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Rep., followed by text in brackets, indicates that the part so inclosed is repealed, and

Sup., that the part following in brackets is superseded, by acts noted in margin, or referred to in the notes.]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

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

Steam pressure

tow on Mis

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 allowed to be carin part by steam," &c., approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hun- ried by freight and dred and seventy-one, (1) so far as they relate to the limitation of steam sissippi River. pressure of steamboats used exclusively for towing and carrying freight R. S., § 4420. 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;

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 January 8, 1874.

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 suc- Lien for tax not impaired; but bond of successor

cessor in business.

may be approved notwithstanding.

18 Stat. L., 2.

Be it enacted, &c., That when from death or from any other cause there Distillery wareshall 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

sor in business.

R. S., § 3271.

Spirits belonging to former occupant to be separated by partition. R. S., § 3293. 1880, May 28, ch.

108, § 4.

of

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 safe-
keeping 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
Lien for tax not affect the lien existing at the time of such change under section one of
impaired; but bond the internal revenue act of July twenty eighteen hundred and sixty-
approved notwith-eight as amended, or other liabilities under any internal revenue law,
but the existence of such lien shall be no ground for refusing to approve
R. S., §§ 3251, the bond of the succeeding person, firm or company, anything in section
3260, 3262.
eight of the said act of July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding. (1) [January 8, 1874.]

standing.

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.

ch. 226,

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.

Repeal of law in- Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the act of March third, eighteen
creasing salaries; hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act making appropriations for
restoring former legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the
compensation.
1873, March 3, year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four," (1) as
provides for the increase of the compensation of public officers and em-
ployees, 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:

14 C. Cl. 78.

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

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 Cap.
itol 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.

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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.

18 Stat. L., 5.

Joint Committee

Debates of Congress to be printed under direction of Joint Committee on Printing. 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 under direction of gress to be ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other under direction of 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,

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.]

1874.

CHAPTER 16.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO MY FOR REPORTING THE DEBATES AND PRO- January 28, 1874.

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.

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.

January 29, 1874. 18 Stat. L.,6. Be it enacted, &c., That the office of Deputy Commissioner of Internal Two deputy comRevenue, made vacant by the death of General B. J. Sweet, be, and the missioners of Intersame is hereby, abolished; and that the Secretary of the Treasury may, nal Revenue only: upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, nated First Depu-one to be desigdesignate one of the two remaining deputy commissioners as First Dep- ty. uty 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.]