until the further action of Congress. Approved, August 2, 1876. Society may continue organization. Commission to tion. Reports. Examination of foundation CHAP. 251.—An act making an appropriation to defray the expenses of the Joint select committee to investigate Chinese immigration. Aug. 2, 1876. Appropriation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of seven thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the investigation into Chinese immigration, by the Joint select committee appointed for that purpose, tion. one half of said sum to be paid into the contingent fund of the Senate, and one half into the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. Approved, August 2, 1876. CHAP. 253.-An act to further authorize the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to purchase supplies for the Indian Bureau in open market. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase in open market, without the usual advertisement, for immediate use of the Indian tribes, such supplies as are required to an extent not exceeding Investigation of Chinese immigra Aug. 3, 1876. Appropriation. Indian supplies. chased in open May be purmarket. 124 1876, ch. 182, Ante, p. 88. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which is hereby appropriated for such purpose, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to serve until the regular appropriation bill shall be passed and approved, and the time now required by law for advertisement and acceptance of proposals shall have elapsed; and such sums so expended shall Deduction from be deducted from the appropriate sums respectively appropriated under regular appropria- the regular appropriation bill when passed. tion. Approved, August 3, 1876. Aug. 5, 1876. Appropriation. CHAP. 254.-An act to authorize the construction of an inclosure around the United Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Idaho. CHAP. 255.-An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy Aug. 7, 1876. for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. Post, p. 380. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, for support of Mil and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasitary Academy. ury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven: For pay of four professors, at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, fourteen thousand dollars. Pay of professors and others. For pay of five professors, at three thousand dollars per annum each, fifteen thousand dollars. For additional pay of professors for length of service, six thousand eight hundred dollars. For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars. For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars. For pay of eight assistant professors, in addition to pay as first lieu tenants, four thousand dollars. For pay of three instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, in addition to pay as first lieutenants, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of four assistant instructors of tactics, commanding companies, in addition to pay as second lieutenants, two thousand four hundred dollars. For pay of adjutant, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, three hundred dollars. For pay of one master of the sword, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of three hundred and ten cadets, at five hundred and forty dollars each, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand four hundred dollars. For pay of Military Academy band, eleven thousand dollars, which shall be in full for the pay of the said band, and for all company musi cians for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. For repairs and improvements, timber, plank, boards, joists, wallstrips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet lead, nails, screws, locks, butts, hinges, glass, paint, turpentine, oils, bricks, varnish, stone, lime, cement, plaster, hair, blasting powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other similar materials, and for pay of citizen mechanics and labor employed upon repairs that cannot be done by enlisted men, twelve thousand dollars. For fuel and apparatus, namely, coal, wood, stoves, grates, furnaces, ranges, fire-bricks, and repairs of steam-heating apparatus, fourteen thousand dollars. For gas-pipes, fixtures, lamp-posts, gas-lamps, gasometers, and retorts, and annual repairs, six hundred dollars. For fuel for cadets' mess-hall, shops, and laundry, three thousand five hundred dollars. For postage and telegrams three hundred dollars. For stationery, blank-books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, pencils, mucilage, wax, and ink, six hundred dollars. For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, two thousand dollars. For printing-type, materials for office, diplomas for graduates, registers, and blanks, five hundred dollars. For compensation of pressman and lithographer, each fifty dollars, one hundred dollars. For clerk to disbursing-officer and quartermaster, one thousand two hundred dollars. For clerk to adjutant, one thousand two hundred dollars. For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: For repairs of instruments, fifty dollars; text-books and stationery for instructors, thirty dollars; leveling-rod and tapes, thirty dollars. Repairs and improvements. Fuel, etc. Gas-pipes, etc. Fuel. Postage, etc. Printing, etc. Clerks. Department of mathematics. Department of For department of artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics, namely: For tan-bark for riding-hall and gymnasium, three hundred dollars; artillery, etc. repairing camp stools, tents, and camp-furniture, fifty dollars; repairs of gymnasium, one hundred dollars; furniture for office of commandant of cadets, seventy-five dollars; stationery for use of instructor and assistants, one hundred dollars; foils, gloves, masks, fencing-jackets, and repairs, one hundred dollars. Department of Department of For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps, repairs of instruments, text-books, books of reference, and station engineering. ery for use of instructors, five hundred dollars; for continuing preparation of text-books for special instruction of cadets, two thousand dollars. For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: For chemicals, chemistry, etc. including chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, sheet metal, ores, photographic materials, five hundred dollars; rough specimens, tiles, alcohol, lamps, blow-pipes, pencils, and steel and agate mortars, for practical instruction in mineralogy; for fossils illustrating the different rock formations for daily use in section-rooms, and for gradual increase of the cabinet, five hundred dollars; repairs and additions to electric, galvanic, magnetic, electro magnetic, magneto-electric, pneumatic, and thermic apparatus, and optical apparatus illustrating properties of substances, five hundred dollars; pay of mechanic employed in chemical and geological section-rooms and in lecture-room, one thousand and fifty dollars; models and diagrams, fifty dollars; books of reference, text-books, and stationery, for the use of instructors, three hundred dollars. Department of phy, etc. For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additions to the apparatus to illustrate the laws in mechanics, optics, and natural philosoacoustics, one thousand dollars; text-books, repairs, and materials, four hundred dollars; for pay of mechanic, one thousand dollars. For department of practical-military engineering: For mining materials and for profiling material; telegraphing and signaling; and draw Department of practical engineer ing. Department of Department of French. Spanish. law. Department of Department of drawing. Department ordnance, etc. of Board of visit ors. Contingent ex penses. Librarian's sistant. 88 Cadet hospital. Buildings and grounds. Quarterma s ter for cadet battalion to be detailed. ing materials, stationery, and text-books; and repairs of instruments, one hundred and fifty dollars. For department of French: For text-books and stationery for the use of instructors, one hundred dollars. For departiment of Spanish: For text-books and stationery for the use of instructors, forty dollars. For department of law: For text-books and stationery and books of reference for the use of instructors, two hundred dollars. For department of drawing: I or models for second class, models for third class, tar-board for mounting models, frames for securing models from injury, colors, brushes, pencils, and paper, for the use of instructors, one hundred dollars. For department of orduance and gunnery: For additions to models and drawings, telegraph-apparatus, repairing instrument and firinghouses, and for books of reference and text-books for instructors, four hundred dollars. For expenses of the board of visitors, three thousand dollars. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses: For gas, coal-oil, candles, and wicking for lighting the academy, cadet-barracks, mess-hall, offices, stable, and sidewalks, four thousand dollars; water-pipes, plumbing, and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; cleaning public buildings, (not quarters,) five hundred dollars; brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and cloths, two hundred dollars; chalk, crayons, sponge, slate, and rubbers, for recitation-rooms, one hundred dollars; compen sation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars; compensation of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars; pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the cadet barracks, chapel and philosophical academy, including the library, one thousand five hundred dollars; pay of assistant of same, seven hundred and twenty dollars; pay of five firemen, two thousand two hundred dollars; increase and expense of the library, books, magazines, periodicals, and binding, one thousand dol lars. For pay of librarian's assistant, one thousand dollars. For furniture for cadet hospital, one hundred dollars. Buildings and grounds: For repairing and opening roads and walks, five hundred dollars. That the Secretary of War be hereby directed to detail a competent and commissary officer to act as quartermaster and commissary for the battalion of cadets, by whom all purchases and issues of supplies of all kinds for the cadets, and all provisions for the mess, shall be made, and that all Supplies and pro- supplies of all kinds and descriptions shall be furnished to the cadets at actual cost, without any commission or advance over said cost; and such officer so assigned shall perform all the duties of purveying and supervision for the mess, as now done by the purveyor, without other compensation. visions at cost. Approved, August 7, 1876. Aug. 9, 1876. CHAP. 256.-An act to establish a new land-district in the Territory of Wyoming. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Evanston land- States of America in Congress assembled, That all the public lands in the district estab- Territory of Wyoming lying west of the thirty-first meridian of longitude west from Washington shall constitute a new land-district, to be called the Evanston district. lished. Register and re ceiver. Residence. SEC. 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint,• by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, and until the next session after such appointment, a register and a receiver for said district, who shall be required to reside in the town of Evanston, Wyoming Territory, until such time as the President may. in his discretion, remove the site of said land-office from said town, be subject to the same laws and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may hereafter be provided by law in relation to the existing landoffices and officers in said Territory. Approved, August 9, 1876. CHAP. 258.—An act to relinquish the title of the United States to certain property in the city and county of San Francisco, California. Aug. 11, 1876. Title to old marine-hospital grounds in San Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right and title of the United States to the following described property is hereby relinquished to the city and county of San Francisco, the same being the two Francisco relinfifty vara lots on which the old marine-hospital building now stands, quished. fronting two hundred and seventy-five feet on the north side of Harrison street, between Spear and Main streets, with a uniform depth of one hundred and thirty-seven feet and six inches, as laid down on the official map of said city to be used by the city and county of San Francisco. solely for the purposes of a sailors' home: Provided, That if the same shall at any time be used for any other than the purpose aforesaid, or if said home shall not be opened within one year from the passage of this act, in each such case all right and title hereby relinquished shall revert back to, and again vest in the United States. Approved, August 11, 1876. Proviso. CHAP. 259.—An act providing for the sale of the Osage ceded lands in Kansas to actual settlers. Aug. 11, 1876. Bona fide settlers 14 Stat., 687. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any bona fide settler, residing at the time of completing his or her entry, as hereinafter pro- on Osage lands in vided, upon any portion of the lands sold to the United States, by vir- Kausas may purtue of the first article of the treaty concluded between the United States chase same. and the Great and Little Osage tribe of Indians September twentyninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and proclaimed January twentyfirst, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, who is a citizen of the United States, or shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, shall be, and hereby is, entitled to purchase the same, in quantity not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres, at the price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, within one year from the pas- price. sage of this act, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and on the terms hereinafter provided: Provided, That no bona fide settler as aforesaid on said land shall be denied the right to purchase land under the provisions of this act on the ground that he or she may heretofore have had the benefit of the homestead or preëmption laws of the United States. Quantity and Proviso. Purchasers in good faith from certain railways declared entitled SEC. 2. That any person who is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such, who in good faith had purchased any portion of said land from either the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company, or the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail- to purchase land. road Company, prior to the commencement of the two suits in the name of the United States against said companies, in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kansas, to test the legality of title of said railroad companies to said lands, or portions thereof, to wit; before the twenty-fifth day of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and shall prove to the satisfaction of the register and the receiver of the proper land office that he or she has, in good faith, before the date last aforesaid, paid said railroad companies, or either of them, the consideration-money, or a portion thereof, and also that he Proofs required. |