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Senate Journal.

House of Representatives there shall be bound eleven hundred and
twenty-four 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 document-room of the House of Representatives,
three hundred and forty-eight copies; to the Department of State, ten
copies; to the Department of the Interior, four hundred and thirty-
five copies; to the Clerk of the House of Representatives (for govern-
ors of States), one hundred and twenty-three 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, fifteen copies. Of the
unbound Journals of the Senate there shall be printed thirty copies, Unbound copies.
which shall be distributed as follows: To the Secretary of the Senate,
six copies; to the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives,
five copies; to the document-room of the House of Representatives,
five copies; to the Public Printer, four copies; to the fibrary of the
House of Representatives (for file copies), five copies; and to the
library of the Senate, (for file copies), five copies. Of the unbound House Journal.
Journals of the House of Representatives there shall be printed fifty
copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the Secretary of the
Senate, six copies; to the office of the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives, twenty-five copies; to the document-room of the House of
Representatives, five copies; to the Public Printer, four copies; to the
library of the House of Representatives (for file copies), five copies,
and to the library of the Senate (for file copies), five copies.

SEC. 2. That all laws in conflict with this bill are hereby repealed.
Approved, October 19, 1888.

CHAP. 1214.-An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to accept the surrender of and cancel land patents to Indians in certain cases.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept the surrender of and to cancel patents conveying the land therein described and issued to the following-named members of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians, under the treaty of February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, namely:

To Susan F. Brown, dated May twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and described as follows, namely: Lots numbered one and two of section three, in township one hundred and twenty-four north, of range fifty-one west; and the east half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-seven; in township one hundred and twenty-five north, of range fifty west of the fifth principal meridian. in Dakota Territory, containing one hundred and fifty-seven acres.

October 19, 1888.

Acceptance of surfrom Sioux Indians.

render of land patents,

Susan F. Brown.

To Han-ke-du-ta, dated June fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty- Han-ke-du-ta. five, and described as follows, namely: The north half of the southwest quarter of section two and the north half of the northeast quarter of section ten, in township one hundred and twenty-seven north, of range fifty-three west of the fifth principal meridian in Dakota Territory, containing one hundred and sixty acres.

To Wa-ce-hin-gi, dated February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred Wa-ce-hin-gi, and eighty-three, and described as follows, namely: The southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section seventeen, the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty, and the north half of the northeast quarter of section thirty, in township one hundred and twenty-eight north, of range fifty-three west of the fifth principal meridian in Dakota Territory, containing one hundred and sixty acres.

Peter La Belle.

Vol. 24, p. 388.

To Peter La Belle, dated February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and described as follows, namely: The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section one, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section ten, and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section fifteen, in township one hundred and twenty eight north, of range fifty-four west of the fifth principal meridian in Dakota Territory, containing one hundred and sixty

acres.

The same having been surrendered to the United States by the Indians named, who have respectively indorsed thereon their relinquishment of all their right, title, and interest in and to said lands, for the purpose of receiving allotments on said Sisseton and Wahpeton Reservation, Dakota, under the act of February eighth, Allotment of other eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and to allot and patent to said Indians, under the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, such lands as they would be thereby entitled to had no previous patents to them severally been made.

lands.

Indians may surren der patents, and reseveralty.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his ceive allotments in discretion, and whenever for good and sufficient reason he shall consider it to be for the best interest of the Indians, in making allotments under the statute aforesaid, to permit any Indian to whom a patent has been issued for land on the reservation to which such Indian belongs, under treaty or existing law, to surrender such patent with formal relinquishment by such Indian to the United States of all his or her right, title, and interest in the land conveyed thereby, properly indorsed thereon, and to cancel such surrendered patent: Provided, That the Indian so surrendering the same shall make a Selection of other selection, in lieu thereof, of other land and receive patent therefor, under the provisions of the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

Proviso.

land.
Vol. 24, p. 388.

October 19, 1888.

vation, Kans.

To be sold.

Exceptions.

Approved, October 19, 1888.

CHAP. 1215.-An act to provide for the disposal of the Fort Wallace military reservation in Kansas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Fort Wallace Reser- United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the northwest quarter of section nineteen, township thirteen south, range thirty-eight west, and of the northeast quarter of section twentyfour, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, and the east half of the east half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-four, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, included within the limits of the Fort Wallace Reservation, excluding and excepting Right of way to therefrom the right of way heretofore granted to the Union Pacific Railroad Company and excepting so much of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, as may be conveyed to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, under the provisions of section two of this act, be, and is hereby, set apart for town-site purposes, and may be entered by the corporate authorities of the city of Wallace under and subject to the provisions R.S.,sec. 2387, p. 437. and restrictions of section twenty-three hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statues.

Union Pacific Railroad
Company.

Preference to Union Pacific Railroad Com

SEC. 2. That the Union Pacific Railroad Company is hereby granted pany to buy lands oc- the preference right, for the period of three months after the passage. cupied by them. of this act, to purchase such portion of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, as may embrace the improvements thereon of said company, and as may be necessary in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes of said company. All said lands to lie west of the east line of township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, and to

embrace no lands in the actual possession of any settler or purchaser from the Wallace Town Company, and not to consist of over forty acres in all, the purchase price of the same to be thirty dollars per acre; and the Secretary of the Interior shall survey and establish by metes and bounds the exterior limits of said tract.

Price.

Wallace WaterWorks Company giv en preference to buy

certain lands.

Price.

SEC. 3. That the Wallace Water-Works Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Kansas, is hereby granted the preference right, for the period of three months after the appraisement herein provided for, to purchase the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-five, township thirteen south, range thirty-nine west, at such price as may be fixed thereon by the Secretary of the Interior, not less than two dollars and a half per acre; and said Water-Works Company is hereby granted the use of a right of way, not exceeding twenty-five feet in width, for the Right of way. purpose of maintaining the line of pipes now laid and laying and repairing the same hereafter, and connecting said tract of land with the city of Wallace, the same to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 4. That the use of the southeast quarter of the southeast Cemetery. quarter of section twenty, township thirteen south, range thirtyeight west, heretofore set apart by the military authorities of Fort Wallace as a cemetery, is hereby granted to the city of Wallace for cemetery purposes, said grant to continue so long as the said tract is used as a cemetery, and when such use ceases the same shall revert to the Government: Provided, That bodies heretofore interred in said ground shall not be disturbed.

Proviso.

be sold.

SEC. 5. That the northeast quarter of section twenty-nine, town- Buildings at post to ship thirteen south, range thirty-eight west, being that portion of said reservation on which are situated the buildings constituting the Fort Wallace military post, shall be appraised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior and sold at public or private sale, as he may deem to the best advantage of the Government, except that it shall not be sold at less than its appraised price.

der.

R. S., sec. 2301, p. 421.
Proviso.

chaser.

SEC. 6. That the remainder of said reservation shall be disposed ofDisposal of remain. under the homestead laws, except the privileges granted by section. twenty-three hundred and one of said homestead laws: Provided, Limit to single purThat the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, limit the quantity of land which may be entered by one entryman, within one mile of the limits of the city of Wallace to a quantity not less than forty acres, and not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres. Approved, October 19, 1888.

CHAP. 1216.-An act supplementary to the act approved February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to fix the day for the meeting of the electors of President and Vice-President, and to provide for and regu late the counting of the votes for President and Vice-President, and the decision of questions arising thereon."

October 19, 1268.

Counting electoral
vote for President.
R. S., Title III.
Vol. 24, p. 373.
Forwarding certifi-

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the certificates and lists of votes for President and Vice-President of the United States, mentioned in chapter one of title three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and in the act to which this is a sup- cate and list of votes. plement, shall be forwarded, in the manner therein provided, to the President of the Senate forthwith after the second Monday in January, on which the electors shall give their votes.

SEC. 2. That section one hundred and forty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby so amended as to read as follows:

R. S., sec. 141, p. 23. amended.

Sending for certifi cate from district

"SEC. 141. Whenever a certificate of votes from any State has not been received at the seat of Government on the fourth Monday judge.

of the month of January in which their meeting shall have been held, the Secretary of State shall send a special messenger to the district judge in whose custody one certificate of the votes from that State has been lodged, and such judge shall forthwith transmit that list to the seat of Government."

Approved, October 19, 1888.

October 19, 1888.

Bay, Cal.

CHAP. 1217.-An act for establishing a light house and fog signal on Roe Island, Suisun Bay. California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Roe Island, Suisun United States of America in Congress assembled, That a light house Light-house, etc., and fog signal be established on Roe Island Suisun Bay, California, at a cost not to exceed ten thousand dollars Approved, October 19, 1888.

established on.

October 19, 1888.

New Jersey.

CHAP. 1218.—An act for the erection of a light house at or near a point about midway between Barnegat and Navesink lights, in the State of New Jersey.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a light-house Light-house estab- be established on the Atlantic Coast, at or near a point about midway between Barnegat and Navesink lights, in New Jersey, at a cost not to exceed twenty thousand dollars.

lished on coast of.

October 19, 1888.

Hog Island, Va.

light-house to be built.

Approved, October 19, 1888.

CHAP. 1219.—An act to facilitate the transportation of life saving and lighthouse supplies at Hog Island Virginia

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be erected Wharf and road to at the landing near the Hog Island Light-house, in Virginia, a wharf, and that a road from the same to the said light-house and life saving station be built, to facilitate the transportation of supplies: Provided, That the same shall not cost more than five thousand dollars. Approved, October 19, 1888.

October 19, 1888.

CHAP. 1220.-An act for establishing a light off Pamlico Point, North Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Pamlico Point, N. C. United States of America in Congress assembled, That a screw-pile light-house be established on the shoal at or near Pamlico Point, entrance to Pamlico River, Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina at a cost not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, to replace the present light on the shore at Pamlico Point.

Light-house estab lished at.

Approved, October 19, 1888.

October 19, 1888.

Gull Shoal, N. C.

Light-house, etc., established at.

CHAP. 1221.-An act for the establishment of a light house and fog-signal at or near Gull Shoal, Pamlico Sound North Carolina

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a light-house and fog-signal be established at or near Gull Shoal Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, at a cost not to exceed thirty thousand dollars. Approved, October 19, 1888.

CHAP. 1222.-An act making an appropriation for the enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act.

October 19, 1888.

Chinese exclusion.
Appropriation for

Ante, p. 504.

Vol. 22, p. 59.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the act approved Oc- expenses. tober first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "An act a supplement to an act entitled 'An act to execute certain Treaty Stipulations Relating to Chinese,"" approved the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and to defray the expenses which may be incurred in the enforcement of said act by the Secretary of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eightynine, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, October 19, 1888.

CHAP. 1223.-An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to rent a suitable building in the city of Washington to be used as a Mail Bag Repair Shop, and for other purposes.

October 19, 1888.

Postmaster - General

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmas- Mail-bag repair shop, ter-General be and he is hereby authorized to rent for a term until Washington, D. C. July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, a suitable building to rent building for. in the City of Washington for the purpose of being used as a Mail Bag Repair Shop and for the storage of the supplies used by the Post-Office Department in supplying post-offices, at a rental not exceeding the rate of three thousand dollars per annum.

And for the purpose of providing for the expenses incidental to the occupancy of such building and for the proper performance of the work therein, until July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the following sums are hereby appropriated, payable out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated;

For rent three thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary; for two watchmen at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; one laborer at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum; one charwoman at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum; for gas two hundred and fifty dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary and for fuel five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in all, six thousand and ninety dollars.

Approved, October 19, 1888.

Appropriation for rent and expenses.

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