pension. Continuance of sus. And the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed shall continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, and their cargoes, shall be continued in the said ports of the Island of Guadeloupe and no longer . In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and -- (SEAL.] eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twelfth. GROVER CLEVELAND. Secretary of State. No. 7. A PROCLAMATION · BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES November 1, 1888. Constant thanksgiving are due from the American People to Al mighty God for His goodness and mercy which have followed them Thursday, November since the day He made them a Nation and vouchsafed to them a free :29, 1888, set apart as Government. With loving kindness He has constantly led us in the Thanksgiving Day. way of prosperity and greatness. He has not visited with swift pun. ishment our shortcomings, but with gracious care He has warned us of our dependence upon His forbearance and has taught us that obedience to His holy law is the price of a continuance of His precious gifts. In acknowledgment of all that God has done for us as a Nation, and to the end that on an appointed day, the united prayers and praise, of a grateful country may reach the Throne of Grace, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of November instant, as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, to be kept and observed throughout the Land. On that day let all our people suspend their ordinary work and occupations, and in their accustomed places of Worship, with prayer and songs of praise, render thanks to God for all His mercies, for the abundant harvests which have rewarded the toil of the husbandman during the year that has passed, and for the rich rewards that have followed the labors of our people in their shops and their marts of trade and traffic. Let us give thanks for peace and for social order and contentment within our borders, and for our advancement in all that adds to National greatness. . And mindful of the afflictive dispensation with which a portion of our land has been visited, let us, while we humble ourselves before the power of God, acknowledge His mercy in setting bounds to the deadly march of pestilence, and let our hearts be chastened by sympathy with our fellow countrymen who have suffered and who mourn. And as we return thanks for all the blessings which we have received from the hands of our Heavenly Father, let us not forget that He has enjoined upon us charity; and on this day of thanksgiving let us generously remember the poor and needy, so that our tribute of praise and gratitude may be acceptable in the sight of the Lord. Done at the City of Washington on the First day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and in the year of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirteenth. In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and [SEAL.]. caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. GROVER CLEVELAND. By the President: T. F. BAYARD, Secretary of State. No. 8. BY TIIE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. ite, March 4, 1009. Whereas public interests require that the Senate should be con- February 26, 1889. vened at twelve o'clock on the fourth day of March next, to receive Preamble. such communications as may be made by the Executive. Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, Special session of the do hereby proclaim and, declare that an extraordinary occasion re- Sedate, ma quires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol in the city of Washington, on the fourth day of March next, at twelve o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Wash ington the twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our (SEAL.) Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and GROVER CLEVELAND. T. F. BAYARD, Secretary of State. INDEX Page. 13151 ....... 574 367 ing:.. 47 550 550 550 550 Page. appropriation for clerks, etc.; assign- ment......... ..........279, 728 deficiency appropriation for extra pay to employees......oni.... deficiency appropriation for reimbursing 1064 923 Admire, Squire, pension. 1051 appropriation for preventing manufacture and sale of ....... 955 manufacture of injurious or adulterated articles of food, drugs, etc., prohib- ited ................ 349 penalty............ 550 . adulterating quality of drugs............ 550 penalty... 550 parties......... quality asked for, prohibited...... penalty....::::..... 550 550 sale of compounds not of ingredients de- manded forbidden penalty ............ notice of mixture to avoid penalty. subtracting from quality of food pro- hibited ; penalty ................. defendant to prove exception...... articles purchased with a written guar- 551 punishment for forging, etc., warranty.. 551 for false warranty label, etc............. 551 analysis of suspected articles........... 551 ......... penalty for refusing to sell to health offi- cer, etc........ 551 definition of “ food” and “drug"....... 551 .......... 551 publication of list of exempt articles.... 551 ........ 1290 Agard, Delilah (widowo), pension ......... .......... 1045 appropriation for improvement of harbor 41 1194 Age of Consent, in'females increased to sixteen years.... 658 appropriation for..... ....... deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses ........ ........ 66 .:: Agents, Indian, deficiency appropriation for.............66,599 Alabama, 1060 1489 19 550 1231 anty ................................. 1140 1027 ............ ..............481,826 32 .....57, 926 etc................. 187 630 659 621 Page. Page. Agricultural Department—Continued. appropriation for postage ..............333, 840 for printing and binding..............548, 979 for representation at Cincinnati Exposi- 176 .. 160 deficiency appropriation for printing and 841 binding ..... for improvement of grounds.......... for experimental gardens.......... ... 581 for silk culture... .581, 923 for entomological division.. 581 582 for pay of Secretary .......... 923 923 IR for division of ornithology and mam- malogy ...... 923 328 8 for advertising..................... 923 reports of consuls on agriculture to be 186 name of Ladies' Silk Culture Society of California corrected...... 187 to be an Executive Department ....... appointment of Secretary ...... 659 general provisions applicable to ..... 659 appointment of Assistant Secretary.... 659 salaries............ 656 328 659 Ahnapee, Wis., ........ 1189 .329, 836 Aiken, Josiah B., appropriation for consul at.............252, 702 etc..............................330, 836 appropriation, two and three per cent. fund ................... ... .... sale ........ payment of judgment of Court of Claims to 59 .....330,836 "Alabama," deficiency appropriation for officers and men of Kearsarge for destroying.. lege of, relief of......... ..... 1060. pany, ery, Ala....... 378 may bridge Flint and Chattahoochee Alabama River, Ala., .........332, 838 construction of bridge across, authorized, at Montgomery, Ala..... .......332, 838 | Alabama, Southern District, the judge ............................. appropriation for survey, of............. appropriation for salaries, government in, 276.726 for survey of coast of................515, 946 etc......... ..... ..........333, 839 |