meters. Stoppage of gas SEC. 13. That if any person or persons, supplied with gas, neglect or for non-payment of refuse to pay the amount due for the same, such company may stop the bills, and restriction on removal of gas from entering the premises of such person or persons. In no case shall the officers, servants, or workmen of the company remove a meter from premises supplied by the company, unless by consent of the consumer, without first giving forty-eight hours' notice in writing by leaving the same at the premises of the consumer; and said removal shall take place only between the hours of eight o'clock in the forenoon and two o'clock in the afternoon. Act may be amended or repealed. Penalty for SEC. 14. That it shall be lawful for Congress at any time hereafter to alter, amend, or repeal this act, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 15. That any person who, with intent to injure or defraud any fraudulently ob- gas company in the District of Columbia, shall make or cause to be made taining gas. any pipe, tube or other instrument or contrivance, or connect the same, or cause it to be connected with any main service pipe or other pipe for conducting or supplying illuminating gas in such manner as to connect with and be calculated to supply illuminating gas to any burner or orifice by which illuminating gas is consumed, around or without passing through the meter provided for the measuring and registering of the quantity of gas there consumed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding six months or by fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. SEC. 16. That the price which may be charged for gas by any Gasform to all con- Light Company in the District of Columbia shall be uniform and the same to all consumers and any reduction made in the price or cost to any person or persons, except to officers of the company, shall furnish a legal right on the part of any other person or persons to demand gas at the same cost or price. [June 23, 1874.] Price to be uni sumers. Salaries of clerks mory. R. S., § 1663. CHAPTER 486. AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF THE CLERKS AT THE UNITED STATES ARMORY IN Salaries of clerks at Springfield armory. Be it enacted, &c., That on and after the passage of this act, in lieu of at Springfield ar- the compensation now allowed to the clerks at the United States armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, including fuel and quarters, there shall be paid to each of said clerks an annual salary of one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. [June 23, 1874.] June 23, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 283. Settlers on Osage Indian lands al CHAPTER 488. AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR COMPLETING ENTRIES OF OSAGE INDIAN LANDS IN KANSAS. Settlers on Osage Indian lands allowed till June 23, 1875, to make proof and payment. Be it enacted, &c., That all actual settlers upon the Osage Indian trust lowed till June 23, and diminished reserve lands in the State of Kansas shall be allowed one 1875, to make proof year from the passage of this act in which to make proof and payment: and payment. Provided, That all purchasers who avail themselves of the provisions R. S., §§ 2283, of this act shall pay interest on the purchase price of their lands at the 1876, Aug. 11, ch. rate of five per centum from the date when payment was required by previous laws to date of actual payment: 2284. 259. 1880, May 28, ch. 107. And provided further, That no further extension of payment shall be granted than that provided for in this act, and that all occupants now upon said Osage lands shall file their application to purchase the lands occupied by them within three months after the passage of this act, or forfeit all right or claim to the same. [June 23, 1874.] 1ST SESS.] 1874.-JUNE 23; CH. 490; RES. JAN. 8, MARCH 24, JUNE 20, 1, 6, 12. 117 CHAPTER 490. AN ACT TO FURTHER DEFINE AND ENLARGE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Board of Health to secure record of vital statistics, &c. June 23, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 283. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duty of the Board of Health of Board of Health the District of Columbia to make and enforce regulations to secure a to secure record of full and correct record of vital statistics, including the registration of vital statistics, &c. deaths and the interment of the dead in said District. [June 23, 1874.] Dist. Col., §§ 72, 73. R. S., Vol. 2, 1878, June 11, ch. 180, § 8. 1880, Resolution, April 24, No. 25, p. 574. RESOLUTIONS. NUMBER 1. JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE IN THE NAME AND TITLE OF THE AGENT Agent and consul-general at Cairo, title of. Resolved, &c., That the name and title of the agent and consul-general of the United States at Alexandria shall, from the passage of this joint resolution, be "agent and consul-general of the United States at Cairo." [January 8, 1874.] NUMBER 6. JOINT RESOLUTION EXPLANATORY OF RESOLUTION APPROVED JANUARY 31, 1868, EN- Limitation of certain contracts of departments to supplies of one year not to apply to mail bags, locks, postal cards, &c. March 24, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 286. Resolved, &c., That the resolution approved January thirty-first, eight- Limitation of een hundred and sixty-eight, entitled (1) "A resolution limiting con- certain contracts tracts for stationery and other supplies in the Executive Departments of Departments to supplies of one to one year," shall not be held, or construed, to apply to, or include, year not to apply mail-bags, mail locks and keys, postal cards, postage stamps, newspaper to mail bags,locks, wrappers, or stamped envelopes. [March 24, 1874.] postal cards, &c. R. S., § 3735. NOTE.-(1) The resolution of 1868, No. 8 (15 Stat. L., p. 246), here referred to, is incorporated into Revised Statutes, § 3735. NUMBER 12. JOINT RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PUBLIC PRINTER TO KEEP AN ACCOUNT OF ALL Public Printer to keep and report to Congress separate account of expenses of Congressional Record. June 20, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 288. Public Printer to Resolved, &c., That the Congressional Printer be, and he is hereby, keep and report to directed to keep a separate and exact account in detail of all expenditures Congress separate for printing, mailing, and binding the Congressional Records, including account of expense specific statements of the cost of all machinery and material which may Record. of Congressional have been or shall be used for the publication of said Record, commenc ing with its first publication at the Government Printing Office; and R. S., § 3760. 1876, July 31, ch. that he shall publish the amounts thus yearly expended, in his next succeeding annual report, and each succeeding report, separately from the 1876, Aug. 15, ch. other disbursements of his office. [June 20, 1874.] 246. 287, § 1, par. 3. GENERAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES ENACTED BY THE FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION, IN THE YEARS 1874-1875. [NOTE--The omitted chapters and parts of chapters are private, special, local, or temporary acts not of general interest. R. S. refers to Revised Statutes; STAT. L. to Statutes at Large. CHAPTER 2. AN ACT TO CONFIRM AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH THE SHOSHONE INDIANS (EASTERN SECTION 1. Agreement with eastern band of Shoshone Indians confirmed. What cattle to be furnished ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. Preamble. Art. 1. Cession to United States of part of reservation in Wyoming Territory. Be it enacted, &c. SECTION Art. 2. Compensation to be paid by United Art. 3. Southern line of reservation to be sur Art. 4. Agreement subject to ratification, Dec. 15, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 291. confirmed. [SECTION 1], That the agreement entered into on the twenty-sixth Agreement with day of September, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and sev- eastern band of enty-two, between Felix R. Brunot, commissioner on the part of the Shoshone Indians United States, and the chief, head-men, and men of the eastern band of Shoshone Indians, in the words and figures following, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, satisfied, (1) and approved by the Congress and President of the United States: Provided; That the cattle furnished under this agreement shall be good, young American cattle, suitable for breeding purposes. ARTICLES What cattle to be furnished. Articles of agree of a convention made and concluded at the Shoshone and Bannock Preamble. Treaty (15 Stat. L., That whereas by article eleven of a treaty with the Shoshone (eastern band) and Bannock tribes of Indians, made the third day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, at Fort Bridger, Utah Territory, a reservation was set apart for the use and occupancy of said tribes 673). of Indians in the following words: "The United States further agrees that the following district of country, to wit; commencing at the mouth of Owl Creek and running, due south, to the crest of the divide between the Sweetwater and the Papo-Agie Rivers; thence along the NOTES.-(1) This word is so written on the roll. It should be,-ratified. (2) So written on the roll, should be,―or. (119) Cession to United States of part of reservation in Wyoming Territory. - compensation to be paid by United States. Salary to be paid to the chief. Southern line of reservation to be sur veyed, &c. Agreement subject to ratification. crest of said divide and the summit of Wind River Mountains to the longitude of North Fork of Wind River; thence due north, to mouth of said Nork Fork, and up its channel to a point twenty miles above its mouth; thence in a straight line to head-waters of Owl Creek, and, along middle of channel of Owl Creek, to place of beginning,' shall be, and the same is, set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Shoshone Indians herein named;" And whereas, previous to and since the date of said treaty, mines have been discovered, and citizens of the United States have made improvements within the limits of said reservation, and it is deemed advisable for the settlement of all difficulty between the parties, arising in consequence of said occupancy, to change the southern limit of said reservation: I. The Shoshone band or tribe of Indians (eastern band) hereby cede to the United States of America that portion of their reservation in Wyoming Territory which is situated south of a line beginning at a point on the eastern boundary of the Shoshone and Bannock reservation, due cast to the mouth of the Little Papo-Agie, at its junction with the Papo-Agie, and running from said point west to the mouth of the Little Papo-Agie; thence up the Papo-Agie to the North Fork, and up the North Fork to the mouth of the canyon; thence west to the western boundary of the reservation. II. The United States agree to pay to the Shoshone (eastern band) or tribe the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars; said sum to be expended under the direction of the President for the benefit and use of said Indians in the following manner, viz: On or before the tenth day of August of each year, for the term of five years after the ratification of this agreement, five thousand dollars shall be expended in the purchase of stock-cattle, and said cattle delivered to the Shoshones on their reservation. Second. The salary of five hundred dollars per annum shall be paid by the United States for the term of five years to Wash-a-kie, chief of the Shoshones. III. Within the term of six months, and as soon as practicable after the ratification of this agreement, the United States shall cause the southern line of the Shoshone reservation, as herein designated, to be surveyed, and marked at suitable points on the ground, and until said line has been so surveyed and marked, the United States binds itself not to permit the intrusion of any white person upon any of the agricultural or other lands within the limit of the district proposed to be ceded. IV. This convention or agreement is made subject to the approval of the President and the ratification or rejection of the Congress of the United States. [December 15, 1874.] Dec. 21, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 293. ment, &c. CHAPTER 5. AN ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN LANDS TO BE RECLAIMED IN Reclaimed swamp lands in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, released to adjoining owners on payment, &c. Reclaimed Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the bed of the marsh or pond in swamp lands in sections fourteen, twenty-three, and twenty-six, in township sixteen Sheboygan Coun- north, of range twenty east of the fourth principal meridian, in the ty, Wisconsin, released to adjoining county of Sheboygan, in the State of Wisconsin, as shall or may be owners on pay- reclaimed by draining the water from the same, shall be owned and held, so far as any rights or interests of the United States are concerned, by the owners of the lands abutting upon said marsh or pond, and draining the same to the centre or thread thereof, and divided among the several owners adjoining and abutting said marsh or pond, according to the rules of law, upon payment by said adjoining owners into the treasury of the United States of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the amount of land that has been or may be so reclaimed. [December 21, 1874.] CHAPTER 9. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE AUTHENTICATION OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE Dec. 28, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 293. SECTION Certificate to Revised Statutes, 1st edition. 1. Certificate to Revised Statutes, first edition. Be it enacted, &c. SECTION 2. Bills, orders, resolutions, and votes of Congress which become laws to be preserved by Secretary of State. [SECTION 1], That the certificate to the printed volume of the Revised Statutes of the United States required by section two of "An act pro |