denominations of Columbia whatsoever heretofore paid or redeemed by either of said boards under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and shall preserve the evidence thereof as shall be prescribed by said Secretary. Registered bonds SEC. 18. That the three-sixty-five registered bonds of the District of may be issued in Columbia, authorized by acts of Congress, approved June twentieth, $1,000 and $5,000. eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and February twentieth, eighteen 1874, June 20, ch. hundred and seventy-five, in lieu of coupon bonds, may be issued in denominations of one thousand dollars and five thousand dollars. [March 3, 1875.] 337, § 7. 94. 1875, Feb. 20, ch. CHAPTER 167. March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 507. Tax on circulat AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO ADJUST AND REMIT Tax on circulating notes, &c., of mining and other Ten per cent. tax on notes of persons, State banks, &c., to apply to evidences of indebtedness. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is ing notes, &c., of hereby, authorized and directed to settle and release any claims for tax mining and other on circulation of evidences of indebtedness made against any mining, corporations, except banks, prior manufacturing or other corporations other than against any national to Nov., 1873, to be banking-association, State bank, or banking-association, by such corporemitted. rations paying the tax, without penalty, that shall have accrued thereon since November first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three; Ten per cent. tax on notes of persons, State banks, &c., to apply to evidences of in debtedness. And that the provisions of section three thousand four hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be construed in pending cases, except as to national banking-associations, to apply to such evidences of indebtedness issued and reissued prior to the passage of this act, but said section shall be construed as applying to such evidences of indebtedness issued after the passage hereof. [March 3, 1875.] NOTE.—(1) This act is printed in full in the second edition of the Revised Statutes, after § 3412. March 3, 1875. CHAPTER 178. AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF GENERAL SAMUEL W. CRAWFORD, AND TO FIX THE 18 Stat. L., 512. Officers retired before March 3, 1875, for disability -to be continued, although they accept office in diplomatic or consular service. Be it enacted, &c. Officers retired from wounds in ac SEC. 2. That all officers of the Army who have been heretofore retired before March 3, by reason of disability arising from wounds received in action shall be 1875, for disability considered as retired upon the actual rank held by them, whether in tion; rank of, on the regular or volunteer service, at the time when such wound was received, and shall be borne on the retired list and receive pay hereafter accordingly; and this section shall be taken and construed to include those now borne on the retired list placed upon it on account of wounds Provided, That no part of the foregoing act shall apply to those officers who had been in service as commissioned officers twenty-five years at the date of their retirement; nor to those retired officers who had lost an arm or leg, or has an arm or leg permanently disabled by reason of resection, on account of wounds, or both eyes by reason of wounds received in battle; And every such officer now borne on the retired list shall be continued thereon notwithstanding the provisions of section two (1) chapter thirty-eight act of March thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; And be it also provided that no retired officer shall be affected by this act, who has been retired or may hereafter be retired on the rank held by him at the time of his retirement; And that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and are hereby, repealed. [March 3, 1875.] NOTE.-(1) The provisions of § 2 of the act of 1868, ch. 38 (15 Stat. L., 58), here referred to, are incorporated into Revised Statutes in § 1223, noted in the margin. CHAPTER 179. AN ACT EXTENDING THE PRIVILEGE OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO THE REGENTS Regents of Smithsonian Institution may have use of Library of Congress. March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 512. Regents of Be it enacted, &c., That the Joint Committee of both Houses of Congress on the Library be authorized to extend the use of the books in the Smithsonian InstiLibrary of Congress to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution resi dent in Washington on the same conditions and restrictions as members of Congress are allowed to use the Library. [March 3, 1875.] tution may have use of Library of Congress. R. S., § 94. CHAPTER 188. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR THE RESTORATION TO HOME- SECTION 1. Unoccupied, &c., lands of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; patents to be issued of part to certain Indians. - remainder temporarily subject to homestead laws. residue to be sold. Be it enacted, &c. SECTION 2. Certain Indians may enter 80 acres of land in Remaining lands to be restored to market. 3. Settlers on lands reserved by treaty with Ot- March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 516. Unoccupied, &c., land of Ottawa and a Indians; Chippewal patents to be issued of part to certain [SECTION 1], [Sup.] [That the act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled (1) "An act for the restoration to market of certain lands in Michigan," be, and hereby is, amended so as to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cause patents to be issued to three hundred and twenty members of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Indians of Michigan, for the selections found to have been made by R. S., §§ 2313them, but which were not, prior to the passage of said act, regularly Substitute 1876, reported and recognized by the Secretary of the Interior and Commis- May 23, ch. 105. sioner of Indian Affairs; 2317. Remainder temhomestead laws. And the remainder of said lands not disposed of, and not valuable mainly for pine-timber, shall be subject to entry under the homestead- porarily subject to laws, for one year from the passage of this act; And the lands remaining thereafter undisposed of shall be offered for sale at a price not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre.] residue to be sold. Certain Indians gan, c. SEC. 2. That all Indians who have settled upon and made improvements on section ten, in township forty-seven north, of range two east, may enter 80 acres and section twenty-four in township forty-seven north, of range three of land in Michiwest, Michigan, shall be permitted to enter not exceeding eighty acres each, at the minimum price of land, upon making proof of such settlement and improvement before the register of the land office at Marquette, Michigan; NOTE. (1) The act of 1872, ch. 424 (17 Stat. L., 381), here referred to, is incorporated into Revised Statutes in the sections noted in the margin. The first section of this act is superseded by a substitute; act of 1876, ch. 105. Remaining lands to be restored to market. Settlers on lands with Ottawa and And when said entries shall have been completed in accordance herewith, the remaining lands embraced within the limits of said section shall be restored to market. SEC. 3. That all actual, permanent, bona-fide settlers on any of the reserved by treaty lands reserved for Indian purposes under the treaty with the Ottawa Chippewa Indians and Chippewa Indians of Michigan of July thirty-first, eighteen hunway enter home- dred and fifty-five, shall be entitled to enter not exceeding one hundred steads within 90 and sixty acres of land, either under the homestead-laws or to pay the days. minimum price of land, on making proof of his or her settlement and Treaty (11 Stat. L., 621). continued residence before the expiration of ninety days from the pasR. S., §§ 2313- sage of this act: 2317. Provided, That such settlers do not claim any of the lands heretofore patented to Indians, or in conflict with the selections found to have been made by Indians referred to in the first section of this act, and shall have settled upon said lands prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. [March 3, 1875.] March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 517. Part of Mackinac Island set apart as a national park. -trespassers thereon. -control and tary of War. CHAPTER 191. AN ACT TO SET APART A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE ISLAND OF MACKINAC IN THE [SECTION 1], That so much of the island of Mackinac, lying in the Straits of Mackinac, within the county of Mackinac, in the State of Michigan, as is now held by the United States under military reservation or otherwise, (exepting the Fort Mackinac and so much of the present reservation thereof as bounds it to the south of the village of Mackinac, and to the west, north and east respectively by lines drawn north and south, east and west, at a distance from the present fort flagstaff of four hundred yards,) hereby is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a national public park, or grounds, for health, comfort, or pleasure, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; And all persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the same, or any part thereof, except as herein provided, shall be considered trespassers, and removed therefrom. SEC. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of management of the Secretary of War, whose duty it shall be as soon as practicable, to park under Secre- make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition. ors. Secretary may The Secretary may in his discretion, grant leases for building purlease parts for poses, of small parcels of ground, at such places in said park as shall buildings for visitrequire the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors for terms not exceeding ten years; all of the proceeds of said leases and all other revenues derived from any source connected with said park, to be expended, under his direction, in the management of the same and in the construction of roads and bridle paths therein. -shall provide He shall provide against the wanton destruction of game or fish found against destruc- within said park and against their capture or destruction for any pur tion of game. poses of use or profit. He also shall cause all persons trespassing upon the same after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and generally shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary or proper fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. to Secretary of War to cause removal of trespassers, &c. SEC. 3. That any part of the park hereby created shall at all times Use of park for be available for military purposes, either as a parade or drill ground, in military purposes. time of peace, or for complete occupation in time of war, or whenever war is expected, and may also be used for the erection of any public buildings or works: Provided that no person shall ever claim or receive of the United Act may be alStates any damage on account of any future amendment or repeal of tered without liathis act, or the taking of said park, or any part thereof, for public purbility for damages. poses or use. [March 3, 1875.] CHAPTER 194. AN ACT TO ANNEX CERTAIN LANDS TO RESERVATION NUMBERED TWO, OCCUPIED BY March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 518. Land annexed to Lands annexed to grounds of Agricultural Department in District of Columbia. Be it enacted, &c., That the public ground which lies immediately north of reservation numbered two, now in the occupancy of the Department grounds of Agriof Agriculture, made by the filling-up of the canal, be, and the same is ment in District Departhereby, attached to and shall hereafter be a part of the said reservation of Columbia. numbered two, in the occupancy of the said Department of Agriculture. [March 3, 1875.] CHAPTER 196. March 3, 1875. AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF SETTLERS ON LANDS WITHIN RAILROAD LIMITS. Settlers who have paid for lands in railroad grants forfeited may locate on any unoccupied lands, &c. 18 Stat. L., 519. Be it enacted, &c., That where any actual settler who shall have paid Settlers who for any lands situate within the limits of any grant of lands by Congress have paid for lands in railroad grants to aid in the construction of any railroad, the price of such lands being forfeited may lofixed by law at double minimum rates, and such railroad lands having cate on any unocbeen forfeited to the United States and restored to the public domain cupied lands, &c. for failure to build such railroad, such person or persons shall have the right to locate, on any unoccupied lands, an amount equal to their original entry, without further cost, except such fees as are now provided by law in preëmption cases: Provided, That when such location is upon double minimum lands, one-half the amount only shall be taken. [March 3, 1875.J R. S., §§ 2279, 2281. 1874, April 15, ch. 99. 1876, July 24, ch. 227. CHAPTER 203. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PONTON WAGON-BRIDGE ACROSS Be it enacted, &c. March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 522. Ponton wagonbridge across Mis [SECTION 1], That it shall be lawful for any person or persons, company or corporation, authorized by the laws of Iowa, Illinois, or Wis- sissippi, at Duconsin, to construct a pile and ponton wagon-bridge across the Mississippi buque, Iowa, proRiver at or near the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, so as to vided for. 1874, June 6, ch. 224. 1874, June 22, ch. 405, note, p. 89. Plan and con connect with the opposite shore of the said river, in either of the States of Wisconsin or Illinois; said bridge to be built subject, except as herein modified, to all the terms, requirements, and limitations contained in the act entitled "An act to legalize and establish a ponton railway bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, and to authorize the construction of a similar bridge at or near Clinton, Iowa," approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, so far as they may be applicable thereto. SEC. 2. That the bridge shall be constructed with a suitable pontonstruction of bridge. draw of not less than five hundred feet in width, located over the main channel of the river: Act may be amended. Provided, That said bridge shall not be built or commenced until the plan and specifications for its construction have been submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, nor until he shall approve the plan and location of said bridge; and if any change be made in the plan of construction of said bridge at any time, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; And any change in the construction, or any alteration of said bridge that may be directed at any time by Congress or the Secretary of War, shall be made at the cost and expense of the owners thereof. SEC. 3. That Congress may at any time alter, amend or repeal this act. [March 3, 1875.] RESOLUTION. March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 524. 1875, NUMBER 7. JOINT RESOLUTION EXPLANATORY OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT FIXING THE NUM- Paymasters in Army with rank of major to be only fifty. Number of payBe it resolved, &c., That the intent and meaning of an act entitled masters in Army "An act fixing the number of Paymasters in the Army of the United with rank of major States", approved March two, eighteen hundred and seventy-five was to be fifty only. R. S., 182, to authorize the appointment of such additional number of paymasters with the rank of major as will make the total number of Paymasters 1875, March 2, with the rank of major, fifty, and no more. 1194. ch. 118. And so much of section eleven hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes as applies to the Paymasters of the rank of major be, and the same is hereby, repealed. [March 3, 1875.] |