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CHAPTER 34.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATIVE TO THE SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF VES-
SELS FOR BREACH OF THE REVENUE LAWS.

Vessels used by common carriers not subject to forfeiture, &c., for violation of revenue laws, &c., committed without privy of owner or master.

Feb. 8, 1881.

21 Stat. L., 322.

Vessels used by

Be it enacted, &c., That no vessel used by any person or corporation, as common carriers, in the transaction of their business as such common common carriers carriers, shall be subject to seizure or forfeiture by force of the provis- feiture, &c., for vinot subject to forions of title thirty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States olation of revenue unless it shall appear that the owner or master of such vessel, at the laws, &c., committime of the alleged illegal act, was a consenting party or privy thereto. ted wit of owner or master. [February 8, 1881.] R. S., §§ 2797, 2807, 2867, 2872, 2874, 2887, 2893, 3059, 3061, 3062, 3101, 3104.

CHAPTER 35.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FURNISHING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS TO SOL-
DIERS' HOMES.

Public documents to be sent to the several homes - to be furnished by Public Printer.
for disabled volunteers.

Be it enacted, &c., That section forty-eight hundred and thirty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

"The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall cause to be sent to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, in Ohio, and to the branches at Augusta, in Maine, Milwaukee, in Wisconsin, Hampton in Virginia, and the Soldiers' Home at Knightstown Springs, near Knightstown, in Indiana, each, one copy of each of the following documents: The journals of each House of Congress at each and every session; all laws of Congress; the annual messages of the President, with accompanying documents; the daily Congressional Record, and all other documents or books which may be printed and bound by order of either House of Congress;

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And the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to furnish to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Represent- by Public Printer. atives the documents referred to in this section." [February 8, 1881.]

CHAPTER 39.

AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE CORPORATE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS,
IN THE STATE OF IOWA FOR PUBLIC USES, A CERTAIN LAKE KNOWN AS CARR
LAKE, SITUATED NEAR SAID CITY.

part may be leased. - how managed.

Carr Lake, Iowa, granted to city of Council Bluffs
for public use.
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 me
andered lake, situated in sections twenty-nine and thirty-two, of town-
ship number seventy-four, Pottawatamie County, in the State of Iowa,
known as Carr Lake, upon the express conditions that the premises
shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation; shall be inalienable
for all time;

Feb. 9, 1881.

21 Stat. L., 323.

Carr Lake, Iowa,

granted to city of public use.

Council Bluffs for

But leases not exceeding ten years may be granted for portions of said -part may be premises, all incomes derived from leases of privileges to be expended leased.

in the preservation and improvement of the property or the roads lead

ing thereto;

The premises to be managed by the said corporate authorities, or such --- how managed. commissioners as they may elect, and who shall receive no compensation for their services. [February 9, 1881.]

CHAPTER 45.

Feb. 14, 1881.

21 Stat. L., 324.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE TIME FOR HOLDING CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, HELD AT DANVILLE,
VIRGINIA.

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1. In Virginia, circuit and district courts of west- 2. Repeal.

ern district; when to be held at Danville.

Be it enacted, &c.

In Virginia, cir- [SECTION 1], That the United States circuit and district courts of the cuit and district United States for the western district of Virginia, held at Danville, in courts of western the State of Virginia, shall hereafter be held at said city of Danville be held at Dan- commencing on Tuesday after the third Monday in June and on Tuesday after the third Monday in November of each year, instead of the times now fixed by law.

district; when to

ville.
R. S., §§ 572, 658.
1878, June 11, ch.
182.

Repeal.

SEC. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. This act shall be in force from its passage. [February 14, 1881.]

CHAPTER 47.

Feb. 15, 1881.

21 Stat. L., 325.

Forts Reading and Crook reservations restored to public domain.

Patents confirmed.

Rights of settlers affirmed.

AN ACT TO RESTORE THE LANDS INCLUDED IN THE FORT READING AND FORT CROOK
MILITARY RESERVATIONS, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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[SECTION 1], That the lands included in the Fort Reading military reservation and in the Fort Crook military reservation in the State of California, are hereby restored to the public domain.

SEC. 2. That all patents heretofore issued to any lands within the Fort Reading military reservation and Fort Crook military reservation are hereby confirmed.

SEC. 3. That the rights of all settlers on said reservation, to acquire title under the homestead and pre-emption laws, are hereby recognized and affirmed to the extent such settlers would have acquired by settling on public lands. [February 15, 1881.]

Feb. 17, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 325.

CHAPTER 60.

AN ACT TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVEN-
TEEN AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN OF THE REVISED STATUTES
AND CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF A CUSTOMS DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF
MAINE.

Maine customs districts.

Aroostook dis

SECTION

1. Maine customs districts.

Aroostook district; what to comprise.

Be it enacted, &c.

SECTION

Bangor district; what to comprise. 2. collector and deputy collectors in.

[SECTION 1], That section twenty-five hundred and seventeen of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by inserting after the word "sixty-nine," in the third line of the first clause of said section, the following words:

"Excepting those towns, plantations, and townships lying on the line of the European and North American Railway," so that said clause, as amended, shall read as follows:

"First. The district of Aroostook, to comprise the county of Aroostrict; what to took as bounded on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen huncomprise. dred and sixty-nine, excepting those towns, plantations, and townships

R. S., § 2517.

lying on the line of the European and North American Railway, in which Houlton shall be the only port of entry."

Also, that said section twenty-five hundred and seventeen be further amended by inserting after the word "forty-seven," in the fourth line of the sixth clause thereof the following words:

"And the several towns, plantations, and townships in the counties of Aroostook and Washington lying on the line of the European and North American Railway," so that said clause, as amended, shall read as follows:

Bangor district;

R. S., § 2517.

"Sixth. The district of Bangor, to comprise the counties of Penobscot and Piscataquis and the town of Frankfort, in the county of Waldo, as what to comprise. bounded on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and the several towns, plantations, and townships in the counties of Aroostook and Washington lying on the line of the European and North American Railway, in which Bangor shall be the port of entry and delivery, and Frankfort and Hampden ports of delivery."

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collector and

SEC. 2. That the sixth clause of section twenty-five hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: deputy collectors "Sixth. In the district of Bangor, a collector, who shall reside at Bangor; a deputy collector, who shall reside at Frankfort; and a deputy collector, who shall reside at Vanceboro." [February 17, 1881.]

R. S., § 2518. 1877, Feb. 27, ch 69, par. 56.

CHAPTER 61.

AN ACT TO GRANT LANDS TO DAKOTA, MONTANA, ARIZONA, IDAHO, AND WYOMING
FOR UNIVERSITY PURPOSES.

Lands granted to Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Idaho, and Wyoming for university purposes. -to be sold only at auction, and not below ap praisal.

- proceeds of; how invested. tenth only to be sold annually. -use of money derived from.

Feb. 18, 1881.

21 Stat. L., 326.

Be it enacted, &c., That there be, and are hereby, granted to the Terri- Lands granted tories of Dakota, Montana, Arizona, Idaho, and Wyoming respectively, to Dakota, Monseventy-two entire sections of the unappropriated public lands within tana, Arizona, Idaeach of said Territories, to be immediately selected and withdrawn from for university purho, and Wyoming sale and located under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, poses. and with the approval of the President of the United States, for the use and support of a university in each of said Territories when they shall be admitted as States into the Union:

Provided, That none of said lands shall be sold except at public auction, and after appraisement by a board of commissioners, to be ap. pointed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That none of said lands shall be sold at less than the appraised value, and in no case at less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre:

Provided, That the funds derived from the sale of said lands shall be invested in the bonds of the United States and deposited with the Treasurer of the United States; that no more than one-tenth of said lands shall be offered for sale in any one year;

That the money derived from the sale of said lands, invested and deposited as hereinbefore set forth, shall constitute a university fund; that no part of said fund shall be expended for university buildings, or the salary of professors or teachers, until the same shall amount to fifty thousand dollars, and then only shall the interest on said fund be used for either of the foregoing purposes until the said fund shall amount to one hundred thousand dollars, when any excess, and the interest thereof, may be used for the proper establishment and support respectively of said universities. [February 18, 1881.]

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- to be sold only at auction, and not below appraisal.

proceeds; how invested. tenth only to be sold annually.

-use of money derived from.

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CHAPTER 62.

AN ACT TO FIX THE TIMES FOR HOLDING THE DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT COURTS OF
THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.

SECTION

1. District and circuit courts of western district
of Texas; when and where to be held.

Be it enacted, &c.

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[SECTION 1], That the district and circuit courts of the United States within and for the western district of Texas shall be holden at the times hereinafter specified, namely:

At Austin, commencing on the first Tuesdays in January and June; At San Antonio, commencing on the first Tuesdays in March and October;

At Brownsville, commencing on the fourth Tuesdays in April and November.

SEC. 2. That all laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. That this act take effect on the first day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-one. [February 18, 1881.]

Feb. 23, 1881.

21 Stat. L., 330.

Circuit and dis

trict courts to be

CHAPTER 71.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE TERMS OF THE UNITED STATES CIR-
CUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS NOW HELD AT EXETER, FOR AND WITHIN THE DIS-
TRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, TO THE CITY OF CONCORD.

Circuit and district courts to be held at Concord, N. H., instead of Exeter.

Be it enacted, &c., That the terms of the United States circuit and disheld at Concord, trict courts now held at Exeter, for and within the district of New HampN. H., instead of shire, be, and the same hereafter shall be held at Concord in said district. (1) [February 23, 1881.]

Exeter.

R. S., §§ 572, 658.

NOTE.-(1) The Revised Statutes, §§ 572, 658, require these terms to be held: the district court on the third Tuesday in June and December, and the circuit court on the eighth day of October.

CHAPTER 73.

Feb. 23, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 331.

Appropriations, according to which is to be made up.

Book of Estimates

- for active list of officers.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE THIRTIETHI, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

SECTION

1. Appropriations for Navy, according to which
Book of Estimates is to be made up.

Be it enacted, &c.

SECTION

2. In Navy, boys between ages of 14 and 18 may be enlisted with consent of parents or guard. ians.

[SECTION 1], That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes:

For the pay of the Navy, for the active list, namely: For one Admiral, one ViceAdmiral, twelve rear-admirals, eight chiefs of bureau (commodores), twenty-four commodores, forty-seven captains, ninety commanders, eighty lieutenant-commanders, two hundred and eighty lieutenants, one hundred and one masters, ninety-five ensigns, seventy-five midshipmen, fifteen medical directors, fourteen medical inspectors, fifty surgeons, seventy-three passed assistant surgeons, sixteen assistant surgeons, twelve pay-directors, thirteen pay-inspectors, fifty paymasters, thirty-one passed assistant paymasters, twenty assistant paymasters, sixty-nine chief engineers, ninety-six passed assistant engineers, forty-two assistant engineers, fifty-four cadet-engineers (graduates), twenty-four chaplains, eleven professors of mathematics, ten naval constructors, five assistant naval constructors, ten civil engineers, two hundred and four warrantofficers, forty-one mates, two hundred and sixty-eight cadet-midshipmen (on proba tion), one hundred and five cadet-engineers, and one hundred and three cadet-midshipmen (not graduates); in all, three million nine hundred and one thousand one hundred dollars.

for retired list of

For pay of the retired-list, namely: For forty-one rear-admirals, twenty-one com- modores, eighteen captains, seventeen commanders, fourteen lieutenant-commanders, officers. eight lieutenants, eleven masters, five ensigns, two midshipmen, twenty-two medical directors, one medical inspector, two surgeons, five passed assistant surgeons, eight assistant surgeons, nine pay-directors, one pay-inspector, three paymasters, two passed assistant paymasters, two assistant paymasters, seven chief engineers, nineteen passed assistant engineers, twenty-five assistant engineers, seven chaplains, six professors of mathematics, three naval constructors, eight boatswains, four gunners, thirteen carpenters, and eleven sailmakers; in all, six hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

for petty officers

For pay to petty-officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys, including men in the engineers' force, and for the Coast Survey service, not exceeding eight and men. thousand two hundred and fifty in all, two million four hundred and ninety thousand dollars.

For two secretaries, one to the Admiral and one to the Vice-Admiral, clerks to fleet--for secretaries, paymasters, paymasters of vessels, clerks at inspections, navy-yards, and stations, extra pay, exchange, clerks, paymasters, and extra pay to men enlisted under honorable discharge; commission and interest, mileage, &c. transportation of funds, exchange and mileage, and for the payment of any such officers as may be in service either upon the active or retired list, during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, in excess of the numbers for each class provided for in this act, and for any increase of pay arising from different duty, as the needs of the service may require, four hundred and eighty six thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars;

Deficiency in pay

ances.

And should the sums herein before appropriated for the pay of the officers on the active and retired lists of the Navy be insufficient, then, and in that case, the Secre- from unexpended baltary of the Navy is here authorized to use any and all balances which may be due, or become due, to "pay of the Navy" from the other bureaus of the department for that purpose.

Book of esti

And hereafter the estimates for pay of the Navy shall be submitted in the book of estimates in detailed classifications and paragraphs, after mates to follow above classificathe manner above set forth. tion, &c. R. S., §§ 429, 3660, 3666. 1875, March 3, ch. 129, § 3.

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SEC. 2. That section fourteen hundred and eighteen, fourteen hundred In Navy, boys between ages of and nineteen, and fourteen hundred and twenty of the Revised Statutes, fourteen and eightas heretofore amended relating to enlistment of minors in the naval een may be enlistservice, be, and hereby are, amended by striking out the word "fifteen" ed with consent of and inserting in its stead the word "fourteen" [February 23, 1881.]

CHAPTER 78.

parents or guard

ians.

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AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF
THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Clerks at consulates.

Rates of compensation of.

Be it enacted, &c.

-total allowance for any one year.

For allowance for clerks at consulates, fifty-seven thousand four hundred dollars, as follows:

Feb. 24, 1881.

21 Stat. L., 339.

Clerks at con

sulates.

Rates of compen

sation.
R. S., § 1704.
1878, June 4, ch.

1879, June 27, ch.

For the consul at Liverpool, a sum not exceeding the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars for any one year; and for the consuls-general at London, Paris, Havana, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro, each a sum not exceeding the rate of two thousand dollars for any one year; for 155. the consuls-general at Berlin, Frankfort, Vienna, and Kanagawa, and for the consuls at Hamburg, Bremen, Manchester, Lyons, Hong-Kong, 28, p. 400. Havre, and Chemnitz, each a sum not exceeding the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars for any one year; for the consul-general at Montreal, and the consuls at Bradford and Birmingham, each a sum not exceeding the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars for any one year; for the consuls-general at Calcutta and Melbourne, and for the consuls at Leipsic, Sheffield, Sonneberg, Dresden, Marseilles, Nurem berg, Tunstall, Antwerp, Bordeaux, Colon (Aspinwall), Glasgow, and Singapore, each a sum not exceeding the rate of one thousand dollars for any one year; for the consuls at Belfast, Barmen, Leith, Dundee, Matamoras, and Halifax, each a sum not exceeding the rate of eight

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