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R. S., § 4929.

SEC. 3. That in the construction of this act, the words "Engraving," "cut" and "print" shall be applied only to pictorial illustrations or &c., which may be works connected with the fine arts, copyrighted. R. S., §§ 4952, And no prints or labels designed to be used for any other article of 4962. manufacture shall be entered under the copyright law, but may be reg--others may be istered in the Patent Office. And the Commissioner of Patents is hereby registered in Patcharged with the supervision and control of the entry or registry of ent Office, &c. such prints or labels, in conformity with the regulations provided by law as to copyright of prints, except that there shall be paid for recording the title of any print or label not a trade mark, six dollars, which shall cover the expense of furnishing a copy of the record under the seal of the Commissioner of Patents, to the party entering the same. SEC. 4. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the forego- Repeal. ing provisions be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. That this act shall take effect on and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. [June 18, 1874.]

When act takes effect.

CHAPTER 304.

AN ACT EXPLANATORY OF THE ACT OF JUNE THIRTIETH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND

SIXTY-FOUR.

Deposits in savings-banks exempt from taxation, on certain conditions.

June 18, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 80.

Be it enacted, &c., That all deposits made in institutions now existing Deposits in savwhich do business only as savings-banks, and are recognized as such ings banks exempt by the laws of their respective States, or by Congress, are hereby de- from taxation. R. S., § 3408. clared to be exempt from taxation the same as deposits in savings insti- 1874, June 22, ch. tutions having no capital although they have a capital stock or bond 399. for the additional security of their depositors, and pay dividends thereon; 1879, March 1, ch. and no tax shall be assessed upon the deposits made in such institutions, 125, § 22. or collected of them on said deposits, otherwise than as herein provided:

Provided, That all the profits of such savings banks, less the afore- -on certain conmentioned dividends on stock not exceeding at the rate of eight per ditious. cent. per annum are divided among the depositors, and that the capital stock is invested only in the same class of securities as is used for investing the deposits, and that interest at the rate of not less than four and one-half per cent. be paid in all cases to their depositors, to be made good if necessary from the capital stock. [This act was presented to the President June 6, 1874, and became a law June 18, 1874, without the approval of the President.]

CHAPTER 305.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF PATENTS FOR LANDS GRANTED TO THE STATE
OF OREGON IN CERTAIN CASES.

Patents for lands granted for construction of - without creating new rights.
wagon-roads in Oregon to be issued when they
are completed.

Whereas certain lands have heretofore, by acts of Congress, been granted to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of certain military wagonroads in said State, and there exists no law providing for the issuing of formal patents for said lands: Therefore,

June 18, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 80.

Patents for lands

Be it enacted, &c., That in all cases when the roads in aid of the construction of which said lands were granted are shown by the certificate granted for conof the governor of the State of Oregon, as in said acts provided, to struction of wagon-roads in Orehave been constructed and completed, patents for said lands shall issue gon, to be issued in due form to the State of Oregon as fast as the same shall, under when they are said grants, be selected and certified, unless the State of Oregon shall completed. 1866, ch. 167 (14 by public act have transferred its interests in said lands to any corpo- Stat. L., 86) ration or corporations, in which case the patents shall issue from the

1866, ch. 174 (14 General Land Office to such corporation or corporations upon their payStat. L., 89). ment of the necessary expenses thereof:

1867, ch. 77 (14

Stat. L., 409). 1869, ch. 150 (15 Stat. L., 340).

- without creat

ing new rights, &c.

Provided, That this shall not be construed to revive any land grant already expired nor to create any new rights of any kind except to provide for issuing patents for lands to which the State is already enti tled. [June 18, 1874.]

June 18, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 81.

Homestead and

tlers on certain

CHAPTER 308.

AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN SETTLERS ON THE PUBLIC LANDS IN CERTAIN
PORTIONS OF THE STATES OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA.

SECTION

1. Homestead and pre-emption settlers on cer-
tain public lands in Minnesota and Iowa
invaded by grasshoppers may leave tempo-
rarily.

Be it enacted, &c.

SECTION

2. without prejudice to their rights.
3. Exemption extended to settlers of 1874.

[SECTION 1], That it shall be lawful for homestead and preëmption pre-emption set- settlers on the public lands in the counties of Cottonwood, Noble, Marpublic lands in tin, Jackson, Watonwan, Murray, Rock, Lyon, Redwood, Brown, ChipMinnesota and pewa, and Renville, in the State of Minnesota, and the counties of Iowa Iowa invaded by which compose the Sioux City Land District, and counties contiguous grasshoppers may to either of the above exempted sections, where the crops of such setleave temporarily. tlers were destroyed or seriously injured by grasshoppers in the year R. S., §§ 2267, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and where such grasshoppers shall 1874, June 3, ch. reappear in eighteen hundred and seventy-four to the like destruction of the crops of such settlers, to leave and be absent from said lands until May first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, under such regulations as to proof of the same as the Commissioner of the General LandOffice may prescribe.

2291.

206.

ch. 19.

63.

1879, June 12, 1879, July 1, ch.

without preju

SEC. 2. That during such absence no adverse rights shall attach to dice to their said lands-such settlers being allowed to resume and perfect their setright.. tlements as though no such absence had been enjoyed or allowed. SEC. 3. That the same exemption from continued residence shall be tended to settlers extended to those making settlements in eighteen hundred and seventyfour and suffering the same destruction of crops as those making settlement of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, or any previous year. [June 18, 1874.]

Exemption exof 1874.

CHAPTER 323.

June 19, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 85.

fered for sale.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION OF FORT REY-
NOLDS, IN COLORADO TERRITORY, AND THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS THEREON.
Fort Reynolds Military Reservation to be trans-
ferred to Secretary of Interior and offered for
sale.

- how sold.

Fort Reynolds Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, auMilitary Reserva- thorized and empowered to transfer to the custody and control of the tion to be trans- Secretary of the Interior, for disposition, for cash, according to the exferred to Secretary of Interior and of- isting laws of the United States relating to the public lands, after appraisement, to the highest bidder, and at not less than the appraised value, nor at less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the United States Military Reservation of Fort Reynolds, in Colorado Territory, containing about twenty-three square miles, as set apart and declared by the President, on June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, including all the buildings heretofore erected by the United States, and now being thereon: (the said reservation and buildings being no longer needed for military purposes :)

Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the said land Fort Reynolds to be offered in tracts of not more than eighty acres each, and sold sep- reservation, how to arately at public outcry, to the highest bidder, after giving not less than be sold. three months' public notice of the time and place of sale, in not less than three public newspapers printed and published in said Territory. [June 19, 1874.]

CHAPTER 328.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL
EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, EIGHT-
KEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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17. of Quartermaster-General.

Be it enacted, &c.

[SECTION 1],

SECTION 1.

Par. 18. Clerks of Paymaster-General.

SECTION

of Commissary-General.

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to be retained.

- to be so placed as to be entitled to
promotion.

26. Additional compensation and employ-
ment prohibited, except, &c.

27. No new enlistment in general service
to be made.

28. Number of temporary clerks to be re-
duced.

29. Attorney-General to report, contin-
gent expenses annually to Congress.
30. Heads of departments, &c., to regu
late hours of labor, &c., clerks, &c.

2. Clerks of courts, marshals, and district attor-
neys to reside in their districts.

-exception as to southern district of New
York.

3. Civil officers to receive no perquisites or extra
compensation.

-exception as to district attorneys.

4. Permanent appropriation for expense of na-
tional c meteries, &c., repealed.

Secretary of Treasury to submit estimates
for such expenses.

5. Unexpended appropriations after two years
to be covered into Treasury.

-except certain permanent specific appro-
priations.

Contracts not affected.

Secretary of Treasury to report balances to
Congress.

Par. 1.] Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper, [of Senate]

Provided, That hereafter he shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith. (1)

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[Par. 2.] Provided, That whenever a member of the Capitol police or watch force is suspended from duty for cause, said policeman or watchman shall receive no compensation for the time of such suspension if he shall not be reinstated. (2)

June 20, 1874.

18 Stat. L., 85.

Sergeant-atArms of Senate to

receive no fees.

R. S., § 52.

Members of Capitol police or watch not to receive pay

while under sus-
pension, &c.
R. S., § 1823.
Sergeant-at-

[Par. 3.] Sergeant-at-Arms, [of House]. Provided, That hereafter he shall receive, directly or indirectly, no Arms of House to fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the receive no fees. R. S., § 53. duties of the office, or in connection therewith. (1)

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NOTES (1) These provisions are the same in Revised Statutes, §§ 52, 53, and are repeated here and in subsequent appropriation acts (18 Stat. L., 346).

(2) This provision, although it appears to be continuing, is repeated in subsequent appropriation acts (18 Stat. L., 345).

Public Printer to

the President.

R. S., § 3758.

1876, July 31, ch. 246, par. 1.

[Par. 4.] Provided, That so much of the act entitled "An act providbe appointed by ing for the election of a Congressional Printer," approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, (3) as provides for the election of such officer by the Senate, and provides that such officer shall be deemed an officer of the Senate, shall cease and determine and become of no effect from and after the date of the first vacancy occur. ring in said office; that the title of said officer shall thereafter be Public Printer, and he shall be deemed an officer of the United States, and said office shall be filled by appointment by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

1876, Aug. 15, ch. 287, par. 3.

Third Assistant

authorized.

[Par. 5.] For compensation of

two Assistant Secretaries

Secretary of State of State, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; and one additional Assistant Secretary of State, with like compensation, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to be known as the Third Assistant Secretary of State:

R. S., § 200.

Laws not to be

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[Par. 6.] Provided, That after the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred published in news- and seventy-five, the publication of the laws in newspapers shall cease.

ch. 74.

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papers. R. S., § 79. Passport fee of $5 [Par. 7.] That from and after the first day of July next a fee of five dolto be collected, &c. lars shall be collected for each citizen's passport issued from the DepartR.S., §§ 212,4075. ment. An account of these fees shall be kept, and the amount collected 1878, April 30, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States at least quarterly. [Par. 8.] Provided, That the Secretary of State may prescribe duties for Secretary of State may pre- the Assistant Secretaries, the Solicitor, not interfering with his duties as scribe duties of an officer of the Department of Justice, and the clerks of Bureaus, as certain officers and well as for all the other employees in the Department, and may make employés, make changes, &c. changes and transfers therein when, in his judgment, it becomes necesR. S., §§ 200, 202. sary.

Compensation of internal revenue gaugers.

R. S., § 3157.

§ 1, par. 4.

Compensation of

[Par. 9.] (Sup.) [Hereafter no gauger [internal revenue] shall receive a greater compensation than six dollars per day.]

1875, March 3, ch. 129, § 1. Superseded by 1878, June 19, ch. 329,

[Par. 10.] For compensation to designated depositaries at Buffalo, New certain designated York; Louisville, Kentucky; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for receiving, safely keeping, and paying out public money,

depositaries lim-
ited.

R. S., § 3655.
R. S., § 3656.

1876, Aug. 15,
ch. 287, par. 7.
8 C. Cl. R., 235.
10 C. Cl. R., 229.

- further limited.

Detailed state

ment of contingent

Provided (4), That no compensation shall be allowed for the above services when the emoluments of the office of which said designated depositary is in commission amounts to the maximum compensation fixed by law; nor shall the amount allowed to any of said designated depositaries for such services, when added to the emoluments of the office of which he is in commission, be more than sufficient to make the maximum compensation fixed by law:

And provided further, That the whole allowance to any designated depositary for such service shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. (4)

[Par. 11.] Hereafter a detailed statement of the expenditure for the expenditures to be preceding fiscal year of all sums appropriated for contingent expenses presented to Con- in any Department or Bureau of the Government shall be presented to gress at each ses- Congress at the beginning of each regular session. (5)

sion.

R. S., §§ 60, 193, 209, 262.

NOTES.-(3) The provision here referred to of the act of 1867, ch. 59 (14 Stat. L., 398), is incorporated into the second edition of the Revised Statutes, in section 3758, noted in the margin.

(4) This limitation is repeated in 1875, ch. 129 (18 Stat. L., 355).

(5) This provision is repeated in subsequent appropriation acts-1875, ch. 129 (18 Stat. L., 355); 1876, ch. 287 (19 Stat. L., 156); 1877, ch. 102 (19 Stat. L., 306).

Salaries of offi

[Par. 12.] Office of the Director of the Mint.-For director, four thou sand five hundred dollars; examiner, two thousand two hundred dol- cers, &c. under Director of Mint eslars; one computor of bullion, two thousand two hundred dollars; one tablished. clerk of class four; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one R. S., § 344. translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist, nine hundred dollars; one messenger; and one laborer; making, in all, the sum of seventeen thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.

Salaries to be ac

And hereafter all salaries under the Director of the Mint at Washington and at the various mints shall be at the rates appropriated for in cording to this act. this act. (6)

3499.

Mint at Philadelphia.-For salaries of the superintendent, four thou--at Philadelphia. sand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, coiner R. S., §§ 3498, and engraver, at three thousand dollars each; the assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; cashier two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk two thousand four hundred dollars; bookkeeper, deposit-clerk, and weigh-clerk, at two thousand dollars each; and two clerks at one thousand dollars each.

Mint at San Francisco, California:-For salaries of superintendent, — at San Franfour thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and cisco. coiner at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand five R. S., §§ 3498, hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; four clerks at one thousand eight hundred dollars each.

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Mint at Carson, Nevada.-For salaries of superintendent, three thou sand dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner at two thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; cashier and bookkeeper, two thousand dollars each; weigh-clerk and voucher-clerk, at two thousand dollars each; computing clerk, two thousand dollars; assayer's clerk one thousand six hundred dollars;

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Mint at Denver, Colorado.-For salaries of assayer in charge, two thousand five hundred dollars; melter two thousand five hundred dollars; three clerks at one thousand eight hundred dollars each.

To reopen the branch mint at New Orleans to be conducted hereafter

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of eighteen hundred seventy-three (7) the following appropriations are salaries of offimade: For salaries of superintendent, three thousand five hundred dol- cers of. lars; assayer, who shall perform the duties of melter two thousand five hundred dollars;

[Par. 13.] And hereafter it shall be the duty of the secretary of each Territory to furnish estimates in detail for the lawful expenses thereof, to be presented to the Secretary of the Treasury on or before the first day of October of every year.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

R. S., § 3495, 3498, 3499.

Territorial secre

taries to furnish

annual estimates
to Secretary of
Treasury.
R. S., § 1844.

Clerks in War their salaries.

R. S., § 215.
1877, Feb. 27, ch.

[Par. 14.] For compensation one chief clerk at an annual compensation of two thousand five hundred dollars; one disbursing Department and clerk at two thousand dollars; two chief clerks of divisions at two thousand dollars; seven clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; fifteen clerks of class one; two messengers, at eight 69, par. 2. hundred and forty dollars each; nine laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; seven watchmen for north west building, (executive) at seven hundred and twenty dollars each.

NOTES.-(6) But for this provision the appropriations herein for officers of mints would apply to salaries for one year only. This clause fixes continuing salaries.

(7) the provisions of the act of 1873, ch. 131 (17 Stať. L., 435), are incorporated into Revised Statutes, §§ 3495-3570.

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