The Federal Statutes Annotated

lands unsuitable for allotment purposes, such allotment may be canceled and cther unappropriated, unoccupied, and unreserved land of equal area, within the ceded portions of the reservation upon which such Indian belongs, allotted to him upon the same terms and with the same restrictions as the original allot ment, and lands described in any such canceled allotment shall be disposed of as other ceded lands of such reservation. This provision shall not apply to the lands formerly comprising Indian Territory. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry this law into effect. [35 Stat. L. 784.]

[Agent's records, etc.— annual report — false entries in transcripts, etc. — penalty.] That section ten of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five (Eighteenth Statutes at Large, four hundred and fifty-one), be amended so as to read as follows: "Each Indian agent shall keep a book of itemized expenditures of every kind, with a record of all contracts, together with the receipts of moneys from all sources, and the books thus kept shall always be open to inspection; and the said books shall remain in the office at the respective reservations, not to be removed from said reservation by said agent, but shall be safely kept and handed over to his successor and he shall report annually to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs all material on hand and not required for his use: Provided, That should any agent knowingly make any false entry in said books, or shall knowingly fail to keep a perfect entry in said books as herein prescribed, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction before any United States court having jurisdiction of such offense, shall be fined in a sum not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court, and shall be rendered incompetent to hold said office of Indian agent after conviction under said Act." [35 Stat. L. 784.]

Section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1875, hereby amended, is set forth in 3 Fed. Stat. Annot. 349.

INDIAN TERRITORY.

Admission into Union, see STATES.
Indians in, see INDIANS.

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INDUSTRIAL PEACE FOUNDATION.

Act of March 2, 1907, Ch. 2558, 242.

Sec. 1. Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Peace Established - Board of Trustees Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to President Roosevelt Devoted to the Work Vacancies, 242.

2. Duties of Trustees - Industrial Peace Committee - Selection, Service,

An Act To establish the Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Peace.

[Act of March 2, 1907, ch. 2558, 34 Stat. L. 1241.]

Whereas Alfred Bernard Nobel, of the city of Stockholm, in the Kingdom of Sweden, having by his last will and testament provided that the residue of his estate shall constitute a fund the income from which shall be annually awarded in prizes to those persons who have during the year contributed most materially to benefit mankind, and having further provided that one share of said income shall be awarded to the person who shall have most or best promoted the fraternity of nations and the abolishment or diminution of standing armies and the formation and increase of peace congresses; and

Whereas the Norwegian Parliament having, under the terms of said foundation, elected a committee for the distribution of the peace prize, and this committee having in the year nineteen hundred and six awarded the aforesaid prize to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, for his services in behalf of the peace of the world; and

Whereas the President desiring that this award shall form the nucleus of a fund the income of which shall be expended for bringing together in conference at the city of Washington, especially during the sessions of Congress, representatives of labor and capital for the purpose of discussing industrial problems, with the view of arriving at a better understanding between employers and employees, and thus promoting industrial peace: Therefore

Be it enacted, etc.

[SEC. 1.] [Foundation for the promotion of industrial peace established — board of trustees - Nobel peace prize awarded to President Roosevelt devoted to the work- vacancies.] That the Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and their successors in office, together with a representative of labor and a representative of capital and two persons to represent the general public, to be appointed by the President of the United States, are hereby created trustees of an establishment by the name of the Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Peace, with authority to receive the Nobel peace prize awarded to the President and by him devoted to this foundation, and to administer it in accordance with the purposes herein defined. Any vacancies occurring in the number of trustees shall

be filled in like manner by appointment by the President of the United States. [34 Stat. L. 1241.]

SEC. 2. [Duties of trustees-Industrial Peace Committee selection, service, etc.] That it shall be the duty of the trustees herein mentioned to invest and reinvest the principal of this foundation, to receive any additions. which may come to it by gift, bequest, or devise, and to invest and reinvest the same; and to pay over the income from the Foundation and its additions, or such part thereof as they may from time to time apportion, to a committee of sixteen persons, to be known as the Industrial Peace Committee;' said committee to consist of the seven trustees and nine other persons to be selected by the trustees, three of whom shall serve as members of the committee for the period of one year, three as members for the period of two years, and three as members for the period of three years, three of the nine members thus selected by the trustees to be representatives of labor, three to be representatives of capital, each chosen for distinguished services in the industrial world in promoting righteous industrial peace, and three members to represent the general public. Any vacancies which may occur in this committee shall be filled by the selection and appointment in the manner prescribed for the original appointment of the committee, and when the committee has first been fully selected and appointed each member thereafter appointed shall serve for the period of three years or for the unexpired portion of such term. [35 Stat. L. 637.]

This section was amended to read as above given by sec. 1 of the Act of Feb. 18, 1909, ch. 148, 35 Stat. L. 637. Formerly sec. 2 was as follows:

"SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the trustees herein mentioned to invest and reinvest the principal of this foundation, to receive any additions which may come to it by gift, bequest, or devise, and to invest and reinvest the same; and to pay over the income from the foundation and its additions, or such part thereof as they may from time to time apportion, to a committee of nine persons, to be known as 'The industrial peace committée,' to be selected by the trustees, three members of which committee shall serve for the period of one year, three members for the

period of two years, and three members for the period of three years; three members of this committee to be representatives of labor, three to be representatives of capital, each chosen for distinguished services in the industrial world in promoting righteous industrial peace, and three members to represent the general public. Any vacancies which may occur in this committee shall be filled by selection and appointment in the manner prescribed for the original appointment of the committee, and when the committee has first been fully selected and appointed each member thereafter appointed shall serve for a period of three years or the unexpired portion of such term." [34 Stat. L. 1242.]

SEC. 3. [Meetings and conferences at Washington.] That the Industrial Peace Committee herein constituted shall arrange for such meetings and conferences in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, as it may deem advisable, of representatives of labor and capital for the purpose of discussing industrial problems with the view of arriving at a better understanding between employers and employees. It shall call such conferences in case of great industrial crises and take such other steps as in its discretion will promote the general purposes of the Foundation, subject, however, to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the trustees. The committee shall receive suggestions for the subjects to be discussed at the meetings and conferences, and be charged with the conduct of the proceedings at such meetings and conferences, and shall also arrange for the publication of the results of such meetings and conferences. [35 Stat. L. 637.]

This section was amended to read as here given by sec. 2 of the Act of Feb. 18, 1909, ch. 148, 35 Stat. L. 637. Originally this section read as follows:

"SEC. 3. That the industrial peace committee herein constituted shall arrange for an annual conference in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of representatives of

labor and capital for the purpose of discussing industrial problems, with the view of arriving at a better understanding between employers and employees; it shall call special conferences in case of great industrial crises and at such other times as may be deemed advisable, and take such other steps as in its discretion will promote the general purposes of the foundation; subject, however, to such

rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the trustees. The committee shall receive suggestions for the subjects to be discussed at the annual or other conferences and be charged with the conduct of the proceedings at such conferences. The committee shall also arrange for the publication of the results of the annual and special conferences." [84 Stat. L. 1242.]

SEC. 4. [Expenditures.] That all expenditures authorized by the trustees shall be paid exclusively from the accrued income and not from the principal of the foundation. [34 Stat. L. 1243.]

SEC. 5. [Property holdings - limit.] That the trustees herein named are authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia to an amount not exceeding three million dollars, and to use and dispose of the same for the purposes of this foundation. [34 Stat. L, 1243.]

SEC. 6. [Principal office, etc.] That the principal office of the foundation shall be located in the District of Columbia, but offices may be maintained and meetings of the trustees and committees may be held in other places, to be provided for in by-laws to be adopted from time to time by the trustees, for the proper execution of the purposes of the foundation. [34 Stat. L. 1243.]

SEC. 7. [Co-operation with other societies.] That the Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Peace is hereby authorized and empowered, at its discretion, to cooperate with any institutions or societies having similar or like purposes. [34 Stat. L. 1243.]

SEC. 8. [Effect.] That this Act shall take effect immediately on its passage. [34 Stat. L. 1243.]

INSANE PERSONS.

In Alaska, see ALASKA.

Government Hospital for, see HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS.

INSANITY.

See PENAL LAWS.

INSPECTION.

Of Dairy Products, see FOOD AND DRUGS.

Of Meat and Packing Houses, see ANIMALS.

And see, generally, ANIMALS; FOOD AND DRUGS; STEAM VESSELS.

INSULAR AFFAIRS.

See WAR DEPARTMENT AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

See INDIANS; PUBLIC LANDS.

INTERNAL REVENUE.

Act of June 7. 1906, Ch. 3046, 246.

Sec. 1. Fortifying Pure Sweet Wines Wine Spirits Definea - Pure Sweet Wine Defined Addition of Grape Must or Sugar - Water Limit -Regulations for Adding Water, 246.

2. Recovery of Spirits Permit Required

Re-use, 247.

Tax

Deficiency Tax

3. Special Gaugers - Pay, etc. - Special Tax - Bond Requirements, 247. 4. Fermenting Vats Permitted, 247.

5. Tax Remitted on Brandy Accidentally Destroyed, 248.

6. Penalties - Illegal Recovery of Spirits - Rectifying, Mixing, or Compounding-Blending Allowed without Special Tax, 248.

Act of June 7, 1906, Ch. 3047, 248.

Sec. 1. Denatured Alcohol Withdrawal from Bond Tax Free after Jan. 1, 1907-Uses Special Warehouses Regulations of Materials, etc. Bonds, Returns, etc., 248.

2. Punishment for Violations - Forfeiture of Property Use of Recovered
Spirits Allowed, 249.

3. Additional Employees, Instruments, etc. - Appropriation-Civil Service
Conditions Not Applicable for Two Years-Pay of Employees, 249.
4. Report to Congress Required, 250.

Act of June 21, 1906, Ch. 3509, 250.

Internal Revenue - List of Special-tax Payers in Collector's Office -
R. S. Sec. 3240 Amended - Certified Copies to Prosecuting Officers, 250.

Act of June 29, 1906, Ch. 3613, 250.

Sec. 1. Porto Rico