For Fort Hamilton and additional batteries, New York Harbor, New York, ten thousand dollars.

For Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York Harbor, five thou sand dollars.

For fort on the site of Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, New York Harbor, New York, twenty thousand dollars.

For Battery Hudson, New York Harbor, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.

For battery at Finn's Point, Delaware River, New Jersey, twentyfive thousand dollars.

For fort opposite Fort Delaware, Delaware River, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For Fort Mifflin, Delaware River, Pennsylvania, twenty-five thousand dollars. For Fort McHenry, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, twenty thousand dollars.

For Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars.

For Fort Pulaski, Savannah River, Georgia, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For Fort Taylor and batteries, Key West, Florida, fifteen thousand dollars.

For Fort Jackson, Mississippi River, Louisiana, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For Fort Pickens, Pensacola Harbor, Florida, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi River, Louisiana, twenty-five thou sand dollars.

For Fort Morgan, entrance to Mobile Bay, Alabama, twenty-five thou sand dollars.

For fort at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco Harbor, California, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For fort at Lime Point, San Francisco Harbor, California, twenty thousand dollars.

For fort on Alcatraz Island, harbor of San Francisco, California, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For torpedoes for harbor defenses, and preservation of the same, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the money herein appropriated for torpedoes shall only be used in the establishment and maintenance of torpedoes to be operated from shore-stations for the destruction of an enemy's vessel approaching the shore or entering the channel and fairways of harbors.

For contingencies of fortifications, seventy-five thousand dollars. For surveys and reconnaissances for sea-coast defenses, thirty thousand dollars.

Approved, February 10, 1875.

CHAP. 40.—An act to provide for the relief of persons suffering from the ravages of grasshoppers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to direct the issue, through the proper officers of the Army temporarily, of supplies of food and disused Army clothing sufficient to prevent starvation and suffering and extreme want to any and all destitute and helpless persons living on the western frontier, who have been rendered so destitute and helpless by ravages of grasshoppers during the summer last past, and to report to Congress such issue of food and clothing. And the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is

hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. That this act shall expire on the first day of September, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.

Approved, February 10, 1875.

act.

Expiration of

CHAP. 41.-An act to amend section two thousand three hundred and twenty-four of the revised statutes, relating to the development of the mining-resources of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section two thousand three hundred and twenty-four of the revised statutes, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that where a person or company has or may run a tunnel for the purposes of developing a lode or lodes, owned by said person or company, the money so expended in said tunnel shall be taken and considered as expended on said lode or lodes, whether located prior to or since the passage of said act; and such person or pany shall not be required to perform work on the surface of said lode or lodes in order to hold the same as required by said act. Approved, February 11, 1875.

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CHAP. 76.—An act to amend the act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes," approved June twentythird, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to the clause of said act relating to the engraving and printing of the plates illustrating the report of the geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the one hundredth meridian the following words: and "that two thousand copies of the report shall be printed by the Congressional Printer," after substituting the word "dollars" in lieu of the concluding word of said clause.

Approved, February 15, 1875.

CHAP. 77.—An act to facilitate the disposition of cases in the Supreme Court of the
United States, and for other purposes.

Separate finding of facts and conadmiralty cases' in circuit court.

clusions of law, in

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit courts of the United States, in deciding causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction on the instance side of the court, shall find the facts and the conclusions of law upon which it renders its judgments or decrees, and shall state the facts and conclusions of law separately. And in finding the facts, as before provided, said court may, upon the consent of the parties who shall have appeared and put any matter of fact in issue, and subject to such general rules in the premises as shall be made and provided from time to time, impanel a jury of not less than five and not more than twelve persons, to whom shall be submitted the issues of fact by consent. in such cause, under the direction of the court, as in cases at common law. And the finding of such jury, unless set aside for lawful cause, shall be entered of record, and stand as the finding of the court, upon which judgment shall be entered according to law. The review of the judgments and decrees entered upon such findings by the Supreme preme Court; how Court, upon appeal, shall be limited to a determination of the questions

Jury impaneled

Finding of jury.

Review by Su

limited.

Jury in patent cases heard in equity by circuit

court.

Value of matter

in dispute, necessary for review in Supreme Court.

When act to take effect.

of law arising upon the record, and to such rulings of the circuit court, excepted to at the time, as may be presented by a bill of exceptions, prepared as in actions at law.

SEC. 2. That said courts, when sitting in equity for the trial of patent. causes, may impanel a jury of not less than five and not more than twelve persons, subject to such general rules in the premises as may, from time to time, be made by the Supreme Court, and submit to them such questions of fact arising in such cause as such circuit court shall deem expedient; and the verdict of such jury shall be treated and proceeded upon in the same manner and with the same effect as in the case of issues sent from chancery to a court of law and returned with such findings.

SEC. 3. That whenever, by the laws now in force, it is required that the matter in dispute shall exceed the sum or value of two thousand dollars, exclusive of costs, in order that the judgments and decrees of the circuit courts of the United States may be re-examined in the Supreme Court, such judgments and decrees hereafter rendered shall not be re-examined in the Supreme Court unless the matter in dispute shall exceed the sum or value of five thousand dollars, exclusive of costs. SEC. 4. That this act shall take effect on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.

Approved, February 16, 1875.

Feb. 17, 1875.

Appropriation.

Contingent fund of House of Repre

sentatives.

CHAP. 78.—An act to make an appropriation to the contingent fund of the House of
Representatives.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars; the same to be added to the contingent fund of the House of Representatives.

Approved, February 17, 1875.

Feb. 18, 1875.

Amendment

of

CHAP. 80.-An act to correct errors and to supply omissions in the Revised Statutes of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of correctRevised Statutes. ing errors and supplying omissions in the act entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes of the United States in force on the first day of December, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three," so as to make the same truly express such laws, the following amendments are hereby made therein:

R. S., 65, p. 13.

R. S., 67, p. 13.

Section sixty-five is amended by striking out the whole section and inserting the following: "The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives shall annually advertise, once a week for at least four weeks, in one or more of the principal papers published in the District of Columbia, for sealed proposals for supplying the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, during the next session of Congress with the necessary stationery."

Section sixty-seven is amended by striking out the whole section and inserting the following: "All such proposals shall be kept sealed until the day specified in such advertisement for opening the same, when the same shall be opened in the presence of at least two persons, and the contract shall be given to the lowest bidder, provided he shall give satisfactory security to perform the same, under a forfeiture not exceed. ing double the contract price in case of failure; and in case the lowest bidder shall fail to enter into such contract and give such security, within a time to be fixed in such advertisement, then the contract shall be given to the next lowest bidder, who shall enter into such coutract,

and give such security. And in case of failure by the person entering into such contract to perform the same, he and his sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in such contract, as liquidated damages, to be sued for in the name of the United States."

Section seventy-four is struck out.

Section seventy-nine is amended by striking out, in the second line, the words "no money shall be paid from the Treasury for," and adding, at the end of the section, the words "shall cease."

R. S., 74, p. 14.

R. S., 79, p. 14.

Section two hundred and thirty-nine is amended by striking out, of R. S., 239, p. 39. seventh line, the words "assessors and assistant assessors."

Section two hundred and eighty-four is amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the word "purser ", and inserting "paymaster." Chapter four of title seven is amended by adding, after section three hundred, the following sections:

SEC. 300. A. "All claims of loyal citizens in States not in rebellion, for quartermaster's stores actually furnished to the Army of the United States, and receipted for by the proper officer receiving the same, or which may have been taken by such officers without giving such receipt, may be submitted to the Quartermaster-General of the United States, accompanied with such proofs as each claimant can present of the facts in his case; and it shall be the duty of the Quartermaster-General to cause such claim to be examined, and if convinced that it is just, and of the loyalty of the claimant, and that the stores have been actually received or taken for the use of, and used by the Army, then to report each case to the Third Auditor of the Treasury, with a recommendation for settlement.

R. S., 284, p. 47.

R. S., Title 7, e. 4,

p. 49.

R. S., Title 7, c.

SEC. 300. B. All claims of loyal citizens in States not in rebellion for subsistence actually furnished to the Army and receipted for by the 4, p. 49. proper officer receiving the same, or which may have been taken by such officers without giving such receipt, may be submitted to the Commissary-General of Subsistence, accompanied by such proof as each claimant may have to offer; and it shall be the duty of the Commissary-General of Subsistence to cause each claim to be examined, and if convinced that it is just, and of the loyalty of the claimant, and that the stores have actually been received, or taken for the use of, and used by the Army, then to report each case for payment to the Third Auditor of the Treasury with a recommendation for settlement.

The provisions of the above two sections shall extend to the State of Tennessee, and to the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson in the State of West Virginia. But the provisions of the above two sections shall not authorize the payment of claims for the occupation of, or injury to, real estate in any State declared in insurrection during the rebellion."

Section three hundred and thirty is amended by adding thereto the following: "A description of the seal, with an impression thereof, and a certificate of approval by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State."

Section three hundred and thirty-three is amended by inserting, after the word "Congress", in the second line, the words "at the commencement of its session."

Section four hundred and fifty-three is amended by striking out in the fifth line the word "agents", and inserting the word "grants".

Section five hundred and forty-one is amended by inserting, in the fourth line, after the word "north", the words "and west."

R. S., 330, p. 54.

R. S., 333, p. 54.

R. S., 453, p. 76.

R. S., 541, p. 90.

R. S., 563, par. 8,

Section five hundred and sixty-three is amended by adding to paragraph eight the following words: "And shall have original and exclu- p. 94. sive cognizance of all prizes brought into the United States, except as provided in paragraph six of section six hundred and twenty-nine." Also, by striking out of line two, of the ninth paragraph, the words "seventy-six", and inserting the word "eight."

Section five hundred and ninety is amended by striking out, in the first line, the word "circuit", and inserting the word "district."

R. S., 563, par. 9,

p. 95.

R. S., 590, p. 103.

R. S., 629, par.

11., p. 111.

R. S., 709, p. 122.

Ibid, par. 2, p.132.

R. S., 711, p. 135.

R. S., 735, p. 139.

R. S., 846, p. 159.

R. S., 1007, p. 188.

R. S., 1011, p. 188.
R.S., 1059, p. 196.

R. S., 1342, art. 28, p. 232.

Ib., art. 82, p. 237.

R. S., 1842, p. 327.

R. S., 2146, p. 376.

R. S., 2169, p. 382.

R. S., 2504, p. 465.

R. S., 2527, p. 500.

R. S., 2531, p. 501.

R. S., 2711, p. 534.

R. S., 2720, p. 536.

Section six hundred and twenty-nine is amended by striking out, in the first line of paragraph eleven, the words "or against".

Section seven hundred and nine is amended by striking out all after the words United States," in sixteenth line, to the end of the first paragraph.

Also, by striking out the word "re-affirm," in the first line of the second paragraph.

Section seven hundred and eleven is amended by striking out the eighth paragraph.

Section seven hundred and thirty-five is amended by striking out of the second line the words "as prize".

Section eight hundred and forty-six is amended by adding thereto as follows: "That where the ministerial officers of the United States have or shall incur extraordinary expense in executing the laws thereof, the payment of which is not specifically provided for, the President of the United States is authorized to allow the payment thereof under the special taxation of the district or circuit court of the district in which the said services have been or shall be rendered, to be paid from the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the judiciary."

Section one thousand and seven is amended by striking out, in the last line, the words, "the said term of sixty", and inserting the word "ten ".

Section one thousand and eleven is amended by striking out, in the second line, the word "and", and inserting the word "any."

Section one thousand and fifty-nine is amended by adding to the fourth paragraph the following additional proviso: "Provided also, That the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims shall not extend to any claim against the United States growing out of the destruction or appropriation of, or damage to, property by the Army or Navy engaged in the suppression of the rebellion."

Section one thousand three hundred and forty-two is amended by striking out, in the third line of the thirty-eighth article, the word "corporal"; and also, by adding to said article thirty-eighth, the following words: "No court-martial shall sentence any soldier to be branded, marked, or tattooed”.

The same section is also amended, in the third line of article eightytwo, by striking out the words, "ninety-five", and inserting the word "eighty."

Section one thousand eight hundred and forty-two is amended by adding thereto the following proviso: "Provided, That so much of this section as provides for making any bill passed by the legislative assembly of a Territory a law, without the approval of the governor, shall not apply to the Territories of Utah and Arizona."

Section two thousand one hundred and forty-six is amended by adding, at the end of the first line, the following words: "crimes committed by one Indian against the person or property of another Indian, nor to."

Section two thousand one hundred and sixty-nine is amended by inserting, in the first line, after the word "aliens", the words "being free white persons, and to aliens."

Section two thousand five hundred and four is amended by inserting the word "not" before the word "exceeding", in the second line from . top of page four hundred and sixty-five.

Section two thousand five hundred and twenty-seven is amended by inserting, in the third line of the ninth paragraph, after the word "ninety", the word "nine".

Section two thousand five hundred and thirty-one is amended by inserting, in the fifth line of the first paragraph, after the word "county," the words "as the same existed".

Section two thousand seven hundred and eleven is struck out; the ports of Pacific City and Milwaukee having been abolished.

Section two thousand seven hundred and thirty is amended by inserting, at the end of the first line, the word "Pittsburgh."