sugar-making being the cane-juice boiled down to the sugar point and containing all the sugar and molasses resulting from the boiling-process and without any process of purging or clarification, Sugar in bags, And any and all products of the sugar-cane imported in bags, mats, baskets or other than tight packages shall be considered sugar and mats, &c. dutiable as such. And provided further, That of the drawback on refined sugars ex- Draw back on ported allowed by section three thousand and nineteen of the Revised refined sugar; only 1 per cent. to be reStatutes of the United States, only one per centum of the amount so tained. allowed shall be retained by the United States. R. S., § 3019. 14 Opin. Att'yGen., 578. The 10 per cent. as in Revised Stat 16 Opin. Att'yGen., 660. SEC. 4. That so much of section two thousand five hundred and three of the Revised Statutes as provides that only ninety per centum of the reduction of duties several duties and rates of duty imposed on certain articles therein repealed and rates enumerated by section two thousand five hundred and four shall be utes restored. levied, collected, and paid be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and R. S., §§ 2503, the several duties and rates of duty prescribed in said section two thou- 2504. sand five hundred and four shall be and remain as by that section levied, without abatement of ten per centum as provided in section two thousand five hundred and three. SEC. 5. That the increase of duties provided by this act shall not Increase of duapply to any goods, wares, or merchandise actually on shipboard and ties, when not applicable. bound to the United States, on or before the tenth day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, nor on any such goods, wares, or merchandise on deposit in warehouses or public stores at the date of the passage of this act. SEC. 6. That nothing contained in the act entitled "An act to amend existing customs and internal-revenue laws, and for other purposes", " approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy five, shall be construed to impose any duty on bolting-cloths theretofore admitted free of duty; Nor to require the use of a stamp upon the receipt in the receipt-book of a savings-bank or institution for savings having no capital stock, and doing no other business than receiving deposits to be loaned or invested for the sole benefit of the parties making such deposits without profit or compensation to the association or company, when money is paid to a depositor on his pass book. [March 3, 1875.] CHAPTER 128. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE POST-OFFICE DEPART- SECTION 1. Par. 1. Weighing of mails to be paid for out of appropriation for inland transpor tation. Par. 2. Mail lettings in Maryland, Virginia, -in each State and Territory to be 3. Congressmen may mail public documents at Be it enacted, &c., That [SECTION 1.] * SECTION 4. Accounts of Post-Office Department, how to 5. Congressional Record, &c., may be franked 7. Seeds and agricultural reports mailed free by 15 Opin. Att'y Gen., 7. Bolting-cloths free of duty. Stamps not re quired on savingsbank receiptbooks. R. S., § 3418. 1875, Feb. 8, ch. 36, § 15. March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 340. Weighing of mails to be paid for out of appropriation for inlaud Par. 1.] Out of the appropriation for inland-mail transportation the Postmaster General is authorized hereafter to pay the expenses of taking the weights of mails on railroad routes, as provided by the act entitled (1) "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office De- transportation. NOTE. (1) The provisions here referred to in acts of 1873, ch. 231, § 17 (18 Stat. L., 341), are incorporated in the Revised Statutes in § 4002, referred to in the margin. R. S., § 4002. 179, §1. partment for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 1876, July 12, ch. seventy-four," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy1878, June 17, ch. three; and he is hereby directed to have the mails weighed as often as now provided by law by the employees of the Post-Office Department, and have the weights stated and verified to him by said employees under such instructions as he may consider just to the Post-Office Department and the railroad-companies. 259, § 1. Mail-lettings in [Par. 2.] That hereafter the mail lettings for the States of Maryland Maryland, Vir- and Virginia and for the District of Columbia shall be advertised in ginia, and District not more than one newspaper published in the District of Columbia, and Columbia, how adat prices satisfactory to the Postmaster-General, not exceeding the cusvertised. tomary rates paid in the city of Washington for ordinary commercial advertisements; and so much of section three thousand eight hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States as refers to the publication of advertisements in newspapers be, and the same is hereby, repealed. R. S., § 3826. 1876, July 12, ch. 179. 1878, May 17, ch. 107. 1878, June 17, ch. 259, par. 5. 1881, Jan. 21, ch. 25. 15 Opin. Att'y-Gen., 282. -in each State The Postmaster-General shall cause an advertisement of the mailand Territory, to lettings of each State and Territory to be posted up in each post-office be posted. therein, to be posted conspicuously for at least sixty days before the time of such letting. R. S., § 3941. 1876, July 12, ch. 179. 15 Opin. Att'yGen., 594. Congressmen reduced rates for SEC. 3. That the provisions of section thirteen of the act of June twenty-third, may mail public eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled "An act making appropridocuments at the ations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year nine months after ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other expiration of term purposes," shall apply to ex-members of Congress and ex-delegates for the period of nine months after the expiration of their terms as members R. S., § 3875- and delegates, and postage on public documents mailed by such persons 1874, June 23, ch. shall be as provided in said section. of office. 3879, 3896-3913. Accounts of SEC. 4. That hereafter the Sixth Auditor shall keep the accounts in Post Office Depart- his office so as to show the expenditures of the Post-Office Department ment; how to be under each item of appropriation provided by law. kept. R. S., §§ 177, 4049, 4050. be franked by Con- SEC. 5. That from and after the passage of this act, the Congressional Record, &c., may Record, or any part thereof, or speeches or reports therein contained, shall, under the frank of a member of Congress, or delegate, to be written by himself, be carried in the mail free of postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster-General may prescribe; R. S., § 3896. 1874, June 23, ch. 456, § 13. culture. And that public documents already printed, or ordered to be printed, for the use of either House of Congress may pass free through the mails upon the frank of any member or delegate of the present Congress, written by himself, until the first day of December anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-five. Seeds and agri- SEC. 7. That seeds transmitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture, cultural reports or by any member of Congress or delegate receiving seeds for distribu mailed free by Congressmen and Com- tion from said Department, together with agricultural reports emanatmissioner of Agri- ing from that Department, and so transmitted, shall, under such regulations as the Postmaster-General shall prescribe, pass through the mails R. S., § 527, free of charge. And the provisions of this section shall apply to ex3878, 3896. members of Congress and ex-delegates for the period of nine months after the expiration of their terms as members and delegates. [March 1880, June 16, ch. 3, 1875.] 1877, March 3, ch. 103, § 7. 252. CHAPTER 129. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL SECTION 1. Par. 1. Post-office money-orders, fees for. -not to be issued for more than $50. -clerks not to be employed in relation -to draw no money except upon an- - manner of drawing money for, &c. Be it enacted, &c. [SECTION 1.] SECTION Par. 4.- accounts and vouchers for, to be Par. 5. Enlisted clerks in Adjutant-General's Par. 7. In Post Office Department clerks of 3. Estimates for appropriations to be furnished [Par. 1.] That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the fees on money orders shall be, for orders not exceed ing fifteen dollars, ten cents; exceeding fifteen, and not exceeding thirty dollars, fifteen cents; exceeding thirty and not exceeding forty dollars, twenty cents; exceeding forty and not exceeding fifty dollars, twentyfive cents. And no money-order shall be issued for a sum greater than fifty dollars. [Par. 2.] (Sup.) [Hereafter no gauger [internal revenue] shall receive a greater compensation than six dollars per day.] March 3, 1875. 18 Stat, L., 343. Post-office mon ey-orders; fees for. R. S., § 4032. - not to be issued for more than $50. R. S., § 4032. Gaugers’ compensation. R. S., Ó 3157. ch. 329, § 1, par. 4. Bureau of Sta 1874, June 20, ch. 328, § 1, par. 9. Superseded by 1878, June 19, [Par. 3.] It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Bureau of Statistics to gather, collate, and annually report to the Secretary of the tistics to gather facts relating to Treasury, for transmission to Congress, statistics and facts relating to railroads, &c., and commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, the rail- to publish reports road systems of this and other countries, the construction and opera- quarterly. tion of railroads, the actual cost of such construction and operation of R. S., § 339. railroads, the actual cost of transporting freights and passengers on railroads, and on canals, rivers, and other navigable waters of the United States, the charges imposed for such transportation of freight and passengers, and the tonnage transported; and the reports now by law required to be prepared and published monthly in the said Bureau of Statistics shall hereafter be prepared and published quarterly, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. unteers not to have [Par. 4.] That so much of the act entitled (1) "An act to incorporate National Home a National Military and Naval Asylum for the relief of totally disabled for Disabled Volofficers and men of the volunteer forces of the United States", approved fines and forfeitMarch third, eighteen hundred and sixty five, and of all acts amendatory ures of soldiers as thereof, as provides "that for the establishment and support of said asy- before. lum there shall be appropriated all stoppages or fines adjudged against R. S., § 4831. officers and soldiers by sentence of court-martial or military commission, ch. 182, § 1, Par. 7. 1879, March 3, over and above the amounts necessary for the re-imbursement of the Government or of individuals; all forfeitures on account of desertion from the service; and all moneys due deceased officers and soldiers which now are or may be unclaimed for three years after the death of such officers and soldiers," be, and the same is hereby, repealed, to take effect on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. NOTE.-(1) The provisions of the acts here referred to, 1865, ch. 91, § 5 (13 Stat. L., 510), and 1866, ch. 21, § 5 (14 Stat. L., 10), are incorporated into Revised Statutes in § 4032, noted in the margin. -clerks not to be employed in relation to such fines, &c. -to draw no And from and after April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, no clerk shall be employed or paid in any Department of the Government for services rendered under any provision of said act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, or the acts amendatory thereof. And from and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and sev-. money except enty-five, no money shall be appropriated or drawn for the support and upon annual ap- maintenance of what is now designated by law as the "National Home propriations. for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," except by direct and specific annual appropriations by law. -estimates, and And it shall be the duty of the managers of said home, on or before manner of drawing the first day of August in each year, to furnish, to the Secretary of War, money for. estimates, in detail, for the support of said home for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July thereafter; and the Secretary of War shall annually include such estimates in his estimates for his Depart R. S., § 4828. -accounts and vouchers for to be rendered, audited, &c. Enlisted clerks, General's Office ment. And no moneys shall, after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, be drawn from the Treasury for the use of said home, except in pursuance of quarterly estimates, and upon quarterly requisitions by the managers thereof upon the Secretary of War, based upon such quarterly estimates, for the support of said home for not more than three months next succeeding such requisition. And no money shall be drawn or paid upon any such requisition while any balance heretofore drawn or received by said home, or for its use, from the Treasury, under the laws now or heretofore existing, and now held under investment or otherwise, shall remain unexpended. And the managers of said home shall, at the commencement of each quarter of the year, render to the Secretary of War an account of all their receipts and expenditures for the quarter immediately preceding, with the vouchers for such expenditures; And all such accounts and vouchers shall be authenticated by the officers of said home thereunto duly appointed by said managers, and audited, and allowed, as required by law for the general appropriations and expenditures of the War Department. [Par. 5.] That the Adjutant-General be, and he is hereby, authorized, &c., in Adjutant- with the approval of the Secretary of War, to continue the services of continued for spe- not exceeding sixty-seven enlisted clerks, to be employed in copying the worn out muster-rolls and records, and in examining war-claims, until the said work shall be finished; and of not exceeding sixty-enlisted men to be employed as messengers and watchmen until the records of the Adjutant General's Office can be collected in one safe building: cial purposes. R. S., 169. Grade of third Provided, That the number of enlisted men hereby authorized shall be reduced as soon as their services can be dispensed with without injury to the public service. * * [Par. 6.] That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred assistant examiner and seventy-six, the grade of third assistant examiner in the Patent Office shall cease. in Patent Office abolished. R. S., §§ 169, 476. In Post-Office [Par. 7.] That hereafter no payment shall be made as salaries to clerks Department clerks of class one, two, three, or four in said Department, [Post-Office Depart be paid from ap- ment] out of appropriations made for other purposes; of classes not to propriations for other purposes. R. S., § 167. Estimates for ap- SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the heads of the several Execupropriations to be tive Departments, and of other officers authorized or required to make furnished by Oct. 1, and certain ab- estimates, to furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the stracts to be in- first day of October of each year, their annual estimates for the public cluded in Book of service, to be included in the Book of Estimates prepared by law under R. S., § 414, his direction; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit, as a part 1798, 3660, 3669, of the appendix to the Book of Estimates, such extracts from the an3814, 3822. nual reports of the several heads of Departments and Bureaus as relate 1881, Feb. 23, ch. to estimates for appropriations, and the necessities therefor. [March 3, 73, § 1. 1875.] Estimates. CHAPTER 130. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY CIVIL EXPENSES OF THE GOVERN- Par. 6. Secretary of State may rent, &c., buildings at Peking for legation. Par. 7. Supervising surgeon of marine hospitals to be appointed by President, &c.; his salary. Par. 8. Light-House Board may lease grounds for light-house service at mouth of Saginaw River. Par. 9. Tolls on vessels entering or clearing Thunder Bay River to cease after completion of light-house. Par. 10. Cost of survey of private land claims not required to be paid before issue of patent. Par. 11. Duties of board of police in District of Columbia extended to public squares, &c. Par. 12. Useless ordnance material of Navy may be sold; appropriation to procure new material, &c. Par. 13. Members, &c., of House whose seats are contested not to be omitted from pay-roll. Par. 14. Restriction upon contracts and expenditures for public buildings and sites therefor. 2. Organization and salaries in Treasury Depart Duties of chief clerks transferred to deputy Appointments in Treasury Department to be 3. Force to be employed in office of Treasurer to -in office of Comptroller of the Currency. 6. Uniform time for election of Representatives 8. 9. March 3, 1875. 18 Stat. L., 371. National - bank [Par. 1.] That the national-bank notes shall be printed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and upon the distinctive or notes to be printed special paper which has been, or may hereafter be, adopted by him for on distinctive paprinting United States notes. * [Par. 2.] Provided, That the above-named notes, currency, and other securities of the United States be executed with not less than three plate-printings: per, &c. Bonds, notes, &c., of United States to have three plate-print one to be done pany. R. S., § 3577. And provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have ings. executed one or two of such printings by such responsible and capable and experienced bank-note companies or bank-note engravers as may by bank-note comcontract for the same at the lowest cost to the Government, and at prices not greater than those heretofore paid for the same class of work; no company or establishment executing more than one printing upon the same note or obligation, and the final printing and finishing to be executed in the Treasury Department. * Rate of compen [Par. 3.] That the additional compensation authorized by section four thousand seven hundred and forty-four of the Revised Statutes, to be sation for investipaid to clerks detailed to investigate suspected attempts of fraud upon gating pension frauds. the Government through and by virtue of the pension-laws, shall be the R. S., § 4744. actual and necessary expenses of transportation, and a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding four dollars per diem. * |