And all laws allowing the President, the Secretary of the Interior, or Laws allowing the commissioner of Indian affairs to enter into treaties with any Indian treaties with Inthe making of tribes are hereby repealed, and no expense shall hereafter be incurred in dian tribes renegotiating a treaty with any Indian tribe until an appropriation author- pealed. izing such expense shall be first made by law. Post, p. 18. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the several sums of money Chief engiheretofore appropriated to be expended under the direction of the com- neer, &c. to exmissioner of public buildings be transferred to and may be expended un- pend moneys apder the direction of the chief engineer of the army, or such officer of the expended under propriated to be engineer corps as he may direct. APPROVED, March 29, 1867. direction of commissioner of public buildings. CHAP. XIV. - An Act to reimburse the States of Indiana and Ohio for Moneys expended March 29, 1867. for the United States in enrolling, equipping, and provisioning Militia Forces to aid in suppressing the Rebellion. commissioners Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That immediately after the President to passage of this act the President shall appoint three commissioners, by appoint three and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who are not residents of to ascertain the the State of Indiana, whose duty it shall be to ascertain the amount of amount of moneys expended by the State of Indiana in enrolling, equipping, subsist- moneys spent by ing, transporting, and paying such State forces as were called into service ing, &c. State in said State since the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, forces during the rebellion. to act in concert with the United States forces in the suppression of rebellion against the United States. Indiana in rais to do what. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners so appoint- Commissioners ed shall proceed, subject to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, at once to examine all the items of expenditure made by said State for the purposes herein named, allowing only for disbursements What disbursemade and amounts assumed by the State for enrolling, equipping, subsist- ments to be allowed; ing, transporting, and paying such troops as were called into service by the governor, at the request of the United States department commander commanding the district in which Indiana may at the time have been included, or by the express order, consent, or concurrence of such commander, or which may have been employed or used in suppressing rebellion in said State. And no allowance shall be made for any troops which did not perform actual military service in full concert and co-operation with the authorities of the United States and subject to their orders. what not to be allowed. In making up the account certain items of ex SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in making up said account, for the convenience of the accounting officers of the government, the commissioners shall state separately the amounts expended, respectively, for penditure to be enrolling, equipping, arming, subsisting, transporting, and paying said stated separately. troops. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, in the adjustment of accounts under this act, the commissioners shall not allow for any expenditure or compensation for service at a rate greater than was at the time authorized by the laws of the United States and the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War in similar cases. Rates of compensation to be allowed. report to the SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That as soon as said commissioners Commissioners shall have made up said account and ascertained the balance, as here- to make written in directed, they shall make written report thereof, showing the different Secretary of items of expenditure as hereinbefore stated to the Secretary of the Treas- Treasury. ury, who shall cause the same to be examined by the proper accounting officers of the treasury, and said officers shall audit the said accounts as in ordinary cases; and if from said report it shall appear that any sum remains due to the said State, he shall draw his warrant for the same, payable to the governor of said State, and deliver it to him. Any sum due the State to be paid. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners to be ap- Commissioners pointed as aforesaid shall, before proceeding to the discharge of their du- to be sworn. ers. Compensation ties, be sworn that they will carefully examine the accounts existing beof commissiontween the United States and the State of Indiana, and that they will, to the best of their ability, make a just, true, and impartial statement thereof, as required by this act. They shall receive such compensation for their services as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding ten dollars per day for each commissioner. Provisions of to Ohio. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall this act to apply apply in every respect to the State of Ohio, and the same proceedings shall be had for ascertaining the amount due the said State of Ohio, as are herein provided for ascertaining the amount due the State of Indiana, and for the payment of such amount, when ascertained under the limitations and restrictions of this act, a sufficient sum is hereby appropriated. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That a sufficient sum is hereby appropriated to carry this act into effect. Appropriation. APPROVED, March 29, 1867. March 29, 1867. CHAP. XV.-An Act to grant to the American Atlantic Cable Telegraph Company, of New York, the Right of Way and Privilege to lay, land, and operate a Submarine Telegraph Cable on the Atlantic Coast of the United States, and establish Telegraph Commu nication between the United States and Europe, via the Bermudas and Azores Islands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United American At- States of America in Congress assembled, That the American Atlantic lantic Cable Tel- Cable Telegraph Company, of New York, be, and are hereby, vested egraph Company inay lay and with the right, power, and privilege, having acquired the necessary land operate cables therefor, to lay, land, and operate their cable or cables on the Atlantic on the Atlantic coast, except, coast, except the coast of Florida, within the jurisdiction of the United &c.; States, and the right, power, and privilege so to lay, land, and operate their cable or cables shall be vested in the said American Atlantic Cable Telegraph Company for the period of twenty years from the approval of to commence this act: Provided, That the said company shall commence active operations within the space of two years from the approval of this act. operations in coast, except, &c. The govern SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the American Atlantic Cable in Telegraph Company, having acquired the necessary land therefor, shall have the right, power, and privilege to lay, land, and operate their cable or cables within any of the harbors, waters, inlets, towns, and cities on the Atlantic coast, except the coast of Florida, offering the most practical and convenient landing, and to construct or erect all the necessary fixtures to accomplish the object of this act. ment to have the preference in the use of the cables. This act may be altered, &c. March 29, 1867. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the government of the United States shall at all times have the preference in its use, upon terms that may be agreed upon between the Postmaster-General and the said com pany. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Congress shall have power to alter, amend, or repeal this act. APPROVED, March 29, 1867. CHAP. XVI. · An Act to establish a Port of Delivery at Chester, Pennsylvania. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Chester, in the States of America in Congress assembled, That Chester, in the district district of Phila- of Philadelphia, shall be a port of delivery, and a surveyor shall be apport of delivery. pointed, who shall reside at said port of delivery and receive a salary of five hundred dollars per annum. delphia, made a March 29, 1867. Additional principal and assistant exam APPROVED, March 29, 1867. CHAP. XVII. An Act to increase the Force in the Patent-Office. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of patents is authorized from time to time to appoint, in the manner already provided for by law, such an additional number of principal examiners, iners may be appointed in the first assistant examiners, and second assistant examiners, as may be repatent-office. quired to transact the current business of the office with despatch: Provided, That the whole number of such additional examiners shall not exceed four of each class, and that the total annual expense of the patentoffice shall not exceed its annual receipts. APPROVED, March 29, 1867. CHAP. XVIII. - An Act to incorporate the Lincoln Monument Association. Proviso. March 29, 1867. ington, D. C. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United See post, p. 255. States of America in Congress assembled, That Alexander H. Randall, The Lincoln James Harlan, Alexander Ramsey, Nathaniel P. Banks, Sidney Perham, Monument AssoJohn Conness, John T. Wilson, Godlove S. Orth, Delos R. Ashley, Hal- ciation in Washbert E. Paine, Charles O'Neill, Burt Van Horn, John F. Driggs, Fred- incorporated. erick E. Woodbridge, Jacob Benton, John Hill, Shelby M. Cullom, Thomas A. Jencks, Orin S. Ferry, N. B. Smithers, Francis Thomas, Samuel McKee, Horace Maynard, John F. Benjamin, Rufus Mallory, Sidney Clarke, Daniel Polsley, Walter A. Burleigh, John Taffe, and their successors, are constituted a body corporate in the District of Columbia, by the name of the Lincoln Monument Association, for the purObject of the pose of erecting a monument in the city of Washington, commemorative corporation. of the great charter of emancipation and universal liberty in America. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the persons named in the first section of this act shall be the first trustees of the corporation, and shall have power to fill vacancies in their number, and to add to their number, Vacancies. not exceeding one from each State in the Union. First trustees. Property of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have power to own and control such property as may be necessary for the car- corporation. rying out of the objects of the association. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have Collection of power to collect money, and to make such rules and regulations as they money. may deem necessary or expedient. Rules and regulations. poration. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have Officers and power to appoint a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, board of manaand also a board of managers, consisting of not less than seven nor more gers of the corthan thirteen, who shall have a general control of the affairs of the association, and who may be selected from persons not included in the list of corporator[ator]s. The treasurer shall execute a bond in such penalty as may be required, conditioned for the safe-keeping of the funds of the cor- urer. poration which may come into his hands, and for the faithful discharge of the duties required of him. Bond of treas SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the property of said corpora- Property to be tion held or occupied by them for the uses and purposes of their incorpo- held for what ration shall be exempt from all taxes to be levied under the authority of uses; to be exempt the United States, or of any municipal corporation within the District of from taxes. Columbia. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time hereafter repeal, alter, or amend this act. APPROVED, March 29, 1867. This act may be altered, &c. An Act to authorize the Appointment of certain Watchmen, and for other March 30, 1867. Sergeants-atarms of the Sen Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the eight watchmen on the dome of the Capitol, at the congressional stables, the gate-keeper, and ate and House watchmen of the grounds surrounding the Capitol, be hereafter appointed to appoint cerby the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, and the sergeant-at-arms of the tain watchmen and gate-keeper men. House. That the officers aforesaid be also authorized to appoint three additional watchmen, one for each of the eastern porticos and the carriagePay of watch- ways under the same. Each watchman so appointed shall receive an an nual compensation of one thousand dollars, payable on the order of the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate and the sergeant-at-arms of the House, or Appropriation either of them, and the amount of money necessary to pay said watchfor present fiscal men from the date of their appointment until the end of the present fiscal year be, and the same is hereby, appropriated. year; for next fiscal year; for additional vate of Capitol police. For the compensation of said watchmen for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the sum of eleven thousand dollars is hereby appropriated. For the compensation of an additional lieutenant and private of the officer and pri- Capitol police, authorized to be appointed by the presiding officers of the two houses of Congress, from the date of their appointment until the close of the present fiscal year at the rate paid others of the same grade, sc much money as may be necessary is hereby appropriated, and for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eignt, the sum of thirty-three hundred dollars is hereby appropriated. Sergeant-at arms of Senate lect pattern and furnish uniform to police and watchmen, at what price; and House to se The sergeant-at-arms of the Senate and the sergeant-at-arms of the House are hereby authorized to select a pattern for a uniform for the Capitol police and watchmen, and furnish to each member of the force two suits per year, at a cost not to exceed fifty dollars per suit, and also to furnish said force with the necessary belts, arms, and so forth, at a cost not to exceed twenty dollars per man, and the amount of money necessary to carry this provision into effect is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, payable upon the certificate Appropriations. of the officers above named. One half of the moneys hereinbefore appropriated shall be paid into the contingent fund of the Senate, and the other half into the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. belts, arms, &c. Sergeant-atarms to make ruies, &c. to secure the Capitol from deface ment, &c.; may arrest and detain persons violating the rules, until, &c. Appropriations SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate and of the House of Representatives are authorized to make such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to preserve the peace and secure the Capitol from defacement and for the protection of the public property therein, and shall have power to arrest and detain any person violating said rules, until such person can be brought before the proper authorities for trial, without further order of Congress. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all moneys appropriated for for Washington the Washington aqueduct and for the other public works of the District aqueduct, &c. how to be exof Columbia shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. pended. This act may be altered. March 30, 1867. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. APPROVED, March 30, 1867. CHAP. XXI. An Act amendatory of the organic Act of Colorado Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the sessions of the legislative assembly of Colorado Territory shall be biennial. Members of the council shall be elected for the term of four years, and members of the house for the term of two years, and shall receive the sum of Term of mem- six dollars per day instead of three dollars heretofore allowed, and shall also receive the same mileage now allowed by law. Sessions of the legislative assembly of Colorado Territory to be biennial. bers of the council and of the house. Pay and mileage. Each house may elect an enrolling clerk. Pay of clerks and other off cers. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each house shall have authority to elect, in addition to the officers now allowed by law, an enrolling clerk, who shall receive five dollars per day. The chief clerk shall receive six dollars per day, and the other officers elected by said legislature shall receive five dollars per day each. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the members of the legislative elected in 1867 assembly elected at the general election of said Territory in the year Members eighteen hundred and sixty-seven shall compose the first legislature under to be the first this act, and said legislature shall meet at the time now fixed by law for legislature unthe meeting of the legislative assembly of Colorado Territory. APPROVED, March 30, 1867. der this act. Legislature to meet when. An Act for the Support in Part of the National Soldiers' and Sailors' March 30, 1867. for the support Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby Appropriation appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri- in part of the ated, for the support in part of the National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan National SolHome, in the District of Columbia, organized under an act of the twenty- diers' and Sailors' Orphan fifth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, amended by the act of the Home, and how twenty-second of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, to be ex- to be expended. pended under the direction of the officers of said institution, five thousand dollars. APPROVED, March 30, 1867. 1866, ch. 249. 1867, ch. 62. Vol. xiv. pp. 247, 401. CHAP. XXIII. — An Act extending to the State of Nebraska the Provisions of an Act March 30, 1867. relating to Agricultural Colleges. Land granted to Nebraska for leges. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the grant made by law of the second day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to each State, agricultural colof land equal to thirty thousand acres for each of its senators and representatives in Congress, for the purpose of establishing agricultural colleges, is extended to the State of Nebraska in the same manner as if Nebraska had been a State of the Union at the date of the passage of said law. APPROVED, March 30, 1867. 1862, ch. 130. Vol. xii. p. 503. 1866, ch. 209. Vol. xiv. p. 208. CHAP. XXIV. — An Act to provide in Part for grading the Public Grounds, and for March 30, 1867. other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty thou- Appropriation for grading pubsand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not lic grounds, otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior removing buildunder the supervision of the architect of the Capitol extension, in grading, ings, &c. filling up, removing buildings, and improving the public grounds and streets around the Capitol. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all repairs and alterations of the Repairs, alterCapitol building shall be made under the direction and supervision of the ations, &c. to be architect of the Capitol extension. APPROVED, March 30, 1867. made under whose direction. CHAP. XXVII. — An Act supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act making Appropri- July 19, 1867. ations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, 1867,ch.167,§ 10. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other Purposes," passed March second, eighteen Vol. xiv. p. 467. hundred and sixty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the concluding proviso Printing in of section ten of the act described in the title hereof shall not be held to the Treasury Department and prevent the necessary printing, as heretofore done, in the Treasury its bureaus, how Department and the bureaus thereof, by their own employees; but the may be done. number of persons employed in this service shall not be increased. APPROVED, July 19, 1867. |