OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at the First Session, which was begun and held at the City of ANDREW JOHNSON, President. LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER, President of the Senate. LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER was elected President of the Senate pro tempore on the seventh day of March, and so acted until the end of the Session. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. I.— An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for the Selection of Dec. 18, 1865. Jurors to serve in the several Courts of the District of Columbia." 1862, ch. 102. Vol. x. p. 428. District of Co all names have filled. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if at any time it shall ocGrand and petcur that all of the names in the box provided for in the fourth section of it jurors in the the act to which this is an amendment shall have been drawn out of the lumbia, how same at any term of the court before the first day of February next ensu- summoned, when ing, the court, or any judge thereof, may order the marshal to summon been drawn from from the body of Washington County twenty-three citizens, having the box. qualifications of jurors, as provided in said act, to serve as grand jurors, Vacancies, how and twenty-six citizens, having such qualifications, to act as petit jurors, or either, as may be needed at any subsequent term of the court to be held between the time of the happening of the contingency aforesaid and the first day of February then next ensuing; and vacancies in either grand or petit jurors so ordered to be summoned as aforesaid may be filled by other persons summoned by the marshal upon the order of the court. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whereas all the names in the Grand and petjury-box provided for by the fourth section of the act to which this is an jurors for the December Term, amendment were, at the late term of the supreme court of the District of 1865, of the Su Columbia, sitting for the trial of crimes and misdemeanors, drawn from preme Court of said box, the judge assigned to hold the December term of said court for the District of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to order the marshal to summon from the body of Washington County twenty-three citizens, having the qualifications of jurors, as provided in the act to which this is an amendment, to act as grand jurors for said term of said court, and twenty-six citizens, having such qualifications, to act as petit jurors for said term, and that vacancies in said grand and petit jurors may be filled as provided for in the first section of this act. APPROVED, December 18, 1865. it Columbia. CHAP. II. - An Act to prevent the Spread of foreign Diseases among the Cattle of the Dec. 18, 1865. United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the importation of cattle be, and hereby is, prohibited. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary See 1866, ch. xii Post, p. 8. cattle prohibited Importation of ulations. Rules and reg- of the Treasury to make such regulations as will give this law full and immediate effect, and to send copies of them to the proper officers in this country, and to all officers or agents of the United States in foreign countries. When cattle may be import ed, and this act be of no force. Dec. 19, 1865. Appropriation for refurnishing and repairing the President's house. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That when the President shall give thirty days' notice, by proclamation, that no further danger is to be apprehended from the spread of foreign infectious or contagious diseases among cattle, this law shall be of no force, and cattle may be imported in the same way as before its passage. APPROVED, December 18, 1865. CHAP. III.—An Act making Appropriation for refurnishing and repairing the Presi dent's House. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for refurnishing the President's house and repairing the same. APPROVED, December 19, 1865. January 15, 1866. CHAP. V.-An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint Assistant Assessors of Internal Revenue. Assistant as Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United sessors of inter- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasnal revenue ap- ury is hereby authorized to appoint any assistant assessors of internal revpointed by Secretary of Treas- enue now provided by law. ury. APPROVED, January 15, 1866. February 7,1866. CHAP. VI.-An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of invalid and other Pensions of the United States for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and additional Appropriations for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Appropriations for pensions. Invalid. &c. Revolutionary 1818, ch. 19. 1828, ch. 53. 1832, ch. 126. 1836, ch. 362. 1838, ch. 189. 1843, ch. 102. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven: For invalid pensions under various acts, five millions five hundred thousand dollars. For revolutionary pensions, and pensions of widows, children, mothers, pension agents, and sisters of soldiers, as provided for by acts of March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen; May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and twentyeight; June seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-two; July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; March third, eighteen hundred and forty-three; June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four; February second, July twentyfirst, and July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; February third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three; June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight; and July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for compensation to pension agents and expenses of agencies, nine millions eight hundred thousand dollars. 1844, ch. 102. 1848, ch. 8, 120. 1853, ch. 41. 1858, ch. 85. 1862, ch. 166. Navy pensions. 1848, ch. 155. 1862, ch. 166. For navy pensions to widows, children, mothers, and sisters, as provided for by acts of August eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, one hundred and forty thousand dollars, to be paid out of the navy pension fund. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following [sum] be, and Deficiency ap- the same is hereby, appropriated to supply a deficiency in the appropriapropriations. tion for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: For revolutionary pensions and pensions of widows, children, mothers, and sisters of soldiers as provided for by acts of March eighteen, eighteen hundred and eighteen, May fifteen, eighteen hundred and twentyeight, June seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, July four, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, July seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, March three, eighteen hundred and forty-three, June seven, eighteen hundred and forty-four, February two, July twenty-one, and July twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, February three, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, June three, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, two millions five hundred thousand dollars. APPROVED, February 7, 1866. CHAP. VIII. - An Act to regulate the Registering of Vessels. Pensions. Feb. 10, 1866. Registered American ves Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no ship or vessel, which has been recorded or registered as an American vessel, pursuant to law, sels authorized and which shall have been licensed or otherwise authorized to sail under to sail under a a foreign flag, and to have the protection of any foreign government ing the rebellion, foreign flag dur during the existence of the rebellion, shall be deemed or registered as an not to be deemed American vessel, or shall have the rights and privileges of American &c. American vessels, except vessels, except under the provisions of an act of Congress authorizing &c. such registry. APPROVED, February 10, 1866. CHAP. IX. — An Act granting the franking Privilege to Mary Lincoln. Feb. 10, 1866. Franking privleges granted to Mary Lincoln CHAP. X. — An Act authorizing an Increase of the clerical Force in the Post Office Feb. 16, 1866. Department. Clerical force in the Post Office Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in addition to the clerical force now authorized by law in the Post Office Department, the Postmaster Department may General be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint and employ four clerks be increased, and of class one, seven of class two, fourteen of class three, and four of class how paid. four; and said clerks shall be paid until the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, February 16, 1866. CHAP. XII.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to prevent the Spread of foreign Diseases among the Cattle of the United States," approved December eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act entitled "An act to prevent the spread of foreign diseases among the cattle of the United States," approved December eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the importation of neat cattle and the hides of neat cattle from any foreign country into the United States is hereby prohibited: Provided, however, That the opera March 6, 1866. 1866, ch. ii. Ante, p. 1. Importation of heat cattle and prohibited. hides thereof, Act suspended tion of this act, or any part thereof, shall be suspended as to any foreign whenever, &c. country or countries, or any parts of such country or countries, whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall officially determine, and give public notice thereof, that such importation will not tend to the introduction or spread of contagious or infectious diseases among the cattle of the United States; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and em. powered, and it shall be his duty, to make all necessary orders and regu lations to carry this law into effect, or to suspend the same as therem provided, and to send copies thereof to the proper officers in the United States, and to such officers or agents of the United States in foreign countries as he shall judge necessary. Act may be SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States, whenever in his judgment the importation of neat cattle and the made inoperative hides of neat cattle may be made without danger of the introduction or by proclamation of the President, spread of contagious or infectious disease among the cattle of the United States, may, by proclamation, declare the provisions of this act to be inoperative, and the same shall be afterwards inoperative and of no effect from and after thirty days from the date of said proclamation. &c. Penalty for violation of this act. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person convicted of a wilful violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. APPROVED, March 6, 1866. March 8, 1866. CHAP. XIII.—An Act to quiet the Title to certain Lands within the corporate Limits of the City of San Francisco. Right of the certain lands in San Francisco released to that city, and the claim of that city confirmed, subject, &c. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right and title of United States in the United States to the land situated within the corporate limits of the city of San Francisco, in the State of California, confirmed to the city of San Francisco by the decree of the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of California, entered on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished and granted to the said city of San Francisco and its successors, and the claim of the said city to said land is hereby confirmed, subject, however, to the reservations and exceptions designated in said decree, and upon the following trusts, namely, that all the said land, not heretofore granted to said city, shall be disposed of and conveyed by said city to parties in the bona fide actual possession thereof, by themselves or tenants, on the passage of this act, in such quantities and upon such terms and conditions as the legislature of the State of California may prescribe, except such parcels thereof as may be reserved and set apart by ordinance Valid adverse of said city for public uses: Provided, however, That the relinquishment rights not affect and grant by this act shall not interfere with or prejudice any valid adverse right or claim, if such exist, to said land or any part thereof, whether derived from Spain, Mexico, or the United States, or preclude a judicial examination and adjustment thereof. ed. March 10, 1866. 1864, ch. 173. APPROVED, March 8, 1866. CHAP. XV. .- -An Act to declare the Meaning of certain Parts of the Internal Revenue Act, approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for other purposes. Vol. xiii. p. 223. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United In § 120, "Div- States of America in Congress assembled, That in section one hundred idends in scrip, and twenty of the act entitled "An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other Vol. xiii. p 283. purposes," approved June thirty, eighteen hundred an1 sixty-four, the words: "all dividends in scrip, or money thereafter declared due, and &c.," to mean what. |