to actual settlers, or persons who shall make oath before the register or the receiver of the land-office at Beatrice, Nebraska, that they intend to occupy the land for authority to purchase which they make application, and who shall within three months from the date of such application make a permament settlement upon the same, in tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to each purchaser: deferred pay Provided, That, if in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, it shall be more advantageous to sell said lands upon deferred payments, ments for. he may, with the consent of the Indians expressed in open council, dispose of the same upon the following terms as to payments, that is to say: One-quarter in cash, to become due and payable at the expiration of three months from the date of the filing of an application as hereinbefore required, one-quarter in one year, one-quarter in two years, and one quarter in three years from the date of sale, with interest at the rate of five per centum per annum; but in case of default in the cash payment as hereinbefore required, the person thus defaulting shall forfeit absolutely his right to the tract for the purchase of which he has applied: And provided further, That whenever any person shall apply under in case of lots the provisions of this act to purchase a tract containing a fractional ex- exceeding one huncess over one hundred and sixty acres, if the excess is less than forty dred and sixty acres, is contiguous, and results from inability in the survey to make acres by a fraction, township and section lines conform to the boundary lines of the reservation, his application shall not be rejected on account of such excess; but if no other objection exists the purchase shall be allowed as in other cases: And provided further. That no portion of said land shall be sold at less than the appraised value thereof, and in no case less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre. &c. Price per acre. Proceeds of sale; SEC. 4. That the proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be placed to the credit of said Indians in the Treasury of the United States, and how disposed of. shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, which income shall be annually expended for the benefit of said Indians under direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Removal and lo SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior may, with the consent of the Indians, expressed in open council, secure other reservation lands cation of the Inupon which to locate said Indians, cause their removal thereto, and ex- dians. pend such sum as may be necessary for their comfort and advancement in civilization, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, including cost of surveys and expense of removal, the same to be drawn from the fund arising from the sale of their reservation lands under the act approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. [March 3, 1881.] CHAPTER 130. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL Par. 1.] Hereafter the electrician, together with everything pertain ing to the electrical machinery and apparatus, and all laborers and others connected with the lighting, heating, and ventilating the House, March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 385. Architect of Capitol to have direc&c., for lighting, tion of employés, heating, &c., shall be subject exclusively to the orders, and in all respects under the House of Repre- direction, of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the control of the sentatives, subject to control of Speaker; and no removal or appointment shall be made except with his Speaker. approval. R. S., § 1817. 1876, Aug. 15, ch. 287, par. 4. Penalty for And all engineers and others who are engaged in heating and ventilating the House shall be subject to the orders, and in all respects under the direction, of the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the control of the Speaker; and no removal or appointment shall be made except with his approval. * [Par. 2.] The provisions of section fifty four hundred and eighty-five agents, attorneys, of the Revised Statutes shall be applicable to any person who shall viodemanding illegal fees in pen- late the provisions of an act entitled "An act relating to claim agents and attorneys in pension cases," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. sion cases. Commissioner of Railroads; title of. 1878, June 19, ch. 316. Salaries of Uni [Par. 3.] OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF RAILROAD ACCOUNTS.- For Auditor, who shall hereafter be styled Commissioner of Railroads, [Par. 4.] That hereafter the salaries appropriated for the United ted States judges States judges(1) in the foregoing paragraphs, and judges of the Court payable monthly of Claims, and of the Territories, may be paid monthly. R. S., §§ 554, 607, 676,714, 1049, 1882. Heads of departments may make requisitions for stamps. R. S., § 3915. SEC. 2. That the Secretaries, respectively, of the Departments of State, of the Treasury, War, Navy, and of the Interior, and the Attorneyofficial postage General, are authorized to make requisitions upon the PostmasterGeneral for the necessary amount of official postage-stamps for the use of their departments, not exceeding the amount stated in the estimates 1877, Feb. 27, ch. submitted to Congress; and upon presentation of proper vouchers 69, par. 138. therefor at the Treasury, the amount thereof shall be credited to the appropriation for the service of the Post-Office Department for the same fiscal year. Repeal. March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 414. Salary of Super SEC. 4. That all acts or parts of acts inconsisient or in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. [March 3, 1881.] NOTE. (1) The judges named in theparagraphs here referred to are the judges of the Supreme Court, the circuit judges, the district judges, the judges of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and judges retired under the provisions of R. S., § 714. CHAPTER 132. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO SUPPLY DEFICIENCIES IN THE APPROPRIATIONS [SECTION 1.] SECTION Enumerator to take oath. List of benficiaries. 5. Agent to make payments. Receipt for moneys. Agent's compensation, oath, and bond. [Par. 1.] The salary of the said superintendent [of the Government intendent of Gov- Hospital for the Insane] is hereby fixed at four thousand dollars per annum as originally provided in act of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. ernment Hospital for Insane. R. S., § 4839. * [Par. 2.] Provided, That hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint inspectors of customs at a compensation less than three dollars per day when, in his judgment, the public service will permit. SEC. 3. [Appropriates $221,257.86 for the Miami Indians.] Secretary of Treasury may ap point inspectors of customs at less than $3 a day. R. S., § 2605. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a competent Census of Miami and proper person to take a census and make a list of the Miami In- Indians in Indiana, dians residing in Indiana, or elsewhere, who are entitled to participate 1879, March 3, in the distribution of said principal sum, as provided by article four of ch. 195. the treaty that was made between the United States and the Miami Treaty (10 Stat. Indians on the fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty four, as L., 1093). amended in the Senate. Before taking such census, publication shall be made requiring all persons claiming under said treaty to make known their claim to such person so appointed, within a time specified in the notice, and failing so to do, they shall be forever barred. &c. When said census shall be so made, it shall be the duty of the person List to distinso appointed to make such enumeration and list to report the same to guish males and females, &c. the Secretary of the Interior, distinguishing in his report between males and females, and between those over twenty-one years of age and those under twenty-one years, which list so made, when approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall stand as the true list of the persons entitled to share in the payments provided for in this act; And each person named in said list shall be entitled to receive the Payments to Insame amount, irrespective of age or sex, payments for minors to be paid dians from funds, to the guardians legally appointed, as hereinafter provided, under the &c. laws of the State or Territory in which said minors reside: Provided, however, That any minor who may be a resident of the Indian Territory and a beneficiary of said fund may receive his or her share thereof, as the case may be, through a guardian appointed by any court having probate jurisdiction in the State of Kansas. The person appointed to make such enumeration and list shall, before entering on such duty, take and subscribe an oath that he will make a true and correct enumeration and report of said Indians according to the best information he can obtain, said oath to be administered and certified to by a United States commissioner or a clerk of a court of record; And he shall receive as his compensation therefor the sum of five dollars per day and his actual and necessary traveling and other expenses while engaged in said duty, not to exceed four hundred dollars: Provided, That no persons other than those embraced in the corrected list agreed upon by the Miami Indians of Indiana, in the presence of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in June, eighteen hundred and fiftyfour, comprising three hundred and two names as Miami Indians of Indiana, and the increase of families of persons indicated in said corrected list, shall be recipients of the money hereby appropriated. to minors. Enumerator to take oath. compensation of. List of benefi ciaries. Agent to make SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint some suitable person as an agent of the United States to make payment to each of said payments. Miami Indians who shall be more than twenty-one years of age whose name shall be borne on the list prepared as aforesaid the amount that he or she, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive; And he, in like manner, shall pay to the guardian of each minor whose name shall appear on said list the amount that said minor shall be entitled to receive: Provided, however, That no payment shall be made to any guardian as such until he produce and deliver to the agent from whom he shall receive such payment the certificate of the judge of the court, attested by the seal of the same, certifying that such guardian has been duly appointed and qualified as such, and given bond, secured by unincumbered freehold surety, in the penalty of not less than three times the amount he shall receive from the United States on account of the payment so to be made for the benefit of said ward, which certificate shall be filed by said agent at the time of making of his report and final settlement. A copy of said list so prepared as aforesaid shall be fur Guardians of minors. Receipt for moneys; how made. bond. nished to said agent, for his guidance in the performance of the duties aforesaid, by the Secretary of the Interior. Said agent shall take the receipt of the persons so paid attested in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, which receipt shall be a voucher for said agent in the final settlement of his accounts. Agent's compen- Said agent shall receive, in full compensation for the services required sation, oath, and by the provisions of this act, a sum equal to three fourths of one per centum on the amount that he shall receive. The agent so appointed to make said payments shall before entering on such duty, take and subscribe on oath, before some United States commissioners or clerk of some court of record, for the faithful performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this act, and make and execute a bond, payable to the United States, in such penalty and with such security as the Secretary of the Interior shall require and approve. Receipt and discharge. And the receipt of the sum due under this act shall be a final discharge by each party so receiving of all claims whatsoever under said treaty against the United States Government. [March 3, 1881.] * March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 435. Silver coin may be transported to applicants free of charge. CHAPTER 133. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY CIVIL EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT SECTION 1. Par. 1. Silver coin may be transported to ap Par. 2. District judges holding courts outside Be it enacted, &c. [SECTION 1.] SECTION 2. Secretary of Treasury may apply surplus money to purchase bonds." [Par. 1.] That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to transport free of charge silver coin when requested to do so: Provided, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been deposited in the Treasury by the applicant or applicants; District judges [Par. 2.] So much of section five hundred and ninety six of the Reholding courts out- vised Statutes as forbids the payment of the expenses of district judges not forbidden while holding court outside of their districts is hereby repealed. side their districts pay ment of expenses. R. S., § 596. Secretary of Treasury may ap to purchase bonds. R. S., § 3697. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury may at any time apply the surplus money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as he may consider proper, to the purchase or redemption of United States bonds: Provided, That the bonds so purchased or redeemed shall constitute no part of the sinking fund, but shall be canceled. [March 3, 1881.] CHAPTER 134. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERN- March 3, 1881. 21 Stat. L., 458. Be it enacted, &c. [SECTION 1.] of taxes to be [Par. 1.] The office of treasurer of the District of Columbia is hereby In District Coabolished from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred lumbia, collector and eighty-one, and the collector of taxes for said District shall, from treasurer. and after that date, collect all revenues of the District and deposit the amounts collected daily with the Treasurer of the United States. * [Par. 2.] That overseers or inspectors temporarily required in connec- overseers, &c., tion with sewer or street work done under contracts authorized by ap- of sewer and street propriations shall be paid out of the sum specially appropriated for the work; how paid. work, and for the time actually engaged thereon: And provided further, That overseers or inspectors required in connection with sewer or street work done under contracts authorized by appropriations shall also be paid out of the sum appropriated for the works. [Par. 3.] That the janitors of the principal school-buildings, in addi-duties of janition to their other duties, shall do all minor repairs to buildings and tors of schoolfurniture, glazing, fixing seats and desks, and shall be selected with buildings in. reference to their qualifications to perform this work. [Par. 4.] That the Treasurer of the United States, as ex-officio sink- United States ing-fund commissioner, is hereby authorized, whenever in his opinion it Treasurer may sell will be more advantageous for the interest of the District of Columbia bonds to pay certain judgments of to do so, to sell the bonds authorized to be issued under the provisions Court of Claims, of the sixth section of the act of the Congress of the United States &c. entitled "An act to provide for the settlement of all outstanding claims 1880, June 16, ch. against the District of Columbia, and conferring jurisdiction on the 243, § 6. Court of Claims to hear the same, and for other purposes," approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, for the satisfaction of the judgments which may be rendered by said Court of Claims under the provisions of said act, and pay the said judgments from the proceeds of said sales, instead of delivering to said judgment claimants the said bonds as provided for in said act: trict. And provided further, That hereafter the said Treasurer, as ex-officio -may purchase sinking-fund commissioner as aforesaid, with the approval of the Secre- funded debt of Distary of the Treasury, is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase any of the funded indebtedness of said District of Columbia for the sinking-fund authorized to be created for the redemption and payment of the indebtedness of said District of Columbia, as in his opinion may be for the best interests of said District of Columbia. [Par. 5.] That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to include in the annual estimates of the District of Columbia estimates of the expenses of the water department: Annual estimates 180, § 3. And provided further, That the annual estimates of the District of Columbia shall be transmitted to Congress by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia at the same time that the regular annual estimates for expenses of the government are submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and with his action on the same to be printed in the general book of estimates. SEC. 2. That all moneys appropriated by this act, together with all Moneys to be revenues of the District of Columbia from taxes or otherwise, shall be paid into United deposited in the Treasury of the United States as required by the pro- how drawn, &c. States Treasury; visions of section four of an act approved June eleventh, eighteen hun- 1875, March 3, dred and seventy-eight, and shall be drawn therefrom only on requisi. ch. 162, § 13. tion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia (except that the 1878, June 11, ch. moneys appropriated for interest and the sinking fund shall be drawn 180, § 4. therefrom only on the requisition of the Treasurer of the United States), such requisition specifying the appropriation upon which the same is |