shall be parallel with the current of the lake, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the lake and not less than two hundred feet in length: Lake Saint Croix And provided also, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot bridge, if built as a draw-bridge; how draw-bridge with a draw over the main channel of the lake at an acconstructed. cessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in the clear at low-water surface on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw; and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall be not less than one hundred and forty feet, and said spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, and not less than thirty feet above low-water mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge; and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the lake: Draw to be And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats, and in no case shall unnec- opened promptly for passage of essary delay occur in opening said draw-bridge during or after the pas- boats. sage of trains. States to have SEC. 3. That any bridge constructed under the provisions of this act to be a postand according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be route; United known and recognized as a post-route, upon which also no higher charge right of way, and shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, shall not be and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid charged discrimifor their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading nating rate for to the said bridge, and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said bridge. transportation,&c. SEC. 4. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall All railway comhave and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the panies to have same and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the equal rights of approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties in case they shall not agree. passage. SEC. 5. That the plan and specifications with the necessary drawings of Plans and specisaid bridge shall be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, and until he approve the plan and location of said bridge it shall not be built or commenced, and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of the work thereon such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; And all changes in the construction of said bridge that may be directed by Congress shall be made at the cost and expense of the owners thereof. Congress may direct changes in construction. may amend or SEC. 6. That the right to alter, amend or repeal this act as in the judgment of Congress the public good may require and to compel the repeal act. removal of any obstructions to navigation caused by said bridge at the expense of the persons or corporations taking the benefit of this act, is hereby reserved. [June 9, 1880.] CHAPTER 163. AN ACT CONFIRMING THE TITLE TO BLOCK NUMBERED FOURTEEN, IN BAKER CITY, Title confirmed to Baker County, Oregon, of certain land. June 9, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 169. Title confirmed Be it enacted, &c., That the title to so much of block fourteen, in Baker City, Oregon, as the United States has title to, be, and the same is to Baker County, hereby, confirmed to the county of Baker, Oregon, and that a patent be regon, of certain issued to the said county therefor, without prejudice to the right of any adverse claimant to any part thereof. [June 9, 1880.] land. taken, &c. R. S., §§ 2262, 2291, 2301. CHAPTER 164. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO AND TWENTY- Pre-emption and homestead claimants' oath; before whom may be taken, &c. Pre-emption and Be it enacted, &c., That the affidavit required to be made by sections homestead claim- twenty-two hundred and sixty-two and twenty-three hundred and one ants' oath; before whom may be of the Revised Statutes of the United States, may be made before the clerk of the county court or of any court of record, of the county and State or district and Territory in which the lands are situated; and if said lands are situated in any unorganized county, such affidavit may be made in a similar manner in any adjacent county in said State or Territory, and the affidavit so made and duly subscribed shall have the same force and effect as if made before the register or receiver of the proper land district; and the same shall be transmitted by such clerk of the court to the register and receiver with the fee and charges allowed by law. [June 9, 1880.] 1877, March 3, ch. 122. CHAPTER 166. June 9, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 170. Pensions allowed prior to July 25, quent acts. 1868, ch. 264 (15 Stat. L., 235). -to be restored if already reduced. AN ACT TO RESTORE PENSIONS IN CERTAIN CASES. Pensions allowed prior to July 25, 1866, not to be -to be restored if already reduced. Be it enacted, &c., That section three of an act entitled "An act increasing the pensions of widows and orphans, and for other purposes", approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and section thirteen of an act entitled "An act relating to pensions", approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and section fortyseven hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes, shall not operate to reduce the rate of any pension which had actually been allowed to the commissioned, non-commissioned, or petty officers of the Navy or their widows or minor children, prior to the twenty-fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to restore all such pensions as have already been so reduced to the rate originally granted and allowed, to take effect from the date of such reduction. [June 9, 1880.] June 9, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 170. Transportation of mails between CHAPTER 167. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE MAILS BETWEEN EAST SAINT LOUIS, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AND SAINT LOUIS, IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI. Transportation of mails between Saint Louis and East Saint Louis to be let to lowest bidder. Be it enacted, &c., That the Postmaster-General be, and he hereby is, Saint Louis and authorized to treat the transportation of mails between East Saint Louis East Saint Louis and the Union Depot in Saint Louis, Missouri, as other than railroad to be let to lowest service, and to pay for the same to the lowest bidder therefor, having due regard to the efficiency of the service, out of any appropriation R. S., §§ 3941, available for the purpose. June 9, 1880.] bidder. 3942. CHAPTER 169. AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE CORPORATE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Be it enacted, &c., That there shall be, and is hereby, conveyed to the corporate authorities of the city of Council Bluffs, in the State of Iowa, and their successors in office, the title of the United States to the meandered lake, situated in sections eleven, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-two, and twenty-three, in township seventy-five north, range forty-four west of the fifth principal meridian of Iowa, upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation; shall be inalienable for all time; June 9, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 171. Lake or bayou granted to Council Bluffs, Iowa, upon conditions. But leases not exceeding ten years may be granted for portions of leases of, may be said premises, all incomes derived from leases or privileges to be ex- granted. pended in the preservation and improvement of the property, or the roads leading thereto; The premises to be managed by the said corporate authorities, or such management of. commissioners as they may elect, and who shall receive no compensation for their services. [June 9, 1880.] CHAPTER 171. AN ACT TO CONFIRM CERTAIN ENTRIES AND WARRANT LOCATIONS IN THE FORMER June 9, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 171. SECTION 2. and to locators of land-warrants, &c. SECTION 1. Lands in Palatka military reservation confirmed to homestead settlers, and State authorized to select other lands in lieu of same. Be it enacted, &c. reserva tion confirmed to [SECTION 1], That in all cases in which lands lying within the limits Lands in Palatka of the former Palatka military reservation in Florida have been entered military by settlers under the homestead laws, and their entries are found to homestead settlers, conflict with selections by the State of Florida under the grant of and State authorswamp lands by act of Congress of September twenty-eighth, eighteen ized to select other hundred and fifty, which are confirmed by the act of March third, lands in lieu of eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and in which said settlers have in good faith complied with the requirements of the homestead laws, their Stat. L., 519). entries be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, on the State filing with 1857, ch. 117 (11 the Commissioner of the General Land Office its relinquishment of all Stat. L., 251). claim thereto; And the State shall thereupon be entitled to select in lieu thereof an equal quantity of land from any of the vacant and unappropriated public lands of the United States in Florida, and patents shall be issued to the State for the lands so selected in lieu of the tracts taken by the settlers. same. 1850, ch. 84 (9 and to locators &c. SEC. 2. That in all cases in which lands lying within said reservation have been entered at private entry or located by military land-war- of land-warrants, rants, and which conflict with said selections, the same are also hereby confirmed on the State relinquishing all claim thereto, and the State shall thereupon be entitled to indemnity in the same manner as indicated in the first section of this act. [June 9; 1880.] June 10, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 172. Cotton cordage may be introduced into naval service to test value, &c. CHAPTER 186. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO INTRODUCE COTTON CORD- Cotton cordage may be introduced into naval service to test value, &c. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Navy be authorized and directed to introduce into the naval service rope and cordage manufactured of cotton according to the recent methods to such an extent as will furnish a fair test of the value and efficiency thereof as compared with the kinds now in use: Provided however, That no person shall have any claim whatever against the United States or any department thereof or receive any compensation therefor. [June 10, 1880.] June 10, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 172. Forts Abercrom CHAPTER 187. AN ACT ABOLISHING THE MILITARY RESERVATIONS OF FORT ABERCROMBIE, FORT Present occupiers; date of settlement. Forts Abercrombie, Seward, and Ransom, in Da- Be it enacted, &c., That the military reservations of Fort Abercrombie, Seward, and bie, Fort Seward, and Fort Ransom, all in the Territory of Dakota, be, Ransom, in Dakota, abolished, and and the same are hereby, abolished, and the Secretary of the Interior lands open to is hereby authorized to have the lands embraced therein surveyed and homestead and made subject to homestead and pre-emption entry and sale, the same pre-emption. as other public lands: R. S., §§ 22572317. Present occu tlement. Provided, The rights of all actual settlers, entitled to the benefits of piers; date of set- the homestead and pre-emption laws of the United States, who now occupy in good faith any portion of the land embraced within any of said reservations, shall date from the day of their actual settlement thereon; and in perfecting their titles thereto under the homestead or pre-emption laws, the time such settlers have occupied and improved their said lands shall be allowed: -to have lines Provided further, That when the lands embraced in said reservations, conform to sur- shall be surveyed, the claims of all such actual settlers shall be made to conform to the lines of the government survey. [June 10, 1880.] veys. June 10, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 173. Compensation of night inspectors of customs. CHAPTER 189. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE COMPENSATION OF NIGHT INSPECTORS OF CUSTOMS. SECTION 1. Compensation of night inspectors of customs Be it enacted, &c. SECTION [SECTION 1], That hereafter the compensation to inspectors of customs employed under existing law for service at night may be increased by the Secretrary of the Treasury at such ports as he may think it adR. S., §§ 2733, visable so to do to a sum not exceeding three dollars for each night's service. SEC. 2. That all acts or part of acts being inconsistent with the above act are hereby repealed. [June 10, 1880.] CHAPTER 190. AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATUTES IN RELATION TO IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION OF June 10, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 173. [SECTION 1], That when any merchandise, other than explosive arti- Ports of arrival cles, and articles in bulk not provided for in section four(1) of this act, at which customs imported at the ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, made for transporentries may be Portland and Bath, in Maine, Chicago, Port Huron, Detroit, New Or- tation in bond to leans, Norfolk, Charleston Savannah, Mobile, Galveston, Pensacola, inland ports. Florida, Cleveland, Toledo, and San Francisco, shall appear by the in- 16 Opin. Att'yGen., 548. voice or bill of lading and manifest of the importing vessel to be con1880, June 14, ch. signed to and destined for either of the ports specified in the seventh 214. section of this act, the collector at the port of arrival shall allow the 1881, Feb. 28, ch. said merchandise to be shipped immediately after the entry prescribed 92, in section two of this act has been made. 1881, March 3, ch. 156. Record of mer collector. SEC. 2. That the collector at the port of first arrival shall retain in his office a permanent record of such merchandise so to be forwarded to the chandise so enport of destination, and such record shall consist of a copy of the invoice tered to be kept by and an entry whereon the duties shall be estimated as closely as possible on the merchandise so shipped, but no oaths shall be required on the said entry. Merchandise to Such merchandise shall not be subject to appraisement and liquidation of duties at the port of first arrival, but shall undergo such exam- be examined at ination as the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem necessary to verify port of arrival, and the invoice; and the same examination and appraisement thereof shall appraised at port be required and had at the port of destination as would have been required at the port of first arrival if such merchandise had been entered for consumption or warehouse at such port. of destination. SEC. 3. That such merchandise shall be delivered to and transported to be transportby common carriers, to be designated for this purpose by the Secretary ed by designated of the Treasury, and to and by none others; and such carriers shall be only. responsible to the United States as common carriers for the safe delivery of such merchandise to the collector at the port of its destination; common carriers And before any such carriers shall be permitted to receive and trans- Bond of carriers. port any such merchandise, they shall become bound to the United States in bonds of such form and amount, and with such conditions, not inconsistent with law, and such security as the Secretary of the Treasury shall require. SEC. 4. That sections twenty-eight hundred and fifty-three and twenty- Quadruplicate ineight hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States voices of merchanbe, and the same are hereby, so amended as to require that all invoices dise intended for transportation in of merchandise imported from any foreign country and intended to be bond inland; how transported without appraisement to any of the ports mentioned in the disposed of. seventh section of this act, shall be made in quadruplicate; R. S., §§ 2853, 2855. And that the consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent, to whom the same shall be produced, shall certify each of said quadruplicates under his hand and official seal in the manner required by section twenty-eight hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes, and shall then deliver to NOTE.-(1) Four is changed to five by act of June 14, 1880, ch. 214. |