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GENERAL LAWS

OF THE

UNITED STATES

ENACTED BY THE

FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION

IN

THE YEAR 1874.

[NOTE.-The omitted chapters and parts of chapters are private, special, local, or temporary acts not
of general interest.

In the margin and in the notes, the letters R. S. refer to the Revised Statutes, and STAT. L. to the
Statutes at Large.

Rep., followed by text in brackets, indicates that the part so inclosed is repealed, and

Sup., that the part following in brackets is superseded, by acts noted in margin, or referred to in the notes.]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 6.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE LIMITATION OF STEAM PRESSURE OF VESSELS USED EX-
CLUSIVELY FOR TOWING AND CARRYING. FREIGHT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

Steam-pressure allowed to be carried by freight may be above standard, by permission, &c.
and tow boats on Mississippi River.

Be it enacted, &c., That the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for the better security of life on vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam," &c., approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, (1) so far as they relate to the limitation of steam pressure of steamboats used exclusively for towing and carrying freight on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, are hereby so far modified as to substitute for such boats one hundred and fifty pounds of steam pressure in place of one hundred and ten pounds, as provided in said act for the standard pressure upon standard boilers of forty-two inches diameter, and of plates of one-quarter of an inch in thickness;

January 6, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 2.

Steam pressure

allowed to be carried by freight and sissippi River.

tow boats on Mis

R. S., § 4420.

And such boats may, on the written permit of the supervising in- may be above spector of the district in which such boats shall carry on their business, standard, by perbe permitted to carry steam above the standard pressure of one hun- mission, &c. dred and ten pounds, but not exceeding the standard pressure of one hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch. [January 6, 1874.]

NOTE.-(1) The provisions of the act of 1871, ch. 100 (16 Stat. L., 445), here referred to, as modified by the act of 1872, ch. 2 (17 Stat. L., 23), are incorporated into Revised Statutes in section 4420 noted in the margin.

CHAPTER 7.

AN ACT TO SO AMEND THE LAWS RELATIVE TO INTERNAL REVENUE AS TO ALLOW
DISTILLERY WAREHOUSES TO BE CONTINUED IN USE AFTER CHANGES HAVE OC-
CURRED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BUSINESS.

Distillery warehouses, how may be used by successor in business.

Spirits belonging to former occupant to be sepa

rated by partition.

Lien for tax not impaired; but bond of successor
may be approved notwithstanding.

January 8, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 2.

Distillery ware

Be it enacted, &c., That when from death or from any other cause there shall be a change in the person, firm or company engaged in the business houses, how may of distilling at any distillery, and the person firm or company that by be used by succes

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reason of such change ceases to carry on said business at such distillery has at the time of such change spirits in the distillery warehouse, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, upon the written consent of the surviving principals and sureties interested, and under such rules and regulations, and upon such other conditions, as he may prescribe, to permit the succeeding person, firm or company to use the distillery warehouse on the premises in the same manner as if it did not contain distilled spirits belonging to the original person, firm or company after setting apart and separating, by a secure and unbroken partition such portion of it as may be necessary for the storage and safekeeping of the spirits distilled by the original person, firm or company, during the period allowed by law for the removal of distilled spirits from distillery warehouses, or until said spirits are removed, and the tax paid thereon within that time:

Provided, That nothing herein contained shall impair or in any way affect the lien existing at the time of such change under section one of the internal revenue act of July twenty eighteen hundred and sixtyeight as amended, or other liabilities under any internal revenue law, but the existence of such lien shall be no ground for refusing to approve the bond of the succeeding person, firm or company, anything in section eight of the said act of July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding. (1) [January 8, 1874.]

NOTE. (1) The provisions of the act here referred to, 1868, ch. 186, §§ 1, 8 (15 Stat. L., 125, 128), and the amendments to the same, are incorporated into the Revised Statutes, in the sections noted in the margin.

January 20, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 4.

Repeal of law increasing salaries; restoring former compensation. 1873, March 3,

ch. 226,

14 C. Cl. 78.

cess of former salaries, not paid or returned, to be covered into Treasury.

CHAPTER 11.

AN ACT REPEALING THE INCREASE OF SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND
OTHER OFFICERS.

Repeal of law increasing salaries; restoring for
mer compensation.

Amounts in excess of former salaries, not paid or returned, to be covered into the Treasury.

Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four," (1) as provides for the increase of the compensation of public officers and employees, whether members of Congress, Delegates, or others, except the President of the United States and the Justices of the Supreme Court, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and the salaries, compensation, and allowances of all said persons, except as aforesaid, shall be as fixed by the laws in force at the time of the passage of said act:

Provided, That mileage shall not be allowed for the first session of the Forty-third Congress;

That all moneys appropriated as compensation to the members of the Amounts in ex- Forty-second Congress, in excess of the mileage and allowances fixed by law at the commencement of said Congress, and which shall not have been drawn by the members of said Congress respectively, or which having been drawn, have been returned in any form to the United States, are hereby covered into the Treasury of the United States, and are declared to be the moneys of the United States absolutely, the same as if they had never been appropriated as aforesaid. [January 20, 1874.]

NOTE.-(1) The act here referred to and repealed, 1873, ch. 226 (17 Stat. L., 486), is incorporated into the Revised Statutes in the numerous provisions which set forth the salaries of different officers as there established. In the second edition of the Revised Statutes (1878) tables are printed on pages 1093-1097, showing the salaries affected by this act, so far as they appear on the books of the First Comptroller, with the amount of each before and after its passage. To these should be added the Capitol police, who are paid out of the contingent funds of the two Houses of Congress, in accordance with appropriations made from year to year. R. S., §§ 1821, 1822. See Bradshaw's case, 14 C. Cls., 78.

CHAPTER 14.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUN- January 22, 1874.

DRY CIVIL EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE
THIRTIETH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES," APPROVED MARCHI THIRD, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE.

Debates of Congress to be printed under direction of Joint Committee on Printing.

18 Stat. L., 5.

under direction of

Be it enacted, &c., That the act entitled "An an act making appropri Debates of Conations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year gress to be printed ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other Joint Committee purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, on Printing. be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to the proviso (1) in the 1873, Mar. 3, ch. clause of said act relating to the public printing and binding the follow- 227; ing words: "and of the House of Representatives." [January 22, 1874.]

NOTE. (1) The provision here referred to in act of 1873, ch. 227 (17 Stat. L., 510), is incorporated into the Revised Statutes, § 78.

R. S., § 78.

CHAPTER 15.

AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE PRINTING OF THE BIENNIAL REGISTER COMMONLY January 23, 1874.

CALLED THE BLUE BOOK.

Biennial Register; 1,500 copies to be printed.

Be it enacted, &c., (Sup.) [That in lieu of the number of copies of the Biennial Register now authorized by law to be printed, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be printed fifteen hundred copies of the said work.] [January 23, 1874.]

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CHAPTER 16.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO ¡Y FOR REPORTING THE DEBATES AND PRO- January 28, 1874. CEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

Be it enacted, &c.

SECTION 3. *

Pay for reporting proceedings of Congress fixed.

Provided, (Sup.) [That from and after the passage of this act a sum not exceeding forty-two thousand dollars shall be paid for reporting the proceedings of each House of Congress for any one Congress, under the direction of the respective Houses; and all laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.] [January 28, 1874.]

18 Stat. L., 5.

Pay for report-
ing proceedings of
Congress fixed.
R. S., 54.
Superseded 1874,
June 22, ch. 388,

par. 5.

CHAPTER 18.

January 29, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 6.

Two deputy commissioners of Interone to be designal Revenue only: nated First Depu

AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. Two deputy commissioners of internal revenue only:-one to be designated First Deputy. Be it enacted, &c., That the office of Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, made vacant by the death of General B. J. Sweet, be, and the same is hereby, abolished; and that the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, designate one of the two remaining deputy commissioners as First Deputy Commissioner, who shall perform the duties and be paid only the R. S., §§ 235, 322. salary prescribed for the office of deputy commissioner hereby abolished. [January 29, 1874.]

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CHAPTER 19.

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING COINAGE TO BE EXECUTED AT THE MINTS OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

Coinage for foreign countries may be executed at United States mints.

Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be lawful for coinage to be executed at the mints of the United States for any foreign country applying for the same, according to the legally prescribed standards and devices of such country, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and the charge for the same shall be equal to the expenses thereof, including labor, materials, and use of machinery, to be fixed by the director of the mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That the manufacture of such coin shall not interfere with the required coinage of the United States. [January 29, 1874.]

CHAPTER 22.

February 4, 1874. AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE LINES OF TELEGRAPH CONNECTING THE CAPITOL WITH 18 Stat. L., 14.

THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT,

Telegraph lines between Capitol and Departments
to be under supervision of officer in charge of
public buildings, &c.

- Operation of, how conducted.

Telegraph beBe it enacted, &c., That the lines of telegraph, connecting the Capitol tween Capitol and with the various Departments in Washington, constructed under and Departments to be under supervision by virtue of the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hunof officer in charge dred and seventy-three, entitled "An act making appropriations for public build- sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June ings, &c. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby, placed under the supervision of the officer in charge of the public buildings and grounds; and that the said officer be authorized and empowered to make rules and regulations for the working of said lines.

1873, ch. 227 (17

Stat. L., 519).
R. S., § 1797.
1874, Mar. 7, ch.
50; June 23, ch.
461.

- operation how conducted.

And the Secretary or Head of each Executive Department, and the Congressional Printer, are hereby authorized to detail one person from of, their present force of employees to operate the instruments in said Departments and printing office, and each House of Congress may provide for the employment of an operator in their respective wings of the Capitol, at a compensation not exceeding one hundred dollars per month, during the sessions of Congress. [February 4, 1874.]

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District courts in
Iowa, terms of.
R. S., § 572.

Processes to be entered at

terms.

CHAPTER 24.

AN ACT CHANGING THE TIMES FOR HOLDING CERTAIN DISTRICT COURTS OF THE
UNITED STATES, FOR THE STATE OF IOWA.

SECTION

1. District courts in Iowa, terms of.

Be it enacted, &c.

SECTION

2. Processes to be entered at said terms.

[SECTION 1], That instead of the times now fixed by law, the terms of the district courts of the United States for the district of Iowa, to be held in the city of Keokuk and the city of Council Bluffs, shall commence At Keokuk on the third Tuesday of January and the third Tuesday of June, and

At Council Bluffs on the fourth Monday of March and the fourth Monday of September, in each year.

SEC. 2. That all causes, processes, suits, and proceedings now pendsaid ing or commenced for said terms of court, or hereafter to be commenced, shall be continued or returned in and to said courts at the several times herein specified. [February 9, 1874.]

CHAPTER 25.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF February 11, 1874.

THE FLATHEAD AND OTHER INDIANS FROM THE BITTERROOT VALLEY, IN THE
TERRITORY OF MONTANA," APPROVED JUNE FIFTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND

SEVENTY-TWO.

SECTION

1. Pre-emption lands in Bitterroot Valley; time of sale and payment extended.

Be it enacted, &c.

SECTION

2. Settlers on, to have benefit of homestead
laws.

18 Stat. L., 15.

R. S., § 2267.

[SECTION 1], That the time of sale and payment of pre-empted lands Pre-emption lands in the Bitterroot Valley, in the Territory of Montana, is hereby extended in Bitterroot Valfor the period of two years from the expiration of the time allotted in ley; time of sale and payment exthe act entitled (1) "An act to provide for the removal of the Flathead tended. and other Indians from the Bitterroot Valley, in the Territory of Montana," approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. SEC. 2. That the benefit of the homestead act is hereby extended to all the settlers on said lands who may desire to take advantage of the same. [February 11, 1874.]

NOTE. (1) The time allotted by the act here referred to, 1872, ch. 308 (17 Stat. L., 226), was "within twenty-one months from the date of settlement, or of the passage of this act," which act was passed June 5, 1872.

Settlers on, to have benefit of

homestead laws. R. S., § 2289,

2317.

CHAPTER 30.

AN ACT GRANTING CERTAIN SWAMP-LANDS IN HOLT COUNTY, MISSOURI, TO SAID HOLT February 19, 1874. COUNTY, FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

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18 Stat. L., 16.

Lands granted to

[SECTION 1], That all the tract of land embraced in what is known as Tarkio Lake, in Congressional Township, numbered sixty, of range Holt County, Misthirty-nine, in the county of Holt, State of Missouri, and which was souri, for school left unsurveyed at the time the Government of the United States had purposes. made a survey of the other lands in said township and county, and which was described on the plat of the survey of said lands as a meandering lake, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the said county of Holt, in the State of Missouri, for school purposes.

SEC. 2. That the Commissioner of the General Land-Office is hereby directed to have said lands surveyed, and to cause to be executed to the said county of Holt, a patent for the same:

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Rights of home

Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to affect the rights of any person who may have in good faith gone upon stead and pre-empsaid lands prior to January first, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, with tion settlers prethe intent of pre-empting or homesteading the same; and the said served. county of Holt is hereby required to make a title to any such person

to an amount of land not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres upon

the payment to the county of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: Cost of surveying And be it further provided, That all cost of surveying said lands shall to be paid by counbe paid by said county of Holt. [February 19, 1874.]

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CHAPTER 35.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE TITLES OF CERTAIN NAVAL OFFICERS, AND FOR OTHER February 24, 1874.

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1. Assistant and passed assistant engineers in 2. Cadet-engineers, course of instruction of, at Navy: their title, &c.

Be it enacted, &c.

[SECTION 1], That from and after the passage of this act the title of first assistant engineer shall be changed to passed assistant engineer,

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