Remaining lands to be restored to market. Settlers on lands 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 with Ottawa and and Chippewa Indians of Michigan of July thirty-first, eighteen hunChippewa Indians way 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. continued residence before the expiration of ninety days from the pasL., 621). R. 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.] CHAPTER 191. March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 517. Part of Mackinac Island set apart as a national park. -trespassers thereon. -control and 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and south, east and west, at a distance from the present fort flagstaff of four hundred yards,) hereby is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a national public park, or grounds, for health,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 tary of War. 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 to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. 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 liability for damages. this act, or the taking of said park, or any part thereof, for public purposes 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 Agricultural Departof Agriculture, made by the filling-up of the canal, be, and the same is ment in District hereby, 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. AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF SETTLERS ON LANDS WITHIN RAILROAD LIMITS. March 3, 1875. 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 R. S., §§ 2279, 2281. 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 preemption cases: Provided, That when such location is upon double minimum lands, one-half the amount only shall be taken. [March 3, 1875.] 1874, April 15, ch. 99. 1876, July 24, ch. 227. CHAPTER 203. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PONTON WAGON-BRIDGE ACROSS SECTION 1. Ponton wagon-bridge across Mississippi, at Dubuque, Iowa, provided for. Be it enacted, &c. SECTION 2. Plan and construction of bridge. 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., 1182, 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.] GENERAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES ENACTED BY THE FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION IN THE YEAR 1876. [NOTE. The omitted chapters and parts of chapters are private, special, local, or temporary acts not In the margin and in the notes, the letters R. S. refer to the Revised Statutes, and STAT. L. to the Bep., followed by text in brackets, indicates that the part so inclosed is repealed, and Sup., that the part following in brackets is superseded by acts noted in margin or referred to in the notes.] CHAPTER 4. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN PUBLIC PRINTING. (1) Standards and proposals for Government printing-paper. Be it enacted, &c., That section three thousand seven hundred and sixtyseven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be and the same is hereby amended, so that it will read: "The Joint Committee on Public Printing shall fix upon standards of paper for the different descriptions of public printing, and the Congressional Printer shall, under their direction, advertise in two newspapers, published in each of the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Cincinnati, for sealed proposals to furnish the Government with paper, as specified in the schedule to be furnished to applicants by the Congressional Printer, setting forth in detail the quality and quantities required for the Public Printing." (1) And all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby Repeal. repealed. [January 25, 1876.] NOTE. (1) The amendment made by this act is incorporated into the second edition of the Revised (199) CHAPTER 5. Feb. 1, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 2. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVISED STATUTES RELATING TO NATURALIZATION. Declaration of intention, &c., for naturalization may be made before clerks of certain courts. Declaration of Be it enacted, &c., That the declaration of intention to become a citiintention, &c., for zen of the United States, required by section two thousand one hundred naturalization and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, may be may be made be- made by an alien before the clerk of any of the courts named in said section two thousand one hundred and sixty-five; and all such declarations heretofore made before any such clerk are hereby declared as legal and valid as if made before one of the courts named in said section. [February 1, 1876.] fore clerks of certain courts. R. S., § 2165. NOTE. This act is in the second edition of R. S., § 2165. CHAPTER 6. AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVISED STATUTES TOUCHING VICE CONSUL GENERALS. Meaning of the words "minister" and "consul," in laws respecting foreign relations. Be it enacted, &c., That section forty-one hundred and thirty (1) of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is, amended by inserting, after the words "consul-general", the words "vice consulgeneral", so that the section shall read as follows, namely: (1) SEC. 4130. The word "minister", when used in this title shall be understood to mean the person invested with, and exercising, the principal diplomatic functions. The word "consul" shall be understood to mean any person invested by the United States with, and exercising, the functions of consul-general, vice consul-general, consul or vice-consul. [February 1, 1876.] NOTE. (1) The amendments made by this act are incorporated into the second edition of the Revised CHAPTER 11. AN ACT FIXING THE TIME OF HOLDING THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Feb. 18, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 4. Circuit court; [SECTION 1], That a term of the circuit court of the United States for when to be held the districts of California, Oregon and Nevada shall be held as follows, in California. Oregon. Nevada. R. S., § 658, 664. 1874, June 16, ch. 287. When act takes effect, &c. namely: For the district of California, on the first Monday of February, second Monday of July, and fourth Monday of November in each year; For the district of Oregon, on the second Monday of April and the first Monday of October in each year; And for the district of Nevada, on the third Monday of March and the first Monday of November in each year. And the said terms respectively shall be in the place and stead of those now provided by law. Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-six; and all provisions of law inconsistent therewith are hereby repealed: Provided, That when a term shall have commenced in any of said districts before this act takes effect, it shall be lawful to continue such term until the time for the commencement of the first term in said district to be held under the provisions of this act. [February 18, 1876.] |