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Treasury, pay to its secretary such sum, in addition to his pay as a member of the board, as it may deem proper, not exceeding one hundred dollars per month.

National Board

SEC. 6. That section three of the act approved June second, eighteen of Health may hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to prevent the introduction erect quarantine of contagious or infectious diseases within the United States", be amended buildings, rent as follows: At the end thereof insert:

houses, acquire land, &c., as means of preventing importation of disease.

1879, June 2, ch.

"And the Board of Health shall have power, when they may deem it necessary with the consent and approval of the Secretary of the Treas ury as a means of preventing the importation of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States, or into one State from another, to erect temporary quarantine buildings and to acquire on behalf of the United 11, § 3. States titles to real estate for that purpose, or to rent houses, if there be any suitable, at such points and places as are named in such section". SEC. 7. That all the money hereinbefore authorized to be expended and expenditures of; all contracts made and liabilities incurred by the National Board of how paid. Health shall be paid out of the appropriation of five hundred thousand 11. dollars made in the act of Congress entitled "An act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States", approved June second, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. [July 1, 1879.]

1879, June 2, ch.

CHAPTER 62.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE LOW GROUNDS IN THE CITY OF
WASHINGTON, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, CHAPTER
NINETY-SIX, APPROVED MAY SEVENTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO.
Secretary of Interior vested with power to convey certain low grounds in Washington, D. C.

July 1, 1879.

21 Stat. L., 47.

power to convey

Be it enacted, &c., That the powers and duties heretofore in and by Secretary of Inthe third section of the act of Congress, approved May seventh, eight- terior vested with een hundred and twenty-two, to wit, chapter ninety-six, of the first ses- certain 10 w sion of the seventeenth congress, devolved upon and vested in "the grounds in Washmayor of the city of Washington for the time being", be, and the same ington, D. C. hereby are, vested in and devolved upon the Secretary of the Interior, 96, 93' (3 Stat. L., 1822, May 7, ch. who shall execute the deeds thereby required, under his hand and 691). official seal, when it shall appear to him that the persons applying for such deeds are duly entitled to have the same:

Provided, nevertheless, this act shall not be so construed as to create or revive any right lost by lapse of time. [July 1, 1879.]

CHAPTER 63.

AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF SETTLERS ON THE PUBLIC LANDS IN DISTRICTS SUBJECT

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July 1, 1879.

21 Stat. L., 48.

Homestead and

[SECTION 1], That it shall be lawful for homestead and pre-emption settlers on the public lands, and in all cases where pre-emptions are pre-emption setauthorized by law, where crops have been or may be destroyed or seri- are injured

NOTES. (1) Previous acts permitting settlers to be absent from their lands in specified years, on account of injury by the grasshoppers, are as follows: 1874, June 18, ch. 308; 1874, December 28, ch. 10; 1876, May 20, ch. 102; 1876, June 19, ch. 134; 1877, March 3, ch. 127; 1878, June 1, ch. 148, and 1878, June 14, ch. 190.

tlers whose crops

by grasshoppers ously injured by grasshoppers, to leave and be absent from said lands, may be absent one under such rules and regulations, as to proof of the same, as the Comyear under regula- missioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe;

tions, &c.

R. S., § 22572288, 2289-2317.

-time for making proof and payment may be extended.

Provisions of act

under the timber

But in no case shall such absence extend beyond one year continuously;

And during such absence no adverse rights shall attach to said lands, such settlers being allowed to resume and perfect their settlement as though no such absence had occurred.

SEC 2. That the time for making final proof and payment by preemptors whose crops shall have been destroyed or injured as aforesaid, may, in the discretion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, be extended for one year after the expiration of the term of absence provided for in the first section of this act;

And all the rights and privileges extended by this act to homestead to apply to settlers and pre-emption settlers shall apply to and include the settlers under an act entitled "An act to encourage the growth of timber on Western R. S., §§ 2464- prairies" approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, (2) and the acts amendatory thereof. [July 1, 1879.]

act.

2468.

1874, March 13, ch. 55. 1876, May

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20, ch. 102. 1878, June 14, ch. 190.

NOTE. (2) The act of 1873, March 3, ch. 277 (17 Stat. L., 606), and the provisions amendatory thereof, to encourage the growth of timber, here referred to, are incorporated into the Revised Statutes in the sections noted in the margin. But new provisions on the subject were made by the act of 1874, March 3, ch. 55; act of 1876, May 20, ch. 102, and still later by the act of 1878, June 14, ch. 190, § 2.

July 1, 1879.

21 Stat. L., 48.

Quinine and

CHAPTER 64.

AN ACT TO PUT SALTS OF QUININE AND SULPHATE OF QUININE ON THE FREE LIST.
Quinine and salts and sulphate of quinine exempt from customs duty.

Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act the salts and sulphate importation of salts of quinine and sulphate of quinine shall be exempt of quinine exempt from customs duties; and all laws inconsistent herewith are hereby R. S., § 2504, 2d repealed. [July 1, 1879.] ed., p. 480.

from customs duty.

RESOLUTIONS.

June 14, 1879. 21 Stat. L., 50.

NUMBER 6.

JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO PLACE VESSELS
AND HULKS AT THE DISPOSAL OF COMMISSIONERS OF QUARANTINE OR OTHER
PROPER PERSONS AT THE PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

Secretary of Navy, on request of National Board of Health, may place vessels at disposal of quarantine authorities, &c.

Secretary of Be it resolved, &c., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, Navy, on request of authorized, in his discretion, at the request of the National Board of National Board of Health, to place gratuitously, at the disposal of the commissioners of Health, may place vessels at disposal quarantine, or the proper authorities at any of the ports of the United of quarantine au- States, to be used by them temporarily for quarantine purposes, such thorities, &c. vessels or hulks belonging to the United States as are not required for 1879, March 3, other uses of the national government, subject to such restrictions and regulations as the said Secretary may deem necessary to impose for the preservation thereof. [June 14, 1879.]

ch. 202.

NUMBER 20.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO COMMITTEE CLERKS, PAGES, AND OTHER EM-
PLOYEES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

Court of Claims to be provided with rooms, and those which it has heretofore occupied in Capitol to be arranged for committees.

Resolved, &c.

SEC. 2. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to namely:

July 1, 1879.

21 Stat. L., 55.

Court of Claims be provided with rooms, and those which it has heretofore occu

For suitable and necessary rooms for the use and accommodation of pied in the Capitol the Court of Claims, which the Secretary of the Interior is hereby au- to be arranged for thorized and directed to procure, five thousand dollars, or so much committees. thereof as may be necessary. (1)

For arranging and furnishing as Committee-rooms for the use of the Senate and House to be allotted equally as nearly as practicable, the rooms in the Capitol now occupied by the Court of Claims, the sum of two thousand dollars.

[July 1, 1879.]

NOTE.-(1) Under this provision the Court of Claims removed to the building occupied in part by the Department of Justice, on Pennsylvania avenue, No. 1509. (See Historical Notice in 14 Ct. Cs., R. 1, preceding the rules.

R. S., § 1051.

GENERAL LAWS

OF THE

UNITED STATES

ENACTED BY THE

FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION

IN

THE YEARS 1879–1880.

[NOTE. The omitted chapters and parts of chapters are private, special, local, or temporary acts, and are not of general interest.

R. S. refer to Revised Statutes; S. L. and STAT. L. to Statutes at Large.]

CHAPTER 1.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN ALLOWANCE FOR LOSS BY LEAKAGE OR CASUALTY OF
SPIRITS WITHDRAWN FROM DISTILLERY WAREHOUSES FOR EXPORTATION.

SECTION

1. When spirits are withdrawn from distillery warehouse for exportation, allowance may be made for leakage or loss by accident.

-unpaid taxes on spirits so lost not to be collected.

Be it enacted, &c.

SECTION

2. To extent of excessive insurance, such tax
not to be remitted.

Dec. 20, 1879. 21 Stat. L., 59.

[SECTION 1], That where spirits are withdrawn from distillery wareWhen spirits are withdrawn from houses for exportation according to law, it shall be lawful, under such distillery warerules and regulations and limitations as shall be prescribed by the Com- houses for exportamissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the tion, allowance Treasury, for an allowance to be made for leakage or loss by any una- may be made for voidable accident, and without any fraud or negligence of the distiller, accident. leakage or loss by owner, exporter, carrier, or their agents or employees, occurring during R. S., § 3330. transportation from a distillery warehouse to the port of export; 1874, June 9, ch. 1877, March 3, ch. 114, § 5. 1879, March 1, ch. 125, § 10.

Nor shall any assessment be collected for such loss or leakage where the same has not been paid on distilled spirits exported since the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.

259.

Unpaid taxes on spirits so lost not

to be collected.

To extent of exsuch tax not to be remitted.

SEC. 2. That where the spirits provided for in the preceding section are covered by a valid claim of insurance in excess of the market value cessive insurance, thereof, exclusive of the tax, the tax upon such spirits shall not be remitted to the extent of such excessive insurance [December 20, 1879.]

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