371

SECRETARY OF WAR-Continued.
to appoint seventy additional clerks for
Surgeon-General's Office, to be em-
ployed on pension cases..

and ten for office of Chief of Ordnance
to appoint hospital stewards.........

511

may detail twenty enlisted men for Sur-
geon-General's Office...

in making reductions to retain enlisted
men and discharged soldiers....

*272

to refund tonnage dues when exacted con-
trary to treaty stipulations
may remit additional duty secured by bond,
&c., on failure to transport goods in
bond from one district to another.
may allow compensation to informers, &c.,
of violations of customs laws, and
shall report same to Congress.
to require proof in cases where no judi-
cial proceedings are had before allow-
ing compensation...

powers and duties of, for relief of persons
charged with incurring fines, &c.,
under customs laws....

may remit fines, &c., as under former
laws..

applicants for remission to notify dis-
trict attorneys

to regulate bonded warehouses, general
stores, &c......

to require general-order warehouses to be
near landings

to let public cartage to lowest bidder, sub-
ject to regulations, &c....

may appoint inspectors of customs at pay
of less than $3 a day....

may increase pay of night inspectors, of cus-
toms

may appoint deputy collector for Lake
Charles, La

to place enlisted men so as to entitle
them to promotion..

prohibited from paying additional compen-

sation.

to reduce number of temporary clerks............
may furnish arms and ammunition to de-
partments to protect public property.
to take possession, manage, and keep in re-
pair Louisville and Portland Canal.
may make rules respecting bids for con-
tracts, require bonds of bidders, &c.
to establish a military post at or near Mus-
selshell River, in Montana...

to sell Fort Logan reservation....
in contracts for public improvements to
give preference to materials of domes-
tic manufacture, and all labor thereon
to be done in United States.....
to cause sunken vessels obstructing navi-
gation to be removed, &c
to make frequent inquiries as to necessity,
economy, &c., of disbursements by
officers of Army, and report thereon
annually to Congress...

to include in annual estimate an estimate
for National Home for Disabled Vol-
unteers...

464

21

313

524

524

171

550

16

382, 544

special, for payment of balance of part-paid
letters by mail

how punished..............

458

penalty for not canceling, and for reusing,
&c

121

51, 165

.51, 120, 285, 387, 481

582

183

184

184

458
*275

special, for departments, to be made.....

how obtained by heads of departments. 245, 602
STATE DEPARTMENT (See Secretary of

State),

Third Assistant Secretary, appointment and
salary

Secretary may prescribe duties of assistant
secretaries, Solicitor &c., of....
fee for issue of passports to be collected at.
except of colored citizens going to Brazil
for certain purposes

44

44

44

commercial reports printed by, may be sold.
library of, not subject to certain restrictions
as to binding.

316
559

420

claims of Chinese indemnity fund in, may
be determined by Court of Claims...

371

STATES (See the several States),
courts in, may have jurisdiction of debts
due bankrupt's estate in certain

cases

laws of, giving remedies for improvements
by occupants of land under color of
title adjudged invalid to apply in
Federal courts

public property declared felony, &c......
concealers and receivers of stolen property,

may be tried before or after principal...
or injuring, &c., books, pamphlets, &c., in
Library of Congress or in any public
library in District of Columbia or
belonging to United States.

STEAM VESSELS (See Vessels),
amount of steam pressure allowed to those
used only for towing or carrying
freight on Mississippi River.
aliens who have declared intention to be-
come citizens, &c., may be licensed
to serve as pilots and engineers on ..
engaged in coasting trade not subject to
provisions of shipping commissioners'
act, with certain exceptions

STEEL,
machine for testing, to be set up by Secre-
tary of War for use by all persons on
payment of fees

STILLS,
manufacture of wooden, by distillers for
their own use does not require pay-
ment of special tax..........

STOCKHOLDERS (national banks),

370

1

15

31

383

may be transferred by Commissioner..
duties of, may be united with that of gauger
in one office....

425

244

previous attachments, bonds, &c., to re-

SUBSISTENCE (Army),

stores for sale to Army may be purchased

from appropriation for subsistence..
proceeds of sale not to be covered into
Treasury, &c

166

166

SUNKEN VESSELS,

der

and ammunition..
head-money collected by, prior to January
1, 1877, not to be recovered back.
quarantine laws, &c., not to be interfered
with..

..253, 322, 386, 889
302

377

314

314

478

155

salary of, and of officers and clerks in office
of
to make plans, &c., of public buildings be-
fore any money is expended, &c....
SUPERVISING INSPECTOR OF

160

159

not to collect on agriculture..

STATUE OF LIBERTY,