Total rate for any one year. hundred dollars for any one year; for the consul-general at Mexico, and for the consuls at Beirut, Naples, Stuttgart, Florence, Mannheim, Prague, Zurich, Panama, and Demerara, each a sum not exceeding the rate of six hundred dollars for any one year: Provided, That the total sum expended in any one year shall not exceed the amount herein appropriated. [February 24, 1881.] CHAPTER 79. Feb. 24, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 346. Lieutenant-Gen AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ARMY FOR THE FISCAL [Par. 1.] That the allowance for commutation of quarters to the Lieueral of Army to tenant-General of the Army shall be one hundred dollars per month. have $100 a month for commutation of quarters. R. S., § 1270. 1877, Feb. 27, ch. 69, par. 35. 1878, June 18, ch. 263, § 9. 1879, June 23, ch. 35, § 1, par. 2. In issue of forage, * [Par. 2.] That to the cost of all stores and other articles sold to officers and men, except tobacco, as provided for in section eleven hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes, ten per centum shall be added to cover wastage, transportation, and other incidental charges, save that subsistence supplies may be sold to companies, detachments, and hospitals at cost prices, not including cost of transportation, upon the certificate of an officer commanding a company or detachment, or in charge of a hospital, that the supplies are necessary for the exclusive use of such company, detachment, or hospital: And provided further, That the cost price of each article shall be understood in all cases of sales to be the invoice price of the last lot of that article received by the officer by whom the sale is made. [Par. 3.] That there shall be no discrimination in the issue of forage no discrimination against officers serving east of the Mississippi River, provided they are officers east of Mis- required by law to be mounted, and actually keep and own their ani sissippi River. R. S., §§ 1270, 1271. mals. 1877, Feb. 27, ch. [February 24, 1881.] 69, par. 35. CHAPTER 81. Feb. 26, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 351. Boundary line between New York and Connecticut. Agreement. AN ACT CONCERNING SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN NEW YORK AND Boundary line between New York and Connecti- Existing titles to property not affected.. Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the State of New York, and commissioners duly appointed on the part of the State of Connecticut, for the purpose of settling the boundary line between said States, did execute an agreement in the words following, to wit: "Memorandum of agreement by and between the subscribers, commissioners of the States of New York and Connecticut, respectively, to settle the question of the bound aries between said States, being thereunto authorized by the resolutions of said States, respectively, passed by them as hereunto annexed. That is to say, we, Allen C. Beach, secretary of State, Augustus Schoonmaker, attorney-general, and Horatio Seymour, junior, State engineer and surveyor, commissioners of the State of New York; and we, Origen S. Seymour, Lafayette S. Foster, and William T. Minor, commissioners of the State of Connecticut, have agreed, and do hereby agree, to fix, determine, and establish the boundaries between our respective States, subject to the approval and ratification of the legislatures of our respective States, in the following manner: We agree that the boundary on the land constituting the western boundary of Connecticut and the eastern boundary of the State of New York shall be, and is, as the same was defined by monuments erected by commissioners appointed by the legislature of the State of New York, and completed in the year eighteen hundred and sixty; the said boundary line extending from Byram Point, (formerly called Lyons Point) on the south to the line of the State of Massachusetts on the north. And we further agree that the boundary on the sound shall be, and is, as follows: Beginning at a point in the center of the channel about six hundred feet south of the extreme rocks of Byram Point, marked number 0 on appended United States Coast Survey chart; thence running in a true southeast course three and one quarter statute miles; thence in a straight line (the arc of a great circle) northeasterly to a point four statute miles true south of New London Light House; thence northeasterly to a point marked number one on the annexed United States Coast Survey chart of Fisher's Island Sound, which point is on the long east three-quarters north sailing course drawn on said map, and is about one thousand feet northerly from the Hammock or N. Dumpling Light House; thence following the said east three-quarters north sailing course as laid down on said map, easterly to a point marked number two on said map; thence southeasterly toward a point marked number three on said map, so far as said States are coterminus: Lines established. Existing titles to Provided, however, That nothing in the foregoing agreement contained shall be construed to affect existing titles to property, corporeal or incorporeal, held under grants property not affected. heretofore made by either of said States, nor to affect existing rights which said States, or either of them, or which the citizens of either of said States, may have by grant, letters patent, or prescription of fishing in the waters of said sound, whether for shell or floating fish, irrespective of the boundary line hereby established, it not being the purpose of this agreement to define, limit, or interfere with any such right, rights, or privileges, whatever the same may be. "In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand to this instrument, and to a duplicate thereof, December eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. [Signed by the parties. *] and * Whereas said agreement has been confirmed by the legislatures of said States of New York and Connecticut respectively: Therefore, Be it enacted, &c., That the consent of the Congress of the United States be, and hereby is, given to said agreement, and to each and ev[e]ry part thereof; and the boundaries established by said agreement are hereby approved: Consent of Congress given and boundaries approved. Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed saving rights of to impair or in any manner to affect any right of the United States or United States, &c. jurisdiction of its courts in and over the islands or waters which form the subject of said agreement. [February 26, 1881.] CHAPTER 82. AN ACT DEFINING THE VERIFICATION OF RETURNS OF NATIONAL BANKS. Reports of national banks may be sworn to before - if not an officer of the bank. notary public. Feb. 26, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 352. Reports of na R. S., 5211. Be it enacted, &c., That the oath or affirmation required by section fifty-two hundred and eleven of the Revised Statutes, verifying the re- tional banks may turns made by national banks to the Comptroller of the Currency, when be sworn to before taken before a notary public properly authorized and commissioned by notary public. the State in which such notary resides and the bank is located, or any other officer having an official seal, authorized in such State to administer oaths, shall be a sufficient verification as contemplated by said section fifty-two hundred and eleven: Provided, That the officer administering the oath is not an officer of who is not an the bank. [February 26, 1881.] officer of the bank. CHAPTER 91. Feb. 28, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 373. Chattanooga, AN ACT MAKING THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, a port Chattanooga, Tenn., a port of delivery. Be it enacted, &c., That the city of Chattanooga, in the State of TenTenn., a port of de- nessee, is hereby made a port of delivery, with a surveyor at a salary livery, with a sur- of three hundred and fifty dollars per annum and the customary fees. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to carry this act into effect. [February 28, 1881.] veyor, &c. R. S., §§ 2568, 2569. Feb. 28, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 373. Atlanta, Ga., a port of delivery, CHAPTER 92. AN ACT TO CONSTITUTE ATLANTA, GEORGIA, A PORT OF DELIVERY. Atlanta, Ga., a port of delivery, with privileges of inland transportation in bond, &c. surveyor at. Be it enacted, &c., That Atlanta, in the State of Georgia, be, and is hereby, constituted a port of delivery; and that the privileges of immewith privileges of diate transportation of dutiable merchandise conferred by the act of inland transporta- June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An act to amend tion in bond, &c. the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes", be, and the same are hereby, extended to said port; R. S., § 2559. 1880, June 10, ch. 190. -surveyor at. R. S., § 2560. And there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs to reside at said port, who shall receive a salary to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum. [Febru ary 28, 1881.] March 1, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 374. CHAPTER 95. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR OF THE RE Charge for melting or refining bullion to be fixed by Director of Mint. Charge for melt- Be it enacted, &c., That section thirty-five hundred and twenty-four ing or refining of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by striking bullion to be fixed out of said section the words "for melting and refining when bullion is below standard," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "for melting or refining bullion." [March 1, 1881.] by Director of Mint. R. S., § 3524. CHAPTER 96. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE POST OFFICE DEPART- [Par. 1.] Hereafter the Postmaster-General shall cause advertisements of all general mail-lettings of each State and Territory to be conspicuously posted in each post-office in the State and Territory embraced in said advertisements for at least sixty days before the time of such general letting; and no other advertisement of such lettings shall be required; but this provision shall not apply to any other than general mail-lettings. vertised. [Par. 2.] And whenever it shall become necessary to employ tempo- Temporary mail rary service on any mail route, it shall be the duty of the Postmaster- service; how adGeneral to advertise for bids, or proposals, for such service by posting R. S., § 3941. notices in the post offices at the termini of such route and upon a bulletin-board in a public-place in the Post-Office Department building at Washington in the District of Columbia for at least ten days prior to such letting. * Railways refusing to provide cars, &c., to have pay reduced. 1878, June 17, ch. [Par. 3.] And hereafter when any railroad company fail or refuse to provide railway post-office cars when required by the Post-Office Department, or shall fail or refuse to provide suitable safety-heaters and safety-lamps therefor, with such number of saws and axes to each car R. S., § 4002. for use in case of accident as may be required by the Post-Office De- 1876, July 12, ch. partment, said company shall have its pay reduced ten per centum on 179, § 1, par. 2. the rates fixed in section four thousand and two of the Revised Statutes, 259, § 1, par, 4. as amended by act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post- 206, § 1, par. 2. Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes," and as further amended by the act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventyeight, entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes." [March 1, 1881.] 1880, June 11, ch. CHAPTER 97. AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF SETTLERS UPON THE ABSENTEE SHAWNEE LANDS IN Settlers on Absentee Shawnee lands, Kansas, may purchase same. March 1, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 377. Settlers on Absentee Shawnee lands, Kansas, may purchase Be it enacted, &c., That the provisions of the joint resolution approved April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, (1) for the relief of the settlers upon the Absentee Shawnee lands in Kansas, be, and they hereby are, extended so as to allow any bona fide settler now occupying said same. lands, and having made improvements thereon, or the heirs at law of 1875, Jan. 11, ch. such, who is a citizen of the United States, or who has declared his in- 14. tention to become such according to the naturalization laws, to purchase for cash the land so occupied and improved by him, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres in each case, at not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre, at any time within one year after the passage of this act, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and that any lands not claimed by such settlers at the expiration of that period shall be offered at public sale at the minimum rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, notice of such sale to be given by public advertisement of not less than thirty days; and, further, that any tracts not then sold shall be thereafter subject to private entry at the same minimum: Provided, however, That the proceeds of such sales shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of the treaty between the United States and the said Shawnee Indians, proclaimed November second, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. [March 1, 1881.] NOTE.-(1) The resolution of 1869 (16 Stat. L., 53), here referred to, is printed in this volume as a note to act of 1875, January 11, ch. 14., p. 123. March 2, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 377. CHAPTER 107. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO CHANGE THE NAME Secretary of Treasury may permit names of ves sels to be changed. R. S., § 4179. -to make rules therefor. SECTION SECTION 1. Secretary of Treasury may permit names of 2. to make rules therefor. Be it enacted, &c. [SECTION 1], That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized to permit the owner or owners of any vessel duly enrolled and found seaworthy and free from debt to change the name of the same when in his opinion there shall be sufficient cause for so doing. SEC 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish such rules and regulations and procure such evidence as to the age, condition, where built, and pecuniary liability of the vessel as he may deem necessary to prevent injury to public or private interests: and when permission is granted by the Secretary he shall cause the order for the change of name to be published at least in four issues in some daily or weekly paper at the place of register; and the cost of procuring evidence and advertising the change of name to be paid by the person or persons desiring such change of name. [March 2, 1881.] CHAPTER 111. March 2, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 379. Life-saving sta AN ACT ESTABLISHING A LIFE-SAVING STATION AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed tion at Louisville, to establish a life-saving station at Louisville, Kentucky, with such Ky. R. S., §§ 4242- equipments and organization as he may think proper, and whatever amount is necessary for said purpose is hereby appropriated out of any money not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That said amount shall not exceed the sum heretofore appropriated for such station. [March 2, 1881.] 4251. 1874, June 20, ch. 344. 1878, June 18, ch. 265. CHAPTER 128. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALE OF THE REMAINDER OF THE RESERVATION OF March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 380. SECTION [SECTION 1], That with the consent of the Otoe and Missouria Tribes and Missouria In- of Indians, expressed in open council, the Secretary of the Interior is dians in Kansas authorized to cause to be surveyed and sold the remainder of the reservation of said Indians lying in the States of Kansas and Nebraska. 1876, Aug. 15, ch. 308. 1879, March 3, ch. 190. and Nebraska to be sold. -to be appraised. -how to be sold. SEC. 2. That the lands so surveyed shall be appraised by three commissioners, one of whom shall be designated by said Indians in open council, and the other two by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. That after the survey and appraisement of said lands, the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and hereby is, authorized to offer the same for sale through the United States public-land office at Beatrice, Nebraska, in tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, for cash, |