PENSIONS—Continued.
allowed to soldiers, &c., in certain cases, al-
though they had engaged in rebellion 298, 310
to engineers in Navy to be according to
relative rank..
given to widows and orphans of those who
were stricken from rolls and died be-
fore restoration
on account of death, wounds, &c., during
late rebellion, when to commence...
rate of arrears of....
rules to be adopted by Commissioner..
requirement that claims for, shall not be
prosecuted after five years from date
of filing, except, &c., repealed......
agents and others not to receive pay for
services in applying for arrears of...
rate of arrearages of invalid, to be graded
from time to time
not to receive pay while under suspen-
sion.....
and policy shops in District of Columbia
prohibited...
on account of disabilities, &c., occurring
permitting house to be used for, prohib-
ited....
after cessation of hostilities and be-
fore mustering out
penalty for officers not appointed by Presi-
dent for giving to or receiving from
other officers money, &c., for politi-
cal purposes...
PORTS (See Collection Districts),
to which the act allowing the immediate
transportation in bond of dutiable
goods applies..... ...202, 545, 551, 598, 615
of entry and delivery at which such goods
may be appraised, &c....
provisions in relation to such merchandise,
entry, transportation, &c.....
in Alabama, Montgomery to be a port of
delivery and to have deputy col-
lector..
in California, port of San Pedro to be called
Wilmington
vessels going to and from, need not report
at San Francisco.
in Michigan, Cheboygan made a port of
delivery instead of Duncan City.
in Mississippi, East Pascagoula to be port
of delivery.
in District of Columbia, regulations of...355-358
aliens who have declared intention to be-
drawback of tax on, when exported....
may be removed from warehouse for export
without payment of tax.....
surveyor to be appointed for..
immediate-transportation act; to what
applicable
in Ohio, Portsmouth made a port of deliv-
in District of Columbia, inspector of, to be
appointed....
ery and added to district of New Or-
regulations in relation to, to be enforced
by health officer
restrictions on, as to sale of stamps, cards,
and envelopes....
not to be issued by national banks.....
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT
Postal Service; Postmaster-General),
weighing of mails to be paid for out of ap-
propriation for inland transportation.
mail lettings in Maryland, Virginia, and
District of Columbia, how advertised.95, 154
in each State and Territory to be post-
ed.
154, 224, 323, 453, 549, 598
temporary mail service, how advertised...
accounts of, how to be kept
limitation of contracts by departments to
supplies for one year not to apply to
mail bags, locks, postal cards, &c...
commissions, postmasters appointed by Pres-
ident to be made and recorded in, &c.
clerks of classes not to be paid from appro-
priations made for other purposes...
to be appointed, one at each military post,
on recommendation of council of
administration, &c.................
not to be accepted for themselves or others
by diplomatic or consular officers, sec-
retaries of legations, &c.....
may detail officers of Navy as superintend-
ents, instructors, &c., at nautical
schools at certain ports...
may appoint commissioner to make inves-
tigation in regard to certain Indian
POTASSA,
chromate and bichromate of, duty on...... 129
PRE-EMPTION,
settlers changing entries from, to home-
to appoint justices of the peace, notaries
public, and commissioners of deeds
for District of Columbia..
....336, 337
clerks and employés at Executive Man-
sion
378
to appoint a Mississippi River commission
to direct and complete surveys of the
river, &c
496
518-522, 617
to appoint a Judge-Advocate-General of
Navy
duties of, in relation to centennial inter-
national exhibition...
registers and receivers of money for land
districts (see Registers; Receivers)....
PRICES-CURRENT,
steads; when may perfect title..299, 325, 348
notices on contests under laws of; how pub-
in case of cancellation of entry claimant to
to be notified...
entries for, on lands granted to railroad
companies may be perfected and
other lands selected by companies ..
entries in limits of land grants prior to no-
tice of withdrawal, &c., confirmed..
claims abandoned on account of decision
of land officers may be renewed
entered after expiration of land grant
deemed valid..
settlers on lands injured by grasshoppers in
certain years may be absent, &c. (see
Grasshoppers)
.42, 121, 212, 213
to be furnished by consular officers to Sec-
retary of Treasury..
at Government Printing Office, pay of
to have pay for certain holidays..
only skilled workmen to be employed....
PRISONERS (See Convicts; Penitentiaries),
convicts to have deduction from sentence
for good behavior...
on discharge to be furnished with clothes
and money.
designation of penitentiaries for, by Attor-
in District of Columbia, where to be con-
lands of Fort Kearney in Nebraska subject
time of payment for lands in Bitterroot Val-
ley, Montana, extended
settlers on public lands in Minnesota al-
lowed further time to make proof
and payment....
26, 491
allowance of prize money to officers serving
as division commanders of fleets and
fleet captains from April, 1861, and
how paid
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