to. April 26, 1904. [H. R. 10018.] [Public, No. 167.] North Dakota. CHAP. 1607.-An Act Granting to the State of North Dakota six hundred and forty acres of land, embracing the White Stone Hills battlefield and burial ground of soldiers killed in that engagement. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following-described Stone Hills granted land is hereby granted, subject to any prior adverse claims, to the for a memorial park State of North Dakota, to wit: The southeast quarter of section seven and the southwest quarter of section eight and the northeast quarter of section eighteen and the northwest quarter of section seventeen, all in township one hundred and thirty-one north, of range sixty-five west, to be used for the purpose of a memorial park and burial ground of the soldiers killed at the battle of White Stone Hills, to be inalienable by the State. Approved, April 26, 1904. April 27, 1904. [S. 1343.] [Public, No. 168.] States. Reimbursement for expenses equipping volunteers, etc., Span ish war. Vol. 30, p. 1858, amended. Time for presenting. claims extended. partly claims. disallowed CHAP. 1609.-An Act To amend an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the existing war with Spain,' approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight," and so forth, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section six of the. Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to reimburse the governors of States and Territories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States to raise and organize and supply and equip the Volunteer Army of the United States in the existing war with Spain,' approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking therefrom the words "nineteen hundred and two" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "nineteen hundred and six," so that the same shall,read: "SEC. 6. That all claims for reimbursement under this Act or the Act approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be presented in itemized form to the Treasury Department on or before January first, nineteen hundred and six, or, be forever barred." Final settlement of SEC. 2. That where the governor of any State or Territory has furnished military transportation, or has purchased or authorized the purchase of supplies, or incurred expenses for services rendered, and which purchases of supplies and expenses for military transportation and services rendered have been certified by the governor of such State or Territory as necessary, just, and reasonable for the organization, maintenance, transportation, and comfort of troops raised by him and accepted into the service of the United States Army in the said war with Spain, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow in the settlement of claims for reimbursement now on file in the office of the Auditor for the War Department, such items or parts thereof as have been disallowed in the consideration of said claims, for the reason that they appear to have been for stores furnished or expenses incurred or transportation furnished after the troops raised Governor's certifi: had been mustered into the service of the United States; and the cercate sufficient proof of expenses incurred. tificate of the governor of any such State or Territory that such expenses were incurred in good faith, for the sole purpose of aiding the United States in the raising, organization, transportation, and equipment of troops, shall be held to be sufficient to authorize the final settlement and payment in full of such claims for reimbursement. Approved, April 27, 1904. CHAP. 1610.-An Act Providing for holding regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States at Great Falls, Montana. April 27, 1904. [S. 2885.] [Public, No. 169.] United States courts. Montana judicial Vol. 27, p. 252, amended. Terms, Great Falls. Transfer of causes authorized. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter, and until otherwise provided by law, regular terms of the circuit and district district. courts of the United States for the district of Montana shall be held at Great Falls, Montana, on the first Monday in May and on the first Monday in October in each year, and causes civil and criminal may be transferred by the court or judge thereof from Helena or Butte to Great Falls or from Great Falls to Butte or Helena, in said district, when the convenience of parties or the ends of justice would be promoted by the transfer; and any interlocutory order may be made by the court or judge thereof in either place. Approved, April 27, 1904. CHAP. 1611.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Montgomery Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Alabama River near the city of Montgomery, Alabama," approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. April 27, 1904. [S. 2842.] [Public, No. 170.] Alabama pany near Montgom Ala. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said Montgomery Time extended for Bridge Company shall have authority to construct said bridge men- bridging, by Monttioned in said Act, across the Alabama River, under and subject to the gomery Bridge Comlimitations and restrictions mentioned in said Act, and in the amend- ery Al 29, p. 622, ment thereto approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety- amended. seven, if the actual construction of the bridge therein authorized shall be commenced within one year from the approval of this Act and completed within three years from same date. Approved, April 27, 1904. CHAP. 1612.-An Act To promote the circulation of reading matter among the blind. April 27, 1904. [S. 3129.] [Public, No. 171.] Postal service. Reading matter for "mitted free of postage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That books, pamphlets, and other reading matter in raised characters for the use of the blind, whether prepared by hand or printed, in single volumes, not exceeding ten pounds in weight, or in packages, not exceeding four pounds in weight, and containing no advertising or other matter whatever, unsealed and when sent by public institutions for the blind, or by any public libraries, as a loan to blind readers, or when returned by the latter to such institutions or public libraries, shall be transmitted in the United States mails free of postage, and under such regulations as the Postmaster-General may prescribe. Approved, April 27, 1904.. the blind to be transRestrictions. CHAP. 1613.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Carthage, Tennessee,' approved March second, nineteen hundred and one. April 27, 1904. TS. 5259.] [Public, No. 172.] Cumberland River. bridging, by Carthage, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Carthage, Tennessee," approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same is hereby, revived and declared to be in amended. full force and effect, and that section five of said Act is hereby amended Tenn. Vol. 31, p. 958, so as to read as follows: "That this Act shall be null and void if said bridge is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the first day of April, nineteen hundred and four." Approved, April 27, 1904. April 27, 1904. [S. 5454.1 [Public, No. 173.] Indian Territory. Ozark and Cherokee pany. CHAP. 1614.-An Act Permitting the Ozark and Cherokee Central Railroad Company and the Arkansas Valley and Western Railway Company, and each or either of them, to sell and convey their railroads and other property in the Indian Territory to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company or to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Ozark and Cherokee Central Railroad Com- Central Railroad Company may sell and convey to the Saint Louis and Sale of, authorized San Francisco Railroad Company or to the Chicago, Rock Island and to certain companies. Pacific Railway Company all that part of the railroad of said firstnamed railroad company extending from Fayetteville to Okmulgee which is situate in the Indian Territory, together with all the property, rights, privileges, and franchises appurtenant or relating thereto, such sale and conveyance to be made upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the boards of directors of the respective companies parties thereto. Arkansas Valley and Western Railway Company. SEC. 2. That the Arkansas Valley and Western Railway Company may sell and convey to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad Sale of authorized Company or to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company all of the railroad of said Arkansas Valley and Western Railway Company extending from Tulsa Junction, Indian Territory, to Enid and Avard, Oklahoma Territory, together with all the property, rights, privileges, and franchises appurtenant or relating thereto, such sale and conveyance to be made upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the boards of directors of the respective companies parties thereto. Approved, April 27, 1904. April 27, 1904. [H. R. 4483.] [Public, No. 174.] Chicago, Ill. navigation. to aid navigation. Notice to owners. CHAP. 1615.-An Act Declaring each of the tunnels under the Chicago River an obstruction to navigation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tunnels under the cago River in, de- Chicago River in the State of Illinois at La Salle street, Washington clared obstructions to street, and near Van Buren street, in the city of Chicago, in said State of Illinois, are, and each of them is hereby, declared to be, as now constructed, an unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of said Chicago River, and each of said tunnels is hereby declared to be a Changes to be made public nuisance. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to give notice to the persons or corporations owning or controlling said tunnels, or any of them, so to alter the same as to render navigation over said tunnels free, easy, and unobstructed, and in giving such notice he shall specify the changes recommended by the Chief of Engineers that are needed to be made in order that said tunnels, or any of them, shall not thereafter be an obstruction to navigation, and shall prescribe in each case a reasonable time in which to make said changes. Proceedings on fail- If at the expiration of such time such changes have not been made, the Secretary of War shall forthwith notify the United States district attorney for the northern district of Illinois, in which said tunnels are situated, to the end that the criminal proceedings hereinafter prescribed may be taken. If the person or persons, corporation or corporations, ure to remove obstructions. owning or controlling any of the said tunnels shall, after receiving notice Proviso. CHAP. 1616.-An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Beaumont. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer Mira, owned by a citizen of the United States, to be registered as a vessel of the United States, under the name of Beaumont, whenever it shall be shown to the Commissioner of Navigation that the repairs made in the United States, together with the salvage, less the amount expended in payment of wages to foreign workingmen and in the employment of foreign tugs and for foreign material have amounted to three times the price paid for the wreck (exclusive of salvage) to her foreign owners. Approved, April 27, 1904. April 27, 1904. [H. R. 4570.] [Public, No. 175.] "Mira," steamer. American register granted foreign built, and name changed to "Beaumont." Conditions. CHAP. 1617.-An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes, namely: April 27, 1904. [II. R. 6758.] [Public, No. 176.] Pensions appropriations. sions. For army and navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, minor Invalid, etc., penchildren, and dependent relatives, army nurses, and all other pensioners who are now borne on the rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, under the provisions of any and all Acts of Congress, one hundred and thirty-seven million ten thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid for navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the navy pension fund, so far as the same fund. shall be sufficient for that purpose: Provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accounted for separately. Provisos. Accounts. geons. For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, pensions, for services Examining surrendered within the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, eight hundred thousand dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the exami Provisos. No fee unless service rendered. Rating. nation of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day, and one dollar for the examination of each additional applicant on such day: Provided, That if twenty or more applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made: Provided further, That no fee shall be paid to any member of an examining "board unless personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant: And provided further, That the report of such examining surgeons shall specifically state the rating which in their judgment the applicant is entitled to, and the report of such examining surgeons shall specifically and accurately set forth the physical condition of the applicant, each and every existing disability being fully and carefully Inspection of re- described. The reports of the special examiners of the Bureau of Pensions shall be open to inspection and copy by the applicant or his attorney, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Pension attorneys, Interior may prescribe: And provided further, That no pension attorney, claim agent, or other person shall be entitled to receive any compensation for services rendered in securing the introduction of a bill or the passage thereof through Congress granting pension or increase of pension; and any person who shall, directly or indirectly, contract for, demand, receive, or retain any compensation for such services shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every such offense, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. Disabilities to be fully described. ports. etc. Penalty for receiv ing, etc., pay for se curing special legisla tion. Agents' salaries. Clerk hire. Rent. Stationery, fuel, etc. Inspection of pen sion agencies. Vol. 22, p. 374. For salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. For clerk hire, four hundred and thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That the amount of clerk hire for each agency shall be apportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency, and the salaries paid shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. For rents, ten thousand six hundred dollars. For stationery and other necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, thirty-five thousand dollars. For examination and inspection of pension agencies, as provided by the final provision of the Act of August eighth, eighteen hundred and R. S., sec. 4766, p. eighty-two, amending section forty-seven hundred and sixty-six, Revised Statutes, two thousand five hundred dollars. 927. Approved, April 27, 1904. April 27, 1904. [H. R. 8692.] [Public, No. 177.] Insane persons at large. of. CHAP. 1618.—An Act To authorize the apprehension and detention of insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Columbia. Siates of America in Congress assembled, That any member of the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia or any other officer Arrest and detention in said District authorized to make arrests is hereby authorized and empowered to apprehend and detain, without warrant, any insane person or person of unsound mind found on any street, avenue, alley, or other public highway, or found in any public building or other public place within the District of Columbia; and it shall be the duty of the policeman or officer so apprehending or detaining any such person to immediately file his affidavit with the major and superintendent of said Metropolitan police that he believes said person to be insane or of unsound mind, incapable of taking care of himself or herself or his |