the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to the land-office now established at Salt Lake City. [April 25, 1876.] April 27, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 38. Deposits made CHAPTER 84. AN ACT TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES, Deposits made by settlers on public lands for certain surveys to go in part payment of lands. Be it enacted, &c., That for the purpose of correcting an error in the by settlers on pub- act entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes of the United lic lands for cer- States, in force on the first day of December, anno Domini one thousand tain surveys to go in part payment of eight hundred and seventy-three," so as to make the same truly express such laws, the following amendment is hereby made therein: (1) lands. R. S., § 2403. ch. 170. Section two thousand four hundred and three is amended by striking 1879, March 3, out in the second line the word "seven" and inserting the word one, and all proceedings under said section two thousand four hundred and three shall have the same force and effect as though enacted as herein amended. [April 27, 1876.] NOTE.-(1) This error is corrected in the second edition. The whole section is repealed and a substitute enacted in its place by act of 1879, March 3, ch. 170. April 29, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 41. CHAPTER 86. AN ACT TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC PROPERTY, TURF AND GRASS OF THE CAPITOL Capitol grounds, &c., not to be used as play-grounds to destruction of grass, &c. Capitol grounds, Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duty of the Capitol police here&c., not to be used after to prevent any portion of the Capitol grounds and terraces from as play-grounds to destruction of being used as play-grounds or otherwise, so far as may be necessary to protect the public property, turf and grass from destruction or injury. R. S, §§ 1820, [April 29, 1876.] grass, &c. 1821. CHAPTER 88. May 1, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 41. Witnesses resid AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO SUPPLY DEFICIENCIES IN THE APPROPRIATIONS Par. 1. Witnesses residing in District of Columbia Par. 2. Territorial officers; salary not to commence until sworn in. [Par. 1.] That witnesses residing in the District of Columbia and not ing in District Co- in the service of the government of said District or of the United States, lumbia before com- who shall be summoned to give testimony before any committee of the allowed only $2 House of Representatives, shall not be allowed exceeding two dollars per day. for each day's attendance before said committee. mittees of House R. S., § 848. Territorial offi [Par. 2.] Hereafter payment of salaries of all officers of the Territories cers; salaries not of the United States appointed by the President shall commence only to commence until when the person appointed to any such office shall take the proper oath, and shall enter upon the duties of such office in such Territory; And said oath shall hereafter be administered in the Territory in which such office is held. CHAPTER 89. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SEPARATE ENTRY OF PACKAGES CONTAINED IN ONE May 1, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 49. 1. Separate entry of packages contained in im- 3. Repeal. portation may be made in certain cases. 2. Oath of importer, consignee, or agent in such cases. Be it enacted, &c. Separate entry of tained in importa tion may be made [SECTION 1], That a separate entry may be made of one or more packages contained in an importation of packed packages consigned to one packages conimporter or consignee, and concerning which packed packages, no invoice, or statement of contents or values, has been received. Every such entry shall contain a declaration of the whole number of parcels contained in such original packed package; and shall embrace 2841. all the goods wares, and merchandise imported in one vessel at one time for one and the same actual owner, or ultimate consignee. SEC. 2. That the importer, consignee, or agent's oath prescribed by Oath of importer, section twenty-eight hundred and forty-one of the Revised Statutes, is consignce, or agent hereby modified for the purposes of this Act, so as to require the importer consignee or agent to declare therein that the entry contains an account of all the goods imported in the for account of whereof - which oath so modi is master, from fied, shall in each case, be taken on the entry of one or more packages contained in an original package. But nothing in this act contained shall be construed to relieve the importer, consignee, or agent from producing the oath of the owner or ultimate consignee in every case, now required by law; or to provide that an importation may consist of less than the whole number of parcels contained in any packed package, or packed packages consigned in one vessel at one time, to one importer, consignee or agent. SEC. 3. That all provisions of law inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. [May 1, 1876.] NOTE (1) This whole act is printed in the second edition of the Revised Statutes between sections 2841 and 2842. in such cases. R. S., § 2841. Repeal. CHAPTER 90. AN ACT REVISING AND AMENDING THE VARIOUS ACTS ESTABLISHING AND RELATING May 3, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 90. Reform School bia; how gov [SECTION 1], That the institution known as the Reform-School of the District of Columbia shall be in the charge of, and governed and man- in District Columaged by, a board of seven trustees, who shall be appointed by the Pres- erned. ident of the United States, upon the recommendation of the Attorney- 1880, June 4, ch. General, each for the term of three years, but in such a manner that the 121, § 1, par. 1. terms of not more than three of them shall expire within any one or the same year; That one of the trustees shall be elected president of the board, whose president of duty shall be prescribed by the board. board. Reform School in District of Columbia to be a corpora tion. -superintendent SEC. 2. That the board of trustees shall be a corporation by the name of the "Board of Trustees of the Reform-School of the District of Columbia," for the purpose of taking and holding, in trust for the United States property of every description which has been purchased, appropriated, or set apart for the use of the institution, or which may hereafter be purchased, appropriated, or set apart for its use, or given or bequeathed to it, or to the said board, for its use, with all power necessary to carry this purpose into effect, and to protect and preserve such property, including the land and buildings, fences, stock, fruit, crops, and trees of all kinds. SEC. 3. That the board of trustees may appoint a superintendent, two and other em- or more teachers or assistants, and a matron whose salaries are fixed by ployés. law; they may also employ two or more master-mechanics, a farmer, a gardener, and such other persons, as servants and laborers, as may be necessary, and fix their compensation, subject to the approval of the Attorney General. -treasurer of; his bond and duties. Superintendent to give bond. -to reside at in ties. SEC. 4. That the board of trustees shall appoint a treasurer, who shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give a bond to the United States with two or more sureties, to be approved by the First Comptroller of the Treasury, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or a larger sum, at the option of the said Comptroller, conditioned that he shall faithfully account for all the money received by him as treasurer; And it shall be his duty to keep a clear and full record of his accounts as treasurer, and report an abstract of the same to the board of trustees once in every two months, and shall also make an annual report to the board of trustees. SEC. 5. That before entering upon the duties of his office, the superintendent shall give a bond to the board of trustees, with sureties, to be approved by the Attorney General of the United States, in the sum of three thousand dollars, conditioned that he shall faithfully account for all money received by him, and faithfully perform all the duties incumbent on him as superintendent of said Reform School. SEC. 6. That the superintendent shall reside at the institution constitution; his and stantly and that he, with such subordinate officers as may be appointed other officers' du- in accordance with the third section of this act, shall have the charge and custody of the boys; shall govern them in accordance with such rules and regulations as the board of trustees may prescribe in its bylaws; shall employ them in agricultural, mechanical or other labor; shall give them instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and such other studies and in such arts and trades as the trustees may direct; and shall employ such methods of discipline as will, as far as possible, reform their characters, preserve their health, promote regular improvement in their studies and employments, and secure in them fixed habits of religion, morality, and industry. to have charge SEC. 7. That the superintendent shall have charge of the lands, buildof lands, buildings, ings, furniture, tools, implements, stock, provisions, and every other spe&c., keep books, cies of property pertaining to the institution, within the precincts thereof, account for money, under the board of trustees, including the farm in possession of the board &c. -books of, open to inspection, &c. where the school was first located; and he shall keep in suitable books, regular and complete accounts of all his receipts and expenditures, and of all the property intrusted to him, so as to show clearly the income and expenses of the institution; And he shall account, in such manner as the trustees may prescribe, for all the money received by him from the proceeds of the institution or otherwise; and he shall keep a register of the names and ages of all boys committed to the institution, with the dates of their admission and discharge, and such particulars of their history before and after leaving the institution as he can obtain. His books and all documents relating to the Reform-School shall, at all times, be open to the inspection of the trustees, who shall, once or more in every month, carefully examine his accounts, and the vouchers and documents connected therewith, and make a record of the result of commitment of such examination; and, once in every three months, the institution shall be thoroughly examined in all its departments by three or more of the trustees, and a report of such examination shall be made to the board. SEC. 8. That whenever any boy under the age of sixteen years shall Reform School of be brought before any court of the District of Columbia, or any Judge District Columbia, of such court, and shall be convicted of any crime or misdemeanor pun- boys to. ishable by fine or imprisonment, other than imprisonment for life, such court or Judge, in lieu of sentencing him to imprisonment in the county jail or fining him, may commit him to the Reform-School, to remain until he shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, unless sooner discharged by the board of trustees. And the Judges of the criminal and police courts of the District of Columbia shall have power to commit to the Reform-School, first any boy under sixteen years of age who may be liable to punishment by imprisonment under any existing law of the District of Columbia, or any law that may be enacted and in force in said District; second, any boy under sixteen years of age, with the consent of his parent or guardian, against whom any charge of committing any crime or misdemeanor shall have been made, the punishment of which, on conviction, would be confinement in jail or prison; third, any boy under sixteen years of age who is destitute of a suitable home and adequate means of obtaining an honest living, or who is in danger of being brought up, or is brought up, to lead an idle or vicious life; fourth, any boy under sixteen years of age who is incorrigible, or habitually disregards the commands of his father or mother, or guardian, who leads a vagrant life, or resorts to immoral places or practices, or neglects or refuses to perform labor suitable to his years and condition, or to attend school. And the president of the board of trustees may also commit to the President of Reform school such boys as are mentioned in the foregoing third and trustees may comfourth classes upon application or complaint in writing of a parent, or mit certain boys. guardian, or relative having charge of such boy, and upon such testimony in regard to the facts stated as shall be satisfactory to him; and for taking testimony in such cases, he is hereby empowered to administer oaths. Period of deten SEC. 9. That every boy sent to the Reform School shall remain until he is twenty-one years of age, unless sooner discharged or bound as an tion. apprentice; but no boy shall be retained after the superintendent shall have reported him fully reformed. SEC. 10. That whenever there shall be as large a number of boys in the school as can be properly accommodated, it shall be the duty of the president of the board of trustees to give notice to the criminal and police courts of the fact, whereupon no boys shall be sent to the schools by the said courts until notice shall be given them by the president of the board that more can be received. When school is full, commitments suspended. SEC. 11. That if any person shall entice, or attempt to entice, away Enticing away from said school any boy legally committed to the same, or shall harbor, or harboring boys conceal, or aid in harboring or concealing any boy who shall have es- committed; how punished. caped from said school, such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, which shall be paid to the treas urer of the board of trustees; And any policeman shall have power, and it is hereby made his duty, to arrest any boy, when in his power so to do, who shall have escaped from said school, and return him thereto. Police may arrest escaped boys. SEC. 12. That the trustees shall have full power to place any boy Boys to be emcommitted as herein described, during his minority, at such employment ployed. and cause him to be instructed in such branches of useful knowledge, as may be suitable to his years and capacity, as they may see fit; And they may, with the consent of any such boy, bind him out as may be apprenan apprentice during his minority, or for a shorter period, to learn such ticed. trade and employment as in their judgment will tend to his future benefit; and the president of the board shall, for such purpose, have power District to pay for support of boys in Reform-School. 1879, March 3, ch. 183, par. 3. to execute and deliver, on behalf of the said board, indentures of apprenticeship for any such boy; and such indentures shall have the same force and effect as other indentures of apprenticeship under the laws of the District of Columbia, and be filed and kept among the records in the office of the Reform-School, and it shall not be necessary to record or file them elsewhere. SEC. 13. That for the support of the boys sent to the Reform-School, as herein before mentioned the District of Columbia shall pay to the board of trustees two dollars for each boy per week; and it shall be the duty of the superintendent to make out and render to the proper officers monthly accounts at the close of each month for the support of the boys in said school, which shall be paid on demand; and, if not paid within ten days from the time the account is presented, shall draw interest at the rate of one per centum per month until paid. Contracts for in- SEC. 14. That all contracts and purchases made for or on account of stitution; how the institution shall be made in the name of the board and by whomsoever the board may direct. made. President of tive officer and to The president of the board shall be its executive officer, and it shall board to be execu- be his duty to make an annual report to the Attorney General, to be accompanied by the annual report of the superintendent and treasurer. SEC. 15. That the board of trustees may make such by-laws, rules, and regulations for their own and the government of the institution, its officers, employees, and inmates, as they may deem necessary and proper. Consulting SEC. 16. That two consulting trustees shall be appointed, namely, one trustees; how ap- Senator of the United States, by the presiding officer of the Senate, for pointed. the term of four years, and one member of the House of Representatives, by the Speaker thereof, for the term of two years. Repeal. SEC. 17. That all acts and parts of acts incompatible with this act are hereby repealed. [May 3, 1876.] CHAPTER 91. May 5, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 52. Public lands in AN ACT TO EXCLUDE THE STATES OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS FROM THE PROVISIONS Public lands in Missouri and Kansas subject to disposal as agricultural lands without reference to Be it enacted, &c., That within the States of Missouri and Kansas deMissouri and Kan- posits of coal, iron, lead, or other mineral be, and they are hereby, exsas subject to dis- cluded from the operation of the act entitled "An act to promote the posal as agricul- development of mining resources of the United States" approved May out reference to de- tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two and all lands in said States posits of minerals. shall be subject to disposal as agricultural lands. [May 5, 1876.] tural lands with R. S., § 2319 2337. NOTE (1) The act of 1872, ch. 152 (17 Stat. L., 91), is incorporated into Revised Statutes in the sections noted in the margin. May 13, 1876. 19 Stat. L., 53. Tax on ferment CHAPTER 95. AN ACT TO DEFINE THE TAX ON FERMENTED OR MALT LIQUORS. Tax on fermented or malt liquors not to be assessed on quantity of materials used, &c. Be it enacted, &c., That nothing contained in section three thousand ed or malt liquors three hundred and thirty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United not to be assessed States shall be so construed as to authorize an assessment upon the on quantity of ma- quantity of materials used in producing or purchased for the purpose of R. S., $$ 3337, producing, fermented or malt liquors, nor shall the quantity of materials terials used, &c. 3339. 95 U. S., 337. so used or purchased be evidence, for the purpose of taxation, of the quantity of liquor produced; but the tax on all beer, lager-beer, ale, porter, or other similar fermented liquor, brewed or manufactured, and sold or removed for consumption or sale, shall be paid as provided in section three thousand three hundred and thirty-nine of said statutes, and not otherwise: |