Direct taxes returned. An act to credit and pay to the several States and Territories and the
District of Columbia all moneys collected under the direct tax levied by the act of Con-
gress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. March 2, 1891...
Bookmaking, etc., D. C. An act to prevent bookmaking and pool-selling in the District of
Columbia. March 2, 1891.
Removal of charge of desertion, minors. An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the re-
lief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico,"
approved March two, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. March 2, 1891
Alley square 812, D. C. An act dedicating part of lots fourteen and fifteen, in square eight hundred and twelve, as a public alley. March 2, 1891...
Volunteer firemen, D. C. An act authorizing the commissioners to grant to the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association use of certain property in the city of Washington. March 2, 1891
Bridge, Red River. An act to authorize the Rapides Bridge Company, limited, to construct and
maintain a bridge across Red River at or near Alexandria, Louisiana. March 2, 1891....
Circuit courts of appeals. An act to establish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regu-
late in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other pur-
poses. March 3, 1891..
American registers "Montauk" and "Mineola.' An act to provide American registers for the
steamers Montauk and Mineola. March 3, 1891 ...
Ocean mail contracts. An act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and
foreign ports, and to promote commerce. March 3, 1891...
Right of way, receiving reservoir, Md. An act granting the right of way to the Metropolitan
Southern Railroad Company through the property of the United States in Montgomery
County, Maryland. March 3, 1891..
Export of cattle. An act to provide for the safe transport and humane treatment of export
cattle from the United States to foreign countries, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891.
Bridge, Portage Lake. An act giving the consent of the United States to the erection of a bridge
across Portage Lake, Houghton County, Michigan, between the villages of Houghton and
Hancock. March 3, 1891......
Bridge, Missouri River. An act authorizing the Lexington Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Lexington, in the State of Missouri. March 3, 1891..
Rock Creek Railway, D. C. An act to amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Columbia. March 3, 1891..
Port of delivery, Enfield, Conn. An act to make Enfield, Connecticut, a port of delivery in the district of Hartford. March 3, 1891..
Bridge, Arkansas River. An act to authorize the building of a bridge at Van Buren, Arkansas,
across the Arkansas River. March 3, 1891 ...
Public building, Philadelphia Mint. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erec-
tion of a public building thereon at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania. March 3,
1891,
Harbor, Lynnhaven Bay. An act to provide for the examination and survey of a breakwater
to form a harbor of safety and refuge in Lynnhaven Bay, near Cape Henry, at the foot
of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. March 3, 1891
United States prisoners. An act for the erection of United States prisons and for the impris-
onment of United States prisoners, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891
Bridge, Eastern Branch, D. C. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the
Eastern Branch of the Potomac River at the Bennings Road, in the District of Columbia.
March 3, 1891..
Junk dealers, etc., D. C. An act relating to junk dealers, dealers in second-hand personal
property, and pawnbrokers in the District of Columbia. March 3, 1891
Square 990, D. C. An act authorizing sale of title of United States in lot three, in square south
of square nine hundred and ninety. March 3, 1891
Hot Springs, Ark., leases. An act to regulate the granting of leases at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891..
-Hawaiian reciprocity. An act relating to the treaty of reciprocity with the Hawaiian Islands.
March 3, 1891
Right of way, Ind. Ter. An act to authorize the Fort Gibson, Tahlequah and Great Northeastern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891..
Police court, D. C. An act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia. March 3, 1831...
Indian depredation claims. An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations. March 3, 1891
Public building, New York. An act for the erection of a new custom-house in the city of New
York, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891..
Land court. An act to establish a court of private land claims, and to provide for the settlement
of private land claims in certain States and Territories. March 3, 1891..
Deficiencies appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appro-
priations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and
for prior years, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891....
Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations. An act making appropriations for the leg-
islative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891.
Sundry civil appropriations. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,
and for other purposes. March 3, 1891
Indian Department appropriations. An act making appropriations for the current and contin-
gent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various
Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and
for other purposes. March 3, 1891...
Agricultural Department appropriations. An act making appropriations for the Department
of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
March 3, 1891....
Diplomatic and consular appropriations. An act making appropriations for the diplomatic
and consular service of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight-
een hundred and ninety-two. March 3, 1891....
District of Columbia appropriations. An act making an appropriation to provide for the ex-
penses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June
thirty, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891..
Postal-service appropriations. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office
Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
March 3, 1891.....
Pensions appropriations. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and pen-
sions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-two, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891
Line-carrying projectiles. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion,
to suspend for a period of one year from March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-one, the provisions of an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-
nine, entitled "An act to amend sections forty-four hundred and eighty-eight and forty-
four hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes, requiring life-saving appliances
on steamers," so far as they relate to steamers plying exclusively upon any of the lakes
or bays of the United States. March 3, 1891
Public printing, night wages. An act to revise the wages of certain employees in the Govern-
ment Printing Office. March 3, 1891.
Alien labor immigration. An act in amendment to the various acts relative to immigration and
the importation of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor. March 3, 1891. 1084
Ports of delivery, Alaska. An act to establish certain ports of delivery in Alaska Territory.
March 3, 1891..
Bridge, Coal Bank Slough, Oregon.. An act authorizing the Coos Bay, Roseburgh and Eastern
Railway and Navigation Company, in the county of Coos, State of Oregon, to construct
a bridge across the Coal Bank Slough, in said State. March 3, 1891...
Bight of way, Fort Monroe, Va. An act authorizing the
Government reservation at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Inspection of cattle. An act to pro ide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses
and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate commerce, and for other pur-
poses. March 3, 1891.
construction of a railway upon the
March 3, 1891...
Right of way, Flathead Reservation, Mont. An act granting to the Missoula and Northern
Railroad Company the right of way through the Flathead Indian Reservation, in the State
of Montana. March 3, 1891.
Public building, Clarksville, Tenn. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection
of a public building thereon, at Clarksville, in the State of Tennessee. March 3, 1891...
National Conservatory of Music, D. C. An act to incorporate the National Conservatory of
Music of America. March 3, 1891.
Timber-culture repeal. An act to amend section eight of an act approved March third, eighteen
hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other
purposes." March 3, 1891.....
Public building, Saginaw, Mich. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection
of a public building thereon, at Saginaw, in the State of Michigan. March 3, 1891.. 1094
Timber-culture repeal. An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes. March
3, 1891...
Revised Statutes, artificial limbs. An act to amend section forty-seven hundred and eighty-
seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States. March 3, 1891
Bonds, D. C. An act to provide for the payment of bonds of the District of Columbia falling
due July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one and July first and twenty-sixth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-two. March 3, 1891...
Inspection of mines. An act for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories March 3, 1891...
Copyrights. An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, relating to copyrights. March 3, 1891
Georgia, judicial districts. An act to create a new division in the northern judicial district of
Georgia. March 3, 1891....
Internal commerce, 1889. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of the annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on Internal Commerce for eighteen hundred and eightynine. December 5, 1890
Eulogies, James B. Beck. Joint resolution to print the eulogies on Honorable James B. Beck.
December 9, 1890
Arms to States, Indian outbreak. Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to issue
one thousand stands of arms to each of the States of North and South Dakota, Wyoming,
Montana, and Nebraska. December 9, 1890... ...
Decisions, lands and pensions. Joint resolution providing for the printing of decisions of the
Department of the Interior regarding public lands and pensions, for sale. December 18,
1890
December salaries. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House
of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred
and ninety on the twentieth day of said month. December 20, 1890
United States map. Joint resolution concerning the publication of the United States map for
the use of Congress. December 24, 1890.
District of Columbia, commissioners. Joint resolution defining a quorum of the board of com-
missioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. December 24, 1890...
Eulogies, Edward J. Gay. Joint resolution to print the eulogies on Hon. Edward J. Gay.
December 28, 1890
District of Columbia, High School. Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to issue
ordnance and ordnance stores to the Washington High School. February 5, 1891....
Eulogies, S. S. Cox. Joint resolution to increase from fifty to one hundred the number of copies
of the eulogies on the late Samuel Sullivan Cox to be delivered to his widow. February
7, 1891
Tariff on twine, etc. Joint resolution to correct an error of punctuation in the tariff act of eight-
een hundred and ninety. February 18, 1891
Arms to Western States. Joint resolution amendatory of and supplementary to joint resolution
number three, approved December ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety. March 2, 1891..
Arlington Railway, D. C. Joint resolution correcting an error in an enrolled bill. March 2, 1891
"Industrial Art." Joint resolution to print ten thousand additional copies of the work known
as the "Growth of Industrial Art." March 2, 1891...
Labor Report, Fifth. Joint resolution providing for printing the Fifth Annual report of the
Commissioner of Labor. March 2, 1891...
Circuit courts of appeals, terms. Joint resolution to provide for the organization of the circuit
courts of appeals. March 3, 1791 ..
Portage railroad, Oreg. Joint resolution authorizing the State of Oregon to construct, maintain,
and operate a portage railroad over the property of the United States at the Cascades of
the Columbia River, Oregon. March 3, 1891.
Mississippi River, appropriation. Joint resolution appropriating one million dollars for the
improvement of the Mississippi River and making the same immediately available. March
3, 1891..
Diseases of the Horse, report. Joint resolution to print one hundred thousand copies of report on Diseases of the Horse. March 3, 1891....
Volunteer Soldiers' Home. Joint resolution to increase the number of members of the Board of
Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and fill vacancies in such
Board. March 3, 1891 ..
Fire alarms, D. C. Joint resolution providing for the greater security of the public buildings in
the District of Columbia and their contents from destruction or damage by fire. March 3,
1891.
Agricultural Report, 1891. Joint resolution providing for the printing of the Agricultural Re-
port for eighteen hundred and ninety-one. March 3, 1891.
THE PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.
ACTS OF THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS OF THE UNITed States.
An act for the relief of the heirs of Noah W. Yoder. March 11, 1890.
Elizabeth A. Tuttle. An act granting a pension to Miss Elizabeth A. Tuttle. March 19, 1890..
Cyrus Tuttle. An act granting a pension to Cyrus Tuttle. March 19, 1890.
Mary E. Noll. An act granting a pension to Mary E. Noll, widow of Philip Noll. March 19, 1890.
Eliza A. Talbott. An act granting a pension to Eliza A. Talbott. March 19, 1890.
Stephen Schiedel. An act granting a pension to Stephen Schiedel. March 19, 1890.
Aina Butterfield. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Anna Butterfield. March 27, 1890.
Inne Endaly. An act to increase the pension of Isaac Endaly. March 27, 1890.
Elmer A. Snow. An act granting an increase of pension to Elmer A. Snow. M rch 29, 1890.. 1123
British bark "Chance." An act for the relief of the owners, officers, and crew of the British
bark Chance. March 31, 1890 ....
Vinnie A. Bailey. An act granting a pension to Minnie A. Bailey. April 5, 1890
Minerva J. Olive. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Minerva Jane Olive. April 5, 1890.
George B. Smith. An act granting a pension to George B. Smith. April 5, 1890
John C. Green. An act to perfect the military record of John C. Green, of Tennessee. April
John F. Ballier. An act granting an increase of pension to John F. Ballier. April 16, 1890... 1124 John Sechler. An act to correct the patent to John Sechler to certain lands in Bent County, Colorado. April 16, 1890 ..
Horace Boughton. An act granting an increase of pension to General Horace Boughton. April 16, 1890..
M. J. Fogg. An act granting a pension to M. J. Fogg. April 17, 1890.
David H. Lutman. An act granting a pension to David H. Lutman. April 17, 1890.
George Fitzclarence. An act granting a pension to George Fitzclarence. April 17, 1890
Daniel Culman. An act granting a pension to Daniel A. Culman. April 17, 1890
Thomas Dennis. An act granting a pension to Thomas Dennis. April 17, 1890..
Easter A. Jackson. An act granting a pension to Easter A. Jackson. April 17, 1890.
Nicholas Moy. An act granting a pension to Nicholas Moy. April 17, 1890.
Catherine Morris. An act granting a pension to Catherine Morris. April 17, 1890
D. C. Stith. An act to remove political disabilities of D. C. Stith, a citizen of Texas. April 18,
1890
Daniel V. O'Leary. An act for the relief of Daniel V. O'Leary. April 19, 1890
Eliza Stanton. An act for the relief of Eliza Stanton. April 21, 1890..
Mattie W. House. An act for the relief of Mattie W. House. April 21, 1890
Helen E. Dewey. An act for the relief of Helen E. Dewey. April 21, 1890
Samuel L. M. Proctor. An act for the relief of Samuel L. M. Proctor. April 21, 1890
William Carroll. An act for the relief of William Carroll. April 21, 1890
Elizabeth O. Gibson. An act for the relief of Elizabeth O. Gibson. April 21, 1890.
John J. Freeland. An act for the relief of John J. Freeland. April 21, 1890.
Mary A. Van Etten. An act granting a pension to Mary A. Van Etten. April 21, 1890.
John R. Petrie. An act granting a pension John R. Petrie. April 21, 1890.
Lovina Wright. An act granting a pension to Lovina Wright. April 21, 1890.
Elizabeth E. Groff. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth E. Groff. April 21, 1890.
Bridget Carroll. An act granting a pension to Bridget Carroll. April 21, 1890.
Sarah McTavey. An act granting a pension to Sarah McTavey. April 21, 1890
Margaret J. Fletcher. An act granting a pension to Margaret J. Fletcher. April 21, 1890.
Lucy R. Olmstead. An act granting a pension to Lucy R. Olmstead. April 21, 1890 .
Cynthia Day. An act granting a pension to Cynthia Day. April 21, 1890.
William H. Brimmer. An act granting a pension to William H. Brimmer. April 21, 1890.
Ann Ford. An act granting a pension to Ann Ford. April 21, 1890..
Ellen Shears. An act granting a pension to Ellen Shears. April 21, 1890.
Abbie D. Johnson. An act granting a pension to Abbie D. Johnson. April 21, 1890.
Delia W. Marshall. An act granting a pension to Delia W. Marshall. April 21, 1890
Carrie B. Wirtz. An act granting a pension to Carrie B. Wirtz. April 21, 1890..
George Faulk. An act granting a pension to George Faulk. April 21, 1890.
Thomas Kelly. An act granting a pension to Thomas Kelly. April 21, 1890
Mary Taffe. An act granting a pension to Mary Taffe. April 21, 1890...
Henrietta L. Arlin. An act granting a pension to Henrietta L. Arlin. April 21, 1890.
Robert Hill. An act granting a pension to Robert Hill. April 21, 1890...
William R. Scurlock. An act granting a pension to William R. Scurlock.
Amasa Chase. An act granting a pension to Amasa Chase. April 21, 1890.
Frederick Bischer. An act granting a pension to Frederick Bischer. April 21, 1890.
Jane Reynolds. An act granting a pension to Jane Reynolds. April 21, 1890.
Emma A. Hart. An act to increase the pension of Mrs. Emma A. Hart. April 21, 1890.
Horace B. Lewis. An act to increase the pension of Horace B. Lewis. April 21, 1890.
Mary M. Gibson. An act to increase the pension of Mary M. Gibson, widow of Commander
William Gibson. April 21, 1890.
Alonzo Alden. An act to increase the pension of Alonzo Alden. April 21, 1890.
Julia Fleming. An act to pension Julia Fleming. April 21, 1890..
Hiram Wilbur. An act to pension Hiram Wilbur. April 21, 1890.
George Colwell. An act granting an increase of pension to George Colwell. April 21, 1890.
Daniel M. Maulding. An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel M. Maulding. April
21, 1890...
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John D. Prator. An act to pension John D. Prator for service in the Indian war.
Joel B. Tribble. An act to pension Joel B. Tribble for service in the Indian war.
Henry S. Morgan. An act to pension Henry S. Morgan. April 21, 1890
Green B. Lee. An act to pension Green B. Lee. April 21, 1890...
Helen S. Spring. An act to restore the pension of Mrs. Helen S. Spring, April 21, 1890.
John Taylor. An act increasing the pension of John Taylor. April 21, 1890....
Joseph D. Williamson. An act granting a pension to Joseph D. Williamson. April 21, 1890.
Nancy Smith. An act granting increase of pension to Nancy Smith. April 23, 1890..
George L. Sanders. An act granting a pension to George L. Sanders. April 24, 1890.
Theresa Herbst. An act granting a pension to Theresa Herbst. April 25, 1890..
William Boone, An act to increase the pension of William Boone. April 25, 1890.
Catharine Tittle. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Catharine Tittle, widow of Ephraim Tittle.
April 30, 1890...
Hannah R. Langdon. An act granting a pension to Hannah R. Langdon. April 30, 1890.
Sarah C. Hurlbutt. An act granting a pension to Sarah C. Hurlbutt. April 30, 1890..
Emma L. Selfridge. An act granting a pension to Emma L. Selfridge. April 30, 1890
Matilda C. King. An act providing a pension for Matilda C. King. April 30, 1890.:
Mary McCowan. An act granting a pension to Mary McCowan. May 3, 1890..
Emma Dill. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Emma Dill. May 3, 1890..
William H. Cummings. An act granting a pension to William H. Cummings. May 3, 1890... 1139 Davis Foster. An act granting a pension to Davis Foster. May 3, 1890...
David C. Bullard. An act granting a pension to David C. Bullard. May 3, 1890.
Olina Hanson. An act granting a pension to Olina Hanson. May 3, 1890.
George L. Warren. An act granting increase of pension George L. Warren. May 3, 1890.
Mary L. Bradford. An act to restore the name of Mrs. Mary L. Bradford to the pension-roll.
May 3, 1890..
Zachariah T. Crawford. An act to increase the pension of Zachariah T. Crawford. May 3, 1890. 1140
Henry H. Penrod. An act to increase the pension of Henry H. Penrod. May 3, 1890.
W. H. H. Bailey. An act to increase the pension of W. H. H. Bailey, of Braintree, Massachu-
setts. May 3, 1890.
Laban Heath & Co. An act for the relief of Laban Heath and Company, of Boston, Massachusetts. May 14, 1890...
Samuel Adams. An act to increase the pension of Samuel Adams. May 15, 1890.
Margaret T. Baker. An act granting a pension to the widow of the late Commander Samuel
H. Baker, United State Navy. May 16, 1890...
William Richardson. An act granting a pension to William Richardson. May 16. 1890..
Fourth of July Claims. An act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting
officers of the United States Treasury Department. May 17, 1890..
Margaret Z. Austin. An act granting a pension to Margaret Z. Austin. May 19, 1890.
David Deans. An act granting a pension to David Deans, May 19, 1890
Mary A. Wood. An act granting a pension to Mary A. Wood. May 19, 1890.
Harman Day. An act granting a pension to Harman Day. May 19, 1890
Washington F. Short. An act granting a pension to Washington F. Short. May 19, 1890.
Allen Feathers. An act granting a pension to Allen Feathers. May 19, 1890.
James T. Irwin. An act granting a pension to James T. Irwin. May 19, 1890
Johnson Reddick. An act granting a pension to Joł ason Reddick. May 19, 1890.
Walter P. Harrison. An act increasing the pension of Walter P. Harrison. May 19, 1890.
R. C. Martin. An act to pension R. C. Martin for services rendered in the war with Mexico.
May 19, 1890..
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