Amount to be fund. SEC. 2. That a sum of money equal to the amount certified by the Secretary of the Interior, in pursuance of the foregoing section, to the credited to trust Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to place to the credit of the Secretary of the Interior, as custodian of said trust funds, and, after defraying the cost of survey and sale of said lands and other expenses contracted by the United States or the Osage Nation in the execution of said trust, the balance of said funds shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of said Indians, to be invested and distributed in accordance with existing treaties: Like account to Provided, That a like settlement shall be made with the Indian-civilization fund for the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, given by the be stated of InUnited States to the State of Kansas, within the limits of the Osage lands ceded by the first article of the treaty aforesaid. [June 16, 1880.] dian-civilization fund, &c. CHAPTER 252. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS, AND SO FORTH. * An equal proportion of three-fourths of all seeds, plants, and cuttings shall, upon their request, be supplied to Senators, Representatives and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their agricultural constituents, or shall by their direction be sent to their constituents; and the persons receiving such seeds shall inform the department of the results of the experiments therewith: June 16, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 292. Seeds, &c., to be supplied to members of Congress for distribution. R. S., § 527. 1875, March 3, ch. 128, § 7. Commissioner of SEC. 2. The Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby directed and required to account and report to the proper accounting officers of the Agriculture; when Treasury, in the same manner and at the same times, as the heads of executive departments of the government are now required by law to account and report. SEC. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. [June 16, 1880.] to account and re- R. S., § 528. CHAPTER 253. AN ACT TO CONSTITUTE A JOINT COMMISSION FOR CARRYING INTO EFFECT THE CON- NOTE. (1) The articles of the treaty referred to in this resolution are printed hereinafter, at page —. June 16, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 296. claims of citizens Be it enacted, &c. Commission for [SECTION 1], That the President shall nominate, and by and with the settlement of advice and consent of the Senate appoint a Commissioner, on the part of either France or of the United States, to hear and decide, conjointly with the CommisUnited States sioner to be appointed on the part of the French Republic and the third against the other Commissioner to be appointed by His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, the claims comprehended in the provisions of the convention of January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, between the United States and the French Republic. country. Treaty, p. 632. -compensation of. -how paid. -secretary of. SEC. 2. That the compensation of the said commissioner on the part of the United States shall be at such rate, not exceeding eight thousand dollars a year in money of the United States, as may be determined by agreement between the executive departments of this government and of the French Republic. The compensation of said third Commissioner to be determined according to the provisions of said Convention not to exceed eight thousand dollars a year shall be paid as to one half part thereof by the United States. The compensation of the Secretary to be appointed on the part of the United States under the provisions of the said Convention shall be at such rate, not exceeding three thousand dollars a year in money of the United States, as may be determined in the manner aforesaid. Agent on behalf SEC. 3. That the President be, and hereby is, authorized to appoint of United States to a suitable person as agent on behalf of the United States to attend the be appointed, &c. Commissioners, to present and support claims on behalf of this government, to answer claims made upon it, and to represent it generally in all matters connected with the investigation and decision thereof; the compensation of such agent, not to exceed five thousand dollars a year, shall be determined by agreement between the executive departments of this government and of the French Republic. -contingent expenses of. Appropriation. Commissioners The President is hereby authorized to make such provision for the contingent expenses of the Commission, and for the taking of testimony on the part of the United States to be used before the same, as to him shall appear reasonable and proper. To defray the above mentioned expenses, salaries and compensations and to permit the agent of the United States to collect and produce such needful testimony on the part of this government, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary under the provisions of this act, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, with the approval of the President SEC. 4. That the Commissioner on the part of the United States, in to make rules and conjunction with the other commissioners appointed under the provis regulations. ions of the said convention is hereby authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for conducting the business of the Commission; such rules and regulations not contravening the Constitution of the United States, the provisions of this act or the convention. commissioners and returned. Papers, records, SEC. 5. That the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and reand documents to quired to transmit to the Commissioners through the Agent on the be furnished to part of the United States, such papers and records relating to the Commission as he may deem proper or as may be called for by the Commissioners; and at the termination of the Commission all the records, documents and other papers which shall have been brought before the Commissioners, or which may be in possession of their Secretaries, shall be deposited in the Department of State: -copies; when Provided, That this section shall not be so construed as to prevent may be deposited the Commissioner on the part of the United States or of the French in State Depart- Republic from depositing in the Department certified copies or duplicates of papers produced on behalf of his government, instead of originals. ment. Witnesses; how SEC. 6. That upon suggestion by either party that a witness whose testimony is deemed important, refuses or is unwilling to testify, it depositions may be taken, &c. shall be competent for the Commissioners to issue a commission to some suitablo person to take the testimony of such witness, who, if in the United States, may be compelled to appear and testify in the same manner as is now provided by law in the case of Commissions issued from the courts of the United States. [June 16, 1880.] RESOLUTIONS. NUMBER 4. JOINT RESOLUTION TOUCHING THE HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. Time extended for entering Hot Springs lots, &c. Jan. 14, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 299. Time extended Resolved, &c, That the time allowed the Secretary of the Interior to instruct the United States land officers at Little Rock, Arkansas, under for entering Hot section ten of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- Springs lots, &c. 1877, March 3, seven, entitled "An act in relation to the Hot Springs reservation in ch. 103, § 10. the State of Arkansas", be extended for the period of sixty days from the passage of this resolution, and all further proceedings under said act be suspended until that time. [January 14, 1880.] NUMBER 10. JOINT RESOLUTION FOR PRINTING THE AMERICAN EPHEMERIS AND NAUTICAL ALMANAC SECTION 1. American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac ; 2. Copies for sale, and proceeds of sale to be dehow printed and distributed. Resolved, &c. posited in Treasury. Feb. 11, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 301. [SECTION 1], That there shall be printed annually at the Government American Printing Office fifteen hundred copies of the American Ephemeris and Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and of the papers supplementary thereto, of which how printed and Nautical Almanac; one hundred shall be for the use of the Senate, four hundred for the distributed. House of Representatives, and one thousand for the public service, to be distributed by the Navy Department. SEC. 2. That additional copies of the Ephemeris and of the Nautical Almanac extracted therefrom may be ordered by the Secretary of the Navy for sale: Provided, That all moneys received from such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation for public printing. [February 11, 1880.] R. S., § 436. Copies for sale. proceeds of sale Treasury. to be deposited in NUMBER 22. JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF WAGES TO EMPLOYEES IN THE Employés of Government Printing Office to have Salaried officers not to have additional pay. certain holidays with pay. -to be paid only when employés of other depart ments are. April 16, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 304. 1880.-RESOLUTION APRIL 24; No. 25. 46TH CONG. Employés of Government Print- shall be allowed the following legal holidays with pay, to wit: the first Resolved, &c., That the employees of the Government Printing Office ing Office to have certain holidays day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twenty-fifth day of December, and such day as may be desig1879, Jan. 31, ch. nated by the President of the United States as a day of public fast or thanksgiving: with pay. 38. -to be so paid only when em Provided, That the said employees shall be paid for these holidays ployés of other De- only when the employees of the other government departments shall be partments are. so paid: Salaried officers And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall authorize not to have addi- any additional payment to such employees as receive annual salaries. tional pay. [April 16, 1880.] NUMBER 25. JOINT RESOLUTION LEGALIZING THE HEALTH ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS FOR SECTION April 24, 1880. 21 Stat. L., 304. 2. in relation to animals, food, diseases, &c. Note: Text of ordinances and regulations referred to in this act. Ordinances of Board of Health, District of Colum bia, legalized. -in relation to nuisances. 1874, June 23, ch. 490. 1878, June 11, ch. 180, § 8. 27. 1851, Jan. 25, ch. in relation to nuisances. Resolved, &c. [SECTION 1], That the ordinances of the late Board of Health of the District of Columbia, as revised, amended, and adopted, November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An ordinance to revise, consolidate, and amend the ordinances of the Board of Health, to declare what shall be deemed nuisances injurious to health, and to Board of Health made to the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress, provide for the removal thereof", as printed in the report of said late being executive document number one, part eight, be, and the same are hereby, legalized; and the respective penalties therein prescribed for violations thereof may be imposed and enforced for the respective offenses therein described, excepting the sections of said ordinance following, namely: Sections seven, nine, and fourteen, which said sections are not hereby legalized. SEC. 2. That the ordinances, rules, and regulations of said late Board of Health contained in the report mentioned in the preceding section, and printed in the said executive document therein mentioned, namely: (1) First. "An ordinance to amend an ordinance to prevent domestic animals from running at large within the cities of Washington and -domestic ani- Georgetown, passed by the Board of Health May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one"; mals. un wholesome food. Second. "An ordinance to prevent the sale of unwholesome food, in the cities of Washington and Georgetown"; Third. "An ordinance to provide for the inspection of streets, food, live stock, fish and other marine products, in the cities of Washington inspection of and Georgetown, and to define the duties of inspectors and other officers food, &c. of the Board of Health": -public urinals. - small-pox. -record of vital statistics. Fourth. "An ordinance to amend section ten of the code so as to read"; Fifth. "An ordinance to amend an ordinance passed May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, to read as follows"; Sixth. "An ordinance to prevent committing or creating nuisances in or about public urinal or urinals located within the cities of Washington and Georgetown"; Seventh. "Rules and regulations in regard to small-pox"; Eighth. "Regulations to secure a full and correct record of vital statistics, including the registration of marriages, births, and deaths, the interment, disinterment, and removal of the dead in the District of Columbia", be, and the same are hereby, legalized and made valid; and the penalties therein provided respectively for violations thereof, may NOTE. (1) The ordinances and regulations legalized by this act are printed herein, immediately following the act. be imposed and enforced for the violations of the same respectively, as provided by section twenty-seven of the ordinances passed November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. [April 24, 1880.] NOTE. (1) The following are the ordinances, &c., legalized by the foregoing act. [ORDINANCES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, LEGALIZED BY JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS, 1880, APRIL 24, NUMBER 25.] AN ORDINANCE To revise, consolidate, and amend the ordinances of the Board of Health, to declare what shall be deemed nuisances injurious to health, and to provide for the removal thereof. SECTION 1. Filth or other offensive substances thrown in streets, avenues, &c., declared nuisances. 2. Carrying offensive substances, in open vehicles, through streets, avenues, &c. 3. Manure, offal, &c., within 300 feet of dwelling, or along line of street, railroad, &c. 4. Filling lots with filth and offensive substances, or removing surface of lots so filled. 5. Defiling or poisonous substances thrown into 6. Impure and unwholesome wells or springs. and noxious odors. 10. Inadequate and insufficient drain-pipes, &c., into sewers. 11. Filthy and offensive water-closets and priv ies. 12. Privies unlawfully and improperly constructed or located. Leaky privies, privy-boxes, vaults, &c. 13. Fecal matter remaining in privies. Privies to be inspected and cleaned. 15. Depositing contents of privy in place not approved by board of health. Be it ordained, dc. [SECTION 1], That filth, the contents of cess-pools, offal, garbage, foul water, dye-water, refuse from Filth or other offenmanufactories, ordure, urine, stable-manure, decayed animal or vegetable matter, or other offensive sive substance thrown substance detrimental to health, thrown, placed, or allowed to remain, in or upon any street, avenue, in streets, avenues, or alley, sidewalk, gutter, public reservation, or open lot, in the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or public places declared in the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; nuisances. and any person who shall commit, create, or maintain the aforesaid nuisances, or either of them, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. SEC. 2. That the carrying and transporting of bones, hides, fish, garbage, offal, or other animal or Carrying offensive vegetable substances, in decomposing and offensive condition, in any other than covered and inclosed substances, in open vevehicles, through any street, avenue, alley or public place, within the cities of Washington or George- hicles, through streets, town, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, is hereby declared a nuisance injurious to avenues, &c. health; and any person who shall cause, commit, create or maintain such nuisance, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than two nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. SEC. 3. That manure accumulated in great quantities; manure, offal, or garbage piled or deposited Manure, offal, &c., within 300 feet of any place of worship, or of any dwelling, or unloaded along the line of any railroad, within 300 feet of or in any street or public way; cars or flats loaded with manure, or other offensive matter, remaining dwelling, or along line or standing on any railroad, street, or highway in the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the of street, railroad, &c. more densely populated suburbs of said cities, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall pile or deposit manure, offal, or garbage, or any offensive or nauseous substance within 300 feet of any inhabited dwelling, within the limits of said cities, or their said suburbs; and any person who shall unload, discharge, or put upon or along the line of any railroad, street or highway or public place, within said cities or their said suburbs, any manure, garbage, offal, or other offensive or nauseous substance, within 300 feet of any inhabited dwelling, or who shall cause or allow cars or flats loaded with, or having in or upon them any such substance to remain or stand in or along any railroad, street or highway, within the limits of said cities or their said suburbs, within 300 feet of any inhabited dwelling, and who shall fail, after notice duly served by this board, to remove the same, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five, nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense. SEC. 4. That the filling, leveling, or raising the surface of any ground or lot within the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, with animal or vegetable substances, filth gathered in cleaning yards or streets, or waste material from mills or factories, or the removal of the surface of any ground or lot within said cities or their said suburbs, filled with such offensive matter or substance, in such manner as to cause noisome odors or noxious gases to arise, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall cause, commit, create, or maintain such nuisance, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for every such offense. Filling lots with filth and offensive substances, or removing surface of lots so filled. SEC. 5. That throwing or placing any defiling or poisonous substance, decayed animal or vegetable Defiling or poisonmatter or filth into, or causing or allowing the same to pass or enter into, any spring, well, or river ous substances thrown water, used by the public for drinking or cooking purposes, or into the water of any public reservoir into spring, well, or or water-pipe within the District of Columbia, whereby such water is rendered impure and unwhole river water, public some, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall commit or create reservoir, such nuisance shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for every pipe. such offense. or water Impure and un SEC. 6. That any wells, springs, or waters used for drinking or cooking purposes, which are impure and unwholesome, or which have been rendered impure and unwholesome by reason of any defiling or wholesome wells poisonous substance, are hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person who shall springs. maintain or continue such nuisance, after due notice from this board to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for every such offense. SEC. 7. Not legalized.] SEC. 8. That ailantus trees, the flowers of which produce offensive and noxious odors in bloom, in or Ailantus trees, in the cities of Washington or Georgetown, or the more densely populated suburbs of said cities, are bloom, producing of hereby declared nuisances injurious to health; and any person maintaining such nuisance, who shall fensive and noxious fail, after due notice from this board, to abate the same, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than odors. five nor more than ten dollars for every such offense. SEC. 9. [Not legalized.] |