the sum of eight dollars; numbered fifty-two hundred and eighty, in the sum of twenty-eight dollars and eighty cents; numbered fifty-seven hundred and forty-four, in the sum of fifty-eight dollars; numbered fifty seven hundred and forty-six, in the sum of twenty-seven dollars and forty-two cents; numbered fifty-seven hundred and forty-seven, in the sum of twenty-four dollars and ninety-four cents, issued by the late board of audit of the District of Columbia, for the redemption of which there is no existing law, and to pay to the holders of these, and to the holders of those issued by the auditor or treasurer of the late board of public works of the District of Columbia, as described in the first part of this bill, the amount respectively found due on such certificates, including interest thereon at the rate of three and sixty-five one. hundredths per centum per annum from the date of their issue to December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty; and a sufficient amount to pay the principal and interest of the certificates aforesaid is hereby appropriated, one half from the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1899. March 3, 1899. Sabine Bank, Tex. Light station estab lished at. CHAP. 463.-An Act For the establishment of a light and fog signal on or near Sabine Bank, Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a light-house and fog signal station on or near Sabine Bank, Texas, at a cost not to exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 1899. RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] 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-eight, on the twenty-first day of said month. December 20, 1898. Officers, etc., of Con. gress to be paid De Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, cember salaries Deauthorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the cember 21, 1898. Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, on the twenty-first day of said month. Approved, December 20, 1898. [No. 2.] Joint Resolution For the improvement of the harbor at Racine, Wisconsin. January 10, 1899. Racine, Wis. provement. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, requested and directed to cause a survey to be made of the report on harbor imharbor at Racine, Wisconsin, to ascertain the best method or plan, by breakwaters or otherwise, to prevent the injurious effects of the northeast seas, and to report said method or plan with the approximate cost of the same, and that the Secretary of War report as to the advisability of making such improvement. Approved, January 10, 1899. January 10, 1899. Kenosha, Wis. provement. [No. 3.] Joint Resolution For improvement of the harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, requested and directed to cause a survey to be made of report on harbor imthe harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin, to ascertain the best method or plan, by break waters or otherwise, to prevent the injurious effects of the northeast seas, and to report said method or plan, with the approximate cost of the same, and that the Secretary of War report as to the advisability of making such proposed improvement. Approved, January 10, 1899. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Asking for preliminary survey of Ohio River at or near Cincinnati. January 10, 1899. Ohio River. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and Survey of, at Cullums he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a preliminary survey to Rifle, below Cincin be made of the Ohio River at a point at or near Cullums Riffle, imme- nati, for dam, etc. diately below the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, for the purpose of reporting upon the probable cost and advisability of constructing a suitable lock and dam across said river at that point, of sufficient dimensions to secure a channel depth opposite said city of not less than six feet of water at low-water stage. The expense of this investigation and report shall be paid for out of any moneys remaining unexpended in any funds heretofore appropriated for the improvement of the Ohio River. Approved, January 10, 1899. January 12, 1899. Bridgeport, Conn. [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Providing for estimate of cost of certain improvements of Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War bor improvement, etc. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to submit estimates of the cost of extending the channel of Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut, through an arm of the sea known as Yellow Mill Branch of said harbor, such channel to be twelve feet deep and two hundred feet wide; also of widening the main channel to the western harbor line, between the inner beacon and the Naugatuck Railroad wharf, with a depth of twelve feet; all as shown by maps and surveys made in compliance with the provisions of the river and harbor Act of August seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and submitted to Congress under date of November twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. Approved, January 12, 1899. Vol. 28, p. 339. [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the printing of extra copies of the publications of the Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized to print, in excess of the one thousand copies authorized by the Act of January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, such extra copies of the publications of the Office of Naval Intelligence for the calendar year eighteen hundred and ninetynine as may be necessary for distribution to the naval service and to meet other official demands: Provided, That in no case shall the edition of any one publication exceed three thousand copies. Approved, January 12, 1899. January 12, 1899. Improvement of east channel, etc. [No. 7.] Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to submit a report of survey and estimate for the improvement of the east channel in New York Harbor. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States New York Harbor. of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to submit a report of survey and estimate for the improvement of the east channel in New York Harbor, from The Narrows to the sea, and for the enlarging of the same to the depth of thirty-five feet and a width of one thousand five hundred feet, and to also report upon the desirability of such improvement. Approved, January 12, 1899. [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Providing for the removal of the remains of the late Major-General John A. Rawlins from the Congressional Cemetery to the national cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, together with the base and granite shaft now marking the spot. January 16, 1899. Maj. Gen. John A. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to cause the remains of the late Major-General John A. Rawlins to be removed from the Congressional Cemetery in of, to Arlington. this city to the national cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, together with the base and granite shaft now marking the spot, and which were erected by the children, relatives, and friends of the Grand Army of the Republic. Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of such removal. Approved, January 16, 1899. Appropriation. January 21, 1899. Mystic River, Mass. [No. 9.] Joint Resolution For the improvement of Mystic River, Massachusetts. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to prepare and submit plans provement of. and estimates for the improvement of Mystic River, Massachusetts, with a view of obtaining a depth of twenty-five feet and three hundred feet width to a point about three thousand five hundred feet above Chelsea Bridge, so called, between Boston and Chelsea. Approved, January 21, 1899. [No. 10.] Joint Resolution To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. January 24, 1899. Smithsonian Insti tution. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members of Congress, shall be filled by the reappointment of James B. Angell, appointed regent. a resident of Michigan, whose term of office expires on January nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Approved, January 24, 1899. [No. 11.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy, at West Point, Luis Yglesias, of Costa Rica. January 28, 1899, Louis Yglesias, of Costa Rica, admitted Provisos. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized to permit Luis Yglesias, of Costa Rica, to receive to West Point. instructions at the Military Academy at West Point: Provided, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: And provided United States. further, That in the case of the said Yglesias the provisions of sections R. S., secs. 1320, 1321, thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of p. 227. the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, January 28, 1899. No expense to the January 28, 1899. To be furnished [No. 12.] Joint Resolution To furnish the Congressional Record to the Library of Congress. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Library of Congress of America in Congress assembled, That the Public Printer be, and he with Congressional hereby is, authorized and directed to supply to the Library of Congress six copies of the daily Congressional Record, for use in the following departments: Librarian's office, reading room, Senators' reading room, Representatives' reading room. Record. Approved, January 28, 1899. [No. 13.] Joint Resolution Granting authority to the Republic of Venezuela to send a cadet to West Point Military Academy. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit Andrés Ponte, of Venezuela, to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point: Provided, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: And provided further, That in the case of the said Ponte the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twentyone of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, February 9, 1899. February 15, 1899. Ricardo Yglesias, of Costa Rica, admitted to Naval Academy. Provisos. No expense to Uni ted States. Modification of reg. ulations. [No. 14.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Ricardo Yglesias, of Costa Rica. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to permit Ricardo Yglesias, of Costa Rica, to receive instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis: Provided, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: And provided further, That in the case of the said Ricardo Yglesias the Secretary of the Navy may modify or dispense with any provisions of the rules and regulations of the said Academy which circumstances may, in his opinion, render necessary or desirable. Approved, February 15, 1899. February 15, 1899. Montoya, of Colombia, Academy. Provisos. [No. 15.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Alberto Valenzuela Montoya, of Colombia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Alberto Valenzuela of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, admitted to Naval and he is hereby, authorized to receive for instruction at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Alberto Valenzuela Montoya, of Colombia: ProNoexpense to United vided, That no expense shall thereby accrue to the United States: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy may, in the case of the said Montoya, modify or dispense with any provisions of the rules and regulations of the said academy which circumstances may, in his opinion, render necessary or desirable. Approved, February 15, 1899. States. Modification of ulations. reg. February 20, 1899. [No. 16.] Joint Resolution To provide for the removal of snow and ice in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States District of Columbia. of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are hereby |