Lost clothing. Bounty. enlistment. Mileage. Claims certified by Sixth Auditor. Vol. 22, p. 487. Vol. 18, p. 110. Vol. 23, p. 254. Postmasters' sala ries. Vol. 22, p. 600. Postal revenues. Claims certified by accounting officers. Vol. 18, p. 110. Vol. 23, p. 254. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteen hundred and eighty-six and prior years, for the payment of the claim set forth in Senate Executive Document, Number Two Hundred and Sixty-nine, Fiftieth Congress, first session, two hundred and eightyeight dollars. For indemnity for lost clothing, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-s:x, one hundred and twenty dollars. For enlistment bounties to seamen, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, nine hundred and eighty-one dollars and forty-five cents. For the payment of claims for difference between actual expenses and mileage allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham versus the United States, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. SEC. 6. That for the payment of the claims certified to be due by the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department under the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, or under appropriations the balance of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six and prior years, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in Senate Executive Document Number Two Hundred and Fifty-three, Fiftieth Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows: For compensation of postmasters readjusted under act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, payable from deficiency in postal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-six and prior years, seventy-seven thousand and thirty-eight dollars and forty-two cents. For deficiency in postal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-six and prior years, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one dollars and twenty cents. SEC. 7. That for the payment of the following claims certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six and prior years, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Number four hundred and fifty-five Fiftieth Congress first session there is appropriated as follows: War Department WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER. claims allowed by Sec ond Auditor and Sec ond Comptroller. Pay, volunteers. Bounty. Vol. 14, p. 322. Pay, Army. For pay of two and three year volunteers, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and eight dollars and fifteen cents. For bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, twenty thousand and sixty-nine dollars and forty-six cents. For bounty, act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixtysix, eighteen hundred and eighty, and prior years, four thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-nine cents. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eightysix, and prior years, three hundred and sixty-nine dollars and forty seven cents. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eightyseven, six hundred and six dollars and twenty cents. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eightyeight, two hundred and twenty-five dollars and seventy-five cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE Interior Department claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller. For pay of Indian agents, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and Indian agents. prior years, two hundred and six dollars and seventy-five cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD War Department claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, eighteen hundred Transportation. and eighty-six and prior years, sixty-four dollars and eighty-one cents. For regular supplies, Quartermaster's Department, eighteen hun- Quartermasters dred and eighty-six and prior years, fifty-nine dollars and twenty- supplies. five cents. For incidental expenses, Quartermaster's Department, eighteen Incidental expenses. hundred and eighty-six and prior years, one hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-two cents. For clothing and camp and garrison equipage, eighteen hundred Clothing, camp and and eighty-six and prior years, eighty-eight cents. garrison equipage. Fifty per cent. of grant roads. For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain land-grant railroads, eighteen hundred and eighty-six and prior years, transportation to landfive dollars and sixty-eight cents. For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States and to soldiers on furlough, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, four hundred and thirty-five dollars. For contingencies of fortifications, forty-nine dollars and thirtythree cents. For pay, transportation, services and supplies of Oregon and Washington volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, twenty-three dollars and sixty-seven cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, five thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars and sixteen cents. NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE Commutation of ra tions, prisoners of war. Fortifications. Oregon and Wash"Pay, etc. ington volunteers. Horses, etc., claims. Navy Department claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller. For pay of the Navy, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and Pay, Navy. eighty-six, eighteen thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight dollars and forty cents. For pay, Marine Corps, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, eleven dollars and forty cents. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and prior years, two thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and ninety-three cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one hundred dollars. For the payment of claims for difference between actual expenses and mileage allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case Graham versus the United States one hundred ⚫ and thirty-five dollars and fifty cents. Approved, October 19, 1888. Pay, Marine Corps. Bureau Provisions and Clothing. Bounty, enlistment. Mileage claims. October 19, 1888. Cherokee freedmen. Vol. 22, p. 624. CHAP. 1211.-An act to secure to the Cherokee freedmen and others their proportion of certain proceeds of lands, under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three. Whereas it is provided in the ninth article of the treaty of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, between the United States and the Cherokee Nation of Indians, that freedmen who have been liberated by voluntary act of their former owners, or by law, as well as all free colored persons who were in the (Cherokee) country at the commencement of the rebellion, and were then residents therein, or who might return within six months, and their descendants, shall have all the rights of native Cherokees; and, Whereas by the fifteenth article of the aforesaid treaty certain terms were provided under which friendly Indians might be settled upon unoccupied lands in the Cherokee country east of the ninetysixth degree of west longitude; and the Indians thus settled were, upon full compliance with the provisions of said article, to be incorporated into and ever after remain a part of the Cherokee Nation, on equal terms in every respect with native citizens; and, Whereas under the provisions of the aforesaid fifteenth article an agreement was entered into between the Cherokee Nation and the Delaware tribe of Indians, on the eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, which agreement was approved, respectively, by the Secretary of the Interior and the President of the United States on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and by the terms of which the Delaware Indians "became members of the Cherokee Nation, with the same rights and immunities and the same participation (and no other) in the national funds as native Cherokees;" and Whereas under the provisions of the aforesaid fifteenth article an agreement was entered into between the Cherokee Nation and the Shawnee tribe of Indians, on the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior and the President of the United States, respectively, on the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, by the terms of which the Shawnee Indians were incorporated into and became a part of the Cherokee Nation on equal terms in every respect, and with all the privileges and immunities of native citizens of the Cherokee Nation; and Whereas it is provided by the sixth article of the aforesaid treaty that all laws of the Cherokee Nation shall be uniform throughout said nation; and Whereas by an item in the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars was "appropriated, to be paid into the treasury of the Cherokee Nation, out of the funds due under appraisement for Cherokee lands west of the Arkansas River, which sum shall be expended as the acts of the Cherokee legislature direct;" and Whereas by an act of the Cherokee legislature, which was passed over the veto of the principal chief and became a law on the nineteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the principal chief was directed to cause the said sum of three hundred thousand dollars to be paid out per capita to the citizens of the Cherokee Nation by blood and which sum has been paid out only to Cherokee citizens by blood, as directed by said act; and Whereas by the said act of the Cherokee legislature the aforesaid freedmen, Delaware and Shawnee Indians have been deprived of their legal and just dues guaranteed them by treaty stipulations: Therefore, Distribution. Delawares. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Appropriation for United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and freedmen and others hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- in Cherokee Nation. wise appropriated, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of this act; and the amount actually expended shall be charged against the Cherokee Nation, on account of its lands west of the Arkansas River, and shall be a lien on said lands, and which shall be deducted from any payment hereafter made on account of said lands. The said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be by the Secretary of the Interior distributed per capita, first, among such freedmen and their descendants as are mentioned in the ninth arti- Freedmen, etc. cle of the treaty of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, between the United States and the Cherokee Nation of Indians; second, among the Delaware tribe of Indians incorporated into the Cherokee Nation by the terms of a certain agreement entered into between said Cherokee Nation and Delaware Indians, under the provisions of the fifteenth article of the aforesaid treaty, on the eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and approved, respectively, by the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Interior on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; and, third, among the Shawnee tribe of Indians incorporated into the Cherokee Nation by the terms of a certain agreement entered into between the said Cherokee Nation and Shawnee Indians, under the provisions of the aforesaid article and treaty, on the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and approved, respectively, by the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Interior on the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in such manner and in such amount or amounts as will equalize the per capita payment made to Cherokees by blood in accordance with the act of the Cherokee legislature aforesaid, out of the sum of three hundred thousand dollars appropriated by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, aforesaid. Approved, October 19, 1888. Shawnees. Vol. 22, p. 624. CHAP. 1212.-An act granting the right of way for the construction of a railroad through the Hot Springs Reservation, State of Arkansas. October 19, 1888. wayCompany granted tion, Ark. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right of Mountain View Railway is hereby granted to the Mountain View Railway Company, of right of way through Hot Springs, Arkansas, incorporated under the laws of the State of Hot Springs ReservaArkansas, beginning at such point east of the line of the bath-houses, between the Army and Navy Hospital and the Arlington Hotel as the Secretary of the Interior may approve, thence by the most eligible route to the east line of Hot Springs Mountain, thence westerly down North Mountain and West Mountain to the west line of reservation. Width. Flow of water not to SEC. 2. That the right of way hereby granted shall not exceed thirty feet in width, and no part of the right of way herein granted be obstructed. shall in any way interfere with or obstruct the full flow of the hot waters, or be so located as to cause the United States Government, or any citizen thereof, any expense of any kind or character, save and except the projectors of said road, its heirs and assigns. Not to interfere with SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the United States Government's superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation to see that said rail- pipes, etc. way, to be constructed under this act, shall not obstruct or in any manner interfere with the springs, hot-water pipes, roads or paths now existing or contemplated to be located upon said reservation, but STAT L-VOL XXV-39 Municipal rights unaffected. Observatories. Construction. it shall be made safe and secure for the pleasure, comfort, and edification of the patrons of the same, and used for the conveyance of passengers only. SEC. 4. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to abridge the right of the city government of Hot Springs to control and regulate the privileges of the Mountain View Railway where the same may cross Central avenue in said city. SEC. 5. That the Mountain View Railway Company shall have the right to construct observatories at different eligible locations in the vicinity of the right of way hereby granted, at such points as the Secretary of the Interior may approve. SEC. 6. That said observatories shall not exceed thirty feet square at foundation, and to be built in good and safe manner, and that no timber shall be cut upon the mountain, or earth or rock blasted or removed, or the surface of the ground in any way defaced, except upon the actual roadbed of the said way, and no blasting shall be done on Hot Springs Mountain except as authorized by the Secretary of the Interior; and that the right of way hereby granted shall be used for the purposes herein mentioned and none other: Provided, That this ernment not abridged. grant shall not be construed to abridge the authority of the Secretary of the Interior over the portion of the reservation included in the right of way. Proviso. Authority of Gov Map to be filed with Secretary of the Interior. Completion. Forfeiture. Amendment. SEC. 7. That said company shall cause a map showing the proposed route of its line through the reservation to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior before any grading or construction on any part of the line shall be begun, and the right of way shall be lost and forfeited unless the road is completed and in running order within three years after the passage of this act: Provided, That this condition as to construction within three years shall be construed as a condition precedent to the grant herein made and in case of failure to so complete said road as provided, such failure shall, of itself work a forfeiture of all rights hereunder. SEC. 8. That the company or its assignees to whom this right of way is granted, shall annually pay to the Government of the United States for the improvement of the permanent reservation at Hot Springs, Arkansas, three per centum of its gross earnings. And Congress hereby reserves the right to at any time amend, add to, alter, or repeal this act. Approved, October 19, 1888. October 19, 1888. Journals.. CHAP. 1213.-An act to fix the number of unbound and bound Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, and to provide for their distribution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be Senate and House. printed of the Journals of the Senate, one thousand and fifty-five copies, and of the Journals of the House of Representatives, one thousand one hundred and seventy-four copies. Distribution of bound copies. Senate Journal. House Journal. Of the Senate Journals there shall be bound one thousand and twenty-five copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the office of the Secretary of the Senate, seventy-eight copies; to the Senate library, thirty-six copies; to the Senate document-room, twenty-five copies; to the Senate folding-room, forty-three copies; to the House document-room, three hundred and thirty-seven copies; to the Department of State, ten copies; to the Department of the Interior, four hundred and thirty-five copies; to the Library of Congress, fifty-two copies; to the Court of Claims, two copies, and to the library of the House of Representatives, seven copies. Of the Journals of the |